Catherine Bruton
@catherinebruton.bsky.social
Award winning children's author. 'No Ballet Shoes in Syria' 'Bird Boy'. Also writing as Cate Shearwater! Teacher too! Rep'd by Rupert Crew
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Just arrived in Blue-sky, escapee from the Other Place! Any bookish peeps out there?
Ooh - Loki fans check out this exciting news!!!!
Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit
Pre-Order Signed & Dedicated: Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos
Publishes 4th September 2025 - This purchase can be signed and dedicated to a child of your choice. PLEASE NOTE: Louie is coming to The Paper Cat to sign and dedicate your orders after publication - ...
www.papercatbookshop.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Ooh - Loki fans check out this exciting news!!!!
Loved reading 'The Doughnut club' by @krahim.bsky.social Heartfelt and heartwarming tale of donor conception, family love and finding out who you really are! Just lovely! @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Loved reading 'The Doughnut club' by @krahim.bsky.social Heartfelt and heartwarming tale of donor conception, family love and finding out who you really are! Just lovely! @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social
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Thanks so much, Catherine. A really lovely review of RUNNING MY OWN RACE🙏🏽
July 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thanks so much, Catherine. A really lovely review of RUNNING MY OWN RACE🙏🏽
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Four crows hanging out at our Raven outpost in Bath. Fab to meet you @alastairc.com and to catch up with both @alexcotter.bsky.social and @catherinebruton.bsky.social who considering we live in the same valley I never actually see!
@nosycrow.bsky.social
@nosycrow.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Four crows hanging out at our Raven outpost in Bath. Fab to meet you @alastairc.com and to catch up with both @alexcotter.bsky.social and @catherinebruton.bsky.social who considering we live in the same valley I never actually see!
@nosycrow.bsky.social
@nosycrow.bsky.social
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Huge congrats to @catherinebruton.bsky.social #birdboy
Catherine Bruton wins School Library Book Award
Catherine Bruton's 'Bird Boy' wins at the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership Book Awards, chosen by student panels for its moving story.
www.mnrjournal.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Huge congrats to @catherinebruton.bsky.social #birdboy
@eyesab2.bsky.social Today's read is the gorgeous 'Running My Own Race' by I totally fell in love with the narrator! Such a beautiful, heartwarming story which tackles big issues and celebrates family, friendship and following your dreams! @NosyCrow @zoegriffiths12
July 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
@eyesab2.bsky.social Today's read is the gorgeous 'Running My Own Race' by I totally fell in love with the narrator! Such a beautiful, heartwarming story which tackles big issues and celebrates family, friendship and following your dreams! @NosyCrow @zoegriffiths12
I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy Bird Boy or No Ballet Shoes in Syria during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bird-b… @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy Bird Boy or No Ballet Shoes in Syria during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bird-b… @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social
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Thank you for reading AARTI and so happy you enjoyed it!
Can we normalise grown-ups reading #KidLit? Beyond books about wizards, I rarely see folks reading kids books - I think we're missing out!
Take this hauntingly beautiful, gripping-enough-to-miss-your-tube-stop novel by @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social... Adults, read more kids books!
Take this hauntingly beautiful, gripping-enough-to-miss-your-tube-stop novel by @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social... Adults, read more kids books!
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank you for reading AARTI and so happy you enjoyed it!
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@robbiddulph.bsky.social and I inside the gates at Buckingham Palace today just before making our way to celebrate the incredible young winners of the Queen’s Essay Competition 2024! Truly blown away by the entries!
November 21, 2024 at 8:26 PM
@robbiddulph.bsky.social and I inside the gates at Buckingham Palace today just before making our way to celebrate the incredible young winners of the Queen’s Essay Competition 2024! Truly blown away by the entries!
