I can’t believe I got yellow last! #Connections Puzzle #1145 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

Our July newsletter is hitting inboxes tomorrow! It's packed with free resources, recommendations as well as all the latest & greatest news from the team 💌📬 Interested in hearing from us? Sign up to our monthly mailing list here: childrensbooksireland.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

IT'S THE BLUESKY BOOK CLUB! I'm starting a Book Club on Bluesky & you're ALL invited. We'll "meet" here to discuss a different book each month. Now Bluesky has Group Chat, I'm able to set one up specifically for the Club Details HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/bluesky-book...

Ireland has introduced a *200 MWh CO₂ battery system*, showcasing a new approach. When green electricity is abundant, CO₂ is compressed and stored. At high demand, the gas expands through turbines to generate electricity, helping stabilize the grid. #batteries #energystorage #ActOnClimate

Other work by the Ladybird artists. The neighbours’ garden. ‘July’ (1958) Artist: Ronald Lampitt

'A young boy enters the school gates alone but is soon swept into classroom routines & activities by a friendly, helpful little girl. She stays by his side as he joins in with circle time, drawing, snacks, gym, gardening, music & playtime.' @littletigeruk.bsky.social #BookSky #BooksThatHelp

Catherine Friess @ Story Snug@storysnug.com · 4w ago

#WhenYouMeetMyFriend, a beautifully illustrated, heartwarming #picturebook by #MarkSperring & #MarisaMorea can help stimulate conversation about making friends & the first day at a new school 🏫 storysnug.com/2026/07/when... @littletigeruk.bsky.social #BooksThatHelp #BookSky #amreading #EarlyYears

🥳 We are delighted to announce that the brand new Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate 2026-2028 is the marvellous @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social We're so excited that Patrice is taking on the role and love that she will be focusing on how stories can help to build communities. #NationalYearOfReading2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 160: If you're feeling uninspired, try mixing things up. Move into a different space. Change the position of your desk. Use another medium. Try a different time of day. Changes can help reset your brain and boost your creativity.

#WhenYouMeetMyFriend, a beautifully illustrated, heartwarming #picturebook by #MarkSperring & #MarisaMorea can help stimulate conversation about making friends & the first day at a new school 🏫 storysnug.com/2026/07/when... @littletigeruk.bsky.social #BooksThatHelp #BookSky #amreading #EarlyYears

I want humorous and irrevent picture books #MSWL

Children's writers, and their illustrators, are responsible for the readers of tomorrow. Without them, there would be no adult readers - or writers.

Children have quite different reading needs to adults, which doesn't make them any easier to understand or provide for. That's why writing a great children's book is at least as demanding as writing one for adults.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1378: Many would-be authors make the mistake of believing that you "start off" as a children's writer, then "move on" to writing for adults. This is both completely incorrect, and terribly disrespectful to children's authors.

3 pigs try to make new houses & rebuff the friendly wolf builder who tries to help them when things go wrong. But their attempt to take over the wolf’s house leads to unexpected consequences… 🐷🐺🏠 storysnug.com/2026/06/thre... @littletigeruk.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #BookSky #LizPichon

Three Horrid Pigs by Liz Pichon · Story Snug

Three Horrid Pigs is a humorous picture book featuring a friendly wolf builder who tries to help when three pigs try to build new houses.

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Catherine Friess @ Story Snug@storysnug.com · 2mo ago

#ThreeHorridPigs is a humorous #fracturedfairytale featuring a friendly wolf builder who tries to help when 3 pigs try to build new houses 🏠 storysnug.com/2026/06/thre... #ThreeLittlePigs #BookSky @littletigeruk.bsky.social #LizPichon

#ThreeHorridPigs is a humorous #fracturedfairytale featuring a friendly wolf builder who tries to help when 3 pigs try to build new houses 🏠 storysnug.com/2026/06/thre... #ThreeLittlePigs #BookSky @littletigeruk.bsky.social #LizPichon

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18: Just as you don't notice everything in a scene at once, your characters need not, either. It's far more interesting to engage with a situation via what your character notices, than to try to reproduce the whole thing.

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

The countdown to the UK's biggest kids' books festival is officially on so here's the gang to remind you that there are THREE (3! AH AH AH!) weeks to go until Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June! Be there! londonkidslitfest.org

Whether your story is barely breathing or alive and ready to run, head on over to our Forms page to pitch and/or pledge for your chance to win some awesome #prizes! sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... Then come back tomorrow for a special #KidlitZombieWeek bonus day! #WriterSky #KidLit #KidLitArt

Manuscript giving you the cold stare? The dead eye? The stink eye? Time for a revision breakthrough that will makes those eyes pop, jaws drop, and hearts stop. Just three more days to share and tag all your #KidLit #WritingCommunity friends to join the #KidLitZombieWeek fun. #WriterSky #KidLitArt

Mindlessly scrolling for revision inspiration? Stop the brain rot with #KidlitZombieWeek. A full week of blog posts, discussions, and #prizes dead-icated to pulling the heart and soul of that old story. #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 91644: if your plot is getting too complicated, try asking these questions: Whose story is this? What do they need? What’s stopping them from achieving it? If you’re not sure if the answers, your plot structure may need looking at…

The Quindrie Comic Fund is open for submissions until 31st July 5pm! UK-based comic creators can apply for up to £1000 to put towards a comic project or goal. Read more details on eligibilty and how to apply here: quindriepress.com/fund 🐉

The UK publishing industry is in danger of “losing readers as they grow up”, especially boys, as it is not catering sufficiently to the post-middle-grade audience 👇 #BookSky

Bologna Children's Book Fair: Trade will lose readers if YA gap not addressed, attendees warn

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Other work by the Ladybird artists. ‘April’ 1958 The neighbours’ garden Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Hello all! I’m Joshua Seigal - professional poet and performer. I am delighted to offer my website as a FREE resource, where you will find lots of poems and fun stuff. Do take a look: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk sending big love to all #FFBWeds #FFBWednesday

Joshua Seigal | Official Website

Website of award-winning poet, author, performer and educator Joshua Seigal. Contains free poetry, and lots of information.

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I found yellow the hardest today! #Connections Puzzle #1038 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Have you had your say? Our vote closes TODAY, and it's your last chance to get your hands on our prizes! Choose your favourite Irish books from the last 20 years: form.typeform.com/to/cSuK4oPu #20YearsOfIBA

BOOK GIVEAWAY! Win one of two free signed copies of Cal McCarthy's Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution - just like, repost or comment here on Bluesky ( anything at all really- I'm not picky) AND follow us. No purchase necessary, will ship to Ireland, UK and EU. #booksky #speirgorm