Cathie Kelly
@cathleenlkelly.bsky.social
MG Fantasy Children's writer @theGEAcademy @SCBWI_uk @GEA_North She/Her Northerner🇮🇸 Roman History & Reading & Libraries #authorgoals Book Cheerleader
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Hello writers and readers! I'm thrilled to announce my new Substack: "The Writing Kit." 🖋️
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July 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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I'd love to see them recruit Regional Reading Ambassadors for this - children's authors sent to schools and libraries to host book clubs, run reading workshops and activities around books, make kids feel like reading isn't just another step in becoming a Good Little Employee once school is done
A National Year of Reading will take place in 2026 aimed at curtailing the reading crisis among children and young people. The initiative was launched by education secretary, Bridget Phillipson ahead of a reception to be held at 10 Downing Street 👇 #BookSky
Trade comes together for government backed National Year of Reading
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July 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I'd love to see them recruit Regional Reading Ambassadors for this - children's authors sent to schools and libraries to host book clubs, run reading workshops and activities around books, make kids feel like reading isn't just another step in becoming a Good Little Employee once school is done
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I’d almost forgotten about those packets of “gummed coloured shapes”. (1963)
The next best thing if you didn’t have Fuzzy Felt
(From Treasure Magazine)
The next best thing if you didn’t have Fuzzy Felt
(From Treasure Magazine)
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’d almost forgotten about those packets of “gummed coloured shapes”. (1963)
The next best thing if you didn’t have Fuzzy Felt
(From Treasure Magazine)
The next best thing if you didn’t have Fuzzy Felt
(From Treasure Magazine)
Last night we attended @simonyabooks.bsky.social launch and were dazzled by the 💎Diamond of the Season💎 @waterstones.bsky.social YA book of the month The Wycherleys whose author @annalieseavery.bsky.social shone with all the sparkle of the new Queen of #Romantasy
May 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Last night we attended @simonyabooks.bsky.social launch and were dazzled by the 💎Diamond of the Season💎 @waterstones.bsky.social YA book of the month The Wycherleys whose author @annalieseavery.bsky.social shone with all the sparkle of the new Queen of #Romantasy
💜✨✨When your talented writer friend’s #ROMANTASY The Wycherley’s is @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Inaugural YA BOOK OF THE MONTH CONGRATULATIONS @annalieseavery.bsky.social ✨✨
You deserve every magical thing!! 💜
You deserve every magical thing!! 💜
May 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
💜✨✨When your talented writer friend’s #ROMANTASY The Wycherley’s is @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Inaugural YA BOOK OF THE MONTH CONGRATULATIONS @annalieseavery.bsky.social ✨✨
You deserve every magical thing!! 💜
You deserve every magical thing!! 💜
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The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena
The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena
Most tourists in Rome put the Colosseum at the top of their to-see list.
www.openculture.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena
When your amazingly talented writerly friend @annalieseavery.bsky.social
new book has SPREDGES
The Whycherley’s has finally arrived needless to say I’m OBSESSED!
@kate.walker.author and I are honored to be the witches introducing each of the Magical Seasons!
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
new book has SPREDGES
The Whycherley’s has finally arrived needless to say I’m OBSESSED!
@kate.walker.author and I are honored to be the witches introducing each of the Magical Seasons!
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
When your amazingly talented writerly friend @annalieseavery.bsky.social
new book has SPREDGES
The Whycherley’s has finally arrived needless to say I’m OBSESSED!
@kate.walker.author and I are honored to be the witches introducing each of the Magical Seasons!
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
new book has SPREDGES
The Whycherley’s has finally arrived needless to say I’m OBSESSED!
@kate.walker.author and I are honored to be the witches introducing each of the Magical Seasons!
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social
tickets are still available @kidlitchat.bsky.social
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tickets are still available @kidlitchat.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
March 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social
tickets are still available @kidlitchat.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
tickets are still available @kidlitchat.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social
tickets are still available
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
tickets are still available
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
March 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social
tickets are still available
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
tickets are still available
www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
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A superb new cycle of fresco paintings has been discovered at Pompeii. #Archaeology 🏺
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POMPEII, DISCOVERY OF A ROOM WITH FRESCOES DEPICTING THE INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES AND THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION - Pompeii Sites
AN EXTREMELY RARE “MEGALOGRAPHY” OF THE 1ST CENTURY BC, LIKE THE FAMOUS VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large … keep it going
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February 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A superb new cycle of fresco paintings has been discovered at Pompeii. #Archaeology 🏺
pompeiisites.org/en/comunicat...
pompeiisites.org/en/comunicat...
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TWO DAYS left to respond to the UK Govt consultation on Copyright and AI. The AOI has created a brilliant guide to help with this - the consultation is onerous but their tips make completing it quick and easy for any creator, not just an illustrator. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...
The Copyright and AI consultation - how to respond as an illustrator – The AOI
The Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation was published by in December 2024, and we are encouraging illustrators to submit a response to the consultation to demonstrate the negative affec...
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February 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
TWO DAYS left to respond to the UK Govt consultation on Copyright and AI. The AOI has created a brilliant guide to help with this - the consultation is onerous but their tips make completing it quick and easy for any creator, not just an illustrator. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...
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Prescient words from Michael Rosen.
February 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Prescient words from Michael Rosen.
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We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl.
