My 20-minute 1-2-1 ASK ME ANYTHING slots are now live. Trialling two dates for now: 1-2pm and 7-8pm GMT on 13th and 20th Nov. These aren’t critique/feedback sessions. They’re to help marginalised writers navigate UK children’s publishing. UK only. Link to book in my bio. 💛📖 #KidLitUK

Happy publication day to @emmaread.bsky.social !! I loved Milton the Mighty and The House Trap so I know this one will be brilliant too! Three children wake up on Christmas Day to find their parents have disappeared 👀 Inspired by The Day of the Triffids😮 #kidlituk @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

‘If you’re disabled, you’re not ill.’ Sir Charlie Mayfield (author of the Keep Britain Working review) This is who’s shaping UK disability employment policy. Shocking, he doesn’t even understand the basics. I’m disabled because I’m chronically ill with #MECFS.

Like most people I automatically switch to @barringtonstoke.bsky.social too. Fabulous books for all learners. Also important to champion that authentic voice which is why I've chosen Wider than the Sea by @serenamolloy.bsky.social

@amdassu.bsky.social will be in the shop on Saturday the 8th signing her new book. She is brilliant, the book is beautiful, come and say hello

If you’d like to watch my first Middlegrade Monday with SF Said, the link is here! www.instagram.com/reel/DQmG_iL... #PrimaryEduSky #BookSky

📢📢 The Clock Is Ticking 📢📢 Make sure you download your free - yes FREE!! - @sallywrites.bsky.social ebook today before the offer disappears. And grab the other two for an absolute bargain price while you're at it. They're brilliant books - you'll love them, I promise!

You do. You want them all.

Blown away by how many people have downloaded my free ebook since Thursday 😮 And yay it's also brought paid sales of books 2 & 3! The offer ends TODAY if you’d also like to get Toby & the Silver Blood Witches for FREE or the next two books for 99p each. Link in next post 🧙‍♀️🦇 #kidlituk #booksky

Get cozy for our Foggy Halloween Storytime at 8pm tonight! 🎃 We're reading 'Toby and the Silver Blood Witches' by Sally Doherty. We chose it to support a fellow #pwME & for its M.E.-friendly "gentle spookiness." Watch here - www.youtube.com/@MEFoggyDog #Halloween

Get cozy, Foggy Followers! 🎃 Our special Halloween Storytime is TOMORROW (8pm YouTube) We'll be reading a "gentle spooky" story from a wonderful #IndieAuthor (www.sallydohertyauthor.com/shop) who also lives with M.E. See you then! #pwME #Halloween #MEcfs

Happy Halloween! Please check out this wonderful ten minute Halloween storytime I got goosebumps hearing @mefoggydog.bsky.social read a couple of short excerpts from my own book 🥺 I’ve never heard them spoken aloud before! Gentle spookiness perfect for age 8/9+ & #pwME too 🧙🏻‍♀️🦇 Link in next post 👇

Hi #BookSky! 💙📚 I'm Marie, a Filipino #SFF and horror author/reader living in the 🇬🇧. I write myth/folklore based tales, mostly flash fiction and short stories, and I also co-wrote The Prophecies of Ragnarok, a Norse myth urban fantasy trilogy. mariesinadjan.com ✨

My good news has just come in! LOOK AT THIS! So pleased to see this! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Thank you @thebookseller.com for covering our CWIG @societyofauthors.bsky.social campaign to celebrate the unsung heroes of many celebrity children's books - the ghostwriters. Please support our #GhostsAreReal campaign. Let's applaud the CRAFT of writing. www.thebookseller.com/news/soa-cal...

Went to buy an ebook and it’s £11.99 … Say what?!?! Won’t be buying it 🤷‍♀️

I’ve been in a right reading slump lately. I’m conscious it’s often just the right book coming along at the right time that does the trick, but what books have helped you or the kids in your life get out of a reading slump? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Who would like to buy my book today? $0.99 in ebook $3.46 in audio $4.99 in paperback 29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness #BookSky www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...

Book 88 of 2025: Toby and the Siege of Sky City by @sallywrites.bsky.social — way to make me cry with that ending! 😭 perfect end to the trilogy. I just gave book 1 to my 9yo. Toby’s mom and I (and Sally) have the same illness — it was great to see more of mum in this book! #MECFS #KidLit #BookSky

📣 SCHOOLS! 💷 A virtual author visit can be a very cost effective way to encourage children's #ReadingForPleasure. 📚 Check out virtualauthors.co.uk and give them‬ a follow to find out which authors are available. #EduSky #KidLitUK #Primary #Secondary #Education #VirtualAuthorVisits #KidLit

For #KidsBooksFriday this week let’s highlight great kids puzzle and activity books. I find these are a great way to get kids to engage with physical books, particularly those who fear reading large swathes of text (as I did when I was wee). And they’re just great fun. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Fantastic books. Seems bonkers not to have a look.

