Middle Grade (Children's)

Your target readership is pre-teen; typically between 6 and 12 year-olds. Middle grade stories tend to feature protagonists that are of a similar age to the target audience, with themes covered and language used also age-appropriate. Authors of popular middle grade titles include Katherine Rundell, Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl.

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An Interview with LD Lapinski

L.D. Lapinski

13th October 2020

Edited

24th January 2021

Ahead of her middle-grade fantasy debut, The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, being published by Orion Children's Books, we spoke to author L.D Lapinski...

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Fantasy World Building

Kieran Larwood

13th October 2020

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24th January 2021

I’m always a bit wary of ‘how to’ guides, as I think everyone works very differently, but this is how I do it. If you’re also a detail-...

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Writing Short Stories for Children

Julia Green

13th October 2020

Edited

27th January 2021

Julia Green describes the power and the pleasure of a well-written children’s short story, its essential attributes, and encourages aspiring short...

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Writing Middle Grade

Linda Strachan

12th October 2020

Edited

19th January 2021

In this exclusive extract from the new edition of Writers' & Artists' Guide To Writing for Children & YA, Linda Strachan - author of over 70...

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Writing for Younger Readers & Chapter Books

Linda Strachan

12th October 2020

Edited

24th January 2021

In this exclusive extract from the new edition of the Guide to Writing for Children & YA, author Linda Strachan discusses writing for younger...

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DO Judge a Book by its Cover

Thomas Taylor

2nd October 2020

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11th August 2022

Thomas Taylor explains how a good cover can tell you, at a glance, just how it feels to read the book, and describes the defining, attention-grabbing...