Julia Green
@jgreenauthor.bsky.social
Author of many children's books; most recent ETTIE AND THE MIDNIGHT POOL & The Boy Who Sailed the World. Emeritus Professor of Writing for Young People at Bath Spa Uni. Live at the northeast coast. Love walking, wild swimming, reading.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Come and join us in Bradford on Avon library tomorrow. Totally free workshops, lots of room in all of them, I think. Ring the library for details on 01225 863280
Easy Walk from the station. Lovely town. Why wouldn't you? @erandalljones.bsky.social @clareharlow.bsky.social
Come and join us in Bradford on Avon library tomorrow. Totally free workshops, lots of room in all of them, I think. Ring the library for details on 01225 863280
Easy Walk from the station. Lovely town. Why wouldn't you? @erandalljones.bsky.social @clareharlow.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
Come and join us in Bradford on Avon library tomorrow. Totally free workshops, lots of room in all of them, I think. Ring the library for details on 01225 863280
Easy Walk from the station. Lovely town. Why wouldn't you? @erandalljones.bsky.social @clareharlow.bsky.social
Come and join us in Bradford on Avon library tomorrow. Totally free workshops, lots of room in all of them, I think. Ring the library for details on 01225 863280
Easy Walk from the station. Lovely town. Why wouldn't you? @erandalljones.bsky.social @clareharlow.bsky.social
Join us on 13 November!
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Join us on 13 November!
#@wainwrightprize.bsky.social I'm so happy to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this shortlist. Thank you! Nurturing a love of the natural world is very dear to my heart #storiesthatconnect #wainwrightprize
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#@wainwrightprize.bsky.social I'm so happy to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this shortlist. Thank you! Nurturing a love of the natural world is very dear to my heart #storiesthatconnect #wainwrightprize
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We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize shortlists!
From climate and conservation to poetry, place and powerful storytelling for young readers, this year’s books celebrate our connection to the natural world.
Explore them all: wainwrightprize.com
#StoriesThatConnect
From climate and conservation to poetry, place and powerful storytelling for young readers, this year’s books celebrate our connection to the natural world.
Explore them all: wainwrightprize.com
#StoriesThatConnect
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize shortlists!
From climate and conservation to poetry, place and powerful storytelling for young readers, this year’s books celebrate our connection to the natural world.
Explore them all: wainwrightprize.com
#StoriesThatConnect
From climate and conservation to poetry, place and powerful storytelling for young readers, this year’s books celebrate our connection to the natural world.
Explore them all: wainwrightprize.com
#StoriesThatConnect
Thrilled to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on the shortlist for the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for fiction!
August 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Thrilled to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on the shortlist for the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize for fiction!
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The link between books and nature can be so powerful, and it's something we think about a lot.
So huge congratulations to all the authors and illustrators nominated for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social, and thank you for creating such inspiring reads for young people 👇
So huge congratulations to all the authors and illustrators nominated for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social, and thank you for creating such inspiring reads for young people 👇
We’re excited to reveal the 2025 Children’s #WainwrightPrize for Fiction Shortlist! 🌿
Stories of wonder, courage and care. These authors inspire the next generation to imagine a better, wilder world.
#StoriesThatConnect
Stories of wonder, courage and care. These authors inspire the next generation to imagine a better, wilder world.
#StoriesThatConnect
August 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The link between books and nature can be so powerful, and it's something we think about a lot.
So huge congratulations to all the authors and illustrators nominated for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social, and thank you for creating such inspiring reads for young people 👇
So huge congratulations to all the authors and illustrators nominated for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social, and thank you for creating such inspiring reads for young people 👇
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Spending time with a good nature book does something no screen can: it slows the mind, grounds the body, and reconnects you with the world.
Reading nature writing isn’t just good for your brain, it’s good for your soul.
What book has done that for you lately? 🌿📚
Reading nature writing isn’t just good for your brain, it’s good for your soul.
What book has done that for you lately? 🌿📚
July 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Spending time with a good nature book does something no screen can: it slows the mind, grounds the body, and reconnects you with the world.
Reading nature writing isn’t just good for your brain, it’s good for your soul.
What book has done that for you lately? 🌿📚
Reading nature writing isn’t just good for your brain, it’s good for your soul.
