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Online Summer Creative Writing Workshops with Kathryn Evans
Summer Writing Workshops with Kathryn Evans
Iām an award winning author of books for teens, part of the BBC teach series for English and an experienced workshop tutor. This summer Iāve taken my workshops online so if you have a budding writer in your family, why not sign them up for the first one? Ideas, Plot & Structure. There are 2 age groups 9-11 and 12 to 16. Placesā¦
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Our Corona Diary is Open for Submissions!
Our Corona Diary is Open forĀ Submissions!
Zane age 9 was inspired by #hellohobby to create a cartoon diary ā hereās his entry recording the Clap for Carers.
The team at Our Corona Diary are ready to receive your diaries! We canāt wait to see what youāve been up to but first, we need permission from a responsible adult.
As soon as theyāve filled in this form (click the button below)ā¦
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Theyāll be sent all theā¦
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Beauty Sleep Wins Crime FestĀ Award I'm a tiny bit proud of this one... washed my hair and everything.
Kathryn Evans Goes Online
Kathryn Evans GoesĀ Online
Covid-19 has stopped me from doing something I love. I canāt visit schools, I canāt be part of festivals, I canāt share my love of books and writing anywhere where I might be part of spreading the virus.
While I desperately miss getting out and about and meeting readers in person, I am now offering author visits through Kathryn Evans Online.
Itās a new service, I canāt promise there wonātā¦
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How Our Corona Dairy Began.
How Our Corona DairyĀ Began.
The original letter Kathryn Evans wrote to all school children.
Dear Children wether you are off school (or not!) ,
Iāve been wracking my brain to come up with a way to help the thousands of you now suddenly off school for who knows how long.Ā A big part of my job as a writer is going into schools and talking to young people about the themes of my books and creative writing.Ā I alreadyā¦
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Week 7 of #Lockdown
Week 7 ofĀ #Lockdown
Kathryn Evans is a UKYA author of award winning novels More of Me and Beauty Sleep. When Lockdown began, she set up Our Corona Diary. Sheās going a bit stir crazy now.
How are you doing? Bored? Frustrated? Lonely? Worried? Sad?
I know a few people who are enjoying Lockdown. I am genuinely pleased for them but I am not one of them.
Writing is difficult, a real slog, possible atā¦
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Our Corona Diary
A few days ago, Covid-19 tookĀ hold in the UK, everything went weird,Ā we were told to stay indoors and I had an idea.
I felt lost, having life as I knew it just switched off,Ā and I knew the many, many children I visit in schools and contact through programmes like Book Pen Pals could be feeling exactly the same.
I wanted to give ALL of them a voice during this terrible time. A space to tellā¦
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Covid-19 Diary Project
I had an idea to bring us all together while weāre being kept apart.Ā Teachers and parents this is a difficult time ā trying to teach children at home is going to be tough. Hereās a small project that might be a help.
Covid 19 Diary Project
For the time being, please register your interest either by commenting here or by getting in touch. A dedicated website is coming! Schools whoāve contacted meā¦
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Beauty Sleep Book Club Questions.
Beauty Sleep Book ClubĀ Questions.
Beauty Sleep is an interesting choice for book clubs because it has a number of themes worthy of discussion and a very human take on the science fiction genre. Book Box Book Club very kindly shared their thoughts with me ā and I answered a few of their fantastic questions. Thanks to Anna, Nikki, Maria, Laura of Book Box for letting me reproduce them here:
Ā Ā Ā I like to write page-turningā¦
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Illustrated YA? What do you think? Chris Riddell Makes Beauty Sleep More Beautiful
Illustrated YA? What do you think? Chris Riddell Makes Beauty Sleep MoreĀ Beautiful
I love illustration.Ā Iām fascinated by the beauty and depth an artist can add to a story with what seems like a few deft touches of a pencil or a brush. Itās so skillful it seems like magic.
Here are some artists whose work I love so much, IāveĀ sought out original copies.
From Tell Me A Dragon by Jackie Morris
From Anything That Isnāt This by Chris Priestley
I follow quite a few illustrators onā¦
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What do you mean, "I'm Privileged?"
What do you mean, āIām Privileged?ā
Ā When my daughter told me I wasnāt a modern feminist because I didnāt include everyone in my version of feminism,Ā I thought she was wrong. I was insulted.Ā I said something along the lines of, āWhat are you saying? Iām nice, I donāt care what peopleās colour or sexualityĀ is, I just see people as people.ā
And that was exactly my problem.
As myĀ wise daughter said, āIf youĀ donāt seeĀ colour orā¦
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Beauty Sleep Blog Tour Announced!
Beauty Sleep Blog TourĀ Announced!
Absolutely thrilled to be hosted on all these AWESOME blogs! Links below š
10th May: https://jessheartsbooks.blogspot.com/
11th May: https://drinkingbooks.wordpress.com/
12th May: https://neverjudgeabookbyitscover.co.uk/
13th May: http://www.laurapatriciarose.co.uk/
14th May: http://www.onceuponabookcase.co.uk/
15th May: https://queensofgeekdom.com/
16th May: https://alittlebutalot.com/
17th May:
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Who to Follow on Instagram!
Who to Follow onĀ Instagram!
One of my author visit talks is all about beauty standards through the ages and how social media can make us place unrealistic expectations on ourselves that can have a detrimental effect on our mental health.
Trying to be perfect is poisonous.
And yet, I love social media āĀ Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.Ā I belong to some great communities on those platforms and Iād reallyĀ miss them in my life.ā¦
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Ten Tips to Support Authors You Love
Ten Tips to Support Authors YouĀ Love
Iāve got lots of friends with books coming out soon. Some of them are well established writers who already have a following but some of them are debut writers, who might struggle to get their books noticed amid all the noise and excitement that surrounds big name books. So what can we readers do to help?
Pre-order the book.Pre-orders help nudge a book up the charts in the early days of sales,ā¦
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The last two weeks I have been all over the place celebrating book week and preparing for the launch of Beauty Sleep. I canāt get over how lucky I am that this is part of my job ā thanks to all the lovely schools and book shops that have welcomed me so far. weāve laughed and cried and I met Hercule PotatoeĀ Two more weeks to go ā in which I return to my old school for the first time in 34 years. Nervous. Moi? Itās keeping me from my beauty sleepā¦
Credit Karen Abrams
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Ā Ā Ā Beauty Sleep ā Let the LaunchingĀ Begin The last two weeks I have been all over the place celebrating book week and preparing for the launch of Beauty Sleep.
New Year, New Book
New Year, NewĀ Book
It is January the 3rd 2019 which means I can officially say I have a book coming out THIS YEAR. Itās taken me long enough ā itās been three years since More of Me came out in the UK but I handed in my copy edits on Christmas Eve.Ā I made some fairly major changes to the end, even though it had already gone out to some lovely peopleā¦
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Beauty Sleep Preview Usborne are sharing exciting extracts of their new books for 2019 - including Beauty Sleep.Ā If you'd like to have a sneaky peak, all you have to do is sign up for their newsletter here. And all I have to do is chew my nails in a panic that people will like my new baby. EEEK!!!