ICYMI: @melissa-hogenboom.bsky.social joined Woman's Hour this morning, speaking with Anita Rani, and listener, Karla about female breadwinners, and what happens when a woman earns more than her partner. #Breadwinners is out 14th August @canongate.co.uk Catch up now🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It’s my stop on the blog tour for #SandyFin: Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart, illustrated by Santy Guttiérrez. Today, I’m delighted to share a Meet the Characters animation as well as the link to my review in the next post! @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social

Happy publication day to Martin Stewart and #SandyFin 🦞 A perfect summer read for ages 8+, Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is full of side-splitting humour, ingenious inventions and clue-cracking adventure🌊 Out today @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

I work for Scottish Book Trust and we’re running a survey for parents/teachers/kids book enthusiasts about how they find books for kids. I’d be enormously grateful if anyone can spare 5-10 mins to share their thoughts. #KidLitUK forms.office.com/e/EdVhWA0T0n

Finished copies of #SandyFin, the brand-new madcap adventure by Martin Stewart are just in 🌊🦞 Bursting with side-splitting humour, ingenious inventions and plenty of banana sandwiches, Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is the ‘perfect book for the summer’🤿 Pre-order now 👉 bit.ly/SandyFin

hello do you have a small inquisitive child in the London area who’d like to talk about monsters with me this half term?

Gorgeous chapter book post today in the form of #WoodlandExplorersClub: Ajay and the Red-Winged Prince by Ewa Jozefkowicz, illustrated by Gillian Flint. Out 08/05 for 5+ readers, huge thanks go to @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 🪺 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Fantastic to see both #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens by @bengarrod.bsky.social, and #SandyFin Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart included in @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social's Summer reading recommendations☀️📚 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

What a fabulous event for #BeeTheBook with Rachel Fuller, Emilia Wharfe and Nathalie Harrison at @southbankcentre.bsky.social ✨ It was a glorious afternoon celebrating difference and exploring storytelling in the forms of spoken word, dance, illustration and music 🎶📖🎨

Had a brilliant couple of days out and about in Norfolk with @bengarrod.bsky.social, @charli-vee.bsky.social and pawthor / local legend Jack-Jack🐕 The latest book in the hilarious series (for readers 7+), #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens is out now📚

Out now, #JackJack, Return of the Chickens by @bengarrod.bsky.social, illustrated by Charli Vince, is huge fun and sees everyone’s favourite street dog on his latest adventure. @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/j...

The world’s coolest dog is back for another adventure in #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens 🐓 Happy Publication day Jack (and @bengarrod.bsky.social) 🐕 The third book in this hilarious and heartwarming series for readers 7+ is out today 📚 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

Thrilled to see @bengarrod.bsky.social’s latest book in the #Jack-Jack series, ‘Return Of The Chickens’ included in @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social’s April book club picks 🐕🐓 Publishing this Thursday by @zephyrbooks.bsky.social 📚

My piece in the Sunday Times about reading graphic novels for pleasure, with recommendations by teachers and experts. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo... #kidlit Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is a light-hearted, fantasy-based, and easy read, with no reference to the Internet, mobile phones, or social media. There i...

It's less than a month until publication day of @bengarrod.bsky.social's latest book 'Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens' 🐓 Check out @booktrust.org.uk to be in with a chance of winning the first three books in the hilarious and heartwarming #JackJack series 🐕 www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-re...

We had a fantastic time at the @publicitycircle.bsky.social Annual Awards tonight and we’re delighted to have been Highly Commended for our work on the 2024 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 🏅 Congratulations to all the winners and shortlistees for all of their incredible campaigns👏 #PPCAwards25ceremony

I was lucky enough to receive some very lovely bookmail over the weekend, so I thought I would share here 📚✨️ All three sound incredible & so important, I can't wait to dive in! Thank you very much to @edpr.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social and Elliott&Thompson for my #gifted books 💚

How lovely to find a message from the brilliant Martin Stewart inside my proof of #SandyFin: Operation Splash Landing. Diving in now! @edpr.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social 💦 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the #PPCAwards25ceremony this evening and the support of our fabulous sponsors. We’re so proud of each and every publicist and the amazing work you do!

