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I Am Reading: The Golden Monkey Mystery by Piu DasGupta

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Piu Dasgupta’s ‘Golden Monkey Mystery’ is an engaging children’s adventure story steeped in mystery and medicine.

Cover illustration copyright © Helen Crawford-White, 2026 Whenever I read a book to which I want a sequel or that I think should be extended into a series, I usually envisage the story continuing c…

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Piu DasGupta studied on our three-month Writing YA & Children’s Fiction course in 2020. Her debut middle grade book Secrets of the Snakestone is out today with Nosy Crow and has recently featured as the Times Children’s Book of the Week. We spoke to Piu about the setting which inspired her story and the best piece of advice she received whilst studying with us.