After attracting more than six million reads on writing platform Wattpad, the first in a fantasy trilogy makes the move to print. Taran Matharu’s epic fantasy début, The Novice (Hodder Children’s ...

The author of the Summoner fantasy series talks to teenagers from DGReaders book group about his hero Darren Shan, bullying and the wonders of Wattpad Who was your favourite author as a teenager? I ...

Like the notoriously difficult second album, writing the follow-up to your hugely successful debut novel can also be somewhat hard to do. For Taran Matharu, 24, the biggest challenge of writing the ...

Just in time for Halloween, Taran Matharu, author of the demon-centric Summoner series, has one last companion book to share with readers who have enjoyed his trilogy of fantasy books that tell the ...

Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group (HCG), has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to a new series by YA author Taran Matharu. The ‘Contender’ series is about a juvenile ...

It landed at the pavilion’s front not with a thud, but with such grace that Jai barely heard anything. Yet he did feel the gust of its great wings, billowing the fabric ceiling and clouding dust. This ...

In this first installment of the Summoner trilogy (originally posted on Wattpad), a young man discovers he has the ability to summon and control demons. Fletcher, a blacksmith’s apprentice, finds ...

Bestselling YA author Matharu (The Summoner) kicks off his debut adult fantasy series with a riveting first volume that finds Steppefolk Prince Jai forced into servitude to the royals of the Sabine ...