Tia Fisher, whose debut verse novel Crossing the Line won the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers’ Award 2024, has penned a piece for The Stylist on her experiences of going through an abortion in her 30s. You can subscribe and read the full piece here.

Tia’s forthcoming second novel, Not Going to Plan, is a powerful verse novel about sexual consent, unplanned pregnancy and the breaking of taboos. It has been hailed as “a truly hilarious, moving and beautiful novel that captures teenagehood, its pressures and its complexities so perfectly” (Margaret McDonald, author of Glasgow Boys).

When Marnie’s rebellious streak gets her excluded from her exclusive school, she’s forced to take her GCSEs elsewhere, and sit next to Zed, a control-freak physics nerd with zero tolerance for mistakes—which is awkward because Marnie’s about to make the biggest blunder of her life.

Not Going to Plan is a taboo-busting novel about gender identity, consent and shame, which unflinchingly explores the heart-rending decisions a teenager must make as a result of a sexual encounter she didn’t fully consent to.

Not Going to Plan will be published on 28th August 2025. Pre-order your copy here or, better, via your local bookstore and bookshop.org.

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