Outing to Soho to celebrate finishing the WIP. Always a good feeling. Three books in Waterstones and a glass of Prosecco before lunch. Great stuff.

Lovely to visit @akivaschool around #worldbookday2025 this week. The focus was A Boy From Baghdad @greenbeanbooks the kids had fun learning some Arabic. Y5 and Y6. The school studies Saving Hanno in Y6 for guided reading and have bought a set of books for class. Lovely!!

So proud that my shul, Alyth Gardens, held the 12th annual Ifftar last night; featured on BBC London news. Rabbi Hannah and Remona Ali, Writer spoke about Peace and Hope. Good to see our faith groups come together to study, pray, share food. I couldn’t make it this year. Photos from last year.

Children in UK as young as 11 targeted by sextortion criminals, data reveals - an article in the Guardian today. @miriamhalahmy.bsky.social novel Always Here for You tackles this issue. Nominated for the @Carnegie Medal it’s a book for every book shelf and class room.

Hey @ittay78! Your inspiring and important book The Holy and The Broken, A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land which must be shared, is in the house! Everyone should read this book. As you cite in your book, "It is OK to be heartbroken for more than one group of people at the sane time."

I'm an autistic Arab writer. Focusing on middle-grade and nonfiction. My first commissioned book was by @oupprimary.bsky.social for Water Clocks and Robots. Illustrated by Marta Dorado. This book is part of the Readerful series for primary schools all about the founder of robotics, Al-Jazari🤗🤩

Tomorrow is UK Safer Internet Day @uk_sic. My book, Always Here For You, @zuntoldfictionastherapy shows an ordinary teenage girl groomed online by an older man, from the very first contact. Take care. Keep safe. @mmulibrary @onlinesafetyuk @familyonlinesafety @nspcc_official

Great excitement! The Welsh edition of my YA novel Behind Closed Doors @fireflypress has arrived and it looks amazing. Huge thanks to @graffegbooks. Fifteen year olds Josie and Tasha are neighbours, not friends. When their mums let them down they become unlikely allies in a battle to survive.

It is the wonderful Stepping Into Stories LitFest. So exciting! Tuesday I have a webinar on The Bronte Girl @zuntoldbooks My Power Point is lined up and a lot of schools have booked. Then on Tuesday I'm speaking to Y5/6, Lyndhurst School, Camberwell on A Boy From Baghdad @green_bean_books.

I was invited to Lewes Sussex for Holocaust Memorial Day to run a family events. It was a memorable day. Great feedback. "We are so grateful for your talk and workshop...amazing - such an engaging way of commemorating this period in history and encouraging everyone to reflect and be creative."

Great literary lunch today at The British Library friends and writers of children's historical fiction. Penny Speller, Julie Sullivan and Julia Newsome. Julie and I also visited the exhibition Medieval Women in Their Own Words. Amazing exhibits. Thoroughly recommend. Now I have new books to read!

So excited that the lovely Welsh publisher @graffegbooks.bsky.social will be publishing the Welsh edition of my YA novel Behind Closed Doors @fireflypress February 2025. It won 2019 @manmetuni student giveaway "clear and popular choice." #welshbooks #welshbookstagrammers #bookcommunity #yabooks

Very excited about the wonderful Welsh edition of my YA book Behind Closed Doors will come out February 2025.

Finished my first crochet project. A blanket for my grandson's toy dog, Hanno, named after the dog in my book Saving Hanno @otterbarrybooks illustrated by @karinlittlewood #crochet @jeaneandress Knitting & Crochet Guild

Hi @jennyalexander.bsky.social ! Welcome to BlueSky. Xx

Seventh night Chanukah. Grandboys sleeping over for NYE. Went to a panto and then for burgers. Drove home thru Finchley and Golders Green spotting Chanukiahs lit in windows. Happy New Year everyone. Let's hope the hostages are released and Peace breaks out everywhere.

Wishing everyone Happy Chanukah. Happy Christmas. Happy Holidays. And a Peaceful New Year to all Life on Earth 🌎

I had a lovely literary lunch in Cambridge yesterday with the wonderful and inspiring @adelegeras . We had a delish Italian lunch, put the world to rights and Adele was so encouraging about my WIP that I wrote all the way back to London on the train #writing #writingcommunity #writinginspiration

My new project. Cushion cover tapestry. I'm doing half cross stitch and really loving it. Haven't done anything like this before.

Wrote 800 words of Chapter 12 today. The last 6 words lit a fire. My characters talked away in my head for the rest of the day #whyIwrite

Wonderful Iraqi brunch with amazing artist, cook and writer, @lindadangoorcreativeliving and husband Frank. The food was amazing. Salad with amba (mango pickle) Reminded me of my mother in law. Silan with tahini, foul and egg and so much more.

