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Jo Clarke
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Secondary school librarian. Author of The Travelling School Mysteries, LIBBY & THE EGYPTIAN ESCAPADE publishes Jan 25
Firefly Press
Header Becka Moor.
https://jo-clarke.co.uk/

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EarlyBird Tickets are now on sale for this year's
@write-mentor.bsky.social
WOWCON. I'm excited to be taking part again in a panel on
The Decline in Reading for Pleasure.
See the full programme & buy tickets via the link
wowcon.heysummit.com?sc=6jiQk8hZ&...
August 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A trip to the Natural History Museum to plot a midnight heist. Such a fun research trip, feeling inspired to crack on with this story. Thankfully the Easter holidays are on the way!
March 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's 3 weeks until ##LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Thanks to Helen Peters for this fabulous endorsement
Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social
#TheTravellingSchoolMysteries
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
December 26, 2024 at 11:18 AM
It's 5 weeks until #LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade
illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes.
Huge thank you to @rashmiwriting.bsky.social for this fabulous endorsement.
Signed and dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
December 12, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Bluesky hive mind. My daughter wants a projector she can use with a mobile phone. Anyone got any good recommendations, £50ish?
Thanks
December 1, 2024 at 4:47 PM
It's less than a month until Christmas Day, so why not treat yourself to a festive read and spend the run up to the Christmas holidays with Libby & Connie unravelling a brand new mystery in #LibbyAndTheHighlandHeist Illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 8:50 PM
If you fancy a new book today,why not order from @rshipbshop.bsky.social who are having a really quiet day.
You can also preorder signed & dedicated copies of #LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade exclusively via them
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
November 23, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Definitely feel like the end of an era today. After 110k books issued, thousands of stories shared in library sessions & so many book recommendations, I said a tearful goodbye to my school. So thankful for all the kind words from the children and team, it's been an eventful 11 years.
November 21, 2024 at 4:47 PM
A brilliant morning with 300 year 7s at Wyvern St.Edmunds in Salisbury. Thanks to the staff and students for such a friendly welcome and to Mrs Parry for the great organisation and delicious cake. Huge thanks to Jo at The Rocketship Bookshop for supplying the books.
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
It's 9 weeks until the final instalment in The Travelling School Mysteries publishes,
Libby and the Egyptian Escapade.
Illustrated by @beckamoor & published by @fireflypress
Signed and dedicated copies available exclusively via
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
November 14, 2024 at 8:09 AM
It's been a while, so I thought I'd do an intro. I'm the author of, The Travelling School Mysteries, book 4, Libby and the Egyptian Escapade is publishing Jan 25.
After 11 years working as a primary school librarian, I'm shortly off to work in a secondary school library.
Come say hi!
November 11, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Meet the newest member of the family, #LibbyAndTheManhattanMystery illustrated & designed by @beckamoor.bsky.social has arrived!! Look how gorgeous it is!! 4 weeks today until it publishes and it's available to pre-order now.
#thetravellingschoolmysteries
December 7, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Lots of bargains including
#LibbyandtheParisianPuzzle
are 50% off in @fireflypress
Black Friday Sale
Limited signed copies by myself & Becka Moor are available too
fireflypress.co.uk/books/libby-...
November 24, 2023 at 6:52 AM
It's just 50 days until #LibbyandtheManhattanMystery publishes & I spy something very exciting just landed on Netgalley!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/publ...
November 15, 2023 at 4:51 PM
The most strangest and stressful part of being an author is having to make 'short' promo videos. 2 hours later, here I am on the edge of hysteria wearing brussel sprouts on my head
November 10, 2023 at 12:16 PM
To celebrate the publication of #LibbyandtheManhattanMystery
in 2 months, I'm running a giveaway over on Instagram. You can win a signed & dedicated copy of #LibbyAndTheHighlandHeist & a Jellycat snowball.
www.instagram.com/p/CzLtrVyqgc...
November 4, 2023 at 8:19 PM
The happy face of someone who's just completed run 5,3 of Couch to 5k IYKYK
October 19, 2023 at 2:51 PM
I needed a photo of me at my desk for a thing, so here I am wearing my gorgeous new @joanieclothing cardigan doing the final proof read of #LibbyandtheManhattanMystery
Not pictured all the hidden mess on the other side of the desk 🤣
October 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM
Just pressed send on my first draft of Libby 4 to my editor 10 days ahead of schedule. This is the truly terrifying part while you wait for feedback. Now I need to go lie down in a darkened room...
October 10, 2023 at 3:43 PM
I'm delighted to be taking part in the Only Murders in the Library Crime Writing Festival at @basingstokedc. I will be running a heist writing workshop on Saturday 28th October, at 2pm. Tickets are free and are available at shop.hants.gov.uk/products/int...
@fireflypress
October 8, 2023 at 11:21 AM
Proofread time & a sneak peek of a brand new member of the travelling school. #beckamoor has captured her personality brilliantly.
Only 3 months until #LibbyandtheManhattanMystery publishes!
October 6, 2023 at 12:40 PM
If you have Spotify premium you can now listen to 15 hours of audiobooks each month for free and both Libby books are available to download.
October 6, 2023 at 10:59 AM
Hi #kidlituk_intro I'm the author of The Travelling School Mysteries, a school librarian & children's book lover. I write lower MG mysteries set in a school that travels the world, illustrated by #beckamoor
October 5, 2023 at 4:29 PM
To celebrate #nationalpoetryday I'm sharing this gorgeous collection of poems, A Whale of Time by @nosycrow
This fabulously funny anthology is selected by #LouPeacock & hilariously illustrated by #matthunt
Exquisitely produced & featuring a funny poem for every day of the year.
October 5, 2023 at 8:12 AM
Peak editing!!! A bag of spogs and a post it note countdown...
October 3, 2023 at 2:07 PM