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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Sep 7

⭐️🚨OFFER🚨 ⭐️In celebration of tonight's Blood Moon eclipse 🌔
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LIE OR DiE was just a rehearsal
Welcome to Blood Moon 🐺🖥🗡

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UKYA Spotlight @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social · Jul 24

Today's Annual Event interview is with Scarlett Dunmore and A. J. Clack

@ajclack.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight

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Annual Event 2025: Scarlett Dunmore and A. J. Clack

Interview with two UKYA authors

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UKYA Spotlight @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our 2025 Annual Event Schedule is now live!

#UKYASpotlight #UKYA

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#UKYASpotlight Annual Event 2025 Schedule

The Schedule for the 2025 Annual Event

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations !🎊 👏

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Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social · Apr 15

In June @Writers_Artists will publish my first non-fiction book – THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO EDITING YOUR NOVEL: A revolutionary approach to transform your writing. For details & to pre-order at a 10% discount:
UK: bloomsbury.com/uk/ultimate-gu…
US: bloomsbury.com/us/ultimate-gu��

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Apr 15

⭐️OFFER⭐️This fabulous book is on a kindle deal. Quick !! Grab it while you can ☁️💘

Sue H Cunningham☁️💘 @suehcunningham.bsky.social · Apr 15

Happy Easter!🐣
If you like books with your chocolate, my YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine ☁️💘 is on a kindle deal this week - a bargain at just £1.69. Why not treat yourself? 😋 #Easter
@tbpagency.bsky.social

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Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · Apr 13

Excellent update on all things @uvcompetition.bsky.social from committee deputy chair @maggiewomersley.bsky.social in the latest issue of @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Words and Pictures including:

👉 Meet the judges
👉 Masterclass details
👉 Info on limited FREE places

tinyurl.com/nhcj48y4 #UV26

UNDISCOVERED VOICES Meet the Judges

Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

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Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Apr 7

Very excited to be a mentor on #WriteMentor Summer Programme 2025, partnering with my amazing CP @ajclack.bsky.social 💕 Applications open TODAY!

Find out more here: write-mentor.com/2025/03/23/w...

We can’t wait to read your work!
@write-mentor.bsky.social
#amwriting #yabooks #mentoring

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Teriterrywrites @teriterrywrites.bsky.social · Apr 3

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Mar 30

I had a fab time with these amazing #Youngwriters - what a talented group !! Thanks for having me ! 🕶🐈🐓🐓

Lucy Mohan @lucymohan.bsky.social · Mar 29

Huge thank you to @ajclack.bsky.social for coming all the way to visit us & run an awesome writing masterclass today for all the #YoungWriters at the RCT Writing Squad, & for teaching us how to play Mafia! It was so much fun!

#WritingWorkshop #WritingSquad #LieOrDie #MafiaGame #UKYA #YAThriller

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Mar 27

🌟🌟Cover reveal🌟🌟 Love this gorgeous cover from the super talented Josie Jaffrey, out 5th June 🥳❤️

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · Mar 25

Oh look it’s the cover of my next book! Out 5 June.

ARCs (worldwide, print and digital) and an exclusive PR box (UK only) are coming in April! Join my reviewer list to hear about it first:
www.josiejaffrey.com/contact

🎨 Character art by Nel Kingman

The cover of KILL ME QUICK by Josie Jaffrey, featuring an intense-looking woman’s portrait in black and white on a sea-blue background, with a Jolly Roger flag underneath and blood creeping at the edges of the image. Text to either side of the cover reads “Cover Reveal”

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thank you so much @robynnhyde.bsky.social for interviewing me for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Words & Pictures about my debut journey. It's been quite a ride!

Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social · Feb 18

It was lovely to catch up with @alatkinson.bsky.social about her #MG novel #SpooksmithsInvestigate #TheCinderman, published by Usborne. It's a horror-mystery series with squabbling siblings! Alex’s advice to new writers is spot on: "make writer friends"!

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DEBUT JOURNEYS Alex Atkinson

Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

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Sarah Ziman - aka BardyMum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @bardymum.bsky.social · Feb 18

Whooo, what a ride! I just finished @ajclack.bsky.social’s Reality TV thriller ‘Lie or Die’ and it’s so much fun! (in a murder-y kinda of way 😜). Highly recommend this twisty #YA with pretty people

#TuesReviews @fireflypress.bsky.social

Cover of book ‘Lie or Die’ held up in front of library shelves

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Feb 22

Thanks Sarah ! 😍

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Feb 22

Really excited that Lie or Die: BLOOD MOON has been included in @waterstones pre order offer.
🌟 25%off RRP. 🌟
This weekend only!
🐺🗡🌖

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Sifa E. Poulton @sifaelizabethreads.bsky.social · Jan 28

Top Ten Tuesday: Best Debuts of 2024 (Part Two)

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@ajclack.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social @jesspopps.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social @harrietconstable.bsky.social

Best Debuts of 2024; Part Two

Ten debuts I enjoyed in the second half of 2024

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Jan 24

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Sue H Cunningham☁️💘 @suehcunningham.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hi all, I'm so happy to join you!
Hoping to reconnect with old friends from twitter and make new buddies, especially readers, writers and reviewers 💖📚.
I write YA with humour and a bit of magic - my new romcom #CloudNine is coming Feb 2025 just in time for Valentines 💝Now available on NetGalley

Cloud Nine: The hilarious new romantic comedy for fans of The Good Place shows a blue book cover featuring a teenage girl in the clouds looking down on an oblivious boy

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Jess Popplewell @jesspopps.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello! I’m Jess, I wrote a book called THE DARK WITHIN US. It’s a YA portal fantasy inspired equally by Dante’s INFERNO and 2007-era SKINS.

Jenny is looking for a way to fix her life so when a demon tells her she doesn’t have a soul, she agrees to go with him on a journey to Hell to get it back.

A red book cover with an illustration of a teenage boy and girl in black and white. Title: THE DARK WITHIN US. Author: JESS POPPLEWELL.

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Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Nov 28

Hello! Happy to be here! Hope to connect with the #kidlit community 🥰
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Nov 29

Hello!

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A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Nov 29

Hello! I'm Ali, an author of dark and twisty YA thrillers. My debut Lie or Die is a murder mystery thriller based on a Reality TV game show- think The Traitors meets Big Brother🗡️📺 Reality TV just got real.

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