Out 03/03, middle grade fantasy Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames by @jennywritemoore.bsky.social is full of magic, humour, excitement and adventure 🔥 #MaverickBooks @dannieprice.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/d...

Does anyone want a FREE signed copy of one of my books (you only pay £2.70 postage) ? Seems bonkers but it’s totally legit! Sign up at the link in next post & you get £10 free credit to buy it Not sure how long offer will last.It’s while Whatnot are building their platform #kidlituk #booksky

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Does anyone want a FREE signed copy of one of my books (you only pay £2.70 postage) ? Seems bonkers but it’s totally legit! Sign up at the link in next post & you get £10 free credit to buy it Not sure how long offer will last.It’s while Whatnot are building their platform #kidlituk #booksky

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18167: There is no "typical reader," just as there is no "typical writer." Your first responsibility is to yourself; to create the most honest, well-written, carefully-researched story you can. Finding readers comes later.

Total washout for my mum at a craft market today. Gale force winds, torrential rain and now apparently there’s thunder and lightning too ZERO customers. I feel bad 🙈 At least she’s inside….?!?!

It’s #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in Scotland this week and in the rest of the UK next week. As a dyslexic reader myself I wanted to use #KidsBooksFriday this week to celebrate brilliant, accessible and super-readable texts of all kinds. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

⭐️YEAR 4/5/6 TEACHERS⭐️ I’m running an interactive Halloween virtual author visit at 2pm on Thursday 6th November 🧙🏻‍♀️🦇 It’s FREE if you buy one of my books (£7.99 plus postage through my website) per class who will attend. Limited to 6 classes More info in next post! #edusky #ukkidlit #kidlituk

I’m beyond excited to share that ‘The Shoe Creeper’ is OUT NOW!! ‘The Shoe Creeper’ is a MG Horror story with an original monster, and it’s based in Seaton (Devon, England), which is somewhere I love to visit. #theshoecreeper #kidlit #halloween #book

Happy book launch day to @ianhcreates.bsky.social The Shoe Creeper looks and sounds very intriguing! The ebook has pinged onto my Kindle 👞 #kidlituk

I’m thrilled to see 2 comics on this year’s #WorldBookDay lists. A lot of folk don’t know where to start with comic books, so for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what kids comic books might folk not already know about but should definitely go and seek out? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidsGN📚💬

My festive poetry book, A Welly Full of Christmas is out 6 weeks today with @tinytreebooks.bsky.social! 🎉🎄 The most splendiferous @afharrold.com said some lovely things about it. And here's a sneak peek of the contents! Pre-orders available now from all the usual places ❤️🎄#UKKidLit #KidLitUK

My sister said that my nephew had just got to the end of listening to the Percy Jackson series for the second time and what he particularly loved were the gods and myths. I almost fell over myself in my haste to recommend these two books #kidlituk #booksky #ukkidlit

📚 Calling all @cilip.bsky.social members! It's that exciting time once more! Join us in nominating your favourite children's and YA books for the 2026 Carnegies. Each member can nominate one exceptional title per Medal. 🏅 🗓️ Submit yours by 26 September carnegies.co.uk/nominations

The Little Town of Marrowville by John Robertson Delightfully creepy, delightfully funny!

I suspect my 10yo would include these in his recommendations.

Big laughs & emotions, Gods & monsters, giant scares & a teen criminal mastermind #bookbloggers #librarians #bookrecommendations #JennyPearson #RickRiordan #JenniferKillick #EoinColfer #UKKidLit

Hard to chose just four, but my son and I loved all of these stories, so I reckon at least one would be a hit with your friend’s son.

I was asked by a friend to recommend some books for her ten year old boy. Impossible to pick just four tbh! But here’s what I plucked from my bookshelf. What would you have chosen? #kidlituk #ukkidlit #booksky

We have so many amazing new designs and items available in our store! www.bonfire.com/store/meacti... Ready for fall? We have hoodies, sweatshirts, & joggers galore! Want a hot cuppa? We have a mug for that! Most designs were created by volunteer @hospmom.bsky.social. Thank you, Jess! #pwME

The street WhatsApp group can be kind of annoying (no, someone can’t come and get the spider off your bathroom ceiling) but it can also be pretty great. A rainbow, you say? Never have I put on my shoes so quickly 😂

Publication day for this spooky beauty! 😱👻🤴👑 Delighted to be included in this anthology with ten other brilliant authors from @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social and illustrated by Pam Smy. #childrensbooks

Reading Percy Jackson is going downhill a bit. Apparently having a ‘crippled’ husband is a good reason for having an affair. I realise it’s tongue-in-cheek but this is a huge bestselling series reinforcing disabled stereotypes. Perhaps time to update some of its language? #kidlituk #booksky