I caught up with @sarahharrison.bsky.social for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Words&Pics about #schoolofdoom! She had a long road to publication until winning the Times/Chicken House prize. Her advice is spot on to new writers: "be authentic...be witty, silly, strange, clever, just be you"!

Mix & Match 17 - another mix of mini review appetisers with a Bella Donna Daiquiri 📚🍸 #Booktails #TheLastLifeOfLoriMills #SchoolOfDoom #ToshsIsland #EttieAndTheMidnightPool #WendingtonJonesAndTheLostLegacy #blog #review #cocktail

This is a one-night event but is viewable on a livestream (or for two weeks after the performance) and is a fundraiser for a UK trans charity.

School of Doom by Sarah Harrison myshelvesarefull.com/2025/03/17/s...

The WINNER of the Times / Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2022 is OUT NOW. Grab your copy of this hilarious, monster-filled mayhem today! SCHOOL OF DOOM by Sarah Harrison

Still a few days left to win a copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton - details below! 👇

META has used pirated versions of my books and those of pretty much every author I know to train its artificial intelligence software. We need the government to step in and ensure that META will #DoTheWriteThing If you want to help, there’s a petition you can sign… www.change.org/p/protect-au...?

On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇 societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

Reading is a radical act. Every time a child picks up a book, new possibilities open up that were not there before. And it has the biggest positive impact of all factors on children's life chances! Every time you help a kid to read for pleasure, you will change their lives FOREVER. #literacy #books

We have about 270 bookmarks now for the 2025 #BookmarkProject our total last year was over 600. I have really struggled to find our doodlers on social media this year. If you are an artidt, author, illustrator or celebrity please will you create a bookmark & help us to build a library? Please Share

I have one spare copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton, and I'd like to give it away to one of my followers on here. If you want it, just like this post by the end of 6th April and I'll randomly choose someone to send it to (UK-based only I'm afraid). Any reposts appreciated too. 🧙‍♀️🧡

Spring has sprung & so has the LATEST WRDMag. That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE! Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊 It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍

Authors, if you'd like to receive a monthly newsletter with the latest links, podcasts and posts about book marketing, writing craft and industry news (that impacts authors) then I'd love you to sign up to my free newsletter #booksky theempoweredauthor.com/free-newslet...

The Polari Prize is open for submissions One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers. Check it out and please share. Queer fiction! www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...

The pressure to publish more and faster was one of the most frustrating things about working in publishing. If I could say ONE thing to the publishing industry about how to make things better, it would be this: do not publish anything you are not going to support well with marketing.

We're having to move distributors by the end of March. Don't ask, but corporates being corporate. It is going to cost a bit and a half. If you are able to help cushion the blow. You can buy some excellent books here: www.bluemoosebooks.com Thank you.

“Eddie can eat a wheelie bin as easily as a cheeseburger – a talent that gets her sent to the School of Doom with its motto, Be the Worst….” It’s funny, adventurous and monster-filled! School of Doom is perfect for 9+. Highly recommend! @sarahharrison.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

School of Doom by Sarah Harrison Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio @sarahharrison.bsky.social @isabellefollath.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#schoolofdoom#stevewells

#TheNotwitches has been out for A WHOLE MONTH and I want to say a big mooshy thank you to everyone who has read it and said nice things about it. It's honestly meant the blimmin' world to me. If you've enjoyed it please do remember to leave a review on Amazon/Goodreads/wherever. It really helps! 🧙‍♀️

IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤 Published by @chickenhousebooks Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @attielime.bsky.social, on the publication of her first (there will be more, trust me) shiny poetry collection! My copy arrived yesterday, ready for reading when I find that wonderful ‘window of opportunity’. 🎉

ATHM hitting US bookshelves in 3 days!!!

This from @attielime.bsky.social is poetry at its best. Poetry for me is about celebrating the fun you can have with words and this book captures that perfectly. #ukkidlit #poetry #poemsforchildren

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Amazing to see all the different newspapers united with the same front cover about this! #makeitfair #paythecreators

Winner, winner, wheelie bin dinner. Read, reviewed and recommended. School of Doom @sarahharrison.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

Today's review...'Rebel Heart' by Ally Sherrick Out on the 13th March, this is historical fiction at its finest! throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/rebe...

Looking forward to being at Waterstones Liverpool Saturday March 15th!

So @alicenuttallbooks.bsky.social's book is still going strong, but I just wanted to give everyone a friendly nudge to check it out. It really is brilliant. And there's an audiobook too! amzn.eu/d/eX1IFAZ

If you work in the creative industries, please give feedback on this government public consultation on AI and our copyright. ALCS provides help here with answering the questions, and you don’t have to answer every question to submit it. The consultation ends SOON, Feb 25th:

Only three weeks to go until the chaos is unleashed!

So many amazing books! I really enjoyed all of them 😍

The gorgeous residential Gladstone’s Library Writer in Residence programme provides space and resources for up to four writers whose work engages with liberal values in the broadest sense. Writers at all stages of their career can apply. Please share :) www.gladstoneslibrary.org/events/write...

The spectacular shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2025 is here! 🥳 Chosen by booksellers across the country, there's magic on every page, whatever their age. Discover the amazing shortlisted authors and illustrators here: bit.ly/3w9ZuZb #WCBP25

Did you know that as part of World Book Day 2025 there are FREE audiobooks you can download from their website? I'm so excited to share that BRONTE TEMPESTRA AND THE LIGHTNING STEEDS is one of the books available until March, so why not check it out! #KidLitUK www.worldbookday.com/stories/bron...

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to share the first line of your book. "At six months old, Eddie Harp had a full set of teeth and could walk without help." -School of Doom: Be the Worst.

It’s publication day! The hunt begins! I was chuffed to wake up and discover a lovely review of Hunt for the Golden Scarab in The Telegraph. Thank you Emily Bearns.

Please share :) (I didn’t know!)

Toby and the Siege of Sky City is available to pre order now and I'd love to get some more orders: soaringskiespublishing.sumupstore.com/product/pre-... You can also add a bookmark featuring Roger to your order! #kidlituk

Beyond excited to share the cover to my debut, middle grade, THE DOUGHNUT CLUB. Thank you Marina Tena Borras for the incredible artwork & thank you @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social for having an early read and giving such a lovely quote. Out on 8th May- PRE ORDER LINK IN BIO #debutauthors2025 #kidslit

Morning! I’d like to follow as many independent bookshops as possible, especially ones who love their children’s books. Can you help me? If you know a great Indy bookshop on Bluesky please let me know. We are @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social (I’m Events Manager and Trish is the Owner/Manager).

A very funny time-travel story for Y4 upwards, Oops, I Kidnapped a Pharaoh by @luangoldie.bsky.social sees K-pop-obsessed Skylar accidentally bring back King Tut from Ancient Egypt with all sorts of mayhem as a result. Out 06/02 #WalkerBooks worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/o...

Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!

♥ Big thanks, @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social! So glad the book's produced some laughs!

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My book arrived!! It's shiny and beautiful 😍

Uhoh. Jeff's throwing a tantrum. He wants better discounts from them. You can still get Bloomsbury books from Bert's, though.