S J Poyton Author
@sjpoyton.bsky.social
Author & Illustrator
Middle Grade Debut Mammoth Rider published 2026
Middle Grade Debut Mammoth Rider published 2026
Very excited to say Mammoth Rider is in the @waterstones.bsky.social Pre-Order Promotion!
www.waterstones.com/book/mammoth...
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www.waterstones.com/book/mammoth...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Very excited to say Mammoth Rider is in the @waterstones.bsky.social Pre-Order Promotion!
www.waterstones.com/book/mammoth...
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www.waterstones.com/book/mammoth...
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As a writer there is nothing better than celebrating friend's achievements- like seeing #nickithornton launch her new book and publishing house! #saragrant #chimneyspublishing #littlebookshopofmurders #cozycrime
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
As a writer there is nothing better than celebrating friend's achievements- like seeing #nickithornton launch her new book and publishing house! #saragrant #chimneyspublishing #littlebookshopofmurders #cozycrime
Day two of Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025 and I am posting the link to a blog I wrote a while back but is still incredibly relevant Debunking Dyslexia Myths
sallypoyton.blogspot.com/2020/07/debu...
#dyslexiaAwarnessWeek2025 #dyslexic #dyslexia #neurodiverse #livingwithdyslexia #dyslexicauthor #blog
sallypoyton.blogspot.com/2020/07/debu...
#dyslexiaAwarnessWeek2025 #dyslexic #dyslexia #neurodiverse #livingwithdyslexia #dyslexicauthor #blog
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Day two of Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025 and I am posting the link to a blog I wrote a while back but is still incredibly relevant Debunking Dyslexia Myths
sallypoyton.blogspot.com/2020/07/debu...
#dyslexiaAwarnessWeek2025 #dyslexic #dyslexia #neurodiverse #livingwithdyslexia #dyslexicauthor #blog
sallypoyton.blogspot.com/2020/07/debu...
#dyslexiaAwarnessWeek2025 #dyslexic #dyslexia #neurodiverse #livingwithdyslexia #dyslexicauthor #blog
So I’m writing a pretty complicated action scene with lots of moving parts and an emotional bit inspired by a traumatic childhood scene in one of favourite all time films. #writerywednesday #amwriting #mammoths #neverendingstory
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So I’m writing a pretty complicated action scene with lots of moving parts and an emotional bit inspired by a traumatic childhood scene in one of favourite all time films. #writerywednesday #amwriting #mammoths #neverendingstory
For #WorldRhinoDay I have made a #StorySack around @candygourlay.bsky.social & #JamieBauza book #LittleRhinoLost publidhedby #BarryOtterBooks …
September 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
For #WorldRhinoDay I have made a #StorySack around @candygourlay.bsky.social & #JamieBauza book #LittleRhinoLost publidhedby #BarryOtterBooks …
It’s #talklikeapirateday - so here is a page of a WIP picture book I’m trying to finish.
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#illustration #crayons #ink #acrylics #chalk #ipad #pirate #treasure #mammoth #dodo #picturebook #writing
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#illustration #crayons #ink #acrylics #chalk #ipad #pirate #treasure #mammoth #dodo #picturebook #writing
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It’s #talklikeapirateday - so here is a page of a WIP picture book I’m trying to finish.
ARRRRRRRRR
#illustration #crayons #ink #acrylics #chalk #ipad #pirate #treasure #mammoth #dodo #picturebook #writing
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#illustration #crayons #ink #acrylics #chalk #ipad #pirate #treasure #mammoth #dodo #picturebook #writing
September is the official Be Kind to Writers Month!
#BeKindToWritersMonth #September #writers #authors #illustrators #editors #agents #creatives #kidslit #passitforward #kindness
#BeKindToWritersMonth #September #writers #authors #illustrators #editors #agents #creatives #kidslit #passitforward #kindness
September 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
September is the official Be Kind to Writers Month!
#BeKindToWritersMonth #September #writers #authors #illustrators #editors #agents #creatives #kidslit #passitforward #kindness
#BeKindToWritersMonth #September #writers #authors #illustrators #editors #agents #creatives #kidslit #passitforward #kindness
To all the writers out there today, I hope you tell beautiful stories, and that great beverages and cakes come your way to fuel your creativity.
#writerywednesday #amwriting #amediting #cake #coffee #childreliterature
#writerywednesday #amwriting #amediting #cake #coffee #childreliterature
September 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
To all the writers out there today, I hope you tell beautiful stories, and that great beverages and cakes come your way to fuel your creativity.
