Janeen Hayat
janeenhayat.bsky.social
Janeen Hayat
@janeenhayat.bsky.social
Winner of the Guppy Open Submission '23. Author of Evie and Maryam's Family Tree, out in May '25. Writer, 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, education policy nerd by day, mum of 3. I used to be a lot of things, but I'll always be cold. Rep'd by Paula Weiman at ASH Literary.
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Just finished this wonderfully warm, inclusive and captivating story of friendship and reconciliation, exploring historical events not often covered in British children’s fiction - highly recommended! @janeenhayat.bsky.social @guppybooks.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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obviously I'm telling all my writer friends to enter this.
Submissions open NEXT WEEK for #UV26 - how's your manuscript looking?

Our amazing co-founder, author and editing guru @authorsaragrant.bsky.social has put together this helpful checklist to help decide if you're submission ready 👇

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June 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If anyone here is still on X, I'd be very grateful if you could vote for me on @primaryschoolbc (vote via the pinned tweet on their profile) x.com/janeen_hayat...
Janeen Hayat on X: "Vote for me! I'm so pleased that Evie and Maryam has been chosen as one of the candidates in May's #PrimarySchoolBookClub . Head to @PrimarySchoolBC and vote in the pinned tweet! @guppybooks https://t.co/7P7dKng8pT" / X
Vote for me! I'm so pleased that Evie and Maryam has been chosen as one of the candidates in May's #PrimarySchoolBookClub . Head to @PrimarySchoolBC and vote in the pinned tweet! @guppybooks https://t.co/7P7dKng8pT
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May 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Great launch for @janeenhayat.bsky.social Evie and Maryam’s Family Tree. Folders with mysterious letters link the two girls and take them back to India and partition. History, friendship, identity and inheritance - a moving and absorbing read. #kidlitUK #readingforpleasure @guppybooks.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
There are a string of competitions coming up for unagented writers, including #UV26. This should be a really helpful workshop for putting in the best possible submission 👇🏽
Thinking of entering #UV26? Join our three live Zoom webinars in June to help perfect your entry. Tickets giving access to all three are £30 for @scbwi.bsky.social members; £40 for non-members.

Keep following for more info, or book your place 👇
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May 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's publication day for Evie and Maryam! I thought it would save anticlimactic, but it's really not. It's really very exciting! Links to a lovely @booktrust.org.uk review and where to buy 👇🏽
May 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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It's publication day for Evie and Maryam's Family Tree!

If you need a gift for the middle grade readers in your life...

#MiddleGrade #ReadersOfBlueSky
May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@uvcompetition.bsky.social is a free writing competition, run by lovely volunteers and involving some heavy hitters. Pass it on to any unagented writers in your life!
FREE Writing competition launch event! Join the six @uvcompetition.bsky.social judges on May 22nd as they reveal what they're hoping to discover from the next round of the highly regarded @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Competition for unpublished writers of kids/YA lit. See the UV website for more details!
April 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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FREE Writing competition launch event! Join the six @uvcompetition.bsky.social judges on May 22nd as they reveal what they're hoping to discover from the next round of the highly regarded @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Competition for unpublished writers of kids/YA lit. See the UV website for more details!
April 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
For the whole month of February, @bookshop-org.bsky.social is giving 10% of all sales to @booktrust.org.uk. What a great excuse to buy lots of books this month! Including, of course, pre-ordering Evie and Maryam 😉 (link below 👇🏽)
February 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm so proud to reveal the cover for Evie and Maryam! Debasmita Dasgupta did such a beautiful job of capturing E&M, and I just love the colours. @guppybooks.bsky.social @ashliterary.bsky.social @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Very excited to share the announcement for EVIE AND MARYAM'S FAMILY TREE! When I first read this book, I fell in love with the burgeoning friendship between these two girls, their complicated family history, and the coolest older brother in the world, and I hope you will too.
The news is out! @janeenhayat.bsky.social's middle grade debut, Evie and Maryam's Family Tree, will be published by Guppy on 8 May! It's a charming charming story full of code-breaking intrigue, forgotten family secrets, and the drama of pre-teen friendships. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/evie...
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's official: Evie and Maryam will be released into the world on 8 May!
The news is out! @janeenhayat.bsky.social's middle grade debut, Evie and Maryam's Family Tree, will be published by Guppy on 8 May! It's a charming charming story full of code-breaking intrigue, forgotten family secrets, and the drama of pre-teen friendships. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/evie...
January 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM