Apologies to those who follow me on everything else 😘 This really got me today #inclusivity #neurodivergent #adhd

Congratulations 🥂 @kitdewaal.bsky.social and looking forward to your discussion in N Cotswolds on THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (buy ahaed @borzoibookshop.bsky.social )
with @megster.bsky.social 2pm Thursday 8 May
Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

☺️ thank you! You were amazing to chat to, and your lovely friend!

EL Norry the writer stood outside a bookshop in the sunshine with a lady who has just bought Norry’s latest book Fable House: Heart of fire

A close up of EL Norry’s latest book Fable House: Heart of Fire, and the original Fable House book

So good to meet and chat today @elnorrywriter.bsky.social Thank you ☺️ Can’t wait to read the 2nd Fable House: Heart of Fire 🔥 ❤️#writingcommunity #middlegrade #kidlit #middlegradebooks

Photo of writer Kit de Waal stood with her editor in Waterstones Leamington Spa talking about her new novel, The Best of Everything

Great evening celebrating the launch of The Best of Everything by the brilliant @kitdewaal.bsky.social bring on the joy, get ready to ache too #writingcommunity #kindness #forgiveness #love

A monster of a #worldbookday thanks to Jamie Hammond Usborne and Kenilworth Books #kidlit #childrensbooks #writingcommunity

Apologies to all who have seen this elsewhere! Fab time with @scbwi-bi.bsky.social and Golden Egg Academy friends in Edinburgh at the weekend #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlituk #kidlitchat #ya #childrenswriters #childrensauthors #childrensbooks #kidlit #spooky

@amysparkes.bsky.social great children’s publishing panel last night, thank you! 😊💫

A photo of a baby smiling, with their mum holding up their arms to help them dance

We're delighted to share that we've teamed up with the wonderful Baby Bank Alliance to give out nearly 25,000 resources in almost 100 baby banks across England and Wales.

It's never too early to start sharing books and stories with babies - we hope everyone enjoys the resources ❤️

Wow Helle, how beautiful. Wish I was there! Enjoy 😊

A photo of a parent and child sharing a book together with a quote from Bookstart Coordinator Paul Swift: "Reading together and sharing stories opens up a unique line of communication between parent and child; it creates that bond".

Happy #FamilyDay!

We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading.

Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇

www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

Love our sprints 😊

This is so well deserved!x

The Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlist: Secrets of the Snakestone; Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit; Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces; The Boy in a Suit; Glasgow Boys; For She Is Wrath; Lover Birds; King of Nothing; Dim Sum Palace; The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods; Gina Kaminski Saves the Wolf; and Mountain and Cloud

We're so excited that the shortlist for the @waterstones.bsky.social Children's Book Prize is here!
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25

🤣 Don’t think you qualify as an old man but enjoy the liberating sneezing! Was slightly more awkward during the pandemic 🙈

All mine are like that 😬 I call them old man sneezes (apologies to all the old men). I try to downgrade them, but I think I inherited my sneezes from my Grandpa.

Picture shows photo of author and historian Philippa Gregory with two of her books: Normal Women and it’s brand new teen version. It’s advertising an event at Kenilworth School in South Warwickshire on Mar 5. Contact Kenilworth Books for tickets and Indy

Really looking forward to this! For adults and teens… author and historian Philippa Gregory and Kenilworth Books (see insta/fb/X) are celebrating Normal Women and bringing the missing 900 years of women’s history to South Warwickshire on Mar 5. Tickets from Kenilworth Books #writingcommunity #books

Since the entire world has been sending me the news about the Buffy reboot, here's what I would do if I was in charge. Given that SMG = reprising buffy, 20 years on, I'd want her in charge of/involved in an org of slayers and struggling not to replicate the horrors of the watcher's council.

Read It Forward with Bookshop.org This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.org go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust in February 2025, and EVERY sale supports independent boo...

We are thrilled to announce our Read It Forward ambassadors. A huge thanks to Alexander Armstrong, @serenakpatel.bsky.social, Andy Day, Catherine Rayner and Nadine Aisha Jassat.

10% of ALL our children's book sales in Feb go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social bit.ly/RIFEB25

For Children's Mental Health Week we have a new factsheet for you - Therapeutic Parenting. It's a way of parenting children who have had traumatic early life experiences that shape how they see and experience the world. Read more here: www.adoptionuk.org/factsheets-f...

#SundayMorningBookChat which books have transported you to another country? Or unlocked a different culture or allowed younger readers to see beyond their own four walls?

Kenilworth Books in South Warwickshire! Very active on insta, Twitter and FB

Sounds great! Can’t wait to read! 👻💫

Bright pink and green book cover with two characters holding up weapons to fight zombies.

Heartstopper meets Shaun of the Dead in #PoppyTPerry's debut #YA Dead Real (written and illustrated too!)

Honoured to have read this at an early stage, delighted that @uclanpublishing.bsky.social felt the same.

Please pre-order from www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page... if you can - out July!

I asked a child what their fave book from last year was and their answer was a series that was published about a decade ago. A good reminder that a book is always new to a child who hasn't read it. The constant publishing hustle for novelty has nothing to do with what children want. #KidLitUK

a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble " ALT: a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble "

✨PODCAST ROLL CALL✨
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?

#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.

DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!

Launching 30.04.25

Hi pumpkins!
I’m October & I’m…
📚 Children’s Librarian
✨ Chair of CILIP #YLGSE
📚 GLL Literary Foundation #LiteraryChampion
✨ NLT #LiteracyChampion
📚 Judge for #SparkBookAward25
✨ #FirstChapter 2024 Winner
📚 Spooky Book Blogger
✨ #AroundTheCauldron Podcast Host
& I’m SO enchanted to meet you! 🖤

Ooh will have a google. Thanks Lynden x

I need a new comfort watch. Finished #gilmoregirls, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and #geekgirl. Any recommendations for relatable, similar feel-good vibes I can escape into? #writingcommunity