SCHOOLS: Our #WriterInResidence SF Said has an incredible competition for children!

He's looking for the most creative piece of writing and the most creative artwork inspired by an animal.

Find out more about the competition and prizes, plus get helpful resources over here:

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/competitions/get-creative-and-win-amazing-prizes-from-our-writer-in-residence-sf-said/

Our #WriterInResidence SF Said wanted top tips on getting children reading for pleasure, so he went to the experts... super teachers!

Check out their ideas here: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/april-2023/top-tips-for-helping-children-to-become-readers/

Our #WriterInResidence @whatSFSaid@twitter.com is passionate about getting children reading for pleasure... something that amazing teachers are doing every day!

SF spoke to some top teachers to get their brilliant ideas and tips on helping children to become readers: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/april-2023/top-tips-for-helping-children-to-become-readers/

When our #WriterInResidence @whatSFSaid@twitter.com is asked about the books that shaped him as a child, he normally speaks about novels - but actually, SO many different kinds of books helped him fall in love with reading!

Here, he shares ten of them: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/april-2023/the-books-that-made-me-a-reader--and-a-writer/

We're delighted that the brilliant author SF Said is our current #WriterInResidence!

You can keep up to date with everything he's getting up to over here: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/writer-in-residence

Photo: Mel Taylor-Bessent

As our #WriterInResidence SF Said knows, children can often be suspicious of anything that's meant to be good for them... he certainly was!

Here, he shares why it's so important to frame reading as FUN and give children choice: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/if-you-want-children-to-read-let-them-read-what-they-love/

We LOVE this piece from our #WriterInResidence SF Said about why it's vital we let children choose what they read: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/if-you-want-children-to-read-let-them-read-what-they-love/

'Whatever you love, there will be books about it. And they will be the books that make you a reader.'

Our brilliant #WriterInResidence @whatSFSaid@twitter.com shares why we should always be led by what a child WANTS to read: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/if-you-want-children-to-read-let-them-read-what-they-love/

Photo: Mel Taylor-Bessent

We're thrilled that @whatSFSaid@twitter.com is our #WriterInResidence - his book Varjak Paw is one of our favourites!

But if you love it too, which other stories might you like? Find out in the new edition of #WhatToReadAfter (with ideas from SF!) https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/what-to-read-after-varjak-paw/

Pic: Dave McKean

We are so lucky to have SF Said as our #WriterInResidence!

You'll be able to keep up with everything he's doing here: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/writer-in-residence/

Our #WriterInResidence SF Said says it perfectly 👏

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/meet-our-new-writer-illustrator-in-residence-sf-said/

We're celebrating the fact that @whatSFSaid@twitter.com is our brand new #WriterInResidence!

Find out what he's got planned for the next six months right here: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/meet-our-new-writer-illustrator-in-residence-sf-said/

SF Said remembers what it was like reading brilliant books as a child - and now he wants to spread that joy to a new generation!

That's why we're so pleased to have him as our brand new #WriterInResidence: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/meet-our-new-writer-illustrator-in-residence-sf-said/

SF Said is our brand new #WriterInResidence and he is BANG ON here 👏

Here's what he'll be getting up to over the next six months: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/meet-our-new-writer-illustrator-in-residence-sf-said/

We're so excited that @whatSFSaid@twitter.com is our new #WriterInResidence!

Head this way to find out what he'll be focusing on over the next six months... https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2023/march/meet-our-new-writer-illustrator-in-residence-sf-said/

We are so excited to have the marvellous SF Said as our brand new #WriterInResidence!

You'll be able to keep up to date with everything he's doing right here: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/writer-in-residence

'I want to use my time in this role to celebrate the life-changing power of reading for pleasure, and to make the case that every single child can be a reader.'

We're so excited about SF Said becoming our new #WriterInResidence: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/news/news-2023/every-child-can-be-a-reader-sf-said-will-champion-making-reading-more-inclusive-as-booktrusts-new-writer-in-residence/

Did you hear the WONDERFUL news? We're so excited that the brilliant @whatSFSaid@twitter.com is going to be our next #WriterInResidence!

Find out what he'll be getting up to here: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/news/news-2023/every-child-can-be-a-reader-sf-said-will-champion-making-reading-more-inclusive-as-booktrusts-new-writer-in-residence/

RT @whatSFSaid@twitter.com

The news is out! I am delighted to be the new @Booktrust@twitter.com #WriterInResidence. My first blog will be appearing in March - but for now, the one thing I would like to say is that READING FOR PLEASURE CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER - there is nothing more important! #literacy https://twitter.com/Booktrust/status/1627593934741336065

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/whatSFSaid/status/1627756362368262144

We are so excited that the brilliant @whatSFSaid@twitter.com is going to be our brand new #WriterInResidence from 1 March!

Here's a super piece he wrote for us recently about overcoming the barriers to reading: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2022/october/overcoming-the-barriers-to-reading/