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In our last Library lessons this year we are making posters for a display to welcome the new Yr7s in Sept to the Library. One of my current Yr7s drew this fetching portrait of me 🤣

Opening the weather app. Looking at the weather app. Saying NO loudly and firmly. Closing the weather app.

This was genuinely shocking and disturbing! Very readable and lives up to the hype. Worth a go for anyone interested in the state of tech today and the people who run it #books #reading

When someone asks what my favorite books are, I can never remember the title of any book I've ever read in my entire life.

Just finished this gorgeous queer romance set in the space programe of the 1980s- it nearly made me cry! Outrageously wholesome and full of feeling #books #reading #queerlit

Absolutely LOVING this bookish pod! Excellent listen and a great reading list to get on to if, like me, you haven't read them all. Recommending it to all my 6th Form Eng Lit kids... #reading #books #schoollibraries #podcasts

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Oh man! 😢

I wasn't sure whether this one would live up to the hype but was pleasantly surprised. A strange read that won't appeal to everyone I think but I really enjoyed it #books #reading 📚

Thanks @readforgood.bsky.social and @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social for the freebie of this excellent sci-fi adventure! A really enjoyable and unique take on dragons for middle grade readers. Really looking forward to reading the next installment... 📚👍 #reading #books #kidlituk #YAlit #schoollibraries

Cripes! What hope for the rest of us...

Very fun YA read in the ☀️ this week. Glamour, wealth and scandal with a royal twist. Great read for older teens who love Maxton Hall and Red, White & Royal Blue 📚👍 @scholasticuk.bsky.social #kidslituk #YAlit #reading #books #schoollibraries

Just finished this lovely YA novel by Irish writer @grainneobrien.bsky.social. A really beautiful story in verse about big teen emotions and relationships, and the love of music. Really great for teens who are intimidated by traditional longer novels 📚👍 #YAlit #kidslitUK #books #reading

I'm enjoying the "Top 100 Bluesky responses to a top 100 cultural list bait of all time, of all time."

The votes are cast and after a brilliant ceremony, @tamsinwinterauthor.bsky.social has been crowned our Phoenix Book Awards winner for 2026! #books #reading #kidlitUK #YAlit

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 📚👍