Loved seeing @mariesadulak on stage Henley Literary Festival! Had the littles (and me!) roaring and snapping all the way home 🐯💛

Thank you Patrice Lawrence and BookTrust for this really important article 💛 #RepresentationMatters

Finally made it to my first ever Authorfy Kid Lit Christmas Party! Special people, good times 💛

Cover Reveal… Thank you to the utterly brilliant Yaroslava Apollonova and the endlessly patient and talented team at Farshore for bringing Mizzy to such vibrant life 💗 #themizzymysteries

I'm looking forward to reading this book Dancing Dumplings For My One and Only by Eva Wong Nava (Author) and Natelle Quek (Na-TELL Kwek) | s/h 🩷💜💙 out with Walker Books in January! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dancin…

Give the perfect #Christmas present for a writer in your life: an annual membership to WriteMentor's online writing community 📝 Everyday is a writing day for our Hub members with exclusive access to events, activities, resources, industry insights & more bit.ly/4bUFGZt

Aberdeen! I'm leading an All Stories *updates only* writing workshop at Airyhall Library Sat 1st Feb. If you're interested in writing for children & from an underrepresented group, come and join this FREE, fun, inspiring workshop. Link: allstories.org.uk/writing-worksh… #AllStories2024

OUR 2025 LONGLIST 🙌 Huge congratulations to the talented debut #childrensbooks authors and editors longlisted for this year's #BranfordBoaseAward 🎉🎆🎉 Find out more about this year's longlist ➡️ branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-longlist/

"This isn't something that's just nice or lovely. It's something fundamental to becoming a human being." Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce shares why reading is a right for every child. #ReadingRights

The 2025 WriteMentor Novel Awards are now open for entries of Chapter Book, Middle Grade & Young Adult fiction, judged by David Higham Associates agent Christabel McKinley, who shares her advice for writing a compelling opening. Enter now before 1st April: bit.ly/3PzYeoE

Today I'm an officially published author!! 🥳 INKBOUND is out in the US! The biggest thank you to Amy Cloud and Clarion Books for making this lifelong dream come true! Starred review from Publishers Weekly #indienextpick JLG Gold Standard The Times Children's Book of the Week

Extraordinary stories can come from ordinary places - they just need to be found. Join our #NationalStorytellingWeek events: - Magical storytelling with Joseph Coelho - Create a superhero with Tọlá Okogwu - UPDATES ONLY - World building with Polarbear (Steven Camden) Sign up: literacytrust.org.uk/resources/nati…

So excited to reveal the cover for I’M GONNA EAT A MONSTER! Written by me, illustrated by Scott Wilson, and publishing with PuffinBooks. We’re super excited for you to meet Little Rabbit and Grey Wolf and follow them on their adventure on March 6th! Pre-order link in my bio!

So incredibly made up to share the news that I have two picture books coming out with PuffinBooks, the first of which A Love As Full as the Moon is due out on 7th August 💛🌕💫

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: Margaret McDonald, @natelessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025 Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners-a…

Amazing evening celebrating Penguin Books UK 90th birthday the Design Museum. Over 350+ authors and illustrators in one space - so much love for this publishing family and its many creative ‘penguins’!

Starting off the week with the most incredible of surprise deliveries! An advance/proof copy of my debut picture book A Love as Full as the Moon, illustrated by Sienna Youngsun Kim, publishing with @puffinbooksuk @penguinukbooks this August! Very exciting!🌛🌝💖