Novels: Shadow Town (2021); The Wolf Road (2020), longlist Carnegie, books of year Guardian, FT, Sunday Times.
Poetry, reading, nature.
Rep @charlesfwalker
Very proud and extremely pleased that my debut novel The Wolf Road has been longlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal. It's astonishing to be on the list alongside such wonderful writers. Thank you to the judges, to Mikka @EveryWithWords - & @FrithaL & @hollydrawsinink ! #CKG22
@peckhamshell@davidmicklem@EveryWithWords Hi Shelley! I hope you and your family are very well. And I hope Abbie's good too! It's so nice to bump into you on here. Just followed you! All good here, in Norwich and writing✍️❤️
Many thanks to whoever writes the cards at @WaterstonesGla - "That actually makes it sound quite good," says eldest daughter, look of surprise on her face
@hilary_mckay I was just thinking that yesterday evening. I haven't heard them in our street in a few days. Last week they were screaming about the skies ...
We are delighted to announce the winners of the HA Young Quills for Historical Fiction 2022. The winner for the 10-13 yrs category is @hilary_mckay Hilary McKay for The Swallows' Flight. A fascinating tale of war , told from two sides. https://t.co/xB6EFlZi6j @MacmillanKidsUK
We are proud to announce the Yorkshire Natural History Museum will be opening Saturday 13th August! 🎉
We are a small public #museum with a #geology, #palaeontology, and #botany collection, including a significant research collection of #fossils from the #Yorkshire Lias. 🐚
It’s today! It’s Small!’s official book birthday. Such an amazing, surreal feeling to wake up knowing the dream I’ve had since I was seven has really come true 😄😭
#PublishedAuthor#WritingCommunity
Goodbye Orkney and thank you. Probably the only place in the world where the call of curlews is louder than any other sound at the airport. Last visit to The Ring of Brodgar where a Meadow Pipit surveyed its territory from the top of one of the stones.