Faith Howard

Secondary Literacy Specialist, coach, & educational leader. Creator of Literacy Lab, an innovative 6-12 literacy intervention model using science of reading.

[TBRCon @TBR_Con]

Powerful words can elicit powerful feelings and, when there are no loud sound effects or gory sfx to tell us we should jump in fear, authors have to crawl under our skin in other ways.
Sometimes sneaky, sometimes bold, whatever the method, join our Writing Fear on the Page panel with Anna Dupre, Sarah Langan, Joshua Hull, Annie Neugebauer, @MichaelTKuester, & Johnny Compton in 1 HOUR from now to find out how authors can give us goosebumps!!

https://t.co/tZmUABxZKd

#tbrcon2026 #writers #writingcommunity #author #horrorbooks

[Iain Maitland, Novelist. @iainmaitland]

A week writing The Stepmother, completing end August, out late September. Then Bags Of Bones, to end November, out late December. Lost my way lately but now back on track. Commissioning The Stepmother cover this week + upgrades for Shallow Graves & Bags which were muchly meh.

[Random_Musings (Polin Where Art Thou) @Musingitover]

Do check out the list of stories published so far for the event. Wren has got the links and the summaries ready for your perusal 👇🏼

[Matthew A. Kraft @MatthewAKraft]

Take 1 minute to read this intuitive and incisive review of our study on the portability of teacher effectiveness by @sarahalmy. Beautiful policy writing in my opinion.

[Garth Pettersen @garpet011]

The Cold Hearth (The Atheling Chronicles)
From a festering wound that threatened to destroy a man’s soul to the desperate fight to stay alive...in all ways a Historical Fiction triumph.
Mary Anne Yarde Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#histfic, #vikingdrama, #epicreads
https://t.co/FzyFIbPFQd

[Jodi Taylor @joditaylorbooks]

How I Research Historical Periods to Make My Stories Authentic #JodiTaylor #chroniclesofstmarys https://t.co/aWvhfwtuoG

[Melissa Kumanski @MelissaKumanski]

Definitely made progress today! 🎉

[Bloomsbury News & Events @Bloomsbury_News]

"Oscar Wilde used to pay his brother Willie to wear a beard, so that the two of them would not be mistaken for each other"

Matthew Sturgis introduces Relative Failures, the biographies of the lesser-known siblings of famous artists and authors.

🔗 https://t.co/VRWkshxiZK

[The Dreaming Unicorn🦄 @dreaminunicorn1]

Happy b-day to the best girl dad

Let’s do a #writerslift for the #WritingCommunity! Share books,links,wips,social media & websites below. Lookin for kindles .99-20.99 to read & review

I’m 200 away from 13,000 & would love to follow and connect with all creatives #writersnetwork

[Megan Chee 🐈‍⬛ (updates only) @megancheewrites]

Absolutely delighted to reveal the US cover of my upcoming science-fantasy debut novel The Archaeology of Falling Worlds! Cover illustration by Shan Jiang, cover design by Charlotte Strick. Coming 23rd Feb 2027 from Bindery Books (US) and Daphne Press (UK)!

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

End of term? Happy holidays 😎
25/26 has been amazing. Thanks to everyone inviting me to work with you .. Aberdeen to Cornwall and everywhere in between, .. Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Delhi, Muscat, Lawra(Ghana), Stockholm. Love the work and all the fabulous people doing the business in schools around the world. 🙏🙏🔥🔥

[Helena Rutkowska @helenaheritage]

I am pleased to announce that I finally submitted my PhD in History at the University of Oxford earlier this summer.

I am now looking for job opportunities in the heritage sector or beyond. If anyone has any leads, I would be very grateful if you could pass them on, thank you!

[Basil E. Frankweiler @aslan_magic]

Amazing to see @gordonkorman at New Canaan Library in CT!
“What if…” are powerful words when trying to come up with a story idea!

[Liz Napolitano @LizKNapolitano]

As a journalist, I have one small request.

PLEASE stop making me fill out contact forms on your website. Just make public an email address or phone number for your PR team... I beg of you.

[Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast @literacypodcast]

great → greatness 👀
magic → magician 🤯
nature → natural 🫣

These words are a window into why multisyllabic word reading is SO hard for students.

🎙️ Listen now: https://t.co/VRMcCZhLcg

[Faith Howard @litlabwithfaith]

Fluency isn’t the problem. Empty texts are. I stopped using disconnected passages and started building knowledge through a structured weekly fluency routine for my older struggling readers. The results? More engagement, stronger decoding, deeper thinking!
https://t.co/WYkWDSNP7Y

[Faith Howard @litlabwithfaith]

Together, they’ll explore how SOR-aligned practices connect across grade levels, share effective classroom strategies, reflect on lessons learned, and discuss challenges and successes in both elementary and secondary settings.

[Faith Howard @litlabwithfaith]

👉 Don’t miss this meaningful conversation—register and join us live!
REGISTER HERE: https://t.co/9TFCODOlML

[Gene Tavernetti @GTavernetti]

Absolutely agree! Thank you for the summary.
I had lots of questions for Doug about his book. Listen to our conversation here on Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works.
https://t.co/CZPH5ePZq2

[Faith Howard @litlabwithfaith]

@LizStepan @CindyH36357 I’m so glad! With smaller classes you’ll be able to do so much more with these kids! Until then, it’s all about manageable steps and predictable routines. And if you haven’t, meeting with students one on one to talk about goals can be helpful to build some intrinsic motivation