Congratulations to the authors and illustrators of the 12 longlisted books in our Picture Fiction for Early Readers category! #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Congratulations to the brilliant authors and illustrators of the 12 longlisted books in our Non-Fiction category! #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

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

Time for some good news! Both Destiny Ink: Birthday Secret by Adeola Sokunbi (@adeolasokunbi.bsky.social) and Supa Nova by Chanté Timothy (@heychante.bsky.social) have been longlisted for the 2026 IBC Awards (@ibc-reads.bsky.social). Congratulations to everyone involved! 👏

Another wintry #NewIllustrationoftheDay, a minimalist snowy spread with a sense of depth by Matt Hunt from How to Find a Yeti, in which the sharp-eyed can spot the outline of a yeti louring over the distant row of grey trees. The paperback published this autumn by Nosy Crow. @nosycrow.bsky.social

We're thrilled to support Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity and Ross Collins to bring the joy of reading to children in hospital with a new scheme. Launching today at the start of Book Week Scotland, children will be given their very own bookbag to cherish and get lost in during difficult times. ✨

Proof copies for the captivating Animagicals - Mia’s Tiger are soaring from the Nosy Crow office today! ✨🐅 Your invitation to join the magical world of Animagia awaits with this brand new series from @paulabooks.bsky.social, illustrated by #ErwinMadrid @nosycrow.bsky.social #Animagicals

We are thrilled to have been nominated for The Carnegies Illustration Award @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 🌳🥳 Once I Was a Tree takes readers on a hilarious journey of a seed that turns into a tree, then into a book... THIS book! 🌱A huge congratulations to Eoin McLaughlin and Guilherme Karsen. 🎉

Event no.2 with the wonderful #TraceyCorderoy at #CheltLitFest! We joined our doggy duo #ShiftyMcGiftyandSlipperySam for a story time session… @nosycrow.bsky.social

We’re at #CheltLitFest this morning, getting ready for a PAWsome #ShiftyMcGiftyandSlipperySam event with Tracey Corderoy! We can’t wait to see you soon! @nosycrow.bsky.social

A duo of delights in the post today! Very excited to read Ice Dancer by @alexcotter.bsky.social and Murder at Christmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social. Both out 09/10 for 9+ readers, the most enormous thanks go to @thesianpages.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social 🥰 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦‍⬛ 👉 alastairc.com/events/20251... @nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven

It’s been a truly magical morning here at Bath Children’s Literature Festival with the wonderful @juliesykesbooks.bsky.social enrolling into Unicorn Academy, discovering our unicorn magic and creating beautiful rosettes! @nosycrow.bsky.social 🦄✨✨✨

A great article about helping children to read fluently with advice from a phonics expert, Ann Sullivan, in @mirror.co.uk. We're thrilled to see Supa Nova, the dazzling graphic novel from @heychante.bsky.social included in the 'Family reading kit'! Read more here: buff.ly/01Z9ttO 🧪 #NosyCrow

We’re in sunny Eastbourne today for the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social conference talking all things @nosycrow.bsky.social! Do stop by the stand and say hi! ☺️☀️

Day 2 of events at @edbookfest.bsky.social with the SUPA @heychante.bsky.social. We’ve had quizzes, draw-alongs and even a scientific experiment as we use the magic of science to tackle plastic pollution with Nova and Chomp! #SupaNova 🧪✨ @nosycrow.bsky.social

What a brilliant day @edbookfest.bsky.social! We had pens at the ready for The Big Draw Off with @heychante.bsky.social and @jimsmithbooks.bsky.social drawing everything from mad scientists to cats in top hats! #SupaNova 🧪⭐️ @nosycrow.bsky.social

Absolutely chuffed to announce that I'll be at this year's #CheltLitFest on Saturday 11th October! View the full line-up here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/whats-on Tickets go on sale 4 September! @nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmWolf #IAmRaven #KidLitUk

Congratulations to the winners of the 7+ Category, @kieranlarwood.bsky.social & Joe Todd-Stanton for 'Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial' - also published by @nosycrow.bsky.social ✨📚🏆

The winner of the Picture Fiction for Early Readers Category was 'Who Ate Steve?' by Susannah Lloyd & Kate Hindley, published by @nosycrow.bsky.social Congratulations! ✨📚🏆

Running My Own Race by Abena Eyeson is a brilliant book about finding your place in the world, following your dreams and standing up for yourself. Readers will love Kofi. I did. Out 3 July. @nosycrow.bsky.social

I had a BRILLIANT time at #WatchfieldPrimary on my I AM RAVEN tour. The teachers were so enthusiastic, the welcome was amazing, and it was lovely chatting with all the young readers there. Thank you so much! 😊🐦‍⬛ @nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmRaven #KidLitUK

The winner of Children's Publisher of the Year (sponsored by Publiship) is Nosy Crow✨ “The amount and range of work that goes on at Nosy Crow is incredible,” said the judges #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

Our award-winning authors and illustrators ✨️ Read the first in our Peters Children's Book of the Year interview series. Find out why @alastairc.com loves sci-fi and fantasy, plus hear an extract of his latest book, I Am Raven! Read here: peters.co.uk/news-page/pc... @nosycrow.bsky.social

A very exciting opportunity to join our lovely team! 📚

Amazing first day of the Federation of Children's Book Groups 2025 Conference! So many wonderful publishers, so many gorgeous books! #fcbg25

So excited to talk to you all about these INCREDIBLE books! 😍📚( And to show you my blue hair, of course!)

A very happy publication day for this INCREDIBLE book! So excited to see it taking flight! #IAmRaven

Supa Nova by Chanté Timothy is an extremely entertaining debut graphic novel. Lively characters, a plastic-eating monster and a powerful message about the environment. Ideal for Year 2/3 readers discovering GNs for the first time. @nosycrow.bsky.social

Absolutely loved I Am Wolf by @alastairc.com so am very excited to receive a copy of the sequel, #IAmRaven. Out 10/04 for 9+ readers, the most enormous thanks go to @thesianpages.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social for sending me a copy 🤩

I've been sent a couple of sequels by @nosycrow.bsky.social that I can't wait to read. "I am Raven" by @alastairc.com and "Escape Room: Game Zero" by @christopheredge.bsky.social. Two of the finest children's science fiction writers in the business. Can't wait to read these in the coming weeks!

Happy World Book Day! 📚🎒✏️✨🧪👩🏾‍🔬 I can't believe it's about 3 months till Nova hits shelves in the UK/US/CA!! UK peeps this will be an A3 Print in my shop aoon🛍️ if you've pre-ordered my book you'll get a discount code US friends you'll also get a chance to grab this poster 👀 More merch bits to come 🤭

Some fantastic news in time for #WorldBookDay – I Am Wolf is joint winner of the @peters-books.bsky.social Junior Fiction Book of the year, hurray! Congratulations to all the winners – it's a brilliant collection! 🐺🎉 alastairc.com/blog/2025030... @nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmWolf #KidLitUk

Ross Collins’ THERE'S A BEAR ON MY CHAIR turns ten this year and it takes to the stage too. @nicolettejones.bsky.social joined a lively crowd at the Imagine Festival to watch the show for #BfK and was up and rocking! @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ther...

I can't wait for you all to read this SUPA star of a book, and meet the genius that is Nova! ✨

We are so excited to share this beautiful cover for “The Doughnut Club” by wonderful debut author, @krahim.bsky.social! Sprinkled with humour and warmth, this uplifting and accessible story will encourage every reader to be true to themselves. Pub: 05.08.25 📚🎨Marina Tena Borras #debutauthors2025