Em Lynas
@emlynas.bsky.social
Kidlit author UK. The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat Shortlisted for THE LOLLIES! Mostly writing funny picture books and MG. Repp'd by @ambercaraveo at Skylark.
🚨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
So looking forward to the @cheltfestivals this month and you can get your tickets for my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19th October here: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap... Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!
Is anyone going to the Durham Book Festival next Saturday? There's a fantastic line up of children's authors and illustrators @jamesharris.bsky.social @dapsdraws.bsky.social SaraOgilvie and me! newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
Durham Book Festival - 2025 Saturday - New Writing North
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Scary stuff!!!
Walker Books@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · 11mo agoReady or not, here it comes... Introducing Fear Files: Hide and Seek, the first book in a terrifying new series by @christopheredge.bsky.social. "I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud Stunning cover illustrations by Mathias Ball. www.walker.co.uk/978152952737...
Voting is open for this year's Lollies. Grown ups can vote on behalf of children, or because they love kids books. I'm so happy to have The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat shortlisted! shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies #kidlituk #picturebooks #primaryteachers #reception #nursery
The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2025
The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (the Lollies) celebrates the best and funniest children's books in the UK and Ireland, voted for by children.
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Reminder: I'll be doing a signing at the Alligator's Mouth bookshop after school on Sept 15th! Come join me! www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/event-detail... @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit #Edusky
Louie Stowell: Loki Book Signing | Alligator's Mouth
4:00-5:00pm - Meet Louie Stowell after school to have the latest Loki book signed!
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This looks so scary!
Christopher Edge@christopheredge.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis article - shorturl.at/87a8G - explains the many reasons why pre-ordering a book ahead of publication is SO important for authors, but there's another reason why you really need to pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. It will give you more time to hide from the Itter... linktr.ee/fearfiles
I'm guessing EVERYTHING could go wrong! This looks amazing!
Jules Howard@juleshoward.bsky.social · last yr.People, get ready for the launch of.. ‘THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS’. This is my book with the amazing Matt Hunt c/o @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
This looks like FUN! Congratulations!
Rashmi Sirdeshpande@rashmiwriting.bsky.social · 12mo agoHERE IT IS!! The cover of HARI KUMAR ULTIMATE SUPERSTAR, illustrated by the amazing Mamta Singh with design magic by Kate Clarke and Elorine Grant. A funny diary-style story (8+) with a neurodivergent South Asian kid hero. Out Feb 2026! ✨ 🎬 @harpercollins.bsky.social
Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit
Pre-Order Signed & Dedicated: Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos
Publishes 4th September 2025 - This purchase can be signed and dedicated to a child of your choice. PLEASE NOTE: Louie is coming to The Paper Cat to sign and dedicate your orders after publication - ...
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🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨 Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖 👉 alastairc.com/events/20250... #KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
Thank you so much! I'm so proud to be a UV winner! It was a highlight in my long journey to publication and encouraged me to keep going, keep submitting and to now be shortlisted for the LOLLIES is a dream come true. If you have a story, if you are an eligible SCBWI member submit! Deadline 8th Sep
Undiscovered Voices@uvcompetition.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to Undiscovered Voices alumnus @emlynas.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Lollies 👏 Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next? Entries are open now - find out more 👇 undiscoveredvoices.com #UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social
No one is too old for a picture book!
Helen Tamblyn-Saville (she/her)@helentamblyn.bsky.social · last yr.Four year olds are not too old for picture books. A beautiful book was turned down by someone in the shop yesterday due to the child being about to start school, and therefore "too old" for picture books. Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly. #kidlituk
Thank you so much! The SCBWI BI volunteers were with me every step of the way!
Undiscovered Voices@uvcompetition.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to Undiscovered Voices alumnus @emlynas.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Lollies 👏 Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next? Entries are open now - find out more 👇 undiscoveredvoices.com #UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social
This looks so cool!
Sinéad O'Hart@sineadohart.bsky.social · last yr.Delighted to share the cover of my new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School! Art by @unawoods.bsky.social, pub Gill Books, Sept 4th. Ellora's just started at a new school, and it's hard to keep her budding banshee powers secret. But what if they're about to save the day? 📚🇮🇪💫
We welcome today’s publication from the Department for Education of the Best Start in Life strategy, and strongly support proposals to improve provision and support for children and families, and to increase investment in early education and the early years workforce. 🧵 (1/4)
Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social
Have you booked your tickets yet? This is going to be so good!!!
Christopher Edge@christopheredge.bsky.social · last yr.I can't wait to bring my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event to @barneskidslitfest.bsky.social next Saturday and you can get your tickets for this here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christophe...
What a lovely way to start the day 😂 @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @ambercaraveo.bsky.social
Rhodri Marsden@rhodri.biz · last yr.The mild pain of being woken up at 5.30am was soothed by reading this fabulous book with Ivor (by @emlynas.bsky.social and illustrator Matt Hunt). Spoiler alert: it’s about a bear and a hare going to a fair
Long thread alert🧵 I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests
Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love
theguardian.com
Sometimes a picture book that's been waiting patiently just won't wait anymore and suddenly your fingers are flying and the characters are talking and you're having to research sloth pooping habits.
a person is petting a three toed sloth with their hand .
Alt: a person is petting a three toed sloth with their hand .
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Last chance to join in! Ignore the registration not available message and scroll down for the ticket button.
Em Lynas@emlynas.bsky.social · last yr.FREE PICTURE BOOK TALK! @candygourlay.bsky.social and I have basically coerced our illustrators, agents, editors and art directors to do this FREE EVENT to celebrate our new books, LITTLE RHINO LOST illustrated by Jamie Bauza, and THE BEAR THE HARE AND THE FAIR illustrated by Matt Hunt.
One week only! To celebrate our SECRET LIVES OF PICTURE BOOKS event tonight @candygourlay.bsky.social and I are getting the pens out and supporting our local UK indies. You can order signed & dedicated copies of Bear and Hare from bookcornershop.co.uk/product/9781... Still time to sign up...
This Fantastic FREE online event is happening tomorrow! 2 authors, 2 agents, 2 editors, 2 art/creative directors, 2 illustrators all talking about picture book creation! #kidlit #kidlitUK #illustrators #picturebooks #scbwi @nosycrow.bsky.social www.scbwi.org/events/secre...
WEBINAR: The Secret Lives of Picture Books
Two authors. Two illustrators. Two agents. Two editors. Two art directors. A deep dive into the making of two picture books. REGISTER BELOW Or at the following link: https://www.tickettailor.com/event...
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I'm now on substack to share some silly poems! substack.com/@emlynas/not... #KidLitUK #Kidlit #primary
Silly Poems for Silly Kids
From a silly poet and picture book author
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Sometimes people tell me that they bought a picturebook because of #NewIllustrationOfTheDay. I love to hear when this happens. If you have bought a picturebook as a result of seeing an image on my social media, do please respond here with the name of the book. Thanks. (Also helpful to share this.)
