This feels like a really good initiative!

GIVEAWAY: Tickets are now on sale for BarnesKidsLitFest - the UK's largest dedicated children's literature festival! To celebrate, we have a BUNDLE OF BOOKS to giveaway! RT and follow BarnesKidsLitFest to enter. UK and ROI only. Enter by Thurs 15th May 11.59.59 Good luck!

Can't recommend this enough 👇 Sara Grant sure does know her stuff 📚💡🙌

We absolutely love hearing the continuing success stories of SCBWI British Isles Undiscovered Voices alumni. Congratulations Sarwat Chadda 👏 If you write stories for children/YA, this could be you! Take the first step and sign up for our live online launch undiscoveredvoices.com/news/uv-2026-l…

5.40am alarm on a Saturday?! Must be New Writing North Newcastle Writing Conference 📚 🙌 Took the train so I could write en route but I'm too giddy about seeing my super critique partners Carolyn Sims and Caroline Mundy and for my 121 with Ashley Thorpe 😄

I'll be there - will you? It really is a brilliant opportunity if you're a #KidLit author #UV26 SCBWI British Isles

Tonight SCBWI British Isles announces its 10th Undiscovered Voices for unagented/pre-published writers! Undiscovered Voices has launched the writing careers of more than 100 writers who have received publishing contracts for more than 400 books. Could you be next? undiscoveredvoices.com

Almost launch time - exciting! Don't forget to register ✅️

So much thought has gone into these masterclasses - they're going to be fantastic 👇

** Sign up by midnight for a chance to win one of these two fantastic new books on perfecting your writing craft ** Three 90min masterclasses for just £30 for scbwi members; £40 for non-members. Sara Grant Sheila M Averbuch threads.net/sheilamaverbuch SCBWI British Isles #UV26

Check out this blog post by Sue H Cunningham☁️ Cloud Nine is here! on author brand or "establishing your uniqueness" to stand out with agents and publishers: tinyurl.com/2snfwerv Sign up for our online masterclass series to learn more from Sue 🤩 SCBWI British Isles #UV26

🚀 GIVEAWAY! 🚀 To celebrate The First Kid in Space reaching the lowest Amazon ranking I’ve ever had (what’s the opposite of stratospheric?), I’m giving away a signed copy! To enter: ⭐️ Like + RT ⭐️ Follow me Winner announced 16/06! UK only. #giveaway #BookGiveaway #competition

Love this blog post by Sara Grant which highlights just how amazing so many of my fellow Undiscovered Voices 2024 alumni are #proud #UV26

** One month to go** to get your entries in for Undiscovered Voices - the best competition around for unpublished, unagented kidlit and YA writers (okay, we might be slightly biased...) We can't wait to read your manuscripts 👀 undiscoveredvoices.com

Absolutely delighted to find the new and improved Sheep Swap on this list once again 🐑💥🙌 Good luck everyone 🤞🤞🤞 I ❤️ Guppy Books 😄 Guppy Books #Kidlit

Another amazing Undiscovered Voices success story 👏 There's still time to enter, until 8 Sep. If you're undecided - do it! You never know where it might lead... 📚

Don't miss this amazing chance! Closing date is 8 Sep - a week on Monday. Go, go, go!

Entries to Undiscovered Voices 2026 close at midnight tomorrow. If you are still polishing your submission - you can do it! 💪 We can't wait to read your stories. Don't miss your chance 👇 undiscoveredvoices.com SCBWI British Isles SCBWI Ireland scbwi

Trying not to get TOO excited about making the Guppy Books Open Submission shortlist... but it's not easy 🥳🤸🐑💥🙌 Absolutely thrilled. I ❤️Guppy Books and this is a massive boost to my confidence 😄 guppybooks.co.uk/guppy-open-sub…

Absolutely loved my second #CumbrianCreatives night at Theatre by the Lake  this week. Still can't quite say "I'm a writer" without cringing when other creatives ask what I do though 😅 Highly recommend Di and Viv and Rose, on for another 2 weeks. Laughed, cried, danced in our seats ❤️