Anne Clark

Just look at this gorgeous cover for MURDER AT HOTEL MARVELO!Thank you Piccadilly Press!
Art by Federica Frenna.
Sound on.

Excellent news!

Delighted to talk puffins, early chapter books and all things writing with the lovely @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social
@anneclarklit.bsky.social

Children's Book of the Year: STEM Announcing The Week Junior Book Awards: Children's Book of the Year: STEM

Honoured to be in such esteemed company for the The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 in the STEM category. Big thanks to everyone involved! Including brilliant illustrator @franzihoellb.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social and @anneclarklit.bsky.social www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk/2025/stem25

A photo of a little black cockapoo sitting in an armchair looking at the cover of a new picture book called ‘Come Back Gosling’ with a picture of a girl sitting in a treehouse and a gosling up in the air above the tree flying away - you can just see its bottom as the photo has cropped the edge of the book .

Publication day for @dc-litchfield.bsky.social and me! It’s our third picture book together and this one is about friendship & fun & being kind & letting people be who they are meant to be! I love the illustrations and am v proud of the story! It was great fun to write @anneclarklit.bsky.social

So pleased to see Anne Booth @bridgeanne.bsky.social shortlisted for the Queen's Knickers Award, together with illustrator David Litchfield, for their brilliant picture book about the transformative power of art and kindness - The Boy, the Troll and the Chalk. @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Look at these fabulous books out today from agency authors! Congratulations, Ben Lerwill, Lucy Rowland, Jason Rohan, Mike Barfield! @mikebarfield.bsky.social @jasonrohanauthor.bsky.social

Four brilliant books out today from agency authors Cath Howe, Patricia Forde, Lucy Rowland and Ben Lerwill. What a treat. @cathhowe.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social

Ad for an Ask Us Anything event at 7pm on 17 March with Dapo Adeola and Rashmi Sirdeshpande. Demystifying publishing for children’s writers of colour.

Children’s writers of colour! @dapsdraws.bsky.social and I are running a free virtual ASK US ANYTHING event with BookTrust Represents. Demystifying publishing for writers at all stages. Come join us. #KidLitUK

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A school RfP policy in one post:
* Time to read and be read to every day
* Time to talk about books together
* Freedom to read graphic novels, picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction, magazines, anything
* New books are an investment, not an expense
* Work with librarians, bookshops, authors, poets, etc

In today’s Sunday Times, @laureatenanog.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social talks about the importance of books in ár dteanga dhúchais and gives her top picks from our latest resource Treoirleabhar Léitheoireachta 2025 ☘️ @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social #SnaG25

Wahoo! Great news! This Friday on Milkshake TV ‘The Boy, The Troll & The Chalk’ -written by @bridgeanne.bsky.social and illustrated by me- will be read by our fave ‘David’ in the Story Den. Tune in to Channel 5 at 9am on 7th March or watch on catchup! Can’t wait ❤️ #illustration

It is #WorldWildLifeDay !! 🐘🦕

We have a very exciting The Wild Life Of... series that tells us all about the secret lives of astounding animals and even goes way back to our Earth's earliest animals! Pick up your copies now at your favourite bookshop 🦋🦫🪲

#BookSky #Animals

Exciting news!

Piccadilly Press scoops Ruth Lauren’s magical murder mystery duology Piccadilly Press has acquired Murder at Hotel Marvelo, a middle-grade murder mystery with a magical twist and the first in a duology by Ruth Lauren, illustrated by Federica Frenna.

I’m allowed to announce my new book deal today! 📚

Magical murder mysteries for middle grade coming your way next year from Piccadilly Press!
@anneclarklit.bsky.social
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TODAY is the last day to #ReadItForward!

Buy ANY children’s book via Bookshop.org before midnight 28 Feb and we’ll donate 10% of the sale to the leading children’s reading charities, @booktrust.org.uk and
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

📚 Every sale supports independent bookshops
📚 bit.ly/RIFEB25

Congratulations, Ruth! @ruthlaurenbooks.bsky.social And Piccadilly Press!

I can’t recommend Letters to a Monster highly enough-
Friendship
Bravery
Overcoming Fear
Funny
Sweet
Clever
10/10
By @pforde123.bsky.social and Sarah Warburton #discoveririshkidsbooks

Calling all UK creatives! 🚨 There's still a few hours to submit your response to the Government’s AI and copyright consultation. Let’s make sure our voices are heard. Click the link below for support.

www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

Beanstalk Brilliant Books Coram Beanstalk Brilliant Book Recommendations Where do you start when a child proclaims that they "don't like reading"? We've chosen a selection of books that we think are likely to interest children...

And if you'd like to buy any of these, or any of our other #BeanstalkBrilliantBooks whilst supporting independent book shops & ensuring Beanstalk receives a 10% donation you can do so here
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Thrilled to see THREE books by brilliant agency authors in this selection. Congrats @moirabutterfield.bsky.social @pippagoodhart.bsky.social @mikebarfield.bsky.social - all experts in making books kids love to read.

Authors, illustrators - last chance to take part in this important consultation. (Looks a bit daunting but you don't have to answer all the questions!)

Last chance to respond to this consultation about changes to how AI companies can use your work. ALCS has useful guidance.

PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.

We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.

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Objection to the Government's Proposed Copyright Exemption for Generative AI Training To add your name to this letter, please fill and submit the form at the bottom. Wednesday 12th February 2025: We are some among the 2.4 million working in the UK creative industries. We are staring i...

There's still time to make a change 🗣️
Add your name to this author-organised letter and encourage the government to change its course on copyright exemption for generative AI use of creatives works
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#CreativeRights #ArtificalIntelligence #PayTheCreator

I’ll be at Bath library this coming Saturday as part of this fun authors and publishers fair! Signed copies of my OBA winning debut #MirrorMe and new thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear will be for sale! Come and say hello!
#libraries #UKYA #bath #books

I feel very lucky to be one of the writers @dc-litchfield.bsky.social illustrated in 2024. I LOVE what he did with the text of 'The Boy, The Troll and the Chalk!' I am looking forward to seeing what 2025 brings (spoiler - I'm v lucky again!) & it's so exciting he is now illustrating his own novel!

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

Young girl onstage at Shakespeare's Globe performing the poem she chose and learned by heart and which won her a place at the Grand Finale. There’s more than one way to enter Poetry By Heart, with Classic or Freestyle categories, competitions for pupils and teachers, and special award entry – but you have to be in it to win it! Entry and resources to support entries all free on the website.

With #Halfterm coming up, there’s no better time to set pupils a zero-marking fun learning challenge that could lead to a #PoetryByHeart competition entry & all the way to Shakespeare’s Globe! Here's our new pick’n’mix set of challenges. Set one or set them all!
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Graphic advertising the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition and its invitation to be inspired by Branford Boase Award winner Nathanael Lessore, also pictured. It features logos of ALCS and Walker Books who support the Branford Boase Award.

The 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is open 📖

All young writers 8 - 18 can enter, with a story, poem or lyrics that - inspired by #BranfordBoaseAward winner Nathanael Lessore - will make the judges laugh!

Find out more and get #Writing!

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