Really looking forward to reading this beautiful proof of #birdlands by the inimitable #anthonymcgowan @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

Screenshot of review from the Irish Examiner. Reviewing Murder at Christmas, Ice Dancer, Tír na nÓg, and Enchanted Ireland. Major picture of me.

Really delighted to be sent a review of #MurderatChristmas in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social It's alongside @alexcotter.bsky.social 's brilliant Ice Dancer - so if you're looking for a couple of Christmas reads for the 8-12s in your lives, look no further.
#Ukkidlit #Kidlituk

Ooh - Loki fans check out this exciting news!!!!

Loved reading 'The Doughnut club' by @krahim.bsky.social Heartfelt and heartwarming tale of donor conception, family love and finding out who you really are! Just lovely! @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social

Thanks so much, Catherine. A really lovely review of RUNNING MY OWN RACE🙏🏽

A four person selfie taken outside the Raven Pub in Bath. Evening light.

Four crows hanging out at our Raven outpost in Bath. Fab to meet you @alastairc.com and to catch up with both @alexcotter.bsky.social and @catherinebruton.bsky.social who considering we live in the same valley I never actually see!
@nosycrow.bsky.social

Catherine Bruton wins School Library Book Award Catherine Bruton's 'Bird Boy' wins at the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership Book Awards, chosen by student panels for its moving story.

Huge congrats to @catherinebruton.bsky.social #birdboy

@hannahprutton.bsky.social @eyesab2.bsky.social I adored this book so much! I fell in love with the narrator and I love the way it tackles difficult issues but with a core of love running through it! Just beautiful!

@eyesab2.bsky.social Today's read is the gorgeous 'Running My Own Race' by I totally fell in love with the narrator! Such a beautiful, heartwarming story which tackles big issues and celebrates family, friendship and following your dreams! @NosyCrow @zoegriffiths12

I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy Bird Boy or No Ballet Shoes in Syria during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bird-b… @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social

Thank you for reading AARTI and so happy you enjoyed it!

@robbiddulph.bsky.social and I inside the gates at Buckingham Palace today just before making our way to celebrate the incredible young winners of the Queen’s Essay Competition 2024! Truly blown away by the entries!

Fabulous shout-out for @catherinebruton.bsky.social on Today by @joannanadin.bsky.social being AWESOME, articulate, persuasive and fair about how ghosts should and can get acknowledgment for writing for celebrities. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Photograph of author Catherine Bruton. Her book Bird Boy is shortlisted for the children's category of the Nero Book Awards. She has long dark hair and is smiling into the camera.

Part of the cover of Bird Boy by Catherine Bruton which is shortlisted for the children's category of the Nero Book Awards. You can see the title plus illustration of a young boy holding a bird of prey on his wrist. The book is one of many reviewed on the Books for Keeps website and there is also a new interview with author Catherine Bruton.

We're delighted to be interviewing the four authors shortlisted for the children's category of the Nero Book Awards. Up now, @catherinebruton.bsky.social talks to @joyisreading.bsky.social about her moving & powerful story, BIRD BOY 🌟#KidLit @nosycrow.bsky.social
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Cover of Bird Boy by Oriol Vidal

Cover of Shadowhall Academy by Keith Robinson

Cover of I Am Wolf by Karítas Gunnarsdóttir

Cover of Fallout by David Dean

Bird Boy @catherinebruton.bsky.social @oriolvidal.bsky.social
@nosycrow.bsky.social
Fallout @lesleyparr.bsky.social
@daviddean-illus.bsky.social
@kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
I Am Wolf @alastairc.com
Shadowhall Academy @hickesy.bsky.social @keithrobinson.bsky.social #Usborne

Aw thankyou! Wonderful to see Bird Boy in such great company!

Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald Eddy, Eddy by Kate de Goldi Orbiting Jupiter & Jupiter Rising by Gary D Schmidt Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss Birdie by J. P. Rose King of Nothing by Nathanael Lessore Finding Phoebe by Gavin Extence Bird Boy by Catherine Bruton

Happy new year! In 2024, I read 232 books (lots of them very short). These were my favourite children's and YA books, all of which will be enjoyed by adults as well as younger readers.
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We're interviewing all the authors shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children's Prize. First up, Patrick Ness talks about his daring and unpredictable comic fantasy CHRONICLES OF A LIZARD NOBODY 🦎#KidLit @patricknessbooks.bsky.social
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Doorstep Library Shared Reading Project Literacy creates transformational opportunities. It empowers young people to create the future they deserve by developing the skills they need …

I came across this bookish fundraiser on insta - can you chuck in a few quid? It will be matched as part of something called the Big Give. The project funds volunteer readers with families (so, a complement to Beanstalk at school)! #KidLitUK donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

The wonderful author - and person I like very much - @celiarees.bsky.social has joined BlueSky. Give her a follow.

Ooh great giveaway here from the Queen of cozy crime! @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social

Sample of "Bird Boy" by Catherine Bruton Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children’s Fiction

'Bird Boy' by @catherinebruton.bsky.social

A story of migration, conservation, healing and hope as a grieving boy forms an unbreakable bond with an injured bird (@nosycrow.bsky.social)

📖 book sample
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Three books published by Nosy Crow. Murder at Wintertide, Murder in Midwinter and Murder at Snowfall. They aren't a series. Different protagonists in each one.

I'm going to try a Bluesky giveaway.
Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds.
One winner, UK only.
To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit

OK miss me with the bullshit that writers are ONLY on social media to sell books.

We're also humans who have pets and gardens and baked goods and pancakes that improbably come out of the pan looking like goats.

Where else are we supposed to talk about those things? Just stand outside and yell??

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

Aw thankyou! Hope you enjoy it!!!

Lovely and surreal and lovely all over again! So pleased for you!

2024 Nero book awards shortlist announced to celebrate ‘extraordinary writing talent’ The second run of the UK/Irish awards covers adult and children’s fiction, debut novels and nonfiction, with tales that stretch from surreal expeditions to lost sailors and schoolboy lizards

The 2024 Nero Book Awards shortlist has been announced! There are some fantastic titles across the four categories and great to see shop favourite Ferdia Lennon on the Debut Fiction list with his wonderful debut GLORIOUS EXPLOITS! www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

Decorative graphic showing the spines of the four books that make up the 2024 Children's Fiction Shortlist, Nero Book Awards Bird Boy by Catherine Bruton, Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness, How to Survive a Horror Movie by Scarlett Dunmore and The Twelve by Liz Hyder.

Congratulations to Catherine Bruton, Patrick Ness & Tim Miller, Scarlett Dunmore, and Liz Hyder & Tom De Freston, shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards and three cheers for awards that consider #childrenbooks alongside books for adults 👏 #KidLit

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HOME - Nero Book Awards Celebrating outstanding writing by authors living in the UK and Ireland, these awards list the best books of the year.

The shortlists for the Nero Book Awards have been announced. There are some fantastic titles
#NeroBookAwards #Booksky

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