We are so excited about how well tickets are going for this year’s festival. Don’t leave it too late to secure your tickets and miss out on some fantastic family events staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com/events/ #whatsoncornwall #staustell

This is going to be quite a contest. Luckily we have a great referee lined up…

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Okay…. JUST 3 weeks till it’s go go go on our Family Festival day!! Have you got your tickets yet?! All just £1 each…you read right…just ONE POUND a ticket!! Pop over to our website to see all the amazing events we have for you on Saturday 14th June 🙌🏻📚🙌🏻📚🙌🏻 staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com

How lucky are we that @whatsfsaid.bsky.social will be talking to teachers about the life changing power of reading for pleasure. Join us at Brannel School on 12th June. Tickets are free. Save your soace now www.ticketsource.co.uk/cornwall-edu...

Tickets going fast! Get yours now - fun for all the family. Will Steve be your team captain? staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com/events/

We’re thrilled to announce that First News is the official media partner of the St Austell Festival of Children’s Literature 2025! 🗞️ Join us for a weekend of storytelling, creativity and kids making headlines! www.staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.co.uk #FirstNews #YoungReporters

Come to @staustelllitfest.bsky.social! I'll be talking about reading for pleasure in an event for school staff on 12 June; then doing a solo event & a panel for Schools' Day 13 June - bring your kids! www.ticketsource.co.uk/cornwall-edu... staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com/2025-festiva...

I'm excited to be talking about the life-changing power of reading for pleasure at this @staustelllitfest.bsky.social event for teachers, librarians & all school staff in Cornwall! Come & join on us on June 12! www.ticketsource.co.uk/cornwall-edu...

Not only is Supertato co-creator Sue Hendra coming to St Austell on 14th June, but the ACTUAL Supertato is coming too!!! Are you coming along to meet him? Thanks to support from St Austell BID. @simonandschuster.bsky.social staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com/event/supert...

Or, if you prefer a smaller bookshop:

‘The Comprehensive Bookshop” - my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

This is a fabulous opportunity to have fun and spend time with some of your favourite authors. Hosted by our festival patron @afsteadman.bsky.social each team will have one of this year’s authors as captain. Every ticket supports our events staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com/event/the-bi...

A thought for the new term. READING FOR PLEASURE is the most important thing in education: more important than any test scores, or any of the hoops we make our kids jump through. So whatever else you do, please never stop helping kids find books to read & love. It will change their lives! #literacy

We are continually striving to bring the best in children’s publishing to St Austell, Cornwall. This year is no exception and all for £1 staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com/2025-festival/ #festival #author #reading #cornwall #families #books

Tickets are NOW LIVE! Look at our brand new website, meet the incredible authors & illustrators coming. Tickets are only £1 – really!. Book now – staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com/2025-festival/ - and tag families across Cornwall who’d love to join the fun #ReadingForPleasure #KidsLit

Whose ready for this year’s festival? Tickets on sale from 22nd April when our uodated website will also be launched www.staustellfestivalofchildrensliterature.com #Cornwall #litfest #kidlituk #reading #authors

We have lots of anecdotal evidence about the impact of the festival. This year we are undertaking a formal research project into the difference attending festival events might make to children’s reading attitudes and habits. Really excited about this! #research #readingforpleasure

Authors & publishers of illustrated books: Credit illustrators when you talk about your books, esp if you are using their ART (including book cover art) in any promo graphics. Bonus: this also helps show that a HUMAN CREATIVE is behind the art, not generative AI. #PicturesMeanBusiness #KidLit

Are you ready to play the ULTIMATE GAME? 💀 Request the thrilling sequel to the bestselling 'Escape Room' adventure from author @christopheredge.bsky.social on @netgalley.bsky.social. Discover an epic world packed with puzzles, action, and mystery! 👉 ow.ly/lHBS50VtHEi

Every single school should have a school library & a school librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #SchoolLibrarianDay #SchoolLibraryMonth

Reading is a radical act. Every time a child picks up a book, new possibilities open up that were not there before. And it has the biggest positive impact of all factors on children's life chances! Every time you help a kid to read for pleasure, you will change their lives FOREVER. #literacy #books

What a very happy coincidence! Jennifer Killick’s latest book in the @readingrocks.bsky.social sub box and the very same author on our favourite podcast @islandofbrilliant.bsky.social #readingforpleasure #authors #books

Only 75 days until this year’s festival. We’ve got so much to share. Look out for all the info coming soon #resdingforpleasure #authors #books #reading #Cornwall #schools #Devon #festivals

We are so excited by the @uklitassociation.bsky.social short lists and look forward to the winners being revealed in Liverpool in June. Until then let us know which ones you’ve read and who your favourites are #books #bookawards #readingforpleasure

We are very pleased to be joining Blue Sky and excited that we will soon by sharing the authors that will be part of the 2025 festival on 13th and 14th June