It’s #BackToSchool time again. #Teachers (especially years 2-4) if you read Small or Small Bites Back with your classes, I’ll gladly do free virtual Q&As with them. There are also worksheets for every chapter on my website. #Reading #PrimarySchool

I have 100% judged this book by its amazing cover. Can’t wait to read it this weekend! #Reading

COVER REVEAL! The aliens are coming! And they’ve brought custard! Aliens Made Me Do It by me and Rory Walker out 25th Sept. @everywithwords.bsky.social

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

I have been attempting to learn how to garden this year. This sunflower is my greatest success so far (It’s even taller than me!). #Gardening

Can’t wait to discover how Vivi’s story ends in #ViviConway and the Lost Hero by @littlehux.bsky.social. Out 22/05 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 😊 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Update now I’ve read the proof to say it’s utterly delightful. Clever concept, great characters and and a good environmental message that isn’t too heavy handed. Also, how can you not love a character called Tuftorius Snook?& 💕 I think young readers will adore Finders of Silverthorn Forest 🌳

Opened the loveliest book post this morning. Finders of the Silverthorn Forest looks utterly delightful. Out 1st May with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social Written by Rachel Chivers Coo and illustrated by Laura Catalan. For readers 7+ #kidlit

The government doesn't understand that the power, control and money in generative AI sits with who owns the numerical data, music, voices, images and text needed to train the models. AI models themselves will soon be cheap and plentiful. The way to make money is to create, own & control the content.

If you’re in the mood for buying children’s books (especially mine!) it’s a great time to give @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social a try. 10% of their children’s book sales in Feb go to BookTrust & Scottish Book Trust to fund early years reading support for disadvantaged and vulnerable families in UK.

We are so damned lucky to have @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social as our Children's Laureate. If things are ever going to improve, we need people addressing our politicians directly, loudly and repeatedly. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... #KidLitUK #KidLit

PLR day is always such a delight. Thank you so much to all the wonderful #libraries that have Small and Small Bites Back on their shelves … and to everyone who borrowed them 💕📚💕

100% free ways to support authors you love: - share their social posts - recommend their books - leave reviews - order their books at your library - request their appearance at events - drop them an encouraging line - exhort the will of ancient gods in dark rituals to ensure their success thanks!

It doesn’t take a genius to see how much revenue artists and authors bring into a country, and yet here we are with a supposedly progressive government telling creatives they should let AI steal all their work 🥲

Happy New Year Bluesky!

When you work in @britishlibrary.bsky.social they recommend taking a snap of your locker so you don’t forget it … meaning my phone is full of shots like these! Thanks a million to the staff at The British Library for making it such a joyful, peaceful place to work. #WritingCommunity

Thrilled to share the cover of my next novel… HOW TO SLAY ON HOLIDAY ⛱️🇬🇷🔪🩸 Can’t wait for you to meet Chloe; who has plans to kill her bastard of a husband but needs to survive a villa holiday with the in-laws first… Out on the 27th Feb and available to pre-order now!

If you got any book tokens for Christmas, make sure you spend them at an independent bookshop. Here's a map with links to over 250 that are either children's bookshops or have very good children's sections.

It's 3 weeks until ##LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Thanks to Helen Peters for this fabulous endorsement Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social #TheTravellingSchoolMysteries rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...

Now that’s what I call a flaming Christmas pudding! Season’s greetings one and all 🎄

Forgotten a gift for the author in your life? Leaving a review is free - and means the world to us. Merry Christmas! #AuthorLife

Last commute of the year! Hooray! Feeling so ready for the festive break. Anyone else still in an office today? Sending solidarity 💪🎄

Still got two days of work to go, but re-reading my favourite @matthaig.bsky.social and @chrismould.bsky.social story this morning to get in the festive spirit! I love A Boy Called Christmas so much! #kidlit Which books lift your festive spirits?

If you’re a creator or work in the creative industries or otherwise have a heart, then please add your voice to this UK Gov consultation on AI and Copyright. I said ‘freelance’ for company and ‘unsure’ for super-granular legal stuff but made my voice heard. You can too. www.gov.uk/government/c...

