Upcoming schedule for 2026:

We meet at 10am GMT (UK time) on the first Friday of the month, every two months

• Friday 6th February: The Gate, The Girl and the Dragon by Grace Lin (middle grade)
• Friday 3rd April: Song of a Blackbird by Maria Van Lieshout (YA)
• Friday 5th June: The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly (middle grade)
• Friday 7th August: And the River Drags her Down by Jihyun Yun (young adult)
• Friday 2nd October: The Café at the End of the World by Helen Comerford (young adult)
• Friday 4th December: A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson (young adult)

What’s it all about?

Oh hey, middle grade and YA authors! Would you like to be in a book club designed especially for you? Joining read-alongs of kidlit every other month and dissecting it like a writing detective? Oh I’m so pleased to hear you say that, because I’ve got just the thing:

The Wolf Pack Book Club! Reading the magical, mysterious and downright macabre (and everything in between) in middle grade and YA fiction.

We’ll read one book every two months, alternating between middle grade and young adult and choosing titles based on a group vote. We aim to read a diverse range of books by a diverse range of authors. But we won’t just be reading books – we’ll be reading them like writers and agents, exploring their structures, worldbuilding and narrative devices, whether they meet genre conventions, how the author built sympathy for the protagonist and breathed life into the villain. We’ll be reading for fun, sure, but also to learn and hone our craft. The best thing a writer can do is to read, read, read, and it’s particularly crucial to read the genre and age category you write in.

How do I get involved?

Grab this month’s book and get reading! We meet live on WhatsApp every two months to discuss the books (join the WhatsApp group here), but don’t worry if you can’t make the scheduled time.

We’ve got members from all over the world and timezones make it tricky for everyone to meet live.

You can share your thoughts on the WhatsApp group any time (no spoilers before meeting day, please!) and we deliberately set the meeting start time early (10am UK) so that everyone can slowly flow in throughout the day and join in.

There are other ways to get involved, too. There will be a dedicated thread in the Wolf Pack Facebook group set up when the book is announced and you can chat there.

Then I’ll post another thread on meeting day for anybody who would rather discuss the book on Facebook instead of WhatsApp.

You can also send me your thoughts any time and I’ll share them with the group in the live chat (if you want me to!).