Andrea Reece
reeceandrea.bsky.social
Andrea Reece
@reeceandrea.bsky.social
Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.
Some wonderful poems to learn by heart!
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social has opened its annual Festive Showcase, an advent calendar of seasonal poems perfect to learn by heart, share and perform aloud. This year’s list features not the usual 24, but 31 poems, one for each day of December #Poetry

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November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Guy Parker-Rees from a new board book edition of Giraffes Can’t Dance: Jingle Bells, with text by Giles Andreae. Anthropomorphic drawing that looks casual but convincingly gives animals unlikely moves. Orchard Books. @hachetteuk.bsky.social @guyparkerrees.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.

We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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⭐Discount Spotlight: Citizen Poet by Eavan Boland, edited by Jody Allen Randolph📘

Carcanet's monthly discount has launched! This month, enjoy 20% off a selection of books from our Lives and Letters collection by using the code LETTERS20 at our website checkout:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017170...
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The new #BfK Book of the Week is ROAD TO TRUE NORTH by Sarah Holding #KidLit #BookSky

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November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Congratulations to Jamila Gavin, Patrice Lawrence, Struan Murray and Jenny Pearson, shortlisted in the Children's Fiction category of the still new but already prestigious Nero Book Awards 🎉 👏 🎆 🎉 #KidLitUK #bookawards

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November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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I Am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas also graces the cover of our new issue and don't miss the interview with Lauren Child by @nicolettejones.bsky.social #KidLitUK #BookSky
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November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Good Morning!

We’ve got wonderful news for you!

Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.

The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!

@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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"Science books offer strong narratives aimed at explaining the world around us and can be a fantastic way to draw in young readers"

Discover the shortlist for the 2025 @royalsociety.org Young People’s Book Prize, the year's best #science books for under 14s.

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November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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London is a place that truly values diversity, inclusion, equality and opportunity – and is a shining success because of it.

I can only imagine that some political commentators don’t like our city because it’s an engine of social progress.
London proves progressive cities work. No wonder some politicians hate that, writes Sadiq Khan | LBC
We must stand up and defend our liberal, progressive, caring capital
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November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Kate Hindley from The Night Before Christmas In Neverland with text by Carys Bexington in which even Captain Hook learns the joy of giving. Crisp cartoon of Hook writing his Christmas list with the crocodile at his feet. Macmillan paperback. @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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The @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year 2025 has our regular round up of selected primary aged texts with lgbtq+ stars🤩

Books by @tommydoyle.bsky.social Sarah Tagholm& @manumontoya.bsky.social @peterbently.bsky.social & Claire Powell @catwrote.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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"This is about how you manage a massive festival when you’re so little and can’t possibly know what it all means."
My Books for Keeps interview with Lauren Child about her Charlie and Lola Christmas book. booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/the-... @booksforkeeps.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The 8th Annual Reflecting Realities Report is out now, showing progress in ethnic representation in children’s books and urging publishers to keep inclusion as a standard practice. https://clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-reflecting-realities-survey-ethnic-representation-within-uk-childrens-literature-3
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Tony Meeuwissen (digression from Christmas books) from a reissue of his Remarkable Animals, out from Otter-Barry Books on 13 Nov. One of 1000 permutations using 10 animals. In this case, Ruby-Topaz hummingbird with trunkfish and caterpillar. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Essential reading: the new @theclpe.bsky.social Reflecting Realities Survey is published today & offers much food for thought. The vital work of ensuring all readers can access a breadth of quality inclusive & representative literature is far from done. Read more booksforkeeps.co.uk/8th-annual-c...
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Out now! #BfK275, our seasonal special & it's a bumper issue: Books of the Year, unmissable gift guides incl #poetry & non-fiction. Authorgraph interview with Christopher Edge, Petr Horacek Windows into #Illustration, Nicolette Jones interviews Lauren Child 🎁🎁🎁

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November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Mei Matsuoka, Pragya Agarwal & Phyllis Ramage are judges for the 2026 IBC Awards. Worth £30,000 @ibc-reads.bsky.social Awards recognise UK children’s book authors & illustrators whose books authentically reflect the diverse backgrounds & experiences of readers.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jane Ray from Anya‘s Quest, the story, based on Hindu mythology, of a girl trying to save the planet. By Jasbinder Bilan, Walker Books 6 Nov. Ravishing and magical use of colour and decoration and fantastical Hindu imagery. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @janeray.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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ICYMI, our new Book of the Week is perfect for Non Fiction November: WHAT IF EVERY VOLCANO ERUPTED AT ONCE? Don't miss for the answer to this and 32 other all-important questions @dkbooks.bsky.social #Booksky

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November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Dermot Flynn from Fia and the Last Snow Deer. Verse novel set in prehistoric Ireland, by Eilish Fisher. Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Reindeer, “Deer Mother“ & magic feast, in a room as “bright as the sun“. Puffin pb 6 Nov @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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The 2026 #KlausFluggePrize is underway: submissions are open (publishers have until 14 January to get their entries in) and look at this stellar panel of judges 👀
#illustration #picturebooks #KidLit
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November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Start of the process but the winners are on these lists... congratulations to everyone nominated #writing #illustration
Nominations have been announced for the 2026 Carnegie Medals @carnegiemedals.bsky.social. This year 62 books are in contention for the Carnegie Medal for Writing and 65 for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Are your favourites here? #Carnegies2026 #KidLit

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November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM