Back at Culloden Battlefield for a day's book signing. Thank you so much for having me!
Barbara Henderson (new WIP 6831)
@scattyscribbler.bsky.social
Author. Scottish historical fiction and eco- adventures for kids. 2x Young Quills Winner. 🎭 Teacher, ✝️, 🏴 🇩🇪, Highlands. www.barbarahenderson.co.uk
Lovely to chat to you too, Clara! @luathpress.bsky.social
Clara J Manasian Cook@clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 4d agoHad a lovely time chatting to @scattyscribbler.bsky.social this morning for the @histassoc.bsky.social I learned all about her new book which imagines the adventures of Shakespeare’s younger brother!
Got to talk about To War with Wallace on a teaching podcast! @luathpress.bsky.social youtu.be/rcCJe8CZO-4?...
Scottish History Novels with Author Barbara Henderson | Let’s Chat: Leading Learning
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Today's podcast recording required all my 12 kids' books. I rarely see them all together, so it was worth a pic! @luathpress.bsky.social
Obligatory end of day walk. Inverness Castle esplanade is the place to be at sunset. 😊☀️
I’m always a fan of @scattyscribbler.bsky.social and her latest children’s book out from @luathpress.bsky.social is another cracker. Here’s my review lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/06/e...
Thank you so much, @lindasbookbag.bsky.social ! Very grateful for such a kind review!
Linda Hill@lindasbookbag.bsky.social · last mo.I’m always a fan of @scattyscribbler.bsky.social and her latest children’s book out from @luathpress.bsky.social is another cracker. Here’s my review lindasbookbag.com/2026/07/06/e...
Happy birthday, #PearlSBuck! Her novel East Wind: West Wind was one of the very first adult books I read as a teenager. Books like this ensured I remained a reader as I moved away from the excellent children's books which still shape me.
Last author visit of the school year is a wrap!
Last author visit of the school year is a wrap!
Remember 23rd June 2016? Ten years since the Brexit referendum. Ten years later, here are ten brilliant 'New Scots' from EU nations who - like me - call Scotland home. In today's The National Newspaper. And if you are curious about my own immigration story: luath.co.uk/products/sco... !
Morning: Walked up Ormond Hill, site of Andrew de Moray's Castle, where the Northern Rising of 1297 started with people from NOSAS, the North of Scotland Archaeology Society. Evening: I did the same again with Avoch Cubs for their local history badge. I read from To War with Wallace on both walks.
Day in the life of a children's author: *gather props/author copy of book *tidy lounge for virtual school visit *balance computer on stack of boardgames *do actual author visit (1 hr/virtual) *phone call re another event *food shop *emails/admin *finish and submit feature article for newspaper
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Let's Get Stuck In! National Year of Reading 2026
Why should children want to read when they don’t see grownups reading? If their only encounter with reading is at school where they’re tested on what they’ve read, I can’t blame them if they see finis...
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Problem: looming article deadline. Solution: take myself off to local theatre, sit on 2nd floor and write. New problem: distracted by view.
Our luck was in! A proper porpoise and dolphin show this afternoon at Chanonry Point.
I quite like video editing. I do most of the editing for the @timetunnellers.bsky.social now. Have finished a guest video, which will go out on their Youtube channel in the coming days, featuring this bottle, said to contain... A Witch. Can you think of a better writing prompt for kids?
Very chuffed to spot the @timetunnellers.bsky.social book quote posters in the school library. Download from timetunnellers.com
Very chuffed to spot the @timetunnellers.bsky.social book quote posters in the school library. Download from timetunnellers.com
Planning a trip to Scotland? Here are 100+ kids' books set here. kidlitscotland.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/1...
100+ CHILDREN’S BOOKS SET IN #SCOTLAND
Read your way around Scotland with your youngsters. This list is by no means exhaustive, but wherever you’re travelling, there is a kids’ book set there 🙂, or nearby. We have deliberately randomise…
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Dragged myself into school to teach my half-day. Spluttering marginally less than yesterday when I my lungs felt like a pin cushion from coughing. Just for balance, in case any of you labour under the misguided impression that I am living the victorious writer's life. Consider yourself updated.
I spent the weekend sitting with the puffins on Staffa… highly recommended if you ever get the chance to go 💛❤️🖤
National Trust@nationaltrust.org.uk · 3mo agoThe day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.
Right, teachers, just on the off-chance that you would use my books for teaching Vikings, Tudors, Mary Queen of Scots, Wars of Independence (x2), Jacobites, Victorians (x2), Highland Clearances, Burns, eco-topics or the Great Outdoors, good RESOURCES at www.barbarahenderson.co.uk/resources/
Resources | Barbara Henderson WRITER
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Today's outing, north. A class in Newmore Primary are reading Rivet Boy. I also answered a bunch of email questions gorgeous and Australian class studying the same book.
Lovely friends, if you are not doing anything much between 6 and 7 tonight, pop into the virtual book launch for Enter Eddie Shakespeare! Absolutely no pressure to buy the book and it would be lovely to see some of you there! The link is: us02web.zoom.us/j/82502073269
Watched the Hunger Games prequel on iplayer. What did you all think of the young Snow?