Join us to hear about the books each committee member is championing for @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #carnegies2026 nominations ❤️📚 #ukkidlit #kidlituk #ukkidlitnews
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Join us to hear about the books each committee member is championing for @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #carnegies2026 nominations ❤️📚 #ukkidlit #kidlituk #ukkidlitnews
Join us to hear about the books each committee member is championing for @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #carnegies2026 nominations ❤️📚 #ukkidlit #kidlituk #ukkidlitnews
July 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Join us to hear about the books each committee member is championing for @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #carnegies2026 nominations ❤️📚 #ukkidlit #kidlituk #ukkidlitnews
Congrats 🥳 @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social
#amabadu & #aliceswan for winning the #branfordboaseaward The most perfect tribute to Margaret’s incredible debut, and a very special award paying tribute to the relationship between author and editor(s). Check my Insta for my reel ❤️ #UKkidlit #UKkidlitnews
#amabadu & #aliceswan for winning the #branfordboaseaward The most perfect tribute to Margaret’s incredible debut, and a very special award paying tribute to the relationship between author and editor(s). Check my Insta for my reel ❤️ #UKkidlit #UKkidlitnews
July 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Congrats 🥳 @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social
#amabadu & #aliceswan for winning the #branfordboaseaward The most perfect tribute to Margaret’s incredible debut, and a very special award paying tribute to the relationship between author and editor(s). Check my Insta for my reel ❤️ #UKkidlit #UKkidlitnews
#amabadu & #aliceswan for winning the #branfordboaseaward The most perfect tribute to Margaret’s incredible debut, and a very special award paying tribute to the relationship between author and editor(s). Check my Insta for my reel ❤️ #UKkidlit #UKkidlitnews
December 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Unpublished writers of middle-grade and early teen fiction can enter to win £3000 and 9 months of mentoring and professional development from Hachette Children’s Group. Part of the Northern Writers’ Awards. Other prizes and awards on their site.
Please share
Please share
Enter - New Writing North
The Northern Writers’ Awards discover and support writers in the North of England, with a focus on supporting new work-in-progress.
newwritingnorth.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Waterstones Children's Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is a total force for good - here's a reminder of what his time in the role is all about!
And he has big plans for 2025, kicking off by bringing together key figures for a #ReadingRights summit in January! Stay tuned...
And he has big plans for 2025, kicking off by bringing together key figures for a #ReadingRights summit in January! Stay tuned...
December 16, 2024 at 8:31 AM
It me. At 1.55, talking about ghostwriters getting proper credit - something the Society of Authors CWIG committee is campaigning for.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today - 14/12/2024 - BBC Sounds
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Congratulations Lu! #ukkidlitnews
**Book news** Sea Spinners, my herstory prequel to Jason & the Argonauts, is out 15 December. If you'd like it in time for last minute Christmas presents, Amazon have it already... otherwise available via publisher & indie bookshops after Christmas.
December 13, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Congratulations Lu! #ukkidlitnews
I’m gonna be joining in with Rashmi and donating my time, knowledge and expertise on this, so give her a follow to keep updated on what’s coming. 😊
In light of the findings in the CLPE Reflecting Realities report, in 2025 I’m going to be starting regular free Ask Me Anything Zoom sessions for UK children’s writers of colour and BookTrust will host the first in March to help reach more writers! 📚
December 9, 2024 at 3:41 PM
In light of the findings in the CLPE Reflecting Realities report, in 2025 I’m going to be starting regular free Ask Me Anything Zoom sessions for UK children’s writers of colour and BookTrust will host the first in March to help reach more writers! 📚
December 9, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Authors, agents, publishers! Final week to submit books to #JhalakPrize25 awards:
1. Jhalak Prose Prize
2. Jhalak Poetry Prize
3. Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize
Deadline: 13 December 2024
Send in those fabulous books!
1. Jhalak Prose Prize
2. Jhalak Poetry Prize
3. Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize
Deadline: 13 December 2024
Send in those fabulous books!
