Writing for Children and Getting Published
Cardiff Castle Undercroft | Is-grofft Castell Caerdydd, Cardiff, CF10 3RB
Wednesday 22nd April 2026
Suggested for ages: 16+
Language: English
Calling all budding children’s authors – have you got a children’s book in you? We’ve brought together three experts from different sides of publishing to give you insights and inspiration, and to tell you more about this year’s Times/Chicken House Childrens Fiction Competition.
Fresh from her litfest schools event in the afternoon, we welcome author Emily Randall-Jones who won the Times/Chicken House Prize in 2021, and the Mslexia Childrens and YA Novel competition for her book The Witchstone Ghosts Her latest novel is The Scream of the Whistle.
She is joined by literary agent Callen Martin, who specialises in Middle Grade, Young Adult and science fiction and fantasy with an action and adventure focus. He’s the 2026 judge for the Times/Chicken House prize.
Chairing the event is Barry Cunningham OBE, publisher, MD and founder of Chicken House, and famously the man who discovered J K Rowling when he at Bloomsbury Childrens Books.
Together they’ll talk about their experience, answering your questions and giving you invaluable advice on creating the best stories and what publishers look for.
Supported by Chicken House
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Awgrymir ar gyfer: 16+
Iaith: Saesneg
Yn galw ar yr holl egin awduron plant – oes gennych syniad am lyfr plant hoffwch chi ei ysgrifennu? Rydyn ni wedi dod â thri arbenigwr o wahanol ochrau cyhoeddi at ei gilydd i roi mewnwelediadau ac ysbrydoliaeth i chi, ac i ddweud mwy wrthych am Gystadleuaeth Ffuglen Plant The Times/Chicken House eleni.
Yn ffres o'i digwyddiad gŵyl lên i ysgolion, rydyn ni‘n croesawu'r awdur Emily Randall-Jones a enillodd Wobr The Times/Chicken House yn 2021, a chystadleuaeth Nofelau Plant ac Oedolion Ifanc Mslexia am ei llyfr The Witchstone Ghosts. Ei nofel ddiweddaraf yw The Scream of the Whistle.
Yn ymuno â hi mae'r asiant llenyddol Callen Martin, sy'n arbenigo mewn llyfrau i blant 9-12 oed ac oedolion ifanc a ffuglen wyddonol a ffantasi gyda ffocws ar gyffro ac antur. Ef yw beirniad 2026 ar gyfer gwobr The Times/Chicken House.
Yn cadeirio'r digwyddiad mae Barry Cunningham OBE, cyhoeddwr, rheolwr-gyfarwyddwr a sylfaenydd Chicken House, sy’n enwog am ddarganfod J K Rowling pan oedd hi’n gweithio i Bloomsbury Children’s Books.
Gyda chefnogaeth Chicken House
Language: English
Calling all budding children’s authors – have you got a children’s book in you? We’ve brought together three experts from different sides of publishing to give you insights and inspiration, and to tell you more about this year’s Times/Chicken House Childrens Fiction Competition.
Fresh from her litfest schools event in the afternoon, we welcome author Emily Randall-Jones who won the Times/Chicken House Prize in 2021, and the Mslexia Childrens and YA Novel competition for her book The Witchstone Ghosts Her latest novel is The Scream of the Whistle.
She is joined by literary agent Callen Martin, who specialises in Middle Grade, Young Adult and science fiction and fantasy with an action and adventure focus. He’s the 2026 judge for the Times/Chicken House prize.
Chairing the event is Barry Cunningham OBE, publisher, MD and founder of Chicken House, and famously the man who discovered J K Rowling when he at Bloomsbury Childrens Books.
Together they’ll talk about their experience, answering your questions and giving you invaluable advice on creating the best stories and what publishers look for.
Supported by Chicken House
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Awgrymir ar gyfer: 16+
Iaith: Saesneg
Yn galw ar yr holl egin awduron plant – oes gennych syniad am lyfr plant hoffwch chi ei ysgrifennu? Rydyn ni wedi dod â thri arbenigwr o wahanol ochrau cyhoeddi at ei gilydd i roi mewnwelediadau ac ysbrydoliaeth i chi, ac i ddweud mwy wrthych am Gystadleuaeth Ffuglen Plant The Times/Chicken House eleni.
Yn ffres o'i digwyddiad gŵyl lên i ysgolion, rydyn ni‘n croesawu'r awdur Emily Randall-Jones a enillodd Wobr The Times/Chicken House yn 2021, a chystadleuaeth Nofelau Plant ac Oedolion Ifanc Mslexia am ei llyfr The Witchstone Ghosts. Ei nofel ddiweddaraf yw The Scream of the Whistle.
Yn ymuno â hi mae'r asiant llenyddol Callen Martin, sy'n arbenigo mewn llyfrau i blant 9-12 oed ac oedolion ifanc a ffuglen wyddonol a ffantasi gyda ffocws ar gyffro ac antur. Ef yw beirniad 2026 ar gyfer gwobr The Times/Chicken House.
Yn cadeirio'r digwyddiad mae Barry Cunningham OBE, cyhoeddwr, rheolwr-gyfarwyddwr a sylfaenydd Chicken House, sy’n enwog am ddarganfod J K Rowling pan oedd hi’n gweithio i Bloomsbury Children’s Books.
Gyda chefnogaeth Chicken House
