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We’re delighted to welcome Fiona Atherton to the Fraser Ross Associates fold. She came to us with her debut picture book, which will be published in 2023 by Otter-Barry Books. More of that [...]
A new novel from Tanya Landman
Congratulations to Tanya Landman – Meg and Merlin Making Friends has been published by Barrington Stoke. With illustrations throughout by Sonia Albert, this is a delightful story about a 10 [...]
In Fiction, Illustration, Middle Grade, On the business, Picture Books, Poetry, Teen/YA fiction, traditional, Young fiction
Posted A 10 minute challenge for young writers
The Authorfy website is full of great resources for young writers – and for teachers, librarians, parents and guardians. Vivian French – whose latest novel, The Runaways of Haddington [...]
The Runaways of Haddington Hall
Hurrah! We’re celebrating a new novel by Vivian French – The Runaways of Haddington Hall is published today by Walker Books, and it’s a corker. For those of you who loved The [...]
For lovers of squeam…
Mwah ha haaaaa… Every Friday at 5pm (UK time) Jamie Rix will post a new reading of one of his Grizzly Tales – you’ll find the Grizzly Tales channel on YouTube here. Jamie [...]
In Audio book, Fiction, Illustration, Media, Middle Grade, Non-fiction, On the business, Picture Books, Poetry, Prizes, Scots, Teen/YA fiction, traditional, Uncategorized, Young fiction
Posted XpoNorth Writers’ Tweet Pitch 2021 – January 15th!
It’s back! The annual XPoNorth Writers’ Tweet Pitch! We’ll be among the many literary agents and publishers glued to their twitter feeds from 9am to 9pm on January 15th. You can [...]
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Sensory stories and poems every month!
Storyteller Ailie Finlay and artist Kate Leiper have been collaborating on a series of stories and poems, commissioned by the Wigtown Book Festival. Every month, from November 2020 to April 2021, [...]
Lottie Luna’s back!
Werewolf alert! The nights are drawing in, Hallowe’en’s on its way and we’re celebrating the third in the Lottie Luna series by Vivian French – Lottie Luna and the Fang [...]
GHOSTOLOGY… The Complete Guide to the Study of Ghosts
Ever since Dragonology in 2003, author Dugald Steer has been the ‘ghost writer’ for the majority of the Ologies – Templar Publishing‘s hugely popular and successful [...]
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Lari Don and Eilidh Muldoon at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (virtually)
It’s been an odd summer without book festivals to visit. But there was something rather nice about sitting in the comfort of my own home, on a frankly disgusting, misty-moisty August day in [...]