#writerywednesday #amwriting #amediting #cake #coffee #childreliterature
#writerywednesday #amwriting #amediting #cake #coffee #childreliterature
The first thing I ever wrote - the first time I ever submitted - I was Honorary Mentioned in Undiscovered Voices. It gave me the confidence to continue to write and opened up many opportunities. Enter now.
undiscoveredvoices.com
#writingforchildren #competition #undiscoveredvoices
undiscoveredvoices.com
#writingforchildren #competition #undiscoveredvoices
August 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The first thing I ever wrote - the first time I ever submitted - I was Honorary Mentioned in Undiscovered Voices. It gave me the confidence to continue to write and opened up many opportunities. Enter now.
undiscoveredvoices.com
#writingforchildren #competition #undiscoveredvoices
undiscoveredvoices.com
#writingforchildren #competition #undiscoveredvoices
A story sack tin celebration of this year marking 70 years since Miffy was first published, posted to day on the Birthday of her creator Dick Bruna!
#miffy #Dickbruna #storysack #picturebook #illustration #kidsbooks #readforpleasure
#miffy #Dickbruna #storysack #picturebook #illustration #kidsbooks #readforpleasure
August 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A story sack tin celebration of this year marking 70 years since Miffy was first published, posted to day on the Birthday of her creator Dick Bruna!
#miffy #Dickbruna #storysack #picturebook #illustration #kidsbooks #readforpleasure
#miffy #Dickbruna #storysack #picturebook #illustration #kidsbooks #readforpleasure
August 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
August 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Baby Holly the mammoth calf I painted, at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology dig.
The #tuskforce team took the duties of mammoth husbandry seriously & sheltered her from the elements.
She’s now been rehomed and is living happily with her adopted herd in Dorset.
The #tuskforce team took the duties of mammoth husbandry seriously & sheltered her from the elements.
She’s now been rehomed and is living happily with her adopted herd in Dorset.
August 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Baby Holly the mammoth calf I painted, at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology dig.
The #tuskforce team took the duties of mammoth husbandry seriously & sheltered her from the elements.
She’s now been rehomed and is living happily with her adopted herd in Dorset.
The #tuskforce team took the duties of mammoth husbandry seriously & sheltered her from the elements.
She’s now been rehomed and is living happily with her adopted herd in Dorset.
After three weeks of digging at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology site with the #TuskForce team, and I’m back at my desk swapping my hard hat for my metaphorical writing hat. #amwriting #kidslit #middlegrade
August 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
After three weeks of digging at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology site with the #TuskForce team, and I’m back at my desk swapping my hard hat for my metaphorical writing hat. #amwriting #kidslit #middlegrade
You are most welcome!
August 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You are most welcome!
August 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Today’s #MammothMonday is a celebration of a very recently unearthed mammoth calf’s tooth for the Hills Quarry Products Cerney Wick site by the #tuskforce team last week.
It’s beautiful but it also looks like a mammoth calf!
Sally Hollingworth
It’s beautiful but it also looks like a mammoth calf!
Sally Hollingworth
July 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Today’s #MammothMonday is a celebration of a very recently unearthed mammoth calf’s tooth for the Hills Quarry Products Cerney Wick site by the #tuskforce team last week.
It’s beautiful but it also looks like a mammoth calf!
Sally Hollingworth
It’s beautiful but it also looks like a mammoth calf!
Sally Hollingworth
Procrastination mammoth sized.
July 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Procrastination mammoth sized.
Every month I mine the web for nuggets of writerly wisdom and send to other pre-pub authors.
Today is post and delivery day…
Today is post and delivery day…
July 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Every month I mine the web for nuggets of writerly wisdom and send to other pre-pub authors.
Today is post and delivery day…
Today is post and delivery day…
A year ago today I was digging mammoths. Will be migrating back to the site very soon! #tuskforce #mammothGraveyard
July 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A year ago today I was digging mammoths. Will be migrating back to the site very soon! #tuskforce #mammothGraveyard
Lovely evening of celebrations - the end of an era, the beginning of something new. Surrounded by folks with energy and enthusiasm. Thank you all former SCBWI-BI volunteers. ❤️
July 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Lovely evening of celebrations - the end of an era, the beginning of something new. Surrounded by folks with energy and enthusiasm. Thank you all former SCBWI-BI volunteers. ❤️
#fossilfriday snake stone - the casting of the inside of a ammonite shell.
Love the juxtaposition of natural history and social history!
It can be found at @nhm-london.bsky.social #abingdon
Love the juxtaposition of natural history and social history!
It can be found at @nhm-london.bsky.social #abingdon
July 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#fossilfriday snake stone - the casting of the inside of a ammonite shell.
Love the juxtaposition of natural history and social history!
It can be found at @nhm-london.bsky.social #abingdon
Love the juxtaposition of natural history and social history!
It can be found at @nhm-london.bsky.social #abingdon
#mammothmonday tip - always travel with an emergency mammoth. You never know when you’ll need one! 🦣🧳😉🤣
July 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#mammothmonday tip - always travel with an emergency mammoth. You never know when you’ll need one! 🦣🧳😉🤣