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...

Celebrating #internationalcatday with Joan Aiken's enormous Mog who saves the town of Carnmog from flooding, and catches a few fish 🐬😻 in one of her classic Necklace of Raindrops stories, illustrated by Jan Pienkowski of course! www.joanaiken.com/books/a-neck...

Stormy in the Highlands? It is for Joan Aiken's valiant heroine Valhalla who abandons the safety of a New York society marriage for some very wild adventures abroad...join her from the comfort of your own armchair... www.panmacmillan.com/authors/joan...

Ahlbergs forever....!!! Books for Babies!!! 💚💛🩵❤️🧡

An encyclopedia of reading, in the best possible taste ...📚♥️

Joan Aiken Gothic Romance shocker - new paperback out now! #Girlrunsawaytohauntedcastle joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/j...

Are you sitting comfortably? Then let Joan Aiken whisk you away to a Scottish Castle and an unputdownable Gothic Romance, coming out in a handsome new paperback from @panmacmillan.bsky.social ....you just have to wait until Thursday... www.panmacmillan.com/authors/joan...

The Cat sat on the Book! That's what all cats are supposed to do...but in Joan Aiken world you never know what will happen next...🌦️🌈 www.joanaiken.com/books/a-neck...

Bringing delight wherever they go, stories by Joan Aiken & pictures by Jan Pienkowski now out in Korea 💕🌈 www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

Twelve tall tales make up the 'Wolves Chronicles' ... Joan Aiken's lifetime work for readers of all ages, an alternative world with plenty of wisdom to help us survive our own... www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

Get away from it all with Joan Aiken...and the delightful Dido Twite!

Yay! Looking for a long read? Joan Aiken has you covered ... www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

Huzzah! Totally agree of course, also celebrating a new Joan Aiken collection from @manderleypress.bsky.social as a perfect introduction to this extraordinary writer... www.joanaiken.com/books/tales-...

I love a list with Joan Aiken - you may also like...? Super scary memories of her own schooldays, Oxford in the 1930's, plus some much older scarier ghosts... www.joanaiken.com/books/the-sh...

A new reader discovers Joan Aiken "Ich bin mittendrin und liebe es" (I'm right in the middle of it and I love it.) @diogenesverlag.bsky.social

Midway between May Eve, Walpurgis Night, and the Summer Solstice the Wonderful @hatchards.bsky.social held their annual highly celebrated gathering of stoytellers... amongst the partygoers of course was Joan Aiken, in this ghostly anthology thanks to @blpublishing.bsky.social and @johnnymains.co.uk