It is a very good weekend when I have read two unputdownable books 👏 Grimstink by @idanielpeak.bsky.social is a clever, funny, twisty and original take on sci-fi. Totally brilliant! Off to get a copy of Little Horror now 😁 @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

The realisation of an ambition I never knew I had: Grimstink is now available via VENDING MACHINE in Glossop Market Hall thanks to @darkpeakbooks.bsky.social

Because @fireflypress.bsky.social are the best publisher they are ignoring Bleak Friday and instead donating £1 for each book sold through their website to a homelessness charity for the rest of this year

Got a lovely welcome at @urmstonbooks.bsky.social where they let me sign my name in the Grimstinks and I bought this…

Lots of people disparaging this list but I seem to be the only one doing it due to the absence of Hi-de-Hi!

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Fri is 50yrs since Fawlty Towers first aired. To mark the occasion we asked Brits: what is your favourite sitcom? 1. Friends 2. Only Fools & Horses 3. Big Bang Theory =4. Gavin and Stacey =4. Fawlty Towers =4. The Office =4. Modern Family =4. Not Going Out Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...

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Grimstink is a month and a day old so I made this shoddy edit of some of the things people have said about it so far

Went in @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Stockport to sign their Grimstinks. It’s the first shop I’ve been in to do this, meaning that for now it’s the ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD with signed copies for sale

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Today I promoted my book to my 350 Strava followers, most of whom don’t speak English. Can anyone beat that for a futile marketing strategy?

Here’s a ‘Bookseller Review’ of Grimstink from the @waterstones.bsky.social website. Thank you Steve E 🙏 @waterstoneskids.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social

Arthur English is this week's Look-In pin up (w/e 22nd July 1972).

Here’s a ‘Bookseller Review’ of Grimstink from the @waterstones.bsky.social website. Thank you Steve E 🙏 @waterstoneskids.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social

Judith and Alison, fashion edition ! Man, I miss Code 404, I think it's time for a little rewatch of all 3 seasons, eh ? :] (If I knew how to embroider, I'd make myself the same sweatshirt as Alison) #code404

My BlueSky post promoting my book: 2 likes, no comments My daughter’s TikTok mocking my book: 21,000 likes, 424 comments

My book Grimstink is officially out today so I made this slick marketing video

Today I'm sharing nine completely captivating middle grade adventures that will get kids reading this summer! Find my reviews on the link below: scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/07/09/c... #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Captivating Middle Grade

Felix and the Future Agency by Rachel Morrisroe & illustrated by Paddy Donnelly (Simon & Schuster – May 2025) Being able to know the future might seem like a totally amazing skill to …

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Hey, The Guardian included #Grimstink in its ’hottest books to read now’ article. Thank you to @imogenrw.bsky.social for describing it as ‘outrageously funny’ @fireflypress.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now

From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction

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Hey, The Guardian included #Grimstink in its ’hottest books to read now’ article. Thank you to @imogenrw.bsky.social for describing it as ‘outrageously funny’ @fireflypress.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now

From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction

theguardian.com

My new children’s book is out two weeks today. Ideal for anyone who has, knows, is or was a child

New series of Not Going Out starts this Friday at 9pm on BBC1. Co-written by Lee Mack and me, which is to say that I write the scripts and Lee writes his name in at the top

Very grateful to @jacquisydney.bsky.social for her kind and thoughtful review of Grimstink, even if she does seem worryingly on board with the idea of obliterating Planet Earth

Jacqui Sydney 📚@jacquisydney.bsky.social · last yr.

Huge fun for KS2 readers, Grimstink by @idanielpeak.bsky.social sees human Layla swap places with the titular alien, leading to all sorts of hilarious problems. Out 10/07 from @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/g...

This bad boy (and he is a very bad boy) comes out two months today. The absolute best way of getting a copy is to preorder from your local bookshop, which in my neck of the woods means the brilliant @bforbutterflybooks.bsky.social or sensational @serenitybookshop.bsky.social

Chuffed and grateful that the very first response to Grimstink is as generous as this

@bookgirl888.bsky.social · last yr.

What a story! It's got it all: goodies, baddies, love, sibling jealousy, aliens, annihilation of Earth and friendship. There are twists and turns that have you guessing the whole way to the end and then there's the humour. It's laugh-out-loud funny in places. @idanielpeak.bsky.social

This week's Northern Highlight, Daniel Peak, tells us about his new book Grimstink to be published in July by Firefly Press. Link in bio for full interview 📚

Thank you to @cbnnetwork.bsky.social for having me as this week’s Northern Highlight. If you’d like to read the interview, it’s here. If you wouldn’t like to read it it’s still here: www.childrensbooksnorth.co.uk/blog/norther...

Writer interview: Daniel Peak — Children's Books North

This week's Northern Highlight, Daniel Peak, tells us about his new book Grimstink to be published in July by Firefly Press.

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Tolstoy left it nine years between War and Peace and Anna Karenina. No such slouch, my second book is out in July, a mere four years after the first. Preorderable here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/grim...

Parfit by @davidedmonds100.bsky.social is one of the best biographies I’ve ever read. Elegantly threads the life and work and leaves you with a feeling of having personally encountered its subject. Also several lols

Scientist at work. This drawing is probably one of my favorite, I loved doing all those little details :) #code404

Left: Comic Relief 1988, co-wrote a comic to sell round school and in local shops Right: Comic Relief 2025, co-wrote a Not Going Out/ Beyond Paradise sketch for the BBC1 show Same jokes in both