Andrea Reece
@reeceandrea.bsky.social
Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.
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ICYMI in our latest issue: this year’s stand out new books, recommended by a panel of experts including Books for Keeps reviewers and writers. #KidLitUK
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December 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
ICYMI in our latest issue: this year’s stand out new books, recommended by a panel of experts including Books for Keeps reviewers and writers. #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/book...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/book...
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Was having coffee with my brilliant friend Joy Whitby today who revealed that in 1965 she won a SEFTA (TV BAFTA) for creating Playschool, alongside wins for Peter Watkins for Culloden, who became a friend,& Peter Cook& Dudley Moore. And they all had a fab night. The End www.bafta.org/awards/telev...
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Was having coffee with my brilliant friend Joy Whitby today who revealed that in 1965 she won a SEFTA (TV BAFTA) for creating Playschool, alongside wins for Peter Watkins for Culloden, who became a friend,& Peter Cook& Dudley Moore. And they all had a fab night. The End www.bafta.org/awards/telev...
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
Once again, the #BfK elves have been sorting through Christmas deliveries on behalf of our readers to pick out the year’s best books for stockings.Don't go shopping without our #Christmasgifts guide🎄 🎁
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December 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Once again, the #BfK elves have been sorting through Christmas deliveries on behalf of our readers to pick out the year’s best books for stockings.Don't go shopping without our #Christmasgifts guide🎄 🎁
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/the-...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/the-...
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Once again, the #BfK elves have been sorting through Christmas deliveries on behalf of our readers to pick out the year’s best books for stockings.Don't go shopping without our #Christmasgifts guide🎄 🎁
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/the-...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/the-...
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Day 12 of the #NewIllustrationOfTheDay #AdventCalendar. Characters whose name begins with L. A family name for all the characters in the first picture and the child in the second. Your task: name the ILLUSTRATORS.
Answers to the whole quiz will be posted on the afternoon of December 24th.
Answers to the whole quiz will be posted on the afternoon of December 24th.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Day 12 of the #NewIllustrationOfTheDay #AdventCalendar. Characters whose name begins with L. A family name for all the characters in the first picture and the child in the second. Your task: name the ILLUSTRATORS.
Answers to the whole quiz will be posted on the afternoon of December 24th.
Answers to the whole quiz will be posted on the afternoon of December 24th.
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"I’m not very good at writing to trends…I can only write about thing I care about."
NEW #BfK interview: Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social talks to Patrice Lawrence about PEOPLE LIKE STARS
shortlisted #NeroBookAwards @scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
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NEW #BfK interview: Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social talks to Patrice Lawrence about PEOPLE LIKE STARS
shortlisted #NeroBookAwards @scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/peop...
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
"I’m not very good at writing to trends…I can only write about thing I care about."
NEW #BfK interview: Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social talks to Patrice Lawrence about PEOPLE LIKE STARS
shortlisted #NeroBookAwards @scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/peop...
NEW #BfK interview: Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social talks to Patrice Lawrence about PEOPLE LIKE STARS
shortlisted #NeroBookAwards @scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/peop...
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Day 8 of the #NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar quiz.
Two well-known children's book characters beginning with H.
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun.
Two well-known children's book characters beginning with H.
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun.
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Day 8 of the #NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar quiz.
Two well-known children's book characters beginning with H.
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun.
Two well-known children's book characters beginning with H.
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun.
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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social has announced the longlist for its 2026 Awards, recognising outstanding inclusive books for young readers, published in the UK. #KidLitUK
Check them out and add them to your shopping list! 🎁🎄
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Check them out and add them to your shopping list! 🎁🎄
booksforkeeps.co.uk/inclusive-bo...
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social has announced the longlist for its 2026 Awards, recognising outstanding inclusive books for young readers, published in the UK. #KidLitUK
Check them out and add them to your shopping list! 🎁🎄
booksforkeeps.co.uk/inclusive-bo...
Check them out and add them to your shopping list! 🎁🎄
booksforkeeps.co.uk/inclusive-bo...
