S J Poyton Author
@sjpoyton.bsky.social
Author & Illustrator Middle Grade Debut Mammoth Rider published 2026
I’ve been out all day with very no internet, finally back home to decent WiFi so I am thrilled to post that Mammoth Rider is featured in @thebookseller.com magazine ‘10 Titles Not to Miss in March - Children’s Previews’ ! With some cracking company too! #middlegrade #mammoths
Mammoth Rider is a breathtaking adventure full of warmth and courage. S J Poyton brings the beauty and the danger of the icy tundra to life in this tightly plotted story. Perfect for fans of Hannah Gold. Thanks so much for the proof copy Sally Poyton.
So excited to receive my Mammoth Rider proof package from @sjpoyton.bsky.social can’t wait to read this one!
Very excited to say Mammoth Rider is in the @waterstones.bsky.social Pre-Order Promotion! www.waterstones.com/book/mammoth... 🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣
As a writer there is nothing better than celebrating friend's achievements- like seeing #nickithornton launch her new book and publishing house! #saragrant #chimneyspublishing #littlebookshopofmurders #cozycrime
Day two of Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025 and I am posting the link to a blog I wrote a while back but is still incredibly relevant Debunking Dyslexia Myths sallypoyton.blogspot.com/2020/07/debu... #dyslexiaAwarnessWeek2025 #dyslexic #dyslexia #neurodiverse #livingwithdyslexia #dyslexicauthor #blog
So I’m writing a pretty complicated action scene with lots of moving parts and an emotional bit inspired by a traumatic childhood scene in one of favourite all time films. #writerywednesday #amwriting #mammoths #neverendingstory
For #WorldRhinoDay I have made a #StorySack around @candygourlay.bsky.social & #JamieBauza book #LittleRhinoLost publidhedby #BarryOtterBooks …
It’s #talklikeapirateday - so here is a page of a WIP picture book I’m trying to finish. ARRRRRRRRR #illustration #crayons #ink #acrylics #chalk #ipad #pirate #treasure #mammoth #dodo #picturebook #writing
September is the official Be Kind to Writers Month! #BeKindToWritersMonth #September #writers #authors #illustrators #editors #agents #creatives #kidslit #passitforward #kindness
To all the writers out there today, I hope you tell beautiful stories, and that great beverages and cakes come your way to fuel your creativity. #writerywednesday #amwriting #amediting #cake #coffee #childreliterature
This a fascinating debate about fictionalised history weighing up its impact of whether its blending of factual and imagined elements is decremental to truth or a positive inspirational and learning tool… www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist's Dilemma
An archaeologist reflects on the role of fiction to imagine the deep past—and inspire future generations of archaeologists.
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The first thing I ever wrote - the first time I ever submitted - I was Honorary Mentioned in Undiscovered Voices. It gave me the confidence to continue to write and opened up many opportunities. Enter now. undiscoveredvoices.com #writingforchildren #competition #undiscoveredvoices
A story sack tin celebration of this year marking 70 years since Miffy was first published, posted to day on the Birthday of her creator Dick Bruna! #miffy #Dickbruna #storysack #picturebook #illustration #kidsbooks #readforpleasure
Baby Holly the mammoth calf I painted, at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology dig. The #tuskforce team took the duties of mammoth husbandry seriously & sheltered her from the elements. She’s now been rehomed and is living happily with her adopted herd in Dorset.
After three weeks of digging at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology site with the #TuskForce team, and I’m back at my desk swapping my hard hat for my metaphorical writing hat. #amwriting #kidslit #middlegrade
The awesome @SallyAnn_Spence is posting videos about the @HillsQuarry Cerney Wick palaeontology dig. @TuskForseMammothDig2025 on YouTube. This is mine 😳 Here’s the link to my interview… youtu.be/7yR2yftZh4Q?...
Mammoth mania at the Hills Quarry Products dig in Cerney Wick 2025 #tuskforce
YouTube video by TuskForce Mammoth Dig 2025
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Today’s #MammothMonday is a celebration of a very recently unearthed mammoth calf’s tooth for the Hills Quarry Products Cerney Wick site by the #tuskforce team last week. It’s beautiful but it also looks like a mammoth calf! Sally Hollingworth
Every month I mine the web for nuggets of writerly wisdom and send to other pre-pub authors. Today is post and delivery day…
A year ago today I was digging mammoths. Will be migrating back to the site very soon! #tuskforce #mammothGraveyard
Lovely evening of celebrations - the end of an era, the beginning of something new. Surrounded by folks with energy and enthusiasm. Thank you all former SCBWI-BI volunteers. ❤️
#fossilfriday snake stone - the casting of the inside of a ammonite shell. Love the juxtaposition of natural history and social history! It can be found at @nhm-london.bsky.social #abingdon
#mammothmonday tip - always travel with an emergency mammoth. You never know when you’ll need one! 🦣🧳😉🤣
#fossilfriday - not strictly fossil but fossil-adjacent The Dodo Gallery at Natural History Museum in Port Louis Mauritius. 🦤🦤🦤🇲🇺🇲🇺
Another book birthday! A really need to read book one that I’ve had on my TBR pile for months! Happy Book Birthday #philipkavvadias @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