This has to be one of my most-anticipated #kidlit books of 2025! 🐌🐌

It's 5 weeks until #LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Huge thank you to @rashmiwriting.bsky.social for this fabulous endorsement. Signed and dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...

In case any of you are looking for a special Christmas gift for the #writer in your life, I whipped up a quick blog with three of my favourite things… What’s on your wishlist #WritingCommunity? hannahmoffatt.com/2024/12/11/g...

Had a blast at the @da-childrens.bsky.social Christmas party tonight! Nan’s Bar in Deptford is so much fun. Didn’t take enough pics of author friends. But managed to get one with @aliceemross.bsky.social (and a YA author called Joyce who isn’t on here yet)

I’m officially feeling festive now. My grandma was German and every year my Mum has followed in her footsteps and baked Christmas gingerbread for the whole family before St Nicolas Day on 6th December. The tradition has now passed onto me. My icing needs some work, but the love is there. #Christmas

Hello! Happy to be here! Hope to connect with the #kidlit community 🥰 I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️

Hi everyone. I’m a YA comedy author, editor & copywriter from Brighton UK. Here’s me at gorgeous bookshop Mr B’s in Bath last year! Currently working on a Christmassy teen romcom that’s nearly ready to search for a home. What else? J’aime le ping pong, les romans et Blondie!

Had so much fun creating SMALL-inspired swamp creatures with some super imaginative Year 3s this morning. All part of the SEL book festival. #kidlit

There are more librarians here now! #UKkidlit go.bsky.app/5zhmETr

YA authors, we have a YA starter pack here. We're adding people here 💕 go.bsky.app/RJY3oLN #kidlituk

The secret is that other writers aren't competition; they're peers, colleagues and friends. Someone who reads me is going to read other writers as well; the entire publishing economy is "yes, and." Therefore it does me no harm, and much good, to support other writers and to wish them well.

I love the Michael the Amazing Mind-Reading Sausage Dog series SO much! Can’t wait to read the third one! #kidlit

Your friendly, not-for-profit, inclusive children’s booksellers looking forward to catching up with you all here.

We hope we’ll have lots of visitors this weekend, despite the weather forecast! If you can’t visit the shop, you can support us via our website, have a look at our 2024 gift guide here rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...

My girls, adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions, apart from a box of books they'd each been given by @Booktrust. These books, read together, became our first shared memories. Spread the joy of reading by donating this Christmas: www.booktrust.org.uk/xmas

Terrie is a brilliant writer and definitely worth a follow if you’re a fan of hilarious, action-packed #kidlit

The wonderful @schoolcouncils.bsky.social invited me to write a list of books (& a song!) to inspire future change-makers! I love every book on this list, and there is something for all ages, so please check it out!! >> home.smartschoolcouncils.org.uk/bloglist/202...

Can anyone following me help with this? 🎶

Brrr, less blue skies and more snowy skies on my train to Cambridge this morning. If you’re at home #writing today, wrap up warm! ❄️🌨️🥶 #Snow

Starter packs are so incredibly useful for confused newbies like me! If you're part of the UK children's book world, check them out! So happy to find so many friends here.

I’ve started working up the 3rd UK kids book chat starter pack. Apologies if I’ve missed anyone. Do let me know if you’d like to be added. All three are here: go.bsky.app/QcvHnp8 go.bsky.app/LEQd4SR go.bsky.app/EuGRKnC #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit #BookSky

First outing for the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Christmas jumper today. I love it! #writers #bookworms

Just finished an early read of Jamie Hammond’s Grumpfort. So much fun and heart and a reminder not to judge a monster (or warden) by the stories other people tell about them. I think fans of Small! would really enjoy it! Out 13 March 2025 with Usbourne #kidlit

Starting out on here so wanted to say a proper hello! Looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. If we haven’t met before I’m a writer and part mermaid (as I can mostly be found in water). There are now six books in #TheBoyWhoGrewDragons series.

Hello All I am delighted to have come here from the other place in search of brilliant kids book chat (mostly). Can’t wait!