www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If you’re in the Cambridge area, here’s something worth doing!

Get on over to our Insta account to see a little reel on just some of our lgbtq+ children’s books highlights over the last year- based on our contribution to @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year. #KidLitUK

The new US National Security Strategy doesn't have much to say about Canada. But maybe that is only when you consider Canada in the Western Hemisphere. Imagine Canada when reading the section on Europe, and Trump foreign policy is clearer. christophersands1.substack.com/p/continenta...

New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva! This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

From the Washington Post: All library grants reinstated at Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read more about the great news: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1... But the fight isn't over. We need to tell Congress to #FundLibraries: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag... #ForOurLibraries

Overall judges winner: 'How the News Works', Children's choice was 'Amazing Asia' 🥳

'Black History for Every Day of the Year' by David, Yinka, and Kemi Olusoga is the winner for the 13-16 judges AND childrens awards! #InformationBookAwards @sla.org.uk

I went to a LOVELY talk about this so this is delightful to see!

While CILIP welcomes the Budget announcement of £5m for secondary school libraries. CEO Louis Coiffait-Gunn calls for “a long-term strategy to secure statutory status for school libraries, with ongoing funding for professional library staff in every school”. https://ow.ly/OOC150XyxWb

Have you heard Sideways Sociology? Three audio essays on three landmark figures of UK anti-racism: Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Len Garrison and Gerlin Bean. Engage, learn, share! @blackhistorymonth.org.uk #blackhistory #antiracism @irrnews.bsky.social buff.ly/Wcn1lzK

The most recent @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference centred on what histories children are traditionally told and how these can be resisted, expanded, interrupted. A superb lineup of speakers including: Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social @chrishaughton.bsky.social @gitaralleigh.bsky.social with … #KidLitUK

… @candygourlay.bsky.social & @balirai.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social Sandra Agard with @catwrote.bsky.social & JT Williams. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social who sang us out with join-in choruses 🙂 Look out for the blog up and coming on the IBBY site.

Our friends at Letterbox Library have put together a book pack for primary school teachers, inspired by our Reflecting Realities research. Get a book pack for your classroom here: https://www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page/reflecting-realities-book-pack-key-stage-1-2

Read more about the @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities report and watch our conversation with authors Kim Kinloch & @rashmiwriting.bsky.social, touching on the importance of representation in information books, including the significance of accurate & thoughtful illustration: bit.ly/4nTvKVu 📚

Nearly one in four children’s books published in 2024 featured racially minoritised characters, a rebound from the sharp decline of the previous year 👇 #BookSky

“Surely, the argument isn’t that inclusive books are a publishing trend?” We blogged! Ahead of tomorrow’s publication of the 8th @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report, check out our most recent blog (6min read) : www.letterboxlibrary.com/post/before-... #KidLitUK

#Folkestone: coming up on Monday, 17 November. Sunny will be in conversation about her book #Refuge: Stories of War (and Love) with the one and only @leoneross at Folkestone Book Festival This will be amazing. Tickets here www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/a-w...

Trade figures have called on the publishing industry to ‘safeguard the future of inclusive storytelling’ following the recent closure of several organisations championing representation in children’s books 👇 #BookSky

Great to spend yesterday evening in conversation with @a-barai.bsky.social and author of the Lizzie and Belle series, JT Williams, at Sheffield Central Library!

Very excited to finally get my hands on #beyondthesecretarden - will be digging in this weekend

From 2021, on the discussion of Kate Clanchy's book: 'How does a book in which a writer frequently employs controversial and denigratory language come to be championed as a work of political acumen? What does this suggest about how writing is evaluated?' booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...

Learning that Kate Clanchy is on a podcast to complain of her "cancellation" is gross. Clanchy lied about the quotes being fake; they were genuine. She started pile ons on anyone calling out her bigotry. This, from Book Riot, sets out the sequence of events. archive.ph/TX2jK

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-brit... If you’re in Sheffield next week, why not come along? JT Williams is always a treat to hear.

📚 What stories do we tell children about the past? 📚 From whose point of view are these stories told? 📚 Whose lives are considered important — and whose are forgotten? 📚 What are historical “facts,” and who gets to interpret them? We’ll explore these questions at our conference on November 8th!