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The #PoetryByHeart festive elves have been busy packing up our competition packs to send out to schools. That's over 2,000 packs bursting with resources! If you haven't registered for our 2026 competition, there's still time ❤️
Head over to our website for more - poetrybyheart.org.uk/register
Head over to our website for more - poetrybyheart.org.uk/register
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The #PoetryByHeart festive elves have been busy packing up our competition packs to send out to schools. That's over 2,000 packs bursting with resources! If you haven't registered for our 2026 competition, there's still time ❤️
Head over to our website for more - poetrybyheart.org.uk/register
Head over to our website for more - poetrybyheart.org.uk/register
What an amazing #poetry performance! 👏👏👏
New treats on the #PoetryByHeart Festive Showcase! Our seasonal poem of the day is Edwin Morgan's playful 'The Computer's First Christmas Card' 🎄 This is a fabulous but challenging poem to perform - give it a go and enjoy this exuberant performance!
More here: poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-co...
More here: poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-co...
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
What an amazing #poetry performance! 👏👏👏
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Day 6
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with F (the second is the child not the dog, though their names are a pair).
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS, who have similar surnames.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with F (the second is the child not the dog, though their names are a pair).
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS, who have similar surnames.
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Day 6
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with F (the second is the child not the dog, though their names are a pair).
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS, who have similar surnames.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with F (the second is the child not the dog, though their names are a pair).
Your task: name today's two ILLUSTRATORS, who have similar surnames.
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A winter story with a difference, this story of change and growth will be enjoyed by readers whatever their own family backgrounds, and it will encourage little green fingers too. Our new Book of the Week
@greystonebooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK #BookSky
booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/brown...
@greystonebooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK #BookSky
booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/brown...
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A winter story with a difference, this story of change and growth will be enjoyed by readers whatever their own family backgrounds, and it will encourage little green fingers too. Our new Book of the Week
@greystonebooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK #BookSky
booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/brown...
@greystonebooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK #BookSky
booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/brown...
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'Funny books bring joy. Simple as that.' @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social ky.social
The winners of the Lollies 2025 have been announced - officially the funniest books for kids #KidLitUK @scholasticuk.bsky.social cuk.bsky.social 🎉
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The winners of the Lollies 2025 have been announced - officially the funniest books for kids #KidLitUK @scholasticuk.bsky.social cuk.bsky.social 🎉
booksforkeeps.co.uk/stephen-mang...
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
'Funny books bring joy. Simple as that.' @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social ky.social
The winners of the Lollies 2025 have been announced - officially the funniest books for kids #KidLitUK @scholasticuk.bsky.social cuk.bsky.social 🎉
booksforkeeps.co.uk/stephen-mang...
The winners of the Lollies 2025 have been announced - officially the funniest books for kids #KidLitUK @scholasticuk.bsky.social cuk.bsky.social 🎉
booksforkeeps.co.uk/stephen-mang...
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Day 4
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Day 4
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two children's book characters beginning with D. Both loved, though one of them is inanimate.
Your task today: name the two connected ILLUSTRATORS.
Enjoy the pictures.
'I like working in black and white, it gets straight to the point. The light reveals, the darkness conceals, and by working from effectively a black canvas, I could slowly illuminate the important elements and hide the rest.'
If you're interested in #illustration this is a must-read.
If you're interested in #illustration this is a must-read.
We feel inspired to share Jim Kay's Windows into Illustration feature #BfK 195 in which he describes the process of illustrating A MONSTER CALLS #illustration #kidlit @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
'I like working in black and white, it gets straight to the point. The light reveals, the darkness conceals, and by working from effectively a black canvas, I could slowly illuminate the important elements and hide the rest.'
If you're interested in #illustration this is a must-read.
If you're interested in #illustration this is a must-read.
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We feel inspired to share Jim Kay's Windows into Illustration feature #BfK 195 in which he describes the process of illustrating A MONSTER CALLS #illustration #kidlit @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We feel inspired to share Jim Kay's Windows into Illustration feature #BfK 195 in which he describes the process of illustrating A MONSTER CALLS #illustration #kidlit @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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Honoured to receive a proof copy of PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK, book 1 in @patricknessbooks.bsky.social new trilogy, which returns to the CHAOS WALKING universe (Yes!). Coming April 26 @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social. Glorious too that Jim Kay, co-creator A MONSTER CALLS, illus the endpapers. #KidLitUK
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Honoured to receive a proof copy of PIPER AT THE GATES OF DUSK, book 1 in @patricknessbooks.bsky.social new trilogy, which returns to the CHAOS WALKING universe (Yes!). Coming April 26 @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social. Glorious too that Jim Kay, co-creator A MONSTER CALLS, illus the endpapers. #KidLitUK
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We've updated the Salt website – new layouts for the author directory, updated pages for careers, design and typography, events, book and magazine submissions, pretty much the entire site revised in some degree.
