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✨✨ WIN!!! ✨✨ We’re giving away a bundle of Katherine Rundell books to 1 lucky winner!

To enter:
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📚 Get more entries at Instagram.com/authorfy

And check out Katherine’s Masterclass at Authorfy.com/masterclasses for extracts, resources, & 26 videos. GOOD LUCK!

Our Authors of the Week this week are…

✨ @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social & Chris Smith!!!! ✨

Hear them talk about (and read from) their books ‘Peace on Earth’ and ‘The New Famous Five’ at authorfy.com/author-of-th... & download extracts too! 🎬📖

We have two BRILLIANT Authors of the Week this week!!!

✨ Jill Calder who illustrated the stunning Scottish lullaby story ‘Coorie Doon’ by Jackie Kay

✨ Eric Huang, author of the action-packed fantastical adventures ‘Guardians of the New Moon’

Watch their videos at at authorfy.com/author-of-th... 🎬

Our next Authors of the Week are here!!!! Hear:

✨ Chris Naylor-Ballesteros introduce the latest ‘Frank and Bert’ book

✨ The brilliant @iszi_lawrence talk about her latest historical adventure ‘The Cursed Tomb’

Watch their videos & download extracts / resources at Authorfy.com/author-of-the-week 🎬

SPOT YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS!! Hands up who wants to watch 150 FREE author interviews!?! 🙋🏻‍♀️🎬📚

In partnership with World Book Day we’ve added even more ‘5 Questions With…’ videos to Authorfy.com/5questionswith

At only 5 minutes each they’re perfect for watching on the run-up to #WorldBookDay & beyond

Our Authors of the Week this week are…

✨ Dean Atta who talks about the gorgeous picture book ‘Confetti’

✨ Jo Clarke who introduces the newest book in her Travelling School Mysteries - ‘Libby and the Egyptian Escapade’

Watch their videos & download extracts at authorfy.com/author-of-th...

Teachers & librarians!!! There’s just THREE days left to get 10% off a 2025 Authorfy subscription.

Just go to Authorfy.com/join & enter code NEWYEAR2025.

✨ Individual Accounts - only £27 for the whole year

✨ Whole School Accounts - just £180 for up to 50 teachers!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!✨

We’re celebrating with a discount code for new members so if you’d like to boost reading & writing for pleasure in your school this year, just go to Authorfy.com/join and enter the code NEWYEAR2025.

It makes an Individual Account £27 or a Whole School Account just £180!

It’s our last Authors of the Week for the autumn term & we are going SUPER FESTIVE! 🎄🎉🎬

Hear Jarvis took about ‘Mr Santa’ and Cariad Lloyd talk about ‘The Christmas Wish-tastrophe’ at Authorfy.com/authors-of-the-week.

Both authors read from their books & you can download extracts too ✨

We’ve got some SUPER FESTIVE Authors of the Week this week!!! 🎄🎅🏼📚

Hear Joseph Coelho introduce ‘Luna Loves Christmas’ and hear Sibeal Pounder introduce ‘Sprouts’ at Authorfy.com/authors-of-the-week

We’ve got extracts and resources you can download too!!

Unbelievable value for money and something that have such a positive impact on reading culture in any school.

Just go to Authorfy.com/join to join & access 2,000 videos from 500+ authors plus book resources, extracts & more!

✨✨ WE HAVE NEWS!!!! ✨✨

You can now create a Whole School Authorfy Account for just £200!! That’s for 50 teachers for a whole year, and it costs less than one in-person author event.

Plus, if you sign up this December you can get an extra 10% off with promo code WHOLESCHOOL10 🎉🎉🎉

We’ve got two BRILLIANT Authors of the Week this week…

✨ Chloe Savage talks about her stunning picture book ‘The Search for Carmella’

✨ Holly Webb talks about ‘The Arctic Fox’ PLUS her 60th book in the Animal Series ‘The Bold Kitten

Watch videos & download extracts at authorfy.com/author-of-th...

