And the winner of the #LittleRebelsAward ! littlerebels.org/2019/07/10/c... @catwrote.bsky.social

I love school visits. I love meeting readers and I know it’s a massive privilege to have my books in classrooms. I did a lovely one this week at Grey Coat Hospital. But remind me to just use cast iron contacts or go through an agency.

I have allergy sneezed so much I have but my tongue twice. Top quality insights and observations from someone who has forgotten how social media works

For the past year, I've been recommending JOURNEY BACK TO FREEDOM: THE OLAUDAH EQUIANO STORY by @catwrote.bsky.social to everyone. You could read this at any age and get something from it - but if you know the original text, it's absolutely mindblowing! www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/books/journe...

Hello mutual - ten things I am into 1. Knitting 2.ponies 3. Swimming (in pools unless it’s warm) 4. Lifting weights (new!) 5. Stories! (All kinds of delivery books telly film etc) 6. Talking about stories 7. Clothes 8.Dancing 9.Dinner 10.Turnip the cat and her friend Elsa the dog

VERY excited to be interviewing @rozkaveney.bsky.social about her new book next Wed. Come along if London is reachable for you! It's in Bethnal Green. Details here: www.outsavvy.com/event/16425/...

Any children’s writers who teach c/w and fancy work for a college in central south/ west London pls message me

Thanks to @elencaldecott.bsky.social for alerting me to the #Kidlituk_intro hastag. I'm Sally! I've written various books including Things a Bright Girl Can Do, Ways to Live Forever and The Button Book. Godfather Death and Yours From the Tower out now. Probably in bed in my pyjamas.

Covid booster this morning!!

I write children’s books because I believe they're the most important books of all. Yet there are so few spaces where they're taken seriously, championed & celebrated. So I was thrilled when The Week Jr started these new awards - and then Tyger won one last night!!! www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk

ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING is one of the best books I've ever read on writing - I'd recommend it to anyone. My other favourites include BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lammott, which is brilliant on the emotional experience of writing; and STEERING THE CRAFT by Ursula Le Guin, which is just brilliant!

I’m just a girl, standing in front of the entire publishing industry, saying please stop making hardbacks because they are too spendy and also too heavy for my feeble wrists. (i.e. I am desperate to read The Bee Sting but arthritis and economics say no)

THIS IS SO TRUE. Word of mouth is the dream, it really is.

Ahead of Banned Books Week I made several book lists, starting with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum

I'm very excited to be speaking at Cheltenham on Oct 14th! I'll be talking about all my books from Varjak Paw to Tyger, answering all questions & signing all books. Please pass it on to anyone you know who might be interested, adults & children alike! www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/w...

Just a reminder that this little cutie is out in the wild now. The Simulacrum is the world's most famous lost movie - what would *you* do to lay hands on a copy?

SOA members! There are 4 places going on the Management Committee this year (including mine, as my term ends in January). So please, don’t forget to vote before October 25th. We need as many members to vote as possible in order to ensure maximum representation. Your voice matters. Use it!

Check out The Paul McVeigh Residency at The Harrison Hotel in Belfast for two writers with an amazing package of support and mentoring. Please read, apply and share https://www.chambersofdistinction.com/the-paul-mcveigh-residency?fbclid=IwAR13XH3MaajrXODMffb6fFqETCoRzyWb2ZPFKUMjjo_KSsgNK8LTsuO9jgs

Turnip of the day

Hiya!! xxx So few of us CAN cope on book income alone. The ALCS survey found the average UK author earns 7k a year. Far less than minimum wage!!!

So much of writing is finding a way to fund yourself to write what YOU like writing. Ways: 1. Normal job part time 2. Teaching/mentoring writing 3. Copywriting for corporate sector 4. Commissioned work eg book packagers, ghostwriting 5. Manuscript advice 6. Grants eg Society of Authors, Arts Council

The Children in Read website is up and running. Need a Christmas pressie? It'll be signed, dedicated - posted by my fair hand - involving a slog over several fields and a run in with the scary woman behind the counter. Perfect for the 11 yo in your life. www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

5. This is only one website of several, using pirated books to train AI. 18 of my books are on this database, and have already been used to train AI, without my consent. Authors, check here to find yours. full-stack-search-prod.vercel.app?search=

Lots of anxious, necessary talk about AI on Bluesky at the moment. Let's have #SixSkeets on AI. Follow the thread to collect them all!

Absolutely this, the query letter edition...

Turnip of the day

I am on a train! To London! And taking @melindasalisbury.bsky.social ’s advice by watching for deer as it gets light

When I was 13 I was handing out cups of tea at a recording of bbcradio 4 question time at the school my mum worked at and I managed to spill tea over Oscar winner Glenda Jackson :0