Dia Duit Éire! Ireland is taking centre stage this week. I'm preparing for my travels there later this week (see below), but before that, tomorrow, on Monday 24th Nov, I'll be taking part in the Book of the Year 2025 online event with Halfway up the Stairs, an award-winning children's bookshop in…

An Post Irish Book Awards and another great review. I'm honoured and delighted to have been shortlisted for Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year in the A Post Irish Book Awards. The shortlist was announced on 22 October, and the award ceremony is on 27th November, so I'll be off to Dublin for the…

My Name is Jodie Jones by @emmashevah.bsky.social and Letters to a Monster illustrated by #SarahWarburton & written by #PatriciaForde are shortlisted for the 2025 @irishbookawards.bsky.social! 🏆📚 @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social www.irishbookawards.ie/2025-shortli...

"A raw, moving look at family, identity and emotional survival."♥️🔒 My Name is Jodie Jones by @emmashevah.bsky.social was named one of The Best New Children's Books for Autumn 2025 by @theipaper.com! @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social inews.co.uk/culture/book...

The 14 best new children's books for autumn 2025

From the return of Philip Pullman to the latest Impossible Creatures instalment, here are the books your kids will actually want to read

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"A profoundly poignant, beautifully written YA contemporary novel, with a brave, brilliant heroine."♥️ My Name is Jodie Jones by @emmashevah.bsky.social is included in @theguardian.com's Children and Teens roundup of the best new picture books and novels! @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A bothered bear; a great guide to drawing; a life of Josephine Baker; a role model daughter; a search for words and more

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Annnd she’s out! Jodie Jones is out in the big bad world, and she is getting lots and lots of love. The launch was jubilant thanks to the amazing Rev and team at Waterstones King Road, the DFB team, and everyone who came along to celebrate. Anthony, my editor, gave the world's best and most…

English #teachers and friends of #EnglishLiterature teachers: did you know that #MyNameisJodieJones is replete with quotations from the world's finest literature? Here are just some. #YA #booksforteens

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Thank you so much @bookwagonuk.bsky.social for this gorgeous review of My Name is Jodie Jones share.google/XXYzE70PR4k8...

Thank you so much @bookwagonuk.bsky.social for this gorgeous review of My Name is Jodie Jones share.google/XXYzE70PR4k8...

My Name is Jodie Jones- Emma Shevah (DFB)

My Name is Jodie Jones yet what else is our narrator? A word collector? An observer? A survivor of an event that, and mother who, should not be hidden?

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Thank you so much to Tanja Jennings @booksforkeeps.bsky.social for this amazing review of My Name is Jodie Jones. share.google/v0rUcPc9PV7E... @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social @theagencybooks.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to @emmashevah.bsky.social, on the publication of her #YA novel 'MY NAME IS JODIE JONES'! 15-year-old Jodie Jones is NEVER just 'Jodie', and she's not shy about telling people off if they get that wrong! But what family secret is dragging her down? @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Thank you @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social for my finished copy of the brilliant #YA novel #MyNameIsJodieJones by @emmashevah.bsky.social Posting my review again in celebration of publication on Thursday 11th Sept #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/07/28/y...

#YAReview: My Name is Jodie Jones by Emma Shevah

Uncorrected proof cover, publisher David Fickling Books, 11 September 2025, ISBN: 978-1788453516 My Name is Jodie Jones is the most exceptional first hand narrative that I have read this year. The …

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"From then on, I collected sentences like other people collect keyrings. I searched for them everywhere..."♥️ Happy Publication Day to @emmashevah.bsky.social's YA novel My Name is Jodie Jones, a compelling, witty, moving love letter to the magic of words. Published by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Thank you @karenmccombie.bsky.social!

Karen McCombie@karenmccombie.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy book birthday to @emmashevah.bsky.social, on the publication of her #YA novel 'MY NAME IS JODIE JONES'! 15-year-old Jodie Jones is NEVER just 'Jodie', and she's not shy about telling people off if they get that wrong! But what family secret is dragging her down? @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Two days to go … I'm delighted and excited. My Name is Jodie Jones will be published this Thursday 11th September, and the pre-publication reviews are astonishing. I have been bowled over by the positive energy and love for this book. Thank you to all the reviewers for taking the time to read and…

Summer writing: the good, the bad and the other stuff. Sometimes I find writing easy: I just open my head and words come out. I'm happiest if they come out exactly as my brain intends. With My Name is Jodie Jones, I was stunned when someone (that someone being my agent, Jessica Hare) actually…

Countdown: one month from today Jodie Jones will enter the world and she will make you see it differently.

Fantastic to spot these titles in @thebookseller.com's Buyer's Guides for Autumn/Winter 2025!📚 My Name is Jodie Jones by @emmashevah.bsky.social, A Grave Inheritance by #FelicityEpps and Paddington's Twelve Days of Christmas by #MichaelBond & #KarenJankel were also named highlights of the season!✨

I had such a great writing day today. It's been ages since I've been able to say that. I loved every second of it and highly amused myself. That is all. The end.

I’m so grateful to @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social for sending me a proof of the brilliant #YA novel #MyNameIsJodieJones by @emmashevah.bsky.social #UkKidLit #KidLitUk Here’s my review👇 vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/07/28/y...

#YAReview: My Name is Jodie Jones by Emma Shevah

Uncorrected proof cover, publisher David Fickling Books, September 2025, ISBN: 978-1788453516 My Name is Jodie Jones is the most exceptional first hand narrative that I have read this year. The mai…

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My new novel and my debut for teens, My Name is Jodie Jones, is out on Sept 11th 2025 with David Fickling Books. Even more excitingly, it's included in Waterstones’ 25% off FLASH SALE this week. Enter SUMMER25 to receive 25% off the RRP. waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

Ooh I envy you opening #ThePoisonedKing for the first time (& the long summer break, which I no longer have 😂) My current read is a beautifully literary #YA novel #MyNameIsJodieJones by @emmashevah.bsky.social due for publication in Sept by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

"Beautiful, heart-wrenching and moving"❤️ Fantastic to see My Name is Jodie Jones by @emmashevah.bsky.social in @thebookseller.com's "10 Titles not to miss in September"! @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

🔒❤️ Jodie Jones is quick, shrewd and obsessed with words. She's also hiding a painful secret... We're delighted to reveal the cover for the brilliant @emmashevah.bsky.social's compelling and witty YA debut MY NAME IS JODIE JONES! Publishing in September and available to pre-order now!

Words I like the meaning of but not the sound: Truth Milkshake Marigold

Cover Reveal My heart is going boom booty boom booty boom with love, delight, excitement and titillation to share the cover of 'My Name is Jodie Jones', published this September with David Fickling Books. It's a beaut: full of zip, zing, zeal and pizazz. Big up Michelle Brackenborough for this…

Words I like the sounds of but not the meaning: Dump Flatulence Ridicule

I made my first Instgram reel. Blimey, that three minute vid took a long time.

Cover reveal! (Or is it author reveal?) My debut YA, 'My Name is Jodie Jones', is out on 11 Sept with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social. With thanks to Jessica Hare at @theagencybooks.bsky.social.