Apologies to those who follow me on everything else 😘 This really got me today #inclusivity #neurodivergent #adhd

Congratulations 🥂 @kitdewaal.bsky.social and looking forward to your discussion in N Cotswolds on THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (buy ahaed @borzoibookshop.bsky.social ) with @megster.bsky.social 2pm Thursday 8 May Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

So good to meet and chat today @elnorrywriter.bsky.social Thank you ☺️ Can’t wait to read the 2nd Fable House: Heart of Fire 🔥 ❤️#writingcommunity #middlegrade #kidlit #middlegradebooks

Great evening celebrating the launch of The Best of Everything by the brilliant @kitdewaal.bsky.social bring on the joy, get ready to ache too #writingcommunity #kindness #forgiveness #love

A monster of a #worldbookday thanks to Jamie Hammond Usborne and Kenilworth Books #kidlit #childrensbooks #writingcommunity

Apologies to all who have seen this elsewhere! Fab time with @scbwi-bi.bsky.social and Golden Egg Academy friends in Edinburgh at the weekend #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlituk #kidlitchat #ya #childrenswriters #childrensauthors #childrensbooks #kidlit #spooky

@amysparkes.bsky.social great children’s publishing panel last night, thank you! 😊💫

We're delighted to share that we've teamed up with the wonderful Baby Bank Alliance to give out nearly 25,000 resources in almost 100 baby banks across England and Wales. It's never too early to start sharing books and stories with babies - we hope everyone enjoys the resources ❤️

Happy #FamilyDay! We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading. Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

We're so excited that the shortlist for the @waterstones.bsky.social Children's Book Prize is here! The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees! Find out more 👇 www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25

Really looking forward to this! For adults and teens… author and historian Philippa Gregory and Kenilworth Books (see insta/fb/X) are celebrating Normal Women and bringing the missing 900 years of women’s history to South Warwickshire on Mar 5. Tickets from Kenilworth Books #writingcommunity #books

Don’t worry I’m sure the Doctor’s got it covered…

Since the entire world has been sending me the news about the Buffy reboot, here's what I would do if I was in charge. Given that SMG = reprising buffy, 20 years on, I'd want her in charge of/involved in an org of slayers and struggling not to replicate the horrors of the watcher's council.

We are thrilled to announce our Read It Forward ambassadors. A huge thanks to Alexander Armstrong, @serenakpatel.bsky.social, Andy Day, Catherine Rayner and Nadine Aisha Jassat. 10% of ALL our children's book sales in Feb go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social bit.ly/RIFEB25

For Children's Mental Health Week we have a new factsheet for you - Therapeutic Parenting. It's a way of parenting children who have had traumatic early life experiences that shape how they see and experience the world. Read more here: www.adoptionuk.org/factsheets-f...

#SundayMorningBookChat which books have transported you to another country? Or unlocked a different culture or allowed younger readers to see beyond their own four walls?

Heartstopper meets Shaun of the Dead in #PoppyTPerry's debut #YA Dead Real (written and illustrated too!) Honoured to have read this at an early stage, delighted that @uclanpublishing.bsky.social felt the same. Please pre-order from www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page... if you can - out July!

I asked a child what their fave book from last year was and their answer was a series that was published about a decade ago. A good reminder that a book is always new to a child who hasn't read it. The constant publishing hustle for novelty has nothing to do with what children want. #KidLitUK

✨PODCAST ROLL CALL✨ Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share? #AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting. DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together! Launching 30.04.25

Hi pumpkins! I’m October & I’m… 📚 Children’s Librarian ✨ Chair of CILIP #YLGSE 📚 GLL Literary Foundation #LiteraryChampion ✨ NLT #LiteracyChampion 📚 Judge for #SparkBookAward25 ✨ #FirstChapter 2024 Winner 📚 Spooky Book Blogger ✨ #AroundTheCauldron Podcast Host & I’m SO enchanted to meet you! 🖤

I need a new comfort watch. Finished #gilmoregirls, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and #geekgirl. Any recommendations for relatable, similar feel-good vibes I can escape into? #writingcommunity

On the set of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A space Odyssey (1968)

It's 3 weeks until ##LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Thanks to Helen Peters for this fabulous endorsement Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social #TheTravellingSchoolMysteries rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...

