Best comment during election analysis goes to ‘it’s like soiling your trousers but then changing your hat.’ Pretty much sums up modern British politics very well. 👏

We all love getting great books into the hands of kids. But there’s nothing quite so wonderful as a child discovering books they love and recommending them back to us. Which books/authors have been championed by the kids in your life? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #EduSky

As a celebration of all those going above and beyond to help kids develop a love of reading, and working so hard to get great books into the hands of kids - this week’s #KidsBooksFriday theme is Teamwork. What great books about #teamwork would you recommend? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #EduSky

#KidsBooksFriday

Miss Eleni@miscelleni.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Two picture books and two middle grade books on kindness 😊

School librarians! I would like to buy you a copy of this. First to reply gets it :) Pls RT as I don't know how many school librarians follow me.

Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈@bernietranders.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Pre-orders are super helpful so if you haven’t got your copy yet, pls grab one from Gay’s The Word and you can request that I scribble something in it! www.gaystheword.co.uk/product-page...

The current government's pledge to put a library in every primary school by 2029 is commendable, but we need libraries in every secondary school too. If not, we risk many children, particularly those from low income families, having their reading habits broken at a critical age. #KidLitUK 👇🏼📚👇🏼📚👇🏼

ToBeBooks@tobebooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Dear #booksky and #kidlituk #authors #illustrators this is a petition started by Paul of Excelsior comic awards to make school libraries statutory in secondary schools. It needs 10k signatures. Please sign 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Dear #booksky and #kidlituk #authors #illustrators this is a petition started by Paul of Excelsior comic awards to make school libraries statutory in secondary schools. It needs 10k signatures. Please sign 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Make school libraries statutory in all secondary schools

We think all secondary schools should have a school library with a dedicated full-time librarian, and that this needs to be compulsory for all secondary schools and not simply an optional "bolt-on" de...

petition.parliament.uk

Please sign #booksky #kidlituk #authors #illustrators petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Make school libraries statutory in all secondary schools

We think all secondary schools should have a school library with a dedicated full-time librarian, and that this needs to be compulsory for all secondary schools and not simply an optional "bolt-on" de...

petition.parliament.uk

A little comic I did yesterday on insta for the National Year of Reading and Loki Christmas AKA April Fool's Day. www.instagram.com/p/DWlVgbQDS-...

I've been following this story via @indexoncensorship.org and it's good to see @thebookseller.com covering it now. www.thebookseller.com/news/schools... #UKKidLit

School's 'removal of more than 100 books' reflects 'pressure on librarians' to censor stock

The alleged removal of more than 130 titles from a secondary school library in Greater Manchester has raised concern across the trade.

thebookseller.com

Wanna feel old? It is the 20th anniversary of Mr Gum.

Jacqui Sydney 📚@jacquisydney.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hugely looking forward to laughing my way through this anniversary edition of You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum by Andy Stanton, illustrated by David Tazzyman. Out 09/04, huge thanks go to @farshorebooks.bsky.social THE TRUTH IS A LEMON MERINGUE! #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

There’s been a lot of chat about suggestions for alternative kids’ magical book series the past few days. I thought using #KidsBooksFriday might be a constructive way of having lots of suggestions in one place. What magical book series for kids would your recommend? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

We need to keep this conversation going. The article linked to below makes some very salient points about school library collections and informal censorship.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Are any other news outlets going to cover this? Still only seen one local paper do so (with an interesting angle on why this is dangerous) northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

There are some strong reasons in this thread to buy the Darkwood Trilogy. I will add "BECAUSE I AM YELLING AT YOU TO BUY IT NOW" to them. Found family in a forest!

