Reading outdoors is a very different beast to reading inside! I had the pleasure of reading my short story Oh Come Ye to Midsummer’s Boulevard at the Let’s Get Lost event in one of the loveliest woods in all of London. It’s maintained by Phytology, an artists’ community and nature reserve in one. You never…
Doing a reading at The Word Bookshop, June 21st
Magda Knight reads Oh Come Ye to Midsummer’s Boulevard at The Word Bookshop
Into the Woods Anthology Video
I’m so glad my short story about mothers and daughters has been published in the Into the Woods anthology from Hic Dragones Press (available here). If you’ve ever been a teenager, you’ll relate. Watch the video here:
Reading my shortlisted YA novel at the Commonword Diversity in Children’s Writing event
I had great fun reading from my shortlisted YA novel Star Burn at the Commonword Diversity in Children’s Writing Prize event. Congrats to winner Bridget Blankley! Find out more about Commonword here.
Cover Reveal: The Seal Girl
The second set of Buzz Books USA Mythology High Stingers by UK author Magda Knight will be released later this spring, starting with Seal Girl. Digital ARCS are going out now so if you’re a book blogger or with the media, message buzzbooksusa@me.com if you’d like to review it. I’m really excited about this series. I’ve…
How to Write a Novel in a Week
How to write a novel in a week? Okay, I’m lying. But not by much. THE HOUSE OF SIGHS is the latest. In one week I’m 57,000 words in, bringing the total up to 66,000. You know how long the other 9,000 took me? Two months. Here is the blurb for HOUSE OF SIGHS, by…
My stories are part of an outreach campaign to teachers!
Ah, some nice news on a fragile morning after excessively celebrating the return of an Esteemed Niece from Australia. The glorious Buzz Books have announced signing me to their MYTHOLOGY HIGH series. The first story in the trilogy, SEAL GIRL, will be available as a one-off stinger, and then POOKA and the third story will…
If there’s a chance to get a critique in a writing competition, take it.
There are some things in writing you should never pay for. Never pay agents a reading fee to read your work. That is not how good agents work. It’s up to you whether you choose to pay for a literary editing service. If you aim to self-publish, it’s probably a very good idea; a good…
Top 10 Female Fantasy Writers
I was hugely gruntled to find out that not only are there some really good female fantasy writers out there, there are also more than ten. A lot, lot more than ten. Oh my days, so many more than ten. Literally the only way I could deal with my shame for only including ten of…
Why I Love Dystopian YA
Dystopian fiction’s been around for a long time, but cultural anxiety means it’s rearing its head. And it’s especially suited to YA, because events like the zombie apocalypse or the hunger games ask the question that we’re particularly prone to asking when we’re young: “It’s all utter bollocks. Why is nothing being done about it?”…
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