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

Youngest kiddo loved this book. Heartily recommend.

Thank you to everyone who came along to Farshore Funny Fest last weekend and took part in the How to Save Your Granny from a Runaway Train live show with the Bakehouse Theatre group. What a brilliant way to kick off #NonFictionNovember #kidlit

If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone. bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/

Thank you to #HalfwayBushSchool for a morning of brilliant booky fun 📚

The 2026 Carnegies nominations are live! 🎉 Join us in celebrating the exceptional storytelling and illustration recognised this year. 🏆 Get ready for an inspiring awards season! Congrats to all nominees! 📖❤️ https://carnegies.co.uk/nominations-announced-2026 #Carnegies2026

New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 5: A book doesn’t need a “serious message” to be worthwhile. Joy is a legitimate end in itself.

Happy #Diwali 🪔

#KidLitUK a great letter

Hi #portfolioday! ⭐️ I’m Farah, a children’s author & illustrator based in UK. Open to work on new BB, PB and fiction projects. ⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot at @unitedagents.bsky.social View my full portfolio at www.fawashah.co.uk • #kidlitart #kidlitartist #fawashah #opentowork #illustration

Adventure awaits! The next book in the Snakestone Cycle, The Golden Monkey Mystery, is out in January 2026! 🐒💍🐍✨✨

Dedication if ever I saw it.

I had to clean my oven to take this photo. It’ll make sense when you read the book so you should probably go and get the book. (I also hit my head on the grill twice whilst cleaning, so I’d appreciate the support.)🙏🏾 Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!) is out NOW! 🦃

Support bookstores. Not billionaires. Free shipping on any purchases 10/7-10/8. See our recommendations and more: bookshop.org/shop/peoples... @bookshop.org

Started reading THAT LIBRARIAN by Amanda Jones (@librarianjones.com) yesterday in honor of Banned Book Week. Librarians and library workers have been on the front lines of the modern fight for intellectual freedom for decades. Follow them, read them, listen to what they have to say.

The @booktrust.org.uk #GreatBooksGuide 2025-26 is here and Reggie Rabbit: The Great Carrot Heist by me and #BeckaMoor is in it! 🥕🔎 Have a read of the whole guide here: www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

"You have it in your power to make a difference. Don't give up."

This is a brilliantly funny Santa story, PERFECT for Christmas. Alongside the hilarious action-packed Santa antics, there’s a wonderful grandparent-grandson relationship that explores grief and kindness. I know so many young readers who will LOVE sharing this one. Thank you @storymix.bsky.social 🎅🏾

Everyone who is behind this survey wants your voice to be counted. Everyone who is *boosting* this survey wants your voice to be counted. Get this puppy filled in before midnight on Monday and be counted!! ukcomicscreators.org.uk

Thank you to everyone who joined me at Dunedin City Library for some Terrible Trio fun! 🤩

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 ‘Funny books can often be dismissed as fart jokes and silliness but look beneath, and you’ll find that these are stories that cleverly navigate tricky topics and emotions by intertwining the dark with the light.’ @swapnahaddow.bsky.social

Publishers at #KidsConf were urged to support library provision and realise the 'extraordinary role' they could play in transforming vulnerable pupils’ outcomes 👇 #BookSky

This. A book's success or failure is almost entirely down to the publisher. And yet it's the author who always takes the fall when a book fails.

Not an expert in the field but I suspect teachers and schools already KNOW which students are struggling with reading. What they need are solutions. Such as funding for libraries with librarians.

I got on my soapbox to talk about the serious business of funny books: www.scholastic.co.uk/blog/The-Ser...

Brilliantly funny, The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes is the 1st in a hilarious new #KidsGN series from @swapnahaddow.bsky.social & Minky Stapleton. Out now for KS2 readers from @scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/t...

Thank you for sharing The Terrible Trio 🤩

Thank you to the 150 schools who signed up to hear all about The Terrible Trio with @scholasticuk.bsky.social Book Club Live and me and Minky! Terrible is the new awesome 🦓🦝🐧

Thank you to everyone who joined @scholasticuk.bsky.social #Diwali Book Club Live today! I can’t wait to see all your brilliant drawings 🪔

The PANZ Book Design Awards are announced tonight! We asked the finalists for the children's category to quiz each other on their work shorturl.at/l6iGo

Abdullah's Bear Needs A Name by Yasmin Hanif, Illustrated by Sophie Benmouyal 🧸📚🎉 A heart-warming story of family connection and tradition. Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social @Florisbooks.bsky.social #pb#childrensbooks#childrensbooksillustration#kidlitYasminHanif

It’s the awesome Suzy Cato reading Why Not? by me and Daron Parton #kidlit #pukapuka 🤩 youtu.be/TYB4DRpV3K4

It's Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week! ❤️🖤 This week isn't just a celebration, it's an important reminder of the great taonga Te Reo is to all of us. We're all on our journeys to learn more. Some of us are beginning, some are reconnecting; but every step counts! #tewikiotereomāori

"To be that place, where it is safe to wait until you can change into the right shoes, where it is safe to ask for books that feel like you." A great piece about the important role a library and a good librarian can play, for young people in particular, in challenging times. #LoveLibraries

Flippin’ ‘eck! Thank you so much to the booklovers and booksellers of Aotearoa ❤️ #pukapuka #TheTerribleTrio

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

Thank you for reviewing and sharing The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes 🎉🎉🎉 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #EduSky #KidsGN

#UKKidLit #KidLitUk Children’s book folks! Have you heard of SAILfest? A one-day event about South Asian children’s books in the UK, with new authors and those who have built a career in children’s books and those who elevate and shine a light on children’s books in the UK. Attend in-person / online

I hope you enjoyed Rama and Sita 🪔

We were delighted to team up with National Fostering Group for an episode of their Voices of Fostering podcast, featuring our former Writer in Residence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social! 🎧 Find it wherever you get your podcasts or on this link: https://bit.ly/4gjaCG0

This looks gorgeous!

Dave Pigeon fans! Bad Panda fans! This is it! This is the first book in my brand new series with #MinkyStapleton and I reckon you might like this one because I bloomin’ LOVE it. Happy reading, everyone 🦓🦝🐧🎉

'Twas the night before Diwali, and all through the house, rich incense lulled us all to sleep... even the mouse! Join a little boy and his grandmother as they plan for the BEST DIWALI EVER! The Night Before Diwali by @swapnahaddow.bsky.social and Darshika Varma is out today 🎆

The Night Before Diwali by me and #DarshikaVarma and @scholasticuk.bsky.social is out TODAY! And just in time for #Diwali next month 🪔 Available from your local indie bookshop or wherever you buy books 📚

The Terrible Trio out in the wild! 🦓🦝🐧

Bonding is foundational to a child's sense of security, identity and wellbeing. Research shows sharing stories can enhance the bond between a child and their caregiver, supporting the emotional health of both of them. Discover the benefits of reading: https://bit.ly/4lDOpDG