Big feelings for little readers

The Writing Magazine Children’s Book Prize is running again this autumn, and we are looking for outstanding texts from unagented and unpublished authors. We have two categories: picture books and chap

One of the unexpected outcomes of being a literary agent is that it means I am in the privileged position of knowing exactly how tough it is to forge a career with your pen. As a result, it is always

MARIE peered out of the front room window, wondering if people would be on time. And not only that – what if nobody showed? She let the net curtain drop, listening to the kettle whistling in the kitch

CAMILLE gulped down her cup of coffee, snatched up her keys and hurriedly hauled back the living room curtains. It wasn’t like her to oversleep, and of course it had to be this morning, when she had a

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

K.S. Ford has always been a storyteller but only began writing novels after he retired in 2020. The Woman Who Loves is his seventh original story and the first one written outside of his own experienc