Abie Longstaff
@AbieLongstaffWriter. Picture bks (Fairytale Hairdresser) chap bks & MG bks. On Soc of Authors Board, Chair of CWIG. Tweets/RTs in personal capacity
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Links to the 10 days of tweeted lessons are now up on my website abielongstaff.com/writing-advice… #PicBk101
I love this, particularly for the mention of Sterkarm Handshake ❤️
Last post on portals in fantasy fiction: HOW DO THEY WORK? steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-do…
If you are a @Soc_of_Authors CWIG member, please do come along to our AGM at 5.30 tomorrow night to hear what we've been up to. There will be an online social after, with a chance to chat informally, meet colleagues, and ask questions. Register here: societyofauthors.org/event/children…
Wow, what a book @SarahCrossan - brilliant! love it 😍 thank you for recommending this @MidlandsCLS
'Inaccurate and misleading'. Our response to an article published in The Times on 8 November 2024: societyofauthors.org/2024/11/09/the…
🧵I've been meeting with editors all week and asking most of them two questions. 1) What keeps you reading a submission? 2) As far as craft, what advice do you have for authors? And I'm sharing some of that with you today! #writingcommunity #amquerying
Everyone loves a makeover! My tween romcoms have been given gorgeous new titles and jackets by @KidsBloomsbury Thanks to fab illustrator Meg Selkey for bringing the girls to life 🤗 Perfect for 11+ readers who love real life friendship stories that make them laugh ❤️
TY so much for sharing @AbieLongstaff I’m so pleased @Soc_of_Authors CWIG are working on this. Great points from Kellie-Jade Nicholls, Joanna Nadin (ghostwriter for Chris Hoy) & Jo Cotterill (gw for Esme Higgs). Please can SoA similarly push for best practice in adult fiction🙏
I’m thrilled to share the glorious cover of my new adventure series set in the Land of Roar: DRAGON RIDERS OF ROAR ❤️ Thank you to illustrator @BenMMantle for gifting Rose and Arthur another stunning cover and to Olivia Adams for the design. Coming Feb 2025…
.@canongatebooks has acquired Our Numbered Bones, the debut adult novel by children’s author Katya Balen 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/carnegi…
Well here we go again! Designed by the peerless @cydesign_ , behold the cover of my next comedy crime caper for adults, THAT’LL TEACH HER! When a reviled headteacher is killed, the murderer must be unmasked… by the Year 6 Parents’ WhatsApp group… Out 27 Feb with @headlinepg xxx
Can't believe I finally get to talk about this - delighted and slightly stunned to announce that my first adult book, THE MURDER AT WORLD'S END, will be publishing with @VikingBooksUK and @WmMorrowBooks, the start of a golden age murder mystery series! thebookseller.com/rights/viking-…
Just a reminder to join me chatting with @AbieLongstaff tomorrow at 2.30pm from the comfort of your home! Any burning questions, please send them in!👍 societyofauthors.org/event/afternoo…
Today I'm celebrating the publication of the second brilliant book in the Happy Hills graphic novel series by the incredibly talented @sophyhenn - Happy Hills: Knick Knacks Attack! Come back after school for a fantastic giveaway! @simonkids_UK scopeforimagination.co.uk/2024/10/14/hap…
UKLA 2025 11-14 longlist read #5. I love a verse novel, for an emotionally heavyweight story you can read in one sitting. This one was beautiful, with gorgeous characters, set in the Irish famine @SarahCrossan @The_UKLA #UKLA25
⭐️MORNING!⭐️ Did you know that there are TWO books featuring bouffanted baddies out tomorrow! YOU know which one to buy… Ps. Only one of them has a redemptive arc, I bet you can’t guess which…find out here… booknookuk.com/product/signed…
Next Thursday, join @LydiaMonks for an Afternoon Tea chat with @AbieLongstaff Grab a cuppa and get to know children’s author and illustrator and get a glimpse into her creative routine.🖌️ Free for SoA members and non-members, book here: societyofauthors.org/event/afternoo… #SoAatHome
I am over the moon to announce that my first picture book, A TOTALLY BIG UMBRELLA ☂️ will be out next year with @WalkerBooksUK illustrated by my hero @rebecca_cobb I love working with the incomparable Maria Tunney and Deirdre McDermott at Walker…💚 More good things to come!
⭐️ONE WEEK UNTIL KNICK KNACKS ATTACKS HAPPY HILLS⭐️ If you fancied pre ordering your copy it would make me very happy! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/knick-…
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