First name: Helle 🇩🇰 She/Her | #Writer, #Reader #UKMG | 📚 #IntoTheFaerieHill #TheHungryGhost 🇸🇬 #TheMissingBarbegazi 🇦🇹 @PushkinPress | 🏆 #SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner
I’m so delighted with this wonderful and insightful review of #IntoTheFaerieHill by brilliant librarian Veronica Price.
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“Into the Faerie Hill is a uniquely immersive blend of fairytale, folklore and eco-fiction, which thrums with the powerful magic of the natural world.”
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Susie Dent and I are kindred spirits. I love words almost (maybe not quite) as much as she does, and I wish I were as knowledgeable about them as she is. I had to pre-order her new children's book for my students to bring some new joyful language into the classroom.
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My author copies of #intothefaeriehill are here and they are so beautiful! I absolutely adore #thybui’s cover, which is even prettier in real life.
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Out next week. You can find preorder links here:
pushkinpress.com/books/into-the…
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@lorywidmerhess Same here!
@yatil Thank you!
@Rackuur @neilhimself Perhaps. I just didn’t discover them. Anyway, I found Astrid Lindgren, Michael Ende, C.S. Lewis, Ursula K Le Guin and others early.
@Rackuur @neilhimself I grew up in Denmark and (unfortunately) only discovered her books as an adult. I don’t think I’ll ever get too old to enjoy them, but reading tastes are of course subjective. The best children’s book are for everyone!
@podperson @neilhimself True. I loved Famous Five as a child, and there are definitely issues with those too when we look at them now. The quote is from DWJ’s talk: A TALK ABOUT RULES. It’s about the goalposts for children’s books (and adult fantasy) moving all the time, and how she keeps experimenting, while sticking to a very few principles, the first of which is in above quote. Highly recommend reading the whole thing.
@daniel Thanks! I used a Powerpoint template because Powerpoint happened to be open on my computer… Happy with the result.
I'm re-reading REFLECTIONS by Diana Wynne Jones and re-discovered this quote about the responsibility of writing for children. I could not agree more with this quote and the wisdom she shares in these essays and talks.
#amwriting #ChildrensBooks #writersofmastodon
@neilhimself
I wrote #IntoTheFaerieHill during several lockdowns, where I was hiking in the local forest & imagining faerie creatures. After I told my talented illustrator friend @pandalightbringer about it, he presented me with this drawing of me and the creatures.
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Isn't it beautiful?
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The book publishes in seven weeks. You can find out more about it and links to preorder here:
https://pushkinpress.com/books/into-the-faerie-hill/
RT @BookSuperhero2@twitter.com
My annual Christmas #BookAdvent will be starting tomorrow - there’s plenty to add to your Christmas lists!
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BookSuperhero2/status/1597932320677580800
Cover reveal #IntoTheFaerieHill 🧚♂️⛰️
I'm thrilled to announce my 3rd book with #SarahOdedina #PushkinPress, and I love #ThyBui's gorgeous cover!
Contains:
A rootless boy
An eco-warrior girl
A community protest
Family secrets
Spiteful faeries
Head over to Twitter or Instagram (I'm @hsnorup on both) to win a proof.
Let’s play two truths and a lie!
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1. I wrote INTO THE FAERIE HILL on my #Lego typewriter.
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2. You can read the first sentence in this photo.
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3. You could win a proof by sharing my cover-reveal posts on Twitter or Instagram.
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#writerscommunity #writerslife #ukmg #ukkidlit #middlegrade
New Guy Here Introduction:
I didn't read books as a child, I found them hard work & boring.
Then Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes appeared on TV & this 15-year-old was hooked. I wanted more so I got this book and, without noticing, became a reader.
It wasn't just because of the mystery or the characters, it was that these were SHORT STORIES. I still remember the huge sense of accomplishment after finishing a whole story in a single session - check out the proud tick marks next to each story.
@tracyh we were luckily early. Have you ever been to Hoher Kasten? The views are amazing!
@FleurHitchcock so am I!
@tracyh so nice to see the sun today, right?!