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Camilla Chester

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Dog walking Children’s Writer and author of Call Me Lion. #KidLitUK she/her

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10 Little Questions with Camilla Chester When did you start writing and why? As soon as I was able to, so all my life. I use writing to explore my thoughts and help me process things that have happened or are happening. Writing has been m…

Who is nutty about animals and books and writes at the bottom of her garden to the sound of trains? It's @camcauthor.bsky.social Camilla Chester, no less! Warning: cute animal pics alert!
virtualauthors.co.uk/2026/01/12/1...
#virtualauthorvisit #kidlit #callmelion #projectpony

12.01.2026 16:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Look!!!!

28.07.2025 15:27 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! #CallMeLion 🕺🏻🦁☀️

18.07.2025 16:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#ProjectPony - it’s too good to eat. 🐴🌈🌧️

19.05.2025 19:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you to everyone who came to support me. Greatly appreciated you being there xxx

09.05.2025 08:27 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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01.05.2025 19:14 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Not long now! #KidLitUK @fireflypress.bsky.social

25.04.2025 18:35 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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23.04.2025 13:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bibs had to go to the vets yesterday because he was limping. He had soft tissue damage in his shoulder and is on anti-inflammatories and painkillers. His life has not changed much - thank goodness for cats. Xx

27.03.2025 16:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

#CallMeLion 🕺🏻🦁☀️ (my own) 😂

24.03.2025 08:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey #KidLitUK and #WritingCommunity The fabulous @writers&artists Festival for #ChildrensAuthors and #Illustrators is back 22&23 March (online) with an incredible lineup. Info and bookings: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/child...

11.03.2025 15:59 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Starting my day in the best way - with a little cuddle with my cat, Bibs. #cats #authorswithcats #kidlituk

10.03.2025 07:25 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Delighted to be a judge for the third year running for this brilliant competition. (Also a yearly chance to see @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social 🤩)

#teachers Please direct any young people interested in self-expression, and who are in care, or care-experienced, to enter!
www.coramvoice.org.uk/voices

19.02.2025 12:24 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
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Set your alarms! Our Writers in Residence submission window opens tomorrow (Monday 17th February) at 10am!

You can find the submission details for our Writers in Residence programme here:

16.02.2025 10:00 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

I’ve just ordered 2 books from bookshop.org because they support local bookshops PLUS 10% of sales goes @booktrust.org.uk in Feb PLUS I might win flowers!

14.02.2025 16:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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My new book is coming! Project Pony proofs are now out in the wilds. Look out for yours or review on @netgalley.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLitUK #ProjectPony 🐴🌧️🌈

09.02.2025 08:53 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Sleepless night for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON #Annoying #Insomnia #SleepDeprived #Menopausal

29.01.2025 08:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Uhoh. Jeff's throwing a tantrum. He wants better discounts from them.

You can still get Bloomsbury books from Bert's, though.

23.01.2025 18:53 👍 133 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 2

Jo is an amazing supporter of #KidLitUK and the #WritingCommunity and an advocate for #ReadingForPleasure Her fourth book is OUT TODAY! Go get it for you and all the kids in your life #EgyptianEscapade @fireflypress.bsky.social

16.01.2025 08:21 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Morning! I’m reading 2 books - The Silence Project by Carole Hayley and Ghostlines by Katya Balen.

13.01.2025 07:53 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Morning! I’m reading 2 books - The Silence Project by Carole Hayley and Ghostlines by Katya Balen. You?

13.01.2025 07:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s so kind - thank you! I wish it was my art but it’s the work of Irina Avgustinovich, a very talented illustrator from Belarus

10.01.2025 09:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hi Chris. I’m from Norwich (although I no longer live there) and a children’s author too. My book, Call Me Lion centres around a boy with Selective Mutism. Small world eh?! Nice to meet you.

10.01.2025 08:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I adored that book

09.01.2025 12:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Depends what you’re going outside for and what you’re reading but B, all the way B!

08.01.2025 19:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Nice!

08.01.2025 12:41 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hello! My daughter is studying in Barcelona for a year. Are you teaching there? Sadly my book isn’t in Spanish but I did write for Fiction Express which I know is popular in Spain

08.01.2025 12:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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We are so excited to be joined by Professor Robin Banerjee and poet Coral Rumble at the UKLA National Conference 2025: Exploring Literacy in an Ever-Changing World. Get your tickets now!
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/72859?

18.12.2024 06:00 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1

Just started this!

07.01.2025 17:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CRONGTON is coming to the small screen and we are so excited!

The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉

Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk

#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton

20.12.2024 09:02 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2