Helen Peters
@helenpeters.bsky.social
Children’s author. Jasmine Green animal rescue series, The Secret Hen House Theatre trilogy, Evie’s Ghost, Anna at War, Friends and Traitors. www.helenpetersbooks.com
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Helen Peters
@helenpeters.bsky.social
· Sep 11
I’ll be at Guildford Book Festival this Sunday, 14th September, talking about the real-life inspirations for my WW2 novel ANNA AT WAR. And, inspired by Anna’s story, we’ll attempt to solve a previously unseen MI5 cold case from WW2!
Suitable for ages 8+. Tickets at guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
Suitable for ages 8+. Tickets at guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
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This week #IAmReading Helen Peters' latest, A REINDEER CALLED JOY – a perfect easy-read book for any young animal lovers, with lovely illustrations from Ellie Snowdon!
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@nosycrow.bsky.social @helenpeters.bsky.social #KidLitUk #EllieSnowdon
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A Reindeer Called Joy by Helen Peters
I Am Reading: A Reindeer Called Joy by Helen Peters
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November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This week #IAmReading Helen Peters' latest, A REINDEER CALLED JOY – a perfect easy-read book for any young animal lovers, with lovely illustrations from Ellie Snowdon!
Read more 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...
@nosycrow.bsky.social @helenpeters.bsky.social #KidLitUk #EllieSnowdon
Read more 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...
@nosycrow.bsky.social @helenpeters.bsky.social #KidLitUk #EllieSnowdon
And now I really want to go on a writing retreat! Lovely blog post here by @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social about Gladstone’s Library, which sounds glorious.
A Room of One's Own: Sarah Todd Taylor crime.cymru/2025/11/14/a...
A Room of One's Own: Sarah Todd Taylor crime.cymru/2025/11/14/a...
A Room of One’s Own: Sarah Todd Taylor
A Room of One’s Own (If only for a weekend): Sarah Todd Taylor It was Virginia Woolf who espoused the necessity of a room of one’s own if one is to write fiction. Some lucky writers may achieve thi…
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November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
And now I really want to go on a writing retreat! Lovely blog post here by @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social about Gladstone’s Library, which sounds glorious.
A Room of One's Own: Sarah Todd Taylor crime.cymru/2025/11/14/a...
A Room of One's Own: Sarah Todd Taylor crime.cymru/2025/11/14/a...
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Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
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November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
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Here’s my first video from the Paula Grows Authors series - How to create a superhero character! Hints and tips on story writing for kids aged 6-11 youtu.be/EnBofthetSs?...
Video 1 How to create a superhero character
YouTube video by Paula Harrison
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October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Here’s my first video from the Paula Grows Authors series - How to create a superhero character! Hints and tips on story writing for kids aged 6-11 youtu.be/EnBofthetSs?...
Thank you so much, @seasidereader.bsky.social for this lovely, thoughtful review of Anna at War. And especially for mentioning my books in the same sentence as those by my heroines Noel Streatfeild, Joan Lingard and KM Peyton! 😍
A new book from the ever-readable and hugely enjoyable
@helenpeters.bsky.social published by the lovely @nosycrow.bsky.social
@helenpeters.bsky.social published by the lovely @nosycrow.bsky.social
Anna at War by Helen Peters
I read Anna at War on Sunday afternoon and evening almost without pause. I started it so I could write this review but I continued with it because I could do nothing else. The plot drives along tak…
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October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thank you so much, @seasidereader.bsky.social for this lovely, thoughtful review of Anna at War. And especially for mentioning my books in the same sentence as those by my heroines Noel Streatfeild, Joan Lingard and KM Peyton! 😍
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🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦⬛
👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
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@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
October 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦⬛
👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
I’ll be at Guildford Book Festival this Sunday, 14th September, talking about the real-life inspirations for my WW2 novel ANNA AT WAR. And, inspired by Anna’s story, we’ll attempt to solve a previously unseen MI5 cold case from WW2!
Suitable for ages 8+. Tickets at guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
Suitable for ages 8+. Tickets at guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’ll be at Guildford Book Festival this Sunday, 14th September, talking about the real-life inspirations for my WW2 novel ANNA AT WAR. And, inspired by Anna’s story, we’ll attempt to solve a previously unseen MI5 cold case from WW2!
