Today’s read-themes of identity,friendship and lots of music 🎵 - such fun!
Faber Books Christine Marina Pillainayagam review to follow Read for Good
Congratulations to the ten brilliant authors shortlisted for the #CheshireSchoolsBookAward2024 ! 🥳Sarah Hagger-Holt Natasha Farrant SJ Wills SF Said Lily Bailey Tia Fisher lnk.to/crossingthelinebook Laura Wood #JoshSilver A. Connors Christine Marina Pillainayagam #CSBA24
Really enjoying Ellie Pillai is Brown by Christine Marina Pillainayagam. I love the song references as music and songs play an important part of our journeys through like, they certainly do for me and these really resonate with me. This quote from Ellie’s mum has really hit me this morning ❤️
Congratulations to this year's Branford Boase Award winner for outstanding writing: Christine Marina Pillainayagam's 'Ellie Pillai is Brown', with a soundtrack by the author. Borrow from your library today 😍
Give Me A Minute, the first track of Christine Marina Pillainayagam's tie-in album to her novel Ellie Pillai is Brown, is full of upbeat energy as it discusses the complexities of teenage crushes.
My full review is available on my blog:
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Honestly, you turn around for two seconds and there's even more new, amazing looking stuff in our YA section - we can't keep up!
Aimée Carter Melissa Welliver Christine Marina Pillainayagam
Over the moon to be highly commended in Faber Children's #FABPrize & meet such an inspiring bunch of writers & illustrators 🤩📚
Huge thanks to Nana Ama Natasha Brown & Christine Marina Pillainayagam for the words of wisdom & encouragement 🫶🏽📖
@faberbooks #childrensbooks #writing
'Ellie Pillai is Brown' is one of our favourite books and we're delighted to see that Christine Marina Pillainayagam won the award! Pick up a copy from the library when we return to school. 🥳📚
The Jhalak Prize shortlist has been announced! Huge congratulations to all those on have been nominated Lucy Farfort is writing Danielle Jawando Janelle McCurdy Christine Marina Pillainayagam Ann Sei Lin ~ REBEL FIRE 🔥 ~ Rashmi Sirdeshpande We will have all of the books in the shop very soon 💙📚🌟
The 2024 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition closes on 31 May so it's time to write your story or poem & enter! Open to young people aged 8 - 18. Check out the special tips from #BranfordBoaseAward winner Christine Pillainayagam Christine Marina Pillainayagam #writing ow.ly/5y1u50Ruc3R
Thank you IBBY UK for not only giving us the chance to speak, but for enabling us to find new friendships.
❤️ Cerrie Burnell 🇺🇦
❤️ Christine Marina Pillainayagam
'I think you have presence, something special about you. Something different.'
Fantastic prompt for this year's Henrietta Branford Writing Competition. What will your pupils be inspired to write?
Deadline 31st May: kntn.ly/b0819098
Christine Marina Pillainayagam @branfordboase
Come into the library for our YA recommended reads!
books by Christine Marina Pillainayagam, Simon James Green, Rachel Faturoti is ̶c̶r̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ editing, Judy Blume!!
Our next instalment of #ELSBooksOnTour comes from librarian Alex who recently landed in Singapore. Alex is reading Christine Marina Pillainayagam's Ellie Pillai is Brown, a joyful, musical rom-com about standing out, falling in love & following your heart!
The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition was set up to encourage young writers, something Henrietta was always very keen to do. It's open now, thank you Christine Marina Pillainayagam for inspiration & #writing tips. Good luck everyone, can't wait to read your entries! branfordboaseaward.org.uk/hbwc/
Foyles Bookshop Bookshop stock picks by students Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form #graphicnovels Neil Gaiman Jamie Smart #loveandromance Joya Goffney Christine Marina Pillainayagam a #fantasyfiction Ann Sei Lin ~ REBEL FIRE 🔥 ~ Holly Black #thrillers Cynthia Murphy: YA author (UPDATES ONLY) Kathryn Foxfield Updates 🎠 All ready to be read from September!
Brilliant panel event at IBBY UK Conference at CLPE today with Lesley Parr Christine Marina Pillainayagam & Cerrie Burnell 🇺🇦 chaired by Ken Wilson-Max talking all things publishing! Such a thought provoking & engaging discussion, although I did well up a couple of times!
What a great evening at the Branford Boase Award ceremony. Congratulations to the brilliant winners Christine Marina Pillainayagam & Leah Thaxton!
Huge thanks again to the lovely judges for shortlisting me & Siobhán Little Island Books and letting Clara Hart hang out in such a great line-up of books!
