Remembering my grandfather this Passover

🌟Y'day's The Yoto Carnegies Book Town Takeover was amazing! This 1-day festival celebrated children's books & featured #YotoCarnegies2024 shortlisted illustrators Mariajo Ilustrajo, Chloe Savage & Erika Meza, author Jake Hope 💙, librarian Amy McKay, + award winning novelist Anne Fine

WIN WIN WIN.

Some great books to be won - don't miss out.

I interviewed Floella Benjamin (over a decade ago now), and it was one of the loveliest afternoons. Spent the entire interview walking round the local park in the sunshine.
If only all interviews were sunahine and park-based.
Genuinely well-deserved recognition from BAFTA

Today is the Yoto Carnegies Book Town Takeover in Sedbergh! 📚🎉

Our fantastic speakers include Jake Hope 💙, Amy McKay and #YotoCarnegies24 shortlisted illustrators Mariajo Ilustrajo & Chloe Savage.

Thanks to partners Sedbergh School Sedbergh Preparatory School Sedbergh Book Town Festival Pen&Inc

A round of applause for all the pupils from schools who came along and were such enthusiastic participants & a big thank you to the following co-hosts & partners, without who this day could not have happened 👏
The Yoto Carnegies Sedbergh Book Town Festival Sedbergh School Pen&Inc

🌟 Make sure you register for our #YotoCarnegies24 Scholastic UK Schools Live Event Week from 15-19 April 2024 📚 Join our amazing shortlistees throughout the week to talk about their books!

Register for free here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-sch…

Delighted to have you too. We love that we can support poetry as well as illustrators and authors in Pen&inc. Poetry is such a vital route into a love of reading, and one that needs to be cherised as children grow... and what better way to do that than with humour and laughter.

Great question - Some of the The Yoto Carnegies shadowing groups have great feedback and engagement. What else has gone down well with teens?

off to sign some more copies of KEEDIE.

thank you to everyone who has bought her thus far. it means the world. but then you know that already.

two days until our Scottish Launch and I'm desperate to get home.

Keedie is a proudly Scottish book and I'm a proud Scottish author.

Black British writers urged to enter children’s book publishing competition

The competition is looking for Black British writers to tell authentic stories that will resonate with children

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going live with the Autistic Girls Network at 8pm tonight.

then some recordings tomorrow and hopefully a visit to Waterstones Kensington and Chiswick.

then the Scottish leg of the tour starts on Thursday! personalised copies of KEEDIE available via The Portobello Bookshop

⁦Otter-Barry Books⁩ Day1 ready for action ⁦Bologna Book Fair 2024⁩. Thank you authors and illustrators for the great books and new presentations. ⁦Find us at B63 in Hall 25 selling world rights!

Spin poetry anthology from Otter-Barry Books launches on #WorldPoetryDay .
Our Spring/summer issue has an interview with editor and mentor Joseph Coelho is laureating! as well as the debut poets who have contributed. Subscribe now to guarantee delivery of SS24 P&I.
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And a great evening event that is open to the public.

Been a pleasure to be involved in this. Very exciting opportunity for schools in the area to connect with The Yoto Carnegies in person. Amazing to be part of Sedbergh Book Town Festival.

Children's librarians and Yoto @Carnegies on BBC Radio 4 Today right now.

How many have you read?

It's October, which for reasons mostly pertaining to my career, I really love.

So a giveaway - a set of the October paperback and brand new Foxlight hardback!

Follow and RT, UK only, ends 8/10/23 at 6pm or whenever I remember.