FUN FACTS…

1) I can recite Abi Elphinstone’s original school talk word-for-word

2) Abi ran across cliffs & jumped in the sea when filming the very first Authorfy video

3) I’ve smuggled her out of hospital

4) I’m her BIGGEST fan & absolutely loved ‘Ember Spark’ - out 9th May

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🚀HURRAY!🚀
The BooksForTopics 2024 Year Group booklists are published today - with new titles and new-look downloadables!

🌟Quick links🌟
➡️ BROWSE: booksfortopics.com/booklists/reco…
➡️ PURCHASE: peters.co.uk/books-for-topi…
➡️ PRINT: booksfortopics.com/resources/prin…

Beyond excited to share the news that my middle grade author-illustrator debut, GRUMPFORT, will be publishing next year with Usborne Publishing! 🐲

It’s follows Mo on an unwise adventure into a monstrous fortress and I can’t wait to share more with you soon 🔍👀

LET’S GO MONSTER HUNTING!

I’m a massive iszi lawrence fan so imagine my delight when I found out we were getting ANOTHER video with her on Authorfy!! ✨🎥

Iszi’s latest historical adventures ‘The Time Machine Next Door’ are so entertaining - just like her videos!

Watch Iszi’s video & download resources…

LOOK!!!! ITS HERE!!! In all its sparkly glory - The Lost Sunlion! Bit mad that I’ve written a trilogy, mind. Thank you so much to PuffinBooks and especially my wonderful illustrator Laura Catalán for pouring so much time and heart into this book. Preorder link below!

This book genuinely blew me away. Jennifer Bell has always been one of my favourite writers but this is her best yet ✨

Teachers! This one’s for you. I’m thrilled to tell you that DWR Monster Madness is one of the books included in BookTrust’s amazing Letterbox Club scheme, which provides book parcels for disadvantaged children all over the UK. Watch the vid for more information on how to get…

I saw it, and I got the book!! YOU are an inspiration!!! LOVE YOU ❤️❤️❤️

✨🌟THE CITY BEYOND THE STARS🌟✨ is out in the UK today!! Thank you so much to my brilliant agent Julia Churchill and the incredible team Simon & Schuster Children's Books - especially Arub and Ali Dougal ,who made working on this sequel such a joy.✨✨

Here I am, on top of a very windy mountain, talking about whale jaw bones and wild ponies and why I set my new book, EMBER SPARK & THE THUNDER OF DRAGONS, in Scotland 🐉 Pre-order a dedicated & signed sprayed edges edition here: nightowlbooks.co.uk/products/signe… Simon & Schuster Children's Books (out 9th May)

🥁Drumroll please!!🥁

We have exciting news here at the Children’s Bookshop. To celebrate our 50th anniversary we’re launching a story writing competition for 8-15yos. The winner and runners-up can win fabulous book prizes.

Tell your friends and family!
childrensbookshoplondon.com/competition

An enormous squealy heartfelt
✨ THANK YOUUUUU ✨ to all of the authors that had sneaky early reads of ‘Race to Imagination Island’ & sent quotes across!

I’m so so grateful & was quite overawed by this page at the start of the book… ❤️

Cannot WAIT!! #shadowthieves polaris press The North Farshore

Farshore bags 'thunderously exciting' middle-grade series from Peter Burns thebookseller.com/rights/farshor…

I’ve just hit send on the final proofread of ‘Race to Imagination Island’ and OH MY GOD the illustrations!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯

Alessandro D'urso is INCREDIBLE!!!!

I can’t wait to see the finished book. Publishing 4th July!

This is SO exciting!! 🎉🎉🎉

#BluePeterBookClub will be hosting a special celebration in Manchester this summer & I can’t wait to see how ‘The Christmas Carrolls’ (one of their 2023 book club picks) will be involved. I LOVE the next line-up of books too 👏🏻

Woohoo! Betty Steady swinging onto the cover of the i newspaper this morning! Thanks so much for your incredible review (and for for giving the Toad Witch the attention she craves!🤣)

Sarah Horne’s amazing artistic talents on show to the nation!

Out 25th April Farshore

We’ve got a brand new Author Intro video, perfect for ages 9+ ✨🎥📚

Hear Nansu Isdahl introduce and read from ‘Girl on the Fly’, an uplifting story about friendship, family & running!

Watch the full video & download extract / resources at authorfy.com/introductions/…

🥳 to reveal the cover of the 3rd #RosieRaja WWII spy adventure...
#RosieRaja UndercoverCodebreaker... front cover by worldofhazem, pub by Hannah Rolls's
fab team Bloomsbury Education.
See images below for location of her new spy mission ... Out July 18 ... preorders welcome 🙏

DOUBLE DRAMA (book #2 in the Bigg School series) is out… NOW! I had such fun working on Daniel’s story with Jess Bradley and Guppy Books. Book #3 to follow in September! #BiggSchool