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FREE Author Event
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Virginia Clay, author of Warrior Boy, is based in Kenya but will be visiting London in March. We are thrilled to partner with London Grid for Learning to offer two London primary schools a FREE author event with Virginia on 26th March - a truly unmissable offer!
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Make a Picture Book Competition
Thursday, February 14, 2019
The ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2019, challenging those aged 4-18 years to make a picture book, has now closed. The winners, chosen by author and illustrator Steven Lenton, will be announced on 24 June.
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What an agent is looking for...
Thursday, February 14, 2019
We have asked senior agent Chloe Morgan, who will give feedback to the winning Secondary picture book creator as part of their prize, what she hopes to see from the winning entry.
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WICKED call for entries
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Children aged five to 25 years can enter the Wicked Young Writer Awards, writing up to 750 words of a story, play or poem and, for older entrants, non-fiction as well. The closing date is Monday 18th March 2019.
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Laura Bates introduces The Burning at Foyles
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Laura Bates, author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, will be at Foyles on Tuesday 19th February, 6.30pm-7.30pm, talking about her new YA novel, The Burning, which tackles gender equality and social media.
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Branford Boase longlist announced
Sunday, February 3, 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Branford Boase Award has been announced. The award celebrates debut children's authors and their editors and is now in its 20th year.
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500 Words competition resources
Sunday, February 3, 2019
If you're planning to run the 500 Words competition as part of your World Book Day activities, then you might want to use this Live Lesson from the BBC with hints and writing tips to help get children started.
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AMAZING Blog Tour!
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
We're thrilled to be part of the Blog Tour for Amazing, the new picture book from Steve Antony, which puts a child who is disabled at the centre of the story, and on the front cover. Here, he tells us how Amazing came about.
