Day 2 of our #AuthorCheerleaders advent calendar features the gorgeous Love Who You Are by Imelda Summerton West, who just so happens to be here on Saturday. What a coincidence!
#AuthorCheerleaders
It's December, so each day we're going to open a door on our #AuthorCheerleaders advent calendar to recommend a perfect stocking filler. Today's door reveals this festive favourite by the wonderful Jude Lennon, who is herself a very supportive Author Cheerleader
Today's #AuthorCheerleaders celebrates @swapnahaddow.bsky.social. We love Dave the Pigeon, Bad Panda and Swapna's fabulous picture books and you will too if you give them a go!
Today's #Authorcheerleaders features @klnewberybooks.bsky.social. We love his Last Firefox series and we're sure you will too. Highly recommended
Today's #AuthorCheerleaders features @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social who has written a whole range of superb children's books. It's hard to pick a favourite but The Titanic Detective Agency and Ice Cream Boy are both great places to start
Our #AuthorCheerleaders today features @paulmagrs.bsky.social, author, artist and all round top bloke. We loved his Doctor Who books, but then discovered his Brenda and Effie series, his hilarious parodies and his novels. He is a talent who deserves wider recognition
First #Authorcheerleaders of the week celebrates @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social. We love Smriti's delightful books, especially Bear and Squirrel (and Chicken!) If you want to know what a warm hug from a book feels like, give them a go!
Today's #Authorcheerleaders salutes @melliver.bsky.social , a rising star in the YA fantasy romance firmament. If you're looking for dystopian fiction with a large helping of romance, give her a follow - you'll love her books as much as we do!
Our first #AuthorCheerleaders here features @camcauthor.bsky.social. If you haven't read Call Me Lion, you should. It is a sensitive, informative and thoroughly beautiful book. It highlights selective mutism, a condition which is rarely written about, with empathy and love. A superb book
Some of the authors we have been #Authorcheerleaders for include
@racheldelahaye.bsky.social
@lizhedgecock.bsky.social
@clarehelenwelsh.bsky.social
@ramseycampbell.bsky.social
@amdassu.bsky.social
@ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social
And many others who aren't here yet. They're all worth a follow!
Over on the other place, we started a hashtag #Authorcheerleaders, with which we recommend an author a day and encourage everyone else to do the same. I've got to say, very few people joined in, so we're going to give it a go here