#booksky Have you sorted your reading snacks for #Halloween yet?! This is pimped M&S nachos are the perfect snackage to read Thirst with. What’s your reading snack and/or Halloween read? #m&sfood #halloweenreading #halloweensnacks

Is there anyone in the uk kidlit community who would be up for helping me organise a fundraiser/auction for #KeepEyesOnSudan? I can't organise my way out of a paper bag but I can shout about things and persuade authors and illustrators to donate stuff #UKKidlit #KidLitUK

The joy of podcasts for me is I go into a fugue state and never have any idea what I said afterwards. I'm pretty sure I mentioned Roy Orbison at some point but apart from that? BLANK. And I probably talked about Loki. Enjoy!

Arguably, one company should not be responsible for 33% of online services

#HappyDiwali and #Bandichhor everyone! My god do we need some light. 🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔 in these dark times. I’m off to light a few million candles.

Yay! #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

🎉🎉🎉 So thrilled to see this recognition for the wonderful Sita Brahmachari! Her latest ‘Phoenix Brothers’ is a poignant, funny and very timely story of teenage refugees. global.oup.com/education/pr...

The people who follow me are monsters. MONSTERS. Nothing but the worst puns on earth, all the time. And i LOVE IT

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

And if you don’t want to buy it from a soul sucking planet destroyer you can get it via our @libro.fm shop and the proceeds go to charity. (No shade Helen sorry 😬😂🫶) libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Just heard that we have 150,000 children signed up for Michael Rosen Day on November 13. Wouldn't it be great if, when I'm doing my show, I could see them all....? [Go to my website for the 'Find out more' link to be live]

ICYMI yesterday, this is my contribution to the @literacy-trust.bsky.social National Year of Reading. Loki's instructions on becoming a terrible reader. In the Galadriel sense of beautiful and terrible as the morning and the night all shall love you and despair. #Lokifesto #KidLitUK #Edusky

Really fun episode about A MG I've not read yet but now wanna! open.spotify.com/episode/6bnn... #UKKidlit

#childrensbooks #booksforchildren #booksforteenagers #ethicalbusinessUK #books #bookshopUK #bookstoreUK #bookshop #bookstore #branding

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

YES YES YES YES!!!! Every school needs a copy of this!!

Yezzz lokibooks.com printable here but schools booksellers etc can ask the publisher for posters!

You mean there isn't even a 'library' at the moment, in some primary schools? Scary.

Literacy is about social justice. But it's not just about literacy, also enjoyment. Currently have an inverse relationship btwn skills and enjoyment #KidsConf

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It only takes 10 minutes to change your life with a great book. The Ten Minute Book Club celebrates amazing children’s and YA novels in 10 minutes or less every week. Check out The Ministry of Mischief here! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @foulkeswrites.bsky.social

‘We reject arrogance. We reject hatred. We reject willful blindness.’ -Natasa Musar Pirc, Slovenian president. Power isn’t a trophy; It’s a call to duty on behalf of the people who put you there.👇

If you are involved with making comics please, please, please take the short amount of time to fill this survey in - it’s genuinely vital information for understanding the current UK comics landscape!

SAILFest is THIS Saturday at the Clore Auditorium, Tate Britain! ⛵️ Still time to book tickets! Both in person (£15) and online (£5) available! www.sailfest.org.uk/store/p/sail...

If you found that Jimmy Kimmel getting pulled due to FCC coercion was a heinous attack on free speech (& it sure as hell is!) wait till you hear about the 10,000 books that have been banned in schools & libraries! If you're an author, join the fight @authorsabb.bsky.social We're stronger together!

Jim Henson would've been 89 years old today. Commemorate his life and legacy by celebrating creativity, diversity, imagination, peace, and just plain silliness. Walk with me a bit while I talk about Jim and his work--and leave your comments about what he means to you. Right this way. /1

Have decided I’m only voting for people who use public libraries from now on, please present your library card to me while door knocking.

Thrilled to see this news out there in the world! I've been looking forward to this one for a while!

As we’re celebrating Jim Henson, here’s lots of little Muppet doodles!

The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app. The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books. Anyone willing to donate should contact [email protected].

London Writers Award now open, great prizes, lovely people and different categories. Also details available in different formats. Details in link below. Please share :) www.spreadtheword.org.uk

If you like prose, then Inkbound by @prleathley.bsky.social is a highly engaging fantasy, a world that feels fully realised. Up there with my faves of the year. #UKKidlit

My children's books of the year so far since you didn't ask are Boss of the Underword by Tor Freeman, Donut Squad by @neillcameron.bsky.social and Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and @dansantat.bsky.social. The latter is a picture book so those recs cover 3-12 year olds, you're welcome.

Big shout out to all at Children's books Ireland. The #CBIConf25 was glorious. I wish we had something like it in the uk - for all book-related people, a chance to talk not just about the market for books, but the power of books, the work itself. #KidlitUK @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

Today is the United Nations International Day of Peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️ www.un.org/en/observanc...

Join us! #kidlituk #ukkidlit Speakers: @imogenrw.bsky.social @balirai.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social @rashmiwriting.bsky.social @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social Sita Brahmachari, Nizrana Farook, Serena Patel & MORE! Tickets £20 /online £5 www.sailfest.org.uk/sailfest2025

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What an amazing offer for schools from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social ! 🤩 THREE bundles of wonderful books by author extraordinaire @catwrote.bsky.social #BlackHistoryMonth #UKKidlit #KidlitUK

Are you doing a neat Ursula-related project? Talking about her work on a podcast, or reviewing the prize shortlist, or anything else? We'd love to hear about it, if so! You can always tag us here, and every email that comes through the contact form is read by an actual person.

The latest @booksforkeeps.bsky.social #beyondthesecretgarden focuses on comics! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...

62 years ago today, the very first filming for Doctor Who took place at Ealing Studios. Read about the show's origins and early months in Pull to Open: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who, available now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

I've signed the statement on Palestine along with over 600 children's authors, illustrators & educators, including the current UK Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce & former laureates Michael Rosen, Chris Riddell, Michael Morpurgo and Lauren Child. Join us 👉 statement-on-palestine.org #FreePalestine

I have to say as a bookseller, it would concern me if a publisher used Ai. Art has to have some integrity. I don’t think I could support a book that fessed up to its use.

Thank you to everyone who joined @scholasticuk.bsky.social #Diwali Book Club Live today! I can’t wait to see all your brilliant drawings 🪔

My daughter and her friends are making crafty gifts for each other - she made this to cheer up a friend who had lost a toy. @jairusgirl.bsky.social has a Doctor Who thing out this week - a Christmas present sorted for my wife - and it’s very good so far.

"devices that are locked down at the hardware level, without the option to unlock, are inherently anti-consumer." medhir.com/blog/right-t...

Anyone looking for an ethical alternative to American tech bro search engines #alternativesearchengines #librarians #edusky #kidlit

If you’re looking for a ethical search engine that uses British green infrastructure try Mojeek www.mojeek.com

So I’ve indefinitely cancelled my Disney subscription.