Undiscovered Voices 2024

UNDISCOVERED VOICES 2024 is the ninth anthology presented by the SCBWI-BI featuring novel extracts by unagented and unpublished writers in the UK and Europe. From the eight previous anthologies, the selected authors and illustrators have received publishing contracts for over 440 books published around the world, winning and receiving nominations for too many awards to list. Please enjoy these extracts and, if you like what you read, contact information for the authors is available at the end of each one. With your help, these voices won’t stay undiscovered for long. UNDISCOVERED VOICES 2024 INCLUDES: THE UNDEAD JOURNALS OF ALEX ABBOTT by Louise Austin PICTURE THIS by Stephen Daly THE GREAT SHEEP SWAP by Natalie Rutherford BRIONY CALDERWOOD AND THE WATER WITCHES by Sarah Fulton LEGAL WALLS by Jo Howard WAZEERAH AMEERAH & THE STOLEN ASTROLABE by Eiman Munro THE TRAITOR’S MOON by Henry Coles DROWNING IN PEA SOUP by Richard Parker THE BOOK OF MARIONETTA STONE by Catrìona McLean SUPERS by Maggie Womersley THE HIDDEN LIFE OF SUNIL PANDYA by Priyesh Shah AS DREAMS ARE MADE by Elizabeth Fowler HIGH ACHIEVERS by Allison Mandra ALL YOUR NUMBERED BONES by Sarah Bates CINDERS AND STARS by Esther Scherpenisse THE TOTALLY UNSOLVABLE MYSTERIES: LET SLEEPING PHONES LIE by Natalia Godsmark