#WritingCommunity, we're starting the year with a #giveaway 🎉🎉🎉 Share & like this post, plus tag a writer who you think should enter our 2024 Novel & Picture Book Awards for a chance to win a chapter critique from a published author📚 Our giveaway winner will be selected

Tagging Charlie Baudry Stephen Daly 🏳️‍🌈

Happy Leap Year Day!🐣 With this one extra day this year we are opening up to your submissions! For 24hrs only you can submit you children’s fiction ideas for the chance to gain a mentorship! Open until 12pm tonight. Full details👉 loom.ly/L9R4gn0

Finally got my bookshelves in order. To celebrate here’s my last #bookgiveaway for a while 😅They’re all brilliant. Follow and Retweet by midnight Monday 4th for a chance to win them all. Open to any Primary school in UK. I’ll pick a random winner and post to you 📚🎁🚚❤️

✨Our #SundaySweetener this week is for the brilliant book - 'I Hate Love Books', by Mariajo Illustrajo. 🥰 Repost and tag a friend in for an extra entry. Must be following. Will announce winner after 9pm.

#GIVEAWAY to share the book launch love!! 🧡🧡🧡 I have one pack of very special Skye Fudge left so I thought I'd give it to a lovely reader, along with a signed and dedicated copy of The Island at the Edge of Night, and a wee bunch of lavender! Follow and RT by midnight Fri 19/4

WIN my Waterstones Childrens Book Prize shortlisted book THE BEASTS OF KNOBBLY BOTTOM: ATTACK OF THE VAMPIRE SHEEP & RISE OF THE ZOMBIE PIGS, PLUS some knobbly bottom goodies! Simply write BOTTOMS UP in the comments and like & share this post! I will pick a winner on 19th May.

✨We're delighted to reveal the longlist for our Search for a Storyteller competition with Arvon! A huge thank you to everyone who took the time & care to enter. It was very hard for us to narrow down the amazing entries. Congratulations to the longlisted authors! 🥳

Thank you to the wonderful Uju Asika Uju Asika for her visit to Northgate Primary School Northgate Loves Reading to talk about her brilliant book 'A World for Me and You' Such an inspiring, uplifting afternoon ❤️

So excited to enter two stories into this year's Searchlight Writing for Children Awards 🎉🎉

🤩Our School Book Awards 2024-25 has launched! 18 amazing books for the children to enjoy. And then at the end of the year, our fantastic book awards evening to celebrate!🤩

Our Picture Books for this year's book awards: 'Our Tower' by Joseph Coelho and Richard Johnson 'The Good Little Wolf' by Nadia Shareen 'All The Things You Will Do' by Lucy Rowland and Neely Daggett

'Quiet' by Tom Percival and Richard Jones 'I Love Books' by Marijo Illustrajo 'The Library Mouse' by Frances Tosdevin and Sophia O'Connor Illustration

🤩Northgate School Book Awards 2024-25 has launched🤩Three fantastic graphic novels: 'Stitch Head' by Guy Bass and Pete Williamson 'City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm' by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian ⚡️ Risu 'Barb the Brave' by Dan and Jason

Nine amazing middle grade books: 'Dave Pigeon' by Swapna Haddow (book updates) and Sheena Dempsey 'Rise of the Zombie Pigs' by Emily-Jane has a Knobbly Bottom (book!) and jeffcrowther 'Dungeon Runners' by @kmlarwood and @Joetoddstanton 'Wildsmith' by Liz Flanagan and @Joetoddstanton

'The Lost Sun Lion' by Lee Newbery and Laura Catalan 'Time Travellers' by sufiya ahmed 'Finding Bear' by Hannah Gold - here sometimes 🤩 and Levi Pinfold 'Fright Bite' by Jennifer Killick 'Impossible Creatures' by Katherine Rundell and Tomislav Tomic

I'm so excited to start sharing these amazing books with the kids at my school! Let the fun begin 🎉🎉

Just had the most fantastic writing workshop with Marie Basting - updates only - mostly not here as part of WriteMentor WOWCON. Thank you so much Marie for your brilliant advice on developing voice in your writing 😍

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