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Halloween at Rock the Boat
15th October, 2026
Halloween season is always a lot of fun at Rock the Boat, we’re a big fan of all things spooky here 👻 🎃 Here are 8 of our books that we think are perf…
Gloam wins The Week Junior Book Awards 2026!
14th October, 2026
We are thrilled that Jack Mackay’s Gloam has won Best Children’s Book of the Year: Breakthrough at The Week Junior Book Awards 2026! Huge congratulati…
Traumaland is a Waterstones Book of the Month!
14th October, 2026
We’re thrilled that Traumaland is a Waterstones YA BOTM for October Head down to your local Waterstones to grab a copy of this deliciously dark thrill…
Issue-Led Books
26th May, 2026
Books can be a great way for children and teens to learn how to deal with difficult issues they may face throughout their lives, they can offer repres…
Books to Get Boys Reading
26th May, 2026
A survey, taken by the National Literary Trust, told us that boys between the ages of 12-16 are far less interested in reading for pleasure than girls…
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Shortlisted!
6th February, 2026
We’re delighted to share And the River Drags Her Down by Jihyun Yun has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize! And the River Drag…
Books of the Year 2025
9th December, 2025
Find out more about some of the wonderful Rock the Boat titles that have been featured on round-ups for the Best Books of 2025! Traumaland by Josh Sil…
Gloam UK Book Tour
6th August, 2025
To celebrate the publication of Gloam, Jack Mackay will be taking part in events across the UK throughout August! Thursday 14th August, 2pm Blackwells…
Rock the Boat snaps up Belfast-set YA from ‘necessary new voice’ Stephen Daly
30th July, 2025
Rock the Boat, an imprint of Oneworld, has acquired world English-language rights to The Last Death Poet, a gripping LGBTQI+ YA Belfast-based novel wi…
Rock the Boat news – School events and a busy Midsummer!
10th July, 2025
June and July have been busy months at Rock the Boat HQ. We hosted a wonderful birthday party for the imprint, marking ten years of Oneworld publishin…
Rock the Boat 10th Anniversary Party!
26th June, 2025
This year marks the 10th birthday of Oneworld’s children’s and YA imprint Rock the Boat and to celebrate we hosted a summery garden party in the beaut…
Rock the Boat signs a ‘haunting’ new Gothic YA by Jihyun Yun
8th April, 2025
Oneworld’s Rock the Boat imprint has snapped up And the River Drags You Down, a ‘haunting’ new Gothic YA by poet Jihyun Yun in a two-book deal. Senior…
A Reading List for World Book Day!
6th March, 2025
It’s World Book Day! This year the theme is Read Your Way, encouraging children to read in all the different formats available now. From graphic novel…
Traumaland Book Tour
5th March, 2025
Join Josh Silver on his tour across the UK to celebrate the publication of his new standalone thriller Traumaland! 🐰 Manchester 🐰 6th May, 6:30pm: Soc…
A Reading List for Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
5th February, 2025
It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, so we’ve compiled a list of some of our YA frontlist and backlist titles that explore themes of mental h…
Read an extract from I Am the Cage by Allison Sweet Grant
10th January, 2025
Read an extract from I Am the Cage by Allison Sweet Grant. An emotional coming-of-age story about a young woman’s journey to find herself. Hi.My name…
Rock the Boat Christmas Gift Guide 2024
4th December, 2024
Our Christmas gift guide has arrived! Here are some wonderful YA and middle-grade titles we think would make the perfect gifts this Christmas! From sc…
Rock the Boat snaps up ‘mindblowing’ YA thriller in two-book deal with Josh Silver
29th October, 2024
Rock the Boat has snapped up Traumaland, the latest novel from 2024 YA Book Prize shortlistee Josh Silver. Senior commissioning editor Katie Jennings…
Kathleen Glasgow UK Book Tour Round-Up
23rd October, 2024
Last week our wonderful author Kathleen Glasgow was over in the UK for her book tour, which was a roaring success! Starting in Manchester, and working…
Kathleen Glasgow Tour
25th September, 2024
Join internationally bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow on her UK tour to celebrate publication of The Glass Girl! 10th October – MANCHESTER Sim…
Rock the Boat signs new middle-grade series from Scott Reintgen
18th September, 2024
Editorial director Shadi Doostdar pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights to The Dragonship Series by author Scott Reintgen from Jenny Meyer at Jenny Me…
