Cathie Kelly

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I'd love to see them recruit Regional Reading Ambassadors for this - children's authors sent to schools and libraries to host book clubs, run reading workshops and activities around books, make kids feel like reading isn't just another step in becoming a Good Little Employee once school is done

A feature from the magazine for young children suggesting ways that the shaped paper pieces could be put together to make simple designs in bold primary colours

I’d almost forgotten about those packets of “gummed coloured shapes”. (1963)
The next best thing if you didn’t have Fuzzy Felt

(From Treasure Magazine)

Last night we attended @simonyabooks.bsky.social launch and were dazzled by the 💎Diamond of the Season💎 @waterstones.bsky.social YA book of the month The Wycherleys whose author @annalieseavery.bsky.social shone with all the sparkle of the new Queen of #Romantasy

💜✨✨When your talented writer friend’s #ROMANTASY The Wycherley’s is @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Inaugural YA BOOK OF THE MONTH CONGRATULATIONS @annalieseavery.bsky.social ✨✨
You deserve every magical thing!! 💜

The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena Most tourists in Rome put the Colosseum at the top of their to-see list.

The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena

When your amazingly talented writerly friend @annalieseavery.bsky.social
new book has SPREDGES
The Whycherley’s has finally arrived needless to say I’m OBSESSED!
@kate.walker.author and I are honored to be the witches introducing each of the Magical Seasons!
@simonandschuster.bsky.social

Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social
tickets are still available @kidlitchat.bsky.social
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Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social
tickets are still available
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...

POMPEII, DISCOVERY OF A ROOM WITH FRESCOES DEPICTING THE INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES AND THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION - Pompeii Sites AN EXTREMELY RARE “MEGALOGRAPHY” OF THE 1ST CENTURY BC, LIKE THE FAMOUS VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large … keep it going

A superb new cycle of fresco paintings has been discovered at Pompeii. #Archaeology 🏺

pompeiisites.org/en/comunicat...

The Copyright and AI consultation - how to respond as an illustrator – The AOI The Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation was published by in December 2024, and we are encouraging illustrators to submit a response to the consultation to demonstrate the negative affec...

TWO DAYS left to respond to the UK Govt consultation on Copyright and AI. The AOI has created a brilliant guide to help with this - the consultation is onerous but their tips make completing it quick and easy for any creator, not just an illustrator. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...

Roman Numeral Converter Convert Roman numerals to numbers or convert numbers to Roman numerals. Find Roman numerals up to 3,999,999 using I, V, X, L, C, D and M.

The very same.

Don't judge us, but you might find this useful
www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/...

Fascism: I sometimes fear... I sometimes fear that people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress worn by grotesques and monsters as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis. Fascism arrives as your friend. It will restore your honour, make you feel proud, protect your house, give you a job, clean up the neighbourhood, remind you of how great you once were, clear out the venal and the corrupt, remove anything you feel is unlike you... It doesn't walk in saying, "Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution." - Michael Rosen

Prescient words from Michael Rosen.

A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days.

We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl.
🦉

Cartoon showing Snoopy by Charles M Schulz writing and rewriting. Caption: "Good Writing Is Rewriting"

My top tips for #NationalStorytellingWeek:

1) Write the story YOU want to read.

2) No writer can write a perfect story in one draft. You need to write, read, edit, rewrite. Rewriting IS writing! (see art below, by Charles M Schulz)

3) Whatever happens - NEVER GIVE UP!

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Currently reading The Wycherleys by @annalieseavery.bsky.social, Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan and my current craft book is Anatomy of Story by John Truby. All fantastic!!

If you want children to read, let them read what they love! Our Writer-in-Residence, SF Said, is passionate about allowing children to choose what they read, in order to keep the love of reading alive.

I think it's all about finding things that engage their interests. Whatever they love - there will be reading matter on that subject. And it's about being open to formats - comics & manga all count as reading! Here's a blog I wrote that I hope might be helpful:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

Hi CathleenLKelly

It varies but chaotic plantster sounds about right!

If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.

Reading can have big benefits for children from vulnerable family backgrounds - including supporting emotional regulation, as Amy from Hull Children's University explains.

Our #StoryExplorers programme has been designed to help families discover these benefits:

www.booktrust.org.uk/story-explor...

A picture of Janus viewed from below, standing near a white columned temple with a dramatic sunrise ahead of him

January - named after Janus - the god of beginnings and endings.
“He had two faces: one looked backward at the old year, and the other looked forward to the coming year.”
(From ‘Stories of our Christmas Customs’)
Artist: Frank Hampson

Yesterday was #WinterSolstice, the shortest day of the year. Today is the 3 day of Yule! So I’m honoring my Norse ancestors and thinking about the important person I’ve lost this year.

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🎊Happy Bath Children's longlist eve!
🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈‍⬛Good luck to all!

Support independent bookshops! They are such vital spaces - places of genuine connection and humanity, increasingly rare in this world. And there is no better gift you can give to anyone of any age than BOOKS!

Call to acknowledge all writers behind celebrity books - The Society of Authors The Society of Authors is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children

Interesting that it’s the sports stars like Chris Hoy who understand the concept of fairness. They realise that readers (and the actual authors) are being cheated if a celebrity pretends to have written a book penned by somebody else. societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...

READING ALOUD CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER! Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to help them find the love of books, and become lifelong readers. So whatever else you do, always find the time to read aloud – and the more you do, the better! #literacy #reading #books

Midlands people don’t miss out on seeing Tamsin’s original artwork of The Seamaiden’s Odyssey in Leamington next Thursday @waterstones.bsky.social Christmas signing event!