Big 🙏🏽 to #PortsmouthSLS for inviting me to speak at #Portsmouth Uni to some #year6 kids from across Portsmouth. Running My Own Race has been chosen as their Big City Read for 2026. Every year 6 child has been given the book to read over the summer. There'll be activities to do in Sept #transitionbk

138. Running My Own Race by @eyesab2.bsky.social Warm and uplifting middle-grade novel about overcoming prejudice and parental pressure to follow your dreams, featuring a really positive portrayal of a Black working-class family. @nosycrow.bsky.social

Happy first birthday to Running My Own Race!🎉🎉🎉 12 months of many highs including something special that I did this week that I will share more about soon. #runningmyownracebook #ayearsincepublication #bookanniversary #oneyear

Look forward to being on a panel at the sold-out inaugural @megaphonewriters.bsky.social conference in a couple weeks. Should be fun! #writerconference #kidlit #runningmyownracebook #birmingham

Had a lovely afternoon at the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards ceremony. I won the Hooked on Books (middle-grade) category. Local children presented me with my prize & artwork that some of them had created. Thanks🙏🏽 to the kids who voted for Running My Own Race & Coventry SLS. @nosycrow.bsky.social

The #EmpathyDayFestival is here - a time to encourage more #empathy through the power of #books. Jump into my novel Running My Own Race- a story that explores friendship & being an ally, understanding other people, challenging harmful behaviour & speaking up. www.waterstones.com/book/running...

During this #EmpathyDayFestival, jump into Running My Own Race & meet 11-yr-old Kofi, a people-pleaser who has to gain courage to go for his dreams. A story that explores friendship & being an ally, understanding others, challenging harmful behaviour & speaking up @empathylabuk.bsky.social #empathy

I'm delighted that Running My Own Race has been selected as a BooksForTopics Recommended Read for Year 6 on the new 2026-2027 Year Group lists! www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... @booksfortopics.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social #BooksForTopics #runningmyownrace #teachers #librarians

Absolutely delighted to have won the Children's Sports Book of the Year award for my novel Running My Own Race. The glitzy awards ceremony was held at The Oval, London. #CTSBA26 #ReadingForSport ##runningmyownracebook #NationalYearOfReading2026 ##readingforpleasure

share.google/AICeeuD2KNfo... Love listening to #audiobooks? Well, checkout the audiobook of Running My Own Race on #XigXag, read by the wonderful actor Eric Kofi Abrefa. You'll enjoy listening to this contemporary story about family, friendship, gaining courage, speaking up & going for your dreams.

Honoured to have been shortlisted for the Tyrwhitt Sports Children's book of the year. sportsbookawards.com/shortlist-20... @nosycrow.bsky.social @bathlitagency.bsky.social @sportsbookawards.bsky.social #sportsbookoftheyear #ctsba25 #readingforsport

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/runn... Running My Own Race, a contemporary, middle-grade novel about family, friendship, gaining courage and going for your dreams, is now 5% off on Bookshop.org. Choose Afrori bookshop when ordering on @bookshop.org and you will be supporting a great bookshop as well.

Delighted that Running My Own Race has been included in this year's summer reading challenge.

We had a brilliant time on Monday chatting to Abena Eyeson about her shortlisted book, 'Running My Own Race'. Here she is introducing the book in her author spotlight video... @eyesab2.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social youtu.be/nkBxIVR6748?...

Exciting News! Our Main Pupil Competition is now open and we can't wait to see your creative responses to the shortlisted books. There's a poster available in our resources folder & more details to follow via email. (The Poetry Competition winners will be announced soon!) ✨📚🏆

Excited to be taking part in this event. Delighted that Running My Own Race has been shortlisted for the Spark School Book Awards!

x.com/i/status/203... I am very pleased to have won the junior fiction category of the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards. Absolutely delighted that the children of Coventry voted to make #Runningmyownrace the winner. #Coventryinspirationbookawards @nosycrow.bsky.social @bathlitagency.bsky.social

Delighted Running My Own Race has made it to the final three of the 8 to 12 category of the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards. Thanks to those who have voted & those who are going to vote. Closing date 11/03/2026. www.coventry.gov.uk/hob #runningmyownrace #coventryinspirationbookawards #Coventry

Thank you for highlighting Running My Own Race 🙏🏽.

Junior Fiction Book of the Year 2026 share.google/ojBMJZqcypTI... Honoured to have been shortlisted for the Peters Books Award. Read the blog post on the Peters Books website. If you work for a school or public library, vote up to 28th February on the Peters Books website. #Petersbooks #booklit

We are delighted to announce the longlist for the TMWS Book Award 2026. This is for the best book written for young people in the last academic year, as chosen by TMWS students. Congratulations to all those on the longlist. We will be narrowing it down to a shortlist over the next few weeks.

I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy my book Running My Own Race during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/runn... #bookshoporg #booktrust #runningmyownracebook #buyabook #kidlit

I'm supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos during February, then @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! Buy here - why not hoover up a few more books too! uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-i...

