Massive thanks to the award-winning children's magazine The Primary Planet @NewsMagMedia for choosing my book #TheTreeThatSangToMe🌳 as their featured book of the month. There's also a writing comp prompt from me for all the budding young writers out there😊🖊️📚

So excited to share the cover of my new YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine 🪽 coming from Scholastic UK in February and available to request from NetGalley. Can't wait for you to meet Evvy and Tom! The Blair Partnership

I just wanted to share this wonderful article published in Amersham Together written by Sophie Elliot, one of the GCSE students I met at the opening of the library at AmershamSchool Congratulations, Sophie! #FindMeAfter Scholastic UK Kate Shaw

🦈🍦Today on the blog is Polly Owen, whose new statistics-themed book 'Do Sharks Like Ice Cream?' is out now. Perfect for #MathsWeekEngland & #NNFN! 🧮 Polly discusses why children need to know about statistics: booksfortopics.com/polly-owen-why… Polly Owen - Darwin’s Super-💩 🪱 Spectacular Oxford Children's Books Maths Week England

📢 COVER REVEAL 📢 Designed by the incredible Euan Cook, I love Crookhaven: The Impossible Fortress cover so much because it uses all the colours of the moors. And features our favourite chaotic twins (which they'll approve of). Out Jan 30th! Preorder: geni.us/Crookhaven-4

Thanks Scholastic UK for making this brilliant choose-your-own-adventure game for #FindMeAfter -- it makes me nostalgic for my lost youth obsessively playing the Fighting Fantasy books.

Well this has made my day :) Thank you Buckinghamshire Book Award , and congratulations Sue H Cunningham☁️ Cloud Nine is here! Nathanael Lessore Holly Jackson #FindMeAfter Scholastic UK Kate Shaw

Thank you Sarah Ziman/BardyMum - 'Brain' out now!, and Berkhamsted Books, Christmas solved!

Welcome to Cloud Nine – congratulations! If you’ve made it here, that means you’re the cream of the Earth’s crop, and you’re deserving of an afterlife like no other. CLOUD NINE by Sue H Cunningham☁️ Cloud Nine is here! is out 13th February – pre-order now! Discover more: shop.scholastic.co.uk/cloud-nine

Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 18th Feb 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous Sue H Cunningham☁️ Cloud Nine is here!, who will be chatting all about her new YA Rom-Com - #CloudNine ☁️ All welcome to come along and join in the chat 🙂 #YA #romcom #writerslife

In honour of #BritishScienceWeek our March Artist of the Month is the brilliant YA sci-fi author and AI Researcher A. Connors. Why not join him for a cuppa and read his interview here 👇 buff.ly/tSiTgXd

Featuring: 🥳 Celebrating TWO #WorldRecords 🔍 Why #representation matters in #authorvisits 🗣 Interviews with @spozpoet @katypoet & A. Connors 🧪 #BritishScienceWeek 📚 Book reviews with leo + Much More! Read now 👇 buff.ly/uDBT5ts

It's #BritishScienceWeek and we're celebrating with A. Connors! Adam is one of the newer additions to the AA gang, and we've been getting some AMAZING feedback following his #WBD visits! 🤩 Check out his interview to see what a visit from Adam involves...

Spring into reading this week Sullivan Upper School with our #pupillibrarian #fortnightlyfocus featuring acclaimed authors Katherine Woodfine (updates) and #SiobhánParkinson Little Island Books🤩Plus our #bookoftheweek is a thrilling #scfi debut by A. Connors❤️ #lovereading #getborrowing

Thanks to Louie Stowell ON BLUESKY not here, come say hi Sara Grant Becky Bagnell Charlie Castelletti 🏳️‍🌈 (he/they) Julia Churchill Tierney Holm Saskia Leach a j clack A. Connors Sue H Cunningham☁️ Cloud Nine is here! Simon James Green Serena Patel Working Partners Sheila Averbuch - it's going to be a good one! 🤩

Sign up for our masterclass with Serena Patel a j clack A. Connors Sue H Cunningham☁️ Cloud Nine is here! and Simon James Green at tinyurl.com/4tjm6m9r 3 Zoom masterclasses just £30 for scbwi members SCBWI British Isles SCBWI Ireland #UV26

Simon James Green Malorie Blackman A.M. Dassu BOOK UPDATES - Insta: @a.m.dassu Helen Rutter Phil Earle Jacqui Rose - JP Rose - a writer of sorts Katherine Woodfine (updates) Adiba Jaigirdar (updates) Kat Ellis James Dashner RJ Palacio Eve Ainsworth Alison Weatherby Melissa Welliver - TO THE DEATH March 2026! Bex Hogan A. Connors Year 9

One week until the first SCBWI British Isles #UV26 online masterclass 🥳 Just £30 for scbwi members for three fab workshops = top tips for competition success Register at tinyurl.com/4tjm6m9r by 31/05 for chance to win a writing craft book by Sara Grant or Sheila M Averbuch threads.net/sheilamaverbuch 📚

FREE EBOOKS TODAY AND TOMORROW! To celebrate my new Partner Yoga adventure book's publication, I'm offering everything for free on Amazon - go to amazon.co.uk/stores/Maria-O… and help yourself! Reviews also help my visibility so please take a moment to leave one for anything you get

1/2 🔥YAY! It’s publication day!📚 And I’m giving away one copy to a UK school or library. Just post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner on 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