Elon Musk has just suspended our X account—we're a danger to those who presently control the world, feeling honoured—building our hopes on Bluesky—please Repost Follow indie publisher of fine books #books #Fiction #chilrensbooks @louiestowell.bsky.social

Absolutely thrilled that Black Gables has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing. Huge thanks to all the librarians and readers @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Special thanks to @everywithwords.bsky.social and Silvia @pfd Congrats to all the nominees! #Carnegies2026

Thrilled to bits see my book nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Congratulations to the hugely talented illustrator Ewa Beniak-Haremska. So well deserved. @everywithwords.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #carnegies2026

Awesome to see Black Gables @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social and The World between the Rain @susancahill.bsky.social nominated for writing and Ewa Beniak-Haremska nominated for her stunning illustrations of A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social

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The 2026 Carnegies nominations are live! 🎉 Join us in celebrating the exceptional storytelling and illustration recognised this year. 🏆 Get ready for an inspiring awards season! Congrats to all nominees! 📖❤️ https://carnegies.co.uk/nominations-announced-2026 #Carnegies2026

Thank you to Peters, specialist supplier of children's books, for making The Feathered Book a recommended read and for the lovely review! “A wonderful debut with excellent writing" peters.co.uk #libraries #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #BookBloggers

Adventure awaits! The next book in the Snakestone Cycle, The Golden Monkey Mystery, is out in January 2026! 🐒💍🐍✨✨

It's alive! Join twins Indigo and Rusty on their second terrifying adventure. Thank you to everyone who has made these stories possible. Special mention to Usborne, @linalanglee.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social and to Miriam Serafin

Delighted to be one of The New Statesman’s best children’s books for summer 2025 with my historical MG adventure about a luckless ice cream seller who meets a wish-maker at his magical manor house. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #kidlit #ReadingForPleasure #booksky #childrensbooks

Latest on Good Night To Read- goodnighttoread.wordpress.com Illustrator Spotlight & Preview- Delighted to be part of the blog tour for this imaginative book @charlienutbrown.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social with wonderful illustrations by #EwaBeniakHaremska #ukkidlit #librarians

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More of Ewa Beniak-Haremska's extraordinary illustrations from The Feathered Book – published 11 Sep by @everywithwords.bsky.social

More of Ewa Beniak-Haremska's extraordinary illustrations from The Feathered Book – published 11 Sep by @everywithwords.bsky.social

Entries for @uvcompetition.bsky.social close one week today! Winners will be published in the #UV26 anthology and introduced to agents and editors at the exclusive launch party. Don't miss this incredible chance to launch your #kidlit career🚀 undiscoveredvoices.com

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I've been so, so lucky to have the incredible Ewa Beniak-Haremska do the illustrations for The Feathered Book – they're exactly how I'd always imagined them, yet somehow even better. Published September 11 by @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

Fox detectives, otter pirates, and raven alchemists. Labyrinths, libraries, and lakes. Booby traps, boat chases, and impossible crimes … The Feathered Book, published 11 September by @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #BooksForKids #ChildrensNovels

Wonderful to see A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social as a Summer Pick, 'A delicious Fantasy adventure' @newstatesman.com Thanks @amandacraig.bsky.social #KidLit #Fantasy www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

The best children’s books for summer 2025

Our action-packed list will thrill readers whether they’re three or 13.

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** One month to go** to get your entries into Undiscovered Voices - the best competition around for unpublished, unagented kidlit and YA writers (okay, we might be slightly biased...) We can't wait to read your manuscripts 👀 undiscoveredvoices.com

Just 3 weeks till Maisie vs Antarctica gets a friend! 🩵 Maisie vs the Himalayas 🩵 out on 14th August. ⛰️🥳 #maisievsantarctica #mgadventures #middlegradebooks #booksforkids #childrensbooks #kidslit ##readingforpleasure #kidsbooks

Today is World Ice Cream Day, the perfect day to check out my new MG adventure set in 1899. Mason and Pa make the world’s best ice cream, but the heatwave and a sinister stranger are about to ruin everything. Can a famous wish-maker solve their problems? @everywithwords.bsky.social

Monty the Fox is determined to become a detective and solve the mystery of The Feathered Book. Out September, @everywithwords.bsky.social. Illustrations by the incredible Ewa Beniak-Haremska.  #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

🎉Happy SCARLETT BUCKLING AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING PICTURES publication day to @marioambrosi.bsky.social - out today with @tinytreebooks.bsky.social! 12yo Scarlett Buckling loves a detective story, but when her beloved Gran goes missing in the night, she faces a real-life case like no other...

A Place of a Thousand Wishes has been out for a few weeks and I’ve been blown away by the reviews so far. Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed. Here are just a few snippets. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

I will take every opportunity to promote #TheOthers Sarah, it is an utterly fantastic book and needs to be in every school library collection 🔭🛸📘

Great thread of recommendations 😍 I would add #TheOthers by @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social published by @everywithwords.bsky.social & #BestOfAllWorlds by #KennethOppel published by @guppybooks.bsky.social #UkKidLit

My latest article for Educate magazine is all about how children choose books. It was inspired by this wonderful blog from David Reedy and Alice Reedy: collins.co.uk/blogs/the-bo... The article can be found here: neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

Lovely to see my new book A Place of a Thousand Wishes in @waterstones.bsky.social Romsey – a great new shop that’s always busy. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

Look at all these lovely authors, illustrators and poets just waiting to meet you! Find out more about them and book a virtual visit to your school or nursery by visiting www.virtualauthors.co.uk. Let's connect authors and readers across the globe! #authorvisit #virtualauthorvisit #kidlit

Very excited to have won the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social School of the Year. We had a fantastic time reading books, quizzing authors and voting for our winners. If you haven’t tried it already, why not sign up for next year? #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

** Submissions OPEN ** 🥳 If you're a #KidLit writer in the UK/Europe, #UV26 could be your big break. The anthology has launched 100s of writers' careers - will you be next? Find out more and enter👇 undiscoveredvoices.com Entries close: 8 September 2025 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social

Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social