Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: generous, precise, powerful, present, just the ideal conversational partner & the BEST reader of her poetry. Yours to enjoy on @palfest.bsky.social podcast, recorded at @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk. Come for the poems, stay for us side-eyeing the BM...

Have you seen our latest Foyle Young Poets Award anthology, Patterns in the Dust, featuring the 2025 winners? Read it online at bit.ly/PatternsintheDust25 Keep an eye out for your copy in our summer mailout. UK schools can order free class sets of the anthology by emailing [email protected]

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Are you a fan of #FrancesHardinge? On July 11th there is a one day symposium on her work. Join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878683245...

Lovely to see the Jhalak Prize highlighted alongside the Booker! publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/two-...

Meet award-wining authors Abiola Bello, Chris Haughton, Ken Wilson-Max and Patrice Lawrence at our One Day School! Reading Role Models: Empowering adults to create a reading culture Friday 15th May 2026 9am - 4pm Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London SW2 Book NOW at mailchi.mp/00ca2173c683...

"We’re in need of the sun tell the shadows to vanish If me-ness disappears nothing remains in my heart but you" —Homa Mojadidi Translates Bedil Dehlavi anmly.org/ap41/homa-mo...

🥮 Do you know what a moon cake is? Let Newbury Honor author/illustrator Grace Lin tell your young readers all about it — then pour, mix, & knead along with her as she demonstrates how one is made! 🧑🏻‍🍳 It’s the perfect activity to celebrate #AAPIHeritageMonth this May at home or in the classroom.

throw a hand to the left and your road straightens towards Uxbridge, the Venice of West London with its water docks no one’s heard of your town with its fragrance of apple hellos that pass through each passer-by like a well-palmed handshake A poem by Daljit Nagra: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The Telegraph is attacking schools for reading books that encourage understanding. Stories have always been how children learn to care for others. Show them that most people think that refugee kids deserve compassion & understanding - please support our work: www.justgiving.com/charity/city...

Apparently national icons Elmer the elephant and Axel Scheffler are now too woke for the Telegraph:

2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists locusmag.com/2026/04...

Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on the new Children's Booker. #ukkidlit #kidlituk

A reminder that this course, which I had the privilege to beta read, is FREE, online, self-paced and available from @writerscentre.bsky.social: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/courses/the-... And it's created by @juliamarybird.bsky.social, need I say more?

Bookmarks are here! My book on the history of British South Asian political activism is available for pre-order now.

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Where Have All the Book Reviews Gone? What the rise of A.I. and the gutting of books coverage across U.S. media will mean for literature. Not sure it's much better over here... #booksky www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...

One from the archives on my favourite craft book by the legend herself But they’re all amazing - go listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Raghu Rai, Photographer Who Captured Modern India, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...

Japan's publishing market shrank for the fifth straight year in 2025. But one corner is booming: zines. Here's why self-published magazines now sit on chain bookstore shelves and why booksellers say they "can't ignore" the movement.

A New Manifesto for Children’s Literature www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...

ICYMI, today is the cover reveal for TRAITOR'S NEST! Look at the beautiful cover that Emma Pidsley has created! The book is coming out on 26th August.

lovely to see all three of my poetry publishers at the #freeversefair ! And look at my book haul…

Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo Mon 11 May 2026 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM BST This Zoom session offers a focused exploration of the pantoum, a form shaped by repetition, pattern, and controlled variation. Get ready to create. www.tickettailor.com/events/cathd...

“One of the keys of fascism is control of the nation’s narrative,” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

The tail end of my @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social visits was this week: a lovely pro bono visit to a local primary with sixty books sold! Thrilled that so many children will have these on their shelves. Available from Waterstones, indies, A**zon & uk.bookshop.org/shop/gitaral...

Please help get the word out that I am open for submissions. Thyme Travellers is an award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror. My publisher and I are making it a series. Submissions are open for short stories, pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... #ukkidlit #kidlituk

The challenge is not just access to diverse books. It is rebuilding the relationship between reading and identity. That requires a different kind of thinking, says Derek Owusu in his recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

The tail end of my @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social visits was this week: a lovely pro bono visit to a local primary with sixty books sold! Thrilled that so many children will have these on their shelves. Available from Waterstones, indies, A**zon & uk.bookshop.org/shop/gitaral...

As a celebration of all those going above and beyond to help kids develop a love of reading, and working so hard to get great books into the hands of kids - this week’s #KidsBooksFriday theme is Teamwork. What great books about #teamwork would you recommend? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #EduSky

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Friends with compelling research! One for you.

No one protects our freedom to read like our librarians! They show us the way. Here's a poem from This is Not a Small Voice, an anthology by Traci N. Todd. #nationallibraryweek

Happy #WorldBookNight! We hope you'll be joining us for the #ReadingHour from 7-8pm tonight - whether you’re reading, listening, or sharing a book, it all counts. Let us know how you'll be celebrating in the comments 👇️ #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026

#OnThisDay in London's radical history: Police kill Blair Peach during anti-fascist demo, Southall, 1979. wp.me/p74yfw-7l

Delighted to announce our #UV26 WINNERS!! 👏🥳🙌 @cmundywrites.bsky.social @rburrows.bsky.social @ivy-lin.bsky.social, Monica Gutierraz, Caroline Wigg, Zoe Dixon, Kirsty Hammond, Alicja Bagier, Claire Gordon, Dominic Yoboue, Claire Mowat and Alana Warbrick CONGRATULATIONS on your amazing stories ❤️

These 12 remarkable story openings make up the latest Undiscovered Voices anthology - available to download or order from undiscoveredvoices.com from tomorrow. Thanks again to amazing panel of judges, team of readers and our fabulous honorary chair @louiestowell.bsky.social 🙏

"OpenAI’s story, the literary devices it uses to tell it, and the story the company has told about it offer important insights into the shape of the crisis at hand." From the LARB archives: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/literature-is-not-a-vibe-on-chatgpt-and-the-humanities/

"Rich variety and invention" - a lovely description by a reader at our Triple Book Launch last night hearing poems by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social & @kymdeyn.bsky.social. Our first books of 2026, a gorgeous spring selection, available now: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Poetr...

Fun listicle though LOLs at understanding the U.K. through Jane Eyre: #booksky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Sensible. I am already in love with this Microlino I often see parked where I work. #EarthDay #EVs

This reader selected list of all time #classicbooks from PRH has some great titles but I think it still reflects that there is still a way to go with the perception of #womenwriters. Only 25% of the list are women with some very notable omissions. #WomenWritersNet www.penguin.co.uk/discover/art...