www.saltpublishing.com
#SaltPublishing
#HouseMagazine
#LitCommunity
www.saltpublishing.com
#SaltPublishing
#HouseMagazine
#LitCommunity
Beautiful Books You Won’t Forget | Salt Publishing
Welcome to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishing houses. Since our founding in 1999, we have published some of the world’s foremost writers.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We've updated the Salt website – new layouts for the author directory, updated pages for careers, design and typography, events, book and magazine submissions, pretty much the entire site revised in some degree.
www.saltpublishing.com
#SaltPublishing
#HouseMagazine
#LitCommunity
www.saltpublishing.com
#SaltPublishing
#HouseMagazine
#LitCommunity
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'This production makes the most of a novel that revelled in the business of performance. It celebrates its own art & artifice, & [...] invites the audience to revel in it too.'
Ballet Shoes back at @nationaltheatre.org.uk BfK review by @nicolettejones.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ball...
Ballet Shoes back at @nationaltheatre.org.uk BfK review by @nicolettejones.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ball...
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
'This production makes the most of a novel that revelled in the business of performance. It celebrates its own art & artifice, & [...] invites the audience to revel in it too.'
Ballet Shoes back at @nationaltheatre.org.uk BfK review by @nicolettejones.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ball...
Ballet Shoes back at @nationaltheatre.org.uk BfK review by @nicolettejones.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ball...
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Day 2
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Day 2
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay #adventcalendar.
Two iconic children's book characters beginning with B.
Your task: name the two ILLUSTRATORS.
Have fun, and enjoy the pictures.
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‘A stunning piece of historical fiction which combines meticulous research with a beautifully imagined plot.’
First in our series of interviews with the authors shortlisted for #NeroBookAwards, Joanne Owen talks to Jenny Pearson about SHRAPNEL BOYS #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/hear...
First in our series of interviews with the authors shortlisted for #NeroBookAwards, Joanne Owen talks to Jenny Pearson about SHRAPNEL BOYS #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/hear...
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
‘A stunning piece of historical fiction which combines meticulous research with a beautifully imagined plot.’
First in our series of interviews with the authors shortlisted for #NeroBookAwards, Joanne Owen talks to Jenny Pearson about SHRAPNEL BOYS #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/hear...
First in our series of interviews with the authors shortlisted for #NeroBookAwards, Joanne Owen talks to Jenny Pearson about SHRAPNEL BOYS #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/hear...
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"Wonder is the first of all passions" Descartes
For #NationalIllustrationDay25 and #nonfictionNovember, Kate Winter writes about connecting readers with the past in her picture books incl THE CAVE EXPLORER @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/tell...
For #NationalIllustrationDay25 and #nonfictionNovember, Kate Winter writes about connecting readers with the past in her picture books incl THE CAVE EXPLORER @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/tell...
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Wonder is the first of all passions" Descartes
For #NationalIllustrationDay25 and #nonfictionNovember, Kate Winter writes about connecting readers with the past in her picture books incl THE CAVE EXPLORER @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/tell...
For #NationalIllustrationDay25 and #nonfictionNovember, Kate Winter writes about connecting readers with the past in her picture books incl THE CAVE EXPLORER @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/tell...
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I'm excited to be a Reading Champion for the @BooksForTopics #BookFriday campaign on Nov 28th!
Forget Black Friday - we're celebrating Book Friday! This campaign is all about celebrating the best book finds in our schools and libraries.
Forget Black Friday - we're celebrating Book Friday! This campaign is all about celebrating the best book finds in our schools and libraries.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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‘Beautifully transformative books’ recognised in the School Library Association’s annual celebration of information books. Congratulations to the winners and to all the young people who voted 👏 💐 @sla.org.uk
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
‘Beautifully transformative books’ recognised in the School Library Association’s annual celebration of information books. Congratulations to the winners and to all the young people who voted 👏 💐 @sla.org.uk
booksforkeeps.co.uk/school-libra...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/school-libra...