The Lass and The Quine by Ashley Douglas, illustrated by Kate Osmond 📚📚📚 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @ashleydouglas.bsky.social @artichokekate.bsky.social @tippermuirbooks.bsky.social #pb#childrensbooks#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#youngreaders#scots

New #MG fantasy adventure publishing next March & available for pre-order. #DragonGirlAndTheAwakenedFlames by @jennywritemoore.bsky.social is an adventure quest perfect for readers aged 8/9+ Thanks @dannieprice.bsky.social & #Maverick #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/28/m...

A much-needed resource! Bessie's Bees by George Kirk illustrated by Ana Gómez Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @georgekirktales.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social #pb#childrensbooks#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#readingforpleasure#youngreaders#AnaGomez

Fantastic! A must-read! 📚📚📚🐐🐐🐐🐐 Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste, Illustrated by Dapo Adeola Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @traceybaptistewrites @dapsdraws @puffinbooksUK #pb#childrensbooks#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#readingforpleasure#youngreaders

MBC Fabulous Giveaway! Dead Real, Written and Illustrated by Poppy T. Perry To enter, head to our instagram page. @mybookcorner.reviews A fantastic YA novel about love, commitment and understanding. Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social #ya#yabooks#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters

Miranda Moore's debut Young Adult novel A Beautiful, Terrible Thing packs an emotional punch. 📚📚📚 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @sparewriter.bsky.social #MichelleBrackenborough @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social #ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters

Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor Cover Reveal on My Book Corner Today! 📚📚📚🎉🎉🎉 Publishing on 18th September @sarahbroadley.bsky.social #ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yabookstagram#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters#Sarah Lippett#Ziggy Hanaor#cicadabooks

A packed @edinb for the launch of the brilliant #MG Firebloom, written by the wonder that is Justin Davies and illustrated by the fabulous Francesca Ficorilli Published by @florisbooks.bsky.social, it's out now! Full of jellyfish, intrigue and mayhem, you'll be hooked from the first page!

Had a fantastic time @edbookfest.bsky.social. It was a joy to chair some brilliant events, host a lead readers session for @openbookreading.bsky.social, catch up with visiting creatives, delighted to be guest at some of the school events through @mybookcorner.bsky.social and more!

Firebloom by Justin Davies 🪼🪼🪼🪼 A must read! 📚📚📚📚📚 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @[email protected] #JustinDavies#FrancescaFicorilli#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#jellyfish#adventure

One of our favourite children's authors, Justin Davies, is heading to Linlithgow this Saturday to sign copies of his latest book, Firebloom - in which the isle of Stormcliff prepares for the annual Firebloom jellyfish festival! For more info and tickets: tinyurl.com/FFTMCFirebloom

Exclusive Q&A with Maisie Chan - Nate Yu's Blast From The Past! Interview by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @maisiechan.bsky.social @simonedouglasillustrates.bsky.social @piccadillypress.bsky.social #mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

Learn how to write exciting YA, Middle Grade & children's fiction on our three-month Writing YA & Children’s Fiction with prize-winning author @catwrote.bsky.social! You'll join a group of 15 writers for expert teaching, including a Zoom masterclass with top children's book agents.

Super Goat Girl is out today! Happy book birthday to @traceybaptiste.bsky.social and @dapsdraws.bsky.social on this incredible story about joy, confidence and knowing how special you actually are! My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social 📚❤️ #PB

Livia In Rome by Bruna De Luca 🎉📚 Romance,exquisite food and an unbreakable family bond, a fantastic glimpse into two very different cultures! 🎉📚 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @[email protected] @[email protected] #ChickenHouseBooks#YA#booksforkids#cleanteen#italy#scotland#romance

Dead Real, Written and Illustrated by Poppy T. Perry 📚📚📚 A fantastic, illustrated YA novel about love, commitment and understanding. 💕 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social #poppytperry#ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters#foxandinkbooks#zombies#romance

My holiday reads! Not enough room to tag everyone, for more info on the books here's the link to my post www.instagram.com/p/DKahKKEMmAm/

With @cymerafestival.co.uk soon, can't wait for @poppytperry.bsky.social on stage discussing her YA 'Dead Real' beside #OliverGerlach & his graphic novel 'Restaurant at the End of the World'. Come along/access livestream - full details on the link below... www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve...