✨ It’s 1st December which means… it’s time for our BIG CHRISTMAS BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!!!! ✨

If you’d like to WIN all of these festive books just:

🎄 Like
🎄 Repost by 15.12.24
🎄 UK only

Good luck! And Merry Christmas!!!

Well the festive season has officially started! Massive thanks to the wonderful @MelTBessent for organising such a brilliant KidsLit Christmas Party. Roll on December! #kidsbooksuk @authorfy.bsky.social

Kidlit authors getting festive at the @authorfy.bsky.social Christmas party hooray 🍾🎉🌟🍭🎊✨ Thank you @meltaylorbessent.bsky.social for throwing such a fab bash🎉❣️ #childrensbooks

The @authorfy.bsky.social Xmas party was (kids) LIT!! 🌟🔥✨
MASSIVE thanks to the queen of kidlit Christmas @meltaylorbessent.bsky.social already excited to next year! 🎄

Eeeek cannot wait to see you! P.s. it’s been rebranded as the KidsLit Christmas Party now to match the summer picnic 😋

Things are getting FESTIVE and MURDEROUS on Authorfy this week 😂

Our Authors of the Week are…

✨ @hazelgardner.bsky.social who talks about ‘Penguin & Pup: The Perfect Christmas’

✨ Alex T Smith who talks about the brilliant ‘Murder by Narwhal’

Watch their videos at Authorfy.com/author-of-the-week

✨✨ WIN!!!! ✨✨

We’ve got 5 signed copies of Dominique Valente’s ‘Witchspark’ to giveaway! To enter:

📚 Like
📚 RT by 30.10.24
📚 UK only

And do check out Dom’s new Author Masterclass at authorfy.com/masterclasses. The videos are nothing short of MAGICAL!

✨ BIG HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY!!! ✨

To win ALL of these spooktacular books:

🎃 Like
🎃 RT by 30.10.24
🎃 UK only

Big thanks to our wonderful publishing partners for sending so many prizes. We’ll announce the winner on Halloween! Good luck!! 👻

Look who we were filming with today!! Author Masterclass with
@superhappymatty.bsky.social coming soon… 👏🏻🎬📚

Happy National Poetry Day everyone!!

We’ve got tons of videos from poets, plus writing challenges, resources, poetry extracts and more at authorfy.com/poetry

And we’ll be adding even more over the next few weeks too…

A new week means two new authors to meet!!! ✨📚🎬 Our Authors of the Week this week are Ben Sanders & Lindsay Galvin!

Watch their videos on ‘One Up’ (KS1) and ‘The Great Phoenix of London’ (KS2) at authorfy.com/introductions & you can download extracts / resources too!

🎬 GIVEAWAY 2: Take part in Ben’s challenge at authorfy.com/10minutechallenges & share your dragon drawing with us on socials to win 1 of 3 copies of the book.

Good luck!!

✨ X2 BIG BOOK GIVEAWAYS!!!! ✨

To celebrate Ben Cort’s ‘Dragons Love Underpants’ 10 Minute Challenge we’ve got TWO giveaways to share with you…

📚 GIVEAWAY 1: Share this post by 18.10.24 to win a bundle of ‘Dragons Love Underpants’ goodies (see image below).

✨🎬 NEW Author Intro video 🎬✨

We’ve got the perfect author video for emerging readers who love funny, highly-illustrated texts.

Hear Alex Latimer talk about and read from ‘Gordon The Meanest Goose on Earth’ at authorfy.com/introductions (book 2 comes out 3rd Oct too!).

This is a REALLY unique Author Intro video, perfect for ages 9+ 🎬✨

‘A Riddle for a King’ by Mark Forsyth is a fun-filled adventure that’s packed with riddles and paradoxes.

Hear Mark talk about his addictive & delightfully bamboozling story & download an extract at authorfy.com/introductions

If you've got an hour to spare, I'm running an online session with the fantastic @richardruddick.bsky.social on Wednesday 25th September. We'll be talking about building classroom reading cultures and getting the most from graphic novels. More info here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jon-biddle...