Cool clouds this afternoon! 😍

Our Flash Fiction writing competition is now open for entries! This is your chance to write fifty words (or less) on this year’s theme, which has been revealed on our website: derbybookfestival.co.uk/flash-fiction many thanks to University of Derby DerbyUniPress for their ongoing support! ❤️

It's the final (and bonus!) week of #WinterWritingCheer! Thank you so much to everyone who's joined in. This week: I'm offering 5 writers chance to do one of my 1 or 2 week-long courses (worth £15-35) for only £10 - going straight to Alzheimer's Research UK #StoryGodmother To enter...

YAY! I've completed the #StoryStorm challenge this month with 31 #picturebook ideas in 31 days. Thank you to ✨Tara Lazar✨ and to all the guest authors for the inspiration 🙏

Yawa The Adventurer is now live! Grab a discount in the next 48 hours! bit.ly/comicdiscount #BlackHistoryMonth  #Kickstarter #kidlit #comics

After day 2, our current #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest submission stats are: 141 PB 33 MG 18 YA ONE last day to get those entries in! #kidlit #amwriting #writingcommmunity #PB #MG #YA kaileipewbooks.com/post/the-1st-a…

As we prepare to announce the Writing Magazine #picturebookprize longlist, today's #WednesdayWritingTips are about #picturebooks. Just a quick whizz through the basics & some top tips, which I hope people find helpful. #StoryGodmother

WIN a copy of the all new, all electric Chitty Chitty Bang Bang PLUS a personalised drawing! Simply RT and follow to enter. The winners will be announced 8PM GMT Monday 7th. Now available in paperback in the U.K.

✨BOOK BUNDLE GIVEAWAY!✨ To celebrate publication day of #HelloStar by Stephanie Lucianovic 🦋 & Vashti Harrison I have a fab #bookbundle to #giveaway! To enter: 🌟 RT & FLW PuffinBooks & Rachael 📚 Picture Book Perfect 📚 🌟 BONUS ENTRY: reply with a star GIF & tag a friend Ends 11pm 4 Feb. UK only.🤞

Introducing our 2022 Golden Kite Speaker: #1 New York TImes bestselling author and the National Ambassador of Young People's Literature, @jaysonreynolds13 ✨ This keynote is free and open to the public, SCBWI members, and non-members! Don't miss it: March 15 @ 4pm PT on Zoom.

Join Julie Hedlund SONG AFTER SONG is out now! and me on Feb. 23 at 8 pm EST for a 12 x 12 Challenge #PB chat. It's open to ALL; you don't need to be a #12x12PB member to attend. KidLit in Color Soaring20sPB PBCrew22 #BlackCreatorsHq #BlackCreatorsInKidLit We Need Diverse Books Westport Writers' Workshop New England SCBWI Register: bit.ly/bookchat-valer…

Given that another article about sensitivity readers is apparently imminent, I'm going to do a thread of things I've picked up in the many sensitivity reads I've done, with the aim of showing what it is we actually do, and how much what we do has been misrepresented.

2 days until our #BCHQAuction22 ends! Auctions, giveaways, and raffles have our team running around like crazy! THANK YOU to everyone who has donated and bid! You’re not going to want to miss these amazing offers! Bid today! bit.ly/BCHQ2022

*** Just 3 tickets left *** Anyone want them? 😊

***RHYMING MASTERCLASS*** Next tickets released are for #RhymingMasterclass! Learn how to write tight, sparkling rhyming texts. Course: Sat 5th March 9.30am-12noon Tickets on sale TOMORROW (Thurs 24th) 7.30am GMT. eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhyming-text… #MarchOnwardWriter #StoryGodmother 😊

Our 100 x 100 Open House for under represented writers and illustrators is LIVE for 24 hours (closes 10am Wed). Details below. Please spread the word!

#PBParty contest submissions are OPEN. Wahoooo! 🎉 This 2nd (& final) window is 2 hours long. The judges & I can't wait to read your entries. Good luck. Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 is 🥳 about TRICKY CHOPSTICKS!🥢📕 Matt Tesoriero Gabriele Davis @SarafinaDesign @ProfessorAixa @LoriDegman mindyalyseweiss.com/the-2022-pbpar…

My heart is so full! 🕺🏾💃🏾🕺🏾 I wrote this so African kids can see their magic represented and to provide a window for others! Super grateful to Natalie and Katie for believing in it! And my CP's, Bryher and Olivia for their help and suggestions. #WritingCommunity #childrensbook

I can finally share with you the cover for my debut picture book THE DREAMS WE MADE! Due for release 23.05.23 Visit lisabdraws.co.uk for link to pre order. Catherine Laudone @sayrahcreech Katherine Wessbecher Simon Kids Bradford Literary Agency #picturebook #kidlit #kidlitart

The Bookseller Little Tiger Books Ooh YAY! 👀👀👀 A #picturebook about an ND autistic girl! Shame it's written by a man. Happy #InternationalWomansDay #excludedfromthestart