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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 9h

🌍 Fantastic news! @TomPercivalSays our guest from Episode 25 of Mostly Book Talk, has won Children’s Book of the Year: Older Fiction (9–12) at The Week Junior Book Awards for his moving novel The Wrong Shoes.

🎧 Catch up: https://loom.ly/sKiZHe4

#TomPercival #TheWrongShoes

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 1d

#KidLitUK #UKKidLit

Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 2d

📙 Episode 35: Dr Julie Blake on Poetry By Heart and Ross Montgomery’s Latest Books 🔗 Listen here: https://loom.ly/73Rh2H4

#ChildrensBooks #ChildrensPoetry #Teachers #Schools

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 2d

📙 Episode 35: Dr Julie Blake on Poetry By Heart and Ross Montgomery’s Latest Books 🔗 Listen here: https://loom.ly/73Rh2H4

#ChildrensBooks #ChildrensPoetry #Teachers #Schools

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 5d

We also review the latest two books in @rossmontgomery.bsky.social ‘s prodigious output. A big thumbs up for Small Wonder - pacey adventure with wide appeal - and for his first book for adults, The Murder at World’s End - a devour in one gulp mystery @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #kidlituk #UKkidlit

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 6d

*Just* in time to still be National Poetry Day we bring you our latest episode of Mostly Book Talk where we talk to Dr Julie Blake, founder and co-director of Poetry by Heart with lots of information about how schools can get involved #KidLitUK #UKkidLit @poetrybyheart.bsky.social

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 12d

Great day at Sailfest - really interesting discussions about South Asian children’s books in the UK - their success and wider potential but also the barriers authors face. So nice to put faces to the authors of lots of amazing books too. #kidlitUK #UKkidlit 🌏📚

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

#kidlitUK #UKkidlit @ashleythorpe.bsky.social

Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

📙 Episode 34: @Ashley__Thorpe on 'The Boy to Beat the Gods' and 'Spirit Warriors' 🔗 Listen here: https://loom.ly/Yu9NQ70 or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 22d

📙 Episode 34: @Ashley__Thorpe on 'The Boy to Beat the Gods' and 'Spirit Warriors' 🔗 Listen here: https://loom.ly/Yu9NQ70 or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 28d

Very excited to have been shortlisted for The Independent Podcast Awards! Thank you to everyone who listens to us. We will be back from our summer break very soon with some great interviews. independentpodcastawards.com/IPA25/en/pag... #kidlitUK #UKkidlit #readingforpleasure

Independent Podcast Awards 2025 - Our 2025 Shortlist

independentpodcastawards.com

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Aug 17

We really enjoyed our chat with Maisie - find it wherever you get your podcasts. Info about the British Library event she mentions below. #UKkidlit #kidlitUK 🌏📚

events.bl.uk/events/famil...

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Aug 14

We also have some short reviews of seaside themed books including The Last Pebble by @alexhorne.bsky.social Changing Tides by Julia Moscardo @littletigeruk.bsky.social Our Pebbles by Jarvis @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and Vanishing Edge by Zillah Bethell @fireflypress.bsky.social #UKkidlit #KidLitUK

Book cover for Alex Horne's The Last Pebble. Two children on a beach at sunset.

Book cover for Julia Moscarado's Changing Tides Two children running on a beach with parents in the background and a lighthouse

Book cover for Jarvis' Our Pebbles a boy sitting in the middle of some brightly coloured pebbles

Book cover for Zillah Bethell's Vanishing Edge - a sea shore in blues and pinks with an industrial building in the background

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Aug 14

And this is the wider StoryFeast event www.eseaauthors.co.uk

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ESEA Authors discuss diaspora, inclusion and culture at SOAS during ESEA Heritage Month

www.eseaauthors.co.uk

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Aug 14

The British Library event that @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social mentioned can be found here events.bl.uk/events/famil... #KidLitUK #UKkidlit

