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Lou Treleaven

@loutreleaven.bsky.social

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Children's author of 40+ titles with Maverick, Two Windmills, Mayo Clinic, Buster Books, Scholastic. Critique service & school visits. Rep'd by Caroline Wakeman. Also writes plays, musicals & text based adventure games. Clichéd cats, books & tea lover.

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 10d

Happy #nationalpoetryday ! Why not celebrate and embrace the October vibes at the same time by visiting www.scaryness.com, a new website of fearfully fantastic poems for children? There's even a couple by me. BOO!

Illustrations by #loucrosby

Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 23d

Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day me hearties! Why not grab yourself some treasure by buying The Pirate Who Lost His Name by me and @geniespinosa.bsky.social ?

www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lou-...

#talklikeapirateday

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Sep 11

Congratulations!

Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Sep 11

Congratulations! Looks gloriously silly!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Sep 8

Nice one!!

Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Sep 7

Looks amazing and congratulations on getting the moon to advertise for you - that can't have been easy to arrange!

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's the end of the week so it must be #PublisherFriday!

If you are an #IndependentPublisher why not let us know a bit about your press, some links, current projects, crowdfunders, submission windows, some of your authors

#publisher #SmallPress #publishing #IndiePress

alt text in pictures please

old engraving of a Tunis Press, which is a large wooden structure, with one man pulling the lever to make a print and another man who is smoking a pipe checking some copy, with sheets of paper strewn on the ground

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sorry for flooding the market!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Sep 3

New book out for Maverick Books' Zoom Fiction! Delighted to have teamed up again with the brilliant Mario Gushiken to bring you another comedy space adventure, this time set inside the stomach of an alien!

Support your bookshop by buying locally or order from bookshop.org at tinyurl.com/8r2e5yep

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The Toy Press 🍩🦜🍑🌻🪐🛼 @thetoypress.bsky.social · Aug 29

Back to school season is upon us, but do you prefer a packed lunch or school dinners?

Poems from our food edition by Sarah Ziman and Jonathan Sellars, and illustrations by Mietta Postlethwaite - available in our web shop.

#Backtoschool #backtoschool2025

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nice one!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 21

Get your ticket to Scary-ness station and discover some delightfully dreadful destinations!

This new website is a brilliant way for children to discover poetry, and you might even find a petrifying poem by me on your travels! Mwah ha ha!

scaryness.com
#scarypoems #poetry #kidlit #halloween

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Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · Aug 15

#Teachers! Summer #book #Giveaway! (UK)
WIN a copy of BLUE JELLY AND STRAWBERRIES for your school.
There's a tiny seashell hidden somewhere on my website...For a chance to win a book:
🐚Follow me and repost this post!
🐚DM with the location of the shell & school name (keep it 🤫)
Winner chosen 26/8

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 21

Love that his grandad is Humpty Dumpty!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 21

What lovely support! Hope it helps and best wishes for your recovery.

Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 18

Oh I loved Playpeople soooo much! My favourite was a cavalry man I called Cadbury Man. He went on so many adventures! I also had the caravan which was pulled by a fire chief's car and the cardboard hospital.

Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 18

Enjoy!

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Virtual Authors UK @virtualauthorsuk.bsky.social · Aug 18

Who was the class clown at school and writes surrounded by other people's dogs? It's the brilliant @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social! Read his interview and find out how to book him for virtual visits here:

virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/08/18/1...

#virtualauthorvisit #poet #poetry #performancepoetry

10 Little Questions With Neal Zetter (Poet, Author, Educator)

When did you start writing and why? When I was six years old, 1965 (‘Roman times’, as I tell the children during my school visits). I already had a thirst for poetry as I loved Dr Seuss…

virtualauthors.co.uk

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 13

Already fully booked for the week next year! Looking forward to sharing new books and stories. #worldbookday2026 #authorlife

Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm starting with The Vengeance - love a bit of swashbuckling!

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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · Aug 8

Okay, deep breath.
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...

If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?

Em's bad year support fund

Our dear Emma Newman is having a shite year. First she broke her ankle walking on flat pavement, now she's got breast cancer fucking up her life. The broken bone put her out of commission for almost t...

www.paypal.com

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · Aug 12

So sorry to hear about your illness. I will be downloading some of your books, as I've been meaning to do for ages. Was just listening to the podcast today! Hope your treatment goes well and that you are getting all the love and support that you need.

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Virtual Authors UK @virtualauthorsuk.bsky.social · Aug 11

Who has a cat called Jam and writes on a bicycle? It's the subject of our second interview, prolific author Rebecca Colby! virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/08/11/1...

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