There's nothing quite like a scary story on #Halloween 👻 But it turns out that horror fiction could have real benefits for young readers. Here, Fear Files author @christopheredge.bsky.social#Halloweenexplains why 👇 https://bit.ly/4oyPWNL

Rode out of spooky season with these 2 crackers. 👻 Very different scares, but both terrific reading. A ghostly, supernatural punch in the guts from #PhilHickes and a frantic chase from a sinister entity by @christopheredge.bsky.social, have seen me right. Nice one, lads! 👍

Such a thrill to be part of the brilliant Wimbledon Bookfest yesterday and huge thanks to the hundreds of students who took part in my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event and helped me to #FindTheKeys and #UnlockTheWorld! @nosycrow.bsky.social

Such a thrill to be part of the brilliant Wimbledon Bookfest yesterday and huge thanks to the hundreds of students who took part in my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event and helped me to #FindTheKeys and #UnlockTheWorld! @nosycrow.bsky.social

So thrilled to discover that ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO has been longlisted for the Peters Children's Book of the Year! Huge thanks @peters-books.bsky.social and congratulations to all the longlisted authors!

Huge thanks to everyone who came along to my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event at the Cheltenham Literature Festival today! We had tons of fun uncovering the secrets of The Escape and solving its puzzles and challenges. It's been such a thrill to be part of this year's festival and see The Escape trail!

"With a delicious build of spine-tingling tension and interspersed with various ephemera and evidence, this is an atmospheric and oft ominous short read." Lovely to spot this review of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK in the Irish Examiner's children's books roundup. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Looking for something to do this Sunday? Then head to the Cheltenham Literature Festival and come along to my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event at midday! Help me to uncover the secrets of The Escape,find the keys and unlock the world! www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

"With a delicious build of spine-tingling tension and interspersed with various ephemera and evidence, this is an atmospheric and oft ominous short read." Lovely to spot this review of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK in the Irish Examiner's children's books roundup. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Game on! Bestselling Escape Room author @christopheredge.bsky.social is at Cheltenham Literature Festival this weekend. Help him uncover the secrets of The Escape, a game where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. 🎟️ buff.ly/icfg6Yz

Huge thanks @jillshanti.bsky.social for this wonderful review of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. And if you've read and enjoyed the story and can spare a moment to leave a review or rating with online retailers, this can really help people to discover the book. Thank you!

Lucky enough to have seen @christopheredge.bsky.social events a couple of times - THEY ARE AWESOME! He had both students and teachers utterly ENGROSSED. Brilliant!! Highly recommend 🤗

Heading off to the #CheltLitFest today for my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO schools event and looking forward to finding the keys and unlocking the world! And don't forget you can still get tickets for my public ESCAPE ROOM event on Sunday 19th October here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.

At midday on Sunday 19th October I'll be bringing my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event to the Cheltenham Literature Festival. Fun, interactive and filled with excitement, this is my best Escape Room event EVER and you can get your tickets here. Please repost! www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

So great to find FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK reviewed in The Observer yesterday. "A short, sharp novella, all the better to lure in readers with 2025 attention spans...Edge's story is creepy...fast-paced, high-stakes." Get yours for Halloween! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...

At midday on Sunday 19th October I'll be bringing my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event to the Cheltenham Literature Festival. Fun, interactive and filled with excitement, this is my best Escape Room event EVER and you can get your tickets here. Please repost! www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

So looking forward to the @cheltfestivals this month and you can get your tickets for my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19th October here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap... Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!

After a long week on the road, it was such a thrill to pop in to WHSmith Travel at London Paddington this evening and spy ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO in the WHSmith Kids' Book Club! ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO is an adventure like no other and I really hope WHS Book Club readers enjoy escaping into its pages!

Two brilliant author events over the past couple of days. Yesterday with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social who ran a wonderful Storytime & today with Christopher Edge who was amazing with Years 5 & 6!

Day Two of the FEAR FILES tour today where I'll be visiting Birmingham schools with How Brave is the Wren bookshop to share the secrets of the DARKIVE and hopefully stay one step ahead of the Itter...

If you're heading to the Cheltenham Litfest this weekend, be sure to check out @alastairc.com who'll be talking about his ace books I AM WOLF, I AM RAVEN and, by the looks of it, I AM PUPPY! Oh, and grab tickets for my ESCAPE ROOM event on Sunday 19th too! www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

So looking forward to the @cheltfestivals this month and you can get your tickets for my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19th October here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap... Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!

FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK is OUT NOW! "A perfect shot of horror." Jennifer Killick "I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud "Gripping. Atmospheric. Claustrophobic." Louie Stowell Find out more about the FEAR FILES here: linktr.ee/FearFiles

Day one of the FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK tour saw me visit three Bristol schools with the ace Max Minerva Books. So great to explore the secrets of the DARKIVE with students from Years 4, 5 & 6, and my favourite moment of the day came when a boy told me that he thought he'd seen the Itter... #shiver

"A deliciously scary and suspense-filled treat" Such a thrill to find FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK in the @guardian Children and Teens roundup of the best new picture books and novels! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

See our authors at Bath Children's Literature Festival this weekend and next! www.walker.co.uk/events/ 👻 Lucy Strange - Saturday 27th September 🏇 @mossmontmomery.bsky.social - Sunday 28th September 🐭 Claire Powell - Saturday 4th October 💀 @christopheredge.bsky.social - Saturday 4th October

"A deliciously scary and suspense-filled treat" Such a thrill to find FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK in the @guardian Children and Teens roundup of the best new picture books and novels! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

Not an expert in the field but I suspect teachers and schools already KNOW which students are struggling with reading. What they need are solutions. Such as funding for libraries with librarians.

It's so brilliant to hear from readers who've already dared to peek inside FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK, and if you've read and enjoyed the book, I'd really appreciate it if you could leave a rating/review with online retailers, as these can really help to boost a book's discoverability. Thank you!

Ready or not, here it comes... Happy publication day to Fear Files: Hide and Seek by @christopheredge.bsky.social! Get ready to experience a new level of fear. Terrifying illustrations by Mathias Ball. www.walker.co.uk/978152952737...

FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK is OUT NOW! "A perfect shot of horror." Jennifer Killick "I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud "Gripping. Atmospheric. Claustrophobic." Louie Stowell Find out more about the FEAR FILES here: linktr.ee/FearFiles

EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER OFFER! Full immunity from the Itter* whenever you play hide and seek for the rest of 2025, if you pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK before 25.09.25! Terms and conditions apply. NB As a paranormal entity, the Itter might refuse to be bound by any pre-order obligations...

ICYMI: Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired How to Steal the Future, the first of three “major” standalone titles from award-winning author of Escape Room, Christopher Edge. It will be published in paperback in July 2026 👇 #BookSky

Hugely excited to share this news!

EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER OFFER! Full immunity from the Itter* whenever you play hide and seek for the rest of 2025, if you pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK before 25.09.25! Terms and conditions apply. NB As a paranormal entity, the Itter might refuse to be bound by any pre-order obligations...

So excited to receive these advance copies of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK! Huge thanks to the brilliant team at @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK is published on 25 September, but pre-order your copy NOW to get hold of the special sprayed edge first edition: linktr.ee/fearfiles

SOUNDS PRE-ORDER KLAXON! ONE WEEK TO GO!

There are reports of strange disembodied hands signing copies of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. This one was spotted in Waterstones Cirencester, so head there quickly if you want to catch this phenomenon - and buy a signed Waterstones Exclusive Edition of the book! www.waterstones.com/book/fear-fi...

Ready or not, here it comes... Introducing Fear Files: Hide and Seek, the first book in a terrifying new series by @christopheredge.bsky.social. "I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud Stunning cover illustrations by Mathias Ball. www.walker.co.uk/978152952737...

Coming to find you, ready or not... #FearFiles #HideAndSeek

FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK is published in two weeks time, but I'm starting counting NOW to give you time to pre-order! 1, 2, 3... Pre-order the Waterstones Exclusive Edition of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK here: shorturl.at/NNhLj Pre-order the 'sprayed pledge' first edition here: linktr.ee/fearfiles

FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK is published in two weeks time, but I'm starting counting NOW to give you time to pre-order! 1, 2, 3... Pre-order the Waterstones Exclusive Edition of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK here: shorturl.at/NNhLj Pre-order the 'sprayed pledge' first edition here: linktr.ee/fearfiles

Hope everyone received their Emergency Alert and don't forget to follow its instructions to stay safe. linktr.ee/fearfiles

Huge thanks to The Times for including - with some help! - my Escape Room: Game Zero event in their list of the 2̶0̶ 21 Cheltenham Literature events to book now! You can get your tickets for my event at midday on Sunday 19 October here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

Huge thanks to The Times for including - with some help! - my Escape Room: Game Zero event in their list of the 2̶0̶ 21 Cheltenham Literature events to book now! You can get your tickets for my event at midday on Sunday 19 October here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

This week #IAmReading FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK by @christopheredge.bsky.social, the first in a new series switching from sci-fi to tales of the weird and mysterious… Can you survive this creepy game? @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #FearFiles #KidLitUk alastairc.com/i-am-reading...

Don't forget that#CheltLitFest tickets go on sale today! Get your family tickets for my exciting and interactive ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19 October AND you can explore the Escape Room trail all through the festival! @nosycrow.bsky.social www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

Don't forget that#CheltLitFest tickets go on sale today! Get your family tickets for my exciting and interactive ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19 October AND you can explore the Escape Room trail all through the festival! @nosycrow.bsky.social www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

This article - shorturl.at/87a8G - explains the many reasons why pre-ordering a book ahead of publication is SO important for authors, but there's another reason why you really need to pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. It will give you more time to hide from the Itter... linktr.ee/fearfiles