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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 16d

Things I'd like the judges to look for: books that break the mould and do surprising things with form, books that challenge expectations and kick against the pricks generally, books that bring kids pure joy and excitement. Books kids act out in games. Books kids create fanart and fanfic of.

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 16d

My good news has just come in! LOOK AT THIS! So pleased to see this! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award

Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

www.theguardian.com

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 27d

I have trans women friends who’ve been living authentically for decades - how are they going to start using the gents?
I have a tall cis female friend who’s now scared to use ladies loos because she’s been harassed several times.
This code is both cruel and unworkable.
Please write to your MP.

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 27d

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a flashing red siren. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban This is an emergency. Tell your MP to say no to segregation. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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Children in Read @childreninread.bsky.social · Oct 10

We counted at least a dozen times Sarah
@sarahharrison.bsky.social was in and out of that chair!
The least you can do is visit her lot on the auction site.
👇
jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
All proceeds are in aid of BBC Children in Need

HAPPY BIDDING!

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Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social · Jul 22

I caught up with @sarahharrison.bsky.social for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Words&Pics about #schoolofdoom! She had a long road to publication until winning the Times/Chicken House prize. Her advice is spot on to new writers: "be authentic...be witty, silly, strange, clever, just be you"!

DEBUT JOURNEYS Sarah Harrison

Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

www.wordsandpics.org

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Sabrina @sabrinaaccalai.bsky.social · Jun 24

Mix & Match 17 - another mix of mini review appetisers with a Bella Donna Daiquiri 📚🍸

#Booktails #TheLastLifeOfLoriMills #SchoolOfDoom
#ToshsIsland #EttieAndTheMidnightPool
#WendingtonJonesAndTheLostLegacy #blog #review #cocktail

Booktails

Mix & Match 17 This cocktail sounded delicious and I had a craving for amaretto so it was obviously meant to be. To make a Bella Donna Daiqu...

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · May 28

This is a one-night event but is viewable on a livestream (or for two weeks after the performance) and is a fundraiser for a UK trans charity.

D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · May 28

The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...

Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night

Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"

www.attitude.co.uk

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Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social · Mar 19

School of Doom by Sarah Harrison myshelvesarefull.com/2025/03/17/s...

School of Doom by Sarah Harrison

This is a debut novel from Sarah Harrison, she won the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition in 2022 and here we are on the blog tour! Congratulations Sarah! Eddie eats everything from…

myshelvesarefull.com

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chickenhousebooks.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social · Mar 21

The WINNER of the Times / Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2022 is OUT NOW.

Grab your copy of this hilarious, monster-filled mayhem today!

SCHOOL OF DOOM by Sarah Harrison

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Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk · Apr 21

Still a few days left to win a copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton - details below! 👇

Tiernan Douieb @tiernandouieb.bsky.social · Apr 21

Recently the excellent @garypanton.co.uk was the guest on @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social Radio Nonsense podcast & kindly agreed to give away 5 signed copies of his v.funny kids book ‘The Notwitches’ in a comp. There’s a few days left if your kids would like to listen & send in an entry pod.fo/e/2be60a

Comedy Club 4 Kids Presents: Radio Nonsense: Can animals that have scales catch fleas? With Gary Panton

Author Gary Panton joins Tiernan this week to talk about his new and brilliantly funny book The Notwitches, but also skunk crossings and he helps to answer Mya's question too. Get a copy of The Not...

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · Apr 3

META has used pirated versions of my books and those of pretty much every author I know to train its artificial intelligence software. We need the government to step in and ensure that META will #DoTheWriteThing

If you want to help, there’s a petition you can sign… www.change.org/p/protect-au...?

