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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If there is one thing that is going to tip me over the edge into insanity, it is trying to log in to a banking app. I'm in a doom loop of 'please verify yourself' and 'your business already exists' - YES, I KNOW!!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lots of pieces in the print media recently about the decline of reading in children. Here's a little thread on ways to help your kids get reading again:

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Looking forward to judging this year’s entries for the Searchlight Awards Novel Prize for YA & Children's Fiction! Get your entries in soon...

Closing soon! Searchlight Novel Prize for YA and Children's Fiction - Deadline: 30th September
Enter on website: searchlightawards.co.uk

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ME: I am always banging on about my books and events. THEM: I did not know your events existed. Wait you wrote a book?? lesson to writers: talk MORE about your books and events.

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

First thought: Oh wow! I could earn a ton of cash! Second thought: How on EARTH would I choose which ones to part with...

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Amber Caraveo @ambercaraveo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So excited to share this! An amazing book from super-talented author, @amywilsonbooks.bsky.social, and I can’t wait for everyone to be able to read it! 😊🔥

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Ha! Publishing is tough right now. You gotta take what you can get. Now you need to work out how to spin that for the cover of the pollution-bestselling paperback...

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is scary. Publishing is under attack from so many angles..

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Megan Daisy @mjdaisywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

So happy to announce I have signed with Amber Caravéo of Skylark Literary! Her enthusiasm for my work is what every writer dreams of, and I'm so excited for all the good things to come! #TeamSkylark 🥳🩷

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This is great advice about world-building. You do need to make sure that you - the writer - knows every detail of that world though. Even if you don't communicate details to the reader, your knowledge, or lack of knowledge, will be detected by the reader...

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Thanks so much for having us back! How lovely to catch up and thank you for all the lovely questions! Have a great evening, everyone 😀 #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Badges of honour, showing your courage and determination! 💪#ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Also, the best way to be really good at writing is to keep on doing it, even if you don’t share it with anyone. Keep writing, no matter if you get rejections from agents or publishers. And reading of course! It really is the best way to understand what is expected of a published writer. #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Write for love. It's not an easy job, at any stage, whether you are just starting out looking for an agent or if you're a best-selling author. You need to love to write to get you through the ups and downs! So enjoy your writing, first and foremost! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I like that wildness very much! The more you can park your editor-brain for the first draft, the better! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It can really vary, depending how stacked we are. There are the usual pinch points of the fairs and Christmas, but we are always on the look-out so no time is a disastrous time to submit, really... #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

That's so much further than I ever get! 😆 #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Yes, excited to be running our writing competition later in the year! That's always so interesting #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I just don't think I'm good enough as a writer! So I have so much admiration for every writer! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

No. I have the most ENORMOUS respect for anyone who can put 35,000 words in order and write a whole book. I can't do it - the editor in me is already cutting my writing before I've finished the sentence. #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Ha! Yes, it's so much easier to save it for later, rather than delete it - definitely something I recommend to authors! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Trust in your agent is so important. The publishing industry is bruising and complicated, so you do need to feel like your agent is guiding you through safely. #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Trust, patience, mutual respect! It's a real partnership and the more you can be honest with each other, the better. Sometimes you hear things you don't want to hear, so taking time to process that before responding is good - on both sides! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Absolutely. No writing is ever wasted. The more you write, the better you know your characters, your plot, your world-building... #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It's good to see more contemporary things on the curriculum. And Sarah Crossan is one of my all-time favourite authors. Such a huge talent! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

For us, voice is everything. We can help craft an stunning opening chapter but we can't change your writing voice! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A powerful voice or a strikingly different opening scene. Something that I haven’t seen before. I'll be honest, I struggle with submissions that start with a car ride to somewhere new or a wake-up scene. #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Obviously, my mind has gone entirely blank, as it always does when someone asks me what I've read and enjoyed!! But I was talking about HOLES by Louis Sacher the other day and that is a fabulous example for that age group, in my view. #ukteenchat Not the most contemporary example though!!

