Hello all! Just a reminder that I'll be at the wonderful #FringeByTheSea THIS WEDNESDAY (5th Aug) with my book BLITZERS. Come and join me for some killer robot fun! #Blitzers @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #NorthBerwick #FBTS

Alastair Chisholm@alastairc.com · 2w ago

🚨 Event Alert! 🚨 Join me on 5th August at the wonderful #FringeByTheSea for seaside family festival fun (plus killer robots) with my book BLITZERS. Do you have what it takes to survive the Arena? alastairc.com/events/20260... #Blitzers @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #NorthBerwick #FBTS

This week #IAmReading AFTER by Pádraig Kenny – post-apocalyptic fun, secrets and hope in this cracking adventure story with some great twists that asks what it means to be a good person… 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #PadraigKenny #After

After by Pádraig Kenny

I Am Reading: After by Pádraig Kenny

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EVENT ALERT for Scottish readers: don't miss out on this action-packed family event for ages 8+ with the brilliant @alastairc.com at #FringeByTheSea, 1pm Wed 5th August. Test your robot dance moves and try to survive the Blitzers Arena! Perfect for gamers and sci-fi fans. 🤖

🚨 Event Alert! 🚨 Join me on 5th August at the wonderful #FringeByTheSea for seaside family festival fun (plus killer robots) with my book BLITZERS. Do you have what it takes to survive the Arena? alastairc.com/events/20260... #Blitzers @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #NorthBerwick #FBTS

Blitzers at Fringe by the Sea!

Join Alastair Chisholm at the Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick with his new book, BLITZERS

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This week #IAmReading #LYKEWISE, a tale of spooky villagers, odd strangers, and creepy rhymes told between two mirrors… Perfect for budding horror fans – Darren Simpson is fast becoming the new king of middle-grade horror! alastairc.com/i-am-reading... #darrensimpson @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social

Lykewise by Darren Simpson

I Am Reading: Lykewise by Darren Simpson

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Huge congratulations to @alastairc.com as #Reek wins the @uklitassociation.bsky.social Book Awards 7-10+ category! Thank you to all the teacher judges for their lovely words and support for the book.

Cordelia the sausage dog is lovely but not very sensible! One Silly Sausage Dog by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by Alex Willmore Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @alastairc.com #AlexWillmore @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #pb #childrensbooks #childrensbooksillustration #kidlit #dogs

What a fantastic evening! Thank you so much @uklitassociation.bsky.social for all your work, this is really special!!

UKLA@uklitassociation.bsky.social · last mo.

The winner of this year's UKLA Book Award in the 7-10+ Category is... Reek - Written by Alastair Chisholm and illustrated by George Caltsoudas #kidslit #bookawards #nationalyearofreading #goallin2026 #ukla26

This week I am reading JEKYLL VS HYDE by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, and it's a cracker! Wickedly good and dreadfully funny, hilariously miserable and seriously silly – I loved it! 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading... #JekyllVsHyde @farshorebooks.bsky.social #JackMeggittPhillips #IAmReading

Jekyll vs Hyde by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

I Am Reading: Jekyll vs Hyde by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

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It’s the Barnes and Noble Pre-order Sale, and my new book TINY VOYAGER, MIGHTY MISSION is included! Get 25% off until June 26th with the code #PREORDER25, here 👉 barnesandnoble.com/w/tiny-voyag... #bnpreorder @barnesandnoble.com #TinyVoyager @moonandbirdbooks.bsky.social

#JackMeggitPhillips sent me a copy of JEKYLL VS HYDE, plus a promise of revenge (I may have made him hiss like a wombat). Thank you? Whisky the dog is now guarding the book. If anything happens to me… the book gets it. Be Warned. @farshorebooks.bsky.social @hollyswain.bsky.social #jekyllvshyde

More games inspired by Alastair Chisholm’s book, ‘I Am Wolf’. P5/6 have been very busy with their amazing #CodeRead project. Many thanks to Donna Baird @stninianslib.bsky.social for creating this project! @alastairc.com @carnwathprimary.bsky.social

More games inspired by Alastair Chisholm’s book, ‘I Am Wolf’. P5/6 have been very busy with their amazing #CodeRead project. Many thanks to Donna Baird @stninianslib.bsky.social for creating this project! @alastairc.com @carnwathprimary.bsky.social

More games inspired by Alastair Chisholm’s book, ‘I Am Wolf’. P5/6 have been very busy with their amazing #CodeRead project. Many thanks to Donna Baird @stninianslib.bsky.social for creating this project! @alastairc.com @carnwathprimary.bsky.social