December 9, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Every school in the country needs to register for this free Children for Change ebook about climate action. Perfect for assemblies and sharing in class, and will motivate and inspire children. Created by over 80 amazing writers and illustrators. Please share! pop-up.org.uk/childrenforc...
December 6, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Congratulations! And to all shortlisted books/everyone involved in the award. So important to celebrate funny books! #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews
I won two Lollies today! One for illustrated book 6-8 year olds, one for illustrator of the year! Absolutely stunned to win either, let alone both, as I was up against some amazing authors. More nervous giving a thank you speech to an audience full of children than I ever was talking to adults 😎
December 5, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Congratulations! And to all shortlisted books/everyone involved in the award. So important to celebrate funny books! #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews
Am judging the Children’s and YA Jhalak Book prize this year and have a *massive* pile of books to read (an awful lot featuring dragons for some reason…) The prize is still open for submissions www.jhalakprize.com/our-judges
Our Judges | Jhalak Prize
www.jhalakprize.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:16 AM
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Tonight! 7.30 Do join us for FREE Poetry CPD! A rapid magazine style event packed with texts and practice @rcharlesworth.bsky.social with 👍Laura Mucha! 👏 Fun festive and practical! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ou-rfp-new... @debrakidd.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Congratulations to the shortlisted authors! #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews amp.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
2024 Nero book awards shortlist announced to celebrate ‘extraordinary writing talent’ | Books | The Guardian
The second run of the UK/Irish awards covers adult and children’s fiction, debut novels and nonfiction, with tales that stretch from surreal expeditions to lost sailors and schoolboy lizards
amp.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Congratulations to the shortlisted authors! #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews amp.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
Congratulations to @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social named winner of the 2024 Polari Children’s and YA Prize for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers. Former #LittleRebelsPrize winner too! 🏆🏆https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/sarah-hagger-holt-wins-polari-childrens-and-ya-prize-for-the-fights-that-make-us/
December 2, 2024 at 8:23 PM
📣 Exciting announcement 📣
We are accepting submissions throughout December and inviting writers without an agent to submit their manuscripts
Find out more on our website:
www.zuntold.com/publishing/submissions
We can't wait to read your submissions!
#Booksky #KidLitUK #YA #NewAdultFiction
We are accepting submissions throughout December and inviting writers without an agent to submit their manuscripts
Find out more on our website:
www.zuntold.com/publishing/submissions
We can't wait to read your submissions!
#Booksky #KidLitUK #YA #NewAdultFiction
November 30, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Perfect timing and news! Storymix goes into publishing. Literally just been saying how much we need this 😅 www.thebookseller.com/features/jas...
Q&A with Jasmine Richards
Storymix c.e.o. Jasmine Richards on the industry’s “breathtakingly swift rollback” on its commitment to diverse stories and her inclusive children’s fiction studio’s move into publishing.
www.thebookseller.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:11 PM
'So yes, it is easier to sell them another book by one of those celebrities who Blacked-up on television, rather than by an unknown author who is consciously trying to avoid telling the kind of story they grew up reading.'
www.thebookseller.com/comment/clpe...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/clpe...
How change happens
Despite some progress, publishers are yet to show consistent support for children’s books featuring minoritised characters, or for their creators
www.thebookseller.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Not a Christmas tree any of us want to see. New Reflecting Realities report published today.
clpe.org.uk/system/files... #ukkidlit
#ukkidlitnews
clpe.org.uk/system/files... #ukkidlit
#ukkidlitnews
November 29, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Not a Christmas tree any of us want to see. New Reflecting Realities report published today.
clpe.org.uk/system/files... #ukkidlit
#ukkidlitnews
clpe.org.uk/system/files... #ukkidlit
#ukkidlitnews
Important reading for all interested in #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews 📚
The @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities report is vital reading for all involved with children's books. The 2024 report shows for the first time in its history a drop in the % of racially minoritised characters featured in children’s books surveyed.
clpe.org.uk/news/7th-ann...
clpe.org.uk/news/7th-ann...
November 29, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Important reading for all interested in #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews 📚
Essential reading! #ukkidlit #ukkidlitnews
November 29, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Essential reading! #ukkidlit #ukkidlitnews