Join us for #ukteenchat tonight - Tues 3rd Feb 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous @ambercaraveo.bsky.social & @joannamoult.bsky.social of Skylark Literary chatting writing, books and publishing. Hope you see you there 🙂
#writingcommunity #writerslife #literaryagents #SkylarkLiterary

Reminder: Applications are open for the 2026–27 @malorieblackman.bsky.social Scholarships for Unheard Voices. This is your chance to receive up to £1,000 towards City Lit writing courses. Applications close 8 Feb 2026. @citylitwriting.bsky.social

Apply now: www.citylit.ac.uk/malorie-blac...

Writing for children: workshop This workshop is for you if you are writing children’s books. During the workshop you will take turns to share work and will develop your work-in-progress with constructive feedback from tutor and cla...

Last chance to join my Writing for Children Workshop @citylit. Thursdays 12.30-2pm
For writers of picture books, middle grade and YA. Sign up today!

Writing for children: workshop | Writing course | London | City Lit share.google/fWunEsJe1jR8...

Writing for children: workshop This workshop is for you if you are writing children’s books. During the workshop you will take turns to share work and will develop your work-in-progress with constructive feedback from tutor and cla...

I have two lovely in-person courses starting soon on Thursdays at City Lit in Covent Garden, London.
Writing for Children Workshop share.google/xquaanKMJ0kq... and Advanced Writing for Children Advanced: Finising Your Novel share.google/ypPyB80tGLZg...
Do join me and spread the word!

Writing Crime | Online Creative Writing Courses | Faber Academy Plot the perfect crime in our intensive twelve-week online creative writing course with award-winning author Penny Joelson.

I'm really excited to be teaching online at Faber Academy again this autumn! I'll be teaching both Writing YA and Writing Crime. You can contact the friendly team at academy@faber.co.uk with questions, and to book follow these links:
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Here’s a trailer I made for ONE CAT, TWO CATS, a rhyming lift-the-flap, pop-up book with 20 cats to count, by me, Rob Hodgson and @nosycrow.bsky.social.

I hope you like the look of the book – which is OUT TODAY!! – but I can only beg your forgiveness for the music.

🐈…🐈🐈‍⬛ #KidLitUK #OneCatTwoCats

Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025 Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.

Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025. 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
#kidlit
Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, poetry, early and middle-grade ...

Writing Crime | Online Creative Writing Courses | Faber Academy Plot the perfect crime in our intensive twelve-week online creative writing course with award-winning author Penny Joelson.

I'm really excited to be teaching online at Faber Academy again this autumn! I'll be teaching both Writing YA and Writing Crime. You can contact the friendly team at academy@faber.co.uk with questions, and to book follow these links:
faberacademy.com/product/writ...
faberacademy.com/product/writ...

A photo of women and children enjoying the book Roarr! plus a circle featuring a graphic of three children with their arms in the air and the words: "Over 60,000 children under five engaged with BookTrust Storytime this year." And the BookTrust logo.

We're thrilled to reveal that over 60,000 children under five took part in #BookTrustStorytime this year!

Approximately 90% of libraries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part - and it had a big impact 👇 (1/3)

I'm thrilled to be part of @wrdmag.bsky.social Ones To Watch alongside some amazing fellow authors!
You can read the Spring issue online for free at @wrdmag.bsky.social’s link in bio.

We loved meeting the Beck and the beavers in Catherine Ward's By the Beaver Pool.
This beautiful book (ill Phoebe Roze) shows readers the incredible ways beavers transform the landscape, wrapped in a heart-warming story about new beginnings. @florisbooks.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/

The cover of Finn Jones Was Here on a blue background with text reading: Winner 2025

Very happy that FINN JONES WAS HERE has won the Brilliant Book Award - voted for by students themselves, making it extra special!

Runner-up was the fabulous ECHOSTAR IS ALWAYS LISTENING by @melindasalisbury.com - a book I adored. 😍

Skylark Literary Skylark Literary is a specialist literary agency for children's books, devoted to seeking, supporting and developing the best fiction for children and young adults

I’ve had quite a few new followers lately - so, thank you! 😊 And here’s a little bit about me. I love books - especially fiction for children & YA readers. I am a former publisher, now literary agent with www.skylark-literary.com, & I am passionate about supporting authors so they can create! 😍

Thank you to the great @authorsalouduk.bsky.social for championing my books and school events

Writing YA | Online Creative Writing Courses | Faber Academy Spend three months in expert company, learning the key skills any writing of young adult fiction requires.

