Happy summer, teachers! Heinemann Audiobooks are discounted on Apple, Google Play, and Chirp April 1 - July 31.
May 23, 2024
The freewriting students do is often looser and more readable than what they do on papers or essays. Tom Newkirk offers suggestions on the exercise.
April 24, 2024
How do you approach essay, poetry, book clubs, and digital composition? If we reimagine our approach we can open the door to more engaged and challenging learning.
January 2, 2024
The audiobook of Literacy's Democratic Roots: A Personal Tour Through 8 Big Ideas
December 11, 2023
A list of Heinemann professional books published in 2023.
November 16, 2023
This week on the podcast, Thomas Newkirk and Ralph Fletcher discuss Tom's new book Literacy's Democratic Roots.
October 5, 2023
As humans we have the great gift, the great evolutionary achievement, of speech and story. It’s what we do best—and all literacy instruction needs to honor and build on that gift.
September 19, 2023
New professional books to love from Heinemann. Get free shipping using code BETTER when you order before October 31, 2023*
September 11, 2023
The myth of the master writer has long plagued students and teachers alike, limiting our sense of self-confidence and writerly ability. Is it possible to dispel these notions?
March 3, 2022
Heinemann authors are exemplary educators eager to support the practice of other teachers. Allow yourself the enjoyment and benefits of being read to -- by them.
January 31, 2022
In this audiobook preview, Tom describes the vast opportunity found in fiction writing, and what we lose when we don’t embrace that opportunity in our classrooms.
January 20, 2022
Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers by Thomas Newkirk.
January 18, 2022
When’s the last time your students got to write creatively? Or craft a piece of fiction that was entirely their own?
November 18, 2021
October 21, 2021
Learn why Tom Newkirk, author of Writing Unbound, believes he is not the ideal person to explore adolescent fiction writing but feels compelled to do it anyway.
March 30, 2021
If we want students to develop a love of books and writing, we need to bring fiction back to our writing curriculum,
March 25, 2021
Finding ways to bring fiction writing into the curriculum from Tom Newkirk, author of Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers.
March 17, 2021
Today on the podcast we’re happy to welcome authors Martin Brandt and Tom Newkirk. Marty is most recently the author of Between the Commas.
January 23, 2020