'the House in the Alley has made a home in our hearts' ~ celebrating 1 year since publication, with this lovely review by 朱弘昱 Hongyu Jasmine Zhu for WordsWithoutBorders ⬆️ Reda Gaudiamo Ikhda Degoul Kate Wakeling 📻 buff.ly/4adALSD

Our BBC Radio 4 Appeal to raise money for our arts mentoring scheme is live & we really need your support to reach our target! The appeal is live until Sunday 14 April, so please listen in, share with your networks and donate if you can 🔗bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4 #R4Appeal

Tomorrow at Leeds Lieder, one of the most engaging, enjoyable & eccentric of all song cycles. Join us for Schumann’s ‘Myrthen’, sung in English by Harriet Burns & Nick Pritchard, with new poems by Kate Wakeling that set the scene and ask ‘What gift is a garland of song?’

According to History Reclaimed, my book Stealing with the Eyes is nothing less than a "post-modern assault on anthropology," and "a morbid and fantastic expression of liberal guilt." Here's something I wrote in response. Haus Publishing willbuckingham.com/postmodernism-…

Our issue spotlight closes with ‘Snowdrops’ by Erica McAlpine badlilies.uk/erica-mcalpine

Ahh happy day! ✨

Great to see a positive response to Friday’s The Guardian editorial. Enjoyment of books and of writing is being squeezed from the curriculum. The Balancing Act looks at how to ensure children develop both skills and motivation to read and write in a culture that promotes creativity.

Congratulations to the marvellous Kate Wakeling on her #CLiPPA2024 shortlisting! We are bringing Kate & illustrator Elina Braslina to Exeter Northcott in one of our Autumn events for primary schools. Bookings are open now 👉 bit.ly/KateWakeling Devon Education Services CLPE

We are delighted to be delivering: 'Teaching Poetry with Kate Wakeling' delivered in association with Macmillan Children's Books. Thanks to the extension of our poetry partnership, ten schools benefited from a free place. We can't wait to celebrate the shared joy of poetry! 🎉

A wonderful day with phenomenal poet Kate Wakeling and a brilliantly engaged group of teachers in the CLPE Literacy Library today for our Teaching Poetry course, in association with Macmillan Children's Books. Such incredible inspiration from Kate for reading, performance and writing.

Horrific scenes from Rafah tonight. Too awful to re post- charred and decapitated bodies of children. And all while the world watches. I truly hope that in my lifetime we see those in power held to account - those who could have stopped this and failed to do so The appalling

We asked Kate Wakeling, how she feels knowing that 'A Dinosaur at the busstop', illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon and published by Otter-Barry Books has been shortlisted for the CLiPPA 2024. See more videos from Kate and the other shortlisted poets: clpe.org.uk/poetry/videos

Some lovely news 🦕🌱

A joy to celebrate 30 years of National Literacy Trust’s vital work. Thanks to Jonathan Douglas K England CBE 💙 Sharena Lee Satti 🕊 Moreland Primary School for inspiring speeches and to wonderful Kate Wakeling, Louise Doughty, Deborah Ogunbunmi & John O’Farrell for sparkling chat ☀️

Marvellous readings last night to launch new books from Jemilea Wisdom-Baako MA,, Dan O’Brien and Madara Gruntmane – such poignant, witty and musical poems ✨

Congratulations to the poets shortlisted for #CLiPPA24 including Matt Goodfellow Kate Wakeling Stephen Lightbown and to all the Shadowing groups 👏. Can't wait to find out who has won tomorrow 12 July and to watch thrilling live #poetry performances @CLPE1 ow.ly/NfOJ50SzsjU

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Eilidh Muldoon. Forest-bathing, to accompany a poem, 'In the Quiet of the Trees' by Kate Wakeling in her collection A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop, shortlisted for the #CLiPPA2024 poetry prize. Winner announced today. CLPE Otter-Barry Books Kate Wakeling

Far too many thank you’s to give to all involved in today’s #CLiPPA2024. To chris riddell for incredible live illustration, to Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 for a moving speech in memory of Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, to Kate Wakeling, Valerie Bloom, Stephen Lightbown & Matt Goodfellow for outstanding performances

A joy to be at the premiere of ‘With What Sudden Joy’ at Southwell Minster on Sunday. Hugest thanks to Alison Rose, Marcus Farnsworth, Kate Wakeling, and the Southwell Music Festival for bringing this 20 minute work for solo soprano, choir and string orchestra to life.

This zero-prep narrative poem lesson plan from Chris Youles frees writers up to play with words, syntax, figurative language and imagery. It uses an intriguing prompt from CLiPPA prize-winning poet Kate Wakeling to spark inspiration… bit.ly/4g7bBZs CLPE