Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

Readers thrilled by the ghostly goings on in Natasha Mac a’Bháird’s first Scyamore Hill Mystery will be delighted to discover there’s just as much excitement and intrigue in the second. THE VANISHED GIRL is our NEW #BookoftheWeek 🔍 @theobrienpress.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-v...

In our NEW issue, #BfK274 for our Authorgraph interview, Ferelith Hordon talks to James Mayhew on publication of his new book MY BOOK OF CLASSIC NURSERY TALES and looks back over his impressive career. #illustration #KidLitUK #BookSky @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/auth...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Ewa Beniak-Haremska. Excellent use of black-and-white drawings in a novel. From The Feathered Book by Charlie Nutbrown, an elegant cosy crime novel about aspiring detective Monty the Fox and the theft of a book. Everything With Words 11 Sept. @charlienutbrown.bsky.social

We hope to see you at out conference this November, we have a full and exciting day planned and guest speakers that shouldn't be missed! Tickets are still available: Buy tickets – The IBBY UK 2025 Conference – Open Ealing Arts Centre share.google/RDgMepljlkGg... We hope to see you there!

New issue of @booksforkeeps.bsky.social is out, dive in to discover lots of book related treats. It includes a review of graphic novel Everything Amplified "collaborative YA debut is a love song to the beauty, power and therapeutic nature of music"

Join us! #kidlituk #ukkidlit Speakers: @imogenrw.bsky.social @balirai.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social @rashmiwriting.bsky.social @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social Sita Brahmachari, Nizrana Farook, Serena Patel & MORE! Tickets £20 /online £5 www.sailfest.org.uk/sailfest2025

On Oct 31, I'll be talking to Philip Pullman about his latest book. Please come: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

The NEW #BfK is here, packed with interviews, articles, news, comment and #childrensbooks reviews. Weekend reading sorted! #KidLit #KidLitUK #BookSky booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...

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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jade Orlando from This is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets selected by Traci N Todd. Aerial view of an after school banned-book club, with a sense of sharing and discovery. The setting for Nikki Grimes’s poem Good Trouble. Nosy Crow 11 Sept. @nosycrow.bsky.social

Out now! #BfK274 articles, interviews, news, comment, reviews. Authorgraph interview James Mayhew, Windows into Illustration Emma Farrarons, 10 of the Best books to turn children into poets, Simon Mole interview, Beyond the Secret Garden,new Picture This #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Jane Ray from Georghia Ellinas's retelling of The Winter's Tale. Painstakingly depicted grass, bricks, foliage, tiles & a typically exquisite fantasy setting. Leontes & Polixenes among the domes & spires of a Sicilian city. Walker Books 11 Sept @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

In London, hate will never win.

Our #BookoftheWeek and we're big fans of Kate Sheehy #BookSky

We must unite against those who seek to divide us.

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Vietnamese Cambridge School of Art MA Hoang Giang from Bear Heart, a story by Louise Greig about making space in your heart for what you love. Softly moonlit animals made of satisfying rounded shapes in the rich blue night. Flying Eye 11 Sept @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social

Out today! The longlists for the @uklitassociation.bsky.social UKLA Book Awards. Chosen by teachers and covering a range of genres, topics and themes, fiction and non-fiction. Check them out! #KidLitUK #UKLA26 #teachersbookawards booksforkeeps.co.uk/longlists-fo...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by skilful Ruchi Mhasane from This Is Who I Am, a picturebook by Rashmi Sirdeshpande about a girl with ‘a foot in two worlds’ who is ‘so much more than that’. It celebrates the places, people, history & experiences that make us who we are. @andersenpress.bsky.social 11 Sept.

Happy Book Birth Day to @catwrote.bsky.social for Dance of Resistance. Experience our 💯% love here: www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...

Proud to find ourselves in lovely #cooperative #coop company⬇️ We were set up as a not-for-profit workers’ coop in 1982. Still all of those wonderfuls today!

Dear followers of ours… you will definitely want to follow the #LittleRebelsAward folk too⬇️. We run this award for radical children’s fiction, alongside @housmansbookshop.bsky.social & on behalf of the Alloance of Radical Booksellers. See you all there! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

ICYMI Emma Farrarons has been named winner of the 10th #KlausFluggePrize for most promising and exciting newcomer to picture book #illustration. She won for MY HAIR IS AS LONG AS A RIVER, written by Charlie Castle. Find out more 👇 #KidLitUK www.klausfluggeprize.co.uk

‘I want all children in Wales to experience the pleasure of reading, the superpower of writing, to find their own voices as creative change-makers & advocates for a fairer, more sustainable future.’ Nicola Davies, new Children's Laureate Wales 👏 #KidlitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/nicola-davie...

Congratulations Emma Farrarons, winner of the 2025 #KlausFluggePrize for most exciting and promising newcomer to picture book #illustration with MY HAIR IS AS LONG AS A RIVER, written by Charlie Castle, published by Macmillan Children's Books 💐#BookSky #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/2025-klaus-f...

