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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Oh that so exciting! Thank you @mariedaywriting.bsky.social !!!

Marie Day @mariedaywriting.bsky.social · 3d

Spotted in Bristol at Forbidden Planet @kclarkwriter.bsky.social 💕

Photo of Kathryn Clark's YA novel Things I Learned While I was Dead.

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Sep 8

👀 Read about my #writingjourney & how to enter our signed copy #giveaway👀

Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social · Sep 8

I loved talking with @kclarkwriter.bsky.social about her debut #YA novel - #ThingsILearnedWhileIWasDead - published July 2025 by @faberchildrens.bsky.social. Check out the blog to hear about her writing journey and the signed copy giveaway!

www.robynnhyde.com/post/intervi...

#kidlit #kidlitcraze

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Sifa E. Poulton @sifaelizabethreads.bsky.social · Jul 11

Over on @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social, we have interviews with Alwyn Hamilton, Alexia Casale, and Kathryn Clark

@kclarkwriter.bsky.social @faberchildrens.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight

ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/11/a...

Annual Event 2025: Alwyn Hamilton, Alexia Casale, and Kathryn Clark

Interview with three UKYA authors

ukyaspotlight.co.uk

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UKYA Spotlight @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social · Jul 11

Today's annual event interviews are with Alwyn Hamilton, Alexia Casale, and Kathryn Clark

@kclarkwriter.bsky.social @faberchildrens.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight

ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/11/a...

Annual Event 2025: Alwyn Hamilton, Alexia Casale, and Kathryn Clark

Interview with three UKYA authors

ukyaspotlight.co.uk

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Jun 27

So excited to be included in the @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social annual event ❤️

UKYA Spotlight @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our 2025 Annual Event Schedule is now live!

#UKYASpotlight #UKYA

ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/06/27/u...

#UKYASpotlight Annual Event 2025 Schedule

The Schedule for the 2025 Annual Event

ukyaspotlight.co.uk

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thank you for the review! @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Jun 2

Things I Learned While I Was Dead by Kathryn Clark 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo...
#kidlit
Things I Learned While I Was Dead is a thrilling and scarily real dystopian adventure that will appeal to fans of Lauren James’ The Quiet at the End o...

Things I Learned While I Was Dead by Kathryn Clark

Things I Learned While I Was Dead is a thrilling and scarily real dystopian adventure that will appeal to fans of Lauren James.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · May 11

Thank you @paperboundmag.bsky.social hope you enjoy! ❤️

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PaperBound Magazine @paperboundmag.bsky.social · May 11

Exciting #BookPost 📚

Thanks so much @kclarkwriter.bsky.social - This looks amazing and we cannot wait to jump in💙💛💜

Out July 2025 @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

#YABOOKS #YAThriller #ThingsILearnedWhileIWasDead #YAScifi #Books

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Apr 22

Oh Thank you!

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Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · Apr 22

Ok, this was brilliant! Gripping and original. Augmented explores climate change, inequality, technology, survival, the “system” and the fight against it. #KidLitUK @faberchildrens.bsky.social

Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · Dec 6

VERY excited to get my hands on a review copy of Kenechi Udogu’s Imagined Futures Prize-winning debut YA - AUGMENTED. It’s a dystopian eco sci fi novel and it sounds amazing. Out in June 2025! @faberbooks.bsky.social

Proof copy of Kenechi Udogu’s Augmented. A Black girl is standing next to a beautiful tall flowering plant in front of a futuristic city skyline.

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Apr 22

I loved this aspect of it too! It’s a great book 🌺

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Apr 15

👀 Read an extract from my debut novel ⬇️ Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social #YA #SciFi

Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Apr 15

Prepare to thaw your heart with Things I Learned While I Was Dead, a poignant YA sci-fi debut from @kclarkwriter.bsky.social. Out 17 July.

Read an extract now: www.faber.co.uk/journal/extract-things-i-learned-while-i-was-dead-by-kathryn-clark/

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Apr 11

Whatever happens, don't go Outside...

Introducing iNSiDE by Sally Gales, a thrilling YA sci-fi debut for fans of Scythe and Happy Head. Cover artwork by @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social.

iNSiDE publishes 14 August.

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you! ❤️

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Mar 31

Exciting book post from @faberchildrens.bsky.social
It’s my book! Awesome cover by Thy Bui 💜💛 #YA #YASciFi #SciFi#Dystopia

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Mar 27

www.change.org/p/protect-au...

Sign the Petition

Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

www.change.org

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Mar 4

Introducing Faber Creators, our brand new newsletter for online creators and anyone who loves to talk about books on the internet. 💌 Sign up for early access to proofs, invitations to exclusive creator events, and news straight from the Faber Marketing Team.

faber.co.uk/faber-creato...

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Feb 22

Very excited that Waterstones online has 25% off preorders of Things I Learned While I Was Dead. This weekend only. Use code PREORDER25 #WPreorder #YA #scifi #specfic

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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · Feb 22

Super excited to tell you that Waterstones are offering 25% off preorders for Disaster Diaries 2 The Worst Show Ever! this weekend. Contains: a goose magnate, trombones, Colin, a cow called Barbara and apocalypse soup.

Offer runs 22nd - 24th February
Use code PREORDER 25
Only available online

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Feb 13

🎈Happiest of book birthdays @garypanton.co.uk 🎈The Notwitches looks brilliant 🤩

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 9

The Bridport Prize is offering two fully funded writer residencies in Dorset for writers from The Midlands and/or The North West of the UK who are working class and/or 60+

From Sunday 22 to Friday 27 June 2025. Writers must be available for the whole period.

Details in link.

Please share :)

New! Fully funded writer residencies Working class and/or 60+ - Bridport Prize

bridportprize.org.uk

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Jan 28

Coming 28 August, Moira Buffini’s Torch Trilogy continues this summer with Torchfire 🔥

Available to pre-order now from @waterstones.bsky.social.

waterstones.com/book/torchfire/moira-buffini/9780571385683

Setting the world alight, 28 August 2025. Torchfire by Moira Buffini.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · Jan 23

What a week to have a book out about political corruption and powerful, abusive men! At least in my novel they get their comeuppance.

My first Anna Sharpe thriller. Out today in all formats in the UK, and in eBook and audio in the US.
#NotesOnADrowning

annamazzola.com/notes-on-a-d...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Jan 22

'It was the first time I’d seen a body that resembled mine, just existing on the internet, happily and without self-criticism, ever.'

Girl, Ultra-Processed author Amara Sage shares her top books about body image:

Reading List: Amara Sage’s Best Books On Body Image

Author Amara Sage shares the books that influenced her latest Young Adult novel about self-image and body positivity, Girl, Ultra-Processed.

www.faber.co.uk

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Kathryn Clark @kclarkwriter.bsky.social · Jan 23

🤩Brilliant Books! 🤩Congratulations, all 🤩

Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Jan 22

We are delighted to see Songlight and Glasgow Boys on the #BranfordBoaseAward longlist. Congratulations to the brilliant Moira Buffini, @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and their editors @alisewan.bsky.social and Ama Badu

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