Joseph Coelho is an award-winning poet, playwright and writer. His first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules!, won the CLPE Children's Poetry Award in 2015, and he has been writing and performing ever since. He is the author of the Fairy Tales Gone Bad trilogy – Zombierella, Frankenstiltskin and Creeping Beauty – all illustrated by Freya Hartas. Originally from London, he now lives by the sea in Kent. Joseph was the Waterstones Children’s Laureate from 2022-2024, and won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing in 2024. Follow him on Twitter as @JosephACoelho and on Instagram as @josephcoelhoauthor. Korean artist Hyun Song We has a background in animation and has worked on a number of Pixar films including the upcoming Inside Out 2.
From the former Children’s Laureate comes an exciting new series, part Indiana Jones, part Ghostbusters, part Pokémon, but all very much its own. Brilliant. * Netgalley * This is an exciting and new look at genie’s- not the grandeur we might associate with making wishes. These genie’s are rather unique looking and many are keen to cause chaos and disorder, all in anger over their treatment from humans. Relic proves to be a brilliant character, one who starts to find his feet in this new society! Ending on enough of a cliffhanger to know you need to read more, this is a fantastic start to a new series! * My Shelves are Full * Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter is an engaging MG adventure and fantasy book with a relatable main character, the twelve year old Relic. We also have an evil genie, an underground academia, an illustration style that oozes motion. I highly recommend this cute book. * Netgalley Reviewer *