Incredibly proud to see Mark Gatiss 💙 recognised for his work in The Motive And The Cue at yesterday's #OlivierAwards2024 . The campaign to get his surname pronounced correctly (it's Gaytiss - just think gay) goes on...

Cannot wait for this!

Being an author is about a first draft, second, third, until the book slowly emerges. It’s about tenacity, turning up & getting words down. That’s it. The rest is out of our control. We hope you like what we’ve written, & try not to mind too much if you don’t. We write.

Nearly 300 years ago, the first Black performer to play Juliet was Rachael Baptiste, an Irishwoman also hugely successful as a singer.
She performed in Lancashire in the mid-1700s.

Here I am, on top of a very windy mountain, talking about whale jaw bones and wild ponies and why I set my new book, EMBER SPARK & THE THUNDER OF DRAGONS, in Scotland 🐉 Pre-order a dedicated & signed sprayed edges edition here: nightowlbooks.co.uk/products/signe… Simon & Schuster Children's Books (out 9th May)

Via my old friend Jason, a terrific retrospective.

Happppy publication day to this riotously fast paced & funny book!!

Heard my first Blackcap singing not long after sun-up today, fresh in from North Africa. Liquid-metal notes, amid the glitter-chaff of the Goldfinches.
A real heart-lifter. They back with you yet?

My mate Maz Evans (isn't here - back soon) is poorly, so I’m here to toot a trumpet and tell you to get this screamer of a book for your kids’ bedside tables so they can giggle themselves to sleep. 😃

Thank you, Becs, it’s true! Artemis is out and anarchy is afoot. It’s all Amber Caraveo 🌻😻🌻 ‘s and Barry Cunningham ‘s fault!

A quick update of what I've been reading recently, with a great selection of very different books this time
davidbarkerauthor.co.uk/reading/
Grimwood Nadia Shireen
The Frozen Sea Piers Torday
Throne of Jade Naomi Novik
All wonderful reads in very different ways!

Sophie Walker Philippa R. Francis 📚 Keep an eye on the Paul Torday Memorial Prize shortlists and winners (awarded to first novels by writers over 60). Some brilliant reads there.

A really gentle reminder to anyone wanting to be a writer: WRITE. Love the craft. Take it slowly. Enjoy art and the world around you. Make good work. The rest will come. Focusing on being agented or published is a mistake. With love, S x

Every year there’s some sector of the children’s book market that is said to be in decline. This year it’s MG. Next year who knows?
I’m just back from BCBF where almost everyone I asked “What are you looking for?” answered “Middle grade” 🤷‍♂️

Happy publication day to PORKY PIES - my new book for the Little Gems series by Barrington Stoke, and perfect for the fibbing wee piggy in your life. Illustrated by Marisa Morea!

It's notable that Waugh's 'Brideshead Revisited' and CS Lewis's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' were both published during the austerity years of rationing after the Second World War, and both feature transitions into fantasy worlds where sumptuous meals are served...

What a STUNNING book this is!

I mean, is there anything Emma Carroll 🇺🇦 can’t write?!

This mixes wonder, magic tricks, illusions, escapology & all with Emma’s trademark warmth, lightness of touch & eye for adventure.

Out in July with this beauty of a cover. A classic. 🙌

★★★★★
'One of the best entertaining options you could pick this spring'
LondonTheatre1

Don't miss this fun musical adventure for the whole family!
The Odyssey on until 21 Apr | For ages 8 - 13
Book now bit.ly/UnicornOdyssey

„Every small action counts, by every individual“, says Irina Lumelsky from UN Publications at #BCBF24 about reaching the United Nations #SDG goals in #publishing

Ever wondered how book cover designs are made? All is revealed by award-winning designer Mecob Design in the new 3-part episode of We’d Like A Word with hosts Paul Waters, Blackwatertown & Stevyn Colgan - hat tips to Ben Tallon Mark Swan & Piers Torday #bookcovers podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wed-l…