Ansel Elgort, star of the film of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, answers questions from the Guardian teens' book community about reading, making TFIOS movie and how the one thing he wants people to take away from watching it is hope

The Norwegian thriller writer talks about his obsession with farting, why he loves writing his Doctor Proctor books for children plus gives a lesson on how to pronounce his name this interview by children's reading group The Book Bunch

Young Samurai author Chris Bradford is grabbed by site member Freddy to talk about how he writes his Bodyguard series. Also hear a thrilling extract from Chris's latest book Bodyguard: Ransom

Lauren reads from Fire Storm, the third book in her One Dollar Horse series. She answers questions from site member Cookonthebrightside on her books and her belief in animal rights

Non Pratt reads from her first book Trouble about a teenage pregnancy and then answers questions from site member Merle NunnelyKeep up to date with the rest of the club, including Non's top ten teens in trouble, her introductory blog and site members' reviews

Oksa Pollock is a best-selling French teen book series about a girl with magical powers – it's being called the French Harry Potter. The series of six is finally being translated into English, with the second book The Forest of Lost Souls just out after the success The Last Hope. Authors Anne Pichota and Cendrine Wolf talk to Michelle Pauli about their remarkable journey from librarians to best-selling novelists

Laura Dockrill, author of Darcy Burdock and Hi So Much, performance artist and shortlistee for the Waterstones children's book prize 2014, reads her hilarious and profound poem What Makes You You, gives tips on growing up, pet lambs and dealing with tangly hair – plus admits that Darcy, the heroine of her new series of books is 100 per cent based on her as a child.Read Laura Dockrill's five top tips for creative writing

John Hegley has been at the Imagine Festival at the Southbank centre in London, reading poems and singing songs. He stopped off to talk to children's site member KrazyKesh

Michael Rosen reads a story from Ten of the Best: School Stories with a Difference. This is the last in a series of five stories shared on Guardian children's books in connection with the Imagine children's festival at the Southbank Centre in London

Cressida Cowell reads her book about Vikings and dragons from her series How to Train your Dragon. This is part four of five stories shared on Guardian children's books in connection with the Imagine children's festival at London's Southbank Centre

Luke Kelly, grandson of Roald Dahl, begins the 50th anniversary year of Charlie and the Chocolate factory, by reading a passage from this classic story. This is part three of a series of five stories shared on Guardian children's books in connection with the Imagine children's festival at London's Southbank centre

Francesca Simon reads one of her Horrid Henry stories, Horrid Henry's Nightmare. This is part two of a series of five stories shared on Guardian children's books in connection with the Imagine children's festival at London's Southbank Centre

Jacqueline Wilson reads a cat and dog story from her new anthology Paws and Whiskers. This is part one of a series of five stories shared on Guardian children's books in connection with the Imagine children's festival at London's Southbank Centre

Susan Cooper, author of The Dark Is Rising series, reads from her new book Ghost Hawk about two boys living at the time of the first European settlement of the USA. She talks about it to Michelle Pauli

Author Jonathan Stroud teamed up with Guardian children's books site members to create a brand new scary story. Listen if you dare …

New York author Rebecca Stead has won the 2013 Guardian Children's fiction prize for her novel Liar & Spy. She answers questions from readers Charlotte Walden and Ginger Galey about the story, school life and being a writer

Marcus Sedgwick reads from his latest adventure story She Is Not Invisible and discusses it with Henry Partridge, a blind teenager from a group that advised Marcus on the story.

SF Said, author of the award-winning book about a cat called Varjak Paw, talks to Michelle Pauli at the Edinburgh Book festival about his new story Phoenix, about an intergalactic battle between humans and aliensIf you want to see more about this epic quest across unexplored territories of the galaxy, watch the trailer filmed by illustrator Dave McKean

Morris Gleitzman talks to Michelle Pauli about the last book in his series about a Jewish boy surviving in second world war Germany and answers questions from site members

Eoin Colfer talks to Michelle Pauli at the Edinburgh international book festival about the first book in his new series WARP: The Reluctant Assasin. It's his first since he ended the Artemis Fowl series and involves time travel, FBI shenanigans and a superbly evil magician villain

Lauren Oliver talks to Michelle Pauli about the third and last book in her Delirium trilogy, Requiem. It is set in a world in which "love is a contagious disease".

Saci Lloyd reads from her latest book, Quantum Drop, and answers questions about stories, characters, science and politics Read an extract from Quantum Drop, discover Saci Lloyd's top 10 political books for teens and find out more about the Teen book club

John Green reads aloud The Fault In Our Stars and answers questions from Guardian teenage readers about the book and his life and writing. This love story for teens about young cancer sufferers does contain some strong language

Annabel Pitcher talks to Michelle Pauli about her new novel for teenagers, Ketchup Clouds, and reads from the opening

Michael Grant, author of the Gone series, in which every person over 14 disappears, leaving a small community of kids in California trapped in a dome-shaped force field, and the BZRK trilogy, about a conspiracy to take over the world using nanotechnology, chats to site member Patrick about how he writes and how he reads Read Patrick's review of Michael Grant's event at the Edinburgh festival