It's alive! Join twins Indigo and Rusty on their second terrifying adventure. Thank you to everyone who has made these stories possible. Special mention to Usborne, @linalanglee.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social and to Miriam Serafin

Delighted to be one of The New Statesman’s best children’s books for summer 2025 with my historical MG adventure about a luckless ice cream seller who meets a wish-maker at his magical manor house. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #kidlit #ReadingForPleasure #booksky #childrensbooks

Latest on Good Night To Read- goodnighttoread.wordpress.com Illustrator Spotlight & Preview- Delighted to be part of the blog tour for this imaginative book @charlienutbrown.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social with wonderful illustrations by #EwaBeniakHaremska #ukkidlit #librarians

More of Ewa Beniak-Haremska's extraordinary illustrations from The Feathered Book – published 11 Sep by @everywithwords.bsky.social

Entries for @uvcompetition.bsky.social close one week today! Winners will be published in the #UV26 anthology and introduced to agents and editors at the exclusive launch party. Don't miss this incredible chance to launch your #kidlit career🚀 undiscoveredvoices.com

I've been so, so lucky to have the incredible Ewa Beniak-Haremska do the illustrations for The Feathered Book – they're exactly how I'd always imagined them, yet somehow even better. Published September 11 by @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

Fox detectives, otter pirates, and raven alchemists. Labyrinths, libraries, and lakes. Booby traps, boat chases, and impossible crimes … The Feathered Book, published 11 September by @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #BooksForKids #ChildrensNovels

Wonderful to see A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social as a Summer Pick, 'A delicious Fantasy adventure' @newstatesman.com Thanks @amandacraig.bsky.social #KidLit #Fantasy www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

** One month to go** to get your entries into Undiscovered Voices - the best competition around for unpublished, unagented kidlit and YA writers (okay, we might be slightly biased...) We can't wait to read your manuscripts 👀 undiscoveredvoices.com

Holy moly, my author copies of #THIRST have arrived! 🤩 So here's a giddy #unboxing vid. This book is sublime in the flesh. Thanks to @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social for making it real - I'm over the moon with how it's turned out. ♥️ Available for pre-order from pushkinpress.com/book/thirst/

Just 3 weeks till Maisie vs Antarctica gets a friend! 🩵 Maisie vs the Himalayas 🩵 out on 14th August. ⛰️🥳 #maisievsantarctica #mgadventures #middlegradebooks #booksforkids #childrensbooks #kidslit ##readingforpleasure #kidsbooks

Today is World Ice Cream Day, the perfect day to check out my new MG adventure set in 1899. Mason and Pa make the world’s best ice cream, but the heatwave and a sinister stranger are about to ruin everything. Can a famous wish-maker solve their problems? @everywithwords.bsky.social

Monty the Fox is determined to become a detective and solve the mystery of The Feathered Book. Out September, @everywithwords.bsky.social. Illustrations by the incredible Ewa Beniak-Haremska.  #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

🎉Happy SCARLETT BUCKLING AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING PICTURES publication day to @marioambrosi.bsky.social - out today with @tinytreebooks.bsky.social! 12yo Scarlett Buckling loves a detective story, but when her beloved Gran goes missing in the night, she faces a real-life case like no other...

A Place of a Thousand Wishes has been out for a few weeks and I’ve been blown away by the reviews so far. Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed. Here are just a few snippets. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

I will take every opportunity to promote #TheOthers Sarah, it is an utterly fantastic book and needs to be in every school library collection 🔭🛸📘

Great thread of recommendations 😍 I would add #TheOthers by @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social published by @everywithwords.bsky.social & #BestOfAllWorlds by #KennethOppel published by @guppybooks.bsky.social #UkKidLit

My latest article for Educate magazine is all about how children choose books. It was inspired by this wonderful blog from David Reedy and Alice Reedy: collins.co.uk/blogs/the-bo... The article can be found here: neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

Lovely to see my new book A Place of a Thousand Wishes in @waterstones.bsky.social Romsey – a great new shop that’s always busy. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

Look at all these lovely authors, illustrators and poets just waiting to meet you! Find out more about them and book a virtual visit to your school or nursery by visiting www.virtualauthors.co.uk. Let's connect authors and readers across the globe! #authorvisit #virtualauthorvisit #kidlit

Very excited to have won the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social School of the Year. We had a fantastic time reading books, quizzing authors and voting for our winners. If you haven’t tried it already, why not sign up for next year? #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

** Submissions OPEN ** 🥳 If you're a #KidLit writer in the UK/Europe, #UV26 could be your big break. The anthology has launched 100s of writers' careers - will you be next? Find out more and enter👇 undiscoveredvoices.com Entries close: 8 September 2025 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social

Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social

5 days. 5 posts. Day 3/5. Giveaway time! 🎁To celebrate the anniversary of #TerraElectrica - 2 bundles (see pic) ⚡️☄️💥 please like, repost and comment favourite Arctic animal (see sticker sheet for inspiration)! @neemtreepress #giveaway #summerreading winners picked 6 July.

