A list of annual children's & YA book festivals and events for schools, teachers and parents to look out for. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #kidlit #ukedchat

Children's Book Festivals and Events

Children's book festivals - our calendar of events running annually in the UK which schools and individuals can take part in. 

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Book launch @Bookhaus. ‘Writing is so much more than entertainment,’ Sabrin Hasbun says. ‘Fiction stays with you,’ Sunny Singh agrees. ‘It has the power to change how you think…it’s a powerful tool of decolonisation.’

ICYMI: Bernardine Evaristo (‪ @bernardineevaristo.bsky.social‬ ) has been awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Prize For Fiction 👇 #BookSky

Bernardine Evaristo receives Outstanding Contribution Award to mark 30th anniversary of Women's Prize for Fiction

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Concluding the epic Norse-myth inspired #romantasy which began with A Fate Inked in Blood, Danielle Jensen's brand new A Curse Carved in Bone is out today! 💙📚🪐 #newbooks

We have a brilliant #GIVEAWAY! ✨ #WIN a copy of PRETTY LITTLE THING by Kit Duffield in our #giveaway to showcase this fantastic book! To enter: 📚Follow @bytethebook.bsky.social 📚RT this Tweet 📚Comment below #ByteTheBookGiveaway Ends 23.59 on 31 May 2025, UK ONLY

News! SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social to Publish UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph @bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social and Breakout Artist Abbigayle Bircham’s Graphic Novel ‘My Dad Fights Demons!’ www.brokenfrontier.com/my-dad-fight...

SelfMadeHero to Publish UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph and Breakout Artist Abbigayle Bircham's Graphic Novel 'My Dad Fights Demons!' – Broken Frontier

'My Dad Fights Demons!' is a new Young Adult graphic novel coming from SelfMadeHero, Bobby Joseph and Abbigayle Bircham.

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What a night! Thank you to everyone who joined us in the room & beyond ✨ Share your celebrations with us with #BritishBookAwards & #Nibbies

ICYMI: I’ve had messages from writers saying they have no idea how many books they have sold, that they aren’t sure whether they should email their editor, that they don’t know whether they can query editorial notes, says Phoebe Morgan 👇 #BookSky

Pulling back the curtain

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Had an absolute blast at the #Nibbies last night! Great to cheer on the winners & hear the brilliant speeches - it was such a pleasure to be there with so many of my publishing friends & colleagues to celebrate!! 🎉 #BritishBookAwards #BookSky @thebookseller.com

My feeling whenever I see people talking about using ChatGPT and having it ‘write’ their books and ‘make’ their ‘art’:

The Picture This! competition is open for entries in the UK! We're looking for outstanding up-and-coming illustrators able to tell a story in just three illustrations. 🖌️ Entries close on 31st May 2025. Enter here: wwpbic.com/uk/ T&Cs here: wwpbic.com/terms-and-co...

A Song of Legends Lost is an exciting new high fantasy debut from @mhayinde.bsky.social - epic complex worldbuilding, monsters and spirits, ancestral magic, and a sweeping and breathtaking plot. A promising start to a new series! Out now in hardback 💙📚🪐 #SFFbooks #NewBooks

@roannelau.bsky.social writes an insightful guest post for Women in SF&F Month in Fantasy Cafe! She shares more about her debut novel, Serpent Called Mercy, in her essay “Crayon Trails: On Friendship, Grief, and an Unlikely Book Deal” buff.ly/gWlra50

Unfortunately my nervous system can’t tell the difference between being held at gun point and being asked what a book I absolutely loved is about

The book industry is a welcoming place to many but there is work to be done and threats to face, says Philip Jones

Philip Jones | 'From big tech stealing our work to the right’s reframing of free speech, the book industry is under attack.'

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Please join us to celebrate the launch of our new summer title - Sun Horse, Moon Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff - at @dauntbooks.bsky.social Summertown Branch in Oxford on June 10th. Tickets can be booked here: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/lucy-scholes-tiffany-francis-baker/ #booksky #booklaunch

From Magpie Books comes the 2nd book in the Sacred Bone series. The Witch of Wol Sin Lake by Lena Jeong, the sequel to And Break the Pretty Kings, crown princess Mirae continues to unravel her tangled future to save her queendom. #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-w...

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Due to the popularity of this event, we have increased the ticket allocation. Grab yours before they're all gone: tinyurl.com/bfsworld

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The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 5th April 2025, 10am to 6pm (BST). BFS Online: Worldbuilding Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsworld

🚨 EVENT ALERT 🚨 Join us on April 1st at 1pm for an online event with literary agent Anna Pallai and author John Grindrod as they share insights on: ✅ What agents look for in non-fiction ✅ When to pitch your book ✅ How to write a great submission bytethebook.com/event/real-d...

Real Deal: Ideas to help you Pitch your Non-Fiction - Byte The Book

If you want your non-fiction book to be traditionally published, at some point you will need to pitch it to an agent. But, what is the best way to do that? What do agents look for in non-fiction? At w...

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Absolutely blown away by the Jhalak Prize 2025 longlist! Huge congratulations to this incredible list of books & authors on the list 🤩📚🎉 #JhalakPrize25 #JhalakPrize #JhalakPrize2025 #Booksky #BooksWorthReading

We've got all this going on for BFS Online: Worldbuilding. Saturday 5th April 2025, 10am to 6pm (BST). Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsworld BFS member: free. Non-member: £5. #BritishFantasySociety #FantasyBooks #HorrorBooks #SFFBooks #AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Worldbuilding #BookSky

Innnteresting! www.thebookseller.com/rights/schol... Paging @karriefransman.bsky.social @markbradley.bsky.social tho you've prob both seen!

Scholastic brings graphic novel imprint Graphix to UK shores

Scholastic is bringing its graphic novel imprint Graphix to the UK following success in the US.

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Out now! #BfK271 March issue. Authorgraph interview Jenny McLachlan, Windows into Illustration Greg Stobbs, new Beyond the Secret Garden @darrenchetty.bsky.social, new Picture This @nicolettejones.bsky.social, extra interviews, features, comment & reviews #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...

Best-selling books in each territory. #LBF25

Top five titles in each territory. #LBF25

I’ll be live-posting from Steve Bohme’s session at #LBF25 for the next 45 minutes.

Big brains of #KidLitUK - someone's asking for books that provide authentic disability representation. What are your top recs? Across all spectrums of disability.

Our gorgeous Illustrator Guides for London Book Fair 2025 have arrived! We’re so excited to share these next week 🤩 #booksky

Happy #WorldBookDay2025 from us at the Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency! 🎉 To help you all celebrate, we have some fabulous book recommendations to make your #WBD25 the best yet! 😉📚 Watch here: vm.tiktok.com/ZNde2UJxu/