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Apr 1

On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇

societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

SoA day of action following allegations of Meta’s mass theft of authors’ work – The Society of Authors

On Thursday 20 March, The Atlantic broke the story of how Meta has used the Library Genesis (LIbGen) dataset, which is full of pirated material, to develop their AI systems.

societyofauthors.org

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · Mar 31

Reading is a radical act. Every time a child picks up a book, new possibilities open up that were not there before. And it has the biggest positive impact of all factors on children's life chances! Every time you help a kid to read for pleasure, you will change their lives FOREVER. #literacy #books

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Sharon Hattersley @shattersley.bsky.social · Mar 30

We have about 270 bookmarks now for the 2025 #BookmarkProject our total last year was over 600. I have really struggled to find our doodlers on social media this year. If you are an artidt, author, illustrator or celebrity please will you create a bookmark & help us to build a library? Please Share

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Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk · Mar 30

I have one spare copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton, and I'd like to give it away to one of my followers on here. If you want it, just like this post by the end of 6th April and I'll randomly choose someone to send it to (UK-based only I'm afraid). Any reposts appreciated too. 🧙‍♀️🧡

A copy of The Notwitches, written by me and illustrated by Dotty Sutton.

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WRDaboutbooks @wrdmag.bsky.social · Mar 22

Spring has sprung & so has the LATEST WRDMag.
That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE!
Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊
It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · Mar 27

Authors, if you'd like to receive a monthly newsletter with the latest links, podcasts and posts about book marketing, writing craft and industry news (that impacts authors) then I'd love you to sign up to my free newsletter #booksky theempoweredauthor.com/free-newslet...

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Sign up to the free Empowered Author newsletter for book marketing, publicity and creative tips, insights and advice.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · Mar 27

The Polari Prize is open for submissions

One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers.

Check it out and please share.

Queer fiction!

www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...

Submissions Now Open! - Polari

submissions now OPEN How To Submit:For further information about submissions, please email [email protected] including the title of the book and the name of the prize you wish to enter in the subj...

www.polarisalon.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Mar 25

The pressure to publish more and faster was one of the most frustrating things about working in publishing. If I could say ONE thing to the publishing industry about how to make things better, it would be this: do not publish anything you are not going to support well with marketing.

Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · Mar 21

I think a simple solution to making the publishing industry better, in lots of ways, would be for the big publishers to just publish fewer books and give more care and attention to the ones they do publish. It’s probably why authors with small publishers often feel better treated (not always).

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · Mar 22

We're having to move distributors by the end of March.

Don't ask, but corporates being corporate.

It is going to cost a bit and a half.

If you are able to help cushion the blow.

You can buy some excellent books here:

www.bluemoosebooks.com

Thank you.

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Kirsten Allen (@kidsstoryworld) @kidsstoryworld.bsky.social · Mar 21

“Eddie can eat a wheelie bin as easily as a cheeseburger –
a talent that gets her sent to the School of Doom with its motto,
Be the Worst….”

It’s funny, adventurous and monster-filled! School of Doom is perfect for 9+. Highly recommend!

@sarahharrison.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

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Sarah Harrison @sarahharrison.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thank you so much! 📚♥️

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · Mar 19

School of Doom by Sarah Harrison

Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio

@sarahharrison.bsky.social
@isabellefollath.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#schoolofdoom#stevewells

Picture shows the front cover of the book with four children, a dog and a spooky castle.

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Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk · Mar 13

#TheNotwitches has been out for A WHOLE MONTH and I want to say a big mooshy thank you to everyone who has read it and said nice things about it. It's honestly meant the blimmin' world to me. If you've enjoyed it please do remember to leave a review on Amazon/Goodreads/wherever. It really helps! 🧙‍♀️

Me, reading The Notwitches while dressed as a massive witch. Yeah that's right drink it in.

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Sarah Harrison @sarahharrison.bsky.social · Mar 13

IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · Mar 6

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @attielime.bsky.social, on the publication of her first (there will be more, trust me) shiny poetry collection! My copy arrived yesterday, ready for reading when I find that wonderful ‘window of opportunity’. 🎉

Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · Mar 6

It's Publication Day for Blue Jelly and Strawberries! 🎉 This is my t-shirt of choice for today's school visit 🍓🎈
Thank you @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social for believing in me and my poems, and everyone here who has supported me in any way (far too many wonderful folk to tag!). Yippee! 💙🍓💛 #WorldBookDay

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