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Campaigns Director @QuercusBooks, poetry anthologies including She is Fierce, Gods & Monsters, Heroes & Villains, Wonder. Find me on Insta @Anabooks. She/her.
Surrey / London
Joined February 2012
I travelled in antique lands to find poems about legends! Heroes and Villains is out in September, illustrated by @chrisriddell50, packed with brilliant poems - some old, some brand new. You can pre-order now from your local bookshop, https://t.co/x3LSDOapAE & elsewhere
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Ken Follett's Circle of Days Reveals the Secrets of Stonehenge: See the Cover! (Exclusive)
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Ken Follett's book 'Circle of Days,' released on Sept. 23, will look at the secrets of Stonehenge
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I’m thrilled to be able to reveal the cover for my new novel, Circle of Days, and I hope that you’ll love it as much as I do. #CircleOfDays will be published on 23rd September, but it’s available to pre-order now: https://t.co/SRwO8gTjXb
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Tis the season for reading 🎄❄️📚 Crime, thriller, mystery, whodunnit...because nothing says 'merry Christmas' like a book that sets you on the edge of your seat, right? 🔗 https://t.co/kQkQja6sYP
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Going into a wet and windy weekend with excellent company in the form of #LittleAlien coming from @QuercusBooks in Feb!
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So thrilled to have been able to include this knockout poem!
My copy of a beautiful anthology edited by @AnaBooks Ana Sampson, ‘The Book of Bird Poems’. Thank you for including my poem ‘Landscape with Vultures’ from my 8th collection, Tiger Girl @BloodaxeBooks. Thank you, Ana, for all the poems in this magnificent bird book, a treasure!
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Ta-da! Here’s the #BfK pre-Christmas round up of this year’s #poetry books. With an eye on suitable poetic gifts for young word lovers, Clive Barnes recommends bumper anthologies and new collections for young and older 🎁 https://t.co/Ke57bBHUoo
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Actor @sallyephillips has been announced as the narrator of Life Hacks for a Little Alien, a 'life-affirming' debut by Alice Frankin https://t.co/pnOrw85THE (£)
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Bodmin, Evening from Heroes and Villains 🖤 @MacmillanKidsUK @AnaBooks @peaplanter
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Wed 20 Nov is Heroes and Villains: Poems About Legends compiled by Ana Sampson @AnaBooks ill. Chris Riddell @chrisriddell50 from @MacmillanKidsUK #gift #poetry #anthology
https://t.co/xOYx9U6vdq
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Look, I’m hardly a disinterested observer, but it really is stunning
This stunning gift book draws together classic and contemporary poems inspired by folklore and legends from around the world, compiled by bestselling anthologist Ana Sampson @anabooks and illustrated throughout by award-winning former children's laureate @chrisriddell50.
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Thrilled you included Heroes & Villains: Legendary Poems, thank you!
Have fun unwrapping #BfK269, our seasonal special! Packed with interviews and features including our Books of the Year and Gift Guides! #kidlit Huge thanks as ever to all our contributors. 🎁 https://t.co/LMsxUcvnkD
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Huge thanks to @AnaBooks & @QuercusBooks for this proof copy of #LifeHacksForALittleAlien This is one of our @Squadpod3 featured boos for February and I'm very excited to read it! Out February 13th Pre-order https://t.co/jbixhYwnA5
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Thank you @LizzieMastersUK for this exciting proof of #LifeHacksForALittleAlien by Alice Franklin which is out from @riverrunbooks @QuercusBooks 13th Feb '25. I'm so looking forward to reading this one with the @Squadpod3 gang in February! #SquadPodFeaturedBook #LittleAlien 😍
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📢📢📢We only have a handful of tickets left for some of our #RichmondReads events! Book now to avoid disappointment!📢📢📢 https://t.co/ij3tN9vjCU
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I've always been drawn to stories of human achievement. What could be more extraordinary than the building of Stonehenge? My new book #CircleOfDays is coming 23 September 2025. Pre-order your copy here: https://t.co/SRwO8gTRMJ
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So lucky to have with a fantastic triple recruitment to Ms Wall’s poetry team at the Globe this evening @chrisriddell50 @AnaBooks @peaplanter welcome to the team!
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Frances always said she'd be murdered. She was right. Not only is HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER @Waterstones Thriller of the Month, it has also been selected as a paperback of the year! Order your copy of @Kristen_Perrin's unmissable mystery: https://t.co/2sKomNrCgF
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My new blog post about my poem that tells the story of the origin of #Halloween in #Ireland and #Oweynagat, featured in the anthology 'Heroes and Villains: Poems about Legends' compiled by @AnaBooks and published by @MacmillanKidsUK @peaplanter
https://t.co/yu3b9Kexko
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Uncovering the Origin of Halloween and Samhain: A Poem Exploring Oweynagat, the Cave of the Cats
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Well this was a fantastic read from @MacmillanKidsUK @AnaBooks. Heroes And Villains is a collection of classic and contemporary poems from around the world about Legends, Folklore, mythical beings and here’s a stunning example from @CaroleBromley1. Recommend!
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ThrowbackThursday this week is about the stunning #TheLongWater by Stef Penney. Full of atmosphere and pitch perfect tension, this book wowed us back in July as a #SquadPodFeaturedBook 🤩 Out now from @QuercusBooks
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