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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 [...]
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 [...]
Wheeeee! It’s Scaredy Bat!
Scaredy Bat is the lyrical, engaging and visually stunning new picture book from our very own Anders Frang, illustrator of ‘The Amazing Animal Atlas of Scotland’ and ‘World of [...]
Fairies, Flowers and Midsummer Magic
The Fairy Song is the beautiful new picture book by renowned writer & storyteller Janis Mackay and talented illustrator Ruchi Mhasane; weaving words & pictures together to create [...]
Warm up for The Burpee Bears!
Vivian French has been working with the fitness coach (among so many other things!) Joe Wicks on a series of children’s picture books about the Burpee Bears. The illustrator is Paul Howard [...]
Back in Business!
It’s great to see bookshops reopening – how we have missed browsing bookshop shelves, eavesdropping on other readers’ enthusiasms (and criticisms!) and asking advice of [...]
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, [...]
An Amazing Animal Atlas of Scotland
Anders Frang is a freelance illustrator from Denmark. He studied at the Danish Design School in Copenhagen as well as Edinburgh College of Art and he is currently based in Edinburgh. He has been [...]
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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 [...]