Once again I'd like to wave to the #WritingComminity, #KitLit, #YALC #WriteSky #Indie #SelfPub people of Bluesky and say, Hi! I'm a professional children's book editor really trying hard at getting into this whole freelance thing, and you can hire me on Reedsy! reedsy.com/claire-rose
Fantastic to see this great THESE SHATTERED SPIRES backdrop at the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social stand at #YALC this past weekend!
@cesalter.com’s novel is due out in March 2026!
A photo of two tote bags, one pink with the logo of ‘the locked library’ and one black with ‘30 years of voyager’. In-between the bags are eight books - Sky in the Deep, Moon Stone, The Last Tiger, Summer Wars, The River Drags her Down, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn, Morgan is my Name and To Steal a Throne. There are also four bookmarks and a number of stickers scattered between the books.
So here’s the final haul from #Yalc. I managed to restrain myself to just 8 (😅) incredible looking books, so expect to see them cropping up in the #bookjourney from now on (though I will try to mix it up with some tougher genres / non-fiction) #BookHaul #BookWorm
Immense fun playing Werewolf, led by @ajclack.bsky.social at #YALC, even if I was wrongfully accused of being a werewolf! It all got very Celeb Traitors by the end.
A photo of a pinkish-grey rock with the word ‘proof’ written on it with a heart. It is balanced on Sophie Keeton’s Morgan in my Name. More books can be seen in the background.
Guess who won a free proof! (It’s not the book in the pic, I just needed somewhere to balance my victory rock) #YALC #Books #BlueskyBooks #BookWorm
A photo of a large white sign letters spelling YALC. Behind is a background of a drawn London skyline.
Coming February 2026, The Boy From Elsewhere by @kestr.al is a book filled with queer joy, Strong role models, and a gripping story that transcends reality itself.
You can find Kestral this weekend at #YALC #YALCuk to find out more!
If anyone else is at YALC this weekend, you might see me having an internal battle with myself as I fight the urge—need, it’s a need!—to buy new books. 📚
#yalc #amreading #booksbooksbooks #sendhelp #BookSky #Readerlife
It’s #Yalc day so I apologize I’m advance for how obnoxious I’m presumably about to become.
Home after setting up ready for #LondonComicConWinter this weekend! Extra excited for this as will be seeing lots of lovely people and writer friends who will be there for #YALC 🥳
If you’re attending, please come say hi, and check out my #books. I’ve got some bundle offers happening this time 😁
As if #YALC wasn’t about to put enough strain on my bank account (and my bookcases) one of my coworkers just figured out how we access the 50% staff discount on books @ work. My life is about to become so rich (in books) and so poor (in the money I need to live) #Booksky #LifeOfABookworm
Is anyone else counting down the days til #YALC because it is less than a week now and I am buzzing! (The no new books oath will be suspended day of for all the beautiful, beautiful fantasy I expect to find there)
The news is out! My official book launch for my debut novel, How NOT To Kiss A Prince, will be at YALC in London on Saturday 15th November!
Comes and say hi! #YALC #booksky #writingcommunity
So, confession, I’m a little embarrassed by how long it took to get to #JackOfThorns. I met the author at #Yalc a couple of years ago and they were really nice, we had a good chat and they were kind enough to sign my copy. I went home super stoked to read it….
So pleased to see Asli Jensen on the line-up for the retellings panel at #YALC this November, with her Romeo & Juliet inspired modern day romance, #LoveOnSight @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Book now! 👉 bit.ly/4k69XrJ
Well, #BookSky, this was excellent! One of my #YALC purchases last year, because everyone was raving about it – and they were right. Think 'Shaun of the Dead' with mutant animals instead of zombies, laugh-out-loud writing, and a F/F end-of-the-world romance. Five shiny stars from me! 😀
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My free spoils from a brilliant #YALC rather belatedly. With thanks to Usborne and @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social! I'm particularly excited about #NeedyLittleThings.
It's my #YALC book pile! I wasn't joking about taking a wheelie case to carry my #books, and this one was the perfect size! 16 books in the photo, plus two more bought as gifts (shhhhh!). I think I did OK! 😊
My #TBR pile is officially a skyscraper, but look at all my lovely new reading choices!📚
This weekend marked my first #YALC as a published author. I had the best time on the 10 Years of YALC panel, and hosting a full friendship bracelet making workshop! Thank you to everyone who came to get a book signed too, and brought me Eras themed gifts and more bracelets! Adore you! 💜🐍
This week I will be heavily focused on editing book two. The aim is to get it to my editor by this time next week! ☺️🤞
#londoncomiccon #yalc #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mondaymotivation #indie #books #fyncarter #fyncarterandtheagentsoferomlos
It’s the day after #LondonComicConWinter and #YALC. I travelled away to a writing retreat last night (so needed a morning to catch up on myself) but a big thank you to the amazing book community and readers, writing friends etc. It was fab to see so many of you over the weekend! I am so grateful.
Spent Saturday at YALC left happy and exhausted, having met so many wonderful readers and publishing people!
#YALC #rocktheboat
Great day at #YALC on Saturday - the amazing Young Adult Literature Convention set up by the inspiring #malorieblackman Panels I went to were ace - especially this one on thrillers starring #aliclack, @holly1992.bsky.social and the incredibly prolific planner not pantser, Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Signed all the books, hugged all the writers, had all the fun. Come with me to YALC 2024! #yalc #youngadultliteraryconvention #melissawelliver #dystopianbooks #youngadult #london #olympia #ukya #authorlife #authortok #booktok
