Sam Jordison: The author who enchanted the nation's children with the Weirdstone of Brisingamen has agreed to answer your questions. A chance to find out more about Boneland, the conclusion to his Alderley Edge trilogy? It's your call …
From Hilary Mantel to Martin Amis, Ian McEwan to Zadie Smith, plus the first adult novel from JK Rowling – the biggest stars are out in 2012. Here's a guide to an extraordinary year in fiction
From Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus to Alan Garner's The Owl Service, Graham Joyce chooses his favourite books in which the Fair Folk find themselves in fresh landscapes
The slaying of demons – from a child-snatcher to unspeakable family secrets – is the recurring theme of this season's crop of novels for teenagers, writes Geraldine Brennan
On the 50th anniversary of his perennially popular Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Alan Garner talks about how he 'walked backwards' into writing and the inspiration he draws from his native Cheshire
Imogen Russell Williams: Parents, stop dissing the likes of Judy Blume and Jacqueline Wilson's books! Reading for teens should be educational and challenging – but it should be fun too!!
Imogen Russell Williams: Portentous apostrophes and incongrously-named characters (hands up Terry Goodkind and Anne McCaffrey) drive me wild when I'm reading — authors should learn from the naming skills of Ursula Le Guin and Alan Garner
The author of The Owl Service and Red Shift recalls the bus-stop epiphany that started his writing career, and explains the uncompromising dedication that keeps it going.
Alan Garner was the first in his family to attend secondary school, but later dropped out of Oxford to write. His fiction is regarded as a touchstone of children's literature but he resists the label of children's author. His work draws on myth and history - a passion reflected in the remarkable archaeological excavation of a stone-age burial site in his garden.
Books blog Alan Garner: you ask the questions