Delighted that Running My Own Race has been longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards alongside some great novels Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽. #diversebookawards #runningmyownracebook #bookawards

Running My Own Race is included in the #summerreadingchallenge #ReadtotheBeat. It's a story about athletics & gaining courage but music runs through it. From the main character soothing himself with it, a love of music being shared by him & his dad to a yr 7 concert, music is an important backdrop.

Big 🙏🏽 to #PortsmouthSLS for inviting me to speak at #Portsmouth Uni to some #year6 kids from across Portsmouth. Running My Own Race has been chosen as their Big City Read for 2026. Every year 6 child has been given the book to read over the summer. There'll be activities to do in Sept #transitionbk

138. Running My Own Race by @eyesab2.bsky.social Warm and uplifting middle-grade novel about overcoming prejudice and parental pressure to follow your dreams, featuring a really positive portrayal of a Black working-class family. @nosycrow.bsky.social

Happy first birthday to Running My Own Race!🎉🎉🎉 12 months of many highs including something special that I did this week that I will share more about soon. #runningmyownracebook #ayearsincepublication #bookanniversary #oneyear

Look forward to being on a panel at the sold-out inaugural @megaphonewriters.bsky.social conference in a couple weeks. Should be fun! #writerconference #kidlit #runningmyownracebook #birmingham

Had a lovely afternoon at the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards ceremony. I won the Hooked on Books (middle-grade) category. Local children presented me with my prize & artwork that some of them had created. Thanks🙏🏽 to the kids who voted for Running My Own Race & Coventry SLS. @nosycrow.bsky.social

The #EmpathyDayFestival is here - a time to encourage more #empathy through the power of #books. Jump into my novel Running My Own Race- a story that explores friendship & being an ally, understanding other people, challenging harmful behaviour & speaking up. www.waterstones.com/book/running...

During this #EmpathyDayFestival, jump into Running My Own Race & meet 11-yr-old Kofi, a people-pleaser who has to gain courage to go for his dreams. A story that explores friendship & being an ally, understanding others, challenging harmful behaviour & speaking up @empathylabuk.bsky.social #empathy

I'm delighted that Running My Own Race has been selected as a BooksForTopics Recommended Read for Year 6 on the new 2026-2027 Year Group lists! www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... @booksfortopics.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social #BooksForTopics #runningmyownrace #teachers #librarians

Absolutely delighted to have won the Children's Sports Book of the Year award for my novel Running My Own Race. The glitzy awards ceremony was held at The Oval, London. #CTSBA26 #ReadingForSport ##runningmyownracebook #NationalYearOfReading2026 ##readingforpleasure

share.google/AICeeuD2KNfo... Love listening to #audiobooks? Well, checkout the audiobook of Running My Own Race on #XigXag, read by the wonderful actor Eric Kofi Abrefa. You'll enjoy listening to this contemporary story about family, friendship, gaining courage, speaking up & going for your dreams.

Honoured to have been shortlisted for the Tyrwhitt Sports Children's book of the year. sportsbookawards.com/shortlist-20... @nosycrow.bsky.social @bathlitagency.bsky.social @sportsbookawards.bsky.social #sportsbookoftheyear #ctsba25 #readingforsport

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/runn... Running My Own Race, a contemporary, middle-grade novel about family, friendship, gaining courage and going for your dreams, is now 5% off on Bookshop.org. Choose Afrori bookshop when ordering on @bookshop.org and you will be supporting a great bookshop as well.

Delighted that Running My Own Race has been included in this year's summer reading challenge.

Nosy Crow | Children's Books@nosycrow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're excited to have three books in the @readingagency.bsky.social #SummerReadingChallenge 2026, Read to the Beat! 🎶 Marching Band: @kaeltudor.bsky.social My School Musical and Other Punishments: @catiewilkins.bsky.social Running My Own Race: @eyesab2.bsky.social Find out more: buff.ly/lYtmEsC

We had a brilliant time on Monday chatting to Abena Eyeson about her shortlisted book, 'Running My Own Race'. Here she is introducing the book in her author spotlight video... @eyesab2.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social youtu.be/nkBxIVR6748?...

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Exciting News! Our Main Pupil Competition is now open and we can't wait to see your creative responses to the shortlisted books. There's a poster available in our resources folder & more details to follow via email. (The Poetry Competition winners will be announced soon!) ✨📚🏆

Excited to be taking part in this event. Delighted that Running My Own Race has been shortlisted for the Spark School Book Awards!

Spark! School Book Award@sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Monday is a busy day for Spark! Online Author Visits! We'll be talking to not 1 but 3 authors & an illustrator. Sign up & send in your questions now for @eyesab2.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social & @darrensimpson44.bsky.social via the link on the Author Event Schedule.

x.com/i/status/203... I am very pleased to have won the junior fiction category of the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards. Absolutely delighted that the children of Coventry voted to make #Runningmyownrace the winner. #Coventryinspirationbookawards @nosycrow.bsky.social @bathlitagency.bsky.social

Delighted Running My Own Race has made it to the final three of the 8 to 12 category of the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards. Thanks to those who have voted & those who are going to vote. Closing date 11/03/2026. www.coventry.gov.uk/hob #runningmyownrace #coventryinspirationbookawards #Coventry

Thank you for highlighting Running My Own Race 🙏🏽.

Wild Willow Magazine@wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🖤 Khadijah Queen (@khadijahqueen.com) “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” 🤎 Abena Eyeson (@eyesab2.bsky.social) “Running My Own Race” 🖤 TC Jenson (instagram.com/authortcjenson) “Echoes of Hollow and Ember” 🤎 Lee Hawkins (instagram.com/leehawkinswo...) “I AM NOBODY’S SLAVE"

Junior Fiction Book of the Year 2026 share.google/ojBMJZqcypTI... Honoured to have been shortlisted for the Peters Books Award. Read the blog post on the Peters Books website. If you work for a school or public library, vote up to 28th February on the Peters Books website. #Petersbooks #booklit

We are delighted to announce the longlist for the TMWS Book Award 2026. This is for the best book written for young people in the last academic year, as chosen by TMWS students. Congratulations to all those on the longlist. We will be narrowing it down to a shortlist over the next few weeks.

I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy my book Running My Own Race during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/runn... #bookshoporg #booktrust #runningmyownracebook #buyabook #kidlit

I'm supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos during February, then @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! Buy here - why not hoover up a few more books too! uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-i...

Read It Forward with Bookshop.org

This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.

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Delighted that my debut middle grade novel Running My Own Race has been shortlisted for the Spark Book Awards. Thank you so much🙏🏽. Means a lot. @nosycrow.bsky.social @bathlitagency.bsky.social @sparkbookaward.bsky.social #bookaward #runningmyownracebook #kidlit

As a writer of children's fiction, I support the UK National Year of Reading. It's time to Go All In. This year is going to be the greatest celebration of reading the nation has ever seen! Head over to goallin.org.uk and find out more today. #GoAllln2026 #NationalYearofReading2026

Delighted to have been shortlisted for the Peters Books Children's Book of the year award 2026. If you work for a school, public library or school library and are willing to vote, please do so on the Peters Books website peters.co.uk/pcboty2026-v... #teachers #librarians #schoolstaff

2025 was a special year when my #debut #middlegrade #RunningMyOwnRace was published by Nosy Crow. A lot has exceeded my expectations. Big thanks to everyone who has supported me, bought the book, read, reviewed, recommended or posted about it. Wishing you all the best for 2026❤️. #happynewyear