Do you like scary movies? With animals in? Have resurrected some prints. Signed, A3 and available from Fiveways Arts and Crafts, Brighton. Online here: fivewaysartsandcrafts.com/search?q=nad...

When my dad was dying in hospital, and apparently not bothered about it in the slightest, he told me I should write about it. I scoffed at the time. I didn't want to write about that. But after mulling over it for an age, I've just had a week off work, and got it all out there. Allllll of it.

The weekend is here!

Feels autumnal, doesn't it? What you need is my debut novel: cosy crime, set in a seaside town at this very time of year. They've got a lot of leads. But can they collar a killer? £1 off RRP at Guardian Bookshop, 80p off at Amazon. Every order/share/review helps! #TheDogwalkersDetectiveAgency

Do you like scary movies? With animals in? Have resurrected some prints. Signed, A3 and available from Fiveways Arts and Crafts, Brighton. Online here: fivewaysartsandcrafts.com/search?q=nad...

It’s funny how the people who are “to blame for everything” turn out to be people who: - you’re unlikely to have met - you’re unlikely to have spoken to - you’re very likely to misunderstand It’s almost like it’s more important that they fulfil those criteria than that they’re the problem.

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

Last of a recent brilliant bundle of Puffin Post magazines. Part of my pleasure in collecting them is sharing them here & seeing others enjoy them too. Another glorious Jill McDonald illustration & a bright reminder that spring light always returns, as autumn dampens the air & lengthens the shadows

✨ THE BIG REVEAL ✨ We are excited to share with you our brilliant 2026 £1/€1.50 books! Children can choose their own book from 12 February 2026, FREE with a £1/€1.50 book token. 📚✨ Find out more on our website ➡️https://buff.ly/3VaLLAa #WBD26 #WorldBookDay #readforfun

Some years ago I decided to leave the real world and move permanently to Grimwood. I’m much happier here. We are currently voting for a new mayor.

The wonderful @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social joins us on the Island of Brilliant to chat about her fantastic new book, Dracula and Daughters! And she and @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social gang up on me about Marmite. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

It's my publication day! Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos is out NOW. If you pop to your local indie you might just find a signed edition. And if you're quick? A free gift... Want a personalised edition? Go here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely

At the end of our team meetings our Early Years team always read a picture book together. These are some of my read-alouds to the team, along with my most recent library borrow ‘What’s That Noise?’, which I’m excited to read. What great picture books would you recommend? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK

There is a reason why white British racists seem to ignore the fact that the biggest contingent of rapists and pedophiles by far are white British men. It’s because they think it’s perfectly acceptable for white British men to rape and abuse women and girls. This has never been about women’s safety.

Watching Yellow Submarine, and I think the first time we see George might be the greatest introduction to any character in any film.

Search: how use social media as freelancer for self promotion without overwhelming sense of malaise/futlity

I will be at the book nook in Hove this Saturday, and I’ll sign things x Grimwood five is out and all booknookuk.com/events/

The news media is asking us daily to believe that certain people don't have the same right to live and work and see their children thrive as others, and also asking to worry about the feelings of a computer server, and these two things might just possibly be linked.

Super excited to receive the latest Grimwood in the post today. Everything @nadiashireen.bsky.social does is brilliant and I can’t wait to dive into book 5 of the series.

Awesome book mail today! Family Haddow can’t wait to get stuck into this one by @nadiashireen.bsky.social - we LOVE this series. Thank you so much for the copy, @kirstengrant.bsky.social 🙌🏾

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Today is the start of #SouthAsianHeritageMonth which runs until 17th August in the U.K. & celebrates the rich cultures of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan & The Maldives. Here are some #kidlit reading suggestions! (Titles & authors in alt) #kidlituk #ukkidlit

My mother’s review of The Salt Path movie feels like a neat summation of the whole debacle: “Beautiful scenery but mainly it’s just a lot of them huffing and puffing.”

Had a BRILLIANT time at the Festival of Brilliant today! From quiz fun with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @nadiashireen.bsky.social Adeola Sokunbi and quizmaster Geoff Bird to Escape Room adventures in the sun! Huge thanks to the brilliant team behind the festival and everyone who came along!

Delighted to be the first stop on this week's giveaway tour for the hilarious new book in @nadiashireen.bsky.social's Grimwood series, Rock the Vote! There are three copies as prizes so to enter, just like, share and tag two friends you'd also like to win. Closes at 8:00pm on Tuesday 15th July.

Happy birthday to the amazing Mavis Staples. Here are The Staple Singers performing their version of Talking Heads' Slippery People on Soul Train in 1984

David Bowie, Tokyo 1980, by Sukita.

Neil Tennant is 71 This remains my favourite PSB track. Evocative, atmospheric and melancholy. youtu.be/QHaA1beOwrY?...

I don't think I have to tell most people who follow me why libraries are important, or that they're under threat in the UK. But I want to make sure everyone knows Lambeth libraries are going on strike and there's a solidarity hardship fund HERE linktr.ee/savelambethl... #KidlitUK #SaveLibraries

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

Over on X we have 4 copies of the sublimely silly #WhatsThatNoise? by @monstroso & @nadiashireen.bsky.social to #win For the chance to join Bob & be raucously LOUD & experience the joy of making as much noise as you possibly can & get away with it pop over RT/Flw by June 27 @simonkids_UK #WRDMagComp

Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.

The first years of a child’s life are critical for cognitive, emotional and physical development. That's why it's so important that we support every family to read together from the earliest stage, experiencing all the benefits that brings. Here's our #ReadingRights vision 👇🧵

📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

RIP George Wendt

Brighton festival Brighton festival Brighton festival this Saturday woohoo! Me and Charlie Higson me and Charlie Higson me and Charlie Higson

In the Guardian this morning with an opinion piece on why arguments and debates don’t change peoples minds, and what does. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This thing about having “an open and honest conversation about immigration” - the problem is that too many white English people treat non-white people as fundamentally inhuman. It’s simply as that. When people like that say “immigration” they mean “infection”.

"Why do you 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 talk about Pakistani grooming gangs? There are 𝙩𝙚𝙣 times as many white grooming gang suspects?" @maitlis.bsky.social asks ex-Reform MP @rupertlowe.bsky.social why he won't denounce all perpetrators of grooming gangs equally.

You can hear @charliehigson.bsky.social, @nadiashireen.bsky.social and @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social discuss What's That Noise on the latest @islandofbrilliant.bsky.social (a podcast about everything brilliant in childrens books): open.spotify.com/episode/3kEK...

Labour's language of "cracking down" gives away the belief that immigration is akin to crime and the optimal outcome is zero. Good luck with that growth agenda

I made a book with Charlie Higson! It came out last week! We went on BBC Breakfast yesterday! We’re at the Brighton Festival!

OK so can Saturday 21 June hurry up now please so we can welcome @nadiashireen.bsky.social to the UK's biggest kids' books festival?! Tickets for over 100 amazing author & illustrator events, workshops and performances are on sale NOW www.barneskidslitfest.org/whats-on/

Flav out here on a goddamn heater tonight

A magical Easter Special with beloved children’s writer/illustrator @nadiashireen.bsky.social. You will very much enjoy it: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/w...