Congratulations to Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, who was named Campaigner for Health Equity Award at Women of the Year Awards 2025! www.womenoftheyear.co.uk/team/rageshr... 1/3

6th November. Former #LittleRebelsAward Champion, @amdassu.bsky.social , is sharing her latest book at a totally FREE event for schools. #KidLitUK

This is amazing! This class have already got a copy of Wild Journey, thanks to their teacher. Week made! Thank you @pynchonic.bsky.social!

Great Line up! Tickets available: www.tickettailor.com/events/ibbyu... @ibbyuk.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @chrishaughton.bsky.social @gitaralleigh.bsky.social @balirai.bsky.social @candygourlay.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social

"The BBC has clanged their doors shut on those histories, those stories, those lives and ways of working that are revealed through the joint industry of the historian and the archivist." @helenwheatley.bsky.social on the devastating decision to limit access to BBC archives. tinyurl.com/y4tnyw9a

Reflecting Realities in Your Classroom: Use CLPE’s award-winning research to build a representative curriculum. Learn to choose inclusive books & create a positive, diverse curriculum. https://clpe.org.uk/training/webinars/reflecting-realities-your-classroom-recorded-lessons-literacy-cpd-series-1

⭐️Comics &graphic novels starring racially minoritised characters.    With each #BeyondTheSecretGarden column by @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social -we share the highlights at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social #KidLitUK uk.bookshop.org/lists/beyond...

#London, coming up 28th October at Bard Books to mark the 1st year of the #JhalakReview & first of 10th year celebrations of the #JhalakPrize. With brilliant writers who are creating fearless, incredible, future shaping work. Come!!! It will be amazing: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

Philip Nel warns against the ways institutional book banning efforts lead to self-censorship Read "Being Banned Is Not an Award" in the new issue of Bookbird Free on @projectmuse.bsky.social thru 31 October tinyurl.com/3hy62uye #AcademicSky #BannedBooksWeek

Who do you ban from your personal reading selections? Ready to challenge that? pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/10/04/c...

Support bookstores. Not billionaires. Free shipping on any purchases 10/7-10/8. See our recommendations and more: bookshop.org/shop/peoples... @bookshop.org

It's the start of #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in England and Wales! Did you know that the tinted paper in Barrington Stoke books helps to reduce visual stress and glare for many dyslexic readers? Find out more at: bit.ly/dyslexia-sup...

shows.acast.com/storyshaped Excited to see that the Storyshaped episode with @darrenchetty.bsky.social is available for everyone to hear now!

In an open letter, Walker Books 'is concerned to see the latest developments in Weymouth, particularly given the extreme reality of book banning in the US. We must ask ourselves is this the beginning of something, and what comes next?' www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

1/4 🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social #KidLitUK #UKKidLit …a little thread on why this book matters so much ⬇️

November is Empathy Action Month and what better way to celebrate in school than by joining @amdassu.bsky.social for a FREE virtual event on Thurs 6th Nov who will whisk you on a mesmerising journey across the world with her new book, #WildJourney Register here sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

🥳🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉🥳 We are delighted to announce that the Winner of the 2025 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction is @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social for The Fights That Make Us, published by Usborne. Congratulations, Sarah! Our first ever double champion!! #KidLitUK

Generous overview of characters of colour in comics&graphic novels, from stereotypes to representation. (Via gems like Ed Sec’s K Baker’s book ban) Latest @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social column in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social #UKKidsLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...

With the chance to buy Beyond the Secret Garden, by Darren + @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social minus the cost of p+p + copies of Sita's latest - Phoenix Brothers, a prequel to 'Amir + George', as featured in EMC's Iridescent Adolescent

Factsheet about migration. From Safe Passage International. @safepassageintl.bsky.social

Happy hours making up bundles of #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlist Bookmarks for UK primary schools distribution via a forthcoming YLG mailout🙏😌 #UKSchools #UKKidLit #KidLitUK @ylglondon.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social @jakehope.bsky.social

#YLGConference. @cilipslg.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social now taking about the book Beyond the Secret Garden which is an absolute classic about diversity in children’s literature. It’s an absolute must-read!

A wonderful lunch in sunny #Hastings today to celebrate the publication of #DanceOfResistance by @catwrote.bsky.social joined by fellow Barrington Stoke authors @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social and @melindasalisbury.com and the brilliant Fen Coles from @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social!

I hope this will include the highlights of ESEA writing and publishing for children—so much good stuff out and coming out!

Over the last few months, the George Padmore Institute (GPI) has been developing a resource to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Black Parents Movement (BPM), detailing the organisation’s history, governance, key national and international campaigns. Check it out here: buff.ly/vQszy33 📽️