Serena Lacey-Brown

Freelance journalist, writer and PR manager. @words8pictures contributor. Officially querying my MG manuscript. The beach is my happy place. #amquerying

[LondonKidsLitFest @kidslitfest]

🚨WEE-OO! WEE-OO!🚨

That's the sound of our big Festival alarm that tells you that tickets for the UK's biggest kids' books party on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 June are now on sale. So, are you ready to get yours? On your marks, get set...GO! https://t.co/EaoiGfFNVu

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@EmmaEBradley Wishing you lots of luck!

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@HGold_author @HarperCollinsCh Congratulations Hannah, it looks stunning! X

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@FinlaysonPalmer @writementor 😂

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

Good luck to all of the shortlisted authors 📚

[Waterstones Kids @WaterstonesKids]

Tonight we will be announcing the magnificent winner of our Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2025 and we're super excited!

Discover our shortlisted authors and illustrators here: https://t.co/xlh2KClQDf #WCBP25

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@TinaMories Book treasure!!!

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@MGLnrd @PushkinPress This is book treasure! I was just thinking about these the other day, Journey Under the Sea was my favourite.

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@mrrobpower @thebookseller @JoffeBooks Congratulations Rob!

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

A little interview about volunteering for @Words8Pictures

https://t.co/MfP8xI7iFz

[lindsay littleson @ljlittleson]

Wonderful article by Katherine Rundell about the joy and power of children’s books and about why we must do everything in our power to encourage children to read for pleasure. #reading #childrensbooks https://t.co/WJnohEVpmj

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@MGLnrd @Waterstones Congratulations! I picked up a copy on Friday and plan to start it today. Such a beautiful shiny cover!

[M. G. Leonard @MGLnrd]

Hunt for the Golden Scarab is published a week today! 🪲 You may find it in your local bookshop this weekend if you’re lucky. Do post pics if you spot it! ⏳🗝️🎶

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

So happy to share my first feature as a contributor for @Words8Pictures #writing #amwriting #writingtips #writingforchildren

[Words & Pictures @Words8Pictures]

FEATURE
Just keep writing ...

Serena Lacey-Brown is sharing the writers' best kept secret that is hiding in plain sight – if you want to write, you have to keep writing. Simple!

https://t.co/wTRRwCwc0q

#SF #Said #writing #serenalaceybrown #editing @SCBWI_illustrat @SCBWI_BI

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

Happy #BookShopDay . I spent mine at the gorgeous @nomadbooks in Fulham, waiting with my daughter to see her favourite author @hurrahforgin

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

This is so sad. So many magazines losing print editions. I love print. I love glossy pages and features with incredible photography. Thinking of all
The staff and especially the editorial team 😢

[Total Film @totalfilm]

Gladiator II is on the cover of Total Film’s upcoming issue 356, which hits print and digital newsstands on October 10. It’s with a heavy heart that we announce that this will be the final issue of the print magazine.

We like to think that this final print edition is a showcase of everything that Total Film magazine strived for, with a thrilling blockbuster on the cover, A-list interviews, fair and impartial reviews, smaller interesting movies nestled alongside the more mainstream fare, and above all else a passion for cinema radiating out of every page.

In the cover feature, we’re talking to Ridley Scott, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and more about returning to the Colosseum for Gladiator II. From epic set pieces, to Scott’s unique approach to shooting, to Maximus’ legacy, it’s the perfect primer to this autumn’s most anticipated sequel.

Print subscribers will receive their issue with an exclusive cover shortly (and our subscriptions team will be in touch shortly to discuss next steps).

So for now, it only leaves us to say a huge thank you to all the staff, writers, designers and photographers who made Total Film print magazine what it was over the past 27 years. And we’d also like to express our endless gratitude to everyone who has read, subscribed to or otherwise supported the magazine.

While the magazine itself is going away, our archive content and expert movie and TV writing will continue to live on at https://t.co/fE69ZjtoCI.

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@gemmaEdenham Definitely helpful in getting the word count down though 😜

[Serena Lacey-Brown @serena_lacey]

@TinaMories @BrookfieldSM3 Amazing, thank you. I’m on the PTA so I’ll give the office the heads up! X