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Candy Gourlay
@candygourlay
Filipino author in London. Shortlisted for Carnegie & Costa. Rights: @theagencybooks. WILD SONG is out in the UK. she/her/siya
Jul 21, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Librarians and teachers! Want a school visit but the Pandemic says no? Us authors have been busy creating virtual talks available to rent/buy for a fraction of a live author visit. Here's the trailer for my new book FERDINAND



@DFB_storyhouse @Scholastic Oops, I forgot to say the amazing cartoons from the book are by @tombabylon ... find Tom here:

tomknightillustration.co.uk
May 5, 2019 • 13 tweets • 17 min read
1/ Yesterday I ws pleased to join kidlit advocates at #NationofReaders hosted by @CILIPinfo. Everyone ws already doing a LOT 4 diversity&reading @Booktrust @imaginecentre @_KnightsOf @clpe1 @ILoveCopyright @thisisbooklove @readingagency @nickpoole1 & MORE Photo:@TinyOwl_Books 2/ Why get all these good ppl together? Surveys fr @Booktrust & @clpe1 reveal: Only 1% of #UKKidLit in 2017 had a BAME character bit.ly/2GZEdDY; less thn 2% of UKauthors are POC bit.ly/2IXNGzd Unsurprising but still shocking

#NationofReaders

@CILIPinfo
Jan 12, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Reading this extract from @Malala Yousafzai's story of moving to Birmingham reminds me of my own move to the UK back in 1989. The cold air creeping along your skin, air that is quiet in a way the tropics can never be...

theguardian.com/books/2019/jan… #authorlives #kidlit #candygourlay The immodesty of fashions, all those lowcut necklines revealing bosoms the size of which one never sees in Asia. And so much kissing and touching in public! It was liberating and disturbing at the same time!