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And this morning the Shed is a garden gate, singing the songs of springtimeβ¦
11.02.2026 08:37 β π 117 π 13 π¬ 2 π 0Will try and capture Zen in this pose (Zen the dog)!
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The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
22.01.2026 10:22 β π 218 π 230 π¬ 2 π 44New, monthly inclusive reading lists featuring stories from different independent childrenβs book publishers.
We πloveπ this new initiative from @lantanapub.bsky.social supporting the indie publishing sector- the βquieterβ voices who deserve megaphoning!
#KidLitUK
Taking off my Stepping Into Stories Staff T-shirt after work was bittersweet because ooof! I am cream-crackered and very proud, but sad itβll be another year before I wear it again. Look at my beautiful team in theirs.
09.02.2026 04:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Following in order to replenish such books in the school library in which I volunteer.
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Book cover for Donut Squad: Take Over the World! by Neill Cameron
Book cover for Mr Wolfβs Class by Aron Nels Steinke
Book cover for Jinks and OβHare, Funfair Repair by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Book cover for Punycorn by Andi Watson
As grown-ups we can often fall into the trap of leaning towards serious or βissue heavyβ kidβs books, forgetting that kids also need and deserve books that just bring joy.
So for #KidsBooksFriday this week, what are your top fun / silly / joyful book recommendations?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
People of London, I am coming to see you! Next Sunday (Feb 8th) I'll be in Dulwich hosting a live episode of #DrawWithRob, telling stories, talking about Ringo (my dog), and I will give the first EVER public reading from my brand new book The Last Wolf! Come! Tickets πhttps://tinyurl.com/56jawbbb
31.01.2026 07:45 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Canβt wait to listen to this episode.
Iβm so lucky to work with the extraordinary Mo OβHara on Stepping Into Stories.*
*the festival starts on Wednesday, and tickets are still available for the weekendβs public events www.steppingintostories.org/public-progr...
Children sit in a circle on mats at Bansa Community Library as a facilitator reads aloud from a comic book. The children listen attentively during a new Comic Corner session, with shelves of books and a chalkboard reading βComic Cornerβ visible in the background.
Today, weβre proud to open our Comic Corner, a space filled with curiosity, laughter, and imagination. This corner is dedicated to our young readers, where reading begins with joy.
You can also send comics and books for our members from their amazon Wishlist- amazon.in/hz/wishlist/...
The shop window of Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace. Festivally decorated and full of interesting books, it positively invites you in.
These wonderful people not only have a great shop window but they now have a pile of books signed by me. I did also write the books, if youβre worried β I donβt just go in and sign random books, they frown on that. Anyway, get your books from them.
@booksellercrow.bsky.social booksellercrow.co.uk
Walker Books is proud to be supporting the National Year of Reading! π
Whether it's football, music, baking, family-time, sci-fi, or...anything, reading helps you get more out of the things you love.
www.walker.co.uk/walker-books...
#GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026
BookTrust's co-CEO Diana Gerald and Director of Children's Books Lizzie Catford at the Emirates Stadium for the National Year of Reading launch
Our Co-CEO @dianajgerald.bsky.social and Director of Children's Books Lizzie Catford were delighted to attend the #NationalYearOfReading2026 launch today!
We're proud to be leading on early years for the National Year of Reading - find out more:
https://bit.ly/3LERDuF #GoAllIn2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Ruchi Mhasane: The Beautiful Layers of Me. Engaging visual storytelling about a child made to feel bad about traditional dress. On yesterdayβs Inclusive Books for Children shortlists. Text by Sophia Payne, Walker Books. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @ibc-reads.bsky.social
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A stack of four novels all shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards. On top is seascraper by Benjamin wood, then the Two Roberts by Damian Barr then Ian McEwanβs What We Can Know and finally Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
The category winner for the Nero Book Awards are announced sometime today/any minute. Iβm on the shortlist for Fiction, in pretty amazing company. Casting a small spell over my morning coffee and grateful to the judges for shortlisting the Two Roberts. Bobby and Robert chuffed also.
13.01.2026 08:55 β π 60 π 6 π¬ 6 π 0Unsolicited writing advice, no. 13:
Wrting a short story is no easier than writing a novel. In fact, it's somewhat harder, because the form is less forgiving: you can get away with a certain amount of bagginess in a novel, but a short story needs to be perfectly structured; not a word out of place.
Black woman with gold-rimmed glasses, pink head wrap, gold necklace, white loose top and green/blue patterned wrap skirt, stands with her right fist raised, left fist clenched & hanging by her side. Behind her are more women of colour.
βA profound wish that we make a better, fairer future for us allβ(Eileen Primary Teacher)
A Powerful Retelling of the British Empire Through 20 True Stories
@imperialhistorian.bsky.social
&ChaoTayiana &Alexander Mostov @quartokids.bsky.social
Full review:
www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...
The scene that basically became my whole subconscious/dream/fantasy since. You can even trace my studying 18C Brit lit to this moment when I was 10 years old.
This was where I met Bowie, my forever love. I would meet him again, and again, until he ran out of time. π
youtu.be/4nBjvElCzAw?...
It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
01.01.2026 09:47 β π 655 π 211 π¬ 21 π 20Happy New Year #WritingCommunity! π
It's time for #WriteCBC, share your writing goal for 2026. Tell us in the replies to this post and you might win a course worth Β£230! Enter by 10am Fri 9 Jan.
Get some inspiration (and read T&Cs) here:
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-writ...
A split-image composition featuring two panels side by side. On the left, a color photograph of author Judy Blume seated at a glass desk in a home library setting. She has short, curly brown hair, wears a deep purple long-sleeved shirt rolled up at the cuffs, a watch, and a bracelet. Smiling warmly at the camera, she holds a pen in her right hand as if signing a book, with an open notebook or book in front of her and wooden bookshelves filled with colorful spines visible in the background. On the right, the front cover of Judy Blume's classic children's book "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." The cover has a pink background with an illustration of a young girl with long blonde hair, wearing an orange patterned dress, standing outdoors in front of a house and garden. The title is in large white playful font, with the author's name "Judy Blume" below, and a small publisher's blurb at the top describing the book as a "Yearling Book" about Margaret Simon, "almost twelve and full of questions."
ππ³π¦ π π°πΆ ππ©π¦π³π¦ ππ°π₯? ππ΅βπ΄ ππ¦, ππ’π³π¨π’π³π¦π΅. by Judy BlumeΒ was first published #OTD in 1970.Β
The NYT selected it the Outstanding Book of the Year. TIME: "Blume turned millions of pre-teens into readers. She did it by asking the right questionsβand avoiding pat, easy answers." #booksky #literature #litsky
I advise you never to make these. Or at the very least go into making them with your eyes wide open. Because they are basically the biscuit equivalent of crack.
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"The Peek-Through Nature series by author Patricia Hegarty and Britta Teckentrup gives young children an early introduction to the natural world" www.readingzone.com/authors/expl...
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The storm could bring snow and high speed winds to parts of the northern Midwest on Sunday and Monday.
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Monday Motivation!
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
#MotivationMonday
I could not love this transport poster more.
28.12.2025 13:23 β π 408 π 74 π¬ 8 π 7Unsolicited writing advice, no. 867:
Don't make your writing all about you. Leave some space for your readers to also make it about themselves.
Looking for stimulating #Christmas reading? Enjoy our interviews with the four authors on the shortlist for the #nerobookawards Children's Fiction Award #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
I know I said I love cold, crisp winter days but this is a little chillier than I had in mind.
Have completely lost my midwesterner toughness as this would be a mild reprieve wouldnβt it?
I was hungover this morning!
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