Delighted to be teaching 'Writing YA' again online for Faber Academy @faberacademy.bsky.social starting in March.
From a previous student:
'Really supportive tutor. She provided excellent insights and it felt like she knew what she was talking about.'
faberacademy.com/product/writ...

Writing YA | Online Creative Writing Courses | Faber Academy Spend three months in expert company, learning the key skills any writing of young adult fiction requires.

Delighted to be teaching 'Writing YA' again online for Faber Academy @faberacademy.bsky.social starting in March.
From a previous student:
'Really supportive tutor. She provided excellent insights and it felt like she knew what she was talking about.'
faberacademy.com/product/writ...

a woman with curly hair and glasses is sitting in front of a bookshelf with a pinkvilla logo above her ALT: a woman with curly hair and glasses is sitting in front of a bookshelf with a pinkvilla logo above her

Just submitted my homework for tomorrow's week 3 advanced children's writing session with @pennyjoelson.bsky.social @citylit.bsky.social

This is happening thanks to the #dycp grant I received from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Getting the time to write and improve my craft is so precious

Breakthrough Scholarships | Curtis Brown Creative Our scholarships provide regular funded places on our courses to talented writers facing barriers to entry.

We’re currently accepting applications to five different FREE opportunities for #UnderrepresentedWriters as part of the Breakthrough Writers’ Programme! Funded by Curtis Brown Books and our partners. #AmWriting

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-scholarship...

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Edinburgh Young adult Fiction Prize — Scottish Arts Trust For writers and illustrators of novels and graphic novels created for readers aged 12 years and older. All genres including humour, romance, drama, horror, queer, contemporary, realist, speculative f...

www.scottishartstrust.org/young-adult-...

Literary & Entertainment Agents | The Blair Partnership The Blair Partnership literary & entertainment agents are always actively looking for promising new writers and established talent to represent.

I'm now open for submissions at
@tbpagency.bsky.social! I'm dying to see your exceptional crime, thriller, mystery, whodunnit, gothic and high-concept book club fiction:

More on me:
www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-age...

Submissions guidance here: www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-sub...

Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.

Well here's one! bsky.app/profile/most... (thanks @leonieroberts.bsky.social for flagging!) #KidLitUK

I've just set up on Googleclassroom with @citylit.bsky.social for @pennyjoelson.bsky.social course on Monday. Got to get my childre's writing hat on. The transition time from training others to becoming a writing student is going to take me all weekend and I love it!

Have you always wanted to write? Start 2025 with this lovely online Faber course: Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction.
faberacademy.com/product-cate...

Writing for children: advanced This supportive and interactive course for advanced children's writers will help deepen your understanding of the genre and acquire techniques to hone your writing. This course will be delivered onli...

Are you writing Fiction for Children? Or have you done a beginners' course and want support to develop your skills further, build confidence and stay motivated?
Sign up now for this online course with City Lit!
www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writ...

Writing for children: advanced This supportive and interactive course for advanced children's writers will help deepen your understanding of the genre and acquire techniques to hone your writing. This course will be delivered onli...

Are you writing Fiction for Children? Or have you done a beginners' course and want support to develop your skills further, build confidence and stay motivated?
Sign up now for this online course with City Lit!
www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/writ...

Have you always wanted to write? Start 2025 with this lovely online Faber course: Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction.
faberacademy.com/product-cate...

This is SUCH great advice from fellow Cornish author @acwilsonwriter.bsky.social

Read the full interview with here here:

naomiandjamesjones.substack.com/p/words-and-...

*taps mic* 🎤 👈🏼
‘research suggests that school libraries, aside from supporting and strengthening pupils' academic achievement, also play a vital role in supporting pupil wellbeing’
www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/bey...
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #SchoolLibrariesAreEssential

Society of Authors calls for celebrity memoir ghostwriters to be credited Many celebrities’ books are actually written by others, the writers’ union says, and it’s time they were acknowledged

This is one of our current campaigns at Society of Authors, thanks to Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group @abielongstaff.bsky.social

In short: Credit ghosts. Pay ghosts. My experience with Sir Chris was only positive. Shame not all are.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...