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 [...]
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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted Support relating to the impact of Covid-19
Here are some sources of support for writers and illustrators in these challenging times. The Authors’ Emergency Fund launched by the Society of Authors – a joint initiative with the [...]
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Posted Interesting times – stay safe
These are interesting – if tough – times for us all. We’re fortunate in being able to continue to work very much as normal – and the publishing industry has responded [...]
Fierce, Fearless and Free
This wonderful anthology of stories from all over the world was launched at The Edinburgh Bookshop, an early celebration for International Women’s Day. Author Lari Don explained that she [...]
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Posted The January Writers’ Tweet Pitch – why not pitch in?
Friday 10th January sees the return of the popular XpoNorth Writers’ Tweet Pitch – from 9am to 9pm literary agents and publishers in Scotland will be glued to their Twitter feed, [...]