Congratulations to @louisareid.bsky.social on being longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing for her powerful YA novel Handle with Care!♥️ #GuppyBooks #Carnegies2026 carnegies.co.uk/writing-long...

Spring Moonlight, The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on linen

Happy Publication Day to the 15th Anniversary edition of The Rhyming Rabbit from @lydiamonks.bsky.social and #JuliaDonaldson!🥳 Featuring bonus content, including a make-your-own rabbit ears activity, hop along with Rabbit to rediscover this brilliant rhyming adventure! 🐰 #MacmillanKidsBooks

This is this week (in two days) (this Wednesday evening) I actually keep forgetting, but hopefully that won't happen on the day and I will actually show up 💀 Please do come!

The House On The Rocks Saint Lunaire Brittany: watercolour

For #NationalYearofReading I'm adding posts on books I'm enjoying.First 'The Coming of the Iron Man' a picture-book edition of the Ted Hughes classic, gorgeously illustrated by @mini3grey.bsky.social with beguiling characters and textures of the natural world adding new dimensions to a beloved tale.

Pine Trees And Mini Golf At St Lunaire Brittany: ink and watercolour on vintage paper

It's a weird time to be trying to release a book in the US for the first time, but I guess we all need some medieval werewolves and queer yearning amidst The Horrors? Anyway, it's only a week until THE WOLF AND HIS KING comes out in North America, and the NA edition is VERY pretty:

Last couple of chapters of @finnlongman.com's The Wolf and His King and I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING I'm going to need a few quiet minutes before having to talk to anyone after this, I can tell. 💙📚🪐 #MedievalWerewolfKnight 🐺❤️

Winter Headlights Isleworth: ink and watercolour on vintage paper

Who has cute notebooks, a velcro cat and would like the power to zap empathy at people? It's @karenmccombie.bsky.social! Read our interview with her and find out all about her amazing books, pets and writing tips. virtualauthors.co.uk/2026/01/22/1... #virtualauthorvisits #kidlit #authorinterview

As a #NationalYearOfReading2026 ambassador, #MalorieBlackman spoke with The Guardian about the importance of reading. Read her compelling interview here: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... #GoAllIn2026

Night Lights In Suburbia: acrylic on canvas

⭐️OUT TODAY!⭐️ 'The Accidental Vikings' is inspired by the back-in-time ride at the wonderful @jorvikviking.bsky.social museum in York! First went when my kiddo was in Yr3 and studying the Vikings at school & we went again for research purposes last year (kiddo now 23!). @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

Happy Publication Day to The Accidental Vikings, the latest time-slip adventure from @karenmccombie.bsky.social! ⌛ Be whisked back in time to a Viking village in this dyslexia-friendly read, with illustrations from #AnneliBray. Published by @barringtonstoke.bsky.social ✨ #dyslexiafriendlybooks

A reminder that I am doing an event in CAMBRIDGE (England variety) (Cambridgeshire variety) in a couple of weeks, and you should come to it. Bring your friends! I will have my weird little guy stamp! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Sunlit Doorway Audierene Brittany: ink and watercolour on vintage paper

My 1st review of 2026 is for the brilliant time travel adventure The Accidental Vikings by @karenmccombie.bsky.social, illustrated by Anneli Bray. Out 15/01 for 7+ readers from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/t...

#25CardofChristmas2025 Here they all are - the last 25 years in Christmas cards. Wishing you all good cheer!

Barnes & Noble are once again having a 25% off pre-order sale with the code PREORDER25, and THE WOLF AND HIS KING comes out in less than a month in the US, if anyone has been wavering on pre-ordering and is looking for an excuse! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wolf-a...

Realised I have not only been failing to promote this event but also haven't actually... mentioned it publicly... anywhere at all. WHOOPS. Yeah, that's not how you sell tickets. Anyway, I'm doing an event in Cambridge! Let's talk about medieval werewolves :) www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

"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...