Currently

*= voluntary work

Judge of BookBrunch’s Selfies award for an unpublished children’s book 2023*

Member of the selection panel for the Laureate Na Nog 2023 (Irish Children’s Laureate)

Co-curator, Raymond Briggs retrospective, House of Illustration (touring 2021-3)*

Bridge fellow, Royal Literary Fund, 2020-, training sixth formers to write essays

Consultant to Empathy Lab children’s reading project*

Patron of the Folkestone Plimsoll Memorial Campaign from 2017 (instigator 2013)*

Instigator and co-ordinator of Plimsolls for Plimsoll Day, annual 10 February fundraiser for the RNLI. Since 2013. RNLI rolling out throughout the Southwest for 2020*

Signatory to Authors4Oceans*

Instigator of Twitter campaign #halloweenbooksgiveaway since 2017*

Grammar School at Leeds Women in Leadership advisory panel member since 2018*

Committee member of Blackstock Triangle Gardeners (community gardening project), since 2013 (originally co-founder in 2009)*

Past

Judge, British Book Awards 2022

Chair of the selectors of Booktrust’s Lifetime Achievement Awards 2016-2021

Contributor to Bookbrunch online book trade news alert

Voluntary events for Book Aid International, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Children’s Publicity Circle, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Society of Young Publishers, the Publishers’ Association, The Bookseller, First Story (encouraging writing in schools) and others*

Editor of Through the Looking Glasses: Stories about Seeing Clearly, for Clearly’s ‘Glasses in Classes’ campaign. Free online from October 2020

Member of Empathy Lab selection panel 2018-2020

Juror, Bologna Ragazzi Prizes 2020*

Macmillan Prize judge 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2019 (for unpublished children’s illustrators)

Chair of judging panel for Booktrust’s In Other Words prize for children’s books in translation 2017 and 2018

Captain of the Ever After, The Story Museum’s story-collecting craft – and blogger – 2017

Judge of the Klaus Flugge Prize for a first picturebook 2017

Judge of the Lollies Prize for funny children’s books 2017

Founder Editor, Highbury/Finsbury Park Neighbours’ News (community news email alert), 2008-2017 *

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Oxford Today, Jan 2016-May 2017*

Presenter of 12 ‘Nicolette Jones Recommends’ children’s books vlogs for the Sunday Times website Oct-Dec 2016 (still on the site)*

Judge, Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2016*

Director, St Hilda’s College Writers’ Day, Oxford Literary Festival 2010-2016*

Trustee, National Academy of Writing 2014-2016*

Instigator and co-ordinator of the Folkestone Plimsoll Memorial Campaign, 2013-2016*

Consultant for Channel 4’s 50 Favourite Children’s Books presented by David Walliams 2016 (reviews of all 50 on Sunday Times website)

Consultant to Ink@84 Bookshop, Highbury, 2015-16

Chair, Media Network, St Hilda’s College, Oxford 2009-early 2016*

Chair of the judges, New Children’s Author Prize 2015 to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust, with Jonathan Douglas, Katherine Rundell and Rebecca McNally*

Committee member, Association of Senior Members, St Hilda’s College, Oxford 2014-1015*

Contributor to Bookbrunch online book trade news alert 2010-2015*

Consultant to Literary Scout Louise Allen-Jones Associates 2010-2014

Collaborated with Little Free Libraries to introduce Islington’s first, 2014*

Curator, Samuel Plimsoll Exhibition, Sept-Dec 2013 Folkestone Town Hall*

Co-founder and Vice Chair of Blackstock Triangle Gardeners (community gardening project), 2009-2013*

Judge of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 with Michael Rosen, Shappi Khorsandi, Philip Ardagh and Bruce Ingman

Trustee, Read: The Reading Agency (library development body) 2000-2009*

Judge of the Desmond Wettern Maritime Awards 2009, administered by the British Maritime Charitable Foundation*

Co-instigator and steering committee member of Booktrust’s Big Picture Campaign (to raise appreciation of picturebooks) 2007-2009*

Chair, Booktrust’s Ten Best New Illustrators panel, 2008*

Chair, Carnegie/Greenaway Medal Anniversary Top 10 selection panel 2007*

Branford Boase Award judge 2007 (for a first children’s book)*

Chair, Children’s Laureate selectors 2005*

Judge of the Orange Prize (now Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction) 2003

Whitbread (now Costa) Book Awards children’s book category judge 1999*

Kurt Maschler Award judge 1999 (for an illustrated children’s book)*