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Long before Harry Potter went to Hogwarts, Diana Wynne Jones wrote about a school for witches. Fifty years after the author of Howl’s Moving Castle published her first novel for children, Rundell celebrates the writer who inspired her own fantasy debut

Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures begins a new fantasy series, and even in a crowded contemporary field, it’s a tour-de-force

The action is gripping and every sentence sparkles in this excellent first volume of a new fantasy trilogy. By Lucy Bannerman

Sara Pascoe’s new novel, rare Terry Pratchett, memoirs from Barbra Streisand and Britney Spears, plus the essential reading on today’s hot button topics – all the releases to look out for

TV presenter Alice Roberts explores the world of ice age hunter-gatherers, Katherine Rundell brings fantastic beasts to life and Simon Packham tackles classroom anxiety with a thumping plot twist

Leona Forde, from Bandon, has been selected to present her debut book at this year's Children's Books Ireland International Conference

The event runs in venues across the city from September 29-October 8