Gabby HC@scriblit.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You should buy my books. Why? I'll tell you why. Funny adventures, innit. There's The Darkwood Trilogy, suitable for older kids, teens & adults A load of witches from various folk tales are forced to live as outcasts in the woods! They form a gang! farragobooks.com/book/darkwood/

Oxford people! Join Philip Reeve and me at Oxford Lit Fest next Saturday for Adventuremice shenanigans, drawing and more! 12 noon, Magdalen College Auditorium Ticket link in the next post 🧵

People who make comics (or other freelance art work) as their fulltime job: how do you do it? How do you make it work, esp financially? People who make comics on the side while having a fulltime day-job: how do you do it without overworking and/or burning out?

The school officials used AI! To inaccurately identify ‘inappropriate’ book content. 😶 Hello dystopia, would you like a drink? must be thirsty work attacking all our sanity across so many levels: children’s rights read and access to books, LGBTQ, employment, data…etc…etc… #booksky

Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Are any other news outlets going to cover this? Still only seen one local paper do so (with an interesting angle on why this is dangerous) northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

Are any other news outlets going to cover this? Still only seen one local paper do so (with an interesting angle on why this is dangerous) northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

Not banned – just gone: what Manchester’s missing books reveal about England’s schools

Books removed from a Manchester school raise a bigger question: who decides what children are allowed to read?

northwestbylines.co.uk

Nik Sunil Williams@nikwilliams.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My excellent colleague @katiedd.bsky.social has just published this remarkable investigation into rampant book banning in a Greater Manchester secondary school library. 193 books including The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, White Teeth and 1984 Graphic Novel www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

Good news everyone! You can now voluntarily feed your hard work into the churning maw of the machine that wants to devour your livelihood.

9to5Mac@9to5mac.com · 6mo ago

You can now teach Adobe Firefly to generate images in your own visual style

Horrifying the books on this list have been censored in a secondary school. Even more horrified that a school has taken a librarian to task for stocking mainstream books found in any decent secondary school library.

Nik Sunil Williams@nikwilliams.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My excellent colleague @katiedd.bsky.social has just published this remarkable investigation into rampant book banning in a Greater Manchester secondary school library. 193 books including The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, White Teeth and 1984 Graphic Novel www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

My excellent colleague @katiedd.bsky.social has just published this remarkable investigation into rampant book banning in a Greater Manchester secondary school library. 193 books including The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, White Teeth and 1984 Graphic Novel www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

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

indexoncensorship.org

When the world is so filled with real life rogues, funnelling our anger towards a fictional villain can be quite cathartic, especially when they get their comeuppance. Who do you reckon are the best/most memorable kids book baddies? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Anyone else baffled by this move? #booksky #kidlit #kidkituk Can’t say I’m surprised. I wish our country would wean itself off the teat of American tech. I don’t understand why authors aren’t livid.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Disappointing move by Bookshop Org. Supporting Spotify is not supporting artists. www.thebookseller.com/news/spotify...

Random mini rant. STOP SAYING YOU WANT KIDS TO LOVE BOOKS AND THEN GATEKEEPING WHAT THEY READ! OR CALLING COMICS A “GATEWAY” INTO READING THE GOOD STUFF. Reading is reading. And a love of books (of all kinds) is an amazing and empowering thing. Besides, there’s some MASTERFUL storytelling out there.

I think it's become very difficult to gauge what the correct price should be because of all the undercutting by Amazon and the large bookshops 😣 it does my head in. Audiobooks have always felt outrageously expensive to me. I think £17-20 for a hardback, £7-10 for a paperback is reasonable?

Right now, I'm on government assistance, can only afford the library. I'm hoping to be rich someday, so I can have a home library and buy books no matter how expensive they are. Maybe, someday.🤔😏📚💙🖖

I go by value. Paperbacks near meal money feel fair, hardcovers are an occasional splurge, and libraries plus sales keep the stack growing without wrecking the budget.

Anything over a tenner will trigger my "do I REALLY need this?" instincts, but anything under £8 I'll pick up on a whim.

should cost start around the £15 mark really if they'd kept up just with inflation from the point the NBA was dismantled. That may not feel like much on paperbacks that are now closer to 10/11 but it's a big deal in terms of volume.