"Children and dragons team up to find a solution in this charming, funny picture-book".🎄 Wonderful to see A Christmas Delivery, written by @andyshepherdwriter.bsky.social & illustrated by #SarahWarburton, in @theguardian.com's Best New Children's Books roundup! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

After an evening spent editing the captions (sorry if any errors remain), the Q&A from my book launch is now live, so you get to see me rambling about medieval literature while on codeine and also completely failing to sit in chairs, my default state of being: youtu.be/iOc1ULognsU

If, like me, you're dismayed to learn that it's less than 2 weeks until Christmas and haven't bought a single present yet, may I suggest my YA trilogy about a traumatised teenage assassin trying to live a normal life for the older teens and other YA readers in your life?: finnlongman.com/books/

This giveaways ends tomorrow, btw!

One of my Christmas Cards from a few years back. Originally published in a Trickett and Webb Calendar (1995) printed from hand drawn separations.

#25CardsofChristmas2025 It’s 2017 and I’m keeping things simple by making another zig-zag card. This time it’s from the birds. They’re very disgruntled at having to wear Christmassy scarves and they’ve been promised bird seed and it hasn’t arrived.

Sailor Dress Hanging In The Bois Des Moutiers Varengeville Normandy: watercolour and pencil

TWAHK has been out a whole week already! If you've read and enjoyed it, please consider dropping a review on Amazon, Waterstones etc to help it reach more readers :)

Afterglow Summer Richmond Hill: acrylic on canvas

Well bluesky did like the rainy cottage. Let’s see if it likes cats… it might not. But here is my cat Gorgonzola from my book ‘The Taming if the Cat’ singing a song which may or may not be tuneful. Made without AI ofcourse. #art.sky #art #cat #book.sky #catart

For #NationalIllustrationDay: one from my distant past (52 years and counting) Goodbye yellow Brick Road watercolour and pencil on CS2 illustration board 1973

The Alleyway Summer Morning Isleworth: acrylic on canvas

What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas, illustrated by @lydiamonks.bsky.social and written by #JuliaDonaldson, is #24 in the Official Top 50 and #1 in the Children's Pre-School and Picture Book charts!🐞🎄 @panmacmillan.bsky.social @thebookseller.com #Christmas2026 #FestiveReads

Did you know... you can get my brand-new book, out today, in hardback, for £12 from the Gollancz Emporium using the code BF40? (You'll get 40% off your entire order, so a great time to stock up on hardbacks...) store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...

👑'Howlingly good'- The Bookseller 🐺'Filled with loyalty and betrayal, dark secrets, and oh, so much yearning'- Kimberly Bea ✨'Finn Longman is a master of their craft'- Wren James Happy Publication Day to The Wolf and His King, @finnlongman.com's spellbinding new novel! @gollancz.bsky.social

This review might be MY newest favourite thing... perhaps I shall stick it on my wall

THE WOLF AND HIS KING, a retelling of Bisclavret focused on yearning, chronic illness feelings, and the mortifying ordeal of being known, comes out tomorrow! Which is to say, in about an hour! Or in two months if you live in North America, sorry. finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...

The Alleyway Isleworth: watercolour

A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today! finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...

The Heart of the Storm, written by @teresaheapy.bsky.social and illustrated by #KateRead, is one of @thebookseller.com's 10 Titles Not to Miss in February!🐺🦊⛈️ @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

"A thought-provoking, metaphysical treat"✨ Anya and the Light Above the Ocean by Amelia Giudici is one of @thebookseller.com's 10 Titles Not to Miss in February 2026!

The @goldsborobooks.bsky.social edition of The Wolf and His King is definitely the prettiest! goldsborobooks.com/products/the...

A Christmas card for Grimm & Co. All proceeds go towards this magical place getting children excited about reading and stories. Cards can be ordered from their online shop. shop.grimmandco.co.uk/products/lyd...

Winter Morning The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on linen

What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by me, is the UK’s bestselling picture book! 🥳🐞

Autumn Statue: acrylic on linen

"Briggs remains best known for his wordless picture book The Snowman. But The Strange House, which contains two rediscovered novellas from 1961, reminds us what a good writer he was too." The Strange House is one of @telegraph.co.uk's greatest books of 2025!📚 www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...

