Graphic with cover of Augmented, shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and photos of its author Kenechi Udogu and editors Natasha Brown & Jenny Glencross. Plus logos of ALCS and Walker Books who support the award.

On the #BranfordBoaseAward shortlist: Kenechi Udogu & her editors Natasha Brown & Jenny Glencross @faberchildrens.bsky.social. "A very clever dystopian adventure, set in a well realised world ... goes well beyond the issues at its heart." The judges
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Graphic showing the seven books on the shortlist for the Branford Boase Award, which recognises author and editor of the year's outstanding debut noves. The books are: Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley, edited by Cathy Liney (Bloomsbury) How to Roller Skate with One Leg by Ella Dove, illustrated by Jennifer Jamieson, edited by Anne Marie Ryan (Orchard Books) Evie and Maryam’s Family Tree by Janeen Hayat, edited by Bella Pearson (Guppy Books) Love on Sight by Asli Jensen, edited by Shalini Vallepur (Chicken House) Gloam by Jack Mackay, edited by Katie Jennings (Rock the Boat) The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn, edited by Emma Jones and Charlie Castelletti (First Ink) Augmented by Kenechi Udogu, edited by Natasha Brown and Jenny Glencross (Faber)

The shortlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoaseAward is out!
Discover the 'magnificent' debut novels on this year's shortlist. Congratulations to these talented authors & editors 💐 & thank you to @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social & @alcs.co.uk for supporting the award.
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Do it!!! Have you got a copy? I can post one out to you if not?

Thanks!

Here are all the brilliant shortlisted books! You should check them all out, but particularly Augmented, of course!

So thrilled to have been longlisted for the fantastic #BranfordBoase Award!

A very rare chance to join my wonderful team at Faber!

Come join my lovely team!

More than 9,000 children in Gaza hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October, UN says Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months ago

Israel is still throttling the aid supply to Gaza. And Britain is still supplying Israel with arms and maintaining normal diplomatic relations. The genocide continues, as does British complicity. 26 months and counting.

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The Gender Critical have already inundated this survey with their disgusting views on banning trans people from using the ponds.

Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people.

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Can’t explain it but of course they want to take away one of the only painkillers that’s safe for pregnancy, a condition that causes weird and unusual pains. these people WANT pregnancy to be a punishment and handicap. they want to control.

Photo with Keir Starmer and copy that reads: RECOGNITION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE IS A HOLLOW GESTURE WITHOUT MEANINGFUL ACTION TO END ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE, APARTHEID & OCCUPATION

Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.

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Isaac Herzog is named directly in the UN report which states clearly that Israel is committing genocide - he is named as one of the figures inciting genocide. Last week Keir Starmer felt it was fit to roll our the red carpet for Herzog on in a visit to Britain.

#stopthegenocide

Save young lives from suicide Suicide is the leading killer of young people in the UK. Everyday an estimated 300-450 young people aged 16-35 in the UK attempt suicide, with rates now at their highest in 30 years. (Office of Nation...

My sister works for this life-changing and life-saving charity. Suicide is the leading cause of death for 16–35s in the UK. Young lives are being failed. Please can you sign the petition calling for more investment in proven support that saves lives. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

If you know anyone who has to keep a phone secret, and can safely let them know, it is going to be really, really, important that they know to make sure those phones are switched off, or on airplane mode, before the alert goes through at 3pm.

Three images on top of each other. Image 1: A photo of Adolf Hitler with writing that says, Second World War: 1939-45: 69 journalists killed. Image 2: A photo of US soldiers walking across a field with writing that says, Vietnam War: 1955-75: 63 journalists killed. Image 3: A photo of Gaza with writing that says, Gaza: October 2023-present 242 journalists killed* *United Nations figures

The targeted killing of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on Sunday means at least 242 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of October 2023.

No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.

There are two key problems with the new UK government position that it will recognise Palestine unless Israel ends the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and commits to a two-state solution. [brief 🧵]

dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers

Interesting thing about positive and humane asylum policies isn't just that they are more effective, but they are also cheaper, and in some cases revenue enhancing, meaning you are able to actually invest in other areas to help more people. 1/

This is getting close to 150K signatures now. It might not do anything, but it will serve as evidence for the future that the UK government were aware of the opposition of its own people to its complicity in the Israeli genocide on Gaza & the fact that it did nothing to stop it.

Ministers urged to help students trapped in Gaza with places at UK universities Forty people who have been offered scholarships unable to travel without biometric data they have no way of getting

The UK government is blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from taking up UK scholarships.

Some have been killed while waiting @theguardian.com

We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action and @drjogrady.bsky.social will be on @lbc.co.uk at 4 PM urging the govt to step in.

tr.ee/HjzPtS

North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide essential ai...

Put pressure on our leaders to act now. Donate any way you can.

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Protesters in Tel Aviv took to the streets carrying flour bags and pictures of malnourished children from Gaza, calling for the end of the war on Gaza and the hunger.

#protest #TelAviv #Gaza #hunger #IsraelGazawar #Israel

The @LemkinInstitute is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.

Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:

"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."

"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."

A photo of David Lammy and Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with a tweet from Amnesty over the top which says: Empty words from the Foreign Secretary - the statement lacks any resolve, leadership or action to help end the genocide in Gaza. 1/4🧵 Amnesty's tweet is in response to a tweet from David Lammy that reads: The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. Alongside 25 other partners, the UK message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now.

We need action, not empty words.

The UK government must show real backbone by immediately halting all arms exports to Israel - whether direct or indirect - including components for F-35 fighter jets.

Don't let them take away our rights behind closed doors The EHRC's proposed Code of Practice would devastate trans+ lives and put everybody at risk. This trans bathroom ban is set to become law with no debate, no scrutiny and no vote in Parliament. We have to act now.

The EHRC – the body which is meant to protect our human rights – is proposing guidance which would turn the Equality Act into a bathroom ban. If this becomes law, it would force trans people out of public life.

And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵

CEO of Oreo Cookies: the oreo cookie is as important as oxygen

IT’S MY BIRTHDAY! 🥳🎈

you can help me celebrate by deplatforming That Vile Woman and instead boost my queer af books! 🌈

☀️in The Sunbearer Trials, god is trans, other gods are also trans, some of the demigods are trans and EVERYONE IS QUEER!

‘Going hungry’: More than 700 Palestinians killed seeking aid in Gaza Palestinians say they have no choice but to go to deadly US- and Israeli-backed aid sites amid growing starvation.

Palestinians say they have no choice but to go to deadly US- and Israeli-backed aid sites amid growing starvation.