This interview with Susan Cooper is only from last year & gives us a great insight into her formative years during WW2 (the almost nightly bombing & children collecting shrapnel)as well how she believes the novels are about Time. She's on first. youtu.be/WfsKMvgklpE?...

“Can’t believe it’s still light at 5 o’clock.” Start rehearsing your lines guys, the light is coming back 🙌💫. Happy shortest day to you all, cosy up ❄️#wintersolstice

My favourite TV of the year: DOCTOR WHO (season 14) - one of the best ever. So good to have Russell T Davies writing & show-running again! & A KIND OF SPARK (season 2) - even better than the first season, if such a thing is possible! Brilliant work from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social & all involved!

What does 'Home' mean to you? Is it a place or a feeling? Something to cherish or flee, to make or break? A heritage or an institution? Writers of Beds, Bucks or Northants aged 14+, send us your writing by 19 Jan. Details: www.mklitfest.org/mink2025 #writingcompetition #poetry #flashfiction

I would highly recommend REFLECTIONS ON THE MAGIC OF WRITING by Diana Wynne Jones. Not all the essays or talks are about writing for children, but they are all brilliant and full of wisdom. Especially love this quote about the responsibility of writing for children:

And this was the photo that led me to Grandpa’s other previously unseen photos (by me anyway). Proud of you Pops❤️ #stillsphotographer #britishfilms #Movies #WritingCommunity

Thrilled to find another of my grandpa’s stills. More precious as time goes by #WritingCommunity #stillsphotographer #britishfilms #movies

Found some photos online today, taken by my grandpa, that I’ve never seen before. Growing up I loved his collection of candid shots more than the official stills. To find some out there in the wild is amazing #WritingCommunity #stillsphotographer #lolita #Movies #photography

Want to know how the #publishing industry really works? Come to our Practicalities of Publishing #masterclass on 26 November to get advice from our expert panel. Places limited: early booking advised. Tickets: mklitfest.org/practicaliti... #miltonkeynes #selfpublishing

Hello! I'm doing FREE virtual event for teachers, educators, librarians ...about the magic of wordless picture books! Please share while I work out how to use Blue Sky 😅📚 🗓️ DATE: 26th November 2024 ⏰ TIME: 7:00 PM @readingrocks.bsky.social wherereadingrocks.com/event/beyond...

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WTF is going on here at Blue Sky? People are civil to each other. People having intelligent discussions. People are spelling things correctly. I haven’t seen any racism or sexism. I’m confused.

Eagerly awaiting the BlueSky icon to appear along with the usual suspects at the bottom of news articles so we can click and share. Soon.

I can’t emphasize enough how right this is. The reason this is the Good Place is precisely because it’s different than the Bad Place. Leave the Bad Place rules behind and embrace these!

You stars @writemagic.bsky.social 💫 Love this group!

#kidlituk authors and illustrators… This is AMAZING and there’s a 15% discount using EARLY25 At checkout.

So, if we start posting here, do you PROMISE to like, reshare and reply to every post?

Not on here much yet, but so happy to share that I’ve signed with Alice Williams Literary, after a magical start to the year 🎉💫Thanks to my writing friends for cheering me on, to GEA, Write Magic, and SCBWI, and the editor/writer who invested his time and belief in me 💫#writingcommunity #kidlit

Saturday night party in Manchester for #scbwicon23. Theme:Wonder #kidlit #writingcommunity

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I'm doing a massive FREE VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISIT with BookTrust on Nov 10th - I hope as many kids as possible will be part of it! Everyone welcome - teachers, librarians, parents & carers, you can sign up here: www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/p... (Art: Charles M Schulz)

Hi Kit, thank you 😊 Hello everyone!