The #BranfordBoaseAward is so special because it celebrates the relationship between a debut author and their editor. So, let’s hear it for the editors!Congratulations to you all. 🎉🎉 Branford Boase Award

To celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek, we are offering one lucky winner the chance to win the complete set of gloriumptious #RoaldDahl language books. To enter, simply retweet this post! #Giveaway closes on the 11th February, good luck! Ts&Cs: ow.ly/AbAT50MJ3UI

If you’re writing for children or young adults and you’re ready to share your book with agents, do keep me in mind. I’m on the lookout for a fabulous new writer to work with. Submission details at amheath.com

Speckled Pen has had a great start to 2023 & we want to spread the joy. Reply to this tweet & we'll consider your first 3,000 words of a novel – adult or children's – for a gratis editorial report. A name will be plucked from the bag on Friday 3 March! #amwriting #writinglife

We're delighted to share that we are now accepting applications for our 2023 publishing mentorship scheme! Running from July to September, the scheme is aimed at anyone from an underrepresented background who is interested in pursuing a career in the publishing industry 🧵 (1/4)

Journalists! Come and join our fabulous team!

Craft and Conversation, Episode 3: Finding Characters 📚 The full episode is available to stream now on all platforms. Join the conversation! linktr.ee/storymixpodcast 🎙️ Hosted by @MaameBlueWrites 💻 Produced by Azi Farni #WritersPodcast #ChildrensBooks #WeNeedDiverseBooks

This one is a cracking episode. So many great tips from the writing powerhouse that is @MaameBlueWrites and I love her anecdotes in this one. Plus we get to go and explore your teenage bedroom for inspiration in my 5 minute mentor segment linktr.ee/storymixpodcast

The Bookseller has featured us too, which I’ve only just seen. Please share if you can. thebookseller.com/news/brooks-ta….

A bit of bedtime reading, if you fancy it. It's about my life as an author/postman. link.medium.com/Ql7152sdcBb

Happy publication day to My Brilliant Plan to Fix Everything Ben Davis! This summer, Alex hatches a plan to get his parents back together... What could go wrong? Out now 🚲

Check out this fantastic opportunity to study for a Creative Writing MA at the The Open University for free, if you earn under £25k & from a Black/Mixed Black heritage: open.ac.uk/postgraduate/f…

We’re VERY excited about our brand new novel writing competition 🎉👯‍♀️🎉👯‍♀️🎉 check it out below. We look forward to reading your entries! #amwriting #writingcommunity #first500

The winning prizes for #BBC500Words2023 isn't only for the pupils, but also the school! ✅Sir Lenny Henry's height in books ✅ 500 books for your school library ✅ A special BBC prize Here's 2019 Gold Winner Eve to tell you more...

SURE to give you a lift: On 22 December the sun set at 15.48. Today the sun set at 16.07. We've gained 19 mins' more light & we're gaining around a minute extra per day. Look at the branches of a tree against the remaining light. That's a fractal. Seeing it alleviates stress.

To say thank you for all the support so far, we're giving you the chance to WIN all four of our category winning books PLUS some wonderful Caffè Nero goodies! All you have to do is Repost and give us a follow! The winner will be announced on the 22nd. Good luck! 🤞

To celebrate this announcement, I’m offering a signed copy of the lovely new edition of CHOCOLAT to someone on my feed today! RT and follow to enter. I’ll choose the winner at random. (Draw closes at midnight.) #Vianne