Thank you @scholasticuk.bsky.social for the utterly enchanting Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories by @wydobson.bsky.social. With gorgeous b&w illustrations by Sawa, it's an emotional story about dementia and memory, explored through Japanese mythology. What a debut! #ChildrensBooks #BookSky

Thank you so much for this interview and beautiful layout! 🙏❤️

PaperBound Magazine@paperboundmag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉 NEW BLOG POST 🎉 We interviewed author @wydobson.bsky.social about his beautiful, action-packed and heartfelt debut #Kamizen #FortressOfLostMemories. Read it now: paperboundmag.com/2026/05/20/i... @scholasticuk.bsky.social

🎉 NEW BLOG POST 🎉 We interviewed author @wydobson.bsky.social about his beautiful, action-packed and heartfelt debut #Kamizen #FortressOfLostMemories. Read it now: paperboundmag.com/2026/05/20/i... @scholasticuk.bsky.social

📚🏯🎁BOOK GIVEAWAY🎁🏯📚 Enter a secret wonderland in the sky where Japanese legends come to life! To celebrate the publication of Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories by @wydobson.bsky.social we have a signed copy to give away. UK only, draw closes 30 April👇 bathnovelaward.co.uk/book-giveawa...

Book Giveaway: Win Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories

To celebrate the publication of Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories by shortlistee William Yamaguchi Dobson, we have a signed copy to give away by prize draw.

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🏯Happy UK Paperback Publication Day to BCNA shortlistee William Yamaguchi Dobson! Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories (Scholastic) is an enchanting fantasy adventure for 9-12s and William shares the moving story behind his debut, plus his path to publication at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/debut-author...

Congratulations Will Dobson @wydobson.bsky.social whose MG novel Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories is published today! Described as Ghibli-esque, it follows Jonty's adventures in a magical Japanese land in the sky collecting memories #ukkidlit #kidlituk www.waterstones.com/book/kamizen...

⭐️COVER REVEAL⭐️ for our graphic novel Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares! @scholasticuk.bsky. We’ve been working on it since 2023. It’s been quite a journey. The idea was one of those lightning bolt moments. Think Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Labyrinth & Wednesday #comics #KidLitUK

I hope many children (and adults!) will enjoy reading The Village Beyond The Mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba, enthrallingly translated by Avery Udagawa - so wonderful it's been selected for this scheme. Can't wait for the next book to be published in English. Maybe something involving 🧙‍♀️🐉??

Avery Udagawa@averyudagawa.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Sachiko Kashiwaba joined me for this video about THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST on Libby & Sora Reads. Look for Kashiwaba-san 40 seconds in! ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JuG...

Chelsea buns in Obuse, Nagano, remain the stuff of #kidlit! William Yamaguchi Dobson "was able to slip the slenderest of references to the Iwasaki bakery in my debut middle-grade novel. It's called The Fortress of Lost Memories . . ." 1/3

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · last yr.

ICYMI: Scholastic UK has signed Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories, a middle-grade fantasy with a focus on Japanese folklore by debut author William Yamaguchi Dobson, accompanied by “breathtaking” art by Japanese artist Sawa 👇 #BookSky

". . . [and is already] an Audible Original, with a full cast (starring many Japanese actors) out now in English-speaking territories. It will be published in April next year by Scholastic with the title KAMIZEN: Fortress of Lost Memories." 2/3 www.audible.com/pd/The-Fortr...

The Fortress of Lost Memories

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. When his grandfather begins to lose his memories to dementia, twelve-year-old Jonty is offered the chance to explore a magical realm where forgotten memorie...

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@wydobson.bsky.social lived in Tokyo until age 11 and spent summers near Obuse, where he sometimes rode in Iwasaki-san's station wagon. The Iwasakis also feature in the #picturebook The Nurse and the Baker by Mika Ichii, translated by Hart Larrabee. Legends! 3/3 ihatov.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/c...

Chelsea Buns in Nagano for #WorldKidLit Month

By Avery Fischer Udagawa, Bangkok September is #WorldKidLit Month, a time to notice if global stories are reaching kids in the form of translations. My children enjoyed one such story, and met the …

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ICYMI: Scholastic UK has signed Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories, a middle-grade fantasy with a focus on Japanese folklore by debut author William Yamaguchi Dobson, accompanied by “breathtaking” art by Japanese artist Sawa 👇 #BookSky

Scholastic scoops Dobson’s ‘Ghibli-esque’ middle-grade fantasy debut

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Congratulations to you both in finding each other! Excellent interview too.

The Bath Novel Awards@bathnovelaward.co.uk · 2y ago

Interview: Children's Novel Award winner Craig Pearson Fender on accepting representation with Enrichetta Frezzato at Curtis Brown and the 'huge, cathartic moment' of the win after writing for twenty years. bathnovelaward.co.uk/interview-cr...

Spectacular achievement, Craig! Hope good things come from this win, and to the others on the short and longlists. For now, enjoy the moment. 🥂

The Bath Novel Awards@bathnovelaward.co.uk · 2y ago

💛We are thrilled to announce the Bath Children’s Novel Award 2024 goes to CRAIG PEARSON FENDER for PANJANDRUM. Read the full #BCNA24 announcement including opening extracts of the shortlisted books and our esteemed judge’s comments at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-chi...

Congratulations!!

The Bath Novel Awards@bathnovelaward.co.uk · 2y ago

🎊Huge congratulations to this year’s shortlistees #BCNA24 SHARON BOYLE for NINE ROOMS CRAIG PEARSON FENDER for PANJANDRUM R A HUDSON for SPOOKY THE SPRITE AND THE GREAT HULLABALLOO MIRANDA NUGENT for CELERY’S GIANT #BCNA24

First book post of the year. And what a stunner!

Astonished to find I'm the first reviewer on Waterstones. Go, readers, add a review, this book deserves the signal boost. @questingvole.bsky.social

Sam Leith@questingvole.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's getting towards that time of year, and if I say so myself my book -- "a treasure-chest" (Times); "a joyous foray into the magic of children's fiction" (FT); "wonderful" (Guardian) -- makes a good Christmas present.... amzn.eu/d/hoGBnhK

The moment for snippets! I remember seeing a golden yes for my entry and being in total joyous disbelief. I hope the feeling has been reciprocated for those who are in a similar position with these teasers. It was a pleasure reading your submissions, well done to everyone who entered. 👏

The Bath Novel Awards@bathnovelaward.co.uk · 2y ago

🐈‍⬛Good luck to all #BCNA2024 entrants for tomorrow's longlist, which will be notified by email by 19:00 GMT.

Sounds like another cracking case, congratulations Lis.

Lis Jardine@lisjardine.bsky.social · 2y ago

CALLING ALL MURDER MYSTERY FANS! Grab the final story in the Detention Detectives series on 30th January! bit.ly/3P8j9yB Cover art by @glennthomas.bsky.social!!

🔥😎OUR CHAOS & CALM ISSUE IS OUT NOW😎🔥 Packed full of new author interviews, #illustrations, #BookRecommendations, #WritingTips and more, we're delighted to share this brand new issue - FREE - with our readers here👇 paperboundmag.com/issues

It's the final week for children's submissions and our Junior Judges are raring to read! With a whopping £5,000 for the winning manuscript and literary agent Enrichetta Frezzato judging, don't miss Saturday's deadline! #booksky #kidlit

💫Emerging children's writers, if you're thinking of stepping up for the Bath Children's Novel Award 2024, don't miss the deadline! With £5,000 for the winner, and literary agent Enrichetta Frezzato judging, enter by Nov 30th for your chance to shine #booksky bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...