Great review here by @alastairc.com of MURDER AT CHRISTMAS by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social It’s my current read and a hugely entertaining and festive middle grade murder mystery. 🎄🎁

This week #IAmReading Helen Peters' latest, A REINDEER CALLED JOY – a perfect easy-read book for any young animal lovers, with lovely illustrations from Ellie Snowdon! Read more 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading... @nosycrow.bsky.social @helenpeters.bsky.social #KidLitUk #EllieSnowdon

And now I really want to go on a writing retreat! Lovely blog post here by @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social about Gladstone’s Library, which sounds glorious. A Room of One's Own: Sarah Todd Taylor crime.cymru/2025/11/14/a...

Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction

Here’s my first video from the Paula Grows Authors series - How to create a superhero character! Hints and tips on story writing for kids aged 6-11 youtu.be/EnBofthetSs?...

Thank you so much, @seasidereader.bsky.social for this lovely, thoughtful review of Anna at War. And especially for mentioning my books in the same sentence as those by my heroines Noel Streatfeild, Joan Lingard and KM Peyton! 😍

🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦‍⬛ 👉 alastairc.com/events/20251... @nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven

I’ll be at Guildford Book Festival this Sunday, 14th September, talking about the real-life inspirations for my WW2 novel ANNA AT WAR. And, inspired by Anna’s story, we’ll attempt to solve a previously unseen MI5 cold case from WW2! Suitable for ages 8+. Tickets at guildfordbookfestival.co.uk

This article - shorturl.at/87a8G - explains the many reasons why pre-ordering a book ahead of publication is SO important for authors, but there's another reason why you really need to pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. It will give you more time to hide from the Itter... linktr.ee/fearfiles

I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...

Hello parents! Join me this Monday 18th, 10:30am for a FREE #EdBookFringe storytime event at @argonautbooks.bsky.social, featuring Cordelia the lovely – but *very* silly – Sausage Dog… #OneSillySausageDog @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #KidLitUk #Edinburgh alastairc.com/events/20250...

A fabulous, short sci-fi story with some important messages about toxic masculinity and the abuse of power, #Blitzers by @alastairc.com, illustrated by Francesca Ficorilli, is out now for 9+ readers from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social 🤖 #KidlitUK worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/b...

For the final 24 hours of the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social has generously offered a price reduction on her MS Critiques! €100 off both the 30k and 15k word Critiques - bargain! Grab yours at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine @rurooie.bsky.social

Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit

1/ Two stars of the Irish KidLit scene, @sineadohart.bsky.social & @rurooie.bsky.social have set up a fundraiser for Gaza - and so many authors, illustrators and book-y organisations have donated books, gifts and workshops to the cause - Medical Aid for Palestinians…

🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨 Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖 👉 alastairc.com/events/20250... #KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

This looks so much fun!! Congratulations @sineadohart.bsky.social 🎉

Last chance to book! ⬇️ Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve! Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case! Ages 7 up. Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6 @nosycrow.bsky.social

Teachers! This Thursday I will be running a LOKI CLASS SET GIVEAWAY on my newletter. Sign up to be in with a chance! louiestowell.substack.com#Edusky #KidlitUK

📢SUMMER SALE ALERT!📢 Stock up on bite-size reads for the school holidays with 20% off ALL our books when you enter SUMMER20 at checkout!* Running until 31/07. For help finding the right book for your young reader, check out our summer booklist: bit.ly/3Gq45vF *Excludes packs

Another exciting WW2 read with an unlikely friendship at its heart and the highest of stakes! Lots of real history woven in too. Thank you @helenpeters.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

twitter.com/barnetlibrar... Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12th July, where we’ll be solving a WW2 cold case together and I’ll talk about the inspirations for my WW2 mystery novel, Friends and Traitors. It would be lovely to see you there xx

I will be at Barnes festival NEXT SUNDAY! Come see me and Loki! Tickets here! www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext... #KidLitUK @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

If you're in the Milngavie and Glasgow area, don't miss this! @alastairc.com is not only an excellent writer of brilliant stories, but a great and fun speaker, too. This event sounds so much fun! #KidLitUK

Hello #Milngavie and #Glasgow folk – help celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek at #Daydreams books on 16th June! I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more! @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK alastairc.com/events/20250...

