emma layfield
@emmalayfield2
Director of @CBNAgency and @books_north Based Manchester 🐝
THE NEWS IS OUT! I’ve launched Children’s Books North Agency @CBNAgency to represent Northern and Scottish writers and illustrators. I’m thrilled to be starting CBNA’s journey with Bethan Clarke, Lucy Farfort, Jess Mahy, Francis Martin, Rachel Plummer and Michael Whaite. 🎉
Brilliant children’s fantasy panel event tonight @WaterstonesMCR with the wonderful Rachel Morrisroe, Pari Thomson and L.D. Lapinski chaired by Robbie Mann 📚❤️
Big day today with the house renovation… the doors have gone in! 💃🌳🌞
The @books_north gang back together! ❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚 Great to catch up with my good pals Tilda Johnson and Liz Scott
Loved every second of our first holiday exploring beautiful Yorkshire and Northumberland in Pearl 🚐 🌞 … even the AA rescue on the first morning after we drained the battery and got locked in the van! 🤣🙈
We’ve always loved travelling in campervans so this is an absolute dream come true for us… Meet Pearl! ❤️ Beautifully handcrafted and designed by Brown Bird & Co Logging off social media now for the first of many adventures in Pearl. 🚐
We are excited to launch the first ever HOBAF illustration and story competition! ✏️🎨 Stop by to pick up an entry sheet (or request over email!). Winners will be announced at our Summer Fete on the 30th of August, so make sure entries are handed in by the 28th.
Sunday night dog walk in Yorkshire and, for once, not in my scruffs! 🤣🐶 #datenight❤️
Welcoming our new Prize Champion Katie Siddall to the CBNN committee! Katie was a 2024 CBNN mentee and has a strong passion for breaking into children’s publishing 📚
Welcoming our new Blogger Isobel Dixon to the CBNN committee! Isobel is completing her MA in Publishing. She volunteers with SYP North and writes her own blog. Since becoming an auntie and godmother, Isobel’s love for children’s books has increased 📚
Planning a Pembrokeshire trip for the first time! Any suggestions for amazing walks??? Thanks
The Northern Publishers’ Fair is back this Autumn and Children’s Books North Agency will be hosting a chatty table for children’s authors and illustrators to hit us with their questions! Please do help spread the word.
The CBNN Prize is in partnership with New Writing North and is funded by Arts Council England and Manchester Metropolitan University. We are hosting illustration roadshows at Grimm & Co, The Reader and Durham Book Festival, and the award ceremony will be held at Seven Stories 📚
Our Northern Publishers' Fair is back this Autumn! 📅 Saturday 27th September, 11am-3:30pm @MancLibraries ✨ 16 publishers (and new agents table!) across all genres ✨ Author book signings Perfect for readers, writers & literature lovers. fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87204/n…
Can’t wait to attend the Northern Publishers’ Fair in September. I’ll be there with @CBNAgency to meet children’s writers and illustrators and help to demystify the industry.
Check out this fab interview with my new @books_north Network co-lead Bea Cross 🙌
This week we interview publishing professional Beatrice Cross, who has just joined CBNN as the new Co-Lead alongside Emma Layfield. Based in Stockport, Bea is a freelance publicist. Link in bio for the full interview 📚
Always a delight to catch up with my good pal and amazing publisher Rosie Howie, and in Sunny Manchester too!
Best movie I’ve seen in years! Laughed out loud so much and cried! #theballadofwallisisland
Gina Kaminski is my hero! This sounds so good - @The_UKLA members make sure you sign up!
An update about the upcoming @The_UKLA Book Blether session next Thursday: Craig Barr Green, winner of the 3-6+ category and author of ‘Gina Kaminski Saves the Wolf’ will be joining too! Sign up at: bit.ly/45QRg7Z