Delighted to interview @mybookcorner.bsky.social 's Director, @sareenmclay.bsky.social on her role, processes and vision for the well-known children's book review website. Find out more on my @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Writers' Minds feature... www.wordsandpics.org/2025/05/writ...

GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!! On Instagram @mybookcorner.reviews SIGNED COPY of the wonderful ‘Coorie Doon’, by Jackie Kay, and Jill Calder. Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#books

Day out at Dr Neil’s Garden. And launch of @edbookfest.bsky.social Schools Programme at Holyrood High School. Thanks to Jenny, Rachel, Jodie, librarians; Rachel and Hannah and pupils & Joseph Coehlo! @sarahbroadley.bsky.social #bookofinstagram#kidlit#poetrycommunity#flowers#childrensbooks #garden

A vacancy has recently opened up at the Big Green Bookshop for a new customer. The ideal candidate will have a regular urge to buy lots of amazing books. Please email [email protected] with a list of books you'd like to buy. The position is available straight away.

A shout out to all the folk out there who may be finding today hard for many reasons. If you like a 'poyum' as my wee mum used to call them, then this is my go-to when I'm missing her wee face a little more than usual. The superb Lemn Sissay - Invisible Kisses blog.lemnsissay.com/2013/02/12/i...

Join us today for our stop on the blog tour for the fabulous I Don't Do Mountains! by Barbara Henderson Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio @scattyscribbler.bsky.social #VictoriaDiMeo#GinoDiMeo#ScottishMountaineeringPress#mg#childrensbooks#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

Join us on the blog tour today for the fabulous The Good Witch of Abbotsford by Alasdair Hutton, Illustrated by Bob Dewar. A fun-filled adventure! Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio @luathpress.bsky.social #AlasdairHutton #BobDewar#mg#childrensbook#booksforkids#kidlit

Creatives! Looking to send your work to agents and publishers but don't know where to start when it comes to querying? Then @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social's @scbwi-bi.bsky.social on-line event is for you! Tickets available here - www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...

Delighted for @the-bookseller.bsky.social #IndependantBookshopOfTheYear #Finalists #Scotland - @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social #Heron&Willow #SeahorsesBookstore #NightOwlBooks #TheBookNookStewarton #TheBookhouse #TheGingerCatBookshop #TheWeeBookshop #UllapoolBookshop

A Fix of Light by Kel Menton, Illustrated by Chrissy Curtin If ever there was a love story that needs to be read, then this is it! Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @kelmenton.bsky.social @chrissycurtin.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #ya#lovestory#romance#kidlit#booksbooksbooks

My first pocket money purchase back in 1982. My womb buddy's name is on it too so our other siblings wouldn't touch it. Pass the Dutchie' by Musical Youth. Tremendous. What was your first musical purchase?

Thief. Rebel. Bandit. Hero? Chaya can talk her way out of anything - except stealing the Queen's jewels. So she escapes on the back of a stolen elephant! Re-reading The Girl Who Stole an Elephant for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroup. By #NizranaFarook, illus @daviddean-illus.bsky.social

More Edward Gorey news for Edinburgh / Leith types which I totally didn't know about until now - a tribute exhibition at the Custom House in Leith.

A Fix of Light by @kelmenton.bsky.social is incredible, with a beautiful cover by @chrissycurtin.bsky.social. Hanan and Pax's story is heartbreaking. It's how love should be with all its broken parts. The chance to mend against all odds. #CWs. My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.

We had a magical evening in Cork launching the debut YA novel A Fix of Light by Kel Menton 💜🦊 Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate with us and a huge thanks to Dubray Books for being wonderful hosts💫 Congratulations Kel! #AFixOfLight is OUT NOW!

We have the perfect book for you today! 🐙 One Cheeky Octopus by Alastair Chisholm, Illustrated by Alex Willmore. 😁 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @alastairchisholm.bsky.social #AlexWillmore @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #pb#childrensbooks#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit

At last! The Stone and Sky cover reveal brought to in glorious Scottivision!

