The Writing Den

About me and my books.

Usborne's lovely web pages for my Bathsheba books.

A joint blog by around 30 children's authors, including me.

YA author Nicola Morgan writes a passionate, informative, crabbit blog.

Great for keeping up to date with who's won which prizes, new books coming out, and reviews.

An insider blogs about life in the weird and wonderful publishing industry

Author Emma Darwin has a thoughtful and intelligent blog about writing.

Danuta Kean is a journalist who specalises in the world of publishing and bookselling. Interesting reading!

A blog by lots of different writers talking about what writing is like. You'll probably find them expressing thoughts you've often had yourself!

A great round-up of reviews, plus the occasional interview. Not children's fiction.

This is an entertaining and interesting blog by an independent children's bookseller in Edinburgh - unfortunately rather far from us in Birmingham, but if you happen to go on holiday there check them out, they're also a publisher!

The SCBWI offers aspiring children's authors all kinds of support, great events, and the company of like-minded people. If you're serious about getting your children's book published, this is a great organisation to join.

A book review blog that focuses on teen chick lit (but lots of other stuff too) run by author Luisa Plaja.

Lots of links for children's writers, courtest of the wonderful and long-established Word Pool.

A long-standing resource for children's writers - full of links, reviews and more.

News, reviews, and lots lots more about children's books.

Children's and YA fiction: news, reviews and interviews.

This is the best writing community I've found on the internet.

If you're published, join this - it's like a union for writers (only we never go on strike...)

A fantastic little series of podcasts which set you, the writer, challenges. Very useful.

This is such an important organisation, dedicated to promoting translated children's books. If you want to read something new and different, look here!

A news and views website dedicated to the book industry

Going on holiday? Find out where the best bookshops are with this great website.

Pulls together news about everything creative in Birmingham.

Not much seems to have been posted on here lately, but it's a Birmingham community for writers and readers.

It's not really a Birmingham site, but we are lucky to have an active and enthusiastic book crossing scene in Birmingham. Check out your local zone and get crossing some books!

A new online book group for children and young adults.

Your local book festival - support it!

A great place for freelancers.

Lovely place to sit and write, and hosts some writing courses too.

Nik is the author of 'I met a Roman last night, what did you do?' and many short stories.

Penelope Farmer needs no introduction from me!

Steve is the author of the Changeling series.

Several children's authors have been trapped by monsters and forced to write this blog...

"The Stieg Larssen of teenage fiction" - Helen's books are brilliant, and very readable, even for adults.

Blog of multi-award winning author, Susan Price

Blog of Karen Ball - writer and editorial development manager at Working Partners

Lots of children's authors blog here - making it lively and fun all the time.

Scary way of getting the word count on the page :) if you don't keep typing, your words disappear!

Got good ideas for Birmingham culture? Stick them here.

On the 1st of July, listen out, write up, and send in! Open to all writers - published, unpublished, any genre.

Website of children's author Dennis Hamley

Website of children's author Sandra Ann Horn