We are delighted to introduce Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star the delightfully funny, historical adventure following a resourceful group of disabled children on a daring heist from exciting debut author Dr Laura Noakes! PREORDER : bit.ly/3ZuWK2b HarperCollins Children's Books

Another WriteMentor success story! Very much looking forward to getting stuck in again this year. Well done to all successful applicants. My longlist constituted two thirds of submissions and my shortlist still had over a dozen.

This year for WriteMentor I'm very excited about working with Jo Dutton on her ingenious MG crime novel. (I will be sending feedback to those on my shortlist over the next week or so, but if you'd rather not hear just now, let me know.)

Wonderful launch for “Cosima Unfortunate” by Dr Laura Noakes last night. Even though she was my WriteMentor mentee in 2021 it was only the first time we’d met in person. It’s published next week and features an audacious heist, ingenious inventions and great disability rep.

Happy book birthday to Dr Laura Noakes! I'm beyond excited the rest of you can now read it and understand just why it leapt out at me at WriteMentor, leapt out at Lydia Silver at DA Children's Agency and leapt out at everyone at HarperCollins Children's Books. This is something very special indeed.

We've just published this wonderful guide to all the best film/TV locations in the UK that you can visit, from James Bond to Game of Thrones... plus that little seaside cafe outside Blackpool that ended up in Star Wars. One for movie trivia buffs as well as for day out ideas.

If you're a writer from an under-represented background, this new mentoring programme Bloomsbury is offering is something you really REALLY should apply for. (And ignore your impostor syndrome if that's already whispering otherwise!)

If you haven't read Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star yet, do. And then pre-order the next in the series of ingenious and utterly unique adventure mysteries featuring the girls abandoned in the Home for Unfortunates.

There is ONE WEEK left to submit to Bloomsbury's exciting new mentorship programme for writers underrepresented in publishing. Don't give into impostor syndrome - give it a go! I'm looking forward to reading some of the submissions soon.

Just in case anyone is worried that publishing has become Orwellian, this isn’t what sensitivity readers do.

Attention, children's writers! There are a couple of places left on this conference Writers & Artists are running here at Bloomsbury HQ next Saturday. This one is taking an original approach and should really help you open up your writing. Use discount code NOV1023 for 10% off.

A spectacular thank you to the wonderful folk Waterstones Kids for revealing the cover of COSIMA UNFORTUNATE FOILS A FRAUD, out next year!! HarperCollins Children's Books Natalie Doherty Lydia Silver DA Children's Agency ⭐️♥️

I’ve told many writers I’ve worked with to view building a writing career not as climbing a mountain but the Ten Peaks Challenge. I recommend all writers check out all of Lorraine’s wonderfully candid tweets under the same hashtag. The slog is worth it - but it’s still a slog.

Are you brave enough to join the Wanderdays in their first thrilling adventure? 🐠 The first book in a new series from Clare Povey. An exciting watery adventure packed with brilliant baddies, bravery, friendship and real passion for protecting the natural world. OUT TODAY! 🐟

⭐️TODAY’S THE DAY!⭐️ Cosima Unfortunate Foils a Fraud is out NOW! I can’t wait for readers to see what shenanigans Cosima and the gang get up to next. Expect priceless art, cake, a reverse-heist + (my personal favourite!) a cat! 🐈‍⬛

Delighted to reveal that my new series of maritime adventures will set sail with Sapere Books 🦉 - can't wait for you to follow Midshipman Newt Beresford across the oceans, up the ranks and into the heart of battle.

For anyone looking to get into the publishing industry, particularly as an editor, I’ll be taking part in this panel later this month.

Very pleased to be working with Natalie Rutherford on her hilarious middle grade novel Sheep Swap! Thanks to all who submitted - quality was high across the board and difficult to even draw up a shortlist. I'll be contacting a few people who were on it, but please bear with me.

If you are interested in a career in publishing, I'll be on the panel discussing it at Bradford Literature Festival tomorrow afternoon. Join us (both there and in the business)! #BradfordLitFest

Seeing Rob Reiner's Stand By Me aged 12 (the perfect age for it, though I understand it differently now) set me on course to being a writer. Before, I just wanted to be a detective or time traveller. Afterwards I realised being a writer meant I could be all the things. Sad day.