The #CLiPPA (CLPE Poetry Award) highlights the year’s best new collections for children and this year’s list has something for everyone. Poetry Book Society members can get 25% off using your PBS membership discount code. 🛒
@poetrybooksociety@clpe.org.uk
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Morning coffee upgrade courtesy of @nerobookawards
Great ceremony, congratulations again to the four category winners, to all the shortlisted authors and to overall winner Claire Lynch.
#nerobookawards
“The people in the death-trap dinghies bet their lives that this country is compassionate, kind and free... The Britain they believe in is the best country that we are, and the best we can be.” Thoroughly recommend WE CAME BY SEA by @horatiowrites published @littletollerbooks - the truest account of the ‘small boats crisis’ you will read )beautifully written too).
Congratulations to Junior Journalists Arlena, Sienna-Mai, Matei and Willow of Wells Primary School who contributed this wonderful write up of their experience of the CLiPPA to First News. “It was the best day of our lives!”
@clpe.org.uk
#poetry #poetryforchildren
The #PoetryByHeart Grand Finale at The Globe, what a celebration of #poetry and the joys and benefits of learning it by heart.
❤️ 58k young people performed a poem for others
❤️4k entries to the national round of the competition
❤️1.6k schools took part
❤️128k learned a poem by heart
Find out all about the day and sign up for nxt year's competition now!
poetrybyheart.org.uk
The winners of the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward will be announced at a lovely ceremony this evening at CLPE.
Six extremely talented debut authors are on the shortlist plus of course their superb editors - the Branford Boase Award is presented to author and editor of the year's outstanding debut novel for young people.
Find out more on the website (link in my bio) and don't miss the Author Editor Q&As for insight into the shortlisted books and the editing process 👏
#writing #editing #editor #newwriter #talent #childrensbooks
If you’re interested in #writing for children and young people, or in #editing, check out the special Q&A interviews with the authors and editors on the shortlist for this year’s #BranfordBoaseAward. Great insight into the editing process and the relationship between author and editor.
Link in my bio.
@ashbwrites@jamesfoxwriter@ahicksonlovence@amiescool@margaretmcdonaldauthor@ashley_thorpe