What book has done that for you lately? 🌿📚
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We’re delighted to reveal the 2025 #WainwrightPrize longlists! 📚🌿
From inspiring nature writing & bold conservation stories to stunning illustration & children’s books brimming with wonder, this year’s selection celebrates the power of stories to connect people and planet.
wainwrightprize.com
From inspiring nature writing & bold conservation stories to stunning illustration & children’s books brimming with wonder, this year’s selection celebrates the power of stories to connect people and planet.
wainwrightprize.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
We’re delighted to reveal the 2025 #WainwrightPrize longlists! 📚🌿
From inspiring nature writing & bold conservation stories to stunning illustration & children’s books brimming with wonder, this year’s selection celebrates the power of stories to connect people and planet.
wainwrightprize.com
From inspiring nature writing & bold conservation stories to stunning illustration & children’s books brimming with wonder, this year’s selection celebrates the power of stories to connect people and planet.
wainwrightprize.com
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Welcome new fellows! @efernie.bsky.social @kayfuller.bsky.social @profjohngardner.bsky.social @jgreenauthor.bsky.social @rachelpixl.bsky.social @loujs.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social @bathspauni.bsky.social @angliaruskin.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social
🌟🥳 Meet our new Fellows, nominated by their peers, they represent excellence in the teaching & learning of English, & have an active role in the EA’s mission. Stay tuned over this week, to find out the distinguished scholars & teachers awarded Fellowships this year! Here are some of them ⬇️🌟🥳
June 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Workshops with Pascale Petite and Alice Oswald 🎉🎉🎉 Performances with Harry Baker, Ilya Kaminsky, Jackie Kay. Plus poetry slams, open mic, and so much more! 👇🏼👇🏼🎉🎉🎉
@lyrafest.com full programme is now on the website! Check out Bristol’s vibrant poetry festival 25 April-4 May 🎉🎉🎉
www.lyrafest.com
www.lyrafest.com
Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival
www.lyrafest.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Workshops with Pascale Petite and Alice Oswald 🎉🎉🎉 Performances with Harry Baker, Ilya Kaminsky, Jackie Kay. Plus poetry slams, open mic, and so much more! 👇🏼👇🏼🎉🎉🎉
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Carnegies 2025 Shortlisted Books 📚👍🏼
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Shortlists for the Carnegie Medal 2025 and Kate Greenaway award 2025 - recommended for children and young adults in primary and secondary schools....
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
#kidlit
Shortlists for the Carnegie Medal 2025 and Kate Greenaway award 2025 - recommended for children and young adults in primary and secondary schools....
Carnegies 2025 Shortlisted Books
Carnegie Medal 2025 shortlists for writing and illustration - recommended for children and young adults in primary and secondary schools.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Carnegies 2025 Shortlisted Books 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
#kidlit
Shortlists for the Carnegie Medal 2025 and Kate Greenaway award 2025 - recommended for children and young adults in primary and secondary schools....
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
#kidlit
Shortlists for the Carnegie Medal 2025 and Kate Greenaway award 2025 - recommended for children and young adults in primary and secondary schools....
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If you're going to the @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social this weekend, there are still some spaces on my Sunday morning workshop, 'The Wall Thin as a Wren's Bone': Strengthening Your Similes'. Please share!
www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...
www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...
THE WALL AS THIN AS A WREN's BONE | VERVEPoetryFestival
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February 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If you're going to the @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social this weekend, there are still some spaces on my Sunday morning workshop, 'The Wall Thin as a Wren's Bone': Strengthening Your Similes'. Please share!
www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...
www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...
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If anyone is coming to the @waterstoneskids.bsky.social festival in Lincoln tomorrow, and didn't manage to get a ticket to see us, that's @hannahgold.bsky.social @jennypearson.bsky.social me & Natasha Farrant, we'll be in the bookshop afterwards so come & say hello, ask questions & get books signed.
February 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If anyone is coming to the @waterstoneskids.bsky.social festival in Lincoln tomorrow, and didn't manage to get a ticket to see us, that's @hannahgold.bsky.social @jennypearson.bsky.social me & Natasha Farrant, we'll be in the bookshop afterwards so come & say hello, ask questions & get books signed.
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We’re supporting #ReadItForward! Buy any Little Tiger books during February on Bookshop.org and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
🔗 uk.bookshop.org/shop/littlet...
🔗 uk.bookshop.org/shop/littlet...
February 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We’re supporting #ReadItForward! Buy any Little Tiger books during February on Bookshop.org and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
🔗 uk.bookshop.org/shop/littlet...
🔗 uk.bookshop.org/shop/littlet...
