Applications to become a Teacher Judge for the UKLA 2027 Book Awards are now open! This year we're looking for teachers within travelling distance of MANCHESTER!
Interested? Follow the link to find out more.
ukla.org/ukla-book-aw...
Thank you, Stephen
23. A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by @sparewriter.bsky.social
Hugely compelling and emotionally intense YA novel from the #BranfordBoase Award longlist about the relationship between two teenagers, each with a secret.
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social
Thank you, CBNN 🙏
In this Northern Highlight, we interview Miranda Moore, an author based in the Scottish Borders. Miranda tells us a bit about her second novel that she has recently been working on. Miranda’s debut YA novel, A Beautiful, Terrible Thing, published earlier this month! Link in bio 📚
Thank you, Sarah 🙏
Picture shows the front cover of the book A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore
Miranda Moore's debut Young Adult novel A Beautiful, Terrible Thing packs an emotional punch.
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Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social
@sparewriter.bsky.social
#MichelleBrackenborough
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Applications for the Reading School Fund are now open!
We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of:
📚Books
📚Reading materials
📚Furnishings for reading spaces
www.readingschools.scot/funding
Sounds brilliant 🙌
Ooh! Fab. 🎭👏
Good work Charlie. Best of luck with the book.
A poster detailing all the many benefits of reading from improved literacy and communication skills, to improved sleep, better mental health and feeling less lonely.
Happy World Literacy Day! 🎉Like any other, a great day to celebrate the magic of reading. 📚✨
You'll be brill. What role are you auditioning for?
Good luck!
Juicy plums! 🍑
Planted plum tree 10y ago 🌳
Years 1-7: zero plums
Year 8: one plum
Year 9: handful of plums
Year 10: 180 or so ripe, juicy Victoria plums! 🍑🍑🍑
Rosehip tea 👌
You could write both? The detective one for sales/income/profile, the literary one for your own soul's satisfaction?
Perfect protein substitute apparently (just been reading that human skin is ~25% protein and, whoda thunk it, cheddar is ~25% protein too)
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out during the Autumn term 2025 and available to buy or preorder in August, September, October, November and December 2025.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
In Thailand, it's already the year 2568 so only 73 mental years to jump! 😉
Yes, archives, museums, libraries 🙌🙏💎
Good lord! My debut book launch at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social seems to be sold out already! Thank you those who have booked – see you on 9 Oct – and apols to anyone who's missed the boat! You can still pre-order the book though 😏
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mir...
Looks fab. Congrats! ✨
Just brilliant 🙌
*****
Oh, this looks brill. Thanks Juliet.
A gem of a book. 💎 Spare and lyrical at the same time. Humanity and wilderness sculpted into just 146 pages. Love an author with the skill and self-control to give the reader only what is essential. Ivar is tremendous. 💛 Sublime.
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 1276:
The secret to writing success is *to make the reader feel something.* It doesn't matter how beautiful your prose is, or how clever your premise is if the reader feels nothing for your characters or your story.
Barga is STUNNING. Love it! 😍
So beautiful to see 😌
Getting spoiled by the dolphins putting on a great show on the Clyde heading to Kilcreggan & Gourock 🐬
Filmed at 11.26am 🎥
#Dolphins #Scotland #StormHour
Very good. Here's another one that also invites reflection (literally).
