I was very impressed with the wonderful writing and beautiful choir! Thank you for having me. ✍️✨

Happy book birthday to me and my special nature book 🏞🏞 Huge thanks to my editor, Lizzie, and the amazing team at Hachette Children's Group ! Out now to buy in stores or online! For ages 9 and upwards. Illustrator: Mirelle Ortega 💓

So blessed to have Gyamfia Osei (gem-fee-a) as my agent 💛 A true superstar 🌟🌟🌟

Snippet from the beginning of WILD EAST at Hay a few months ago. It’s already been two months since its release. Primadonna, Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Lavenham Lit fest to come 🧡

Whether you're taking part in the The Reading Agency, #SummerReadingChallenge or your child is looking for reads for the holidays, you can count on the #ReadforEmpathy collection! These expertly selected reads are perfect to read anywhere the wind blows through your hair.

Come and join me next week at Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse & Avenue Library Blackley for confidence building and crafts 💜🎨🧁 #ReadMcr #marvellousmakers Manchester Libraries The Reading Agency

Is your child getting ready to start High School? Join author and Literacy Champion Kimberly Whittam at a series of exciting workshops staring next week 🧁 Her book, Quiet Storm, is this year's Transition Read for children starting Y7. Check dates at Loads To Do website #ReadMCR

WAS THERE EVER ANY DOUBT? 🇬🇧's KnH is the Olympic 800m champ 😤 1:56.72 for the 🥇 #Paris2024 #Olympics

I had a lovely time delivering events this week with Manchester Libraries. I’ll be back at it next week at Manchester Central Library, Z-Arts and Didsbury Library. Do come along! ✨🎨🧁 loadstodo.co.uk/?s=Quiet+Storm…

If you're heading into Y7 in Sept, why not come and meet Kimberly Whittam, author of MCR's Transition Read? Two sessions left - no booking required! FREE tinyurl.com/mr2v5wbh Fri  16 August - Didsbury Library, 2 - 3 pm & Mon 19 August - Longsight Library, 2:30 - 3:30 pm

My last summer session with Manchester Libraries is tomorrow at Longsight Library. Do come along! #readmcr

What can I say about last night and being able to celebrate my girl Maria Motunrayo Ayinke Adebisi🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩✊🏿 and the release of her second middle grade fantasy book in the Kòkú Àkànbi series, ‘Kòkú Àkànbi and the King of Lost Souls’. There was so much love, joy, community and talent in the room.

A wonderful night celebrating Maria Motunrayo Ayinke Adebisi🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩✊🏿 🌟

Wow thank you Cressida Cowell for recommending Quiet Storm on BBC Radio 4 Today 🌩️ It made my morning!

Our Children's Summer Book Club reaches its final week #R4Today with Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Cressida Cowell, best known for How to Train Your Dragon 📚 Frank recommends: 🌟A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin 🌟The Final Year - Matt Goodfellow 🌟The Angel

I had a wonderful time visiting Manchester Libraries this summer. #readmcr

The #mybookbuzz collection is proving to be a tough one to narrow down with fab discussion from our students! Just in the lead at the moment are #Murderatsnowfall Fleur Hitchcock = same name on all social media. and #QuietStorm Kimberly Whittam but will it stay that way? Thank you BookTrust The Carlton Academy