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Josh Lacey
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Author of children's books: A Dog Called Grk, The Dragonsitter, The Pet Potato, Hope Jones, etc http://joshlacey.com
The brilliant Lydia Monks @lydiamonks.bsky.social has drawn this logo for the campaign - you can read all the details on the @societyofauthors.bsky.social website or in the @thebookseller.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The actual writers get a fee, but no recognition; they might be thanked in the book’s acknowledgements, but they won’t be mentioned when the celebrity is sitting on the sofa of a TV show, smiling and laughing and discussing how they “wrote” their book.
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
These are the writers who work in the shadows, crafting the words that are published under the name of a celebrity.
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
...which isn’t exactly relaxing, and has boosted my veins with fear and fury, but is absolutely worth reading, particularly on a day when people are thinking about books.

@literacy-trust.bsky.social

@andersenpress.bsky.social

#take10toread
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The exhibition includes fascinating visual material, interviews with Marlorie Blackman and Elizabeth Hawkins, and of course lots of books
September 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
You can download these teaching notes here:

bit.ly/MayaResource
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September 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Stone Age Clash is the perfect book for any KS2 children studying the stone age, and will transport them back to a simpler, colder era of human history

Illustrated by Garry Parsons & published by @andersenpress.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It was very resonant to read these words in Shrewsbury (which is still very different to “Pekin”, even if we have already surrendered a great deal of our humanity to The Machine).
January 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM