Today we're extending a big Authors Aloud UK welcome to @jimbeckett.bsky.social 😀 You can find out more about Jim and the sessions he can deliver for schools here: authorsalouduk.co.uk/speaker/jim-...
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BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF out now! 🐾📚 jimbeckett.co.uk
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
🎉 Today's the day! Thousands of children and adults across the UK and beyond have been taking part during this week's Empathy Day Festival - and today is EMPATHY DAY, our final day of celebration!
"It's giving the gift of reading" #Bookbuzz Primary allows pupils to choose and keep a book they’ll love, from 16 expertly curated titles. We spoke to some of the teachers and librarians who helped to select our 2026 books, to find out why they're so excited! Sign up now: https://bit.ly/4v5zKGD
Buzz Sausage Wolf has been selected for #Bookbuzz Primary 2026! 😊🐾 Fantastic scheme for getting kids reading in Years 3-6 - Primary Schools can register now! 📚
Bookbuzz Primary
Our new Bookbuzz Primary programme supports Key Stage 2 children to develop reading for pleasure and book choice skills.
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BookTrust@booktrust.org.uk · 5mo ago🥳 Amazing news alert... We're thrilled to unveil the #Bookbuzz Primary 2026 books! Picked by our selection panel, including teachers and other experts, these 16 books cover a range of formats, genres and themes to make sure there's something for everyone! 📚
www.thebookseller.com/news/some-ed... The idea of this is horrifying. That editors would be that careless with someone else's work is appalling. And nothing of what follows is in any way intended to excuse or mitigate the damage done to authors if this has actually happened. ...
Buzz Sausage Wolf and the Smelly Cat is out on January 29th.
Congratulations to the amazing authors and illustrators of the 12 longlisted books in our 7+ Fiction category! #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚
Day 10, 7+ Fiction: 'Buzz Sausage Wolf' by Jim Beckett & Aurelie Lise-Anne. A hapless sausage dog with wolfish dreams scrambles through chaos, comedy and spilled hot chocolate as he attempts to be the perfect pet. @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @jimbeckett.bsky.social #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚
Great set of Buzz Sausage Wolf PRIMARY SCHOOL RESOURCES for any teachers starting to think about the new term 🤪🐾 Available free here tpet.co.uk/downloads/ta...
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Free Buzz Sausage Wolf teaching resources for KS1 & KS2, created with Hachette - creative writing, story sequencing, and vocabulary-building activities.
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A big THANK YOU to all the schools and bookshops that have hosted BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF events over the past few weeks! #kidlit #readingforpleasure #readingforfun #childrensbooks #KS1 #readingrocks #authorvisit #primaryschool #orangutan #ukulele
BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF is very excited to be in the window of Waterstones Finchley Road!🐾
I will be celebrating the release of BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF (out now!) with events at these marvellous bookshops: Steyning Bookshop - 26 May Waterstones Finchley Road 02 - 27 May Bags of Books, Lewes - 29 May Chicken and Frog, Brentwood - 7 June Heffers, Cambridge - 29 June and lots of schools!
BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF will be released ONE MONTH TODAY and he’s raring to go. If you know ANY 5-8 year olds, or have ever met one, please PRE-ORDER Buzz Sausage Wolf from your favourite bookshop today. 🐾
📣 HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! 🐍 It's COVER REVEAL TIME! I'm proud to present my new novel 🏮NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST 💥 out June 12th. The wonderful cover art is by Simone Douglas @SimsDougie Published by @PiccadillyPress
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book. "I knew my grandparents had been ill, but I hadn’t expected them to explode." -The Caravan at the Edge of Doom
Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 2y agoAuthors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book. "My name is Loki, and I am a god. Or I was until last Tuesday." -Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good.
Happy publication day to @prleathley.bsky.social and this absolute stunner... 'The book crackles with imagination. It’s beautifully written, with broad appeal to boys and girls, and fizzes with indelible imagery...a fantastic adventure' The Times, Children's Book of the Week
Long eared owl clapping in flight as he hunts over the buttercup fields 📸 driver.david
Many years ago when I was an editor I went to my boss and asked why we were allowing ourselves to become so reliant on Amazon...I suggested that publishers could mutually invest in a central bookselling website where orders were sent direct to relevant hubs and the amount we'd save because...
Libraries & librarians have never been more important. If we care about the future, we must make sure every school, every community, every child has access to a library & a librarian. And we have to give them all our support, so they can do their vital work, which benefits us ALL! #SaveLibraries
⭐️COVER REVEAL⭐️ Here it is! The cover of my brand new picture book out 13th March called I Hate Everything. I am so SUPER excited about this book & I really hope you love it too! Pre order from all your favs…some can be found here bit.ly/40FQeIQ #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #picturebooks #ghosts