Join Nathanael Lessore, Theo Parish & Tia Fisher, hosted by Jake Hope.
Shadowing, AI & creativity, copyright with ALCS + a new ALCS competition.
3 March | 12PM | Online
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HmaQxnFFQGa9ya5YR8t8DA#/registration
Donβt forget the Never Too Late Award from the Bridport Prize which recognises entries from writers over 60 across all categories of prizes.
Link below
Please share :)
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
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Cover of the new issue of children's books review journal Books for Keeps. Artwork from Neill Cameron's new Donut Squad book. It is gloriously jam coloured with a host of animated donuts. Text reads Author interview Neill Cameron Windows into Illustration Alea Marley plus New Year Predictions and Barry Cunningham looks back.
Out now! BfK276, our first of 2026: Authorgraph interview with Neill Cameron, Alea Marley's Windows into Illustration, new Beyond the Secret Garden, predictions for the coming year & Barry Cunningham reflects on 50 years in children's booksπ€―#booksky #KidLit
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
"Urgent: Thousands of babies and toddlers in Wales are about to lose access to Bookstart and other BookTrust Cymru programmes"
βURGENT: Babies & toddlers in Wales will lose access to #Bookstart and other BookTrust Cymru programmes as the Welsh Government has stopped direct funding.
This will affect the poorest families first and hardest.
π https://bit.ly/49D6q0P
π§ Listen on BBC Radio Wales (1hr25) https://bbc.in/49JYpr6
Graphic saying "The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize.
Weβre delighted to announce this yearβs longlist for the @rsliterature.bsky.social V.S Pritchett Short Story Prize! Congratulations to everyone listed, the winner will be announced at the #ALCSAwards. Read here: www.alcs.co.uk/news/longlist-for-for-v-s-pritchett-short-story-prize-2026-announced/
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E-books are reading.
Comics are reading.
Genre is reading.
Fanfic is reading.
Text-based games are reading.
Audiobooks are reading.
Braille books are reading.
Non-fiction is reading.
Picture books are reading.
There is no single way to read, nor is any reading style more worthy than another.
A new law has just passed that (and I know it's hard to believe) dictates that you have to share the post i've attached.
Now look. I was as surprised as you are that they chose this one, but what can I do?
I've reposted it myself, just to be on the safe side.
Last chance to get a signed copy of Stepfather Christmas before the Advent countdown starts on Monday! www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
27.11.2025 07:07 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
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Writing YA Fiction Tuesday 3 March Online workshop Discover how to write for a young adult audience in this two-hour online workshop with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.
Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.
Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh
This really is a shame.
In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.
Halloween is nearly upon us, and we are standing up for ghosts, a better recognition of the contribution and role of ghostwriters in celebrity-authored childrenβs fiction.
We have published new Guidelines to ensure the role of the ghostwriter is more visible and recognised.
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Weβre launching a FREE digital half-termly newsletter that schools can easily share with parents and guardians to support reading for pleasure at home.
β‘οΈ For more info & to sign up to the newsletter go to: mailchi.mp/authorfy/morethanbooks (itβs free!) π
Quite worrying considering how incompetent he was
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We are thrilled that Frank Cottrell-Boyce will be joining us for a special episode of Authors Live on 26 November!
The Children's Laureate will be telling us all about his new book, The Blockbusters!
Register to take part now
www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...
The front covers of poetry books we recommend plus the words: "Books for National Poetry Day"
Happy #NationalPoetryDay!
Whether you were inspired by Alex Wharton in yesterday's #BookTrustRepresents workshop, love our #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow's books, or just want to enjoy some verse, check out our poetry booklists π
https://bit.ly/42kuLG0
I'm also wondering where this money will be found. They could cut back on testing, that must cost a lot to administer, but I don't hold much hope of that happening.
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In the run-up to #BlackHistoryMonth in October, we're offering schools the chance to win one of three bundles of @catwrote.bsky.social's acclaimed dyslexia-friendly narrative non-fiction*. (1/2)
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Light green graphic with small white stars dotting the background. The graphic is titled βWe Need Diverse Books presents: Magic Stories are for Everyone β Author Panel number 3β. Sandwiched between the text are two rows of author headshots: four on the top row, five on the bottom row. The headshots are for authors featured in WNDBβs third βMagic Stories are for Everyoneβ panel series. Starting from the top row, the featured authors are as follows: Dhonielle Clayton, Leslie Adame, LD Lapinski, Kyle Lukoff, Marieke Nijkamp, Eden Royce, Aiden Thomas, Alder Van Otterloo, and Xiran Jay Zhao.
π The third author panel in our βMagic Stories are for Everyoneβ series is officially available to stream on YouTube starting today!
β¨ bit.ly/MagicStories3
Voting is open for this year's Lollies. Grown ups can vote on behalf of children, or because they love kids books. I'm so happy to have The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat shortlisted! shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies
#kidlituk #picturebooks #primaryteachers #reception #nursery
Thereβs no doubt going to be conversations in your classroom around flags popping up in areas so if youβre not familiar with Boy, Everywhere check it out as itβs an essential book for Y5+. Tbf, adults need be reading this modern classic too! π @amdassu.bsky.social #kidlituk
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British Chinese Woman holding golden shell casing from Frist World War
GLASGOW PALS! I'm going to be doing a FREE interactive author talk @ this year's Byre Road Book Festival which takes place 25-28th Sept. I will be talking about my new novel Nate Yu's Blast From the Past and I will even bring about the 1917 shell casing I have!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maisie-cha...
Publication day for βAbout Timeβ! It seems to have got the horology world very excited (see review below). I hope some of you might take a look to learn about something so absolutely central to our existence - you literally canβt imagine it not existing, because without time, thereβd be no thought
28.08.2025 06:53 β π 25 π 17 π¬ 7 π 2You will never want to play hide and seek again after reading this! Impossible to put down once you've started
27.08.2025 12:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
23.08.2025 13:30 β π 4298 π 1809 π¬ 45 π 46If you want to keep children safe, how about funding decent children's content that they'll actually want to watch and legislating to stop the youtube algorithm feeding up horrors three clicks after peppa pig?
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Not long to go until #Skandar and the Spirit War launches! We have LIMITED copies of the signed indie edition available for pre-order via our bio... be quick!
On publication day, Thursday 28th Aug, we will be opening EARLY at 9am for you to get your hands on your copy as early as you can!
In the first of a series of posts, we'll find out more about some of our wonderful authors who offer virtual visits. This week meet the brilliant Fiona Barker.
virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/08/04/1...
#virtualauthorvisit #picturebooks #nursery #keystage1 #keystage2 @fionawritesbooks.bsky.social
