OMG! Watch Lewis Cope dance THAT rumba on #Strictly and then tell me he wouldn’t make a great Rhysand in the #ACOTAR movie we’re all longing for! 😂😍

So excited for this brilliant book! And just look at this gorgeous trailer! ♥️🎉

The Nile - so beautiful!

🎉 So so proud of my amazing author @clareharlow.bsky.social who won this award for her extraordinary and magical middle-grade book! So well deserved and a fabulous, joyous, gripping read! 😍🥂

I’m delighted to announce my participation in this year’s brilliant WOWCON 2025 conference for children’s authors. I’ll be talking about The Decline in Reading for Pleasure and what we can do about it. Find out more here write-mentor.com/2025/08/22/w...

I was today years old when I discovered that some people pronounce the ‘p’ in ‘excerpt’! Fascinating! I’ve always pronounced it with a silent p and this is a hill I will die on! 😂 Is this a UK/US thing?

I just met K-Pop Demon Hunters! Loved it! ♥️

Excuse the moan but I’m cross with Atom who’ve dropped the interest rate on our savings twice in 2 months. We’ve only been with them 2.5 months & already thinking of moving our little savings pot. Chase were just as bad. Can anyone recommend a more reliable savings bank or are they all this bad?

Today’s visitor! 😍

Huge THANKS to the lovely lady who saw me limping at Waterloo Station thanks to new shoes making me bleed, & stopped me to offer a plaster - thus restoring my faith in humanity & the sisterhood! Thank you! ♥️😊😍

This book is a veritable treasure trove of tips and advice for revising your manuscript. @authorsaragrant.bsky.social is an accomplished author, editor and all-around lovely person. If you’re an author I can’t recommend this book highly enough! 😊🎉

Can’t wait! 😍💚

A brilliant thread about the messy magic that comes from real, human creativity…

I can confirm this is a fabulously fun book! 😍♥️

Been watching Goldeneye & possibly controversial opinion - I’m not sure - but Pierce Brosnan is by far my favourite Bond. He’s just the most James Bond-ish somehow!

Go, Harvard! 👏

RIP Pope Francis - such a truly kind and compassionate man who genuinely tried to do good in the world. ♥️ God support the Church as it tries to find a worthy successor for these troubled times. 🙏

🎉 HURRAH! Happy book birthday @emlynas.bsky.social & Matt Hunt. This is SUCH a fun and funny book for little ones! Joyous! 😍🎉

To anyone struggling to make their art: THEY WANT YOU TO STOP WRITING/PAINTING/MAKING. They fear our rich inner lives, beyond even their reach. They fear our revolutionary fantasies, our ungovernable and unprofitable thoughts. Yes, the obstacles are greater than ever. So is the need.

Very excited to be a part of this brilliant event! If you’re a budding picture-book author do come along… 😊

The daisy is one of April’s birth flowers. Its name comes from Old English “daeges-eage” meaning day’s eye, inspired by the fact it unfurls its petals to greet the day, and closes them as darkness falls. Its Latin name, Bellis perennis, means “always beautiful”. #nature #folklore

Well, it’s been a brilliant Bologna Book Fair this year. Feel so lucky to get to talk about children’s & YA books every year amidst all this beautiful architecture! ♥️ Another inspiring #BCBF 😍

Wonderful evening at the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize last night, celebrating the extraordinary Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit with the truly fab PRH team & my amazing debut author @clareharlow.bsky.social! So proud! 😍🎉🥂 #wcbp

In Appalachian folk belief, the first flower you saw in spring foretold the year ahead—violets meant love, dandelions meant struggle, and buttercups warned of betrayal. People walked slow and mindful on those first warm days, hoping to find the right omen. #FolkloreSunday

Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...

I’ve had quite a few new followers lately - so, thank you! 😊 And here’s a little bit about me. I love books - especially fiction for children & YA readers. I am a former publisher, now literary agent with www.skylark-literary.com, & I am passionate about supporting authors so they can create! 😍

This is an absolutely brilliant and fascinating thread! Bravo & thank you @oisinmcgann.bsky.social 👏

Tiny point but every time I watch The Apprentice I am struck by the ‘cars will be ready in 20 minutes’ thing. HOW do they get up, shower, dress and do full hair and make-up in 20mins!? 😂🤷‍♀️ #TheApprentice

Please social media friends, please help with this. Our environment needs you! 😊🙏 Bailouts won't fix the sewage scandal and won't reduce bills. Join me and @GoodLawProject to call on Steve Reed to stop water company greed goodlaw.social/uk6y

Yay! A Kirkus star for this gem! 😊🎉

Very exciting news. I can’t wait for everyone to read this! 😊

The #MardiGras costumes were so beautiful & creative. Here are some of my faves….

New Orleans is officially one of my favourite places. Beautiful architecture. Lovely people. Fantastic party vibe! 😍⚜️♥️

🎉Hurrah and huge congratulations to my lovely & talented author @fionadixon.bsky.social! 🥂 I can’t wait for you all to be able to read her amazing books& meet Crow - Thief of Magic! 😊

Happy Book Birthday, @emlynas.bsky.social & Anuska. Congratulations on a simply stunningly beautiful book! ♥️🐮🌸

Hurrah & congratulations to all the longlistees with a special shout-out for my lovely friend and brilliant author @lesleyparr.bsky.social! 🎉😍🥂

bookwagon.co.uk/product/anna... Thank you so much for this gorgeous description of Annabelle and Flower! @bookwagonuk.bsky.social @ambercaraveo.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social #primary #librarians #kidlituk

Hurrah for this STUNNING picture book! Don’t miss it! 🐮🌸♥️

Look at this! Is there any chance we can save this show? It’s truly clever, funny, inventive! I bloody LOVE it! ♥️ #SaveMyLadyJane

Once more with feeling and a dollop of frustration … Taking our work without permission or payment is theft. thttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/british-novelists-criticise-government-over-ai-theft#img-1

Just HAVE to shout about this beauty - Mission Manta Ray by Philip Kavvadias. A rip-roaring adventure with plenty of laughs. Perfect for any reluctant readers - and the enthusiastic ones too! 😊♥️ #kidlit

Rewilding is so vital to our health & the planet’s. Bravo Warren Farm Nature Reserve! ♥️

Always support Skylarks! 😊♥️

This isn’t really new news but a heads-up for aspiring children’s authors - publishers are increasingly asking for shorter texts especially in MG. Try to keep your ms shorter than 50k words. If it’s at 40k even better! 😊 (I know. It’s hard!)

Just discovered #MyLadyJane - hilarious & brilliant! 😂😍 WHY has Amazon Prime Video not commissioned a second season??? 🤷‍♀️😡 So sick of good shows being cancelled after just one season. 🙁

THIS! 😍📚♥️

The BBC are all like “ #TheTraitors #Traitors is over but it’s OK because… The Apprentice!” And I’m just…

Ah! So excited for this beautiful, beautiful picture book. A perfect present for little ones! 🐮🌸♥️

#TheTraitors is the best show on TV! 😻 That is all. #Traitors