Camilla Chester
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Dog walking Children’s Writer and author of Call Me Lion.
#KidLitUK
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#ProjectPony
- it’s too good to eat. 🐴🌈🌧️
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#ProjectPony
- it’s too good to eat. 🐴🌈🌧️
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Thank you to everyone who came to support me. Greatly appreciated you being there xxx
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Not long now!
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Hey
#KidLitUK
and
#WritingCommunity
The fabulous @writers&artists Festival for
#ChildrensAuthors
and
#Illustrators
is back 22&23 March (online) with an incredible lineup. Info and bookings:
www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/child...
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Starting my day in the best way - with a little cuddle with my cat, Bibs.
#cats
#authorswithcats
#kidlituk
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E.L. Norry
9 months ago
Delighted to be a judge for the third year running for this brilliant competition. (Also a yearly chance to see
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
🤩)
#teachers
Please direct any young people interested in self-expression, and who are in care, or care-experienced, to enter!
www.coramvoice.org.uk/voices
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Gladstone's Library
9 months ago
Set your alarms! Our Writers in Residence submission window opens tomorrow (Monday 17th February) at 10am! You can find the submission details for our Writers in Residence programme here:
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I’ve just ordered 2 books from
bookshop.org
because they support local bookshops PLUS 10% of sales goes
@booktrust.org.uk
in Feb PLUS I might win flowers!
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
https://bookshop.org
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My new book is coming! Project Pony proofs are now out in the wilds. Look out for yours or review on
@netgalley.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
#ProjectPony
🐴🌧️🌈
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Sleepless night for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON
#Annoying
#Insomnia
#SleepDeprived
#Menopausal
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Bert’s Books
10 months ago
Uhoh. Jeff's throwing a tantrum. He wants better discounts from them. You can still get Bloomsbury books from Bert's, though.
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Jo is an amazing supporter of
#KidLitUK
and the
#WritingCommunity
and an advocate for
#ReadingForPleasure
Her fourth book is OUT TODAY! Go get it for you and all the kids in your life
#EgyptianEscapade
@fireflypress.bsky.social
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Morning! I’m reading 2 books - The Silence Project by Carole Hayley and Ghostlines by Katya Balen. You?
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UKLA
11 months ago
We are so excited to be joined by Professor Robin Banerjee and poet Coral Rumble at the UKLA National Conference 2025: Exploring Literacy in an Ever-Changing World. Get your tickets now!
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/72859
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Book Clubs in Schools
11 months ago
CRONGTON is coming to the small screen and we are so excited! The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉 Here's the trailer:
buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure
#Crongton
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Book Clubs in Schools
11 months ago
Wishing you a joyous and peaceful festive season with lots of downtime to get through your TBR pile 🎄🌟📚 Thank you for all your support this year 🙏 The book baubles on our tree are books that can be read in our book clubs. Which titles can you spot? 🔎
#ReadingforPleasure
#EduSky
#KidLitUK
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Mostly Book Talk
11 months ago
A bumper middle grade episode now available. We talk to
@devkothari.bsky.social
about her debut Bringing Back Kay-Kay and to
@louiestowell.bsky.social
about Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Making Enemies the fourth book in the bestselling Loki series.
#kidlitUK
#RfP
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Claire Linney Author
11 months ago
Day 23/24 of my diverse authored advent calendar is The Very Merry Murder Club Edited by
@serenakpatel.bsky.social
and
@redbreastedbird.bsky.social
13 delightfully dark stories of murder and mystery from some of my favourite children’s authors. I love this anthology!
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Elen Caldecott
11 months ago
#UKKidLit
#UKKidLitNews
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Claire Linney Author
11 months ago
Day 19/24 of my diverse authored advent calendar is The Boy to Beat the Gods by
@ashleythorpe.bsky.social
. A determined boy who acquires the powers of the Orishas, a vengeful princess and a trickster god. Everything you want from a great fantasy adventure.
#kidlituk
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Delighted have received ARC of
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
latest MG adventure that I remember her working on at our retreat. What a treat!
#KidLitUK
#Perks
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The Society of Authors
11 months ago
The SoA has joined a new creative industries coalition calling on government to protect copyright in the face of generative AI. See our three key principles and read more below.
#CreativeRightsInAI
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/16/c...
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SF Said
11 months ago
I'm absolutely delighted to be talking about all my books from Varjak Paw to Tyger with
@russellprue.bsky.social
on his Sunday Lunch Live Radio Show on Sunday 22nd December - join us at
russellprue.radio
!
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In bed with a sore throat/cold and a cat and a great book. What you all doing?
#KidLitUK
#Reading
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Such a worthwhile campaign
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Loved this book by
@sharnajackson.com
🤩
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BookTrust
11 months ago
Waterstones Children's Laureate
@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
is a total force for good - here's a reminder of what his time in the role is all about! And he has big plans for 2025, kicking off by bringing together key figures for a
#ReadingRights
summit in January! Stay tuned...
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Dr Joanna Nadin
11 months ago
This is one of our current campaigns at Society of Authors, thanks to Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group
@abielongstaff.bsky.social
In short: Credit ghosts. Pay ghosts. My experience with Sir Chris was only positive. Shame not all are.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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Society of Authors calls for celebrity memoir ghostwriters to be credited
Many celebrities’ books are actually written by others, the writers’ union says, and it’s time they were acknowledged
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/10/writers-union-society-of-authors-calls-for-celebrity-memoir-ghostwriters
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Mostly Book Talk
11 months ago
We are talking non-fiction this week with
@rashmiwriting.bsky.social
about her new book Amazing Asia, illustrated by
@jasonlyon.bsky.social
It's a beautiful, fully illustrated encyclopaedia of Asia with lots of great facts and details about the people, history & diversity of the continent
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Very late to the party I know but
#HappyValley
errr - how awesome?!?!? Totally in awe of
#SallyWainwright
. All her stuff is great. Casting is spot on too. Tommy is extra vile because he looks like such a nice guy and is handsome. Brilliant TV - if v darkly disturbing
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Louie Stowell
11 months ago
For teachers who want author visits: usually, authors charge, and asking for free visits from authors makes things awkward. One chance you have at free visits is when an author is doing a book tour.
