Happy publication day to @lwilliamsonauthor.bsky.social on her new YA novel release! Was lucky enough to get my hands on a proof and it is a very timely exploration of consent in teen relationships. Essential reading for older teens! 📚👍

My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com

One of my students recommended 'The Enemy' by @charliehigson.bsky.social to me. I read it, LOVED it, put it in my dystopia library lessons and now EVERYONE reads it and loves it in my school! All because of a student saying I should read it...

Another excellent middle grade novel from @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social about families and the secrets they hide! A real heartwarmer 📚👍 #reading #books #kidslituk

Here's a govt petition to reduce the default limit on rural single carriageway roads from 60 down to 30. Seems a sensible suggestion to me. Obviously individual limits could be higher. They would just need to be signed. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Famously Sauron's eye never missed any intruders upon his land

I NEED HELP! Please take this quick, meaningless 19 question survey so I can get data for my students to learn stats! I did a similar version a few months ago but missed an important question type. Even if you did the old one, please do it again! Please circulate widely!

This is a little local book award that I am a part of. Please do give it some bookish love 📚💜

Finished @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social debut novel today! A very well written slow burner about family and neurodiversity on in snowy small-town Canada 📚👍 #reading #kidslituk #yalituk

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com #manosphere

I'm telling you, the solution to many problems in education is to hire school librarians (at a liveable wage, with administrative support, and adequate resources). Your students don't need an LLM, they need a librarian.

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #6: Foster a Love of Reading School Librarians know how to foster a love of reading in students by getting to know the students and matching their interests with that "just right" title. #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

It's honestly kind of mind-blowing that this is the first time in over fifty years that anybody has been able to take a picture like this. Images of the earth are completely familiar to us, but a human hasn't pointed a camera at the whole planet for half a century.

Just finished this absolutely superb YA verse novel by @tiafisher.bsky.social about teenage pregnancy, which seals with some very heavy themes (sex, consent, LGBTQ+, bullying) in such a brilliant way. Massively recommend for older teens! 📚👍

The book banning school in Manchester has now been named, the Lowry Academy. Some of the books have been returned to the shelves but not all. Glad to hear CILIP are supporting the librarian ://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/greater-manchester-school-library-censorship-who-is-accountable/

Oh good, the school has been named! Shame on them. Absolutely appalling

Just finished this one - really enjoyable feminist tale about women, nature and power #books #reading

One of the chief virtues of the book is that it’s nearly the only remaining form of media that isn’t constantly being interrupted by ads. Between the covers is the last place on earth where no one is trying to sell you shit, a place where you can still be a human being rather than a mark.

This is an absolutely horrific story of censorship and book banning that has occurred in the UK. I am absolutely gobsmacked and cannot believe the school gets to remain anonymous while this librarian's career is destroyed. #books #reading #kidslit #censorship

On my way to watch Project Hail Mary. Expectations outrageously high. Adore the book. Cannot wait

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