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Fabulous shout-out for @catherinebruton.bsky.social on Today by @joannanadin.bsky.social being AWESOME, articulate, persuasive and fair about how ghosts should and can get acknowledgment for writing for celebrities. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
December 14, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Fabulous shout-out for @catherinebruton.bsky.social on Today by @joannanadin.bsky.social being AWESOME, articulate, persuasive and fair about how ghosts should and can get acknowledgment for writing for celebrities. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
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We're delighted to be interviewing the four authors shortlisted for the children's category of the Nero Book Awards. Up now, @catherinebruton.bsky.social talks to @joyisreading.bsky.social about her moving & powerful story, BIRD BOY 🌟#KidLit @nosycrow.bsky.social
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December 16, 2024 at 12:12 PM
We're delighted to be interviewing the four authors shortlisted for the children's category of the Nero Book Awards. Up now, @catherinebruton.bsky.social talks to @joyisreading.bsky.social about her moving & powerful story, BIRD BOY 🌟#KidLit @nosycrow.bsky.social
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Bird Boy @catherinebruton.bsky.social @oriolvidal.bsky.social
@nosycrow.bsky.social
Fallout @lesleyparr.bsky.social
@daviddean-illus.bsky.social
@kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
I Am Wolf @alastairc.com
Shadowhall Academy @hickesy.bsky.social @keithrobinson.bsky.social #Usborne
@nosycrow.bsky.social
Fallout @lesleyparr.bsky.social
@daviddean-illus.bsky.social
@kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
I Am Wolf @alastairc.com
Shadowhall Academy @hickesy.bsky.social @keithrobinson.bsky.social #Usborne
December 31, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Happy new year! In 2024, I read 232 books (lots of them very short). These were my favourite children's and YA books, all of which will be enjoyed by adults as well as younger readers.
@catherinebruton.bsky.social @clarefurniss.bsky.social @jprosewriter.bsky.social @sarahcrossan.bsky.social
@catherinebruton.bsky.social @clarefurniss.bsky.social @jprosewriter.bsky.social @sarahcrossan.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Happy new year! In 2024, I read 232 books (lots of them very short). These were my favourite children's and YA books, all of which will be enjoyed by adults as well as younger readers.
@catherinebruton.bsky.social @clarefurniss.bsky.social @jprosewriter.bsky.social @sarahcrossan.bsky.social
@catherinebruton.bsky.social @clarefurniss.bsky.social @jprosewriter.bsky.social @sarahcrossan.bsky.social
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We're interviewing all the authors shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children's Prize. First up, Patrick Ness talks about his daring and unpredictable comic fantasy CHRONICLES OF A LIZARD NOBODY 🦎#KidLit @patricknessbooks.bsky.social
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December 12, 2024 at 8:44 AM
We're interviewing all the authors shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children's Prize. First up, Patrick Ness talks about his daring and unpredictable comic fantasy CHRONICLES OF A LIZARD NOBODY 🦎#KidLit @patricknessbooks.bsky.social
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I came across this bookish fundraiser on insta - can you chuck in a few quid? It will be matched as part of something called the Big Give. The project funds volunteer readers with families (so, a complement to Beanstalk at school)! #KidLitUK donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Doorstep Library Shared Reading Project
Literacy creates transformational opportunities. It empowers young people to create the future they deserve by developing the skills they need …
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December 5, 2024 at 8:05 AM
I came across this bookish fundraiser on insta - can you chuck in a few quid? It will be matched as part of something called the Big Give. The project funds volunteer readers with families (so, a complement to Beanstalk at school)! #KidLitUK donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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The wonderful author - and person I like very much - @celiarees.bsky.social has joined BlueSky. Give her a follow.
December 4, 2024 at 10:11 PM
The wonderful author - and person I like very much - @celiarees.bsky.social has joined BlueSky. Give her a follow.
Ooh great giveaway here from the Queen of cozy crime! @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social
I'm going to try a Bluesky giveaway.
Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds.
One winner, UK only.
To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit
Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds.
One winner, UK only.