The winners of the 2025 Wainwright Prize for nature and conservation writing have been announced, including the three winners of the children’s books categories. Find out more #BookSky #KidLit #Naturewriting booksforkeeps.co.uk/wainwright-w...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Chloe Savage from her picturebook The Search For Our Cosmic Neighbours. Cross-section of Captain Julia’s spaceship which is searching the universe for other life & finds a reminder that living is joyous. Walker 11 Sept. @chloesavage.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

New exhibition for those interested in #KidLit The Story Starts Here: the craft of children’s book writing and illustration opens this September at The Gallery at City Lit, Keeley Street WC2B 4BA. BfK readers welcome at the exhibition opening! 🔻 booksforkeeps.co.uk/city-lit-cel...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Kate Winter, who won the Klaus Flugge Prize for her first picturebook. This scene is half a fold-out, lit by an oil lamp, from her second, The Cave Explorer, telling the story of the discovery of the Lascaux cave paintings. Puffin 11 Sept. @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social

Are you counting down? #NationalPoetryDay is Thursday 5th October. @poetrydayuk.bsky.social Celebrate its theme of 'Play' by experimenting with wordplay and trying something new using these resources: nationalpoetryday.co.uk/resources/

If you don't know what my new book is about then you can read this lovely review from @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social - this would be a great book for primary or Y7 (S1) - topics include WW1, untold histories, Liverpool, Adoption, Ants, Identity and more. Out now with @piccadilly-press.bsky.social

"In an age of diminishing concentration spans, it’s exactly what’s needed, and a demonstration of what books do so brilliantly". The best bits of storytelling celebrated in our NEW #BookoftheWeek GOOD BITS by Kes Gray and Ruby Wright @dkbooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/good-...

One week to go! The countdown to the announcement of the winner of the 2025 (and tenth!) #KlausFluggePrize has started. Watch the shortlisted illustrators open up their sketchbooks and find out more about their books and illustration styles below🖌️#KidLit #BookSky youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Xin Yue Zhu, Cambridge School of Art MA, from Mama’s Special Wonton Soup, a picturebook by Wei Mei Wong about sharing & community, set in a Chinese village. A chess match in blue & yellow using printing, fine pen and crosshatching. Lantana 4 Sept. @lantanapub.bsky.social

Children are engaging with stories in new & innovative ways. Cheltenham Festival's Future of Reading 1-day conference 13 Oct is packed with inspiration, creativity & practical tools for #teachers to help foster a reading culture that's fit for the future. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/our-projects...

Great to hear that SAIL FEST, the South Asian Illustration and Literature festival will return for a second year on Saturday 27 September at Tate Britain. #KidLitUK Find out more and get your tickets: booksforkeeps.co.uk/sail-fest-re...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emily Gravett from her picturebook Bear’s Nap. A collection of creatures being shouted at to be quiet in a skilfully drawn, comical image made with “colour pencil, watercolour and a little bit of digital fiddle-faddling”.Two Hoots 4 September. @twohootsbooks.bsky.social

Congratulations to Matt Goodfellow, today appointed new @booktrust.org.uk Writer in Residence. His theme will be 'voice and choice'. #KidLitUK Find out more 🔽 booksforkeeps.co.uk/matt-goodfel...

"Young readers/listeners will delight in this... Silly & huge fun, both in the vibrant visuals & verbally (there are speech bubbles, signs and lists as well as the main narrative.)" NEW #BfK Book of the Week PENCIL'S BEST STORY EVER ✏️ @postwavebooks.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/penci...

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Matthew Forsythe from his 3rd picturebook Aggie and the Ghost, about a little girl who is haunted by a ghost and makes her own choices. Depicting a simple fairytale world, in watercolour, gouache & coloured pencil. 28 Aug Simon & Schuster. @simonandschuster.bsky.social

Books for Keeps is offering a free place to our upcoming conference, check their post for more details!

City Lit has nurtured an array of talent in #writing & #illustration for children. Its new exhibition celebrates 4 decades of storytelling through book covers, extracts & the authors & illustrators behind them. Find out more & attend the opening with #BfK👀#KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/city-lit-cel...

What stories do we tell children about the past? What are historical facts & who gets to interpret them? The @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference will explore these questions. Speakers include @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Find out more ⬇️1 FREE place on offer via #BfK. booksforkeeps.co.uk/books-for-ke...

Ignore the haters. London is the 🐐

Happy #bankholidayweekend to all our readers. However you're planning to spend it, take time to catch up with news, reviews and new #BfK interviews via our newsletter, out today. Contains details of a very special offer too 👀 tinyurl.com/5n93cykk #BookSky #KidLitUK

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Rebecca Cobb from A Totally Big Umbrella, about how fears can grow and be overcome. Written by Sarah Crossan. Walker Books 26 Aug. A birthday party is interrupted by a downpour. Great comic use of perspective from below @rebeccacobb.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by comic-book artist Jamie Coe from Great Escapes, a collection of true stories by David Long. Harriet Tubman, rescuer of slaves on the Underground Railway, lit by a lantern at night in the snow, her breath visible in the cold. Faber 14 August. @faberchildrens.bsky.social

ICYMI: ‪@transworldbooks.bsky.social‬ has recruited Elizabeth Counsell from Northbank Literary Agency as editor to cover publishing director Thorne Ryan’s maternity leave 👇 #BookSky

"A beautiful & thoughtful version of a children’s classic." NEW #BfK Book of the Week is THE COMING OF THE IRON MAN, an abridged #picturebook version of Ted Hughes' classic. Added bonus: Q&A with illustrator Mini Grey! @faberchildrens.bsky.social #BookSky #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-com

Looking for a pic of the logo to remind myself, I came across this vintage article from @booksforkeeps.bsky.social, from 1988! Which means the imprint launched EXACTLY when I wanted it, aged 10. Good timing, puffin! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/puff...