Chris Haughton

Defend Press Freedom I stand with Declassified UK - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press.

I stand with @DeclassifiedUK.org - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press.
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Yes! We are going to write something together. Along the lines of Howard zinn/ david Graeber

Please! Someone needs to do this!

Funny you should say that!! :)

Des auteurs jeunesse se mobilisent pour les enfants de Gaza Dessin de Thierry Bouüaert. Toute personne qui a un peu approché la littérature de jeunesse ces quinze dernières années connaît Chris Haught...

@chrishaughton.bsky.social @joseph-nhanoreilly.bsky.social Le monde de la littérature jeunesse UK a signé une "Déclaration à propos des enfants de Palestine", en France, le mouvement est en gestation. Et en Belgique?
Dessin de Thierry Bouüaert.
#litteraturejeunesse #enfantsdegaza #statement

Shortlist visual asset shows book cover for Kende! Kende! Kende! Pastel bubble shapes frame the image. “Little Rebels Award” logo in bottom right corner with “shortlist” written underneath.

2. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫:

"Colourful fabric patterns are beautifully incorporated into the illustrations" Judge @chrishaughton.bsky.social on Kende! Kende! Kende!

Txt by Kirsten Cappy &Yaya Gentille; illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social
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#UKKidLit

We don’t all share the same internet. The personalised algorithm has siloed us into parallel worlds

Little Rebels and Radical Acts of Kindness I missed The London Radical Book Fair and the awarding of the Little Rebels Award on Saturday. We were away visiting family and I couldn’t make it. But I was there in spirit and via Twit…

⚡️Flashback 2015
“They are books that show children the world and how they can make it better. These books are the ones we should want our future leaders to be reading now.”

(6th from R, @chrishaughton.bsky.social Shortlisted in 2015, now a Judge!)

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Shows a ginger loaf cake still in its tin with cubes of stem ginger on top.

This ⬇️is 😍Judges’ Meeting Prep😍.

Fuel 🍰for our judging team when they meet to discuss & debate the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward Shortlist.

Good luck @chrishaughton.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social @soofiya.bsky.social Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social

#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social

Ohhhhh wow!!!

Wonderful to see you here!

The #LittleRebelsAward is an award for UK radical children’s fiction, run by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers.

And we’ve just announced our:
2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist!

* @chrishaughton.bsky.social author & illustrator incl. “The History of Information” (Dorling Kindersley)

* @soofiya.bsky.social designer & lecturer & illustrator incl. the Nikhil and Jay series (@otterbarrybooks.bsky.social)

#LittleRebelsAward
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit

Picto|LDN here we come!
Early Bird tickets for the world's leading (and only) Character Conference return to London available now!
Confirmed speaker: Mikey Please – BAFTA-winning and OSCAR-nominated writer, director, animator, illustrator, and RCA alumnus.

👉 pictoplasma.com/london

Please join us for a #IrishKidLitforPalestine Live Online Picture Book Masterclass with @chrishaughton.bsky.social Paddy Donnelly @pforde123.bsky.social & @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
Tues 2 Sept 2025 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Tickets: www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
Please share and please support.

Okay no but this masterclass is an actual STEAL. You can learn from some of the best picturebook makers ever (@pforde123.bsky.social and Paddy Donnelly and @chrishaughton.bsky.social) in an online session led by host extraordinaire @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

In the fundraiser you can find lots of bookish items available in return for donations to our chosen charity, MAP.

These include:

▪️Signed and annotated books for young readers
▪️Class sets for your school / library
▪️School visits from local authors and illustrators

Today we are launching the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (@medicalaidpal.bsky.social‬)

Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.

You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine

@sineadohart.bsky.social

Irish children's authors & others have come together to raise funds for Palestine. Organised by @sineadohart.bsky.social & @rurooie.bsky.social
I'll be hosting a Picture Book event with @chrishaughton.bsky.social Paddy Donnelly & Patricia Forde - check it all out:
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...

Thanks arthur! Hope you are well these days

Peacekeepers Open Letter for Neutrality I've just signed Peacekeepers' the open letter for Irish Neutrality. Can you do the same?

I've just signed Peacekeepers' the open letter for Irish Neutrality. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/pe...

A great box set of some fun board books #picturebooks with vibrant colourful illustrations!

#BookReview: #ChrisHaughtonsLittleLibrary by Chris Haughton
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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#bookblogger #books #childrensbooks

We are very proud to have a very fine panel of #LittleRebelsAward judges:

Chris Haughton, Author & Illustrator
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
Alom Shaha, Teacher&Author @alomshaha.bsky.social
Phoebe Demeger, Librarian at @theclpe.bsky.social
Soofiya, Illustrator&Designer& Lecturer @soofiya.bsky.social

Ah that’s amazing! Congratulations :)

Oooh! Amazing! Thanks Jack

I’m In Stockholm this week, visiting family and checking out the bookshops. Always heartening to see Irish authors on the shelves. Lots of @chrishaughton.bsky.social books on the shelves here! #discoveririshkidsbooks @irishkidsbooks

La historia de la información La historia de la información de Chris Haughton . Una maravilla de libro ilustrado que presenta la historia de la información desde el punt...

Maravilla de libro ilustrado La historia de la información de @chrishaughton.bsky.social para todos los públicos, como ha evolucionado los métodos para transmitir y conservar la información humana y como los usa el poder para desinformar y mantener el control. acolostico.blogspot.com/2025/06/la-h...

11. Goodnight Everyone
Chris Haughton
@chrishaughton.bsky.social

Interview Let’s start with the initial idea for the book—what inspired you to create a nonfiction title for children and especially one with such a complex, abstract and vast topic?

Interview
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Image showing the book Amazing Asia, written by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and illustrated by Jason Lyon, the School Library Association logo and a note saying Information Book Award Longlisted Title 8-12 years

Very excited that AMAZING ASIA has been longlisted for the Information Book Awards 2025 🎉🌏! So happy to see @chrishaughton.bsky.social’s History of Information in the older readers’ list too. An astonishing book and an essential read.

@jasonlyon.bsky.social
@quartokids.bsky.social

This is about all of us. Never forget that.