Petition: Make school libraries statutory in all secondary schools We think all secondary schools should have a school library with a dedicated full-time librarian, and that this needs to be compulsory for all secondary schools and not simply an optional "bolt-on" de...

Dear #booksky and #kidlituk #authors #illustrators this is a petition started by Paul of Excelsior comic awards to make school libraries statutory in secondary schools. It needs 10k signatures. Please sign 🙏

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Love Jo Simmons! And Robert Muchamore’s Robin Hood series with Hot Key too 💜

a man wearing a hat and a tank top is standing in front of a body of water ALT: a man wearing a hat and a tank top is standing in front of a body of water

Happy 10th anniversary!

Absolutely love this ❤️‍🔥Sharing with my kids

I see what you did there 😂

The Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's Library Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.

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So completely chuffed to have a brilliant review in the @scotnational.bsky.social for #MurderatChristmas
I can't link to it but delighted to say that they think it's a "Young Adult Murder mystery that serves as a perfect introduction to the genre." I'll take that!

Share Michael Rosen's Manifesto for Reading with pupils, parents and colleagues - expert tips to spark a love of reading in young people 📚
www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose...

Yes! I have a teen who loves alternative music and clothes, and wants to dye her hair and pierce her nose. I think the only difference from my generation is that they’re sharing Spotify playlists now instead of making each other mix tapes 😂🤘

Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster 🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...

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Really sorry to hear this Eve. Everything you achieved with Quindrie was impressive and best wishes for everything that comes next!

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We’re excited to announce that next year’s National Flash Fiction Day will be Saturday 13 June.

The book I’m querying starts on 10th November - the date I decided to follow the idea. Whatever does or doesn’t happen with the queries, I’ve absolutely loved my year with this book ✨

Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill

😂 brilliant work. I’m imagining all the weighing hands actions when they see this.

Not meaning to overlook the amazing YouTubers who promote books already - They are gold! Thinking of the gaming icons specifically and the impact a few mentions from them would have.

Definitely Kpop demon hunters and seconding the YouTuber mentions. If popular YouTubers promoted reading as well as gaming it’d do for MG what BookTok did for YA.

November is for reading or: a month of sheer luxurious intellectual pleasure

I am trying something in November. National novel-reading month, basically. It is the PERFECT month for reading (at least in the Western hemisphere).

naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...

Artist loves baggy, low-slung jeans?

Congratulations Giles, these are wonderful 🥰

Tilly listening to Temple of the Dog? She looks excellent in flannel 💜

I have nothing useful to reply with but can’t pass a nostalgia advert with Partridge quote and not applaud it. Back of the net!

We’re all poorer because of the pandemic and wars and immigration* and there are far fewer billionaires now for the same reason.

Wait, billionaire wealth surged last year*?

www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

*hmmm

I hope 14 is feeling triumphant - this is brilliant!! As should you, raising this lad 👏🏻

Yup. Can you imagine having that much and not feeling morally compelled to share with others? Deserving others too, not like buying social media for evil overlords.

The clocks changed for winter and I woke to a new hankering for slipper wearing, eating roast dinners and drinking mulled wine. Hbu?

Wait a second, so Frankenstein:

• Is immortal
• Sneaks into houses at night
• Sometimes leaves gifts for nice people
• Lives in the North Pole

🤔

Well done Nnedi! There’s something friendly and curious about jumping spiders isn’t there - they’re like the kittens of arachnids.

It's all downhill for philosophy! HISTORIAN Greg Jenner had a useful suggestion for utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham's preserved body. "I asked [its curator] whether it'd allow for maximum happiness if we could put Bentham in a bobsleigh and push him down the hill at the Winter Olympics," Jenner tells us, as Bentham argued for maximising happiness for the most people. But Jenner, host of the You're Dead to Me podcast, says his suggestion was met by "disappointment and genuine alarm". Happiness minimised.

Scrolling through my 5,000 photos on my phone, trying to organise them into albums, and stumbled on this important piece of journalism from 2022 🤣🤣🤣