Reader, writer, swimmer, school librarian @TKALibrary & @FernHillLibrary. TikTok @tkalibrary. Panel chair @sparkbookaward. #AuDHD (she/her)
Kingston upon Thames
Joined March 2009
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Floating islands, a girl who longs to fly and a grumpy wyvern with a chocolate habit…what more could you ask for? 😊🐉❤️
‘Wings of the Wyld’ is available now:
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Free 6-Week Book Club Resource Pack now available on my website including: poster, bookmarks, discussion points and printable activity sheets for each week. (All tested on my lovely Year 5 book club…)
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Thanks Emma! Love the dragon 🥰🐉
Thank you so much to @rrouillard for the review copy of this fantastic new cosy fantasy for 8-12 year olds (and slightly older 😅) - Wings of the Wyld 🐲 complete with wyvern food 😊
#WingdoftheWyld #MG #childrensbook #fantasy #ukteenchat
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‘Wings of the Wyld’ has taken flight and is now available to buy from Amazon, Waterstones, Barnes & Noble, Exclusive Books, Booktopia etc.
Go with the flow! #WingsoftheWyld #mgbooks #indieauthor
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News! I am publishing a MG fantasy adventure on 26 March: ‘Wings of the Wyld’. When Ren’s sister is kidnapped from their floating island home, she must tame a reluctant wyvern to fly to the rescue. A captivating story about friendship & bravery. DM if you'd like a digital ARC.
We had such an amazing range of submissions this year…it was a privilege to read them all. I’m so excited about our final longlist though, and I can’t wait to share them with my students…
(How on earth will we choose just four for the shortlist?)
And finally, congratulations to the authors and illustrators of the 12 excellent longlisted books in our 11+ Fiction category! #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚
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So excited about the Spark! 11+ longlist - it was a tough call as there were so many brilliant books submitted this year but we’re really pleased with our final 12…
Day 1: Our first book in the 11+ Fiction category is 'I Dare You' by Tamsin Winter - Willow and Alma will do anything to go viral, but as their TikTok likes soar, their dares become increasingly dangerous. @Usborne 🎄🎁📚 #Spark12BooksofChristmas
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Book review: 'The Scream of the Whistle' by Emily Randall-Jones - a spooky one for autumn! 🎃🚂👻 @chickenhsebooks
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Exciting book post: the beautifully produced ‘The Toy’ Magazine - Hobbies edition. (And yes I’m going on about swimming again 🏊♀️) Thanks @WritesSue - a labour of love! 😍
A lovely afternoon in Windsor celebrating the launch of @PhilipKavvadias’s third Microraptor book, Mission Monster Mind!
An inspiring day at the @WandleEnglish ‘Turning Pages, Changing Futures’ RfP Conference at @britishlibrary Highlights included @TeresaCremin on rigour rather than activities, @nazneen372 on radical comfort reads, Joseph Coelho on playful words & the Story Explorers installation.
Just finished this wonderfully warm, inclusive and captivating story of friendship and reconciliation, exploring historical events not often covered in British children’s fiction - highly recommended! @janeen_hayat @guppybooks
It is such a huge privilege to chair the shortlisting panel for the teen category of the @sparkbookaward. I loved all of the books in our shortlist but so pleased that the pupils voted for @NateLessore & his important message of kindness & combating toxic masculinity. 🙌👏🏆
Our 11+ Category winner was shortlisted last year in the same category, but came out with the crown this year for 'King of Nothing', published by @HotKeyBooks Congratulations @NateLessore ✨📚🏆
So pleased that one of my poems has been selected for the next edition of @TheToyPress. Can’t wait to see the finished issue! Thanks so much @WritesSue.
So lovely to see you @RavenaGuron, thanks for coming to visit!
Year 7 & 8 enjoyed a brilliant author visit from @RavenaGuron on Monday. She spoke about her journey to becoming a writer via law school, her obsession with Agatha Christie, and she gave us some practical insight into the publishing industry. Thanks for a fascinating talk!
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Book Review: Tidemagic: Ista Flit and the Impossible Key by @clareharlow Just as uncanny, atmospheric & captivating as the first one. Bravo! 🙌
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Book Review: ‘Circle of Liars’ by Kate Francis. And Then There Were None meets Five Survive…I really enjoyed this pacy thriller! @Usborne
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Thanks to @TheDirigible for publishing two of my children’s poems:
‘My Velociraptor Thinks She’s a Cat’…
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And ‘Shongololo’ - a familiar sight to any South Africans out there!
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