Little Star Writing

⭐️ AWARD-WINNING CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN ⭐️ After school clubs, half term writing retreats, 1:1 tuition, festival workshops & more ✍🏻📚

[Little Star Writing @littlestarwrite]

⭐️ We’re sending out our new information pack tomorrow! ⭐️

If you’re a TEACHER, LIBRARIAN or ENGLISH COORDINATOR & would be interested in launching an after school #creativewriting club in your school, get in touch & we’ll email you first thing tomorrow #writingforpleasure ✍🏻📚

[Mel Taylor-Bessent @MelTBessent]

✨ EEEEEEEEK!!! ✨

The news is out! I’ve signed a 3-book deal with @FarshoreBooks for RACE TO IMAGINATION ISLAND, a series set on an island where children’s imaginations come to life.

Out in July 24 & illustrated by @AlessandroDurs7. Full announcement ➡️ https://t.co/JBDf5g2oYO

[Authorfy @authorfy]

✨ AUTHORS OF THE WEEK!! ✨

Our authors of the week this week are @WelshDragonParr & @JanFearnley 🎉🎉🎉

Watch their full videos & download extracts at https://t.co/BUPYo3JwXv

They’re perfect for watching in:
Classrooms
Assemblies
Libraries
At home

[Authorfy @authorfy]

We’ve got a brand new 10 MINUTE CHALLENGE with @bechillcomedian!

Check out Bec’s full video (where you can draw your own monster based off a description from ‘Horror Heights’) at https://t.co/HJSwKJPIFc & do send us your drawings 😱👻😳✍🏻

[Authorfy @authorfy]

We’ve got a brand new Author Intro video with @cath_howe!!! 🎉📚🎬

Watch the full video, hear Cath read from her brand new book ‘Call The Puffins’, and learn how Cath found inspiration from her childhood in Scotland…

🎬 https://t.co/99N9hii4F1

[Authorfy @authorfy]

✨📚 BOOK GIVEAWAY & NEW RESOURCES!! 📚✨

We’ve got x2 sets of the InvestiGators series and the brand new Agents of S.U.I.T by @johngreenart to giveaway.

To enter:
🐊 RT by 20.03.23
🐊 UK only

And go to https://t.co/D76B0FL1Q9 to download our new InvestiGators scheme of work!!

[Authorfy @authorfy]

We’ve just added a new author intro video with @Rach_Khoo to Authorfy!! ✨🎉

Hear all about the enchanting ‘The Wishkeeper’s Apprentice’ & download an extract at https://t.co/rTqudC0TFN

‘Magic is only a wish away…’

[Authorfy @authorfy]

✨📚 BOOK GIVEAWAY 📚✨

We have a brand new Author Masterclass with @candygourlay!!!!

Watch Candy’s trailer below, access all 10 videos & resources at https://t.co/V3IQlczivF & win a copy of ‘Wild Song’ by RT’ing before 20.03.23.

This one is NOT TO BE MISSED!!

[Authorfy @authorfy]

✨💙 Our AUTHORS OF THE WEEK this week are… 💙✨

Sarah Christou & @JodieGarnish!!!

Hear them talk about ‘Blue’ and ‘The Spectaculars’ at https://t.co/BUPYo3JwXv (& download extracts, too!)

Perfect for assemblies, classrooms, libraries & at home 🍿🎬📚

[Authorfy @authorfy]

Well THIS is exciting!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

We’ve been featured in @thetimes as a ‘learning innovation that should be on your radar’.

If you want to bring more authors into the heart of your classroom / library / home, check out https://t.co/QLK3L43lMc. It’s only £30 for the entire year!

[Authorfy @authorfy]

✨✨ BOOK GIVEAWAY & NEW RESOURCES! ✨✨

RT by 24.02.23 to win a copy of @thomasleeds’ brand new ‘Jayben and the Golden Torch’ (UK only)

And once you’ve done that, head over to https://t.co/6D24oYvVTb to download the Jayben classroom resources, created by @shapes4schools!

[Authorfy @authorfy]

🎉✨ It’s our very first BOOK GIVEAWAY of 2023!!! ✨🎉

To be in with the chance of winning 1 of 3 copies of ‘A Tricky Kind of Magic’ by @NigelBaines just RT this post by 14.01.23. UK only. It’s a simple as that!

Get extra entries at https://t.co/9OVrUAHo76, too.

@HachetteKids

[Authorfy @authorfy]

Happy New Year, everyone!

As a way of celebrating a VERY exciting year ahead, we’ve got a promo code that will give you Authorfy access for an entire YEAR for just £27 including 10,000 hours of author videos.

Use code discount2023 at https://t.co/kAUOnqwlWA (expires in 23 days)

[Authorfy @authorfy]

Olaf Falafel challenges YOU (or your students!) to create a comic book strip using 3 or 4 panels.

Watch the full challenge at https://t.co/HJSwKJPIFc & hear @OFalafel talk about the brilliant ‘Trixie Pickle Art Avenger’!

#10MinuteChallenge
#ComicBooks
#Authorfy

[Authorfy @authorfy]

Join Authorfy to get unlimited access to thousands of author videos, book extracts & classroom resources.

And for 1 week only, get 10% off with the PROMO CODE: oneweekonly (making an annual account just £27 i.e. £2.25 a month!).

Join at https://t.co/kAUOnqwlWA by 3rd Nov 22

[Authorfy @authorfy]

✨BIG IDEAS FROM HISTORY✨

This book is a big history of the world from the beginnings of the universe to now & it encourages readers to think about how & why they experience the world as they do

Download resources & an extract at https://t.co/yDGASrUYlZ (click ‘resources’ tab)

[Mel Taylor-Bessent @MelTBessent]

OMG OMG OMG I didn’t even THINK to check the children’s indie chart

🤯🤯🤯🤯

The Christmas Competition is no.1!!!!!!!!!!

And The Christmas Carrolls is no.4!

I think I need a lie down. It’s been my dream to become an author since I was 8 years old and this is totally surreal.

[Mel Taylor-Bessent @MelTBessent]

Do any teachers or librarians want to run their own CREATIVE WRITING CLUB? ✨✍🏻

Follow the template I used for 10 years, read how I used books by @moontrug @JosephACoelho @ldlapinski for inspiration & learn 5 fun writing games to encourage writing for pleasure ⬇️

[Mel Taylor-Bessent @MelTBessent]

✨ FREE AUTHOR EVENT FOR SCHOOLS!!! ✨

I’m so excited to be teaming up with @_Reading_Rocks_ to bring you a free virtual event on 5th Oct 2022! I’ll be talking about the magic of writing, how to start stories, perseverance & more

Sign your class up here: https://t.co/1TKaidE94k

[Coombe Hill Juniors @CHJSchool]

Thank you to @MelTBessent for a great session inspiring our pupils to become writers, creating authentic characters and why she can't fly (yet!). Also a big thank you to her for all she did with Little Star Writers!

[Mel Taylor-Bessent @MelTBessent]

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! 🎉🎄❤️

@Waterstones are offering a special edition, signed, sprayed edge version of ‘The Christmas Competition’, but like book 1 last year, they are REALLY limited, and once they’ve gone, they’ve gone.

You can order your copy here: https://t.co/oB7enMUA1V