As we approach 10 years of #WorldKidLitMonth this September, we're fundraising to keep the #WorldKidLit ship sailing into the next decade, and for two projects aimed at promoting international reading among young people. Please donate & share widely! Thank you! worldkidlit.org/2026/07/21/w...

World Kid Lit: 10th Anniversary Fundraiser

It’s the 10th year of World Kid Lit: an international reading project with a global impact! As we approach World Kid Lit Month this September – our 10th anniversary – we are fundr…

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Just a reminder, even as we celebrate #WITmonth, that September is #WorldKidLitMonth! #Translators, send us your readings from translated children's and YA books, poetry, or plays and we'll be delighted to feature you. Full guidelines available on our website: translatorsaloud.com/submissions/

This week’s #KidsBooksFriday is inspired by the great Dolly Parton. So whether it’s books about kindness, generosity, gratitude, inclusivity, positivity, hope, self-belief, or something else, let’s share books that embody Dolly’s spirit and legacy. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #BeMoreDolly

I finished a Faber academy comedy writing course yesterday! Like being in a tv writers room for a week with smart funny ladies 😊😂

ICYMI: In an initiative launched by Michael Rosen, Great Western Railway has installed mini libraries at 10 stations after research found that one in five parents noticed a decline in their children’s reading ability over the summer holidays.👇

Michael Rosen launches GWR station mini libraries

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Yup. Tis I.

Ok, it's time for Finally Read The Longread Tabs I Have Open Sunday! This one's a LONG one...the edcuation select committee report on reading for pleasure. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5902/cm...

It's #SouthAsianHeritageMonth, so we're sharing these fantastic books that celebrate South Asian families and culture – and everyone can enjoy reading them together ✨ https://bit.ly/4oBkM8n

WNDB is proud to support Hachette Children's Group’s Raising Readers campaign 📖💛 #ReadingIsGolden This campaign aims to raise awareness that reading for fun is the single biggest predictor of a child’s future success. 🌟 JoinRaisingReaders.com

My writing was highly commended at the inaugural @megaphonewriters.bsky.social conference ✍️ So that made me smile 😊

The Education Committee's reading for pleasure report is out! After contributing to the inquiry alongside #ReadingRights ambassador @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social we welcome the early years focus & the National Reading Guarantee idea to make reading a right for every child. @helenhayes.bsky.social

Amen. #BookSky

🛍️🏬📚🔖 Our guide to independent and specialist children's bookshops in the UK and Ireland, including over 150 vibrant and exciting bookstores to visit. 🔖📚🏬🛍️ schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/ch... #kidlit #amreading #booktwitter

Children's Bookshops

Children's bookshops - browse our list of independent bookshops and specialist children's bookshops in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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🥳 We are delighted to announce that the brand new Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate 2026-2028 is the marvellous @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social We're so excited that Patrice is taking on the role and love that she will be focusing on how stories can help to build communities. #NationalYearOfReading2026

Patrice Lawrence has been named the new Waterstones children’s laureate | The Guardian buff.ly/yGlFHDA

Patrice Lawrence chosen as new children’s laureate

Writer of YA novels Orangeboy and Needle takes over from Frank Cottrell-Boyce and plans to highlight how reading can foster connection in fragmented times

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This so amazing 🤩 Can't wait to see the impact Patrice will make for kids across the country! Congrats @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social 🥳 🎉

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 2mo ago

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence (@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social) has been named Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2026 to 2028, succeeding Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@waterstones.bsky.social). 👇

Today's random book research: height of a goat 🐐 Pretty sure I've peaked as a writer for the day 🤣🤦🏾‍♀️

Fashy Tech Bros: Back in Roman times, men were men. Just conquering the world with the boys, no time for woke feminist soi boi bullshit. Actual Roman who fought Hannibal: I'd like to share my recipe for poppyseed cheeseballs with you (Cato Agr. 79)

Just to give a flavour of what I'm working on... ✍️ 📖 🏝️🏃🏾‍♀️🦁🌱🤴🏽 #kidlit #middlegrade Opening audio clip copyright and credit belongs to Sony Pictures (2000) and is taken from the Gus Van Sant movie Finding Forrester starring Sean Connery and Rob Brown.

Can't wait to listen! It's truly an abomination how absent colonial history is from the curriculum today. And it puts UK children at a major disadvantage for their futures when so many parts of the world teach it 🤨

Dr Luke Walker@drlukewalker.com · 2mo ago

🔥 What a combination - @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social! So much here: - Palestine - India - absence of colonial history in schools - wilful ignorance of politicians & media - and the East India Company's lasting corruption of British democracy 🤑 youtu.be/13zQVPW9LjU?...

Just to give a flavour of what I'm working on... ✍️ 📖 🏝️🏃🏾‍♀️🦁🌱🤴🏽 #kidlit #middlegrade Opening audio clip copyright and credit belongs to Sony Pictures (2000) and is taken from the Gus Van Sant movie Finding Forrester starring Sean Connery and Rob Brown.

It was such a great event! Am still referring to our discussion with other authors. Thanks and look forward to more events like it ☺️ @engmediacentre.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social

English and Media Centre@engmediacentre.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧵📸 Last week, we were delighted to co-host with @theclpe.bsky.social the latest community conversation, Children's Literature: Speculative Fiction and Colonialism, organised so brilliantly by @darrenchetty.bsky.social. Through a series of activities and group, room and author-led conversations...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1768: Don't bother trying to follow trends. By the time one has been identified, it's usually already over.

Why “Book-Shaming” Won’t Solve the Children’s Literacy Crisis | The New Yorker

Why “Book-Shaming” Won’t Solve the Children’s Literacy Crisis

The nation’s official advocate for children’s books says most of them are “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading.

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ICYMI: Children’s enjoyment of reading and daily reading habits have risen for the first time in five years, according to new findings from the @literacy-trust.bsky.social (NLT), but it also found the disadvantage gap was widening. 👇

National Literacy Trust research shows first rise in children’s reading enjoyment in five years

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I have worked in the Belgian colonial archives & what's already available to researchers is horrifying, I can only imagine how bad the rest is. We must bring the truth to light. Transparency is the only way to recovery, reparations, & eventual healing.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo ago

DR Congo pushes Belgium to release millions of colonial-era documents ft.trib.al/H9QWHYh

A new prize for under-represented writers has been launched in honour of the late author and Jacaranda publishing director Sareeta Domingo, who died in 2025. 👇

The Sareeta Domingo Prize launches for under-represented writers in honour of late author and editor

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Nigel Farage Listens to the News

Our new Family Survey shows that while families value and enjoy reading together, daily shared reading has dropped. That's why it's urgent we all come together, across services, to make shared reading a reality for every family. Join the #ReadingRights movement: https://bit.ly/4e1qign