@sallybooks.bsky.social
Writing, reading, teaching. Bath Spa MAWYP 22-24, Golden Egg Academy. Currently researching PhDs. Particularly interested in autism rep in children’s fiction 📖 📚 🖊️
@writercornish.bsky.social is a new UCLan author 😍
28.11.2024 21:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks, Sarah. I totally agree!
28.11.2024 09:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😂
22.11.2024 08:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Me please! Thanks, Sarah
22.11.2024 08:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes please!
17.11.2024 09:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I recommend following Louie. She’s very funny, kind ang generous to the #KidLitUK community
16.11.2024 15:46 — 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Ooh, thanks! What’s the best way to reach you?
16.11.2024 11:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I agree, but it does seem bizarre that 14-15yos are so unrepresented in fiction - what about the 12yos who want to read a couple of years up?
16.11.2024 11:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Would love to chat to you about your PhD sometime!
16.11.2024 11:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0There’s a huge shortage of 14-15yo protagonists in children’s fiction. It jumps from 12 (and sometimes 13) to 16 - and not all 12/13yos are ready for YA themes/content
16.11.2024 10:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Independent bookshops are doing really well - a good number have separate teen sections
16.11.2024 10:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Yes, this happens quite a bit!
16.11.2024 09:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Being asked to age up or down came up often in my research - but lots of people are out there batting for teen books so hopefully things are changing (slowly!)
16.11.2024 09:53 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Exactly - which also means authors are less likely to write them. I called my essay ‘Help, my protagonist is 14! Should I hit delete and start again?’ 😂
16.11.2024 09:50 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Each branch of Waterstones does its own thing. A few now have teen sections but others are resistant. One manager told me she wouldn’t create a teen section until more teen books were published, so it’s very chicken and egg
16.11.2024 09:47 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Me too - snerdling with We All Want Impossible Things, which I’m loving
16.11.2024 09:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I would love to know the answer to this! #kidlituk
15.11.2024 13:20 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0I wrote an article about this very issue for my MA in Writing for Young People recently. The good news is that there are signs of change!
15.11.2024 15:51 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0My big girl has come home from uni for the weekend and we have plans to watch the new Paddington, eat nice food and read our books!
15.11.2024 14:25 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It’s gorgeous!
15.11.2024 14:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Love your books!
12.11.2024 07:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brilliant - thank you! 😊
11.11.2024 14:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’ve been pruning my ‘whispers’ today!
11.11.2023 20:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s going so quickly! You were great on the Leaf 🍃 panel yesterday btw 😊
11.11.2023 20:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Ooh, can’t wait for this - I love the Aveline Jones stories
13.10.2023 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Neither of those are very Friday the 13th-y though, are they?!
13.10.2023 15:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m reading Gay Club by Simon James Green and listening to Geek Girl with my youngest daughter #ukkidlit
13.10.2023 15:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Congratulations! 🎉
13.10.2023 08:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Done ✔️
13.10.2023 08:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Writing friends 👇🏼
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