Scallywag Press

Junior Book of the Month: Mat O'Shanter by Simon Lamb We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.

The lovely people @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social have picked Mat o' Shanter by Simon Lamb as their Junior Book of the Month, and are giving away 5 copies!

Learn more and enter their #comp: www.scottishbooktrust.com/competitions...

#poetry #kidsbooks #scottishbooks

We're thrilled to have 3 books nominated for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration!

🎻 Hannah and the Violin by Satoshi Kitamura
🐻 George & Lenny are Always Together by Jon Agee
☀️ Good Golden Sun by Brendan Wenzel

More: carnegies.co.uk/nominations-...
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Happy #Halloween! Need some spooky baking inspiration? Try the #IvyNewt inspired broomstick buns! Find the recipe free to download on our website: www.scallywagpress.com/resources.ht...

We're supporting the National Year of Reading in 2026 & the #GoAllIn campaign

The initiative from the Dept for Education, delivered with @literacy-trust.bsky.social aims to increase the number of people who are reading regularly... So if you’re into it, read into it. 📚

More: www.goallin.org.uk

✨🧙PERFECT FOR #HALLOWEEN! Get ready for magical mischief w/ author Derek Keilty as he chats about the latest book in his #middlegrade series featuring the loveable Sand Witch, IVY NEWT — IVY NEWT AND THE STORM WITCH: www.kidlit.tv/StoryMakersD...
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Mat o’ Shanter: A Cautionary Tale by Simon Lamb, illustrated by Ross MacRae Cover illustration © Ross MacRae, 2025 As someone who is blessed with both considerably more free time than many adults and a shelf full of books begging to be read, it’s sometimes easy for m…

A fabulous poem, based on a Robert Burns classic, Mat o’ Shanter by Simon Lamb, illustrated by Ross MacRae is out now from @scallywagpress.bsky.social @laurasmythepr.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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"Every #Halloween, a spooky haunted house appears near Newt Castle for one day only..." Download a free e-galley of IVY NEWT AND THE TIME THIEF from @scallywagpress.bsky.social www.netgalley.com/widget/96097...

Heading to a pumpkin patch soon? 🎃 Read We Planted a Pumpkin by @robramsden.bsky.social to help little ones understand how a pumpkin grows from a seed, and try our free pumpkin spinner activity: www.scallywagpress.com/images/pumpk...

#Halloween #Autumn #PumpkinPatch #HlfTerm #InTheGarden

We're proud to be supporting #IrishBookWeek! Let's show some love for your favourite Irish bookshops, Irish authors or anything you're doing to celebrate!

We'll go first and take a moment to appreciate our Irish talent - Derek Keilty and Brian Fitzgerald!

#IrishBookADay #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Scallywag Press are at Frankfurt Book Fair!

If you’re at the Fair this week, pop by 6.1 C114 and say hello 👋

We must look after our book shops to tackle loneliness and mental health TODAY’S Bookshop Day is turning the spotlight on small independent stores and the benefits they bring to local communities. Founded in 2016 by the Booksellers Association, it’s part of the Books Ar…

"There are so many wonderful things that are happening in bookshops."

Bookshop Day ambassador and Scallywag poet Simon Lamb spoke to the ScottishSun about the importance of bookshops for this year's #BookshopDay. Have a read 👇

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www.thescottishsun.co.uk/health/15438...

It's #BookshopDay! 📚🛍️

Booksellers are superheroes without capes - connecting us to new worlds and opening doors to new ideas. We LOVE THEM. Show your support and find your local bookshop (UK) here: booksaremybag.com/bookshopsearch

#ChooseBookshops

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One Button and the Sea by @saralstan.bsky.social and Viviane Schwarz is a White Raven 2025!

Selected by the International Youth Library the #wrlist2025 includes books from ~50 countries and > 40 languages.

Find out more: www.ijb.de/en/home/the-...

The space portal to Zrk and Blrg has opened! 🚀

To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis publishes today! Described by @publisherswkly.bsky.social as 'wonderfully weird and slyly relevant', it's ideal for fans of interactive books.

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In #NationalPoetryDay, we're excited to announce a new offering from @brianmosespoet.bsky.social
publishing in March 2026!

I Am Ray's Imaginary Friend, illustrated by Bethan Welby is a verse chapter book written by an imaginary friend, with a theme of moving home, for ages 7+. Stay tuned for more!

