Last chance to join my Writing for Children Workshop @citylit. Thursdays 12.30-2pm For writers of picture books, middle grade and YA. Sign up today! Writing for children: workshop | Writing course | London | City Lit share.google/fWunEsJe1jR8...

I have two lovely in-person courses starting soon on Thursdays at City Lit in Covent Garden, London. Writing for Children Workshop share.google/xquaanKMJ0kq... and Advanced Writing for Children Advanced: Finising Your Novel share.google/ypPyB80tGLZg... Do join me and spread the word!

I'm really excited to be teaching online at Faber Academy again this autumn! I'll be teaching both Writing YA and Writing Crime. You can contact the friendly team at [email protected] with questions, and to book follow these links: faberacademy.com/product/writ... faberacademy.com/product/writ...

Here’s a trailer I made for ONE CAT, TWO CATS, a rhyming lift-the-flap, pop-up book with 20 cats to count, by me, Rob Hodgson and @nosycrow.bsky.social. I hope you like the look of the book – which is OUT TODAY!! – but I can only beg your forgiveness for the music. 🐈…🐈🐈‍⬛ #KidLitUK #OneCatTwoCats

Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... #kidlit Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, poetry, early and middle-grade ...

I'm really excited to be teaching online at Faber Academy again this autumn! I'll be teaching both Writing YA and Writing Crime. You can contact the friendly team at [email protected] with questions, and to book follow these links: faberacademy.com/product/writ... faberacademy.com/product/writ...

We're thrilled to reveal that over 60,000 children under five took part in #BookTrustStorytime this year! Approximately 90% of libraries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part - and it had a big impact 👇 (1/3)

I'm thrilled to be part of @wrdmag.bsky.social Ones To Watch alongside some amazing fellow authors! You can read the Spring issue online for free at @wrdmag.bsky.social’s link in bio.

We loved meeting the Beck and the beavers in Catherine Ward's By the Beaver Pool. This beautiful book (ill Phoebe Roze) shows readers the incredible ways beavers transform the landscape, wrapped in a heart-warming story about new beginnings. @florisbooks.bsky.social louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/

Very happy that FINN JONES WAS HERE has won the Brilliant Book Award - voted for by students themselves, making it extra special! Runner-up was the fabulous ECHOSTAR IS ALWAYS LISTENING by @melindasalisbury.com - a book I adored. 😍

I’ve had quite a few new followers lately - so, thank you! 😊 And here’s a little bit about me. I love books - especially fiction for children & YA readers. I am a former publisher, now literary agent with www.skylark-literary.com, & I am passionate about supporting authors so they can create! 😍

Thank you to the great @authorsalouduk.bsky.social for championing my books and school events

Delighted to be teaching 'Writing YA' again online for Faber Academy @faberacademy.bsky.social starting in March. From a previous student: 'Really supportive tutor. She provided excellent insights and it felt like she knew what she was talking about.' faberacademy.com/product/writ...

Delighted to be teaching 'Writing YA' again online for Faber Academy @faberacademy.bsky.social starting in March. From a previous student: 'Really supportive tutor. She provided excellent insights and it felt like she knew what she was talking about.' faberacademy.com/product/writ...

Just submitted my homework for tomorrow's week 3 advanced children's writing session with @pennyjoelson.bsky.social @citylit.bsky.social This is happening thanks to the #dycp grant I received from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Getting the time to write and improve my craft is so precious

We’re currently accepting applications to five different FREE opportunities for #UnderrepresentedWriters as part of the Breakthrough Writers’ Programme! Funded by Curtis Brown Books and our partners. #AmWriting https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-scholarships Details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I'm now open for submissions at @tbpagency.bsky.social! I'm dying to see your exceptional crime, thriller, mystery, whodunnit, gothic and high-concept book club fiction: More on me: www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-age... Submissions guidance here: www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-sub...

Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617: Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel. Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.

Well here's one! bsky.app/profile/most... (thanks @leonieroberts.bsky.social for flagging!) #KidLitUK

I've just set up on Googleclassroom with @citylit.bsky.social for @pennyjoelson.bsky.social course on Monday. Got to get my childre's writing hat on. The transition time from training others to becoming a writing student is going to take me all weekend and I love it!

Have you always wanted to write? Start 2025 with this lovely online Faber course: Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction. faberacademy.com/product-cate...

Are you writing Fiction for Children? Or have you done a beginners' course and want support to develop your skills further, build confidence and stay motivated? Sign up now for this online course with City Lit! www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writ...

Are you writing Fiction for Children? Or have you done a beginners' course and want support to develop your skills further, build confidence and stay motivated? Sign up now for this online course with City Lit! www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writ...

Have you always wanted to write? Start 2025 with this lovely online Faber course: Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction. faberacademy.com/product-cate...

This is SUCH great advice from fellow Cornish author @acwilsonwriter.bsky.social Read the full interview with here here: naomiandjamesjones.substack.com/p/words-and-...

*taps mic* 🎤 👈🏼 ‘research suggests that school libraries, aside from supporting and strengthening pupils' academic achievement, also play a vital role in supporting pupil wellbeing’ www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/bey... 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #SchoolLibrariesAreEssential

This is one of our current campaigns at Society of Authors, thanks to Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group @abielongstaff.bsky.social In short: Credit ghosts. Pay ghosts. My experience with Sir Chris was only positive. Shame not all are. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

It isn't official until it's in The Bookseller! My debut novel with Barrington Stoke, Letters To A Dog, will be out in May 2025. Rumours that I employed a ghostwriter were firmly denied by the writer in question as he savaged my ankle. But I may have used CAI (Canine Intelligence)... #kidlituk

I'm currently @booktrust.bsky.social Writer in Residence, championing reading for pleasure for children facing challenging circumstances. Picture books can start, shape and soothe conversations about tough subjects.

Looking for a Writing for Children course? I have online courses with City Lit starting in January: Writing for Children Advanced and Writing for Children Workshop. Visit www.citylit.ac.uk And there is a great 15% discount if you enrol by 2nd December! Code CYBERWEEK24

Looking for a Writing for Children course? I have online courses with City Lit starting in January: Writing for Children Advanced and Writing for Children Workshop. Visit www.citylit.ac.uk And there is a great 15% discount if you enrol by 2nd December! Code CYBERWEEK24

Making a starter pack for authors who do school visits, so schools can easily find us. This starts off one for primary schools go.bsky.app/5u2ArqX but I'll also do one for secondary. Let me know if you do school visits and you want to go on the list - and whether you do primary or secondary. Thanks.

So excited to be teaching this fabulous new 'Writing YA' online 12 Week course for the wonderful @FaberAcademy starting 25th March 2024! faberacademy.com/product/writin… Do take a look and sign Up now!

I've already poster on twitter but no apologies for having a little celebrate here too. Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins will be out next summer! www.thebookseller.com/rights/firef...

Delightful day at Holmfirth High School in Yorkshire, opening the lovely new school library which has Waterstones style tables with the latest books! I spoke and ran a workshop for yr 8s.