Delighted that my debut middle grade novel Running My Own Race has been shortlisted for the Spark Book Awards. Thank you so much🙏🏽. Means a lot. @nosycrow.bsky.social @bathlitagency.bsky.social @sparkbookaward.bsky.social #bookaward #runningmyownracebook #kidlit

As a writer of children's fiction, I support the UK National Year of Reading. It's time to Go All In. This year is going to be the greatest celebration of reading the nation has ever seen! Head over to goallin.org.uk and find out more today. #GoAllln2026 #NationalYearofReading2026

Delighted to have been shortlisted for the Peters Books Children's Book of the year award 2026. If you work for a school, public library or school library and are willing to vote, please do so on the Peters Books website peters.co.uk/pcboty2026-v... #teachers #librarians #schoolstaff

2025 was a special year when my #debut #middlegrade #RunningMyOwnRace was published by Nosy Crow. A lot has exceeded my expectations. Big thanks to everyone who has supported me, bought the book, read, reviewed, recommended or posted about it. Wishing you all the best for 2026❤️. #happynewyear

Thank you to Amazon for including Running My Own Race in their UK best children’s books of 2025 list and for the lovely review of the book. #bestbooks2025 #BookRecommendation #bookreview #runningmyownracebook #amazonbooks #middlegrade

Congratulations to the fantastic authors and illustrators of the 12 longlisted books in our 9+ Fiction category! #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Day 10, 9+ Fiction: 'Running My Own Race' by Abena Eyeson. The new boy at school shines on the track but has to tackle tough challenges off it, learning that finding his own rhythm is the true victory. @nosycrow.bsky.social @eyesab2.bsky.social #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Wonderful to see Running My Own Race on the @lovereading4kids.bsky.social Best Books of 2025 list. Thank you so much🙏🏽❤️. You can purchase Running My Own Race on the LoveReading4Kids website. share.google/KYOZJ0E0Glpn... #bestchildrensbooks #runningmyownracebook #kidlit #christmasbookgifts #books

🌟 Revealing the Peters Children's Book of the Year Awards Shortlist for 2026! 🌟 Chosen by our judging panel, these 23 brilliant books represent the best children's publishing in the past year across 4 categories. peters.co.uk/news-page/re...

The messages in this book are so important! I know UKS2 will love Kofi and how he never gives up. @eyesab2.bsky.social

Thanks @petersbooks.bsky.social for shortlisting #RunningMyOwnRace for the Peters Books Award. Winners in each category & overall winner decided by #teacher & #librarian vote. Please place your vote on Peters books website before 28 February. share.google/rZav1yic2Il1... @nosycrow.bsky.social

Running My Own Race is an editors' pick for hand-selected reads for children and young adults on Amazon. Thank you 🙏🏽. Running my Own Race is available from Amazon and many other bookshops. www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Own-... #runningmyownrace #handselectedbooks #bookchristmaspresents #bookgifts

Happy December. Hope you have a good one ❤️. #HappyDecember #runningmyownracebook #festivereads #bookgiving www.abenaeyesonwriter.com

It's the time of year when people are putting out lists of best books of the year. So why not tell an author you've loved their book this year? Because not being on those lists makes many authors sad. You can make them happy!

I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)

The Bloomsbury kids sale is on until Monday 1st December! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/gi...

1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:

I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan

I'm delighted that my novel Running My Own Race has been shortlisted with other wonderful books for the #Coventryinspirationbookawards by a panel of specialist children’s librarians and teachers. Vote on their website if you can. share.google/Q4FXjVe2pOQu... #bookawards #middle-grade #kidlit

Boosting this: if you're in the creative industries or have other creative skills or merch (eg signed books/prints) you can donate to our Sudan auction fundraiser, sign up here! If not? Please do share with your networks! #KeepEyesOnSudan #Creatives4Sudan

I'm delighted that Waterstones in their roundup of best kid’s fiction in 2025 included my novel #RunningMyOwnRace! Thank you @waterstones.bsky.social 🙏🏽. Very much appreciated❤️. www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes... #waterstoneskids #childrenfiction @nosycrow.bsky.social @bathlitagency.bsky.social

I'm pleased to share that my middle-grade #RunningMyOwnRace is available in #NewZealand. A story about family, friendship, courage & going for your dreams. Running My Own Race - Abena Eyeson -- Nosy Crow - 9781805133735 - Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand share.google/HrPsAzcVDyCD... #kidlit #books

I'm pleased to share that my middle-grade #RunningMyOwnRace is available in #Australia. This coming of age story is about family, friendship, courage & big dreams. Running My Own Race - Abena Eyeson -- Nosy Crow - 9781805133735 - Allen & Unwin - Australia share.google/AoCX4HbnDJ0J... #readers #books

Had a lovely library visit at Loughton library talking about my middle-grade novel Running My Own Race and reading from the book. Thanks to the library and Lisa Leonce for organising the event. Running My Own Race is available to borrow from libraires and to buy from bookshops. #libraryvisit #bhm

This is brilliant! #KidLitUK

So delighted by this longlist! Especially spotting the brilliant RUNNING MY OWN RACE by @eyesab2.bsky.social. Have you read it yet??