Afternoons - The Arts Mix - Frank Turner, Mat O'Shanter and Hercules the Bear - BBC Sounds Punk-folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner on his upcoming Scottish gigs.

Simon Lamb spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about new book, Mat o' Shanter, launched at Tidelines Book Festival today!

Simon talks about his childhood experiences of reading Robert Burns, and why Mat o' Shanter is called 'A Cautionary Tale'... 👀

Listen from 10 mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The 2 books. The first has the title in large print against a background of a starry sky and the second shows a boy trapped in the upper half of an egg timer that is bobbing about in a stormy sea.

Looking forward to reading To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis and Mat o' Shanter by Simon Lamb, illustrated by Ross MacRae. Out 09/10 & now for 3+/9+ readers, huge thanks go to @laurasmythepr.bsky.social @scallywagpress.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

It's time - Mat o' Shanter by @simonlambcreative, illustrated by @ross.macrae.art is out now!

A modern day reimagining of Robert Burns' famous poem Tam o' Shanter, Mat o' Shanter is for the ears, and eyes, and hearts of today.

www.waterstones.com/book/mat-o-s...

#kidslit #poetry #robertburns

We love this photo from Ross MacRae showing his workspace for Mat o' Shanter, from initial sketches to the finished book itself 😍

Mat o' Shanter: A Cautionary Tale by Simon Lamb, illus. by Ross, publishes tomorrow!!
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@bouncemarketing.bsky.social #poetry

Find out more and discover the series: uk.bookshop.org/search?keywo...

Argh me hearties! It's #TalkLikeAPirateDay and have we got some scurvy stories for you! 🏴‍☠️

Step on board the Black Hound, and join a ship full o' the cleverest pirate investigators in Flyntlock Bones - a chapter book series by Derek Keilty. ⚓️

📷 : bookishwaytoplay (Insta)
#kidsbooks #youngfiction

Frame surrounded by cats with words reading 'If Brown's goal is to make readers of all ages curious to learn more about great artists, she should consider this goal achieved, spectacularly.' - Shelf Awareness, starred review

'A Gallery of Cats' by Ruth Brown is the Starred Children's Review in the latest @shelf-awareness.com !

Read the full review here: www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html

@pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidsbooks #kidslit

A GALLERY OF CATS | Kirkus Reviews During a museum outing with his grandmother, a boy wanders into an exhibition that yields the unexpected.

'Visually enticing, inviting repeat visits.'- Kirkus reviewing 'A Gallery of Cats' by Ruth Brown! 🐱🖼️

@lernerbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidslit #childrensbooks #picturebooks

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'We Found a Seed" by @robramsden.bsky.social inspired a Story Walk at the Lewes Public Library, across the pond in Delaware! 🇺🇸

We love this video timelapse of the trail which helped encourage children to explore the natural world around them! 🌱

@pubspotlight.bsky.social #InTheGarden #earlyyears

Wrong tag - we're a UK children's book publisher! 📚

Wolf in the City by Rachel Tilda Wolf Wolf in the City by Rachel Tilda Wolf. Scallywag Press, 2025. 9781836300106 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format:  Hardcover picture book  What did you like about …

“There’s lots to look at and discuss” in WOLF IN THE CITY from @scallywagpress.bsky.social Author/illustrator Rachel Tilda Wolf "moves seamlessly back and forth between full-page bleeds, deployed to impress us with the city’s grandeur, and homey vignettes” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/w...

A Gallery of Cats by Ruth Brown A Gallery of Cats by Ruth Brown. Scallywag Press, c2019, 2025. 9781836300205 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book   What did you like about…

“Cat and art lovers will enjoy this fantasy art exhibition” A GALLERY OF CATS is published by @scallywagpress.bsky.social ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/a...

Meet Mat! 👋

Here's your first look inside Mat o' Shanter, a modern day reimagining of Robert Burns' famous poem Tam o' Shanter, publishing next month!

Words by Simon Lamb, illustrations by Ross Macrae. Pre-order your copy: www.waterstones.com/book/mat-o-s...

Good Golden Sun by Brendan Wenzel has been shortlisted in the picture books category of the Teach Early Years Awards 2025! ☀️

The winner will be revealed in November - keep your fingers crossed for us!

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