Ooh - Loki fans check out this exciting news!!!!

Loved reading 'The Doughnut club' by @krahim.bsky.social Heartfelt and heartwarming tale of donor conception, family love and finding out who you really are! Just lovely! @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social

Thanks so much, Catherine. A really lovely review of RUNNING MY OWN RACE🙏🏽

Four crows hanging out at our Raven outpost in Bath. Fab to meet you @alastairc.com and to catch up with both @alexcotter.bsky.social and @catherinebruton.bsky.social who considering we live in the same valley I never actually see! @nosycrow.bsky.social

Huge congrats to @catherinebruton.bsky.social #birdboy

@eyesab2.bsky.social Today's read is the gorgeous 'Running My Own Race' by I totally fell in love with the narrator! Such a beautiful, heartwarming story which tackles big issues and celebrates family, friendship and following your dreams! @NosyCrow @zoegriffiths12

I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy Bird Boy or No Ballet Shoes in Syria during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bird-b… @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social

Thank you for reading AARTI and so happy you enjoyed it!

@robbiddulph.bsky.social and I inside the gates at Buckingham Palace today just before making our way to celebrate the incredible young winners of the Queen’s Essay Competition 2024! Truly blown away by the entries!

Fabulous shout-out for @catherinebruton.bsky.social on Today by @joannanadin.bsky.social being AWESOME, articulate, persuasive and fair about how ghosts should and can get acknowledgment for writing for celebrities. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

We're delighted to be interviewing the four authors shortlisted for the children's category of the Nero Book Awards. Up now, @catherinebruton.bsky.social talks to @joyisreading.bsky.social about her moving & powerful story, BIRD BOY 🌟#KidLit @nosycrow.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/an-i...

Bird Boy @catherinebruton.bsky.social @oriolvidal.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social Fallout @lesleyparr.bsky.social @daviddean-illus.bsky.social @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social I Am Wolf @alastairc.com Shadowhall Academy @hickesy.bsky.social @keithrobinson.bsky.social #Usborne

Happy new year! In 2024, I read 232 books (lots of them very short). These were my favourite children's and YA books, all of which will be enjoyed by adults as well as younger readers. @catherinebruton.bsky.social @clarefurniss.bsky.social @jprosewriter.bsky.social @sarahcrossan.bsky.social

We're interviewing all the authors shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children's Prize. First up, Patrick Ness talks about his daring and unpredictable comic fantasy CHRONICLES OF A LIZARD NOBODY 🦎#KidLit @patricknessbooks.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/chro...

I came across this bookish fundraiser on insta - can you chuck in a few quid? It will be matched as part of something called the Big Give. The project funds volunteer readers with families (so, a complement to Beanstalk at school)! #KidLitUK donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

The wonderful author - and person I like very much - @celiarees.bsky.social has joined BlueSky. Give her a follow.

Ooh great giveaway here from the Queen of cozy crime! @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social

shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children’s Fiction 'Bird Boy' by @catherinebruton.bsky.social A story of migration, conservation, healing and hope as a grieving boy forms an unbreakable bond with an injured bird (@nosycrow.bsky.social) 📖 book sample www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

I'm going to try a Bluesky giveaway. Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds. One winner, UK only. To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy. @nosycrow.bsky.social #Ukkidlit

OK miss me with the bullshit that writers are ONLY on social media to sell books. We're also humans who have pets and gardens and baked goods and pancakes that improbably come out of the pan looking like goats. Where else are we supposed to talk about those things? Just stand outside and yell??

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

The 2024 Nero Book Awards shortlist has been announced! There are some fantastic titles across the four categories and great to see shop favourite Ferdia Lennon on the Debut Fiction list with his wonderful debut GLORIOUS EXPLOITS! www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

Congratulations to Catherine Bruton, Patrick Ness & Tim Miller, Scarlett Dunmore, and Liz Hyder & Tom De Freston, shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards and three cheers for awards that consider #childrenbooks alongside books for adults 👏 #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/shortlists-a...

The shortlists for the Nero Book Awards have been announced. There are some fantastic titles #NeroBookAwards #Booksky nerobookawards.com

A huge congratulations to the authors on the shortlist of the Nero Book Awards. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/col...

Totally made up for you! And honoured to be alongside you!

Completely delighted and genuinely surprised my sweet little lizard book has been shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards. Yay! Buy a fictional lizard for Christmas!

