Hey teachers! Help me and M. G. Leonard spread the word about the BookTrust Letterbox Club - it's an amazing scheme that provides book bundles for disadvantaged children. You can find out more here:
booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/pro…

Calling all teachers, do you know about BookTrust Letterbox Club? Providing book bundles for disadvantaged children? Sam Sedgman & I are super happy to be supporting this wonderful scheme. Please share. Find out more here: booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/pro…

Right, keep calm, nothing to see here. Just publication week for the little book I've been working on since 2020. And the week's off to a great start with a sighting in the Waterstones round-up of May's best children's books waterstones.com/blog/the-water…

👀 fabulous titles here! Congratulations to the shortlist! Branford Boase Award

There’s a cost of literacy crisis gripping our nation.

Today, more than 100 businesses (with support from KPMG UK) have signed our #LiteracyPledge to tackle falling literacy levels and improve the life chances of young people.

Find out more: literacytrust.org.uk/policy-and-cam…

Do you read or write YA? Are you in the children’s literature publishing community? Please take time to answer fellow #MAWfYP student George Rainford’ question👇

Which genre in YA do you think includes the most graphic violence?

#YA #kidlit #writingcommunity #edutwitter #agents

📢A quick research question for 🔥🔥🔥secondary school 🔥🔥🔥 #teachersoftwitter , if you'd be so kind.

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻Does your school have an internet signal blocker, so students just can't send messages on the premises? 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Thank you from the depths of my little plotting heart!❤️

How could a podcast 🎧about books 📚aimed at under 13s promote #readingforpleasure ?

Looking for opinions across the children’s literature & publishing community for a research article for my MA in Writing for Young People #MAWfYP

Why am I interested & what am I looking for? A🧵

The 2024 Children’s & YA shortlist. Authors and illustrators of colour are making the most astonishing books. Books that break your heart, crack you up, open your eyes and inspire. We need ALL the stories. #JhalakPrize24

Such a great piece about MG books and size. We need to cater to every type of reader.

Reminder that all my books are between 30K and 40K words. 🐘🐳🐆🐻

Please do respond to George's research poll on violence in YA literature ✍️

Oh, crikey. So here’s me talking about Tidemagic. Two weeks to go!

Do you work in children’s publishing? I've got two polls relating to an article I'm writing for the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa - First up, which genre in YA do you think includes the most graphic violence?✍️
#agents #publishers #writingcommunity #authors #MAWFYP

Oscar’s Book Prize is such a gorgeous thing and I am so delighted that “Geoffrey Gets The Jitters” has made the shortlist. (He’s a bit wobbly about it, mind.) Huge congratulations to the other nominees. Picture books are brilliant. ❤️

Hello #BookTwitter Does anyone know of any stories written in both prose and verse?

It's my birthday 🎂
If you'd like to wish me a happy birthday, please retweet my shameless promotion of my debut YA novel. If you know anyone who would enjoy a feminist superhero rom-com, you could even tag them? Thanks for making my day special 💖 ⚡
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M. G. Leonard catherine bruton she/her Maz Evans (isn't here - back soon) Sorry to hear that Maz is poorly and hope she gets well soon. Was thrilled to have picked up my copy of #OhMummyMia and it’s already out on loan with one of my pupils 😊📚

If you actually want to VISIT to the island on the same day as JULIA DONALDSON… you can! Buy a ticket to our podcast recording here. Bring sun protection and snacks:

tickets.brightonfestival.org/online/mapSele…

Sarah Currie Dyer … so feeling connected to a wider group via a podcast would have been great. I genuinely find a sense of community in listening to podcasts about books as an adult and imagine it would be just the same as a child. They have the power to connect.

Which would you prefer to share with your class? #rr_poll