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Such a great issue of The Bookseller this week featuring a great article from Zoey Dixon on the importance of representation in children’s books. #RepresentationMatters

Excellent post from Usborne Publishing Welcome to the seaside town of Greyscar where the streets are under the control of an evil phantom... I've shared the opening too. Happy October launch day, Alex Atkinson !!

Thank you Words & Pictures and Carrie Sellon for sharing your experiences of being a debut author - so much of this resonated with me. It’s great to hear of fellow introverts taking themselves out of their comfort zones to promote their books and find themselves enjoying it.

I had the pleasure of meeting Anna James is barely here anymore recently. She was so generous with her time and open to sharing her author experiences to date and full of great advice, so this talk on school visits is definitely one for the diary! Thank you WriteMentor #kidslit

Well, this was an excitingly spooky bit of book post to receive just before the weekend! Thank you Alex Atkinson and Usborne Publishing - it looks amazing!! 👻#kidslit #mgbooks #newchildrensbooks

#Writers, do you have an award-winning book idea? 📚️ 🏆️ Introducing WriteMentor’s brand new #competition for #kidlit right from the early concept stage, judged by David Higham Associates (David Higham Books) assistant agent Deirdre Power (Dee Power). Open internationally to all

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Hello, books. (Signed and in Gay's The Word waiting for you!)

Calling underrepresented authors! Our submissions inbox is open. We're looking for children's fiction and non-fiction (MG - YA & crossover) and adult fiction and non-fiction. Submit to us here: thegoodliteraryagency.org/submissions/

I had a lovely morning watching the author Sarah Hagger-Holt spark creative writing ideas from a group of Y3 and Y4 children in a wonderful school visit hosted by Imogen Negomi at Balham Library . See the thread below for all the other incredible events they have lined up. #kidslit

Loved Natalia Godsmark 📚 FINAL WORD in the WriteMentor newsletter. The importance of writer friends cannot be underestimated, so I agree with Natalia's advice to aspiring authors of "commit to making as many writing friends as you can". It's a game changer. x open.substack.com/pub/writemento…

So, the book I've been banging on about for months is finally out in the world. I had an actually perfect day yesterday, launching Fallout in London with amazing people. So here's a thread of thanks...

Congratulations Lui! X

Sounds like a fab way to get in the mood for Halloween….