@theashtube.bsky.social Thanks for the fanboy video! It was over 30 years ago, but an honour to have had the chance to work with Dennis. Cheers, Mike.

Great offer online at waterstones.com until 20th Feb. Use the code below to get 25 per cent off an advance order of the next book by me and Jess Bradley - Meet the Invisibles! Yes, a picture book about things you can't see! Funny and packed with facts. And funny too! (Did I mention that?)

Great pre-order offer from Waterstones on my next A Day in the Life Book with Jess Bradley. Hurry, only until the end of the month! www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

Honoured and delighted that me and the fabulous @franzihoellb.bsky.social have just won this fantastic award. Huge thanks to the CLF and to everyone who voted for us. Go Team Templar!

Honoured and very excited to have The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social shortlisted in the non-fiction category for today's Spark! Book Awards Big Final! You can watch along here from 1.45pm: www.youtube.com/@sparkbookaw...

Such an honour. The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social (and 62 other great books) on the front of the brilliant The Week Jr for their brilliant book awards 2025! Wowsers!

ICYMI: The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for 2025 has been unveiled. Awards will be given for the best in children’s literature across 13 categories, and shortlistees include Ramzee, Deborah Meaden, Elle McNicoll and Nadia Shireen 👇

So proud and honoured to have a book on the STEM shortlist. HUGE thanks to all involved. Wow!

Honoured to be in such esteemed company for the The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 in the STEM category. Big thanks to everyone involved! Including brilliant illustrator @franzihoellb.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social and @anneclarklit.bsky.social www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk/2025/stem25

Honoured to have The World's First Rollercoaster by me and Franzi Hollbacher shortlisted for the Spark Book Awards in the non-fiction category. The author visit video made today live from my work room is now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J14z... Big thanks to all involved!

Happy book birthday to The World's First Human Cannonball by me and Franzi Hollbacher. I'll be signing copies at White Rose Bookcafe in Thirsk from 10am on Saturday, and Blue House Bookshop on Bootham in York from 2.30pm. Come and launch a paper human cannonball and collect a free fartwhistle!

So excited and honoured to be doing four shows this weekend as part of Hull's amazing Colliderfest 2025 celebration of science. I'm at Hull History Centre on Sat, and Hull City Hall on Sun. Check the times and book at www.colliderfest.co.uk See you there!

Very excited and honoured to have a book on the shortlists for this year's @sparkbookaward.bsky.social awards. With the help of my son Jake filming, here's a video of me promoting The World's First Rollercoaster, with pictures by brilliant @franzihoellb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=R78C...

Very excited that my new title with Franzi Hollbacher for April 2025 from Templar Books is on a preorder offer with Waterstones this weekend and Monday! Use the code below at the checkout. #WPreorder waterstones.com/campaign/feb...

These are lovely people to work for and with.

Thank you so much to everyone involved in @sparkbookaward.bsky.social and to my co-creator @franzihoellb.bsky.social, all at Templar Books and my agent @anneclarklit.bsky.social . Such an honour to be short-listed, and big thanks to the young people in the video too! Yay!

Discover the amazing story of our home planet – as told by Earth itself 🌎 Uncover everything you need to know by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and @jessbradley.bsky.social. Planet Earth is out now! #planetearth #childrensbook #bookstagram #middlegradereference #comicstrip #geography

I am so bowled over when foreign editions of my books turn up in the post, especially as they get written in a small untidy study in rural North Yorkshire. These are Indonesian 'Day in the Life's! @busterbooks.bsky.social @anneclarklit.bsky.social @jessbradley.bsky.social

Wow! What a lovely early Christmas present! Big thank you to @sparkbookaward.bsky.social and to all the wonderful people who helped bring about this book including @franzihoellb.bsky.social, my agent @anneclarklit.bsky.social and the fantastic folks at Templar Books. All of them!

Very advance notice, but I am so excited and honoured that my first ever storybook for younger readers will be published next year by Andersen Press with beautiful illustrations by Momoke Abe. This is a Big Leap not just for Keith the Leaf, but for me too!

It's #GivingTuesday - but did you know that you can donate to our #MagicOfBooks appeal on behalf of someone else? You'll receive a cute certificate to give them - and you'll be sharing the magic of books with children throughout the year too! ❤️ donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas4?utm_so...

So honoured that The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social and published by Templar Books is on the shortlist for Best Non-fiction book of 2024. Huge thanks to @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social You can vote here: schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo... We'd love it if you did!