Dan Smith

What do the numbers mean …?!😱😱

Watch @dansmithauthor.bsky.social talk about his new Night House Files book if you dare! I feel like I’ve been sent some subliminal messages and will be muttering numbers in my sleep tonight! 😵‍💫

Hope to scare you again!!

The #Nightwatchman has sent @dansmithauthor.bsky.social a second file! Mysterious lights, numbers, personality changes - what really happened to the children of Wintermoor? Coming September 2025. Hear from Dan about the next instalment of the #NightHouseFiles here: bit.ly/44iU9w4...

The #Nightwatchman has sent me another file, and this one is just as terrifying. Can you handle the truth?

I hope they do like it!

Thank you so much 😊

Aw, thank you so much. You’ve brightened my day. It’s always so lovely to hear from a contented reader.

The Wall Between Us by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social has been on the shelf too long! In bits by the end (no spoilers) after getting totally and utterly absorbed in Monika and Anya’s Berlin Wall story. Dan - I’m a fan anyway - but this has been a brilliant read. #ukkidlit #berlinwall #historicfiction

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Mucho enjoyed this one. Very tense …

Aw, my son used to do this! he could draw the whole summoning circle from memory.

Aw, that's so lovely, thank YOU! And say 'Hi'! to the dragons from me 😄

A big thank you to all the amazing children’s authors and illustrators who have helped my own children become book dragons. (And a special shoutout to some of my fave northerners @gabriellekent.bsky.social, @dansmithauthor.bsky.social and @chris-callghan.com)

#InternationalChildrensBookDay

Blimey, this month has been super busy with school visits. It has been exhausting but rewarding in so many ways, and I have now reappeared on the other side of it. Phew. Now it's time to write!

Fab review, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Sleep well … 💀😱😱

Ooh! I hope you enjoy!!

Book cover of The Deadsoul Project by Dan Smith

Just a quick reminder that I have a new book out - The Deadsoul Project - and The Times said it's 'Stephen King for children'! Published by @barringtonstoke.bsky.social and illustrated by Luke Brookes.

Angel of Grasmere by @tompalmerauthor.bsky.social
Apocalypse Cow by @orsorrel.bsky.social
Bird Boy by @catherinebruton.bsky.social
Black Hole Cinema Club by @christopheredge.bsky.social
Creatures of Kilburn by @dansmithauthor.bsky.social
Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes
2/4

Newcastle!!!

Thank you! Yes, many are set in and around Northumberland 😄

Fab display at the school I visited today!

Times review of The Deadsoul Project

So cool to see The Deadsoul Project as Children's Book of the Week in The Times! @barringtonstoke.bsky.social Times

This book is Stephen King for children Dan Smith’s horror-mystery, The Night House Files — The Deadsoul Project, has the perfect balance of thrills and chills

It's a little bit X-Files, a wee bit Stephen King-lite and a lot of frightening fun...
The Times children's book of the week is The Deadsoul Project by Dan Smith, the first in the new Night Files series. Illustrations by Luke Brookes.

@dansmithauthor.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/3410...

Wow, this is so cool! Such a fantastic review, thank you. And ... the Stephen King reference couldn't mean more! @stephenking.bsky.social was a huge inspiration to me and one of the reasons I wanted to be a writer.

Definitely! It was so difficult to choose winners!

Heading back from 1st visit of World Book … month? Had the difficult task of choosing a favourite front cover design.

Kid's Book Review: The Deadsoul Project - The Night House Files | Books Up North Kids' Book Review of The Deadsoul Project by Dan Smith. A refreshingly youthful panel of enthusiastic readers review newly published books for children.

Thanks Raffy for the awesome review of The Deadsoul Project.

booksupnorth.com/kids-book-re...

I have recently meditated at my spiritual temple (AKA @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social ) and High Priestess, Danielle, has furnished me with these little beauties, for my TBR.
Looking forward to getting stuck into these #JonathanStroud @dansmithauthor.bsky.social and Alan Garner.