Beyond chuffed that #ZedandtheCormorants not only won the #HolyerAnGof YA award last night, but the Ann Trevenen Jenkin cup! Thanks to Arachne Press🕷️ for nominating; the judges Gorsedh Kernow; & kresenkernow & Tiffany Truscott 〓〓 for hosting this fab celebration of Cornish literature.

Thanks to the #writingcommunity for all the #cormorant photos/posts you have sent my way over the last few weeks. This is a favourite - a huge black bird sun basking on Hampstead Heath. #zedandthecormorants #yanovel #youngadultfiftion #gothic

Lots of great stuff here to kickstart your reading and writing in 2023. Join me on 29th Jan, when I'll be discussing creative ways to approach writing about mental health, and how landscape, mythology and Cornish history all influenced my YA novel #zedandthecormorants .

#BooksontheBarge is this wknd on the #LadyDaphne in #Charlestown . I’ll be talking #YA & #CornishGothic with Emily from PaperBound Magazine on Sat 3pm and signing copies of my novel #ZedandtheCormorants , set around the #FoweyEstuary . #cornwallevents #litfest Arachne Press🕷️

We are excited to reveal the #BookTrailer for #ZedAndTheCormorants – the debut YA novel by @ClareOwenWriter - out 29th April. Thanks to Arachne Press🕷️ for letting us have the 1st look. Clare will be talking more about her brilliant gothic book in the next issue of PaperBound.1/2

Bert’s Books #ZedAndTheCormorants by Clare Owen Writer

Can’t wait to talk characters, cormorants & collaborations with illustrator Sally Atkins whilst looking out over the River #Fowey : the inspiration and setting for #zedandthecormorants . Shrew Books The Sunny Cupboard 〓〓 🇺🇦💙

Such a lovely afternoon at the #HolyerAnGof awards: celebrating Cornish literature; putting names to faces; actually speaking to Tiffany Truscott 〓〓 IN PERSON; and seeing the multi-award-winning Clare Owen Writer absolutely smash it with #ZedAndTheCormorants .

#zedandthecormorants audio book (narrated by the fabulous Sophie Aldred 🤗) can now be purchased directly from Arachne Press shop.

Thankyou. 😊 Loved talking to you both about #zedandthecormorants and thrilled to be first on your list!

Walking the woods where parts of #ZedAndTheCormorants is set by Clare Owen Writer and the boathouse never fails to fill me with awe 🍂⚓ Arachne Press🕷️ #Cornwall

After months of doing zoom promotions it was such a joy to do a real #authorevent on Friday night, organised by Shrew Books as part of #IndependentBookshopWeek . Thanks to Kate Longman & Sally Atkins for sharing the stage with me. #zedandthecormorants The Sunny Cupboard 〓〓 🇺🇦💙 Arachne Press🕷️

Thanks adele geras for mentioning my artwork for #zedandthecormorants

Thanks to everyone at Arachne Press🕷️ for putting together such a brilliant selection of writing prompts, recipes, crafts and much, much more… all to do whilst listening to #zedandthecormorants , narrated by the fab Sophie Aldred.

2021 marked our first foray into #audio books & #ZedandtheCormorants was our first #audio novel! Luckily we had the impeccable Sophie Aldred narrating and a fab production from Listening Books. We think the end result is pretty special. Buy now to listen:
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Looking forward to reading & reviewing #ZedandtheCormorants . Sounds intriguing and love the #Origami Cormorant! Clare Owen Writer Arachne Press🕷️ Toot Hill Learning Lounge 🏳️‍🌈

Year 8 were incredibly lucky to get a sneak peek of #zedandthecormorants and hear from local author Clare Owen Writer ahead of the book's launch...huge thanks to Ms Berry for securing such an exciting speaker and to the publishers Arachne Press and Shrew Books from #fowey

Loved reading #papercrusade so can't wait to listen to this. Sophie did the audiobook for #zedandthecormorants and nothing floored her, including multiple accents, verbal disfluency, and ghosts... bodes well for a reimagining of #Shakespeare 's #TheTempest

#LastBookRead #ZedandtheCormorants Clare Owen Writer Arachne Press🕷️. Cormorants & curses!🔮Colourful Cornwall customs & crusty cobs🍞, curious characters & community catastrophes - a cleverly collaborated catchy chronicle.😁 #LGBTQ Visit Cornwall #YAread

Great idea - fun activities to do while listening to YA novel #zedandthecormorants - half-term sorted?
Clare Owen Writer