Senior Commissioning Editor of Oneworld’s Rock the Boat children’s and YA list. Sometimes travel writer. Other times, children’s author - Rocket Boy out now 🚀
London, England
Joined June 2011
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Katie Jennings retweeted
Did you see our #YABookPrize shortlist announcement last week?
Let us know in the comments how many you've read 👇
We are SO excited to reveal our incredible #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩
“This year’s shortlist truly encapsulates the joy of Young Adult fiction and the astounding talent here in the UK and Ireland."
See the thread below to meet our shortlist 👇
ALT The stack of the 10 YA Book Prize shortlisted books on a white backdrop with red, blue and yellow shapes surrounding the border and the blue YA Book Prize logo.
Katie Jennings retweeted
We’re delighted that Rani Reports on the Missing Millions by @GabrielleKent and @asianastroboy is on this year’s @readingagency #SummerReadingChallenge book list! 🎉
Find out more about #MarvellousMakers bit.ly/marvellous-makers
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📣This amazing YA panel is next week!📣
There's still time to grab your tickets!🙂
Book your tickets here:
waterstones.com/events/ya-pa…
📢Amazing YA book event alert! 📚
📌@HSKWaterstones 14th May, 6:30pm, with:
📚Rock the Boat's very own Josh Silver 🙃🙂
📚@NateLessore
📚@bethanyrutter
📚@tanyabyrne
Tickets available here now:
waterstones.com/events/ya-pa…
Katie Jennings retweeted
The Last Bloodcarver by @vanessalewrites is out now!⚔️
bit.ly/the-last-bloodcarver
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We are delighted to be shortlisted for Children's Publisher of the Year at the #BritishBookAwards 2024 ✨✨ #Nibbies
thebookseller.com/awards/the…
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Kids authors! As South Asian children are by faaaaaar the least represented in kids lit, yet by faaaaaar the largest minority in our schools, help them out for #Worldbookday by sharing your South Asian characters in this thread with tips on how to create a costume based on them!
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.@OneworldNews Rock the Boat imprint has snapped up And the River Drags You Down, a "haunting" new Gothic YA by poet Jihyun Yun 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/one…
Katie Jennings retweeted
So exciting to spot @ZulekhaA_Afzal's Dancers of the Dawn in a Books to Look Forward to in 2024 piece! Thank you @Culturefly 🎉✨
'This spellbinding romantasy introduces readers to an epic high fantasy world of magic, dance, assassins & deadly secrets.'
culturefly.co.uk/fiction-pre…
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The panel had a tough job choosing, but finally here is the shortlist for 9+fiction category.
Congratulations authors and illustrators! @dfb_storyhouse @OtterBarryBooks @chickenhousebooks @whatSFSaid @tonymcgowan18 @Joetoddstanton @EfuaTraore @mattgoodfellow
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Our newest category 11+ had a brilliant longlist, but the panel have finally chosen - here is the 11+ shortlist for 2023-24. Congratulations to our authors!
@littletigerbooks @sophiemcameron @RocktheBoatNews @smudgecotton @NateLessore @HotKeyBooksTeen @RavenaGuron @Usborne
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Whoa! DeadHappy the sequel to HappyHead is so tense I had to put it down occasionally to breathe normally. It’s brutal & horrifying with a raw, beautiful love story at its core. Incredible writing from Josh Silver
Katie Jennings retweeted
HUGE thanks to @TimesLucy from me and @asianastroboy for placing Rani Reports in your books of the year! Alongside @DanSmithAuthor & @MaryAliceEvans too! The 2023CLPE report shows South Asian families barely represented in books. Thank you for supporting for our Mauritian heroes!
Katie Jennings retweeted
Thank you @TimesLucy for picking Rani Reports by @GabrielleKent & @asianastroboy as a @thetimes BOOK OF 2023! 🗞️
'The perfect middle-grade adventure... an important message about the dangers of fake news hidden in there too. This news reporter loved it.’
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-b…
Katie Jennings retweeted
Who's coming to @yalc_uk this weekend??
We cannot wait to meet you all and have some proper bookish chats 💜💜
Here's a little teaser for what to expect at the Rock the Boat stand 👀
Katie Jennings retweeted
November marks #NationalNovelWritingMonth or NaNoWriMo (as it’s more commonly known).
Our November booklist celebrates some of our favourite debut authors and illustrators of 2023 🎉
Check out the booklist 👉 readingagency.org.uk/resourc…
Katie Jennings retweeted
We are delighted to announce the long list for the Redbridge Teenage Book Award 2024. Congratulations to @kwamealexander @thenickbowling @alliechristo @RachelDelahaye @PForde123 @scholasticuk @RavenaGuron @kikahatzopoulou @OneworldNews @TeriTerryWrites
Katie Jennings retweeted
We are delighted to have four Rock the Boat books nominated for the #YotoCarnegies24 @CarnegieMedals 📚🎉
✨ Dogs of the Deadlands by @anthony_mcgowan
✨ HappyHead by Josh Silver
✨ My Especially Weird Week with Tess by Anna Woltz
✨ Warrior Girl Unearthed by @FineAngeline
Katie Jennings retweeted
In case you missed it in our (jam-packed) latest issue, #BFK262, Rebecca Butler recommends Ten of the Best School Stories, classics and some you might not have come across ⬇️
booksforkeeps.co.uk/wp-conte…
ALT Cover of A Bad Spell of the Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
ALT Cover of Back Home by Michelle Magorian
ALT Cover of Bad Influence by Tamsin Winter
ALT Cover of Jamie by L.D. Lapinski
Katie Jennings retweeted
👻HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY!👻
To celebrate Halloween we have a bundle of TWELVE brilliantly spooky children's books for all ages for you to win!
Check out the books here: bit.ly/3BgXZWO
To enter: RT, FLW & post a spooky GIF/ photo
UK Only Closes 15/10
Katie Jennings retweeted
We're super excited to reveal the wonderful cover illustrated by Beatriz Castro for @Alex_Bell86's marvellously thrilling, mystery tale, The Train of Dark Wonders coming this October!
Jump aboard and PREORDER your copy here: bit.ly/3D7lcgA
@RocktheBoatNews