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Last night, for the first time in two whole years, I went to an evening book event in real life! Walker Books were having a small party to belatedly celebrate Sydney Smith's CILIP Kate Greenaway medal win for Small In The City in June. To win the Greenaway medal once is a big deal. To [...]

I was absolutely delighted to hear that Setsuko has been chosen by The Reading Agency for the #SummerReadingChallenge hosted by UK libraries this summer.

What a fabulous evening it was for the launch of Setsuko on 22 April (to coincide with Earth Day 2021). It was lovely to be joined by friends and family for an online party to celebrate the launch of Setsuko and the Song of the Sea. There was book chat from the team at Tiny […]

I saw a tweet about using white privilege for good yesterday. The original tweet was by Nelle Andrew, literary agent at RML. It recounted  the story of how Marilyn Monroe stepped in to help Ella Fitzgerald get bookings in jazz clubs by offering to come and sit in the front row. What a cool story [...]

Are you an aspiring writer or illustrator? Trying to write in lockdown? Maybe you've been creating for a while? You've done a few submissions perhaps. The chances are, especially if you're unagented, you'll have submitted to one or more small independent publishers. These are the guys and gals who are usually open to unsolicited submissions. [...]