Dammit
06.01.2026 19:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@imogenrw.bsky.social
Kids’ book critic, esp for The Guardian
Dammit
06.01.2026 19:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0LOUIE WHY
05.01.2026 11:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1SO MATURE
02.11.2025 19:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Omg I hear this
27.09.2025 07:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you Gita! ❤️
21.06.2025 16:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I feel today it should he the coolest books to read now 😮💨 www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
21.06.2025 15:43 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Will keep thinking!
20.06.2025 11:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ultrawild by Steve Mushin? Not funny throughout (though there is poo aplenty) but mind-expandingly thrilling ideas of how we might engineer a future!
20.06.2025 11:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0OH MY GOD THIS IS NOT A DRILL
24.05.2025 08:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Review in Graun today (also the NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO WHOM I HAVE HANDSOLD)
24.05.2025 08:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oh thank you for spotting Gita! 🙏🏽
23.05.2025 14:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Mwhahaha
12.05.2025 16:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New column went up! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
25.04.2025 13:11 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1YES I just reread The Little Broomstick and had exactly this
23.03.2025 15:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Super happy to be returning as a #BritishBookAwards judge for Children’s Non-Fiction! What a stellar line-up of judges for all the awards - www.thebookseller.com/nibbies @the-bookseller.bsky.social
29.01.2025 10:10 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Jan roundup! Glorious books from @swapnahaddow.bluesky.social @mglnrd.bluesky.social @lawrencepatrice.bluesky.social @alicenuttallbooks.bluesky.social @whusseyauthor.bluesky.social @madelineclaire.bluesky.social and many more
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
A graphic with the covers of the 20 books on the longlist for the 2025 Branford Boase Award. Established in 2000, the Branford Boase is awarded to the author and - uniquely - the editor of the year's outstanding debut book for children and young people. It highlights the best new writers for children and puts the editor's skill in the spotlight too.
Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford & her editor Wendy Boase, the #BranfordBoaseAward is given annually to author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children. Discover the books up for this year's award #KidLit branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-longlist/
23.01.2025 08:11 — 👍 22 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 3She is enjoying!
02.01.2025 19:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0What my 98yo grandma is reading
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social. (It’s true what they say, YA readers are getting older…)
🥳🥳🥳
28.12.2024 10:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just a glorious book!
28.12.2024 10:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Last kids roundup of 2024 - gorgeous 📚 from @karlnewson.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @martinimpey.bsky.social @hilarymckay.bsky.social @anjasusanj.bsky.social @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social @andy-p.bsky.social and more ✨ www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
28.12.2024 10:03 — 👍 28 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 8Let’s have that walk in the new year! 🎄
21.12.2024 18:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0❤️❤️❤️
“WHY ARE YOUR HANDS ON BITS OF STRING, CHILD?”
…
“Glubs.”
That is utterly terrifying, I quite want it!
😂😂😂
20.12.2024 16:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m starting the yearly reread of TDIR tomorrow with this one, the edition closest to my heart. 70s Puffin cover designers did NOT fuck about - has haunted me since I was about 8!
20.12.2024 16:23 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0DON’T THINK I HAVEN’T DOODLED
19.12.2024 13:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!
19.12.2024 12:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Noooo take it AWAY I don’t need any further inspiration 😍
19.12.2024 12:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🥰🥰🥰 Did I tell you I was desperate for a Fire and Hemlock tattoo? That may have to happen in 2025…
19.12.2024 12:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0