Suitable for ages 8+. Tickets at guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
Suitable for ages 8+. Tickets at guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
Reposted by Helen Peters
This article - shorturl.at/87a8G - explains the many reasons why pre-ordering a book ahead of publication is SO important for authors, but there's another reason why you really need to pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. It will give you more time to hide from the Itter... linktr.ee/fearfiles
August 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This article - shorturl.at/87a8G - explains the many reasons why pre-ordering a book ahead of publication is SO important for authors, but there's another reason why you really need to pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. It will give you more time to hide from the Itter... linktr.ee/fearfiles
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I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos - Walker Books
PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS DOODLE-PACKED DIARY IN THE BESTSELLING LOKI SERIES.‘Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laug...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...
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Hello parents! Join me this Monday 18th, 10:30am for a FREE #EdBookFringe storytime event at @argonautbooks.bsky.social, featuring Cordelia the lovely – but *very* silly – Sausage Dog…
#OneSillySausageDog @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #KidLitUk #Edinburgh
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#OneSillySausageDog @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #KidLitUk #Edinburgh
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One Silly Sausage Dog at the Edinburgh Kids Book Fringe!
Join Alastair Chisholm and Cordelia the Silly Sausage Dog for a free Edinburgh ALT Fringe storytime session at Argonaut Books!
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August 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hello parents! Join me this Monday 18th, 10:30am for a FREE #EdBookFringe storytime event at @argonautbooks.bsky.social, featuring Cordelia the lovely – but *very* silly – Sausage Dog…
#OneSillySausageDog @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #KidLitUk #Edinburgh
alastairc.com/events/20250...
#OneSillySausageDog @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #KidLitUk #Edinburgh
alastairc.com/events/20250...
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A fabulous, short sci-fi story with some important messages about toxic masculinity and the abuse of power, #Blitzers by @alastairc.com, illustrated by Francesca Ficorilli, is out now for 9+ readers from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social 🤖
#KidlitUK
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#KidlitUK
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Blitzers by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by Francesca Ficorilli
Cover illustration © 2025 Francesca Ficorilli With technology in its many forms now probably most children’s go-to way of spending their leisure time, it’s possibly surprising that many…
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August 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A fabulous, short sci-fi story with some important messages about toxic masculinity and the abuse of power, #Blitzers by @alastairc.com, illustrated by Francesca Ficorilli, is out now for 9+ readers from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social 🤖
#KidlitUK
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#KidlitUK
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For the final 24 hours of the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social has generously offered a price reduction on her MS Critiques! €100 off both the 30k and 15k word Critiques - bargain! Grab yours at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@rurooie.bsky.social
@rurooie.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
For the final 24 hours of the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social has generously offered a price reduction on her MS Critiques! €100 off both the 30k and 15k word Critiques - bargain! Grab yours at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@rurooie.bsky.social
@rurooie.bsky.social
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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 8:50 AM
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
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1/ Two stars of the Irish KidLit scene, @sineadohart.bsky.social & @rurooie.bsky.social have set up a fundraiser for Gaza - and so many authors, illustrators and book-y organisations have donated books, gifts and workshops to the cause - Medical Aid for Palestinians…
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
1/ Two stars of the Irish KidLit scene, @sineadohart.bsky.social & @rurooie.bsky.social have set up a fundraiser for Gaza - and so many authors, illustrators and book-y organisations have donated books, gifts and workshops to the cause - Medical Aid for Palestinians…
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🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
This looks so much fun!! Congratulations @sineadohart.bsky.social 🎉
Delighted to share the cover of my new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School! Art by @unawoods.bsky.social, pub Gill Books, Sept 4th. Ellora's just started at a new school, and it's hard to keep her budding banshee powers secret. But what if they're about to save the day? 📚🇮🇪💫
July 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This looks so much fun!! Congratulations @sineadohart.bsky.social 🎉
Last chance to book! ⬇️
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve!
Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case!
Ages 7 up.
Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6
@nosycrow.bsky.social
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve!
Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case!
Ages 7 up.
Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6
@nosycrow.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Last chance to book! ⬇️
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve!
Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case!
Ages 7 up.
Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6
@nosycrow.bsky.social
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve!
Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case!
Ages 7 up.
Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6
@nosycrow.bsky.social
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Teachers! This Thursday I will be running a LOKI CLASS SET GIVEAWAY on my newletter. Sign up to be in with a chance! louiestowell.substack.com#Edusky #KidlitUK
The Louie Stowell Newsletter | Substack
News, books and nonsense. Click to read The Louie Stowell Newsletter, a Substack publication.
