Writer, teacher, runner, and sausage dog enthusiast. Rep’d by Lucy Irvine at PFD.
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The #NorthernWritersAwards were so inspiring last night; not only because of all the amazing creatives and fellow writers in the room, but also what NWN is doing for young people in the north. So so honored (and in disbelief) at being chosen and excited for what’s to come.
.@SEA_Clarke wins a Hachette Children's Novel Award!
"I'm so passionate about representing the North – as well as including characters from working class backgrounds – within my fiction, so receiving an award from NWN feels emblematic of that."
#NorthernWritersAwards
Adored this episode. So much resonated, from Northernness to the feeling of not fitting in as a class chameleon. Well worth a listen!
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CALLING ALL MURDER MYSTERY FANS! Grab the final story in the Detention Detectives series on 30th January!
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@PuffinBooks
Thanks @glennthomas for the wonderful artwork!
Well, this hope-filled year has ended on an absolute high as I’m beyond excited (and incredibly grateful) to say that I’m now represented by the amazing @lucyirvine93 at @PFDAgents … Wah! #WritingCommunity
Go on, @GavinCrippin1 !! 😍😍
It’s the moment our entrants have been waiting for - the longlist announcement! 🥳🍾
Congratulations to everyone who entered. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to read your writing.
See our website for details.
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#WritingCommunity #searchlightawards
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The Assad regime will go down in history as one of the ugliest, bloodiest and most brutal regimes ever known.
The post-Assad era is unknown. Everything is possible. But this is a truly historic moment of freedom that is worth celebrating, big time, regardless of what comes next
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BREAKING: The Syrian government appears to have fallen in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive. apnews.com/article/syria-ass…
If novelists can learn anything at all from musicals, it’s how to nail the midpoint. And yes, I did just watch #Wicked again.
This!
'The distance between the self and the other is never as great as we imagine it to be—the two are often twinned, and it’s this relationship that empathy reveals.'
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Well, I had my reservations about the Wicked film (because I love the musical so bloody much)…. Turns out it’s epic.
So, I always thought that the prologue of the cinematic masterpiece that is Jurassic Park (not being sarcastic btw) was a bit of gruesome foreshadowing, but I’ve just realised it’s the inciting incident (alongside the escaping dinos, of course) 🤯 Proof that prologues can work…
Behold, puny hoomanfluffs! Tremble at my magnificent tail/tale! For I am the God of Dogs. I know all, sniff all. You will love me, you will fear me, you will-
Excuse me, WHAT? You want the NAME of this pawfect book? Ah, it’s Gracie, Dave and the God of Dogs. 🐕 #UnhingedPit #CB
Sophie Clarke retweeted
I don't believe there's such any thing as good reading and bad reading. It's all reading, and it's all good! If we want kids to be readers, we have to respect their rights as readers. Let reading be a pleasure, and they'll be readers forever! #literacy
(Art: Quentin Blake)
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Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible petition.parliament.uk/petit…
It was so lovely pretending I know what I'm talking about with @JenBowden12 on the #NorthernVoices podcast yesterday. We chatted about Northern writing, blending humour with dark themes and my experience winning the @NewWritingNorth @HachetteKids Novel Award. Thanks, Jen!
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Part of the solution to this is to end the snobbery around what children ‘should’ and ‘shouldn’t’ be reading… if a teenager decides to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid in their library lesson, let them! Don’t judge them. 🧵
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/n…
Oh, and someone publish more funny books, please. Children’s animated films and shows for tweens are hilarious (for both children and adults), so why aren’t their books? (Or, should I say, why aren’t MORE of their books?)
