If you want kids to read: -Reopen the closed libraries -Give them free books -Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students -Work on adult literacy Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Fame! I had a lovely return visit to The Ramsey Academy in Halstead. Visiting a school that is dedicated to reading for pleasure is just the best. When the focus is on fun and creativity, everything else follows. Enthusiastic librarians and teachers have so much impact!

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

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

THIS TIME IT'S WAR! We're picking up our pulse rifles and getting on an express elevator to Hell. Yes, we're watching Aliens. Stay frosty. Wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello teachers! My book Wild Journey will be published on 6th November and to celebrate it I’m doing a free online school event with Seven Stories The National Centre for Children's Books sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...

Any recommendations for books about dyslexia please? We're starting a journey here and I feel underprepared. The guy who did the assessment was brilliant, but I can't call him every time I or my daughter have a question...

💙📚Book recommendation📚👍 The Bite Risk series by @sjwills.bsky.social is a thrilling and original teen horror series. Had chance to finish the third book this morning - It was EPIC! If you’ve not read the first book, check out my review below. #WritingCommunity #KidLit #KidLitUK #BookSky #Horror

But paying authors for the stuff he stole from them would be too expensive.

Huge thanks to everyone who has left a rating or review for ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO so far. These can really help readers to find new books and possibly increase my chances of acquiring a unicorn, so if you've read the book and feel able to leave a rating/review, thank you! linktr.ee/edgechristop...

I will be causing Loki chaos and entertaining children this sunday at 4pm in Barnes, Kitson Hall. Come and help me lower the tone of a west london literary festival! #KidLitUK Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext...

It’s my stop on the blog tour for brilliant new teen read #SummerUnderTheStars by @katemallinder.bsky.social. Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Kate to my blog with a guest post on her writing practice. @fireflypress.bsky.social worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/b...

Happy publication day to me! Nate Yu’s Blast From the Padt is out today! It’s my third novel for kids! I had a lovely London launch at Papercat Bookshop in Herne Hill organised by my publishers Piccadilly Press.

Just finished @elnorrywriter.bsky.social upcoming children's novel (out 3rd July) and thoroughly recommend - characters you immediately root for, and a tense, moving, compelling story. Would love to read more featuring 11yos Jamie and July! @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social

Over on X we have 2 sets of the BRILL #BiteRisk series with NEW #ColdBlood by @sjwills.bsky.social to #WIN! Can Sel can keep his new abilities hidden? The curse is calling, the bitten unite... welcome to the Town of the Turned! RT & Flw by June 14 to enter @simonandschuster.bsky.social #WRDMagComp

My book this week is #BiteRisk (10+) by @sjwills.bsky.social –A world where all adults are werewolves, conspiracies pile up, no one can be trusted, and snarling death is always only a page away… This was exciting, scary, and so much fun – a howling success! (sorry). #SimonSchuster

Sir Elton John not holding back today in his anger at the UK government over their plans to hand British creators’ work to AI companies for free. “If you’re going to […] rob young people of their legacy and their income, it’s a criminal offence, I think.” 🧵 1/4 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

PREPARE TO BE SHOCKED! In what may be the most foolhardy act the podcast has ever committed, we commissioned @joetwyman.bsky.social at Deltapoll to ask the nation for its favourite WW2 films. The results... 🧵

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

ICYMI: When a child sees another child reading, especially someone they admire — a friend, an older sibling, or another pupil — they see reading as a fun choice, says Alison Palmer 👇 #BookSky

Woke up in the middle of last night with a brilliant solution to a plot problem I've been struggling with in my draft. So glad I wrote it down on my phone ffs

The Illusionist is now out in paperback! It's the "enthralling", "superbly entertaining", "delightful", and "satisfying" true story of an eccentric genius who made magic into a weapon of war.

Somehow, my 5th book, 3rd in the Bite Risk trilogy, is out today. This little girl would have been blown away to know her ridiculous dream would actually happen, albeit not till she was Very Old. And yes, we did have to wear a tie at my primary school from the first year...

Not in love with WhatsApp taunting me to look at its thieving AI trained on my pirated books

I wrote a blog for Books For Topics on books for younger teens ⬇️ Check it out here! www.booksfortopics.com/stepping-int...

Super excited to share the news that Summer Under the Stars is out in less than 2 months! And here is the beautiful cover 😍 Plus… Summer of No Regrets is getting a new cover! 😍😍 Preorder from Firefly Press or any of the usual places ✨

Nasty work. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

Anyone know of any YA or adult fiction with cricket 🏏 in it? #booksky 🙏 #cricket

There's a monstrous Bite Risk giveaway on Instagram... Books and 🐺werewolf goodies from Hoxton Monster Supplies! Head to sjwillsauthor or simonkidsuk to enter www.instagram.com/p/DIThRzlKTQ...

The thrilling conclusion to a brilliant trilogy, #BiteRisk: Cold Blood by @sjwills.bsky.social is perfect for 12+ horror fans and I LOVED it! Out 24/04 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/b...

The British automotive industry contributes £22bn to the UK economy. The creative industries contribute £124bn. Fucksake. Stop AI copyright theft.

Publishing 24/4, Bite Risk Cold Blood is the thrilling finale to a brilliant series & 1 I've loved from the very beginning. Here's my review @sjwills.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social kandobonkersaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/bite...

We're back! Join @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social on Thursday April 10, as they struggle to get off the beach in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. Search for "War Movie Theatre" wherever you get your podcasts.

The #BiteRisk series by @sjwills.bsky.social is one of my very favourites so I’m thrilled to have a copy of Book 3, #BiteRiskColdBlood, to read and review. Out 24/04, enormous thanks to @simonandschuster.bsky.social for sending 🐺

Meta can afford it. They just prefer to steal.

Copies of BITE RISK: COLD BLOOD exist! Publication 24th April 🐺🩸 @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

Mister Rogers never misses

Read horror! I was delighted to meet both @sjwills.bsky.social (BITE RISK) & @tess-james-mackey.bsky.social (YOU WOULDN'T CATCH ME DEAD) last night. Both feature in my own YA HORROR 400 almanac which they are holding. I have widely promoted their terrific horror fiction on @gnofhorror.com #kidlitUK

Thrilled that Bite Risk won the Trinity Schools Book Award today - incredible creative responses from the students, including a whole board game! The creators, Henry, Teddy and Kaiden from Reed's School even gave it to me to take home 😭😍❤️

Extremely exciting news from one of my favourite authors 😍

OK, I need to point out that this is only in the proof copy of the book. Apparently they're not in the final version. SO THIS IS AWKWARD. RT this, if you wouldn't mind. Apologies.

Send a formal notice: If your books are in the LibGen dataset, send a letter to Meta and other AI companies stating they do not have the right to use your books. Here is a template you can use. actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...

Lot of conversations today about writing horror for kids, which means its hopefully a good time to mention that I have a short, snappy, accessible horror series for kids coming in April, illustrated by the fab Ali Al Amine... #KidlitUK #KidlitIrl www.kennys.ie/shop/tales-o...

I have a brand new Loki out TOMORROW. But in the meantime, please feast your eyes on the cover of LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos, coming early SEPT... #BeLEssLoki #KidLitUK @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social Preorder NOW www.walker.co.uk/978152951581... or www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod...

Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing. www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...

Cover Reveal! 🚜 Meeting Meg is Book 3 in The Whistledown Farm Adventures 🌼 It’s out on 8th May and available to pre order now wherever you buy your books! Rachael Dean has done it again with another beautiful cover! ☀️