Anna Pallai

Scholastic UK signs Mangan siblings' middle-grade adventure in two-book deal

Scholastic UK has snapped up Welcome to Weird Street from author-illustrator, brother-sister duo Stephen and Anita Mangan. Welcome to Weird Street will be published in May 2026 👇 #BookSky

Get the blue cover for A Level and the green cover for GCSEs.

Really happy to have signed with @annapallai.bsky.social. Hopefully exciting projects ahead
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Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …

As a rule I'm violently allergic to open letters, but I finally signed one.

We are delighted to announce this year's judging panel

photos of Xiaolu Guo, Kate Weinberg, Erica Wagner and Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet

We are delighted to announce this year's judging panel... Author and editor Erica Wagner is to chair and will be joined by the novelists Xiaolu Guo and Kate Weinberg and rabbi and the Director of Strategy for Masorti Judaism in the UK, Adam Zagoria-Moffet.
@jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk

Very moving piece by @nichihodgson.bsky.social on her experiences with severe psychosis, in today's @thetimes.com

If you want a sense of the type of books I like, have a look at www.ampliterary.co.uk
Don't worry if you don't know how to write a traditional proposal. Just send me what you've got to Submissions@ampliterary.co.uk

My submissions window will be open from
Mon 26th to Fri 30th May.
I specialise in women’s adult non-fiction and like campaigning books, untold stories, stories that change conversations. Self-help, wellness and cookery not really my thing.

2025 Global Jewish Literary Alliance Conversation: How to Tell a Jewish Story with Manya Wilkinson and Ayelet Tsabari Join the Global Jewish Literary Alliance for a conversation with Manya Wilkinson and Ayelet Tsabari on being storytellers, their journeys into the writing world, what inspires them, and how their a

Free tickets now available for How to Tell a Jew­ish Sto­ry with winner of this year's prize, Manya Wilkin­son and Ayelet Tsabari - moderated by @ekasriel.bsky.social and hosted by the Global Jewish Literary Alliance www.jewishbookcouncil.org/events/2025-...

I gave up alcohol — but then became a miserable workaholic After quitting booze, Sam Delaney, 50, went through ‘sober burnout’. It’s not unusual, he’s discovered

Today’s times. Unfair headline really. But the gist is that in the early days of sobriety I burned out a bit. 10 years sober next month and much better now.

www.thetimes.com/article/360b...

Happy publication day to @stephenmangan.bsky.social & Anita Mangan for the planet-hopping, spaceship-shaking, utterly hilarious adventure The Fart that Saved the Universe. Spent today at Tunbridge Wells Lit Fest watching 100s of kids raise the roof with glee! So special! @scholasticuk.bsky.social

Sign the Petition Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

Don’t miss the chance to sign up for our upcoming event on April 1st!

In this virtual session led by experts, you will learn:

📢 How to grab an agent’s attention
📅 When to pitch your book
✍️ What makes a winning book submission

Grab your tickets now: bytethebook.com/event/real-d...

Real Deal: Ideas to help you Pitch your Non-Fiction - Byte The Book If you want your non-fiction book to be traditionally published, at some point you will need to pitch it to an agent. But, what is the best way to do that? What do agents look for in non-fiction? At w...

🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨

Join us on April 1st at 1pm for an online event with literary agent Anna Pallai and author John Grindrod as they share insights on:

✅ What agents look for in non-fiction
✅ When to pitch your book
✅ How to write a great submission

bytethebook.com/event/real-d...

Manya Wilkinson wins the Wingate Literary Prize for ‘astonishing’ novel Lublin

Manya Wilkinson has won the 2025 Wingate Literary Prize for Lublin (And Other Stories, 2024), a “wholly unique coming of age novel, fusing fable, history and Jewish joke-making, set against the backdrop of the oncoming darkness of the 20th century”. 👇 #BookSky

Huge congratulations to Manya Wilkinson - winner of this year’s prize for the magnificent Lublin. Thank you to our judges @ericawgnr.bsky.social @keironpim.bsky.social @alicesherwood.bsky.social and Rabbi Zahavit Shalet

Happiest of publication days to @delaneyman.bsky.social - shown here with blackened hands from all the signed copies of Stop Sh*tting Yourself

It’s out today in hardback, Kindle and audiobook (read by me). Go on, treat yourself. Links in bio.

Make your voice heard about this attack on creative ownership.
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The Power of Words: Celebrating the 2025 Wingate Prize - Jewish Literary Foundation Jewish Book Week is delighted to celebrate the 48th Wingate Prize, awarded annually to the best fiction or non-fiction book that explores Jewishness for a broard readership Wingate Foundation trustee ...

Tickets are still available for The Power of Words: Celebrating the 2025 Wingate Prize - part of this year's Jewish Book Week, thanks to our association with @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/9378

Restless Natives with Martin Compston & Gordon Smart: Pharmacists, 15 Life Lessons & Posh Dentists with Sam Delaney This week our Restless Natives special guest is a broadcaster who was a regular on breakfast telly until he decided to wage war against pharmacists during an appearance on This Morning just for the...

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Had an right laugh with this pair of legends on their excellent podcast

Thanks for having me @gordonsmart.bsky.social

Housmans x London Bookshop Crawl: Ellen Jones launches OUTRAGE Housmans and the London Bookshop Crawl are delighted to welcome Ellen Jones to King’s Cross to celebrate the launch of OUTRAGE: Why The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Ca…

This Friday I'm hosting a fab event at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social in conversation with Jodie Lancet-Grant who is not only an excellent children's author but also my editor! Come along if you're about!

housmans.com/event/housma...

REMINDER! This is happening tonight with the wonderful Sara Gibbs, @sararoseg.bsky.social, Jeremy Eichler, Manya Wilkinson, Miriam Gold, and Taffy Brodesser-Akner @taffyakner.bsky.social. Register for free for tonight's event at 7pm GMT:

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Chaired by @alicesherwood.bsky.social

The Wingate Prize 2025 - Jewish Literary Foundation Jewish Book Week is delighted to celebrate the 48th Wingate Prize, awarded annually to the best fiction or non-fiction book that explores Jewishness for a broard readership Wingate Foundation trustee ...

And to find out who the winner is, tickets are now on sale for the event at Jewish Book Week here jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/9378 thanks to our partners @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk

photo of Erica Wagner, Alice Sherwood, Rabbi Zahavit Shalev and Keiron Pim in front of bookshelves

Our judges @ericawgnr.bsky.social @keironpim.bsky.social @alicesherwood.bsky.social and Rabbi Zahavit Shalev have decided the winner of this year's prize. Alice Sherwood will be online talking to some of the shortlisted authors tomorrow night jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/insid...

Magazine spread - I'm Not a Hippy But... From ecstatic dance to astrology, I've tried it all, says Abi Millar, who is looking for meaning in an uncertain world.

Lovely piece by Abi Millar in this month's @womanandhome.bsky.social - tied in to publication of *The Spirituality Gap* @clarerbullock.bsky.social @mattcasbourne.bsky.social @angelampr.bsky.social

Are you a podcaster who wants to speak about LGBTQ+ equality & how the stripping of queer and trans rights has harmed everyone? AND what we can do about it. Because I’ve just written a book on the subject and would love to get it out into the hands of more people. We need tools.

You can now get signed copies of Outrage from:

@thecommonpress.bsky.social
@bricklanebookshop.bsky.social
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social Charing Cross
And @waterstones.bsky.social Gower St, Trafalgar Sq and Picadilly Circus

Not bad advice from CS Lewis.