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SUMMARY:Middle Grade chat with author Vashti Hardy
DESCRIPTION:A monthly session with Hub members to talk about Middle Grade writing craft and writing life in general with host Vashti Hardy – it’s very much a dialogue with flexible topics\, where the Hub community can ask questions about aspects of the craft\, or bounce around any specific story issues in a supportive environment. There’s always fruitful learning! \n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\n\n\nVashti Hardy’s breathtaking middle grade fantasies are published across the world in many languages. Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award ‘Best Story’ in 2020 and the FCBG Children’s Book Awards and bestseller Brightstormwas shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and Books are My Bag Awards among others. Brightstorm was also selected for Independent Booksellers Book of the Season and both Brightstorm and Wildspark were selected as Primary School Book Club Reads.
URL:https://write-mentor.com/event/middle-grade-chat-with-author-vashti-hardy-3/
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SUMMARY:Middle Grade chat with author Vashti Hardy
DESCRIPTION:A monthly session with Hub members to talk about Middle Grade writing craft and writing life in general with host Vashti Hardy – it’s very much a dialogue with flexible topics\, where the Hub community can ask questions about aspects of the craft\, or bounce around any specific story issues in a supportive environment. There’s always fruitful learning! \n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\n\n\nVashti Hardy’s breathtaking middle grade fantasies are published across the world in many languages. Wildspark won the Blue Peter Book Award ‘Best Story’ in 2020 and the FCBG Children’s Book Awards and bestseller Brightstormwas shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and Books are My Bag Awards among others. Brightstorm was also selected for Independent Booksellers Book of the Season and both Brightstorm and Wildspark were selected as Primary School Book Club Reads.
URL:https://write-mentor.com/event/middle-grade-chat-with-author-vashti-hardy-4/
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author with Matt Ralphs
DESCRIPTION:A monthly opportunity to hear our favourite authors talk about their writing journey\, their process\, what they’re currently working on\, and answer your questions! \n\n\n\nHaving worked as an editor for years in adult and children’s publishing\, and currently working for Farshore\, Matt is also a phenomenal writer of fiction and non-fiction. \n\n\n\nMatt is happy to talk about all things publishing\, but also to focus on non-fiction. He is the award winning author of a vast collection of stunning non-fiction books. Last year his Beasts from the Deep won the Week Junior’s Children’s Book of the Year: Animals and Nature. \n\n\n\nSo\, whether you have questions about the publishing industry from an editor or writer’s pov\, or you are thinking of having a go at writing non-fiction – or perhaps you are working on a non-fiction proposal and would like his help or knowledge of the industry and market – come and join us on the 13th March! \n\n\n\nDo send me (Jules Aspinall) your questions\, whether more general or specific. \n\n\n\nThe zoom will be recorded for those who can’t make it\, but it is always lovely to have people there with us live – even if your cameras are off!
URL:https://write-mentor.com/event/meet-the-author-with-matt-ralphs/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260319T190000
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SUMMARY:Picture book chat with author Claire Helen Welsh
DESCRIPTION:An informal monthly chat for writers at all stages of their picture book writing journey hosted by Clare Helen Welsh. Sessions typically start will a round-up of how the previous month has been\, celebrating highs and offering support for the lows followed by a discussion on a picture book topic. Members can suggest topics and we’ve covered everything from structure\, to rhyming schemes\, query letters and book fairs. The second half of the session is not recorded and may include workshopping members stories. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n\n\n\n\nClare tutors our Advanced Picture Book Course\n\n\n\nClare is a former primary school teacher turned writing tutor and children’s author\, living in South West England with her husband and two children. When Clare isn’t writing stories\, she is inspiring children to write their own. She loves visiting schools\, libraries\, bookshops and festivals in her authormobile\, giving her an outlet for her BIG ideas. Once she helped a class make a giant rice crispy cake that was so wide it wouldn’t fit through the door!