More games inspired by Alastair Chisholm’s book, ‘I Am Wolf’. P5/6 have been very busy with their amazing #CodeRead project. Many thanks to Donna Baird @stninianslib.bsky.social for creating this project! @alastairc.com @carnwathprimary.bsky.social

More games inspired by Alastair Chisholm’s book, ‘I Am Wolf’. P5/6 have been very busy with their amazing #CodeRead project. Many thanks to Donna Baird @stninianslib.bsky.social for creating this project! @alastairc.com @carnwathprimary.bsky.social

This week #IAmReading Mike Nicholson’s refreshed HOTEL GRIMM – a clever, spooky, funny tale with a brilliant message about prejudice. Recommend for middle-grade readers, but also for classroom use – great stuff! Read more 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading... #MikeNicholson #hoodwinkbooks #HotelGrimm

Hotel Grimm by Mike Nicholson

I Am Reading: Hotel Grimm by Mike Nicholson

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Check out this brilliant stand at #PrestonLodgeLibrary in response to school library book banning! ✊✊✊ (I particularly like the inclusion of the complete banned list, so you can make sure you get them all 😄)

I had a brilliant time at the #PrestonLodge Book Festival today – thank you everyone for looking after me and being such a great audience! (And thanks to the lovely folks from @portybooks.bsky.social too!) #preston_lodge_library #ProudToBePL #PLBF

This week #IAmReading the wonderful HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS books by Sophie Anderson, and they really are a treat – wonderful worlds, wonderful characters, and poignant but beautiful messages. Lovely books! alastairc.com/i-am-reading... #TheHouseWithChickenLegs #Usborne #SophieAnderson

The House with Chicken Legs

I Am Reading: The House With Chicken Legs and The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away by Sophie Anderson

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Join me in August at the #FringeByTheSea Festival in #NorthBerwick for some BLITZERS madness and MILDRED stickiness! 🤖👾🐿️🍯 alastairc.com/events/20260... alastairc.com/events/20260... #StickyMildred @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #Blitzers @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

@haddstock.bsky.social is coming! Delighted to be at #Haddington Library for some DRAGON STORM fun, with dragon stories from around the world, and the chance to create and name a brand new dragon…! 🐲 @nosycrow.bsky.social #DragonStorm www.citizenticket.com/events/hadds...

P5/6 took their reading outdoors. They are gripped by their novel ‘I Am Wolf’ by Alastair Chisholm! They have only got a few chapters left to read and can’t wait to start designing their games in Computing Science! #CodeRead @carnwathprimary.bsky.social @alastairc.com

P5/6 & P7 have been reading (and loving) ‘I Am Wolf’ by Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com as part of our ‘Code Read’ literacy and computing science project. Over the next few weeks they will design computer games based on the book which is already a firm favourite! @carnwathprimary.bsky.social

Congratulations @alastairc.com as #Blitzers is featured as a #BookBuzz secondary read! Thank you @booktrust.org.uk.

BookTrust@booktrust.org.uk · 3mo ago

📢 The #Bookbuzz Secondary books are here! Carefully selected by an expert panel of teachers and school librarians, they cover a range of genres, formats and reading levels to make sure there's something for everyone. We're so excited for students to discover these top titles!

📢 The #Bookbuzz Secondary books are here! Carefully selected by an expert panel of teachers and school librarians, they cover a range of genres, formats and reading levels to make sure there's something for everyone. We're so excited for students to discover these top titles!

We are so excited to be welcoming @alastairc.com for a book signing THIS FRIDAY to celebrate We Are Dragon! We will have a selection of Alastair's books in stock, including Adam-2, Orion Lost, Reek and more for you to get signed. 🗓️ Friday 24th April ⏰ 4:30-5:30pm 🎟️ Tickets via our bio

Day 4 of Whisky’s Edinburgh Bookshop Tour for WE ARE DRAGON, and today we were at @blackwells.bsky.social and @waterstones.bsky.social saying hello, signing books, and getting tummy rubs (that last one was Whisky, not me) #WeAreDragon #IAmWolf #KidLitUk @nosycrow.bsky.social #WhiskyTheDog

I will be speaking at the anti-ableism in children's books seminar about the project I manage #Sharing #Sensory #Stories - you can join in person or online, so do come along, it will be very interesting! Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-ablei...

Day 3 of Whisky’s WE ARE DRAGON bookshop tour and today we’re at #TheEdinburghBookShop, complete with incredible window display – check out the awesomeness! 😎 #WeAreDragon #IAmWolf @nosycrow.bsky.social #BookstagramUk #KidLitUk #WhiskyTheDog