Libraries – Hannah Moffatt, word wrangler

I’m a 2025 GLL-supported author! Here’s what that means…

1. If you live in Greenwich, you’ll find Small! and Small Bites Back in your local library

This is a huuuge win for me. (I was always a little sad not to have any books in the libraries closest to home, but I get that shelf space and budgets are limited, so there are no guarantees you’ll find your book on a shelf…)

As the foundation covers libraries in Wandsworth, Bromley, Lincolnshire and Dudley, you could find extra copies there too. Look out for the GLL Literary Foundation sticker to spot all this year’s supported authors.

Look out for copies of my books with the GLL sticker!

2. I’ll be running more local events

I’ve only lived in Greenwich for the last two years and I’d been looking for ways to get closer to the local community. Being a GLL author is perfect for helping me do that. The libraries near me often invite whole classes in for creative sessions with authors. I ran my first one for Year 2s at Invicta Primary on World Book Week. I have a few more school events in the diary and one public arts and crafts session, too.

If you fancy creating some Stinking Sinking Swamp-inspired book gobbler bookmarks with your little ones over half term come along to:

Greenwich Centre Library
28th May
2pm

Here’s a book gobbler I made earlier

3. I’m part of a brilliant support group of authors and librarians

There are 20 GLL supported authors this year and five of us are from Greenwich. We recently had the chance to meet at a very fancy do in Battersea Library. Authors, councillors, and our local library champions (librarians who’ll be helping us run events and spread the word about our stories) all gathered to celebrate the new foundation.

As this is the foundation’s first year, we still don’t know exactly what’s in store. But we’re already being invited to awards dos and getting the chance to write articles for bookish magazines. And as well as picking up a nice little bursary to pay for events, we’ve got the chance to go on free virtual training sessions on handy things like managing author finances. Thank you GLL!

I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings. You can read more about the GLL Literary Foundation here. #GLF25

Here we are at the launch event – photo courtesy of GLL

Reading Adventure

Whatever you’re planning to do this summer, if you’ve got a book you can go anywhere. Here’s a downloadable list of destinations 6-11 year-olds can escape to. The chances are, these are places young readers won’t have seen before as every book on the list comes from a 2022 debut children’s author.

Let me know how far you travel by sending pics of the books you’re reading to me (@MissDePlume) on Instagram or Twitter with the #Reading Adventure.

Download the #ReadingAdventure travel guide

pdf-reading-adventure Download

Enjoyed the adventure? Send a postcard!

If you enjoyed your travels this summer (or if you go on the adventure with your class) why not write a postcard, inviting others to join you? This PDF includes template postcards for all 16 books on the adventure.

review-postcards Download

Meet the tour guides

When you’re visiting a new place, it’s good to have a guide. You can meet them all on Twitter. Here’s my unrolled thread where I introduce them all.

Ready to go on a #ReadingAdventure this summer?
Here are some cracking destinations 6-10 year-olds can visit in the pages of books.
I’ll unroll this thread + include a downloadable list on my website today. But first, let’s meet your tour guides…
#ShareStuffSunday 🧵

Wands at the ready! First up we have @FinlaysonPalmer: she’ll guide you through the magical village of Sparkledale in AUTUMN MOONBEAM: DANCE MAGIC #ReadingAdventure

If you ever find a boat to Crabby Island, @LetLucyB will show you around. (And if you love LEONORA BOLT: SECRET INVENTOR so much you don’t want to go home, Lucy might even take you on a second journey – pack a snorkel just in case.) #ReadingAdventure

Ooh la la, who better than @bookloverJo to lead you through the streets of Paris in LIBBY AND THE PARISIAN PUZZLE #ReadingAdventure

Dog-lovers can head to Australia with Kate and PAWS.
#ReadingAdventure 🐾

@camillacauthor will help you handle the heat in Luton in CALL ME LION… if you can keep a secret. #ReadingAdventure

@MissDePlume (that’s me!) will guide you safely through the Stinking, Sinking Swamp in SMALL! #ReadingAdventure

London’s looking a little different in THE SECRET WILD. Don’t worry, @alexrevelyn will guide you through it. #ReadingAdventure

Off to the seaside in Edge? @fionalongmuir will show you round the local museum in LOOKING FOR EMILY. #ReadingAdventure

Feeling brave? @skyemc_kenna will help you through the dark forest in HEDGEWITCH #ReadingAdventure

Follow @yarrowtownsend to meet some most unusual flowers in THE MAP OF LEAVES #ReadingAdventure

@Emilie_London will show you around the seaside town of Pebblehampton. She might even introduce you to the local animals in THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALICE TONKS #ReadingAdventure

If you ask nicely, @annabelwriter might give you a tour of The Island in SKANDAR AND THE UNICORN THIEF #ReadingAdventure

Ready to visit a superhero-filled Nigeria like you’ve never seen it before? @TolaOkogwu will be your guide through ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN #ReadingAdventure

@justynedwards will take you on a magical mystery tour through the Fox’s Den in THE GREAT FOX ILLUSION #ReadingAdventure

Fancy some ice cream? Follow @_catgray to the world’s best ice cream van in SPELLSTOPPERS #ReadingAdventure

Or head to Blackpool with @JessScottWhyte. She knows where to find all the best sweets in THE ASPARAGUS BUNCH #ReadingAdventure

And that’s it! If you visit any (or all!) of our debut 2022 destinations this summer, why not take a photo and tag us? Don’t forget to use #ReadingAdventure

Originally tweeted by Hannah Moffatt (@MissDePlume) on July 17, 2022.