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

And we have a lovely gang of authors on Team Skylark too! They are so fabulous and supportive of each other #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

If any writing groups are out there and would like a zoom visit from us, please do DM me or email us on information@skylark-literary.com!

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Yes, sadly. We had hoped that titles such as Lottie Brooks might have cracked things open a bit for this age group. It has but it is still a very sparse area for readers and we worry that we lose so many of them at this stage. #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Look at those baby faces!! Haha!

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We've never forgotten the wonderfully warm welcome we received from you, Emma, and from all of the groups! We are wondering about doing a zoom version of the tour later in the year if we get enough interest! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We launched in 2014, with a big tour round children’s writing groups and built up our writer networks from there. It was huge fun. Now we are much more established and hopefully better known but we are still on the hunt for fresh new voices #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We're always very happy to talk about our favourite topic - children's books! Thank you for having us, Emma! #ukteenchat

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Happy to be here this evening. 10 years, eh?! #ukteenchat

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Emma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Welcome one and all to this special 10 year celebration of #ukteenchat with the 1st guests the chat ever had, the fabulous @ambercaraveo.bsky.social and @joannamoult.bsky.social of Skylark Literary 🎉 Remember to use the # so your tweets are seen and give us a wave if you're here 👋 #writingcommunity

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Amber Caraveo @ambercaraveo.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Hello there writers! Do join us tonight for #ukteenchat with the brilliant @FinlaysonPalmer who founded it ten years ago!!! Where has the time gone!? 😊 Looking forward to chatting about all things Children’s Publishing…

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Amber Caraveo @ambercaraveo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Very excited for this on Tuesday 3rd Feb. If you’re writing for young people, please do join us for a chat about all things Teen fiction. 😊

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

How can it be 10 years?! We are still delighted to chat about teen fiction! Please come and join us on 3rd Feb on #ukteenchat to talk about our favourite subject 📚

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Simon James Green @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

GLITTERATI - my new YA thriller, out with Penguin, March 2027. Imagine if a teen ‘Talented Mr Ripley’ lied his way into a White Lotus-like setting where the outrageous wealth on display can’t cover up dark secrets for long.

Screenshot from article in The Bookseller. Text reads:
Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK, has pre-empted two
"gripping" YA novels from Simon James Green

Text reads: The books will be published under the name SJ Green and the first
novel, Glitterati, is a "thriller-
romance that invites readers into an exclusive world where high society meets high drama and the highest of stakes: murder".
Editorial director Linas Alsenas preempted world rights (including film and TV rights) from Joanna Moult at Skylark
Literary. Glitterati will publish in paperback in March 2027 with the second standalone novel coming in 2028.
The Penguin rights team have already sold French rights for the two books in a pre-empt deal.

Text reads: Glitterati follows Tommy Baxter's arrival on an exclusive island in the Caribbean ready for a week of extreme luxury and unrivalled pleasures. The synopsis continues: "He's part of a very select, international group of teens whose close-knit families are the world's elite and most powerful. Except he's not really Tommy Baxter. He's a young con-artist looking to uncover dirt on these glitterati so he can extort them for big money. But
'Tommy' soon realizes that his lies might be too daring to last - and that he might be developing feelings for one of his marks. As the net closes in on him, he uncovers secrets far darker than he'd ever expected - after all, there's nothing more exclusive than murder."

Text reads: Green said: "Having been raised on a diet of Agatha Christie as a teenager, I've always had a yearning for lies and murder.
I can't wait to welcome readers into the glamorous, deceitful and dangerous world of the Glitterati - golden boys and golden girls who do not play by the rules - and meet Tommy Baxter, the smooth-talking con-artist who plans to drive a wrecking ball through their charmed lives. I'm so excited to be reunited with dream editor Linas Alsenas on this project and to be embarking on this new chapter with the brilliant team at PRH, who blew me away with their enthusiasm and vision for this novel from the get-go, and whose stable of outstanding YA thriller authors I have long admired."

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