What’s coming up …
- Christmas Signed Books
- Christmas in fiction : Angel of Grasmere
- 2026 National Year of Reading
- Tuesday 27 January 2026 – Holocaust Memorial Day event & resources
- World Book Day 2026 – Prerecorded in the hot seat films
- Spring Term 2026 Author visits
Exciting news! I have been nominated for the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Christmas Signed Books
Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot”.
With an exclusive special Christmas card from me on request!
Christmas in Fiction : Angel of Grasmere
Discover how young Tarn Fothergill celebrated Christmas Day 1940 with her family and her friends – farmer’s boy Peter, evacuee Eric and Land Girls Margaret and Kathleen.
- Christmas crafts
- Blackout poetry challenge
- Read the special Christmas chapter
- Watch Tom reading the special Christmas chapter
Available from tompalmer.co.uk/christmas-in-fiction-angel-of-grasmere/
More about Angel of Grasmere here
Christmas in Fiction : Arctic Star here
2026 National Year of Reading
Kick off your national year of reading and join me with a special FREE Live Lesson 21st Jan 2026 together with the SLA. Book now
The National Year of Reading in 2026 has a theme of Go All In. That means finding a way to go all in to what you love doing by reading about it.
I’m supporting the National Year of Reading by Going All In with a series of live events and resources linked to the educational calendar and my books.
Find out more here
Holocaust Memorial Day Tuesday 27 Jan 2026
I am working again with the National Literacy Trust with KS2 and KS3 resources to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in 2026.
This year the 5 part read aloud story I am writing is based on the real wartime journal of a girl called Inga from her life first in Vienna, Austria 1937-39 and then in Falmouth, Cornwall 1939-1944.
The resources include …
- a virtual event joined by Auschwitz Survivors with the National Literacy Trust and Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
- A 5 part story to read aloud
- A writing challenge
- For Key Stage 2 & 3
For more info and reminders on when it is available go to here tompalmer.co.uk/holocaust-memorial-day/
World Book Day 2026 Thursday 5 March 2026
I am offering Hot Seat Q&As personalised to your class or school and answering all your pupil’s questions!
These will be pre-recorded for you to share in your own time.
- More about my author visits here www.tompalmer.co.uk/schools-librarians/author-visits/
For availability & fees, please email admin@tompalmer.co.uk
2026 Author Visits
I am available for in-person and virtual author visits with a focus on reading and writing about history and/or sport.
More about my author visits here www.tompalmer.co.uk/schools-librarians/author-visits/
For latest availability & fees, please email admin@tompalmer.co.uk, subject “2026 Author Visits”
