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Simon James Green

@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social

Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more! www.simonjamesgreen.com

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Simon James Green@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 6d ago

ALL THE MEN WE’VE NEVER SLEPT WITH - my adult debut - written with Sarah Counsell! A gay man, a straight woman, and their dating disasters as they try to find love before their school reunion. Out next July from Zaffre Books - fun, funny, slightly bonkers. Hope you love it. 💛

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Matt@mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 2w ago

Is the spectre of US style book bans arriving in Great Britain with the increase in challenges to books and author visit cancellations in the UK? teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/07/23/i... 📚📜

Is the spectre of US style book bans arriving in Great Britain with the increase in challenges to books and author visit cancellations in the UK?

Redolent of the worst aspects of Section 28, the current frenzy among Britain’s right-wing reactionary tabloids and supposedly respectable conservative newspapers (The Telegraph) and other commenta…

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Jacqui Sydney 📚@jacquisydney.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hilariously funny, Noah Can’t Even by @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social sees our titular hero’s world turned upside down when his bestie Harry kisses him at a party. Out now for YA readers from @scholasticuk.bsky.social worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/n...

Noah Can’t Even by Simon James Green

Cover illustration by Sofia Miller Salazar © Scholastic, 2026 Having made a New Year’s Resolution at the beginning of 2026 to read at least one book a month that I am under no obligation to r…

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Simon James Green@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

They’ve named the school. A shameful episode - deciding to remove any books at all; the lazy use of AI; the appalling treatment of the librarian; the head’s arrogance and ignorance in deeming certain titles ‘inappropriate’; and the idea that books in a library could be a safeguarding concern…

Greater Manchester school library censorship: who is accountable? - Index on Censorship

Now that Lowry Academy has been publicly named, Index has written a follow-up to last week's book banning story

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Simon James Green@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

UK authors - I urge you to read this article about a school in Manchester who removed hundreds of our books from their library they deemed ‘inappropriate’ and share. This is appalling censorship - and it’s coming from the school’s head and SLT themselves. @indexoncensorship.org

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

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Letterbox Library@letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“For a geeky, LGBTQ+ book with a very British sensibility, it’s done incredibly well.” @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social reflects back on when Noah was first published, its enduring relevance for schools and its continuing popularity with pupils today. #KidLitUK

Simon James Green@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New edition of Noah Can’t Even is out today! I’ve written a blog post on the enduring popularity of awkward, gay, teenage boys, reading for pleasure, and my annoyance with pearl clutchers who have an issue with swearing in YA books… www.simonjamesgreen.com/blog/joc4gbs...

Simon James Green@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I know that in the battle to get kids to read, seeing their heroes promoting books really helps … but why is it only ever football? Why only ever footballers surprising a class of primary school kids, or an event in an antiseptic conference room at the Emirates Stadium? 1/3

Simon James Green@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

GLITTERATI - my new YA thriller, out with Penguin, March 2027. Imagine if a teen ‘Talented Mr Ripley’ lied his way into a White Lotus-like setting where the outrageous wealth on display can’t cover up dark secrets for long.

Screenshot from article in The Bookseller. Text reads: Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK, has pre-empted two "gripping" YA novels from Simon James GreenText reads: The books will be published under the name SJ Green and the first novel, Glitterati, is a "thriller- romance that invites readers into an exclusive world where high society meets high drama and the highest of stakes: murder". Editorial director Linas Alsenas preempted world rights (including film and TV rights) from Joanna Moult at Skylark Literary. Glitterati will publish in paperback in March 2027 with the second standalone novel coming in 2028. The Penguin rights team have already sold French rights for the two books in a pre-empt deal.Text reads: Glitterati follows Tommy Baxter's arrival on an exclusive island in the Caribbean ready for a week of extreme luxury and unrivalled pleasures. The synopsis continues: "He's part of a very select, international group of teens whose close-knit families are the world's elite and most powerful. Except he's not really Tommy Baxter. He's a young con-artist looking to uncover dirt on these glitterati so he can extort them for big money. But 'Tommy' soon realizes that his lies might be too daring to last - and that he might be developing feelings for one of his marks. As the net closes in on him, he uncovers secrets far darker than he'd ever expected - after all, there's nothing more exclusive than murder."Text reads: Green said: "Having been raised on a diet of Agatha Christie as a teenager, I've always had a yearning for lies and murder. I can't wait to welcome readers into the glamorous, deceitful and dangerous world of the Glitterati - golden boys and golden girls who do not play by the rules - and meet Tommy Baxter, the smooth-talking con-artist who plans to drive a wrecking ball through their charmed lives. I'm so excited to be reunited with dream editor Linas Alsenas on this project and to be embarking on this new chapter with the brilliant team at PRH, who blew me away with their enthusiasm and vision for this novel from the get-go, and whose stable of outstanding YA thriller authors I have long admired."
Simon James Green@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Asking for volunteers at a school Author event for Y7 today and one boy at the back holds up a sign reading ‘I Love You!’ and maybe this is what Taylor Swift feels like at a concert. Anyway, I obviously picked him because I’m very easy to win over .