It’s World UFO Day and my debut The Others has been out a year. It’s 1902 and the race is on to contact life beyond Earth and win the life-changing Guzman Prize. @everywithwords.bsky.social #WorldUFOday #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #kidlit #ReadingForPleasure #childrensbooks

Hope you enjoyed the bookshop hunt! I have both of those on my wish list. This is my recently acquired heap and I have some vouchers burning a hole in my pocket so looking forward to some more 📚 shopping 😁

Had a lovely time at the Literally Brilliant Book Award event yesterday. Great to meet the fabulous author host Jack Meggitt-Phillips and lovely fellow shortlistee Cathy Faulkner. Congratulations to the winner Yorick Goldewijk. @everywithwords.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway to win one of 3 signed copies of A Place of a Thousand Wishes – what a wonderful response there was! The winners from X and Bluesky are: @Ilovetoread28 @barbaraevav.bsky.social @sallywrites.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social #bookgiveaway

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The Invisibles are here! ‘This is a story I will continue to think about and come back to as one of the best of 2025.’ - Scope for Imagination.

3 signed copies of my brand new middle grade adventure, A Place of a Thousand Wishes to be won. RT and follow @everywithwords.bsky.social by midnight 17th June #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #bookgiveaway

What an absolutely wonderful review, Veronica. I'm thrilled to bits. Thank you so much 😊 @vonprice.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social

Welcome to the final stop on the #BlogTour for #APlaceOfAThousandWishes written by @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social & illustrated by #ewabeniakharemska &published by @everywithwords.bsky.social 🫧✨📘 #UkKidLit #KidLitUk #MGLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/06/11/b...

3 signed copies of my brand new middle grade adventure, A Place of a Thousand Wishes to be won. RT and follow @everywithwords.bsky.social by midnight 17th June #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #bookgiveaway

My mum's been out book-spotting and found both my books together in Waterstones Southampton 😀

Some great stuff coming up on my blog tour for A Place of a Thousand Wishes. Giveaway to be revealed soon! @everywithwords.bsky.social @primaryteachew.bsky.social @vonprice.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #BlogTour #bookgiveaway

#SundayMorningBookChat what preorders have you got coming up for the rest of the year that you’re most looking forward to? Do you ever preorder? Did you know preordering new titles can significantly influence their success? These are mine: @joelarcanjo.bsky.social @pgbellwriter.bsky.social

#GIVAWAY It's publication day for The Invisibles! To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed and dedicated copy! To enter: send me your details via my website susiebower.co.uk Winner will be announced on Thurs 12th June! @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social

The Feathered Book, published by Everything With Words, is out on 11 September 2025. @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

Thanks so much for being part of the blog tour, Jo, and for the wonderful review 😊 @booksuperhero2.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social

Dive into the mysterious and magical world of #APlaceOfAThousandWishes as @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social gives us a glimpse of @EwaHaremska’s exquisite illustrations. @everythingwithwords librarygirlandbookboy.com/2025/06/05/b...

Thank you so much for hosting, Margaret, and for the wonderful review! I'm thrilled to bits.😊 @booklib61.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social

margaretpemberton.edublogs.org/2025/06/03/p... Delighted to host this article by the superbly talented @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social

It's my pleasure to kick off the blog tour for A PLACE OF A THOUSAND WISHES by @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social - a tale of magic, evil and a boy who makes the world's BEST ice cream. @everywithwords.bsky.social #UKKidsLit #KidsLitUK scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/06/02/a...

Thanks so much for being part of the blog tour, Kate 😊. @kateheap.bsky.social

Happiest of publication days @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social & @everywithwords.bsky.social #APlaceOfAThousandWishes is my current read, it’s wonderful & I’m delighted to be joining the blogtour #UkKidLit

IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! A Place of a Thousand Wishes is out in the world today and is looking beautiful. Please join me on my blog tour for some exclusive posts and reviews. My huge thanks to the wonderful bloggers hosting the tour:

🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes - author @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social on crafting compelling cliffhangers, her flair for bringing history to life, and tips for plotting a great children’s mystery novel bathnovelaward.co.uk/sarah-merret...

Indeed we do! bathnovelaward.co.uk/win-a-copy-o...