To tackle the reading for pleasure crisis, promote reading for fun. No pressure reading. No stress. No worrying about it being too hard or too easy. Choose a book that's fun to you! Long books, picture books, comics, non-fiction, joke books. Whatever is fun!

This is the WORST news! Dear BBC Two I loved this show! Thank you for all the book recommendations sara cox💙 Pollyanne Conway Amanda Ross Nina Pottell #BetweenTheCovers I’m off to cry into my cornflakes now. 😢 📚

“Garrard is no Enid Blyton” I’m delighted with #OnTheEdge’s 5-star review by Emily Bearn in the Telegraph. 🤩

Curious to find out why a progressive and conservative national papers agree about #OnTheEdge? Go to oldbarnbooks to order a signed copy! Or pop into your local library and ask your lovely librarian to stock it. Thank you!🥰🤩

Here’s another reading from On the Edge, in which the hero, Rhys, enjoys imagining an unlikely future in which Milly, an artist he is secretly in love with, designs the surfboards he will need as a potential champion surfer. 🏄🌊🔥 #surf #summerreading #nicolagarrard #ontheedge

"Amazingly for me, I read to the end in two sessions, the first time for ages that I have become so entranced with a book. A must read for the summer holidays." I love this review of #OnTheEdge in The Book Monitor! oldbarnbooks thebookmonitor.com

Author of the month Nicola Garrard tells us more about her gritty and powerful new novel On The Edge, her inspiration and shares her TBR pile - all top recommendations for teen readers. Click to read more: lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/nicola-ga… oldbarnbooks

Please excuse me for blowing my own trumpet, but these #ontheedge reviews in @theobserveruk and @telegraph are just ⭐️⭐️🌟✨💫🤩 On the Edge is out this Thursday! 🥰 oldbarnbooks #summerreading #surfsup🏄 #revolution #protest #devon #yabook #ukya

Written by UKLA Award winner, Nicola Garrard, On the Edge follows Rhys and his brothers, struggling to get by in an off-season tourist resort. When their home is threatened, Rhys resorts to drastic measures to protect his family. Members, RT to be in with a chance to win #lucky13

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Teens in rural areas really need a free bus pass to access education, training, volunteering & work opportunities! A Year 12/13 school bus pass costs nearly £700/yr, whereas in Years 7-11 it was free. No wonder there’s nearly 1mil NEETS! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Tomorrow is publication day! 🤩🥳🥰 Tell me what you think of it! #ontheedge 🏄🌊🔥oldbarnbooks

Huge congratulations to our dearest @Nicola on the launch of your new book! 📚✨ Wishing you every success on this exciting journey. The world is lucky to read your words. With love, The MM Team 💫 #BookLaunch #Congratulations

#OntheEdge is Armadillo Magazine’s Book of the Week! 🤩🥰 oldbarnbooks Armadillo Editor armadillomagazine.co.uk

Happy publication day to Nicola Garrard - ON THE EDGE, a YA/crossover novel exploring brotherhood, rage and resilience, is out today! ‘Tender and angry, salty and sweet’

I had such a lovely chat with BBC Devon’s Caroline Densley yesterday. Thank you for having me on your programme to talk about #ontheedge, my new novel set where I grew up in South Devon! Funny we had parallel childhoods. Happy memories! 🥰😊

Happy publication day, On the Edge!❤️🥰🥳🤩oldbarnbooks

I’m getting the superstar treatment today with this gorgeous bouquet of flowers from my publisher, Ruth Huddleston, at oldbarnbooks 🥰I’m enormously grateful for the care she has put into this book and the wonderful team she’s gathered around it.🤩🏄🔥❤️#ontheedge #ukya

It’s publication day for On the Edge!🥳🥂🎉 What a wonderful feeling! 📚❤️A huge thank-you to everyone who has made this book happen, especially @abirfellows and the team oldbarnbooks 🤩🥰❤️ @petworthbookshop

It’s arrived! I can’t wait to read On The Edge by the wonderfully talented Nicola Garrard An author who is perfectly attuned to the plight of young people. Our book reviewers Coombe Boys' School are waiting patiently for their copy due at the beginning of term. Well done oldbarnbooks 📚