Chae Strathie – a real live author!
‘I do like a bit of Ancient Egypt…’ Go to the BBC website – here – to hear Chae Strathie talking about being a writer, why he loves history so much, [...]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we’re highlighting Emily Dodd’s novella for 8 to 12 year-olds, Surfing the Moon, which was published last year by HarperCollins in their [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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, [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]