Easter Eggs are everywhere just now, but can you spot this one? A funny fable from Joan Aiken & Jan Pienkowski in their 'A Necklace of Raindrops' - four friends searching for A Bed for the Night...classic storytelling, and Happy Ending guaranteed of course... joanaiken.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/a...

Formidable mothers make our lives the best they can be...what luck to be born to Joan Aiken and her own pioneering double graduate mother Jessie... Unforgettable lessons and love..

Joan Aiken's stories give a voice to unlikely heroines, women who use their words to pass on the wisdom that has ways to save us... #InternationalWomen'sDay joanaiken.wordpress.com/2023/11/10/g...

Need a little distraction? Tales of the Weird...Shapeshifter stories coming soon from @britishlibrary.bsky.social drawn from the wildest imaginations of writers from Mary Shelley to Joan Aiken...who comes up with the comforting idea tha Wolves make the Best Fathers...

The lovely @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social picks a favourite for World Book Day...Joan Aiken & Jan Pienkowski created a lasting classic in The Kingdom Under the Sea...even when it's been loved to bits...🤩 www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

Croopus, it's the first of March..time to celebrate Dido Twite day again! Have you met Joan Aiken's enduring heroine? If not read on and make a friend for life...always there when you need her. joanaiken.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/c...

What is it with Joan Aiken and wolves...? Every good story has a wolf...

One of the greatest love stories, a pair who were destined to meet among spilt milk and trampled lettuce...it's Arabel 7 Mortimer of course, Joan Aiken's enduring pair... Read how they first met: joanaiken.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/a...

So sad to hear we have lost @neilphilipmyth.bsky.social an expert and champion of the world of children's lit. introducing myths and stories for all...His Joan Aiken Top Ten is a treasure - if you've never discovered her, start here:

More than ever we need stories to show us how things worked out before, what we can do about it, and how to share hope for the future...'Hold together for the future's sake...' joanaiken.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/j...

...the best in fact..! Joan Aiken was once celebrated as 'the greatest children's writer you have probably never read...' But it's not too late, and she wrote for adults too ..

England in the olden days...except it was all made up by Joan Aiken...

In the USA? Want to get away for a while...? Wonderful escapism in Joan Aiken stories on sale this week... openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-la...

Stranger things we would welcome...and quieter times...a Joan Aiken world?

Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake...Nevermore!

Time to take down the decorations, and put them out for the birds..? But the books go on nourishing the family, celebrate the Year of Reading with these delights from Joan Aiken... www.joanaiken.com/arabel-and-m...

Remembering Joan Aiken and the stories about her haunted house...some of them she wrote herself... joanaiken.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/r...

Joan Aiken. Sleep walking bears. A big "yes" from me.

Wishing for World peace...? As Joan Aiken said, we have to imagine things before they can happen...meanwhile here's a song from her to cheer the darker days and wish you all a Happy Solstice...🍃 joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/m...

Magic in your pocket...a Free Christmas Gift 🎄🎁🎉Read some of Joan Aiken's Wisest and Wittiest stories and an introduction about her extraordinary life 🎄🎁🎉 read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0BW3...

Read a fantastic review of Joan Aiken's Austen Entertainments in the New York Times - a double celebration of two very entertaining authors... joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/j...

Joan Aiken always celebrated the novels of Jane Austen, so would be cheering for this 250th Anniversary celebration! Aiken wrote a sequel to each Austen novel, and a happy ending for the unfinished Emma Watson. Find them all on the website, paperbacks and EBooks: www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

Tales for winter nights...Joan Aiken's Wolves Chronicles... www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

This beautiful centenary collection of Joan Aiken stories takes you to a world of Gods and monsters, brave girls and sleepwalking bears, best read aloud at bedtime... Illustrated by Quentin Blake it's a classic... www.joanaiken.com/books/the-wi...

Huzzah, this is great timing...! A lovely #Thanksgiving for Joan Aiken and her wonderful Wolves Chronicles...no comeback necessary, they're all still running...! Come and find them on her website: www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

The wonderful world of Joan Aiken...come and explore...

#Halloween week would have been the perfect time to celebrate Joan Aiken's Trickster hero - Mortimer the Raven, but then he only ever does what HE wants...and always gets away with it. But it's not too late to read all about him here: joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...

Letters to a favourite author, who loved writing back, is one of these from you...?

Joan Aiken adored ghost stories, and wrote this one aged five: 'Demens were said to come forth (from the haunted couch!) and waill and scream all night...' Read some of her tips here on how to write a really creepy story: joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...

Time for spooky stories...?Joan Aiken does the trick...

Worth staying awake for...? Always Joan Aiken...find her chez @gavingrant.bsky.social

Excellent advice...and something for every occasion! www.joanaiken.com/books/

Oh for the good old days of Nuisance Callers... the world is a much more terrifying place now, but Joan Aiken's Arabel could probably handle it...after all she lived with Mortimer... joanaiken.wordpress.com/2021/06/10/a...

Joan Aiken was famous for haunting stories...and inspired some fantastic book covers... www.joanaiken.com/books/the-gr...

Autumn leaves and old friends...Joan Aiken & Quentin Blake brought us Arabel & Mortimer stories...still as funny as ever... @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DOEYz-U...

I can't believe it's been a year since this came out... @manderleypress.bsky.social glorious Joan Aiken collection now seen in all the best bookshops... funny, scary AND with literary references!!! Tales of london Town www.joanaiken.com/books/tales-...

Always remembering Joan Aiken...here in her garden at The Hermitage, in Sussex, surrounded by windfalls...

Joan Aiken spooky stories...great for school reading... www.joanaiken.com/books/the-sn...

Joan Aiken believed in the healing power of stories, and after an alarming week I can attest to the power of her own... Comfort reading, inspiration and hope right here... Collections from Small Beer Press @gavingrant.bsky.social joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/h...

Don't you wish you had one of these? A Gift from Joan Aiken... www.joanaiken.com/books/the-gi...

Joan Aiken in fantasy land, spent her 101 Birthday yesterday having all sites hacked, so don't believe any strange messages...except this one of course... @gavingrant.bsky.social 🖤

Happy Joan Aiken Day! Come and share some of her Happiest birthdays, some alarming ones...and some that would have surprised her a lot... joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/j...

Time to snuggle up with a Joan Aiken...

September brings back memories of Joan Aiken...not just because her Birthday falls on the 4th, but because of the autumn mood that comes with it... of leaf sweeping, and apple jelly and thoughts of home...all found in her books... joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/k...

Random read? But unforgettable ..

Joan Aiken...always unexpected...but in good company...

A Golden age of children's writers...Joan Aiken in great company, and a lovely book...♥️📚

Joan Aiken celebrates her debt to a fantastic forerunner, the much loved E.Nesbit... Happy Birthday...🪶🪶 Buy it here and support the Nesbit Society: www.edithnesbit.co.uk/society-publ...

Huge thanks to QuentinBlakeHQ and Lowry Salford for this lovely tribute to the stories created together with Joan Aiken - which introduced us all via BBC's Jackanory to MORTIMER and of course his best friend Arabel...Nevermore!!! thelowry.com/quentin-blak...

Cheers to @philipwomack.bsky.social for his @thespectator1828.bsky.social article imploring Writers and Editors to challenge young readers with more exciting language, like Joan Aiken! Babies love Beatrix Potter for odd words that they can remember and repeat... www.pressreader.com/uk/the-spect...