Buzz Club by Xena Knox The first rule of Buzz Club: do NOT talk about Buzz Club! Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio Published and cover design by @hodderbooks.bsky.social #ya#youngadults#relationships#breakingup#friends#buzzclub#bookstagram#bookstagramuk

Sylvester doesn't like sharing. He wants everything & will stop at nothing to get it - even shark's teeth! One Cheeky Octopus - a brilliant new #PB written @alastairchisholm.bsky.social with illustrations #AlexWillmore. My review up on @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social

Hello 🤗 We have joined the blue sky world! Please help us find all of our author and book loving friends so we can chat more! Our journey to completing the 2025 programme has now begun and our theme this year will be celebrating creativity, with a few twists and turns of course! Watch this space.

Q&A today with Sharada Keats on her incredible debut, These Stolen Lives! Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio or www.mybookcorner.co.uk/qa-with-shar... Cover illustration by #JamieGregory @sharadakeats.bsky.social #Scholastic#YA#thriller#kidlit#dystopianfiction#childrensbooks

Eeek! Author copies are here! 'The Space Between' publishes on Thursday 6th Feb, this #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek 🖊️ Clare Helen Welsh 🎨 Fiona Lumbers 📕 Andersen Press www.andersenpress.co.uk/books/the-sp...

Choosing an agent to send your creative work to can be a daunting process, in my @scbwi-bi.bsky.social interview with Emma Layfield, director of @cbnagency.bsky.social , she offers great advice, information & guidelines to consider. Thank you, Emma. www.wordsandpics.org/2025/02/writ...

People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence, Illustrated by Michelle Brackenborough Publication Day! Read our review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio 📚 @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social #MichelleBrackenborough #Scholastic#MG#mystery#kidlit#booksforkids#booksforchildren#childrensbooks#patricelawrence

Little Mouse is Absolutely, Completely, Totally Fine by Sharon Hopwood, Illustrated by Marisa Morea Join Little Mouse in this lovely story about emotions. @sharonhopwood.bsky.social Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio #PB#kidlit#childrensbookillustration #MarisaMorea #FarshoreBooks

When 17 y/o Tavi's BF dumps her, friends gift her a post-breakup present. Tavi is mortified, but Ella is inspired. Buzz Club, an exclusive club for discussing everything from porn to the patriarchy. @xenaknox.bsky.social #YA Buzz Club is out 30th Jan. My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.

Coorie doon on this stormy day as we welcome Jill Calder, illustrator of Coorie Doon by Jackie Kay, to our My Book Corner Q&A! Questions set by MBC's @sarahbroadley.bsky.social #CoorieDoon #ScottishLullaby #BedTimeRead#ChildrensBooksUK#ChildrensBooks #ReadingWithBairns #TimeForBed#DreamLandAwaits

What a fantastic evening celebrating the launch of Jackie Kay and Jill Calder's #PB Coorie Doon. If ever there was a book that gave you a hug then this is it. Keep an eye on @mybookcorner.bsky.social - a give away of a copy, signed by both Jill & Jackie will be up for grabs! Pub by Walker Books.

I've been working on the synopsis for a new story. I think I'm in the minority when I say I don't mind them, that they really help me. We're not besties or anything but I'd make sure they got home ok 🙂

It's blowing a hoolie out there but my @mybookcorner.bsky.social interview with illustrator Jill Calder is a ray of sunshine. Congratulations Jill & Jackie Kay as picture book Coorie Doon launches in Edinburgh tonight. Hopefully - looking at you Storm Éowyn! www.mybookcorner.co.uk/qa-with-jill...

Is this what they call the calm before the storm? #RedWarning #CentralBelt #Scotland

Dear Black Boy by Martellus Bennett, Reimagined by Mr. Tomonoshi Sport is an amazing way to find your own success in life, but it is not the only way. Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio #kidlit#picturebook #sport#inspiration#childrensbooks#childrensillustration #booksbooksbooks