🦉
🦉
February 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl.
🦉
🦉
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My top tips for #NationalStorytellingWeek:
1) Write the story YOU want to read.
2) No writer can write a perfect story in one draft. You need to write, read, edit, rewrite. Rewriting IS writing! (see art below, by Charles M Schulz)
3) Whatever happens - NEVER GIVE UP!
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1) Write the story YOU want to read.
2) No writer can write a perfect story in one draft. You need to write, read, edit, rewrite. Rewriting IS writing! (see art below, by Charles M Schulz)
3) Whatever happens - NEVER GIVE UP!
sfsaid.com/2017/01/thre...
February 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My top tips for #NationalStorytellingWeek:
1) Write the story YOU want to read.
2) No writer can write a perfect story in one draft. You need to write, read, edit, rewrite. Rewriting IS writing! (see art below, by Charles M Schulz)
3) Whatever happens - NEVER GIVE UP!
sfsaid.com/2017/01/thre...
1) Write the story YOU want to read.
2) No writer can write a perfect story in one draft. You need to write, read, edit, rewrite. Rewriting IS writing! (see art below, by Charles M Schulz)
3) Whatever happens - NEVER GIVE UP!
sfsaid.com/2017/01/thre...
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Currently reading The Wycherleys by @annalieseavery.bsky.social, Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan and my current craft book is Anatomy of Story by John Truby. All fantastic!!
January 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Currently reading The Wycherleys by @annalieseavery.bsky.social, Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan and my current craft book is Anatomy of Story by John Truby. All fantastic!!
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I think it's all about finding things that engage their interests. Whatever they love - there will be reading matter on that subject. And it's about being open to formats - comics & manga all count as reading! Here's a blog I wrote that I hope might be helpful:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
If you want children to read, let them read what they love!
Our Writer-in-Residence, SF Said, is passionate about allowing children to choose what they read, in order to keep the love of reading alive.
www.booktrust.org.uk
January 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I think it's all about finding things that engage their interests. Whatever they love - there will be reading matter on that subject. And it's about being open to formats - comics & manga all count as reading! Here's a blog I wrote that I hope might be helpful:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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It varies but chaotic plantster sounds about right!
Where do you fall on the #DND alignment chart as a writer?
I am the entire Chaotic column, depending on the project. Or sometimes the phase of the project. Or sometimes my mood.
I am the entire Chaotic column, depending on the project. Or sometimes the phase of the project. Or sometimes my mood.
January 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It varies but chaotic plantster sounds about right!
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If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
January 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
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Reading can have big benefits for children from vulnerable family backgrounds - including supporting emotional regulation, as Amy from Hull Children's University explains.
Our #StoryExplorers programme has been designed to help families discover these benefits:
www.booktrust.org.uk/story-explor...
Our #StoryExplorers programme has been designed to help families discover these benefits:
www.booktrust.org.uk/story-explor...
January 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Reading can have big benefits for children from vulnerable family backgrounds - including supporting emotional regulation, as Amy from Hull Children's University explains.
Our #StoryExplorers programme has been designed to help families discover these benefits:
www.booktrust.org.uk/story-explor...
Our #StoryExplorers programme has been designed to help families discover these benefits:
www.booktrust.org.uk/story-explor...
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January - named after Janus - the god of beginnings and endings.
“He had two faces: one looked backward at the old year, and the other looked forward to the coming year.”
(From ‘Stories of our Christmas Customs’)
Artist: Frank Hampson
“He had two faces: one looked backward at the old year, and the other looked forward to the coming year.”
(From ‘Stories of our Christmas Customs’)
Artist: Frank Hampson
January 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
January - named after Janus - the god of beginnings and endings.
“He had two faces: one looked backward at the old year, and the other looked forward to the coming year.”
(From ‘Stories of our Christmas Customs’)
Artist: Frank Hampson
“He had two faces: one looked backward at the old year, and the other looked forward to the coming year.”
(From ‘Stories of our Christmas Customs’)
Artist: Frank Hampson
Yesterday was #WinterSolstice, the shortest day of the year. Today is the 3 day of Yule! So I’m honoring my Norse ancestors and thinking about the important person I’ve lost this year.
December 22, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Yesterday was #WinterSolstice, the shortest day of the year. Today is the 3 day of Yule! So I’m honoring my Norse ancestors and thinking about the important person I’ve lost this year.
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🎊Happy Bath Children's longlist eve!
🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈⬛Good luck to all!
🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈⬛Good luck to all!
a close up of a golden ticket with the words golden ticket on it
ALT: a close up of a golden ticket with the words golden ticket on it
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December 19, 2024 at 9:02 AM
🎊Happy Bath Children's longlist eve!
🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈⬛Good luck to all!
🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈⬛Good luck to all!
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Support independent bookshops! They are such vital spaces - places of genuine connection and humanity, increasingly rare in this world. And there is no better gift you can give to anyone of any age than BOOKS!
Happy Saturday, friends. I'm going to spend the day working in the bookshop. We're very busy this close to the holidays. In fact, I read somewhere that indie bookshops make a third of their yearly income during the build-up to Christmas, so choosing to use them now helps them survive all year!
December 17, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Support independent bookshops! They are such vital spaces - places of genuine connection and humanity, increasingly rare in this world. And there is no better gift you can give to anyone of any age than BOOKS!