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No unboxing video because a) I am incapable of mustering sufficient ‘ooh what could possibly be inside?’ vibes and 2. I look like a hobbit crossed with Leo Sayer on a bad hair day, but LOOK! BOOKS! One week to go... #essex #harlow #essexgirl #amwritingLockdown library: loved it. Classic Marian. Funny. Sad. Unputdownable.Started a new thing. In my happy place. #amwritingLockdown Library: Moving and beautiful, if painful at times, memoir of growing up in the sixties and seventies; all the more poignant for the loss of the author.The only item of sensible clothing I’m happy to wear...Hello, lovely people. My homage to Harlow and the 1981 royal wedding The Talk of Pram Town is FINALLY coming out in March and to celebrate I’ll be in conversation with lovely Emma from Bookish and the brilliant Jenny Quintana. Yes tickets are £5 BUT it’s helping to keep indie bookshops alive. Please please do come. Sign up via the link here... https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joanna-nadin-andjenny-quintana-in-conversation-tickets-139839739425Twitter
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Birdy Jones is all alone
Of all the questions I get asked on school visits, there are several perennials: How old are you, Miss? How much do you earn, Miss? Do you know JK Rowling / Jacqueline Wilson / David Walliams / any other much … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Fiction, middle grade, Reading
Tagged Joanna Nadin, Joe All Alone, Leeds United, Liz Kessler, MG, Sean Bean, UKMG
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Home alone?
I’m at the UKMG extravaganza next Saturday in Nottingham, celebrating books for 9-12 year olds, including my own Joe All Alone. But ahead of that, I’m getting shouty rather than celebratory. This went up over on Pewter Wolf’s blog today, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Reading, Teen
Tagged child poverty, CPAG, Huckleberry Finn, Joanna Nadin, Joe All Alone, middle grade, UKMG
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