A fabulous adventure set in 1944, Operation Doodlebug by @tiafisher.bsky.social tells the story of Stan, who searches for his missing dad after finding a piece of shrapnel that hides a secret. Out 05/11 for 9+ from @piccadilly-press.bsky.social worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/o...

Just finished this absolutely superb YA verse novel by @tiafisher.bsky.social about teenage pregnancy, which seals with some very heavy themes (sex, consent, LGBTQ+, bullying) in such a brilliant way. Massively recommend for older teens! 📚👍

I watched a fantastic adaptation of Crossing the Line by @tiafisher.bsky.social last night, a book which tackles the growing County Lines crisis. In the Q&A session afterwards, I was delighted to learn that the team are now planning to take it into secondary schools across the country.

Thanks, Eve! I’m beyond thrilled 🥳 😄

What lovely company to be in! 😊 in return, can I say that yours was one of my favourite reviews of Not Going to Plan ? Thank you!

Loving this. 🔥 Thank you @lovereading4kids.bsky.social ! www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781471... I'm so happy you made it a star book! ⭐ Thank you @hotkeybooks.bsky.social for making this happen.

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IT'S A WRAP! Or nearly.... Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁 To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘

❤📣🔥📙 The audio book of Not Going to Plan is available on BookBeat, Spotify, Audible, Apple, Google Play Books, XigXag, Audiobooks.com, Kobo, and FREE 😊 via libraries on the BorrowBox app. ENJOY! 💿 youtu.be/HnXubIlZOaQ

Thank you so much, Linda! I’m really thrilled you enjoyed Marnie and Zed’s story. 📕🌈 <Sighs happily> Heads-up, folks - from such a world expert on verse novels, that’s like getting a Michelin star! ⭐ 🥰 @evewhiteagency.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social #skybrarians

I’m very excited that our new podcast The Ten Minute Book Club, is now up! Our first episode features Pablo and Splash by @sheenadempsey.bsky.social Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts! glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

🙏🏻Yay @irishexaminer.bsky.social on my new YA verse: ⭐"Fisher’s groundbreaking book handles multiple big subjects with delicacy, care, and respect for her audience. Certain to spark essential conversations around stealthing, consent, and unplanned pregnancies." Was my plan! 😍 #Skybrarians

TEACHERS OF BLUESKY! If you're planning right now, why not save some time? www.tiafisher.com/resources #readingforpleasure #ukya #backtoschool #teacherswhoread #librarians #literacy #ks3 #ks4 #Carnegie #teachers

Lots of chatting by the YA campfire 🔥 about #CrossingtheLine and #NotGoingtoPlan 😍 Thank you so much for inviting me to toast my feet, @campyafest.bsky.social!

Congratulations @tiafisher.bsky.social! #Skybrarians, take advantage of this #giveaway for the brilliant YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN. It's the perfect #BackToSchool addition to your school library catalogue. [ #booksky 📚💙 #edusky #WritingCommunity #YA]

👂Do your ears a favour ... 🎙️ The Audible of NOT GOING TO PLAN is wonderful. 😍 www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Not-... Charlie Bateman has nerdy Zed to a loveable tee, and Imogen Front is brilliant as the creative, impulsive, spiky Marnie. Have a listen! @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

😍 Hip hoorah, it's publication day! 🤗 If you've read NOT GOING TO PLAN, PLEASE take a moment to leave an honest review on Amazon (or other booksellers' websites) and GoodReads. I can't tell you how much this helps an author - the books are a bit invisible otherwise.

🔥YAY! It’s publication day!📚 And I’m giving away one copy to a UK school or library. Just post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. I’ll draw a winner on 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘

Just one day away from publication of NOT GOING TO PLAN, my new YA verse novel! 😍 📢Here's a blog about the narrators, Marnie and Zed. It doesn't get more personal than this . . . unitedbypop.com/books/author... #ukteen #ukya #abortionrights #lgbtqia+#readingforpleasure @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

👀 Look, teachers! 👀 This 17-week Scheme of Work for CROSSING THE LINE is live on my new website! Follow the links to tour the other resources too (videos, Carnegie shadowing pack, discussions etc) #KS3 #PSHE #RSHE #literacy www.tiafisher.com/resources

I was blown away by this review. All I set out to do when I wrote NOT GOING TO PLAn! Thank you, @stephenjdilley 😊 @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

Jean Sylvester is a complex teenager, with well-realised issues about family, friends and love-life. Her discovery that infinite parallel universes exist which had me completely gripped. Who would she have been if she'd made different decisions? And how would her relationships be different? ... 1/2

NOT GOING TO PLAN IS ON SPESH!!!!!! WE'RE SIZZLIN' SUMMER HOT!!! An unbelievable 25% OFF RRP on PRE-ORDERS AT WATERSTONES on my new YA verse novel NOT GOING TO PLAN!!! To make it super-simple, here's the link: tinyurl.com/Water… @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

If I could have written my book a review, this would have been it. Thank you, Rachel! 😘

Today#s Annual Event interviews with Tia Fisher, A. K. Adler, and Becky Jerams @tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/03/a...

