She's done it again! The fourth shortlisting for this INCREDIBLE HEART-STEALER of a book! CONGRATULATIONS @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and to my fellow editor, Ama Badu. @faberbooks.bsky.social

When Orla enrols on a prestigious drama course, she is thrown into the spotlight for the very first time... Not that Kind of Hero by Alexia Casale is out now 🎭

Hello GLASGOW BOYS! Congratulations AGAIN to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social Waterstones shortlist, Carnegie shortlist, and now UKLA! So pleased that the boys are getting the attention they deserve. x

Don't hesitate to pick this one up! It's shortlisted for the Waterstones, now the Carnegie and longlisted for the UKLA AND Branford Boase. AND it's a Read for Empathy book. A clean sweep!!

Fantastic to see @tbpagency.bsky.social book Glasgow Boys on here. A tender novel that’s really marking its mark.

GLASGOW BOYS by @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social is the only debut on the shortlist! I can't count how many times I said, "I can't believe this is a debut" through the editing. The writing honestly stops you in your tracks.

From the Guardian: This year’s chair of judges Ros Harding said this year’s shortlists “highlight the diversity and high quality within publishing for children and young people in the UK”. #Carnegies2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Debut author and #Carnegies2025 shortlistee Margaret McDonald joined Scotland Tonight last night to talk about her book Glasgow Boys and her Carnegie shortlisting. @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @cilipscotland.bsky.social 📽️ Watch from 16:32: player.stv.tv/episode/4pju...

School sensibly held World Book Day today... Zog, Fidens Nighthand and Short Beef (a robot superhero from a comic Emlyn wrote himself).

Nestled amongst the primroses and our first and only daffodil! Out today! CONGRATULATIONS Caroline Crowe and Jess Pauwels! Better than chocolate this Easter... @faberchildrens

Escape to 1930s theatre land in a glorious new middle-grade adventure from Judith Eagle, author of The Accidental Stowaway 🎭 ‘Judith Eagle is the absolute queen of cosy adventures.’ Emma Carroll The Great Theatre Rescue is out now!

'A gutsy historical adventure for 8+, with compelling hints of Streatfeild and Aiken.' ✨ @juditheagle.bsky.social's The Great Theatre Rescue is one of the @guardianbooks.bsky.social latest children's recommendations! @imogenrw.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Oh HELLO GLASGOW BOYS! @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social @faberchildrens.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick who have both been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing for the brilliant #GlasgowBoys and #SistersOfTheMoon! #Carnegies25 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social

News is out! CONGRATULATIONS @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick! So hyped to see GLASGOW BOYS and SISTERS OF THE MOON on this list. @faberbooks.bsky.social

We are so delighted that Margaret McDonald's exceptional debut, Glasgow Boys, has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers! Congratulations @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social! 🎉

CONGRATULATIONS @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social on this incredible shortlisting!

Coming 28 August, Moira Buffini’s Torch Trilogy continues this summer with Torchfire 🔥 Available to pre-order now from @waterstones.bsky.social. waterstones.com/book/torchfire/moira-buffini/9780571385683

This is, quite honestly, the best sequel you will EVER read. It actually is.

A "heartwarming, hard-hitting YA takedown of diet culture"! Absolutely wonderful to see #AmaraSage's Girl, Ultra-Processed in @theguardian.com's Children's and Teens Roundup! @faberchildrens.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Join Amara Sage and Cynthia So in-conversation with @anikahussainwrites.bsky.social this Saturday 1st February at Waterstones Bristol! Tickets available here: waterstones.com/events/an-ev... @waterstones.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social

Looking for classroom resources this #DisabilityHistoryMonth? Check out our free teaching packs for What Happened to You?, You're So Amazing! and Mama Car by James and Lucy Catchpole - three warm, witty picture books that centre disabled characters: www.faber.co.uk/journal/cele...

The Great Theatre Rescue, @juditheagle.bsky.social's latest title for @faberchildrens.bsky.social published 13th Feb is a delight, an engrossing plot that twists and turns until the final chapter and a wonderful cast of characters. I loved this! #UKKidLit alibrarylady.blog/2025/01/17/t...

We are delighted to see Songlight and Glasgow Boys on the #BranfordBoaseAward longlist. Congratulations to the brilliant Moira Buffini, @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and their editors @alisewan.bsky.social and Ama Badu

Two thoroughly enjoyable editorial journeys for two authors who didn't seem like debuts at all, CONGRATULATIONS Moira Buffini and @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and my very favourite person to edit with, Ama Badu.

Happy Publication Day to Girl, Ultra-Processed by #AmaraSage, a bold, body-positive YA novel about friendship, dating and self-love!✨ Published by @faberchildrens.bsky.social

New year, new me! That's what Saffron Saldana tells herself as the clock strikes midnight. Her resolution is the same every year: lose weight. But diet culture has ugly consequences, as Saffron is about to find out... Can Saffron find a way back to herself and learn to love who she already is?

How do you avoid rejection? Try an AI-generated, perfect version of yourself. Boys online love Saffron's alter-ego, Sydney, but soon the boundaries begin to blur . . . And one boy in particular makes her question her desire to be someone she's not. Girl, Ultra-Processed is out 16 January.

Girl, Ultra-Processed by Amara Sage is a wonderful, character driven YA looking at diet culture and its consequences. Saffron thinks that weight loss means happiness, and to escape her reality, she creates her online alter ego, Sydney, an AI 'perfect' version of herself. 1/2

This incredible YA published yesterday: the perfect antidote to New Year, New You bollocks that fills up my feed despite my best efforts. It's one of those that makes you go, WOAH, WHAT IT IS TO BE A WOMAN!