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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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Monday, January 28, 2019

Author Karen McCombie joined ReadingZone Live to talk about historical fiction and her latest novel, Little Bird Flies, and answered students' questions about writing books set in the past.

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Friday, January 25, 2019

World Book Day has created a series of creative, interactive 'masterclasses' for children aged five to 12 years to help inspire them to read, write and illustrate!

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