My #lifttothesky is for children’s verse novels in general! If you haven’t read one yet please do, you will be stunned! I see @tiafisher.bsky.social has a new one out soon - I’m very excited! #versenovels #kidlit

It’s here .. nearly! Want to know what goes wrong and why Marnie needs Zed? Pre-order NOT GOING TO PLAN at lnk.to/NotGoingToPlan and rub my algorithms up the right way 🤣 ❤️ (That last sentence was oddly Marnie-meets-Zed I think. 🤔 ) #ya #versenovels

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

📣I’m working on the resources for my forthcoming verse novel 📕 NOT GOING TO PLAN: covering reproductive choice, sexual health, toxic masc., ND & consent for KS4 and KS5. I’m looking for input from PSHE teachers - bribes entirely possible! 😍- anyone?? @pshe-association.bsky.social #RSE #RSHE #PSHE

🔥 CROSSING THE LINE, is coming to the stage! 🔥 See an extract of the work-in-progress as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival. I'd love to see you there. ❤️22 May, 6 - 7pm. St Georges' Theatre, Great Yarmouth. 👏 nnfestival.org.uk/whats-on/cro... #communitytheatre #norfolkandnorwichfestival

"Children’s Books Ireland are currently looking for two young readers to help select the next KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist, longlist and winners 2026." childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY, EVERYONE! Shout out to the amazing school librarians and literacy leads in our schools. You are heroes, each and every one of you - it’s a privilege to visit your schools. 🦸‍♂️👏🏻 @worldbooks.bsky.social #worldbookday2025 @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

Happy World Book Day 2025! Here's a video of me going on about what books have meant to me and how wonderful reading is. Because it is. it really, really, is. youtu.be/rOPIOKsbkwU Schools - feel free to share this in class / the library. #reading #readingforpleasure #worldbookday2025

🎤 Woo hoo! Don't miss the @CarnegieMedals Webinar on 4th March, 12–1 PM, supported by @ALCS_uk. It’s free to join on Zoom – register now! 📚✨ carnegies.co.uk/carnegies-we... @jakehope.bsky.social @alcs-uk.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social #clilp #alcs #carnegiemedal #shadowerschoiceaward

Anyone thinking of supporting Farage and his party, should start saving up for private health insurance now 👇.

Submissions Open! We're seeking scholarly articles on the practice of writing for young people. Do you have thoughts on making picturebooks? Views on writing middle grade? Insights on crafting YA? We want to hear from you! #academicsky #ukkidlit #booksky #kidlit leafjournal.org/for-authors

Please help us to build a library at Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe by doodling a bookmark for our #BookmarkProject auction. There are more details here www.bookmarkproject.co.uk our deadline is March 30th Please Share

**Free mentoring opportunity for children's authors** Looking for 4 writers who consider themselves from a working class background & in a financially disadvantaged situation. Mentoring is online, primarily in a group setting with some 1:1. More info: www.storygodmother.co.uk/index.php/op...

In my opinion #schools actively destroy the love of reading by Removing choice Using a program like Accelerated Reader Not hiring a #librarian Having a lack of reading role models through the whole school Making reading a form of punishment

#UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews

This is true again, although this time there are 12 books up - we're all the ones who came second!

My thanks to all the patient school librarians who listened to me describe the themes of NOT GOING TO PLAN and said they'd welcome such a brave book into their libraries. Your encouragement gave me courage to stand up for what I believe in. Hoorah for #schoollibraries

BOOK NEWS! 🔥 @hotkeybooks will publish my YA verse novel NOT GOING TO PLAN (gender identity, consent and shame) and @piccadilly.press, has historical MGprose novel, OPERATION DOODLEBUG. See? I wasn't doing nothing! 😂 @hotkeybooks @piccadilly.press @bonnierbooks_uk @ukyabooks @ukyaspotlight @uksla

This is one of our current campaigns at Society of Authors, thanks to Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group @abielongstaff.bsky.social In short: Credit ghosts. Pay ghosts. My experience with Sir Chris was only positive. Shame not all are. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters. She's fighting back.

❄️And the randomiser - (2 D&D dice rescued from the bottom of the airing cupboard) has chosen @llykaios.bsky.social as the winner! Congratulations!🎉 Thank you everyone for your lovely Christmassy messages - fairy lights, books and delicious baked goods seem key. Here's hoping for a good one🎄❄️☃️

It's nearly two years since its launch, but my debut, Crossing the Line, is still proving the how teens like the combination of a topical story (county lines) and accessible verse. Look at tonight's ranking! 🎁@hotkeybooks.bsky.social @evewhiteagency.bsky.social

"This glorious, gripping whodunnit is as immersive as the deep snow that provides the backdrop to the story" Thank you @booktrust.bsky.social - I'll have that. www.booktrust.org.uk/book/m/murde...