This little teacher is having a little cry at her desk this morning and needs to pull herself together before Period 1 ...but seeing my book on this list has floored me! Get a grip, Mrs Bruton! @nosycrow.bsky.social @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @scarlettdunmore @lizhyder @theguardian.com

So pleased to see Bird Boy on this list by the wonderful @catherinebruton.bsky.social alongside some other corkers.

The Swiss newspaper NZZ (founded 1790) has just published its list of the Best One Hundred Books of the 21st Century (so far), as chosen by its editors. At No 1 sits W.G. Sebald's AUSTERLITZ and, inside the Top 50 at No 42, is AWFUL END by me, Philip Ardagh. I am delighted!

@joel120193.bsky.social Hi Joel Can I be added to your teacher starter pack please! Thanks for doing it!

Thrilled to see Bird Boy in this wonderful pile! Hope you enjoy it!!!

And here we go! Time for book club to get stuck into this years #Bibliobuzz #alexandrapalace @apschool.bsky.social @catherinebruton.bsky.social @strangerfiction.bsky.social @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social & Sam Sedgman, Guy Bass & Chibundu Onuzo. We'll be in touch with questions! #readingforpleasure

Amazed to have just reached 12k Bluesky followers! Welcome to you all. Come in, make yourselves at home. I mainly talk about books and writing and related subjects.

Librarians, parents, teachers! You’ll be swamped with Wicked book requests. BUT the 📖 is very different from the📽️ & contains mature content unsuitable for kids ⚠️So here are some kid-friendly, witchy recs to go with their fave songs. Why not put on a wickedly cool shelf? 👀✨👇🏽

Second starter pack post of the morning. These packs aren’t exclusive groups that you need to join in order to be part of a community. They’re signposts to help people find their community. Like a quick start guide. Use them, share them or ignore them. They’re Bluesky admin, not Bluesky structure.

And @lucyw1982.bsky.social, you are our winner! Drop us a message 💕

Flooded fields and roads round here! I think s duvet writing day is in order!

Second this. Literacy Hive is an indispensable resource. I would highly recommend subscribing.

Check out Gareth’s Blog Post about the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Parliamentary Reception and How We Can Advocate The Importance of School Libraries to Key Stakeholders. lnkd.in/dTme-yYa #LibrariesChangeLives @cilip.bsky.social

Between now and Christmas I’ll try to recommend as many great children’s books as I can. Books make a great present but it can be hard to find the right book, especially if you’re looking for something a bit different. Would you like a recommendation? Ask away! #bookelves2024 are open!

#WriterWednesday library-love moment.

Heading home from bright and chilly Newcastle after another day of school workshops with the amazing students of Alnwick as part of the #ncbf Northern Children’s Book Festival @ncbfest @nosycrow Thanks to all the amazing organisers who make the book magic happen!

Hello from Harrogate International Festivals! Obligatory first post on Bluesky – please RT to let people know that we are here. Looking forward to finding friends and building networks!

On the road again! Catching the train to Alnmouth for another day of bookish events with #ncbf Northern Children’s Book Festival! Armed with coffee, cough pastilles, a pot of animal rubbers and a knitted osprey! @ncbfest @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social

Thrilled that Bird Boy has been shortlisted for the #BiblioBuzz2025 Book Awards along with amazing other authors @lindsaylittleton @samsedgman @guybass @CHIBUNDU ONUZO @LUCY STRANGE @nosycrow @yourallypally www.alexandrapalace.com/creative-eve...

Thrilled that Bird Boy has been shortlisted for the #BiblioBuzz2025 Book Awards along with amazing other authors @lindsaylittleton @samsedgman @guybass @CHIBUNDU ONUZO @LUCY STRANGE @nosycrow @yourallypally www.alexandrapalace.com/creative-eve...

So lovely to be in Newcastle for the Northern Children's Book Festival with seven amazing schools in Whitley Bay today - Alnwick tomorrow! Friendly, fun and absolutely flipping freezing #ncbf @ncbfest @nosycrow

I am grateful to NCCAT for the invitation to the Literacy Leaders Conference 2024. Thank you to TRL-NC member Gin Hodge for being such a gracious host!

A new episode to help you start the week! Diverse Book Awards YA winners @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social, YA Readers' Choice Award for Boy Like Me @sophiecameron.bsky.social, runner up YA Category for Away with Words & Jenny Ireland, winner YA Category for The First Move #kidlitUK 📚🌎