YOU ARE THE ACTUAL BEST!!!! Yaaay! And happy back to school! ❤️

⭐️🌧️WET PLAY PLANS?⛈️⭐️ Well, scrap them and download some Happy Hills book labels to colour in, cut out and jazz up your back to school books!… drive.google.com/file/d/1XoGx...

WOOOHAAAAA…

EDINBURGH! I am HERE! And I cannot wait for this frolic tomorrow, there are a handful of tickets left, I’d love to see you…

OH THIS HAS MADE MY DAY!!! I could not be happier about ALL OF IT! Thank you for sharing and please say a HUGE HELLO from me! X

WOW!!! MONTY!!!! I knew it sounded like a brilliant comic, and it IS! Your love of books and stories and illustrating shines out of ‘The Lonely Parrot’ - keep it up! X

WOOO HOOOO! I HATE EVERYTHING is out in the US 19th August with the wonderful Beach Lane Books @beachlane.bsky.social ( @simonkids.bsky.social ). My hosts could not have found a better home! www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&no...

Heavens! That must be ten years ago! I hope all is well @matthewcwinner.bsky.social !

EPIC EMBARRASSMENT THIS WAY!… I loved chatting all things CRINGE with the brilliant @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social to celebrate her ace book CRINGE CLUB - which is out now…

EPISODE 3 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW! I chatted to the brilliantly funny author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the Happy Hills books- . @sophyhenn.bsky.social Find out why Sophy wore custom-made verucca socks, who her 90s cringey crush was, and how hair gel turned her cool- kind of... pod.fo/e/30342b

HA! You busted me cheating - how shifty do I look? Lovely to see you both!

Oh HOORAY! So happy they have arrived xx

Today's review...'Happy Hills: Mr Big Fluff Rules' @sophyhenn.bsky.social www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/happy-hills-mr-big-fluff-rules

If you are considering going to see Stereophonic I URGE you to use this service…

⭐️COOOEEEE⭐️ Get your mitts on one of these VERY limited Shroomer Keyrings (can confirm the are AWESOME!) at one of these brilliant #indiebookshops when you get your copy of Happy Hills Mr Big Fluff Rules!!!…

ME TOO! What wonderful pupils and what a great day! Thank you so much for coming along! X

TOOT! TOOT! The marvellous Kate has had a peep at Mr Big Fluff Rules for her stop on the blog tour…review HERE (thank you, Kate! X)…

JO! Thank you so, SO much! I am over the moon you enjoy Mr Big Fluff!!! THANK YOU! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷

@hallsvillesch.bsky.social YOU WONDERS!!! What an utter joy it was to return to your wonderful school! Thank you so much for having me! X

Thank you so, SO much for having me back! What a Lifesize Adventure we had! X

ALWAYS A JOY to have a natter with Froggie Frog. Appaz @philipardagh.bsky.social was about as well… @ilfdublin.bsky.social

I will be celebrating the release of BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF (out now!) with events at these marvellous bookshops: Steyning Bookshop - 26 May Waterstones Finchley Road 02 - 27 May Bags of Books, Lewes - 29 May Chicken and Frog, Brentwood - 7 June Heffers, Cambridge - 29 June and lots of schools!

You can book tickets for my comic workshop at the fantastical @grimmandco.bsky.social on 31st May through the link in @cbnnetwork.bsky.social’s bio!

⭐️FUN ALERT⭐️ I cannot wait to be back @ilfdublin.bsky.social THIS WEEKEND with the HAPPY HILLS WORLD TOUR! Details below and TICKETS HERE… ilfdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

⭐️I HATE EVERYTHING EVENT⭐️ I cannot wait to be back @ilfdublin.bsky.social THIS WEEKEND… Details below and TICKETS HERE… ilfdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

A book about adversity and courage, love and loss, museums and zoos. ‘The Tremolo Diaries: A Life on the Road and Other Diseases’ by Justin Currie is out 28th August R: tinyurl.com/hc7w6a5c A:https://tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9 W:https://tinyurl.com/ms2ds3hc RT: tinyurl.com/mskf5tj3

This is New Modern A home for passions, pastimes and pop culture We hope you'll join us x

I have some exciting news This is New Modern I hope you’ll join me x @newmodernbooks.bsky.social

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Up to 12,000 now - authors, please sign this petition

Authors earn an average of only £7,000 a year – yet Meta, one of the world’s richest companies, has taken millions of books to train its AI without paying. This cannot stand, writes author @abielongstaff.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/voices/autho... @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Please do sign this is you agree that huge, wealthy companies shouldn’t steal individual’s livelihoods…and if you do think that is OK please unfollow me…

TODAY…

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative.

Sometimes people ask why we label our shelves as 9+, or 5+, rather than 5-8 or 9-12. We believe that having a birthday doesn't mean you have to age out of a book series or a book you love. We want our readers to love reading, without feeling pressured ❤️

PHOEBE!!!! They are AWESOME! So awesome I think you should make a comic and fill it with them! Bravo!!! I ❤️ them ALL!!!! X

Spring has sprung & so has the LATEST WRDMag. That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE! Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊 It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍

SUPER EXCITED to reveal the cover of Happy Hills the Third AKA MR BIG FLUFF RULES! And on #internationalhappinessday as well! WHOOP! PRE ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!

‘I Hate Everything!’ - @sophyhenn.bsky.social’s picture book masterpiece - is OUT NOW in pretty much any language you wish. It is beautiful and funny and honest. A magnificent family read.

THANK YOU SO MUCH @rurooie.bsky.social for this WONDERFUL review! I super appreciate it! X

So exciting to see WONDERFUL @jennymclachlan.bsky.social ‘s new ROAR on the cover of @booksforkeeps.bsky.social …

IT’S OUT TOMORROW….

⭐️MORNING WONDERS⭐️ Well, it’s book birthday EVE and I am super excited to be out and about with the marv @papercatbookshop.bsky.social to celebrate! I am super excited about this book and I really, REALLY hope you like it too…

Ace that this is getting coverage, and yayh comics, but there’s stuff that’s bugging me here, as I think it’s symptomatic of what U.K. publishing is getting wrong about comics. In particular it’s this highlighted text from the analyst at Nielsen:

Jeg Hader Alting! Sophy’s ‘I Hate Everything!’ is out next week, pretty much EVERYWHERE. It’s her masterpiece. A proper global sensation for #worldbookday amzn.eu/d/6BXNDC9 @sophyhenn.bsky.social @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

An in honour of #InternationalWomensDay and to celebrate World Book Day week please take a look at these new shinies for 2025 - fantastic books by fantastic women… @sophyhenn.bsky.social @chloeillustrates.bsky.social @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social @mglnrd.bsky.social #kidlit #newbooks

Happy International Women’s Day! The day we celebrate the fact we still need International Women’s Day.

OH WOW!!!! That’s so cool! What awesome drawings! And utterly deserved! X

LISTEN TO SUE!!!!! Thank you so much, I’m chuffed to bits you like it! X

Shout out to the announcer on the Jubilee Line at Canary Wharf who is VERY excited about the weekend - YEEEEAAAAH!