Our very own @saralstan.bsky.social will be at the @writerscentre.bsky.social in Norwich on Sunday for an immersive storytelling event for One Button and the Sea as part of their #RefugeeWeek activities 👇🌊

FREE family drop in workshops all #Easter at the National Centre for Writing in #Norwich. Join me on Monday 7th April for an immersive storytelling & philosophical play session #schoolholiday

FREE family drop in workshops all #Easter at the National Centre for Writing in #Norwich. Join me on Monday 7th April for an immersive storytelling & philosophical play session #schoolholiday

Lovely video sent to me by one of the teachers at a township crèche where we have been sharing creative literacy planning around books . @scallywagpress.bsky.social @vivschwarz.bsky.social #

Today in masiphumele we carried on working with One-Button and the Sea and the theme of pulling together after a storm physically and emotionally. Lots of language & discussion as we re - created scenes from the book & our playing at being in a storm #storypower #community #Edusky

Today in masiphumele we carried on working with One-Button and the Sea and the theme of pulling together after a storm physically and emotionally. Lots of language & discussion as we re - created scenes from the book & our playing at being in a storm #storypower #community #Edusky

Doing a book reading at Exclusive books at V&A Waterfront this morning so of course I have woken up to a mosquito bite on my eyelid . Writers are supposed to look ummm , interesting right?

Seascapes , paperboats and stories of storms from children in Masiphumele today @scallywagpress.bsky.social

Today the universe reconnected in a tiny way. When I was born my godmother gifted me a small plump sheepskin pig from South Africa where she still lives. Pinky pig was lost at sea on an overnight ferry to France when I was 7 or 8 & it was, as you’d expect, heartbreaking. But my mum 1/2

Seascapes , paperboats and stories of storms from children in Masiphumele today @scallywagpress.bsky.social

My favourite photo from todays session with the children, it captures the excitement and colours of #play #AntonLebowskiEducationalTrust

This is One-Buttons first ever #WBD and he’s off on a Cape Town adventure. Really enjoyed yesterdays book event at Moorlands Primary , taking lots of the children’s brilliant empathic thinking to share with others #uprooted. Thanks for having us @jonnybid

Join me in a free picturebook based storywriting creative #family day at Dragon hall #Norwich with the Norwich centre for Writing this Sunday. No need to book - just turn up anytime between 11.30 and 2.30

Excited to be delivering a copy of my debut #picturebook to my old college library in Cambridge tomorrow #Homerton

Most ridiculous injury this week? I’ll start … fracturing my sternum leaning over a sofa to stroke a cat

Big Congrats to the #Carnegie longlisted authors & illustrators. So proud of Viv Schwarz,the illustrator of our picturebook for her initial nomination & although this journey has ended I want to say a very big thank you to the wonderful librarians who do such a wonderful & difficult job 🤩

Open for summer term bookings #edusky #reading #thinking Education

It’s all about the vintage today and do let me know if you were a haircut 100 fan

Grandson F is having a Shakespeare day at school today and this is the message I got from him to accompany the photo of his costume

Open for summer term bookings #edusky #reading #thinking Education

An unexpected joy to come across this beauty today

Well that’s a good start to a Friday #NickCave

Thank for this lovely review u search.app/p87sCxGDD8Yj...

The house renovation begins

Zoom in if you need to know what a 5 year old brings when she comes for a sleepover

Proud to have been taught by Morag

Children facing a ‘happiness recession’ says laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce.Total agreement with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social on this. Issue is not just listening to but helping chn address their fears & wonder through community enquiry using books & play.learning from, rather than teaching to

A wonderful morning of #philosophical story exploration with yr 1. Lots of interesting ideas about communication & how to create humans from scratch . Bookings still available for staff training or in-class philosophical #literacy sessions. Ping me a message #EduSky

A wonderful morning of #philosophical story exploration with yr 1. Lots of interesting ideas about communication & how to create humans from scratch . Bookings still available for staff training or in-class philosophical #literacy sessions. Ping me a message #EduSky

Every time you borrow their books, you're giving money to authors and illustrators. Borrow away! Borrow without guilt! Support libraries AND creative people! Yes, library eBooks count too! FILL YER BOOTS! 💙📚 #LoveLibraries

My life as a writer now mostly consists of visiting charity shops and I can’t tell you how rewarding it is to find the little table you always wanted #notwriting

I made the mistake of getting up … I snoozed I looozed

It is for children like this that One-Button and the Sea spoke to in my heart. May all returns home bring peace and safety

Morag Styles, who died a few days after Christmas, is remembered by Victor Watson. An inspirational and much-loved teacher, 'she was a presence wherever she went, inspiring creativity and joy, empathy, generosity, and inclusiveness'. @homertoncollege.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/obit...

Have you got your tickets for the 2025 UKLA National Conference yet? Taking place over Zoom on Saturday 1st March, and with a brilliant line up of speakers and workshops, it certainly is not one to miss.

This is why you MUST always go to the charity shop opposite your regular writing cafe before you start!! #DanielHahn #picturebooks #JudithKerr #Booksky

More thinking experiments with One-Button

One little One-Button notebook filled with names of the children who’ve shared it with us so far. I’m going to need a new one before the next event #kidsbooks #AuthorEvents

Well this is rather marvellous Thank you Simon @vivschwarz.bsky.social

This is why you MUST always go to the charity shop opposite your regular writing cafe before you start!! #DanielHahn #picturebooks #JudithKerr #Booksky

I’m also taking bookings for World Book Day

Could this be Hairy McClairy and the gang?

I re-wrote a whole chapter last night & woke up so delighted this morning… do you think I can remember what I wrote in my dream? #writing

Hello fellow creatives, doesn’t this sound amazing

Did anyone else grow up making page markers out of envelope corners? #bookSky

1/2 Yesterday I found an old copy of Tolkiens unfinished Tales & when showing it to Freddie he saw a piece of paper on a page. On closer examination we realised it was a page marker made from an old envelope. He loved the idea so much he immediately cut up an envelope complete with letter inside >

First task of the day … A present for our Freddie who had a very awful day yesterday

Oh and it has one character missing but which one????

Oh I forgot to show you my other searching for distractions from writing purchase . I went out to get a notebook but ended up in a charity shop where I found this thing of beauty . It might take me a while to write my new text with it though

Yay !!! It’s finally snowing where I live. No it bloody isn’t ! Will my phone ever stop lying to me