Proofs are in and we can’t wait for you to meet #SandyFin, silver-scaled diver of the deep, puzzler of puzzles and soon to be hero of Portwhistle Bay🐙 This first book in the hilarious new middle grade series by acclaimed author Martin Stewart is publishing this June by @zephyrbooks.bsky.social 📚

Arsenal have done the double over Tottenham in the Premier League and the Women's Super League this season.

We are delighted to share the longlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! 🏅🖋️ Highlighting empathy and diversity, these 19 works range from gripping dystopian adventures to stories about navigating grief and self-esteem. ✍️💫 #Carnegies2025 carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

Announcing the longlist for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2025!🏅🎨 Featuring vibrant colours and innovative mediums, these 16 works delightfully portray themes like caring for nature and the power of reading. 📚🌟 #Carnegies2025 carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

Energetically drawn #NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emilia Wharfe. From a picturebook, Bee, about a girl who can fly & see fairies. Based on the author/composer Rachel Fuller’s neurodivergence. It’s also a ballet; QR codes play her music. Whitefox Publishing 6 Feb. Children’s Mental Health Week 3-9 Feb.

February 2025 book club picks 📚👍🏼 https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/school-book-club/february-2025/ #kidlit February 2025's set of book club recommendations features titles by Karl Newson and Duncan Beedie, Gordon D’Arcy and Paul Howard, Hannah Tunnicliffe & Erica Harrison...

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I’m beyond thrilled to be shortlisted for my first PPC annual award, alongside the incredible 2024 Carnegies team at @edpr.bsky.social! Congratulations to all of the shortlistees 💫

"Who is this man who’s been hiding inside my father for so long?" In an extract from her new book, Caroline Darian relives the moment she was told of Dominique Pelicot’s crimes and what her mother did next. Read it in full below

🔺 NEW: Dominique Pelicot should die in prison, says his daughter. Caroline Darian, whose mother Gisèle was drugged and raped by dozens of men, labelled her father a ‘dangerous man’, adding that she had ‘lost her normal life’

Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵 How can you support us? SHARE our posts WRITE to [email protected] JOIN US - there's cake!

We’re giving away a new book or bundle everyday until the 12th December - make sure to follow @edpr.bsky.social to be in with a chance of winning 📚✨

🔗 Tap here to read the full list: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Have you seen the LoveReading4Kids Children’s Books of the Year 2024 yet? They’re all stars. Read them. Share them. Buy them. Love them as much as we do 📚❤️ www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/the-lov...

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Bookclub was so much fun tonight 🤩. We discussed Dorothy Koomson Every Smile You Fake. Have you read it? @headlinebooks.bsky.social @dorothykoomson.bsky.social

Hello from Harrogate International Festivals! Obligatory first post on Bluesky – please RT to let people know that we are here. Looking forward to finding friends and building networks!

My next Scottish kids books for #BookWeekScotland are the absolute modern classic A Kind of Spark and it’s wonderful prequel Keedie by @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social. Addie and Keedie’s stories feel both all consuming and essential. And they have helped make real change in whose stories we get to hear.

Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky

An incredible day at YALC with Radhika Sanghani, who slayed on her Queer Folklore panel with Bea Fitzgerald, Lex Croucher and Zeena Gosrani, as well as being an absolute natural at guest bookselling over at Waterstones🏹🔥 #HereToSlay #YALC2025

If you find yourself wondering if a new book will solve all your problems today, the answer is yes

oh no I have the witches' road stuck in my head again. Waiit is it the Witches' road or the Witch's Road? Assuming plural because coven but then again Agatha is a One Man Guy witch equvialent...