What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas, illustrated by @lydiamonks.bsky.social and written by #JuliaDonaldson, is #1 in the Pre-School and Picture Book charts AND has entered the Official UK Top 50 Charts this week!🐞🎄 @panmacmillan.bsky.social #Christmasread #Booksky

Basil Dreams Big illustrated by #SarahWarburton and written by #LuFraser is the latest CBeebies Bedtime Story! Join Big Zuu and Pudsey for a very special bedtime story for #ChildreninNeed! #Simon&SchusterUK #BedtimeStories #CBeebies #Pudsey www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

An Post Irish Book Awards and another great review. I'm honoured and delighted to have been shortlisted for Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year in the A Post Irish Book Awards. The shortlist was announced on 22 October, and the award ceremony is on 27th November, so I'll be off to Dublin for the…

Nocturne, Night Lights In Suburbia: acrylic on canvas

I will be at Waterstones Doncaster on 4th December 5.30 - 7.30, storytelling, drawing and signing. See you there! 🎄🤶

#PrimaryTeachers teaching #WW1 topic: Fred is an ordinary London boy, but as the First World War looms, friends, neighbours and classmates turn against his family. Their crime? Fred's father is German... A story of othering, fear and hope. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social #PrimaryRocks #UKEdChat

‘The Taming of the Cat’ is out in paperback now. It has copious black and white illustrations and stars a mouse called Brie who has to tell a story to keep a murderous cat occupied. If the cat grows restive so Brie has to think if some fast action! #art #bookillustration #birds #raven #book.sky

US readers! There are 100 ARCs of THE WOLF AND HIS KING, my retelling of the medieval werewolf tale, 'Bisclavret', up for grabs in this Goodreads giveaway. The book comes out Jan 27 2026, but this is a great chance to nab it early! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Next is the king -- controversially, in second person. I think second person is woefully misunderstood, and this is tragic, because it can do things that no other perspective can. I hope this might make people realise it's not exclusive to reader-insert fanfic! finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7998249...

Over on Tumblr (and Instagram, in abbreviated form), I'm introducing the different narrative POVs in THE WOLF AND HIS KING and why I chose them. First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...

Three (US) ARCs to mark three weeks until UK publication! I realise using ARCs that have a different publication date on them is confusing, but they just arrived and I couldn't resist. finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...

Another from ‘The Taming of the Cat’ out in paperback now. #book.sky #artsky

It's a double paperback publication day for #JaneRay!✨ Anya’s Quest, written by #JasbinderBilan and beautifully illustrated by Jane, and Twelfth Night, the picture book retelling from #TheGlobe featuring Jane’s magical illustrations, are both out in paperback today!📚 @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

The #Carnegies2026 nominations have been announced!✨ Handle With Care by @louisareid.bsky.social and Girl, Ultra-Processed by #AmaraSage are nominated for writing, while @mini3grey.bsky.social is nomintated for the Illustration medal for The Coming of the Iron Man! 📚 carnegies.co.uk

I was happy to illustrate cover of The Author magazine for @societyofauthors.bsky.social. 📚

The Wolf and His King comes out in ONE MONTH today! (Or three months today if you're in the US.) This book is a retelling of the medieval French poem 'Bisclavret', about a werewolf knight and the king who loves him. More info and preorder links: finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...

Thrilled to see The Coming of the Iron Man, illustrated by @mini3grey.bsky.social, Letters to a Monster, illustrated by #SarahWarburton and Anya's Quest, illustrated by #JaneRay, all longlisted for @peters-books.bsky.social Children's Book of the Year! 📚✨

"A raw, moving look at family, identity and emotional survival."♥️🔒 My Name is Jodie Jones by @emmashevah.bsky.social was named one of The Best New Children's Books for Autumn 2025 by @theipaper.com! @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social inews.co.uk/culture/book...

My Name is Jodie Jones by @emmashevah.bsky.social and Letters to a Monster illustrated by #SarahWarburton & written by #PatriciaForde are shortlisted for the 2025 @irishbookawards.bsky.social! 🏆📚 @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social www.irishbookawards.ie/2025-shortli...

Happy Paperback Publication Day to The Taming of the Cat by @helencooperbooks.bsky.social!🐱🐭🧀 ✨'Beguiling...utterly delightful.' @booksforkeeps.bsky.social ✨'A delicious treat.' @theguardian.com ✨'A classic fairy tale with beautiful illustrations.' #TheWeekJunior @faberchildrens.bsky.social

Thanks for the review, Sue! I walk in the hilly park at Ally Pally every day with my dog. Writing about the WW1 internees who once shared this glorious space was very moving...

It's time to board your longships and embark on another fantastic time-slip adventure from @karenmccombie.bsky.social! Alfie and Kat’s school trip takes an unexpected turn when they’re whisked back to a Viking village. Will they ever be able to find their way back home? Out January 2026 🌊

*COVER REVEAL!!* The cover of my upcoming Viking time-slip novel has been gloriously illustrated by Anneli Bray. Out Jan '26! @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @theagencybooks.bsky.social