\n\n\n\nClare is the founder of Books That Help – an initiative that aims to celebrate picture books and how they can be used therapeutically to navigate life’s up and downs.\n\n\n\nClare is represented by Alice Williams of Alice Williams Literary.\n\n\n\nCLIENTS INCLUDE:Andersen Press\, Harper Collins\, Ladybird\, Little Tiger Press\, Nosy Crow\, Maverick Books\, Pan Macmillan\, Storyhouse Publishing\, Quarto Ltd.\n\n\n\nAWARDS INCLUDE:‘Slime? It’s Not Mine!’ – (Nicola O’Byrne\, Macmillan\, 2022) – winner of the Write Blend Book Awards 2023\, winner of Books For Topics’ Book of the Year (KS1 Best Curriculum Support 2022)‘How Messy!’(Olivier Tallec\, Quarto 2022) – shortlisted for the Write Blend Book Awards 2023‘Wee? It Wasn’t Me!‘ (Nicola O’Byrne\, Macmillan\, 2021) – winner of the LOLLIES Picture Book Award 2023‘Poo! Is That You?’ (Nicola O’Byrne\, Macmillan\, 2020) – winner of The North Gate Book Awards 2022‘Sunshine At Bedtime’ (Sally Sowoel Han\, Storyhouse Book\, 2022) Finalist in the Teach Primary Awards 2002.‘The Tide’ (Ashling Lindsay\, Little Tiger Press\, 2019) – winner of The North Somerset Teacher’s Book Award 2019\, winner of SCBWI-BI Crystal Kite Award 2020\, Honour Award for Illustration at The Children’s Book Awards\, Ireland 2020.‘The Perfect Shelter’ (Asa Gilland\,  Little Tiger 2020) – shortlisted for the InstaBookGrammies 2020.\n\n\n\nClare does hundreds of events with schools\, libraries and festivals: *318 events and counting!*
URL:https://write-mentor.com/event/picture-book-chat-with-author-claire-helen-welsh/
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SUMMARY:Agent Q&A with Callen Martin from Madeleine Milburn
DESCRIPTION:Sound the klaxon for an Agent Q&A special! \n\n\n\nOn Monday 23 March we will be joined by the wonderful Callen Martin\, newly installed at Madeleine Milburn Associates\, and the judge of this year’s Times Chicken House prize.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to the normal Pitch Hero chat\, Callen will be ready to talk about the London Book Fair\, the TCH prize and – in case it’s useful – I’ll join him to co-answer questions about the agent / author process and relationship. On this occasion\, it’s a ninety minute session\, which Stuart has kindly agreed to host.  \n\n\n\nCallen’s very keen to find new MG stars right now. He says: “With 2026 being the Year of Reading\, I’m prioritising Middle Grade that’ll get children – especially boys – back into books and the escapist world of stories. There’s so much vying for a child’s attention nowadays (gaming\, social media\, tv and film) and I want the stories that can compete\, capturing the thrill of gaming or adventure or the laughs of a social media trend on the page. I want big adventures\, brilliant worlds\, and pacey stories for readers aged 7+ in any genre that are told in accessible ways – ideally with a shorter wordcount and a sense of real returnability – with a clear\, emotional heart. Stories that I have enjoyed recently include A Box Full of Mysteries\, the Skandar series\, Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo\, Isaac Turner Investigates: The Clockwork Conspiracy\, and Grumpfort.”You can find out more about his wishlist at the MMA website. 
URL:https://write-mentor.com/event/agent-qa-with-callen-martin-from-madeleine-milburn/
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SUMMARY:Pitch Hero with Callen Martin from Madeleine Milburn
DESCRIPTION:Callen’s very keen to find new MG stars right now. He says: “With 2026 being the Year of Reading\, I’m prioritising Middle Grade that’ll get children – especially boys – back into books and the escapist world of stories. There’s so much vying for a child’s attention nowadays (gaming\, social media\, tv and film) and I want the stories that can compete\, capturing the thrill of gaming or adventure or the laughs of a social media trend on the page. I want big adventures\, brilliant worlds\, and pacey stories for readers aged 7+ in any genre that are told in accessible ways – ideally with a shorter wordcount and a sense of real returnability – with a clear\, emotional heart. Stories that I have enjoyed recently include A Box Full of Mysteries\, the Skandar series\, Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo\, Isaac Turner Investigates: The Clockwork Conspiracy\, and Grumpfort.”You can find out more about his wishlist at the MMA website. 
URL:https://write-mentor.com/event/pitch-hero-with-callen-martin-from-madeleine-milburn/
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