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Reading is Magic, and so are @bathkidslitfest and @CressidaCowell, as the festival is expanding its free streaming service to give pupils stuck at home access through lockdown, with the promo code FREEMAGICPRESS! Find out more here: https://t.co/k2IQ4bL8FY
.@AndersenPress has acquired the 20th children's novel from @philearle, and the title has been designated a Waterstones "one to watch" for 2021 and will be accompanied by a "major" marketing and publicity campaign from Andersen Press! See more: https://t.co/30Hu9kCvLi
The Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2020 has been cancelled with organisers saying people have been “subjected to too many bad things this year” already, though @Lit_Review warns that the cancellation “should not be taken as a licence to write bad sex”... https://t.co/XoUrt83YQS
Brandt new, @PuffinBooks inks STEM-themed adventure series from @LetLucyB billed as an "Amelia Fang meets Rosie Revere" adventure series, with Leonara Bolt: Secret Inventor. Find out more here: https://t.co/6dkWP3D7wY
Exciting news from @EburyPublishing has named its new environmental and natural history imprint WitnessBooks and it is set to launch with Sir David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planet and a list featuring Wainwright Prize winner @naturalistdara! https://t.co/1EabJ4lvDQ (£)
.@bathkidslitfest's Reading is Magic Festival scoops a spellbinding bill, with @CressidaCowell heading the lineup, joined by magical names including @jasinbath, @naturalistdara and @DapsDraws & @NathanBryon! Find out more here: https://t.co/dbtw3RGo8T
Big news from @TheBookerPrizes, as The Discomfort of Evening written by 29-year-old @mariek1991, translated by @M_Hutchison, has won the £50k 2020 International Booker Prize–the first debut and youngest author to do so! Congratulations! https://t.co/3FIrz5ptOM
The 2020 @V_and_A Illustration Awards have been announced, with @AndersenPress picking up the Book Cover Award for @EvaEland's When Sadness Comes! Find out more here: https://t.co/zj2buHP4Yt
"I hope that my Summer Camp can bring the benefits of creativity to children all over the UK, as well as showcase a vital part of the UK’s creative sector"—@CressidaCowell launches Cressida’s Creativity Summer Camp featuring guest authors and illustrators: https://t.co/5R1OO8bpLQ
Bookshops in Wales are able to open today, as Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced on Friday that non-essential retailers would be able to return to business so long as appropriate social distancing measures were in place! https://t.co/AVt3JAUJ7C (£)