Clare Weze

YouTube video by Peter Kalu Act Normal extract - The hammer-blow of God!

The great Peter Kalu on racism in the countryside from his brilliant book #ActNormal. We were in #manchesterpoetrylibrary last night talking about our book Colonial Countryside
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Save Newham Libraries — Stop the Proposed 50% Budget Cuts! Sign the petition - Save Newham Libraries - Stop the Proposed 50% Budget Cuts! Newham Libraries are a lifeline for our community. But the Council is thinking of slashing our library budget by 50%. T...

Newham Libraries (my locals) are a lifeline for our community. But the Council is considering slashing the budget by 50%.This could mean closures, staff cuts, and service reductions. As we approach the year of reading we can’t allow councils to defund our libraries! actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named ‹ LNER Samir Zitouni is credited with saving lives on the train

A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:

> become a need and then an obligation and then a mess, as we’ve done and are doing.”

www.theguardian.com/books/2004/f... Ursula K Le Guin, in a 2004 Guardian article: “I like to dream about a people who have the wits and the strength of character to choose what they like and want from complex technology, and just leave what they don’t need aside - instead of letting everything >

UK news: The Treasury says it's lowering business rates for "butchers, bakers and other shops". Can't help wondering if those other shops are candlestick makers... Am I alone?

Exciting book post! Just sat down intending to read the first page only… you can imagine what happened. Page turned. Next page turned. Bye bye afternoon… very hooky 😍

I wondered why it was taking them so long to front up about their policies 😎

🤣🤣 you beat me to it!

It's a dilemma, but I've worked in environmental science and we stopped using our wood burner, even though we have access to cheap wood. This article is an interesting take, and morbidly hilarious. Not sure if everyone can access it, but here goes: www.samharris.org/blog/the-fir...

At last this is going mainstream

I have started dating a man who is very nice but does not share my politics. Any advice? "You just have to get the fuck out of there. What are you thinking? He must be incredibly attractive-looking. I mean, what is it? Is he tall? Does he remind you of your father? There's only two kinds of politics these days, and you can't breathe the same air as the other kind."

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: Identity Stamps Two new startups, Books by People and Amlet, aim to certify a book’s authenticity in the AI era

The fact that our next book Telenovela is going to carry a Books By People stamp certifying that it is AI-free has also now been reported around the world in Publisher's Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Writers please spread far and wide. Six of my books were scraped by Meta (and the situation is much worse for many others). This cannot put right the past but it does enable readers to support publishers who value the work of actual writers. Thanks so much to those who have worked on this.

Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis | Waterstones Buy Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

I'm checking in early today from my writing retreat to pass on great news for UK readers: you can preorder the hardcover of Enchanting the Fae Queen for 25% off at Waterstones for just the next 2 days! Use the code ORDER25: www.waterstones.com/book/enchant...

Not me with too many books to choose from on #Take10ToRead day 🤭
It’s organised by the National Literacy Trust, but I think you’re supposed to read one at a time…
# #WorldMentalHealthDay

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The Storm Swimmer by Clare Weze

Up Above The City by Clare Weze

Next up for my month of Black kids books is another double - both by Clare Weze. She blends real world social issues with elements of magic and science creating unique and wonderful adventures. Up Above The City is her latest book and highlights the hidden plight of refugee communities.

A very happy publication day to @clareweze.bsky.social and her new book #UpAboveTheCity, where young Jake finds himself on an unexpected journey when notices a mysterious figure in the attic room across the road🌙

A beautiful story of courage and kindness published by @knightsofbooks.bsky.social

Up Above the City — Round Table Books It’s the Christmas holidays, and Jake has nowhere else to go but to work with his mum. Who is the girl he can see in the attic room across the road? Is she trapped? Does she need help? If Jake tries t...

Huge thanks again to @abirfellows.bsky.social for seeing the future when this book was embryonic 💗💗 And thanks to the dream-team-in-one-person who is #KirstenCozens @edpr.bsky.social
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Up Above the City — Round Table Books It’s the Christmas holidays, and Jake has nowhere else to go but to work with his mum. Who is the girl he can see in the attic room across the road? Is she trapped? Does she need help? If Jake tries t...

Rebecca Sheerin and Thy Bui’s cover is even more fabulous in real life! It has raised lettering, and you can stroke my gorgeous cat character 🐈 Everyone at @knightsofbooks.bsky.social has done a fantastic job 💫

Up Above the City is the perfect book for a Christmas gift, because it’s set in the week before Christmas, when Jake has to go to work with his mum and ends up falling into the adventure of his life ❄️ 🎄🎁☃️

Congratulations Stephanie! 😍

Up Above the City by Clare Weze Cover illustration © Rebecca Sheerin, 2025 Having been back in school listening to readers again this week, I took the opportunity to nose around the bookshelves in one of the classrooms and was st…

A thought-provoking and original middle grade that looks at parental separation and displacement, Up Above the City by @clareweze.bsky.social is out 02/10. @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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The illustrated cover for A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, by Stephanie Burgis, shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image. Above and beside the cover is this snippet of text: A sharp-toothed creature from the depths of Germanic legend loomed above her, red-rimmed eyes furious in a deathly pale and hairless face. Their lean body was swathed in a shapeless black hooded robe with draping sleeves that fell away to reveal long, curving, yellow fingernails as they raised their arms menacingly above their head and let out an unearthly snarl of warning. “Begone or prepare to be devoured, witless prey!” “Oh, I very much think not,” said Margaret. “Really, have you no respect for scholarly work—or basic courtesy? You nearly made me ruin a priceless piece of historical research just now!” “I...” The creature blinked, narrow shoulders hunching, as Margaret gave them the same cold and distinctly unimpressed look she’d perfected across years of attempted bullying from larger and louder male colleagues at Morningford College. For a moment, she actually thought they might see sense and apologize.

With only 3 (!) days left until wide publication, this week's Friday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence. Preorder it now for the special advance price of $2.99/£2.49: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave

#romancelandia

Very excited to have been sent a copy of new middle grade Up Above the City by @clareweze.bsky.social. Out 02/10, huge thanks go to @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 🥰

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😍 Hope you enjoy

This is a great analogy for our times: www.samharris.org/blog/the-fir...