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June 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Teachers! This Thursday I will be running a LOKI CLASS SET GIVEAWAY on my newletter. Sign up to be in with a chance! louiestowell.substack.com#Edusky #KidlitUK
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📢SUMMER SALE ALERT!📢
Stock up on bite-size reads for the school holidays with 20% off ALL our books when you enter SUMMER20 at checkout!* Running until 31/07. For help finding the right book for your young reader, check out our summer booklist: bit.ly/3Gq45vF
*Excludes packs
Stock up on bite-size reads for the school holidays with 20% off ALL our books when you enter SUMMER20 at checkout!* Running until 31/07. For help finding the right book for your young reader, check out our summer booklist: bit.ly/3Gq45vF
*Excludes packs
July 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📢SUMMER SALE ALERT!📢
Stock up on bite-size reads for the school holidays with 20% off ALL our books when you enter SUMMER20 at checkout!* Running until 31/07. For help finding the right book for your young reader, check out our summer booklist: bit.ly/3Gq45vF
*Excludes packs
Stock up on bite-size reads for the school holidays with 20% off ALL our books when you enter SUMMER20 at checkout!* Running until 31/07. For help finding the right book for your young reader, check out our summer booklist: bit.ly/3Gq45vF
*Excludes packs
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Another exciting WW2 read with an unlikely friendship at its heart and the highest of stakes! Lots of real history woven in too. Thank you @helenpeters.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Another exciting WW2 read with an unlikely friendship at its heart and the highest of stakes! Lots of real history woven in too. Thank you @helenpeters.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social
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Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12th July, where we’ll be solving a WW2 cold case together and I’ll talk about the inspirations for my WW2 mystery novel, Friends and Traitors. It would be lovely to see you there xx
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12th July, where we’ll be solving a WW2 cold case together and I’ll talk about the inspirations for my WW2 mystery novel, Friends and Traitors. It would be lovely to see you there xx
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Join author Helen Peters @farmgirlwriter to solve a WW2 mystery & MI5 cold case at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12 July. Find out more and book tickets at https://t.co/6Tk6pEryy6 @Pramstead_ @FriendsBCL #BarnetSummerRead2025 https://t.co/Zb31P2H5kF
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June 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12th July, where we’ll be solving a WW2 cold case together and I’ll talk about the inspirations for my WW2 mystery novel, Friends and Traitors. It would be lovely to see you there xx
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12th July, where we’ll be solving a WW2 cold case together and I’ll talk about the inspirations for my WW2 mystery novel, Friends and Traitors. It would be lovely to see you there xx
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I will be at Barnes festival NEXT SUNDAY! Come see me and Loki! Tickets here! www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext... #KidLitUK @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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June 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I will be at Barnes festival NEXT SUNDAY! Come see me and Loki! Tickets here! www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext... #KidLitUK @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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If you're in the Milngavie and Glasgow area, don't miss this! @alastairc.com is not only an excellent writer of brilliant stories, but a great and fun speaker, too. This event sounds so much fun!
#KidLitUK
#KidLitUK
Hello #Milngavie and #Glasgow folk – help celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek at #Daydreams books on 16th June!
I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more!
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK
alastairc.com/events/20250...
I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more!
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK
alastairc.com/events/20250...
Celebrate Indie Bookshop Week at Daydreams Bookshop
Daydream Bookshop in Milngavie are celebrating Indie Bookshop Week with a visit by Alastair Chisholm to chat about his shortlisted book REEK
alastairc.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
If you're in the Milngavie and Glasgow area, don't miss this! @alastairc.com is not only an excellent writer of brilliant stories, but a great and fun speaker, too. This event sounds so much fun!
#KidLitUK
#KidLitUK
Reposted by Helen Peters
Hello #Milngavie and #Glasgow folk – help celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek at #Daydreams books on 16th June!
I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more!
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK
alastairc.com/events/20250...
I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more!
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK
alastairc.com/events/20250...
Celebrate Indie Bookshop Week at Daydreams Bookshop
Daydream Bookshop in Milngavie are celebrating Indie Bookshop Week with a visit by Alastair Chisholm to chat about his shortlisted book REEK
alastairc.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hello #Milngavie and #Glasgow folk – help celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek at #Daydreams books on 16th June!
I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more!
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK
alastairc.com/events/20250...
I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more!
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK
alastairc.com/events/20250...