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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 4h

I can only see 11 🫣

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M. G. Leonard @mglnrd.bsky.social · 1d

Travel to Ancient Rome with the Time Keys on their next adventure to the Roman Colosseum. I’m thrilled to reveal the 3rd in the Time Keys series, The Impossible Gladiator, illustrated by @manuelsumberac coming 12 February 2026 Pre-order now @waterstones
www.waterstones.com/book/the-imp...

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 5h

We're commissioning an artist to co-create an artwork for our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Help us tell powerful stories of identity, home and care.

🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3IKaZNA

Hands painting a sign. Text reads "Nursing and migrations exhibition. Open call for artists"

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 21h

Happy Anniversary 🎉

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the reminder, that's another Christmas present ordered

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I went to an amazing concert by The Bookshop Band at my local library. Fantastic songs, brilliant book talk and even a quick first lines quiz, brilliant night.

Banner showing the songs on the latest Album by The Bookshop Band and Pete Townsend.
The album is called Emerge, Return.
Artwork by Stanley Donwood.
The tracks are inspired by various books including La Belle Sauvage, Brave New World, The Testaments, Orphans of the Carnival, The Diary of a Bookseller and Jane Eyre

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I loved it, I got a reservation in at my library as soon as you recommended it. Freedom We Sing is particularly beautiful, definitely one I will use in school and a firm favourite already of my youngest son.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

With the IBC Excluded Voices report making for sober reading this week, let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate brilliant books from global majority writers.
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Book cover for Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe

Book cover for Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan

Book cover for Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 1d

#KidsBooksFriday there are so many amazing ones but 4 I have particularly loved this month are; Guardians of the New Moon by Eric Huang, The Doomsday Date by Àbíké - Lyímídé, It might be an Apple by Shinsuke Yoshitake and Freedom we Sing by Amyra Léon

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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 2d

This is an 'Arrrgh help! I need more work, there are moths in my wallet!!' post.

I do queer history, build escape rooms, talk about mythology and run museumy workshops and tours!

Get in contact if you want to do something cool. X

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Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social · 4d

I also have signed books for sale in my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/StarsIn...

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 6d

This looks like a warm and snuggly sharing book

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David Litchfield @dc-litchfield.bsky.social · 9d

#Competition Time. Win a signed copy of my new Picture book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’. All you have to do is Like, Repost and Follow me to be in with a chance. I’ll pick at random a winner on Monday 6th October. Good Luck all 🤞🦁👦🏻
#giveaway #picturebook

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 7d

DONE. my brother was too little to remember when he was at Seattle Children's, but i was a toddler, and it was SO BORING. anything we can do to break the monotony and help kids stuck there celebrate the season is worth it

(try to send just happy holiday wishes, not get well wishes! make it fun!!)

Amanda Deibert @amandadeibert.bsky.social · 8d

Click to send a Halloween Card to a child at Children's Hospital LA. It cost you NOTHING, it takes 30 seconds and they donate $1 for every card sent between now and Halloween secure1.chla.org/site/SPageNa...

Send a Halloween card to a child in the hospital!

You can help a child in the hospital have a spook-tacular Halloween. Send a special card before the deadline.

secure1.chla.org

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Independent, outspoken women, typically in touch with the seasons and nature in a more proactive way than most people.

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 16d

On the Dirigible Balloon dirigibleballoon.org you'll find a cornucopia of wonderful poems imagining the future. They're free, they're safe, they'll take you to fantastical places, they'll make you smile, they'll make you think ... what are you waiting for?
#PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 23d

#Teachers #Schools #Families
#NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming.
This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Dirigible Balloon is a free-to-use poetry bank for children, families and schools which is safe, devoid of pop-ups and hosts over 2000 excellent poems from 500 poets worldwide. #Education #Teachers #Poetry
Come and see >>> dirigibleballoon.org 🎈

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Ellie Hawkes @elspells13.bsky.social · 12d

I still have feedback slots available for October! Get in touch if you're looking for affordable, honest, helpful feedback on your work-in-progress ✍️

Only £25 per 5,000 words - lots more client testimonials on my website www.elspells.com

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 13d

These, I would obsessively read them, then hilight anything about authors which I then typed up on our first computer to put on a ' Laura's book encyclopedia ' floppy disc, because I was cool like that 😆

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Sorry I should have thought of non fiction, my oldest has always found it easier to get friendships and social norms through fiction as he always says it feels less like being told what to do

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JLMeyer 🐰 @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 13d

❤️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸❤️
Hold on to your happy

🌸Sunsets Blossoms🌸 @sunsetsblossoms.bsky.social · 26d

This is so true

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 13d

My son enjoyed the friendships in The Asparagus Bunch, he found them realistic and honest

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 14d

I attended the Oxford University and Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School and it was fantastic, I now feel very inspired to sit my butt down and try and finish my fantasy novel draft. Katherine Rundell was a particular highlight for me.

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Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social · 14d

The perfect Christmas present

Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 16d

Remember all my mad book drama?

(If not, buy me a pint and I'll sing you the ballad of the dodgy ex-publisher...)

Well, I'm absolutely delighted to say it's over!

An enormous thanks to my wonderful new publisher @manchesterup.bsky.social

Queer As Folklore will be back in the wild! 🧜🏼‍♂️

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