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Author & Illustrator Academy: World-Building

Author & Illustrator Academy: World-Building

World-Building

With appearances from a few underwater friends, discover why world-building is so important to Sibéal Pounder and how keeping a diary of everything she does help to make her settings more realistic.

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Sibéal Pounder

Sibéal Pounder used to work for the Financial Times. Now she writes about fabulous witches and bad mermaids in her two much-loved series for Bloomsbury. Sibéal’s first book, Witch Wars, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2016.

Website:
 www.sibealpounder.com
Twitter:
 @Sibealpounder
Instagram: @sibeal.pounder

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Witch Wars

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Published by: Bloomsbury

Bad Mermaids on the Rocks

Illustrated by: Jason Cockcroft
Published by: Bloomsbury

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