Only two weeks until ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO is published by @nosycrow.bsky.social and I'm delighted to reveal the @waterstones.bsky.social Exclusive Edition is now available to pre-order! Sprayed edges, author Q&A and an exclusive guide to the world of The Escape. shorturl.at/pzz8i

HAPPY PUB DAY to this most WONDERFUL and WELCOMING and DOUGHNUT-FILLED of books! And congratulations to lovely @krahim.bsky.social who brought it to @nosycrow.bsky.social for us all to fall in love with! 🍩

I loved chatting to the brilliant @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social in this podcast episode. Listen and discover why an obsession with The Archers is the best possible training for writers.

Saturday June 21st is the inaugural Discover Children's Books Symposium, a collaboration between @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social and @dculibrary.bsky.social. If you're a kidlit fan, come join us! More info and tix: www.eventbrite.ie/e/discover-i...

I'll be at @ilfdublin.bsky.social this May! 16th May I'll be talking about finding inspiration in myth, folklore, West Cork, and rain 17th May myself and @sineadohart.bsky.social are doing a LIVE Storyshaped podcast with @kieranlarwood.bsky.social Booking links here: linktr.ee/susancahillw...

Book birthday! The Bear and the Hare and the Fair launches today! Hare wants to go to the Fair but Bear doesn't. Will they go? Of course they will! #KidLitUK #pb #primary @ambercaraveo.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social Illustrated by the amazing Matt Hunt!

It looks gorgeous, Sinéad! Huge congratulations on your publication day 🎉🎉

Launch day for I AM RAVEN, Caw! Caw! 🐦‍⬛📚 It's the sequel to I AM WOLF, following Brann as she searchs for her lost Raven family. More world, more action, a big villain reveal – and a secret that may destroy Brann… alastairc.com/blog/2025041... @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUK #IAmRaven #IAmWolf

ICYMI yesterday: it was Storyshaped day again, and this week we spoke to the brilliant @helenpeters.bsky.social all about the stories that have shaped her. Got yer wellies? Come on! shows.acast.com/storyshaped/...

Another top entry from @jonnybid.bsky.social in the Union magazine. I always read Survivors as part of transition and it always goes down a storm. Even the boy who fainted one year still loved the book!

In February, @bookshop-org.bsky.social will donate 10% of their children's book sales to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust to fund reading support for disadvantaged families across the UK. 📚 Support your local bookshops by shopping our exciting new titles on ow.ly/Nm7w50UR4bU today! #ReadItForward

*IT’S BOOK BIRTHDAY O’CLOCK!!* #WorldOfWanda is a story of backpacking, homesickness, #ADHD and secret families, and it’s out today! Me and my PA Bonnie popped into our local Pickled Pepper Bookshop to sign copies and celebrate… 🎉📕 @uclanpublishing.bsky.social @theagencybooks.bsky.social

UK writers: if you haven't yet responded to the government's AI consultation (& don't feel like giving away your copyright), the @alcs-uk.bsky.social have produced some really helpful advice ⤵️ www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

Very much looking forward to talking all things Wanda next Tuesday, Emma! #WorldOfWanda #ukteenchat #MG #ADHD

World of Wanda by the brilliant @karenmccombie.bsky.social is out TOMORROW! I’ve been lucky enough to read the blurb on Karen’s own copy and it looks FABULOUS. I’m going to be dashing to a bookshop to buy it. Do the same! 🎉📚

Swoopy do! The Bear and the Hare are at the Fair! Pb's take ages so I've been wishing the time away until Matt Hunt's fabulous illustrations can be revealed in all their technicolor glory! Out in May but you can always pre-order! #PB #primary #librarians Big thanks to the Crows and Amber Caraveo!

Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/

Go me and my skills. I’ve made a #UKKidLit starter pack for anyone looking to find the kids book chat community on here. Hope it helps. #KidsBooks #KidLitUK #BookChat go.bsky.app/LEQd4SR

Just added the excellent @karenmccombie.bsky.social to this starter pack. #kidlituk go.bsky.app/V2ynqEL

Feeling the need for some literary chocolate rather than all the sweet stuff lurking in the cupboard? check this out. Next month. Come and join us! www.waterstones.com/events/myste...

If you’d like to listen to a meandering podcast about children’s literature, it is here. Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I chat about 2024 in kids books and generally waffle on: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

If you're looking for helpful reviews of children's books, the @justimaginecentre.bsky.social team do an amazing job. Over 600 reviews posted during 2024. Well-written and can be found by theme, genre, subject or age. Highly recommended. justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...