ICYMI: @melissa-hogenboom.bsky.social joined Woman's Hour this morning, speaking with Anita Rani, and listener, Karla about female breadwinners, and what happens when a woman earns more than her partner.
#Breadwinners is out 14th August @canongate.co.uk
Catch up now🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It’s my stop on the blog tour for #SandyFin: Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart, illustrated by Santy Guttiérrez. Today, I’m delighted to share a Meet the Characters animation as well as the link to my review in the next post! @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social
06.06.2025 16:34 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Happy publication day to Martin Stewart and #SandyFin 🦞
A perfect summer read for ages 8+, Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is full of side-splitting humour, ingenious inventions and clue-cracking adventure🌊
Out today @zephyrbooks.bsky.social
I work for Scottish Book Trust and we’re running a survey for parents/teachers/kids book enthusiasts about how they find books for kids. I’d be enormously grateful if anyone can spare 5-10 mins to share their thoughts. #KidLitUK
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Finished copies of #SandyFin, the brand-new madcap adventure by Martin Stewart are just in 🌊🦞
Bursting with side-splitting humour, ingenious inventions and plenty of banana sandwiches, Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is the ‘perfect book for the summer’🤿
Pre-order now 👉 bit.ly/SandyFin
hello do you have a small inquisitive child in the London area who’d like to talk about monsters with me this half term?
15.05.2025 08:46 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
The book and its press release. The book’s cover shows a boy with light brown skin, dressed in red t-shirt and shorts, sitting on the branch of a tree alongside a nest containing 3 speckled eggs and an adult redwing bird landing on it.
Gorgeous chapter book post today in the form of #WoodlandExplorersClub: Ajay and the Red-Winged Prince by Ewa Jozefkowicz, illustrated by Gillian Flint. Out 08/05 for 5+ readers, huge thanks go to @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 🪺
#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
Fantastic to see both #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens by @bengarrod.bsky.social, and #SandyFin Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart included in @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social's Summer reading recommendations☀️📚 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social
15.04.2025 13:46 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
What a fabulous event for #BeeTheBook with Rachel Fuller, Emilia Wharfe and Nathalie Harrison at @southbankcentre.bsky.social ✨ It was a glorious afternoon celebrating difference and exploring storytelling in the forms of spoken word, dance, illustration and music 🎶📖🎨
16.04.2025 19:44 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It was a pleasure!
16.04.2025 20:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Had a brilliant couple of days out and about in Norfolk with @bengarrod.bsky.social, @charli-vee.bsky.social and pawthor / local legend Jack-Jack🐕
The latest book in the hilarious series (for readers 7+), #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens is out now📚
Out now, #JackJack, Return of the Chickens by @bengarrod.bsky.social, illustrated by Charli Vince, is huge fun and sees everyone’s favourite street dog on his latest adventure. @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit
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The world’s coolest dog is back for another adventure in #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens 🐓
Happy Publication day Jack (and @bengarrod.bsky.social) 🐕 The third book in this hilarious and heartwarming series for readers 7+ is out today 📚 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social
Thrilled to see @bengarrod.bsky.social’s latest book in the #Jack-Jack series, ‘Return Of The Chickens’ included in @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social’s April book club picks 🐕🐓
Publishing this Thursday by @zephyrbooks.bsky.social 📚
My piece in the Sunday Times about reading graphic novels for pleasure, with recommendations by teachers and experts. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
23.03.2025 08:01 — 👍 57 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 2
Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo...
#kidlit
Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is a light-hearted, fantasy-based, and easy read, with no reference to the Internet, mobile phones, or social media. There i...
It's less than a month until publication day of @bengarrod.bsky.social's latest book 'Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens' 🐓
Check out @booktrust.org.uk to be in with a chance of winning the first three books in the hilarious and heartwarming #JackJack series 🐕
www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-re...
We had a fantastic time at the @publicitycircle.bsky.social Annual Awards tonight and we’re delighted to have been Highly Commended for our work on the 2024 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 🏅
Congratulations to all the winners and shortlistees for all of their incredible campaigns👏
#PPCAwards25ceremony
I was lucky enough to receive some very lovely bookmail over the weekend, so I thought I would share here 📚✨️
All three sound incredible & so important, I can't wait to dive in!
Thank you very much to @edpr.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social and Elliott&Thompson for my #gifted books 💚
Book plate inside the book which reads: thank you for getting behind Bridget! I really hope you enjoy Sandy… Martin x
How lovely to find a message from the brilliant Martin Stewart inside my proof of #SandyFin: Operation Splash Landing. Diving in now! @edpr.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social 💦 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit
03.03.2025 18:07 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Thank you to everyone who joined us for the #PPCAwards25ceremony this evening and the support of our fabulous sponsors. We’re so proud of each and every publicist and the amazing work you do!
03.03.2025 21:12 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Proofs are in and we can’t wait for you to meet #SandyFin, silver-scaled diver of the deep, puzzler of puzzles and soon to be hero of Portwhistle Bay🐙
This first book in the hilarious new middle grade series by acclaimed author Martin Stewart is publishing this June by @zephyrbooks.bsky.social 📚
Arsenal have done the double over Tottenham in the Premier League and the Women's Super League this season.
16.02.2025 14:23 — 👍 591 🔁 59 💬 7 📌 11
Text reads 'Medal for Writing Longlist 2025' with the Carnegies logo and book covers of the longlisted titles. Full list of titles available at the link in this post.
We are delighted to share the longlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! 🏅🖋️ Highlighting empathy and diversity, these 19 works range from gripping dystopian adventures to stories about navigating grief and self-esteem. ✍️💫 #Carnegies2025 carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...
12.02.2025 09:25 — 👍 46 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 13
Text reads 'Medal for Illustration Longlist 2025' with the Carnegies logo and book covers of the longlisted titles. Full list of titles available at the link in this post.
Announcing the longlist for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2025!🏅🎨 Featuring vibrant colours and innovative mediums, these 16 works delightfully portray themes like caring for nature and the power of reading. 📚🌟 #Carnegies2025 carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...
12.02.2025 09:25 — 👍 32 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 4
Energetically drawn #NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Emilia Wharfe. From a picturebook, Bee, about a girl who can fly & see fairies. Based on the author/composer Rachel Fuller’s neurodivergence. It’s also a ballet; QR codes play her music. Whitefox Publishing 6 Feb. Children’s Mental Health Week 3-9 Feb.
03.02.2025 08:51 — 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
February 2025 book club picks 📚👍🏼
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/school-book-club/february-2025/
#kidlit
February 2025's set of book club recommendations features titles by Karl Newson and Duncan Beedie, Gordon D’Arcy and Paul Howard, Hannah Tunnicliffe & Erica Harrison...
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me
Prescient.
01.02.2025 21:11 — 👍 200 🔁 47 💬 4 📌 2I’m beyond thrilled to be shortlisted for my first PPC annual award, alongside the incredible 2024 Carnegies team at @edpr.bsky.social! Congratulations to all of the shortlistees 💫
30.01.2025 00:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
