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 A 10 minute challenge for young writers
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, Illustration, Middle Grade, On the business, Picture Books, Poetry, Teen/YA fiction, traditional, Young fiction
Posted November 5, 2021

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 [...]

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 The Runaways of Haddington Hall
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction
Posted November 4, 2021

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 [...]

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 Tanya Landman
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, Middle Grade, Teen/YA fiction
Posted August 14, 2020

Tanya Landman

The ability to write for different age-groups and in different genres isn’t a skill with which all writers are blessed. But Tanya Landman, whose first novel, Waking Merlin, was published in [...]

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 Foreign editions galore!
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, Middle Grade, On the business, Teen/YA fiction, Young fiction
Posted April 10, 2019

Foreign editions galore!

While the endless, grinding Brexit non-information sounds as if we’re about to be (forcibly) separated from the rest of the world – the world of children’s books is all about [...]

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 Steaming out of shops and libraries!
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, Middle Grade
Posted February 17, 2019

Steaming out of shops and libraries!

The Steam Whistle Theatre Company is the latest novel by Vivian French, a pacey adventure set in Victorian times when train travel was something extraordinary. You may just have heard us waxing [...]

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 Classic Scots
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, Middle Grade, On the business, Scots, traditional, Young fiction
Posted January 23, 2019

Classic Scots

Susan Rennie is one of the UK’s top lexicographers, a renowned writer in Scots, and translator into Scots. She is one of the co-founders of the ground-breaking Itchy Coo publishing [...]

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 The life and times of a debut author…
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, On the business, Teen/YA fiction
Posted October 24, 2018

The life and times of a debut author…

L J Macwhirter – Liz to her friends – has had a rollercoaster of a time since the launch of her wonderful debut YA novel, Black Snow Falling. Her first public event was on the opening [...]

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 #VOTE100BOOKS at the Hay Festivals
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, On the business
Posted May 25, 2018

#VOTE100BOOKS at the Hay Festivals

This is the list of books written by women selected for a series of debates being kicked off at the Hay Festival this weekend, and continuing at the Hay Festivals round the world. #VOTE100BOOKS [...]

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 Megan (without an h) kicks off Girls FC!
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, Middle Grade, On the business
Posted May 23, 2018

Megan (without an h) kicks off Girls FC!

The vagaries of children’s publishing mean that books come, and books go – it’s often hard to work out exactly why. But in the case of Helena Pielichaty‘s superb Girls FC [...]

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 Vivian French – awarded the 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award
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By Lindsey Fraser
In Fiction, Middle Grade, Non-fiction, On the business, Picture Books, Prizes, Teen/YA fiction, Young fiction
Posted March 6, 2018

Vivian French – awarded the 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award

Scottish Book Trust’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2018 has been awarded to Vivian French to mark the vast range of activities in which she’s involved throughout the UK, in addition [...]

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