Had the absolute joy of listening to @angiethomas.bsky.social speak at a schools event this afternoon. My students were so excited to meet her and her talk was 🔥🔥🔥 A great inspiration for young people - wish we could see her more often!

Finished my first @phoenixbookaward.bsky.social title- this excellent middle grade historical fiction with a fantasy twist! @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #books #reading #kidlituk 📚👍

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Just finished this really lovely sci-fi/dystopian middle grade novel. Great story and surprisingly emotional at the end! #kidlit #reading #books #schoollibraries 📚👍

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If Reform had won, Labour's statement would be that this result is a stark reminder we need to listen and learn from voters who rightly feel betrayed by modern politics. But the Greens won by a comfortable margin, so it's: these voters are stupid and also sinister and, ugh, Muslims

Very excited to have @juditheagle.bsky.social visiting us next week to celebrate her new book as part of our Book Week!

This is a lovely and very moving German short novel for teens about grief and family bereavement. Unexpectedly lovely! 📚👍 Full review over on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DVG5BdjDYM...

This is fun. By 1400 I am struggling.

Read this lovely YA romance by @suehcunningham.bsky.social over HT. A very sweet story that reimagines the afterlife and has a great character cast. No spice, very mild on language so a welcome addition to the older teen library 📚👍

The gorgeous #library at @rijksmuseum.bsky.social. You can take the girl out of work etc, etc...

This is amazing from Phil Lord and Chris Miller 😂

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

Bonus #DarwinDay content: Six of the best grumpy Darwin quotes.

Absolute joy to see @daraobriain.bsky.social tonight in Croydon tell the most extraordinary story I have ever heard at a comedy gig. Completely brilliant show! #comedy

This is such an appalling idea, I don't even know where to start 🤯

Finally finished this very strange and lovely book! Sentient books, zen philosophy, mental health and grief. Strangely compelling and beautifully written #booksky #reading

I have this poem on the wall in my library - gets read often!

Lovely piece on #kidlit and reading today

Unsurprisingly, the only sane advice in this pile of crap article comes from a Librarian

Giveaway! I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase. Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose? (UK only)

Hamlet: and I, Hamlet, vow to honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and ... Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet? Hamlet: yes? Ghost: not Scrooge? Hamlet: ... no? Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..

Love Adam Sharp! Stock up on some exotic insults before the family come round for Xmas

This is why banning books must be fiercely contested at all times - it's only ever the start of something

Have been in a slight reading slump of late and this just blew me right out of it! Absolutely brilliant YA folk horror by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. A creepy, dark tale about folklore, nature and what people will do to survive. A must-read! 📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #schoollibraries

Library lesson with Yr7 on immigration to support curriculum text (Refugee Boy). We introduced them to Front Desk by @kellyyang.bsky.social and it was the most sublime lesson! Read Ch1 to them, discussed it and they loved it so much! Reservations out the door 🥰 So nice when lessons really land!

They'll literally do anything other than put libraries AND LIBRARIANS in schools

Just finished this absolute delight! I find SF tough to read but this was just wonderful. I'm really looking forward to the film version now (although they better not mess up Rocky...) #books #reading

3. Utter Horror!

An old video for the spookiest night of the year: the day Nevada became the 36th state. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwDqRXec4s

Cat book hugz #books #cats

If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.

What you think your brain is supposed to do

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Just finished this pleasant little page-turner. Bridgerton with wands. A nice romantasy for the YA market! 📚👍 #books #reading #yalit #kidslit ##schoollibraries

Had the absolute joy of a visit from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social today and she was just fantastic! Lots of eager Yr7s will be devouring her new book tonight! #kidslit #reading #authors #schoollibraries

Also great! "That's why I think we should fund libraries more. It's not just because they're a great resource, it's because I don't wanna know what librarians will do if we don't give them a place to go."

IT'S A WRAP! Or nearly.... Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁 To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘

Absolutely brilliant conclusion to this trilogy. Adeyemi really expands the world and has created some great new villains. This series is such a fresh take on YA fantasy! 📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #books #schoollibraries #reading

Bestest husband @slothlydad.bsky.social got me a present! Have been coveting this for some time... #books #reading

And so it begins

And, of course, it’s the 28th anniversary of the greatest of all newspaper corrections (with apologies to @seamas.bsky.social who traditionally posts this, but it’s 10.39, and I can only wait so long)

Really liked this one - queer romance about two girls from the Bangladeshi community in Dublin. Well worth getting into your YA library #books #kidlit #YAlit #schoollibraries

Setting the alarm back to early-o-clock to recalibrate my destroyed sleep schedule before back to school later this week. How is it that time already?!

Absolutely loved this - lush YA fairy tale steeped in Welsh mythology and culture. One of my favourite reads this summer #books #YAlit #schoollibraries

Really enjoyed Benjamin Dean's new YA LGBTQ+ murder mystery! Classic country house crime for today's teens www.parentingwithouttears.com/articles/bur... #books #kidslit #schoollibraries

A new series has arrived to fill the void for your Yr7 pre-teens who have read all the Wimpy Kids and Dork Diaries! www.parentingwithouttears.com/articles/cri... #newbooks #kidlit #schoollibraries

Fantastic read on masculinity and the 'manosphere'. Will be giving to my teen boys to read