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Category: Interviews

Lighthouse Success Story: Joanne O’Connell

We caught up with Joanne O’Connell, author of Beauty and the Bin, to ask her all about her journey to publication … and to get a few tips on becoming a children’s writer.

Posted on February 1, 2021February 6, 2021 by Sarah Stewart

“Be original. Don’t look at what’s selling and try to imitate it…”

We sat down with the delightful Zoe Griffiths, Senior Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury Kids, to ask her some questions about finding brilliant children’s fiction.

Posted on November 17, 2018July 26, 2019 by Sarah Stewart

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