To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit
December 5, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Ooh great giveaway here from the Queen of cozy crime! @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social
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shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children’s Fiction
'Bird Boy' by @catherinebruton.bsky.social
A story of migration, conservation, healing and hope as a grieving boy forms an unbreakable bond with an injured bird (@nosycrow.bsky.social)
📖 book sample
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'Bird Boy' by @catherinebruton.bsky.social
A story of migration, conservation, healing and hope as a grieving boy forms an unbreakable bond with an injured bird (@nosycrow.bsky.social)
📖 book sample
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Sample of "Bird Boy" by Catherine Bruton
Peek inside this book and discover another great read.
www.jellybooks.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:35 AM
shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Children’s Fiction
'Bird Boy' by @catherinebruton.bsky.social
A story of migration, conservation, healing and hope as a grieving boy forms an unbreakable bond with an injured bird (@nosycrow.bsky.social)
📖 book sample
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
'Bird Boy' by @catherinebruton.bsky.social
A story of migration, conservation, healing and hope as a grieving boy forms an unbreakable bond with an injured bird (@nosycrow.bsky.social)
📖 book sample
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
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I'm going to try a Bluesky giveaway.
Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds.
One winner, UK only.
To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit
Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds.
One winner, UK only.
To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit
December 4, 2024 at 7:27 PM
I'm going to try a Bluesky giveaway.
Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds.
One winner, UK only.
To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit
Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds.
One winner, UK only.
To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy.
@nosycrow.bsky.social
#Ukkidlit
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OK miss me with the bullshit that writers are ONLY on social media to sell books.
We're also humans who have pets and gardens and baked goods and pancakes that improbably come out of the pan looking like goats.
Where else are we supposed to talk about those things? Just stand outside and yell??
We're also humans who have pets and gardens and baked goods and pancakes that improbably come out of the pan looking like goats.
Where else are we supposed to talk about those things? Just stand outside and yell??
December 3, 2024 at 7:01 PM
OK miss me with the bullshit that writers are ONLY on social media to sell books.
We're also humans who have pets and gardens and baked goods and pancakes that improbably come out of the pan looking like goats.
Where else are we supposed to talk about those things? Just stand outside and yell??
We're also humans who have pets and gardens and baked goods and pancakes that improbably come out of the pan looking like goats.
Where else are we supposed to talk about those things? Just stand outside and yell??
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Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
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The 2024 Nero Book Awards shortlist has been announced! There are some fantastic titles across the four categories and great to see shop favourite Ferdia Lennon on the Debut Fiction list with his wonderful debut GLORIOUS EXPLOITS! www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
2024 Nero book awards shortlist announced to celebrate ‘extraordinary writing talent’
The second run of the UK/Irish awards covers adult and children’s fiction, debut novels and nonfiction, with tales that stretch from surreal expeditions to lost sailors and schoolboy lizards
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:45 AM
The 2024 Nero Book Awards shortlist has been announced! There are some fantastic titles across the four categories and great to see shop favourite Ferdia Lennon on the Debut Fiction list with his wonderful debut GLORIOUS EXPLOITS! www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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Congratulations to Catherine Bruton, Patrick Ness & Tim Miller, Scarlett Dunmore, and Liz Hyder & Tom De Freston, shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards and three cheers for awards that consider #childrenbooks alongside books for adults 👏 #KidLit
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December 3, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Congratulations to Catherine Bruton, Patrick Ness & Tim Miller, Scarlett Dunmore, and Liz Hyder & Tom De Freston, shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards and three cheers for awards that consider #childrenbooks alongside books for adults 👏 #KidLit
booksforkeeps.co.uk/shortlists-a...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/shortlists-a...
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The shortlists for the Nero Book Awards have been announced. There are some fantastic titles
#NeroBookAwards #Booksky
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#NeroBookAwards #Booksky
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HOME - Nero Book Awards
Celebrating outstanding writing by authors living in the UK and Ireland, these awards list the best books of the year.
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December 3, 2024 at 7:56 AM
The shortlists for the Nero Book Awards have been announced. There are some fantastic titles
#NeroBookAwards #Booksky
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#NeroBookAwards #Booksky
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A huge congratulations to the authors on the shortlist of the Nero Book Awards. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/col...
December 3, 2024 at 12:36 PM
A huge congratulations to the authors on the shortlist of the Nero Book Awards. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/col...