Family Workshop: ⁠Dynamic Duos | British Library

Meet a grumpy cat and a shapeshifting fox, the dynamic duo of Eric Huang's Guardians of the New Moon. Then join Maisie Chan as she introduces you to Nate Y

events.bl.uk

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Aug 14

📙 Episode 33: In this episode of our podcast, award-winning author Maisie Chan joins us to talk about her brand-new children’s novel, Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past. Listen here: https://loom.ly/iXDJhu0

#MaisieChan #ChildrensBooks #Podcast

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Aug 13

👀 this looks interesting www.eseaauthors.co.uk #kidlituk 🌏📚

HOME | ESEAauthors

ESEA Authors discuss diaspora, inclusion and culture at SOAS during ESEA Heritage Month

www.eseaauthors.co.uk

Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 26

Plus Six Dinner Sid as Katy also has a similarly literally named cat, Four White Pawsies, who eats in most of the houses in the road #teamcat #kidlituk

Photo of black and white cat called Four White Pawsies

Book cover of Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore. Black cats next to a pile of six bowls

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 26

Should add from team cat Slinky Malinki as Katy has two namesakes #teamcat #kidlituk

Book cover of Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd. Black cat on a fence carrying a glove

Photo of a black and white cat called Slinky

Photo of a mainly black cat called Malinki

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 26

So where do you stand in the cats vs dogs debate? At Mostly, Ali is definitely team dog and Katy is team cat. Clearly Alan is King of the Universe, but here are some more team cat book recommendations. Any you would add? #teamcat #readingforpleasure #kidlituk #ukkidlit

Book cover of Varjak Paw by SF Said. Black cat, orangey background

Book cover of Fashion Kitty by Charise Mericle Harper. Cartoon cat drawn standing tall above colourful houses.

Book cover of There are cats in this book by Viviane Schwarz. Mostly red with three cats partly peeking over top right.

Book cover of Sam Francisco King of the Disco by Sarah Tagholm and Binny Talib. Dressed up cats dancing by a DJ deck.

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 26

For our followers in #australia 🇦🇺 Justin Somper’s Pirate Academy books launch next week. Have a listen to find out more. #kidlit #eduskyau @justinsomper.bsky.social

Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 25

📙🏴‍☠️Episode 32: Justin Somper - Pirate Academy. In this episode we talk with Justin Somper about the latest book in his Pirate Academy series, Sword Echoes. 🎧Available wherever you get your podcasts!

#PirateAcademy #SwordEchoes #readingforpleasure

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 25

Many of the ones already mentioned but also

Book cover of Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

Book cover The Humiliations of Welton Blake by Alex Wheatle

Book cover of The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Book cover of EchoStar is Always Listening by Melinda Salisbury

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 25

📙🏴‍☠️Episode 32: Justin Somper - Pirate Academy. In this episode we talk with Justin Somper about the latest book in his Pirate Academy series, Sword Echoes. 🎧Available wherever you get your podcasts!

#PirateAcademy #SwordEchoes #readingforpleasure

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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · Jul 23

#kidlituk #ukkidlit

IBBY UK @ibbyuk.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our 2025 conference will focus on challenging historical narratives through writing for children and young people.

🗓 Saturday 8th Nov

📍Open Ealing Arts Centre W5 2TD

More info soon!

#ibbyuk #ibby #childrenspublishing #publishing #childrensbooks #historicalnarratives #challengingnarratives

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 24

Love that this is so on genre but will also open the space for who horse stories are about. I haven’t read it yet but can imagine the fun @jprosewriter.bsky.social evidently had writing it will shine through. 🐴

Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jul 23

😹What does a cat with thumbs do? He takes over the world!

📙In episode 31 of Mostly Book Talk, author and illustrator Tom McLaughlin discusses his latest work: Alan, King of the Universe

🎧Listen to the full episode with Tom, wherever you get your podcasts!

🔗https://loom.ly/iXDJhu0

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