
Cressida Cowell
@cressidacowell
Author & illustrator of ‘How to Train Your Dragon' ‘Wizards of Once' and ‘Which Way to Anywhere’, Media enquiries: [email protected]
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http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk 01-03-2012 09:14:55
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Have fun taking the #whichWaytoAnywhere, and thankyou to The Reading Agency and @Hachettekids for making this happen #❤️📚

THANKYOU to all the young people and families who came to my event at Waterstones Alty Waterstones in Altrincham yesterday, it was lovely to meet you all! #❤️📚 #❤️🐉



THANKYOU to everyone who came to the launch party of my new book How to Train Your Dragon School, particularly to those who bought artwork in aid of National Literacy Trust s incredible #librariesforPrimaries programme! #howtotrainyourdragon school is now at a bookshop near you! #❤️📚

The National Literacy Trust #librariesforprimaries programme has opened an incredible ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED libraries in primary schools in only three years! Let’s get those children #readingforpleasure ! Because #readingismagic and #magicisforeveryone #❤️📚




🗓️ 2026 is the year of encouraging more young people to read. Before the official launch of #NationalYearofReading2026, @literacy_trust Department for Education will bring 72,000 new books this summer to children in areas with the highest rates of child poverty. Find out more.

The The New York Times featured Cressida Cowell in its “By the Book” column by Scott Heller, wherein she discusses her upcoming release HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON SCHOOL: DOOM OF THE DARKWING. (Little, Brown Young Readers) Cressida Cowell Loves to Peruse Recipes Before Bed nytimes.com/2025/07/03/boo…

THRILLED to be at 10 Downing Street yesterday giving a speech welcoming Bridget Phillipson’s announcement that 2026 will be the National Year of Reading! EVERY child deserves access to books and to transformative power of reading Department for Education National Literacy Trust @booktrust #❤️📚

"We're going to make sure that every primary school has got a library, but we're also going to make sure that every public library in the country is at the very heart of the campaign" - Jonathan Douglas #NationalYearOfReading

A book is worth a thousand spelling tests. And, of course, without being able to read you can’t access the rest of the curriculum. These are not soft skills. This is not a soft subject, says Cressida Cowell on the National Literacy Trust’s new initiative 👇 ebx.sh/axb4ov

My article in the Bookseller welcoming the Year of Reading 2026, announced yesterday with Department for Education and National Literacy Trust …

Delighted to be back in Downing Street yesterday, this time in support of National Literacy Trust s incredible #librariesforprimaries initiative, which has put libraries and a reading for pleasure culture into 1,500 primary schools in only 3 years! #❤️📚





Introducing our incredible Windwalker - the newest member of our team here at DIG! You'll discover this and plenty more dragon-tastic activities during your visit this summer 🐉🤩 Book your visit now 👇 digyork.co.uk/cressida-cowel… #New #HowToTrainYourDragon Cressida Cowell