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Guest Writing Challenge - An Adventure with your Favourite Video Game Character
Published: Fri 5th August 2022
An interesting starting point for a piece of creative writing; why not try out author Janelle McCurdy's challenge? Can you imagine yourself in a story with your favourite video game characters?
By Janelle McCurdy | Guest Blog, Holiday activities, Author, Writing Tips
7 Top Tips for Young Writers from Author Lesley Parr
Published: Tue 19th July 2022
Lesley Parr, Boase Award nominated author of 'The Valley of Lost Secrets' has given her top 7 writing tips for budding authors...
By Lesley Parr | Author, Guest Blog, Kids, Top Tips, Writing Tips
New Children's Laureate Announced!
Published: Wed 6th July 2022
Joseph Coelho has been announced as Waterstones’ Children’s Laureate 2022-2024, a post given to an author or illustrator who has inspired and entertained children with their work.
Let's Talk About Representation in Children's Books
Published: Wed 29th June 2022
Do we truly represent the diversity of our society on our children's bookshelves? Jennifer Pickup explores the role models who feature in the books our children read, both at home and at school, and asks important questions about representation.
12 Top Tips for Young Writers from Author Ros Roberts
Published: Wed 8th June 2022
Ros Roberts, Boase Award nominated author of 'Digger and Me' has taken the time to give our readers her top 12 gems of writing advice for young authors... Definitely worth a read if writing your own stories and novels is something you're aiming for!
By Young Writers Admin | Author, Guest Blog, Top Tips, Writing Tips
6 Top Writing Tips from Children's Author, Yarrow Townsend
Published: Wed 25th May 2022
Debut children's author, Yarrow Townsend gives some fantastic story writing advice to help budding young authors. Discover how finding the place for your story and setting the scene can help with character development.
YA Author Interview - Sophie Cameron
Published: Thu 19th May 2022
In her new book, Our Sister, Again, Sophie tackles some big philosophical questions. Here she talks to us about using young adult fiction to explore bigger issues in a way that is fun and interesting to read for ages 10 and up...
Author Interview - Pooja Puri
Published: Thu 5th May 2022
Interview with children's writer Pooja Puri. Author of 'A Robot Squashed my Teacher', Pooja explains how she got into writing, her experience of becoming a published children's author and the importance of diversity in children's literature.
By Young Writers Admin | Author, Guest Blog, Interview, Recommended Reads
Matthew Fox - The Sky Over Rebecca author shares his top tips
Published: Thu 21st April 2022
Author Matthew Fox share's the story of his latest book and his top thing to consider when writing.
By Matthew Fox | Activities, Author, Guest Blog, Kids, Recommended Reads
'A World Full of Journeys' - Guest Writing challenge from Martin Howard
Published: Thu 7th April 2022
Non-fiction author Martin Howard has created us an exclusive writing challenge, there's even an exciting giveaway to stay entertained over Easter
By Martin Howard | Activities, Author, Easter, Family, Holiday activities, Illustrator, Kids