@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner. Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer now! https://linktr.ee/ellemcnicoll
WISH YOU WERE HER is in the YA category of the Books Are My Bag Reader Awards.
this is my 6th nom, making me the most nominated author in the history of this award.
I also, hilariously, never win.
you can vote and be in with the chance of winning ยฃ100 of book tokens!
Link below, closes tomorrow
Their project depends on making us all feel alone, isolated and powerless. Taking part in a protest destroys all of those feelings in an instant. Go.
18.10.2025 15:33 โ ๐ 3760 ๐ 864 ๐ฌ 45 ๐ 23Dms should be open to anyone whose age is verified
14.10.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hi. If you dm me an address, I will send you a signed plate, as you had a ticket to the event.
14.10.2025 15:11 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If you too have been afflicted by a terminal uniqueness, and been made to apologise for it?
Fuck 'em.
Unapologetic Love Story is out on World Autism Day and the hardback is currently in the Waterstones Preorder Sale.
I highly recommend.
@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social you were right (as always)! ๐ฅ
13.10.2025 22:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Black wall with clock hands on it and small shelves holding a book at each hour mark.
Lovely to see @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @katherinerundell.bsky.social @acaseforbooks.bsky.social on the Orcadian #bookshop clock this week! #IndieBookshops #UKKidLit #BookSky #Orkney
11.10.2025 17:55 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1I so wanted to be there. I'm very devastated.
Thank you for understanding.
Hi. I'm really sorry and have addressed this on IG. It was not my decision and the publishers' position will be made clear at a later date.
I've sent Mr B's some signed bookplates and I hate that we've been put in this position.
She sure is ๐
26.09.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0LOVE this book so far! Right from the start we got good vibes, the main character is from Linlithgow ๐
26.09.2025 12:16 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This is what Iโm reading today and I love it! A Classic @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
26.09.2025 14:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A compilation of middle grade book covers. Books featured include Busted, The Invincible List of Lani Li, Ivy and Forest Rewrite The World, Jackson Bright In The Spotlight, The Taylors, A Glimmer of Change, The Treasure of Ocean Parkway, How To Free A Jinn, Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest and At The Speed of Gus.
๐ Pop! Goes The Reader's 20 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: October-December 2025 ๐
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Had the absolute joy of a visit from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social today and she was just fantastic! Lots of eager Yr7s will be devouring her new book tonight! #kidslit #reading #authors #schoollibraries
23.09.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Shortlist visual asset shows book cover for Keedie. Pastel bubble shapes frame the image. โLittle Rebels Awardโ logo in bottom right corner with โshortlistโ written underneath.
9. Overheard in our #LittleRebelsAward Judgesโ Meeting๐คซ:
โan incredibly accomplished writerโ
โthe writing style is so immersive and evocativeโ
Judges @alomshaha.bsky.social & Phoebe @theclpe.bsky.social on Keedie
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The #LittleRebelsAward merch is out! That means if you buy your 2025 shortlist titles from award organisers @housmansbookshop.bsky.social or @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social youโll get:
โญ๏ธour popular reading guides
โญ๏ธbookmarks
โญ๏ธposter
๐ฟTaster video below
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Had a "holy shit" moment at Waterstones Cheltenham earlier. Saw they had a Modern Classics table. It had A Kind of Spark by @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social on it.
A book by a neurodivergent about neurodivergency. Described as a modern classic.
That is officially Awesome.
Thank you to @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social for signing my copy of Role Model ๐ฉต๐งก
16.09.2025 16:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And in more #LittleRebelsAward Champion newsโฆ
@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social is on the road with her new middle grade novelโฌ๏ธ
(Elle has been shortlisted 3 times for the award- including this year ๐)
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#KidLitUK
while stocks last!
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#BookReview: ROLE MODEL by Elle McNicoll
@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social #UKMG #MiddleGradeMonday #ActuallyAutistic
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Events for the autumn are starting to drop.
Bath. October. Tickets linked below:
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โThey drafted up a list of the most uncomfortable things for a #neurodivergent student and then called them the official school values.โ
So excited to read #RoleModel by @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
Happy publication day! โจ
So excited to read this one. Role Model, the new MG release from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social (the author of Keedie, one of my and my kidsโ all-time favourite books). Out now.
05.09.2025 12:07 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Happy publication day to @ellemcnicoll.bsky.socialโฌ and her brand-new middle grade novel #RoleModel, a fierce, timely and heartfelt new novel perfect for anyone whoโs ever felt misunderstood, and anyone whoโs still finding their voice๐งก
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Covering social justice issues from structural bullying through to intergenerational racism via combatting anti-refugee rhetoric (by jumping on books!) โฆ the 2025 #LittleRebelsAward Shortlist truly has it all!
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What. A. Bargain! ๐
02.09.2025 16:50 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 099p for a short time only!
Bookshops are my preference, bur if you can only read ebooks, then WISH YOU WERE HER is currently a steal!!
Nearly a million people marched against Brexit. Not front page news.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.