There are some great books from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social this month. Here are my reviews of three of them by @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social #VashtiHardy and @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social All brilliant for different reasons! #UKKidLit alibrarylady.blog/2025/06/12/n...

Just a few of our authors' signings and events at fabulous independent bookshops this year! @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social @booknookhove.bsky.social @welbooks.bsky.social @pierstorday.bsky.social @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social (2/3)

Out now, The Elixir by @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social, illustrated by Kristina Kister, is a fabulous short middle grade read filled with magic and mystery, the plague and a young Isaac Newton! @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/t...

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...

I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.

So lovely! 😍

I just have to share this *author on tour* hotel pic on all platforms...

Don’t underestimate the insane amount of hard work that goes into this. All power to children’s authors. 🤩✌️

A reminder for these times.

#bookpost How lucky am I? Can't wait to read Rebel Heart by Ally Sherlock and The Last Wildcat by Lui Sit. Lui was my mentee through the @write-mentor.bsky.social summer programme a few years ago and I'm so excited to get back to this story in print 🎉🎉🎉🎉

It's Darwin Day. And I can I heartily recommend for all your evolving middlegrade adventure requirements, the rather brilliant Darwin's Dragons by @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Children's books are not a luxury. Libraries & librarians are not a luxury. The teachers who work so hard to inspire kids to read are not a luxury. If you cut or undermine or lose these things – #literacy will cease to be a basic human right, and will become a luxury, available only to a few.

Another excellent read! Loved this story. @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The word is out, and ⚗️THE ELIXIR ⚗️ is almost ready... Delighted to have my first book with @barringtonstoke.bsky.social announced in @thebookseller.bsky.social today. I can't wait to start talking about this one! Out June. www.thebookseller.com/rights/barri...

Wonderful news @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social 👏🏼😀🎉 www.thebookseller.com/rights/barri...

THE DAWN OF ADONIS, cover illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole, publishing in June…x

Just received a copy of the second Dungeon Runners book: Sky Battles! Out next month, with stunning illustrations from Joe Todd Stanton. You can pre-order it now, if you want to be my best friend

I have news that I am not sure if I have shared here! A new Loki book on March 20th! It's a book of short stories and Loki-themed activities and it features Loki shape shifting into many glorious creatures.... For the more orderly games, loki had help lokibooks.com/books/loki-a... #KidlitUK

Thanks to @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social for highlighting this - fascinating discussion about the role of AI in crime both now and the future. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A page from BROKEN PLACES AND OUTER SPACES (TED Books, 2019) and the inner cover of DEATH OF THE AUTHOR (HarperCollins, Jan 14, 2025). 🤖 This novel (DEATH OF THE AUTHOR) has been a long time coming.

This made my day 🔥🔥🔥 anyone needed to get warmed up - check out my phoenix 😊

Please, if you're able, support Independent bookshops in the run up to Christmas. Their curation and knowledge will help you choose books that no algorithm can. And algorithms don't smile and chat to you either. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social

At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.

This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

A great set of books from the library to share with the children in my Book Club. @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social @pgbellwriter.bsky.social @peterbunzl.bsky.social @sophieanderson.bsky.social

Treat yourself to a fabulous read! The Great PHOENIX of London by @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social

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This thread says it all.

Have I had my mind changed on social media? Yes - NOT by arguing with randoms, but by following experts and first hand folks who share what they do, what they think and what's going on. The change isn't binary - I used to think one thing, and suddenly now another - it's slow and additive: Learning.

Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees? We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share. We escaped hell to be here. Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)

Our fabulous DACBA authors can be found on here too! So check out our growing list ✨ go.bsky.app/GvGkSYf

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

Follow my agency - they are fabulous!

No 6 in my #favechildrensbooks24 is The Great Phoenix of London. Usual gripping story style of Lindsay Galvin set in great fire of 1666, part historical, part myth. @teresacremin.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social #UKkidlit

Feeling seen 😱

How lucky am I? 🐲🔥🎉 ROAR IS BACK! @jennymclachlan.bsky.social the next installment is out in February 2025 and I am very chuffed to receive this proof for one of my all time fave MG series 🎉🎉🎉 #ukkidlit

When you ask people about the books that changed their lives, they almost always mention a children's book. They're the books that make us readers, shape us at the deepest levels, and stay with us FOREVER. That's why I think children's books are the most important books of all! #kidlit #books

Mission accomplished 😊

I've been struggling to write lately due to publishing setbacks and lack of confidence. I've found a few things that help and thought I'd share. Please tell me what works for you. - Setting word targets - Getting outside and exercising - Absorbing all sorts of art - Remembering why I started.

This actually happened! In my befuddled astonishment on the night I forgot to thank the incredible @imogenrobertson.bsky.social & @francesowen.bsky.social who power the HWA & the judges chaired by Louise Hare. Still completely overwhelmed!

📗COVER REVEAL📗 SO excited to share the cover for the third book in my trilogy. I'm once again blown away by how Sarah Jane Docker turns my vision & scrappy notes into a thing of beauty. We really hope you like it! Publishing on 26th March '25. Blurb & pre orders in next posts👇 #kidlituk

Secondary schools! We have a fantastic webinar coming up for you - it's all about supporting reluctant readers at Key Stage 3. We'll be joined by author Nathanael Lessore and SLA Secondary School Librarian of the Year Bridget Hamlet - don't miss out! 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

Entered in daylight - then ushered out at closing time 3 hrs later. Only visited two galleries! Obsessed and inspired a whole new scene that fits perfectly. Before I write I limit research as I don't know what I need yet. But I've hit 1/4 way on draft 0 book 6 and love a visit at this point!

It's cold okay? 🥶 But impressed with this scarf hood Old Mother Hubbard look. On way to London for the Chickenhouse books annual event to see lots of friends followed by some serious research at the British Museum. Lovely author day 😊

In Scotland? Maisie Chan is running a writing for children workshop! #UKKidLitNews www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...

Come and let me dedicate & doodle a book for you!

My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

We have 2 sets of the EPIC #Wolfstongue trilogy by Sam Thompson ✏️ @AnnaTromop to #WIN! What will Sally & Faolan discover beyond their safe settlement in the forest & can they trust Reynard to guide them? For the chance to find out RT/Flw by Nov 22 @LittleIslandBks #WRDMagComp

Hi followers👋 a quick intro. I'm a full time author currently writing a series of standalone historical adventure middle grade books. These feature real history, myth, animals - I love science and psychology, medicine and dark spookiness sneaks in too. 1/2

I should do an intro, shouldn't I? Hello if you are a new follower! I'm Sara and I write contemporary YA about teenage girls, usually with some emotional trauma, female friendship and an argument in a car. (I don't even drive?!) The most recent one looks like this. (You should buy it, it's good!)