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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 5d

🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦‍⬛

👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...

@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven

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Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social · 5d

So looking forward to the @cheltfestivals this month and you can get your tickets for my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19th October here:
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...

Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · 4d

I'm coming to yours :) and I've signed up for Dapo's workshop and Sara Ogilvies event. Will you be around after the workshop?

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · 5d

Is anyone going to the Durham Book Festival next Saturday? There's a fantastic line up of children's authors and illustrators @jamesharris.bsky.social @dapsdraws.bsky.social SaraOgilvie and me!
newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...

Durham Book Festival - 2025 Saturday - New Writing North

newwritingnorth.com

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · 24d

Scary stuff!!!

Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · 24d

Ready or not, here it comes...

Introducing Fear Files: Hide and Seek, the first book in a terrifying new series by @christopheredge.bsky.social.

"I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud

Stunning cover illustrations by Mathias Ball.

www.walker.co.uk/978152952737...

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Sep 10

Voting is open for this year's Lollies. Grown ups can vote on behalf of children, or because they love kids books. I'm so happy to have The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat shortlisted! shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies
#kidlituk #picturebooks #primaryteachers #reception #nursery

The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2025

The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (the Lollies) celebrates the best and funniest children's books in the UK and Ireland, voted for by children.

shop.scholastic.co.uk

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Sep 3

This looks awesome!

Sinéad O'Hart @sineadohart.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's TODAY! I'm nervous. But excited. My tummy feels wiggly. My hair - as ever - feels unruly. There's a gurgling, ticklish, fizzy sensation in my chest - AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! It's WAILING time! Come and help us launch our banshee into the world, today at 6pm, Dubray Mary Street, Dublin!

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Sep 1

Reminder: I'll be doing a signing at the Alligator's Mouth bookshop after school on Sept 15th! Come join me! www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/event-detail... @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit #Edusky

Louie Stowell: Loki Book Signing | Alligator's Mouth

4:00-5:00pm - Meet Louie Stowell after school to have the latest Loki book signed!

www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Aug 30

This looks so scary!

Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social · Aug 29

This article - shorturl.at/87a8G - explains the many reasons why pre-ordering a book ahead of publication is SO important for authors, but there's another reason why you really need to pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. It will give you more time to hide from the Itter... linktr.ee/fearfiles

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Aug 29

You might run out of facts, Louie!

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 29

I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...

Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos - Walker Books

PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS DOODLE-PACKED DIARY IN THE BESTSELLING LOKI SERIES.‘Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laug...

www.walker.co.uk

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm guessing EVERYTHING could go wrong! This looks amazing!

Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · Jul 17

People, get ready for the launch of.. ‘THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS’. This is my book with the amazing Matt Hunt c/o @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social.

One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...

Front cover. Lively museum scene with Martians running around.

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Aug 14

This looks like FUN! Congratulations!

Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · Aug 14

HERE IT IS!! The cover of HARI KUMAR ULTIMATE SUPERSTAR, illustrated by the amazing Mamta Singh with design magic by Kate Clarke and Elorine Grant. A funny diary-style story (8+) with a neurodivergent South Asian kid hero. Out Feb 2026! ✨ 🎬
@harpercollins.bsky.social

Graphic showing the cover of book Hari Kumar Ultimate Superstar. Picture of a dancing boy with a star backdrop with two smiling friends in the two bottom corners.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 14

Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit

Pre-Order Signed & Dedicated: Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos

Publishes 4th September 2025 - This purchase can be signed and dedicated to a child of your choice. PLEASE NOTE: Louie is coming to The Paper Cat to sign and dedicate your orders after publication - ...

www.papercatbookshop.co.uk

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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · Aug 5

🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖

👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...

#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you so much! I'm so proud to be a UV winner! It was a highlight in my long journey to publication and encouraged me to keep going, keep submitting and to now be shortlisted for the LOLLIES is a dream come true. If you have a story, if you are an eligible SCBWI member submit! Deadline 8th Sep

Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · Jul 20

Congratulations to Undiscovered Voices alumnus @emlynas.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Lollies 👏

Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next?

Entries are open now - find out more 👇
undiscoveredvoices.com

#UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jul 15

‪@scholasticuk.bsky.social‬ has revealed its shortlist for the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (The Lollies) 👇 #BookSky

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jul 20

No one is too old for a picture book!

Helen Tamblyn-Saville (she/her) @helentamblyn.bsky.social · Jul 20

Four year olds are not too old for picture books. A beautiful book was turned down by someone in the shop yesterday due to the child being about to start school, and therefore "too old" for picture books.

Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly.

#kidlituk

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thank you so much! The SCBWI BI volunteers were with me every step of the way!

Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · Jul 20

Congratulations to Undiscovered Voices alumnus @emlynas.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Lollies 👏

Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next?

Entries are open now - find out more 👇
undiscoveredvoices.com

#UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jul 15

‪@scholasticuk.bsky.social‬ has revealed its shortlist for the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (The Lollies) 👇 #BookSky

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jul 18

This looks so cool!

Sinéad O'Hart @sineadohart.bsky.social · Jul 16

Delighted to share the cover of my new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School! Art by @unawoods.bsky.social, pub Gill Books, Sept 4th. Ellora's just started at a new school, and it's hard to keep her budding banshee powers secret. But what if they're about to save the day? 📚🇮🇪💫

Cover of a children's book, white and green background colours. Foreground shows an illustrated child with long dark braids wearing a grey hoodie, black and white dotted leggings, with wings on her back. In the background is a tall, wobbly, tumbledown building. Title Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School appears above her head. Author's name Sinéad O'Hart appears beneath her feet, and beneath that again is the illustrator's name, Úna Woods.

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · Jul 7

We welcome today’s publication from the Department for Education of the Best Start in Life strategy, and strongly support proposals to improve provision and support for children and families, and to increase investment in early education and the early years workforce. 🧵 (1/4)

A woman and a child enjoying a book in a family hub

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jul 6

I wish I could go to this!

Helen Peters @helenpeters.bsky.social · Jul 6

Last chance to book! ⬇️
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve!
Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case!
Ages 7 up.
Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6

@nosycrow.bsky.social

Copy of children’s mystery book Friends and Traitors, magnifying glass, pen, London A-Z, torch, coded message.

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Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social · Jul 3

Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jun 20

We're doing Terry Pratchett at my book group (my suggestion 😁) and I've just re-read 4 books and smiled a lot! Plus I've just been sent the roughs for my next PB and 😂 love them!

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jun 16

Have you booked your tickets yet? This is going to be so good!!!

Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social · Jun 14

I can't wait to bring my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event to @barneskidslitfest.bsky.social next Saturday and you can get your tickets for this here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christophe...

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · Jun 16

Well this looks like fabulous fun!

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Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social · May 22

Thank you!

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