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Here on the worktop:
#Adventuremice having breakfast on a treetop porch swing ✍️
(ink & watercolour illustration) 🎨🐭
#Adventuremice having breakfast on a treetop porch swing ✍️
(ink & watercolour illustration) 🎨🐭
February 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Here on the worktop:
#Adventuremice having breakfast on a treetop porch swing ✍️
(ink & watercolour illustration) 🎨🐭
#Adventuremice having breakfast on a treetop porch swing ✍️
(ink & watercolour illustration) 🎨🐭
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The Faber Children’s team is looking for a Project Editor to work on children’s titles from picture books up to YA. The successful candidate will be a meticulous, with a keen eye for detail and great communication skills.
faber.co.uk/careers/childrens-project-editor-maternity-cover/
faber.co.uk/careers/childrens-project-editor-maternity-cover/
February 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Faber Children’s team is looking for a Project Editor to work on children’s titles from picture books up to YA. The successful candidate will be a meticulous, with a keen eye for detail and great communication skills.
faber.co.uk/careers/childrens-project-editor-maternity-cover/
faber.co.uk/careers/childrens-project-editor-maternity-cover/
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This a great competition, dear to my heart (got an honorary mention many years ago) run by lovely people.
Polish off those bits of flash and enter.
Please share :)
Polish off those bits of flash and enter.
Please share :)
The Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize is open for entries until 28 February and will be judged by @taniahershman.bsky.social. The top ten will be published in the Fish Anthology which will be launched at WCLF this July
www.fishpublishing.com/competition/...
www.fishpublishing.com/competition/...
Flash Fiction Prize - Fish Publishing
Flash Fiction Contest online from Fish Publishing. 10 flash stories (300 words max) will be published in the annual Fish Anthology
www.fishpublishing.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This a great competition, dear to my heart (got an honorary mention many years ago) run by lovely people.
Polish off those bits of flash and enter.
Please share :)
Polish off those bits of flash and enter.
Please share :)
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If you know young people who like #Writing, tell them about the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition. Open now to all 8 - 18 yr olds. The judges are looking for stories, poems, lyrics that will make them laugh. They want young writers to have fun!
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-competi...
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-competi...
February 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
If you know young people who like #Writing, tell them about the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition. Open now to all 8 - 18 yr olds. The judges are looking for stories, poems, lyrics that will make them laugh. They want young writers to have fun!
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-competi...
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-competi...
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Words To Live By Number 185
‘Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.’ - Seamus Heaney, Poet & Nobel Laureate.
February 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Words To Live By Number 185
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The 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is open 📖
All young writers 8 - 18 can enter, with a story, poem or lyrics that - inspired by #BranfordBoaseAward winner Nathanael Lessore - will make the judges laugh!
Find out more and get #Writing!
booksforkeeps.co.uk/make-em-laug...
All young writers 8 - 18 can enter, with a story, poem or lyrics that - inspired by #BranfordBoaseAward winner Nathanael Lessore - will make the judges laugh!
Find out more and get #Writing!
booksforkeeps.co.uk/make-em-laug...
February 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is open 📖
All young writers 8 - 18 can enter, with a story, poem or lyrics that - inspired by #BranfordBoaseAward winner Nathanael Lessore - will make the judges laugh!
Find out more and get #Writing!
booksforkeeps.co.uk/make-em-laug...
All young writers 8 - 18 can enter, with a story, poem or lyrics that - inspired by #BranfordBoaseAward winner Nathanael Lessore - will make the judges laugh!
Find out more and get #Writing!
booksforkeeps.co.uk/make-em-laug...
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I’m judging the Plough Poetry Prize this year, deadline 28 March, first prize is £1,000. Send us your best poems!
www.theploughartscentre.org.uk/poetry-prize...
www.theploughartscentre.org.uk/poetry-prize...
The Plough Prize - 2025
International Poetry Competition Now in its twenty second year, the Plough Poetry Prize is an international open competition for poems in English up to 40 lines on any subject. The competition this ye...
www.theploughartscentre.org.uk
February 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The Hosking Houses Trust
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
February 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Hosking Houses Trust
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
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Space, time, money and support on offer for writers based in/near Edinburgh. Details here: cityofliterature.com/writers-room...
Writer’s Room 2025 - Edinburgh City of Literature Trust
Home of Words, Books, Ideas
cityofliterature.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Space, time, money and support on offer for writers based in/near Edinburgh. Details here: cityofliterature.com/writers-room...
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Please share :)
Space, time, money and support on offer for writers based in/near Edinburgh. Details here: cityofliterature.com/writers-room...
Writer’s Room 2025 - Edinburgh City of Literature Trust
Home of Words, Books, Ideas
cityofliterature.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Please share :)