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S J Baker

@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social

Writer, book lover, storyteller, English teacher, author with Troika Books.

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S J Baker@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thank you, @libraryfhs.bsky.social, for the shout out! #yadystopia #yafiction #readingforpleasure

Books Books Books@libraryfhs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Calm by @sjbakerauthor.bsky.social feels so real, that I'm not entirely sure that it's fiction... 😱 Enforced Drugs ✔️ Resistors ✔️ Unreliable Authority ✔️ Disappeared People ✔️ Escape ✔️ Heart in Mouth Action ✔️ Wowsers, this has it ALL! Thanks @troikabooks.bsky.social @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social

A translucent pill takes up most of the image, set against a mid-blue background, patterned to look like bubbles. The pill is half full of a dark blue liquid, a figure in red stands waist-deep inside the pill. The figures' arms are raised towards the top of the pill, with hands splayed out, like they are resting on the walls of the pill. The title, across the top of the image, above the pill, looks like it has been sprayed on with a stencil, parts of the white paint is badly applied and the letters are rough looking and smudged. Paint drips from the letter C as if too much paint was sprayed at the stencil. The style jars with the title of the book - calm, as it looks very distressed. In contrast, the authors name, also in white, is in a clear simple font. A code is visible on the pill - what does it mean?
S J Baker@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just finished the 2nd in Dando's trilogy set in today's world, with magic and Norse mythology woven in. Highly recommended for middle grade+: pacy with believable, sympathetic characters battling human and supernatural darkness. Humour and tension, in a convincing narrative. Great art work, too!

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S J Baker@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Honoured to have taken part in this Northern Voices podcast with 6 of my students, discussing 'Calm', Beta reading and how young people in Hull feel about stereotypes of northerners and access to writing and publishing opportunities. With @jenbowden12.bsky.social soundcloud.com/northern_voi...

Episode 93: Susan (S.J.) Baker with Betsy, Imogen, Madi, Lily, Bella and Zofia

This week's episode is something a little different, because as well as YA author Susan (S.J.) Baker, I'm also joined by six of her students – Betsy, Imogen, Madi, Lily, Bella and Zofia. We discuss ho

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S J Baker@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

Just read 'Small Bomb at Dimperley' and absolutely loved it. It was a Christmas present and it definitely goes on the 'will read this again' pile - it's humane, humorous, engaging, beautifully observed, convincing and moving. Highly recommended - I'll be hunting down more of her books!

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S J Baker@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

'Calm' has its US and RoW launch on 22/04. "Whilst aware of the danger of naïve idealism, I wanted to assert that – though evil exists and seems to flourish – people can retain compassion and humanity; they can make selfless choices; they can fight for what is right and good and true." (Author blog)

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S J Baker@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

As a book-loving child growing up in Kent, a trip to London was a rare treat - and if I was lucky, we went to Foyles Bookshop - the biggest bookshop I'd ever seen. I could never have dreamt that half a century later, my son would find my own book on sale there. My heart is full!

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S J Baker@sjbakerauthor.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of the challenges I've really enjoyed in writing 'Calm' and now working on its sequel is to try and conjure an abandoned countryside, left to itself for 15 years. Yesterday I was hunting synonyms for 'brambles' (there aren't many!).

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