Are you up for a 2 1/2 hours high energy writing slam? Learn everything you need to know to write an outstanding novel, from Simon Hall from #CambridgeUni - DON'T MISS this! #amwriting #amwritingfiction #iamwritingfestival

Here’s my belated #magpiechallenge for LUCK Not 100% happy with the layout but I’m glad I’ve done it 😊

My #magpiechallenge for QUIET

GIVEAWAY! 1 person to receive all 6 books. To have a chance of receiving ALL of these six lovely books please just 1. Follow me & 2. Like this tweet & 3. RT this tweet! Ends 29/5 midnight. UK only. Min age 18. Twitter only. 1 recipient randomly selected. #Giveaway #BookGiveaway

GIVEAWAY! Just RT and follow. Stack of children’s books. Details of each in comments. Mix of finished copies and ARCs. Open to U.K. shipping addresses only unless you’re willing to pay international shipping. Ends 18th July midnight BST.

Morning walk with the dog ☀️ Love being by the sea💙

My current read and latest book haul. Only one chapter in and loving The Song That Sings Us already. Will a find a shady spot this afternoon to read some more ☀️🌳📖 🙂

Contented dog this morning. Lying on my foot while I read #TheSongThatSingsUs

So happy to have been longlisted for the WriteMentor NID 🎉 Thanks to all the readers and everyone at WriteMentor. A big shout out to my crit group who have helped me get this far, too 😀

It's never not sad to see people in the BOOK INDUSTRY hold contempt for children's books and their authors. I did an event once, there were authors of all genres and reading ages there and someone in "adult publishing" sneered at the arrival of a picture book author. Cont'd.

Benefits of Reading to Children: a thread 🧵 It’s well known and documented that reading for pleasure has HUGE positive effects on children’s learning, both in school and throughout their lives. But what about children who can’t be persuaded to read for fun?

3 days to go! 🚀 I know I've tweeted about this too much, but I'm very excited to launch GHOSTS OF MARS officially into the world. You can join me to celebrate on Monday evening, deets below:

PUBLICATION DAY! Time to launch my novel!🚀

#2 GIVEAWAY! 📚 Next up we've got some totally brilliant novels for readers aged 10+. Read their books and then come and see them at the festival - you're in for a treat. Robin Stevens Updates Frances Hardinge @JosephACoelho SF Said. Retweet and follow us to win! #giveaway

I should make clear: I and other visiting authors have recently had experiences of being asked to censor our LGBT focused presentations. I have also spoken to a librarian who quietly dismantled their LGBT book display because of ‘quiet pressure from above’ This is happening NOW

Laura Bates saying it for everyone who still doesn’t understand yet. #Luis #LuisRubiales #sexualassault

The cover for Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman Usborne Publishing has only been revealed by one of my favourite scary/funny authors of all time, the amazing Jennifer Killick! Thank you to illustrator, Miriam Serafin and designer, Katharine Millichope for making it look so beautiful

Proofs of Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman have landed! They’ll be going out into the world this week. Thank you amazing agent Lina Langlee and to the Usborne Publishing team with special mention to Sarah Stewart, Katharine Millichope, Miriam Serafin,Jacob Dow and Ayesha

Our brand-new competition for #kidlit ideas opened yesterday - all you need is a pitch and a page 🎉 Open internationally until mid-July. Read more about the prizes, how to enter, and meet the agent judge below ⤵️

Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman is in The Bookseller. Excited for October 👻