Jay loves computing but his mates prefer football. Will he find the courage to stand up for himself & pursue his passion? @serenakpatel.bsky.social is back with a heartwarming, humorous tale of friendship, finding yourself & fitting in. Out Sep'25. @munkeypants.bsky.social @agentkateshaw.bsky.social
We did it! We launched Pia’s Pet Club and it was glorious! We even had Pancho the dog there who rightfully and wonderfully stole the show. Thank you to everyone who came, it was so special. 💛 #usborne
Publication day for Pia’s Pet Club has been amazing. 💛📚🐶
Pia’s Pet Club bookshop events! Please contact the bookshops direct for details on booking. Hope to see you there! 🐶📚💛
Five years of being published! Five years of Anisha 💛 and all the joy and fun that has brought. Very grateful to still be here and looking forward to the next five! 📚📚📚 #EmmaMcCann
Anisha number 8 is well under way! The cover for this is possibly my favourite of them all. Not too long to wait as it’s out this November! 🤩🔎🎄
Exciting to see Pia in The Bookseller Buyers Guide for Children’s! ‘Fresh animal adventures’ 🤩🐹🐈🐶 #emmamcann #usborne
Delighted to be an ambassador for this brilliant initiative #readitforward with @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social who are donating 10% of all sales in February to @booktrust.org.uk 💛📚
And the big edit is done. Winging its way back to my editor for now. Another small edit to tackle for a different book but that’s tomorrow’s problem. Today, pizza! 🍕
Developing some new events to go with Pia’s Pet Club. Taking bookings now via the contact form on my website. Visiting schools is one of the most amazing and rewarding parts of my job. I can’t wait to take Pia on the road! See you all soon! serenakpatel.com 📚📚📚
Serena Patel
Children's author
serenakpatel.com
Excited to be part of the first @waterstones.bsky.social Children’s Book Festival next year! The line up is INCREDIBLE- don’t miss it! Tickets for my event available here www.waterstones.com/events/creat... 💛📚
Still smiling today after a magical evening at Waterstones Birmingham. The kidlit community is a brilliant uplifting place to be! 💛📚 Pic borrowed from @hannahgold.bsky.social
I’ve been the only or one of just a few brown people in almost every publishing related event/meeting/gathering I’ve been to in the last five years. I thought things were improving, that was me being naive. It’s really exhausting having these same conversations over and over.
CLPE@theclpe.bsky.social · 2y ago🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.
I’m going to be at Waterstones in Birmingham on Tuesday signing books and being all festive 🎄 There will be lots of fab authors there, come and join us! 📚📚📚
