M. G. Leonard

🤣

COVER REVEAL for ATTACK OF THE SEA DOGS, a Tudor time travel adventure! Coming 17 Sept 2026. Art by @manuelsumberac

From 7am today til 23.59 Friday 20th February @Waterstones are running a special online offer. 25% off RRP if you enter FEB26 at checkout.

www.waterstones.com/book/attack-...

The Impossible Gladiator — Through the Bookshelf Whilst enjoying a holiday in Rome, Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson are shocked when they hear about the disappearance of a famous illusionist called Kinetic. Having found a newly added line in an old copy of...

Today's review...'Time Keys: The Impossible Gladiator' @mglnrd.bsky.social illustrated by Manuel Sumberac An excellent addition to this series! #KidLitUK
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-impossible-gladiator

Thankyou 😊

Thankyou 😊

The Year of Reading – February As we have now embarked on ‘The Year of Reading’ for 2026, I felt compelled to add something (hopefully of value) to the conversation each month. A mixture of recommendations, genre foc…

The Year of Reading 2026 is well under way so I’ve added my voice to the chat with a monthly blog - Here’s February! Recommendations, teacher ideas and resources. Probably nothing groundbreaking but hopefully there’s something useful… tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/t...

YouTube video by Maya G. Leonard Author M. G. Leonard introduces THE IMPOSSIBLE GLADIATOR - the 3rd book in the TIME KEYS series.

HURRAH! It's publication day for THE IMPOSSIBLE GLADIATOR! Treat yourself to a mental holiday in Ancient Rome searching for a missing magician!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3IMi...

Nope, sadly not.

YouTube video by Maya G. Leonard Author M. G. Leonard introduces THE IMPOSSIBLE GLADIATOR - the 3rd book in the TIME KEYS series.

HURRAH! It's publication day for THE IMPOSSIBLE GLADIATOR! Treat yourself to a mental holiday in Ancient Rome searching for a missing magician!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3IMi...

Enjoy! 😃⏳🔑🎶

Wonderful Bookpost!

Thank you @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social for

📕 The Far Out Five - Snot Jelly Island by @ofalafel.bsky.social

And a lovely preorder arrived:

📕 The Impossible Gladiator by @mglnrd.bsky.social @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social

Enjoy! 🤩

The TIME KEYS tour starts today. I’m visiting schools to promote reading & the wonder of history. I’ve a few public events. My Jorvik Viking Festival event is sold out, but there are still tickets available for my @FavershamLit festival event on 20 Feb. www.mgleonard.com/events

Lancaster Litfest - Twitchers Event with an exclusive peep at Portly the Otter! — M. G. Leonard Discover how M. G. Leonard’s passion for nature, friendship and adventures provide powerful material for her award winning series of books about THE TWITCHERS . She will share fascinating behind-the-...

Dear readers & bird-lovers of Lancaster, I'll be talking about how nature inspired me to write The Twitchers books & giving you an exclusive peak at The Adventures of Portly to Otter on MARCH 14th at @litfest.bsky.social. Tickets are ONLY £3!
www.mgleonard.com/events/2026/...

@litfest.bsky.social #BigRead is this excellent adventure @mglnrd.bsky.social . Its action packed a real page turner . Please get involved and read with your family and friends . We would love you to share your views with @litfest.bsky.social . 🐦🦉🐦‍⬛ And @mglnrd.bsky.social will be at the #festival.

The Impossible Gladiator Check out The Impossible Gladiator - <p>'A complete triumph of imagination . . . readers are going to fall in love with this brilliant series' — A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of <i>Skandar</i><br...

The Impossible Gladiator is published in 1 week! Illustrated by @manuelsumberac HURRAH!

If you order your books online then #ReadItForward! Order The Impossible Gladiator during February & @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust & @scottishbktrust

uk.bookshop.org/a/276/978103...

Polly Dunbar & I visited the E. H. Shepard archive - the illustrator of The Wind in the Willows. We set Polly’s illustration of Portly beside E. H. Shepard’s. It was emotional. Polly gave me the picture as a gift. I love brave little Portly so much. I cannot wait for you all to read this book.

Polly Dunbar & I visited the E. H. Shepard archive - the illustrator of The Wind in the Willows. We set Polly’s illustration of Portly beside E. H. Shepard’s. It was emotional. Polly gave me the picture as a gift. I love brave little Portly so much. I cannot wait for you all to read this book.

a man wearing a hat and bow tie has a purple flower in his pocket ALT: a man wearing a hat and bow tie has a purple flower in his pocket

Last night I went to the gym, did a work out. Once home I got into pyjamas at 6pm & ordered pizza 🍕 with a full fat coke. I had dinner in bed while watching Poirot on Netflix. It was sublime. No guilt for the takeout because of the workout & Suchet’s Poirot is perfection.

Had a lovely time talking at the Brighton & Hove Reading conference today with the incredible illustrator and my friend Mr Chris Riddell.

YouTube video by Maya G. Leonard Reading is a Work Out for your Brain - M G Leonard

Dear teachers, it is the #NationalYearofReading2026. I've had requests to make a video to encourage reading for classrooms. Here it is. Please share and feel free to use it however you choose: youtu.be/xrAeYD1ZQ1A

YouTube video by Maya G. Leonard Reading is a Work Out for your Brain - M G Leonard

Dear teachers, it is the #NationalYearofReading2026. I've had requests to make a video to encourage reading for classrooms. Here it is. Please share and feel free to use it however you choose: youtu.be/xrAeYD1ZQ1A

So glad you like it. 🪲

When you write for children, you need to impress parents, carers, teachers & librarians too. Teachers have been particularly kind about The Impossible Gladiator which charges into bookshops in 2weeks. Thanks to everyone who has read & reviewed any of my books. It matters ❤️

When you write for children, you need to impress parents, carers, teachers & librarians too. Teachers have been particularly kind about The Impossible Gladiator which charges into bookshops in 2weeks. Thanks to everyone who has read & reviewed any of my books. It matters ❤️

Look at this beautiful bug edged book! It’s the special limited edition independent bookshop edition of The Adventures of Portly the Otter. Available to preorder now and if you want one signed & dedicated by me get it from @booknookhove

From battling a large trout to saving a human girl, Portly the Otter from The Wind in the Willows takes the lead in this charming collection of stories from Me & illustrated by Polly Dunbar!

Preorder @waterstoneskids.bsky.social exclusive edition here:
www.waterstones.com/book/the-adv...

You can read about anything during #NationalYearofReading, so how about some mysteries that explore history? TIME KEYS adventures will take you to Ancient Egypt, Viking Times and The Impossible Gladiator is published in 3 weeks! 😃 It’s my Roman Empire adventure.

The Impossible Gladiator will be charging into bookshops in 4 weeks, but you can read The Legend of Viking Thunder on ebook right now (and throughout January) for 99p!!!

A video from the vault! This was shot 10 years ago when my debut Beetle Boy was about to be published. A 10th anniversary edition will be available from June 2026 with new cover, introduction and a prologue that reveals how the beetles came to Nelson Parade.