I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
The cover of 'writing for young people' by Elen Caldecott. A blue background, with illustrated stationery flying out of a box.
It is a NEW BOOK DAY! 'Writing for Young People', by me, is an accessible look at how fiction for children and young adults is crafted. In eight chapters, we take a DEEP DIVE into picturebooks, MG and YA with AUTHOR INTERVIEWS and WRITING EXERCISES #kidlit #ukkidlit uk.bookshop.org/p/books/writ...
“The fact that the effects of this decision will be felt by Wales’ most vulnerable children is heartbreaking."(Nicola Davies)
Welsh government cease funding for @booktrust.org.uk Cymru.
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Every child deserves the magic of books. ✨📚 But for too many families this winter, books will feel like a luxury they can't afford.
Donate to our Christmas Appeal today to give the magic of books to children and families accessing food banks this festive season. 🎄
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
a list of events taking place at Bradford on Avon library. Workshops for children. Hana Tooke, 9.30 - 10.15 drawing a design for your own mansion. Clare Harlow 10.30 - 11.15 create a tide-magical event of your own. Anika Hussain (cancelled) Emily Randall-Jones - A creepy workshop. Fleur Hitchcock - how to scare yourself and your readers. Stewart Foster, Cancelled.
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
Come and join us in Bradford on Avon library tomorrow. Totally free workshops, lots of room in all of them, I think. Ring the library for details on 01225 863280
Easy Walk from the station. Lovely town. Why wouldn't you? @erandalljones.bsky.social @clareharlow.bsky.social
Join us on 13 November!
Thank you for this, Fleur ( Only just seen your post - not on here very much these days)
Thank you! xx
Thank you, Fleur!
Thank you!
Thank you so much, Ed!
Thank you, Helenka!
#@wainwrightprize.bsky.social I'm so happy to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this shortlist. Thank you! Nurturing a love of the natural world is very dear to my heart #storiesthatconnect #wainwrightprize
We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize shortlists!
From climate and conservation to poetry, place and powerful storytelling for young readers, this year’s books celebrate our connection to the natural world.
Explore them all: wainwrightprize.com
#StoriesThatConnect
Thrilled to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on the shortlist for the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for fiction!
I'm so delighted to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this wonderful shortlist! Such an important prize, nurturing a love of the natural world in young people 🌿
The link between books and nature can be so powerful, and it's something we think about a lot.
So huge congratulations to all the authors and illustrators nominated for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social, and thank you for creating such inspiring reads for young people 👇
Spending time with a good nature book does something no screen can: it slows the mind, grounds the body, and reconnects you with the world.
Reading nature writing isn’t just good for your brain, it’s good for your soul.
What book has done that for you lately? 🌿📚
We’re delighted to reveal the 2025 #WainwrightPrize longlists! 📚🌿
From inspiring nature writing & bold conservation stories to stunning illustration & children’s books brimming with wonder, this year’s selection celebrates the power of stories to connect people and planet.
wainwrightprize.com
Welcome new fellows! @efernie.bsky.social @kayfuller.bsky.social @profjohngardner.bsky.social @jgreenauthor.bsky.social @rachelpixl.bsky.social @loujs.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social @bathspauni.bsky.social @angliaruskin.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social
Workshops with Pascale Petite and Alice Oswald 🎉🎉🎉 Performances with Harry Baker, Ilya Kaminsky, Jackie Kay. Plus poetry slams, open mic, and so much more! 👇🏼👇🏼🎉🎉🎉
Carnegies 2025 Shortlisted Books 📚👍🏼
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Shortlists for the Carnegie Medal 2025 and Kate Greenaway award 2025 - recommended for children and young adults in primary and secondary schools....
If you're going to the @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social this weekend, there are still some spaces on my Sunday morning workshop, 'The Wall Thin as a Wren's Bone': Strengthening Your Similes'. Please share!
www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...
If anyone is coming to the @waterstoneskids.bsky.social festival in Lincoln tomorrow, and didn't manage to get a ticket to see us, that's @hannahgold.bsky.social @jennypearson.bsky.social me & Natasha Farrant, we'll be in the bookshop afterwards so come & say hello, ask questions & get books signed.
We’re supporting #ReadItForward! Buy any Little Tiger books during February on Bookshop.org and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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Watercolour painting of six of the Adventuremice team plus an extra mystery mouse
Here on the worktop:
#Adventuremice having breakfast on a treetop porch swing ✍️
(ink & watercolour illustration) 🎨🐭
Children's Project Editor.
The Faber Children’s team is looking for a Project Editor to work on children’s titles from picture books up to YA. The successful candidate will be a meticulous, with a keen eye for detail and great communication skills.
faber.co.uk/careers/childrens-project-editor-maternity-cover/
This a great competition, dear to my heart (got an honorary mention many years ago) run by lovely people.
Polish off those bits of flash and enter.
Please share :)
Graphic to highlight the 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for Young People which runs in conjunction with the Branford Boase Award and is open too all young people 8 - 18. Author Henrietta Branford who died in 2000, was always keen to encourage young writers. The Branford Boase Award was set up in memory of Henrietta and her editor Wendy Boase of Walker Books.
If you know young people who like #Writing, tell them about the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition. Open now to all 8 - 18 yr olds. The judges are looking for stories, poems, lyrics that will make them laugh. They want young writers to have fun!
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-competi...