The UK Pupil Library Assistant of the Year Awards Committee is looking for a Social Media Volunteer. For more information, click on the link below: libpupilaward.wixsite.com/home/single-... @cilip.bsky.social @cilipslg.bsky.social

Happy #BookWeekScotland everyone! If you’re in Scotland you can find bookish events near you on the Scottish Book Trust website: www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc... I will also try and share some of my recent favourite Scottish kids books over the week. #UKKidLit #BookSky

I love the Starter Packs Blueskyers.

It looks like Bluesky is winning in my books. So much interaction. Reminds me of the olden days on Twitter. Threads is nowhere by comparison. So you're stuck with me folks! I'm reading, liking, reposting, following and posting. That's more like it!!

Possible new author photo in Golders Hill Park today, taken by big grandson and ...um... touched up by him too. Responses on a postage stamp please ☺️ ☺️ ☺️

Driving back from Edgware and seeing family. Dark before five and a full moon in the sky the whole way. A Badger moon tonight apparently. It would look amazing off Hayling beach.

They'll love you.

So I'm definitely in the right place after leaving X. Look forward to engaging with everyone's posts. I write MG and Teen contemporary and historical fiction on some of the most challenging issues. Latest book, The Bronte Girl @Zuntoldbooks.

There seems to be a sudden rise in people leaving X and coming over here. So will this or Threads be the new platform for writers and anyone involved with books?

Very excited to reveal the cover of my next book The Brontë Girl, Zuntold Books, March 2024. Set in Haworth 1847. "A clever and insightful slant on the Brontës." Sharon Wright, author, Mother of the Brontës.

For #historicalfiction #writers, this is a great convention, full of craft and marketing topics tailored to the genre. I'm going to be talking about making and using book trailers: they're fun and they work! Affiliate link below. See you there! thehistoryquill.com/convention-2...

@melissaaddey.bsky.social Hi Melissa. Good to meet you know Simon's Zoom this evening. Thanks for # tip. Look forward to reading your posts.

@christinacourtenay.bsky.social Love chocolate too!!

The offer is live. 99p/99c Marcus Guintoli is waiting for you. Proud legionary of Rome but not having a great time in Britannia! Find out how he gets on in mybook.to/WallofStone #BooksWorthReading #KindleDeal #RomanEmpire

Beautiful!!

Don't forget we're open to submissions to all writers until the end of Saturday! (And we're open an extra week for BIPOC-identifying writers.) Learn more at: adamant.moksha.io/publication/...

Our English #teachers had a fantastic creative writing CPD session with author and #bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social ! More details here! rontuliteraryservice.com #teamenglish #creativewriting

Safety is core to social media. Transparency is essential to building trust in moderation efforts, and the data we are providing here is a first step towards full transparency reports. We hope this provides some visibility, and we intend to deliver more granular data and reporting in the future.

Wonderful comment from the wonderful Annie Everall for my MG book A Boy From Baghdad. Schools, book festivals...I'm taking bookings now if you would like an author event. More info on my website www.miriamhalahmy.com

Within our schools, librarians may feel like we are alone. But each of us is a star the brings light to those around us. And when we reach out to each other, we can form amazing constellations.

Just took a peek at my reader reviews on Amazon and came across these two for THE PLESIOSAUR'S NECK which put a smile on my face. 🙂 If you've enjoyed a book recently, do consider leaving a review for it. You could make the author or illustrator's day.

Today's review...'The Shape of Rainbows' by Neal Zetter, illustrated by Will Hughes. Full of the love of language and word play! www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-shape-of-rainbows

I'm off to Folly Farm in Somerset this weekend for my first writing retreat of the year. I'm 30,000 words into a new novel and I always write in Retreat. Looking forward to meeting my SAS fellow writers @alexenglishauthor.bsky.social @pennyjoelson.bsky.social

Beach huts. Hayling Island. Might get the paints out. Love the colours and the sky.

Hey #WritingCommunity How about following the writers below. @iainaire.bsky.social @dawn30.bsky.social @carolbevitt.bsky.social @emkellwrites.bsky.social @antwancrump.bsky.social @devonellington.bsky.social @miriamhalahmy.bsky.social @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social

A treasure trove of reading and writing for pleasure research from Open University ourfp.org/publications/ #SchoolLibraries #ReadingCulture

Good Morning 😊 #dailyreadingexcuses 📚💙 #SaturdayVibes #weekendmood

Congratulations @miriamhalahmy.bsky.social ! #kidlit

A new episode of my #school #library podcast is up: #DungeonsandDragons Note Taking Tips to Make Your Game More Engaging! portablemagicdispenser.buzzsprout.com/1838355/142421…#dndn#greatschoollibrariese#edutwittere#librarytwittere#ttrpgp#ttrpgpodcastst