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

Book post! Love a new Benjamin Dean... Thanks @simonschusteruk.bsky.social

Happy publication day to this lovely middle-grade fantasy adventure! A great addition to the school library. Review here: www.parentingwithouttears.com/articles/the...

In concert! Excitement!

American libraries are under attack. I have written a long piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the MAGA assault on libraries (and archives), and the strong librarians fighting back. observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Great article. School support is the main reason my library has had such a good year. SLT are supportive but hands-off. My manager (Literacy Lead) is a wonderful collaborator and always supporting me to try new things. It makes for a wonderfully creative role!

A National Year of Reading 2026 👏👏 to ‘change the nation’s culture’ is Good News! 👏👏 A DfE initiative with NLT as delivery partner @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social Do share and get involved! 👏 www.nationalyearofreading.org.uk

Peter Benchley's Jaws (Eric Carle version) for @mitchbenn.bsky.social

Weekend reading not going as planned... #books #cats

Do read and share! Free and worth debating the individual- social and reflective ways forward rb.gy/4ih4ez @profsarahmcg.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social as well as the evidence on the associated benefits of reading!

Alex Wheatle MBE (1963-2025) was our charity's patron. Thanks to Hachette UK & @barringtonstoke.bsky.social we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries. To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July. #ReadingForPleasure #UKKidLit 1/2

Hi, I am looking for #schoollibrarians in England to take part in a 30 min #digitalcitizenship #education interview. Are you involved in supporting digital citizenship or think that the #schoollibrary could? For more info email [email protected] or direct message me. #SLA #SLG #CILIP

Really enjoyed visiting the Flowers exhibition at the Saachi Gallery today! Some stunning work - and even the kids thought it was cool, which is rare 😂

hottest day of the year

On today's edition of "Nope". #booksky #writingcommunity

I've just realised I've topped 30K followers, thank you all, but as I'm poor I can only do a UK giveaway as a thank you You have to like, and share this post and be following me to be in with a change to win one of two bear pins No competition accounts and UK only, end midnight BST 8th June

“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...

Just saying.

Mornin’ cunts

‘The Comprehensive Bookshop” - my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

We have 4 copies #ZakMonroeIsNotMyFriend by @simonpackham.bsky.social to #WIN! Sam is about to move to secondary school & discovers his best friends haven't chosen him to join their tutor group. He feels lost, how will he cope? RP & Flw by May 2 to enter @uclanpublishing.bksy.social #WRDMagComp

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