#KidlitUK
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Bert’s Books
11 months ago
Shop sales are a bit ouch compared to last year. Thanks Darragh. Would anyone like to buy a book?
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I’m reading this by
@ravenaguron.bsky.social
- what about you?
#Reading
#KidLitUK
#ReadingForPleasure
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Spotted in the wilds! A bookshop in Aix-en-Provence. Joy!
#CallMeLion
#KidLit
#Translators
#KidLitUK
#ChildrensAuthors
#SelectiveMutism
#PostiveRepresentation
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Erin Literary Cool Cat 🐈📚
11 months ago
The DECEMBER Witches by
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claessen_
@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
_publishing A hugely satisfying 3rd & final part to a heartfelt, fun, magical fantasy adventure. 💙 ➡️https://erinthecatprincess.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-december-witches.html
#ukkidlit
#kidlituk
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Anne Thompson
11 months ago
Today it's my turn on the December Witches blogtour. Thank you to Jennifer Claessen and
@uclanpublishing.bsky.social
for sharing a chapter from this final story in the Month of Magic series. Please have a read, it will whet your appetite for more!
#UKKidLit
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Blog Tour: The December Witches by Jennifer Claessen with illustrations by Heidi Cannon
Welcome to today’s stop on the blog tour to mark the publication in November of The December Witches, the final book in the A Month of Magic trilogy. This series blends family relationships, …
https://alibrarylady.blog/2024/12/04/blog-tour-the-december-witches-by-jennifer-claessen-with-illustrations-by-heidi-cannon/
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Fleur Hitchcock
11 months ago
I'm going to try a Bluesky giveaway. Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds. One winner, UK only. To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit
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Wonderland Bookshop
11 months ago
Wonderland Countdown day 5! We love The Boy to Beat the Gods by
@ashleythorpe.bsky.social
. Thrilling, steeped in mythology, it's perfect for middle grade readers! A stunning standalone and you should all read it! ❤️
#KidLitUk
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Catherine Friess @ Story Snug
11 months ago
This week is
#nationalgriefawarenessweek
We‘ve chosen
#picturebooks
to help children talk about how they feel after a bereavement or loss. These stories can support children as they deal with differing emotions at a difficult time ❤️🩹
storysnug.com/2024/12/grie...
#booksthathelp
#StorySnug
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Sharna Jackson
12 months ago
By me, in
@theguardian.com
today
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
<< inc
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
@melindasalisbury.com
@redbreastedbird.bsky.social
@serenakpatel.bsky.social
and more
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‘Relax your rules, let them pick what they want’: 10 page-turners to get kids reading
A report this month revealed fewer children than ever read for pleasure. From spooky tales to choose-your-own-adventure fantasy epics, here are 10 irresistible titles
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/30/relax-your-rules-let-them-pick-what-they-want-10-page-turners-to-get-kids-reading?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Here’s my cat, Bibs. Just because .
#cats
#AuthorsWithCats
#CatLove
#KidLitUK
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Jonathan Emmett
12 months ago
🚂TOOT! TOOT! I'm delighted to see
#NumberTrainBook
, by me and Ingela P Arrhenius and published by
@nosycrow.bsky.social
, is featured in this year's
@nationalbooktokens.bsky.social
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE. You can find the whole guide at
www.nationalbooktokens.com/christmas-bo...
#KidLitUK
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Anne Thompson
12 months ago
Have you been too busy to keep up with what's been happening in the world of children's books? Here's my Reading Matters - Monthly Children's Book News to help you. There are Christmas themed resources included too. I hope it's helpful.
#UKKidLit
alibrarylady.blog/2024/11/30/r...
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Reading Matters – Monthly Children’s Book News
Welcome to this latest round up of what has been happening in the world of children’s books over the last month. My news round ups are usually published on the first Saturday of the month but I hav…
https://alibrarylady.blog/2024/11/30/reading-matters-monthly-childrens-book-news/
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Marianne Doherty
12 months ago
Happy St Andrew’s Day! To celebrate I’ve put together some collections of great Scottish kids books.
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
#PictureBooks
#MGBooks
#ScottishBooks
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Darren Chetty
12 months ago
'So yes, it is easier to sell them another book by one of those celebrities who Blacked-up on television, rather than by an unknown author who is consciously trying to avoid telling the kind of story they grew up reading.'
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How change happens
Despite some progress, publishers are yet to show consistent support for children’s books featuring minoritised characters, or for their creators
https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/clpe-reflecting-realities-2024-how-change-happens
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ZunTold
12 months ago
📣 Exciting announcement 📣 We are accepting submissions throughout December and inviting writers without an agent to submit their manuscripts Find out more on our website:
www.zuntold.com/publishing/submissions
We can't wait to read your submissions!
#Booksky
#KidLitUK
#YA
#NewAdultFiction
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Louie Stowell
12 months ago
Important reading for the
#KidlitUK
gang today: the reflecting realities survey:
booksforkeeps.co.uk/2024-clpe-re...
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2024 CLPE Reflecting Realities survey – Books For Keeps
https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/2024-clpe-reflecting-realities-survey/
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