AnushkaO: ‘I realised that cancer not just touches victims, but it also touches all those who love’

Bestselling YA author has acquired rights to the story of the fan-founded football team who improbably achieved promotion to the Football League

Need some help writing your Valentine’s cards? Books have all the answers, so find the most swoonworthy quotes – from The Fault in Our Stars to Guess How Much I Love you

So many things seem to be so easy in books, from suddenly finding out you have a secret destiny to never needing the loo, but damn near impossible in real life. Here’s a list of my favourite #OnlyinYA...

From Goodbye Mog and Charlotte’s Web to The Fault in Our Stars, Lara Williamson takes us through her top 10 farewells in fiction. Prepare to sob...

For years dystopian and fantasy series have dominated teen bookshelves, but now change is in the air: a new brand of gritty, down-to-earth realism is the hot new YA craze. Teen site member muchbooks explains why realistic books are the new thing, and what’s so good about it

Penguin has teamed up with the Teenage Cancer Trust and created the Night of Infinities TFIOS sleepover to raise money for real-life cancer patients – here’s how you can join in

John Green calls on fans to organise a ‘Night of Infinities’ sleepover on 26 June in aid of teen cancer charity

Tributes pour in for ‘one of the greatest YA authors’, who died on Monday

Site member JBOO1698 explains how Twitter and Tumblr (as well as the Guardian children’s books site!) have opened a whole new world for a self-confessed bookaholic

Kim Hood, whose debut novel Finding a Voice is about the friendship between a lonely girl and a disabled boy, recommends her top ten interesting characters who just happen to have a disability…