Happy Caturday from Majestic Merlin & Maeby the Menace…
23.08.2025 12:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just finished this wonderfully warm, inclusive and captivating story of friendship and reconciliation, exploring historical events not often covered in British children’s fiction - highly recommended! @janeenhayat.bsky.social @guppybooks.bsky.social
04.07.2025 16:14 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
It is such a huge privilege to chair the shortlisting panel for the teen category of the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social. I loved all of the books in our shortlist but so pleased that the pupils voted for Nate Lessore & his important message of kindness & combating toxic masculinity. 🙌👏🏆
27.06.2025 10:24 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Here they are in all their glory! Congratulations to all the 2025 Spark! Book Award Winners and a huge thank you to all the children and young people who read the books, entered the competitions, came to the author visits and voted for our winners! ✨📚🏆
26.06.2025 15:39 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social at The Dirigible Balloon for publishing two of my children’s poems:
‘My Velociraptor Thinks She’s a Cat’… 🎈
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/My-Velo...
19.06.2025 11:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You've read the books. You've spoken to the authors. You've responded with incredible artwork, creative writing & multimedia projects. Now it's time to vote for the winners of the Spark! School Book Awards 2025! Find voting details on your latest email, deadline - 20 June.📚🏆✨
06.06.2025 08:13 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Fern Hill Book of the Week: 'Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?' by @bardymum.bsky.social. Brains are weird! But this poetry collection also demonstrates that brains are amazing in the way they can experiment with language. A playful, profound and authentic collection of poems - perfect for primary!
06.06.2025 11:07 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Merlin proves even less cooperative on camera than Magnus…😂
04.06.2025 16:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Pride Month! Here are just a few of the fantastic LGBTQ+ books available in our library… 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈 @thekingstonacademy.org
02.06.2025 15:14 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Competitive bunch… 😂
20.05.2025 17:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It was so lovely to meet @clairelinney.bsky.social today, thanks for a brilliant talk!
20.05.2025 15:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The final @sparkbookaward.bsky.social event took place last week with Ashley Hickson-Lovence, author of the powerful verse novel 'Wild East'. Ashley spoke about how the book was based on his own experience & how we can use our lives to inspire our writing. Thank you for a fantastic event, Ashley!
07.05.2025 09:23 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Happy #Caturday! Merlin says hello. 💙
05.04.2025 12:23 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
You're finally ready for this:
04.04.2025 17:30 — 👍 134 🔁 42 💬 4 📌 0
Exciting news: our main Pupil Competition is now open! We're looking for your most inspired and creative response to one of our shortlisted books, in any format you like. Deadline: 2 June 2025. Full details on our website:
www.sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/pupi...
04.04.2025 07:21 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Teacher & Librarians! We're giving away limited mystery review sets of our soon to publish Choose Your Own Adventure series: one set could be yours...
Comment below & share this post to be in with the chance!
Choose Your Own Adventure is the bestselling gamebook series of all time.
26.03.2025 11:34 — 👍 10 🔁 12 💬 11 📌 0
I used to love this series…can’t wait to see the new editions! 😍
02.04.2025 18:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Online writing magazine and blog for the young and the young at heart. Featuring new writing & art for MG, teen & YA, plus content for readers and aspiring writers.
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Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
The UK's best-loved book awards for children & young people, celebrating outstanding writing & illustration; judged by librarians @cilip.bsky.social #Carnegies2025
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Independent publisher of quality fiction for children & teens. WINNER Branford Boase first children’s novel Award, Yoto Carnegie Medal, Wales Book of the Year
www.fireflypress.co.uk
Children’s author of middle-grade (7-11) adventure stories with Firefly Press. My Name is River, set in Wales and up the Amazon river was The Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week
Children’s writer from Bristol. Debut novel The Feathered Book out now, published by @everywithwords.bsky.social
https://www.everythingwithwords.com/authors/charlie-nutbrown/
Picture books author. Wrote for The Simpsons, Pinky & The Brain, and some shows you hated.
FARM SHARK (DBYR June '26): JLG Gold Standard selection
MY TEACHER IS A DINOSAUR! (DBYR '25):
"Roaring good comedic inspiration." - Kirkus
billcanterbury.com
Children's author. THE DOUGHNUT CLUB is out now with Nosy Crow.
PFD Queer Prize ‘23 Winner. Rep’d by Silvia Molteni
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Creating a safe and inclusive space for U.K. children’s writers, illustrators and industry professionals
Printed magazine for kids aged 10 and under. Submissions are closed. Editions 1-7 can be purchased online at: www.thetoypress.com/shop
#EarlyLiteracy Coordinator @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | Librarian (Class of 2027) | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Retired Deputy Head Teacher
Editor of The Dirigible Balloon
dirigibleballoon.org
northernjim.wordpress.com
#Cumbria #Poetry
Bestselling and award-winning author of heartfelt & funny books for teens. “Fast becoming a favourite for younger teens” ~ The Observer.
Rep’d by LBA.
I DARE YOU out May 2025 👊 www.tamsinwinter.com
Rebel booksellers, UK based social enterprise founded to sell children’s books so our profits can fund children’s libraries. #changebookdeserts #activists 🫶🏾🏳️🌈📚 p.s seeking investment https://tobebooks.co.uk/
Writing wee stories about Belfast and other bits and pieces. Bath Novella-in-Flash shortlistee 2025. Words in places like: @theDublinReview.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social FlashFictionMagazine Bath & Fish Anthologies
