Jake Hayes
@tygertale.bsky.social
Writer, bookseller, audio describer | Children's books blog tygertale.com | Bath Spa #MAWYP grad | Dr Who | pop music | theatre | #TygertaleVintage books https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/tygertale
Sad to hear about the passing of Rosemary Sandberg, co-founder of the Puffin Club with Kaye Webb and later editor of Collins' rival to Puffin, Lions and Picture Lions.
I interviewed Rosemary about her fascinating career in 2017, you can read the piece here:
tygertale.com/2017/03/28/r...
I interviewed Rosemary about her fascinating career in 2017, you can read the piece here:
tygertale.com/2017/03/28/r...
Rosemary Sandberg – From the Puffin Club to Picture Lions
Last week saw the 50th anniversary of the hugely influential Puffin Club, the children’s book group that brought a generation of readers together with each other and their favourite authors. By coi…
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April 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Sad to hear about the passing of Rosemary Sandberg, co-founder of the Puffin Club with Kaye Webb and later editor of Collins' rival to Puffin, Lions and Picture Lions.
I interviewed Rosemary about her fascinating career in 2017, you can read the piece here:
tygertale.com/2017/03/28/r...
I interviewed Rosemary about her fascinating career in 2017, you can read the piece here:
tygertale.com/2017/03/28/r...
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The pressure to publish more and faster was one of the most frustrating things about working in publishing. If I could say ONE thing to the publishing industry about how to make things better, it would be this: do not publish anything you are not going to support well with marketing.
I think a simple solution to making the publishing industry better, in lots of ways, would be for the big publishers to just publish fewer books and give more care and attention to the ones they do publish. It’s probably why authors with small publishers often feel better treated (not always).
March 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The pressure to publish more and faster was one of the most frustrating things about working in publishing. If I could say ONE thing to the publishing industry about how to make things better, it would be this: do not publish anything you are not going to support well with marketing.
Yes please
If anyone needs cheering up, remember—this story from the inimitable Philippa Pearce still breathes language, life, and wonder into our world.
February 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Yes please
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A lovely illustration ❤️
February 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A lovely illustration ❤️
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‘Children’s writing is by far the work I find hardest, because it has its own urgent imperatives, and its own laws, and those laws are both the laws of writing and the laws of childhood: laws that must be taken seriously.’
Katherine Rundell:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
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February 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
‘Children’s writing is by far the work I find hardest, because it has its own urgent imperatives, and its own laws, and those laws are both the laws of writing and the laws of childhood: laws that must be taken seriously.’
Katherine Rundell:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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'A stunning, life-changing piece of journalism, walking the liminal space between memoir and reportage in prose of glistening clarity.'
Simon & Schuster imprint will no longer ask authors to obtain blurbs for their books
Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
'A stunning, life-changing piece of journalism, walking the liminal space between memoir and reportage in prose of glistening clarity.'
February 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Really interesting reading. I was shocked by how this story was ignored last year (and the story itself, obvs).
January 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Really interesting reading. I was shocked by how this story was ignored last year (and the story itself, obvs).
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Months ago, I meant to send a list of books to @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @restispolitics.bsky.social and @sueatkins.bsky.social for children and teens that look overtly or otherwise at politics and regimes. I lost that list, so am curating recs that inform + champion critical thinking. Pls add.
January 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Months ago, I meant to send a list of books to @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @restispolitics.bsky.social and @sueatkins.bsky.social for children and teens that look overtly or otherwise at politics and regimes. I lost that list, so am curating recs that inform + champion critical thinking. Pls add.
Pick up a Picture Puffin with 25% off (along with everything else) in the #TygertaleVintage January sale.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pick up a Picture Puffin with 25% off (along with everything else) in the #TygertaleVintage January sale.
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Sniffup!
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sniffup!
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
Entering my black and white era
January 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Entering my black and white era
Sniffup!
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sniffup!
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
I'm having a little January sale in the #TygertaleVintage children's bookshop. 25% off everything (including hundreds of Puffin books) until Monday.
Spotera!
tygertale.etsy.com
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Some very happy news! Delighted that my children’s novel THE UNTAMEABLES, illustrated by @reenamakwana.bsky.social has been long listed for the Branford Boase Award, especially as it also recognises editor extraordinaire Emma Dai’an Wright @theemmapress.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Some very happy news! Delighted that my children’s novel THE UNTAMEABLES, illustrated by @reenamakwana.bsky.social has been long listed for the Branford Boase Award, especially as it also recognises editor extraordinaire Emma Dai’an Wright @theemmapress.bsky.social
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The Times children's book of the week is... 'People Like Stars' by Patrice Lawrence.
A mystery that respects the emotional intelligence of teenage boys.
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/1602...
A mystery that respects the emotional intelligence of teenage boys.
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/1602...
Hurrah, a story that remembers that teenage boys exist
People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence, a former winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, features three teenagers connected by one big secret
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Times children's book of the week is... 'People Like Stars' by Patrice Lawrence.
A mystery that respects the emotional intelligence of teenage boys.
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/1602...
A mystery that respects the emotional intelligence of teenage boys.
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/1602...
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Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.
January 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.
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@leafjournal.bsky.social Hi, nice to see you on here. I've been enjoying the Leaf archives lately! In a quest to read more analysis on children's books (beyond market stuff, about the actual nuts and bolts of the texts)
January 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
@leafjournal.bsky.social Hi, nice to see you on here. I've been enjoying the Leaf archives lately! In a quest to read more analysis on children's books (beyond market stuff, about the actual nuts and bolts of the texts)
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Shot for The Guardian Weekend, to accompany Kathy Acker’s interview with the girls, which is basically just a whirlwind of tangents. At one point Geri starts talking about The Killing Fields for some reason. www.theguardian.com/music/2018/f...
January 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Shot for The Guardian Weekend, to accompany Kathy Acker’s interview with the girls, which is basically just a whirlwind of tangents. At one point Geri starts talking about The Killing Fields for some reason. www.theguardian.com/music/2018/f...
Love this book, even more than the Dark is Rising
Now it's time for #Greenwitch... where will this take me i wonder? The sea, according to the rhyme at least. Lost beneath the sea... oh and a British museum heist...
Right. I'm starting The Dark is Rising on midwinter's eve. This could be inviting some kind of curse... #DarkIsRising
The narrative gets into it MUCH faster than the previous books. Timeslip time! (I wonder...are there kidlit timeslips where people go to the future? There must be...) #KidLitUK
The narrative gets into it MUCH faster than the previous books. Timeslip time! (I wonder...are there kidlit timeslips where people go to the future? There must be...) #KidLitUK
December 29, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Love this book, even more than the Dark is Rising
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I'm keen to read more in-depth articles on children's books and I'd love your recommendations - there are sites like Leaf and School Library Journal that I've found great stuff on but there's so much. I'm particularly interested in fantasy, comedy, middle grade/8-12 books (any combo) #KidLitUK
December 22, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I'm keen to read more in-depth articles on children's books and I'd love your recommendations - there are sites like Leaf and School Library Journal that I've found great stuff on but there's so much. I'm particularly interested in fantasy, comedy, middle grade/8-12 books (any combo) #KidLitUK
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🎵”Suss-suss-sausages”🎵
December 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM
🎵”Suss-suss-sausages”🎵
"The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world… All the broad sky was grey, full of more snow that refused to fall."
The Dark is Rising opens on December 21st, the shortest day. Our hero Will Stanton is waiting for his eleventh birthday and the snow that will just not fall.
The Dark is Rising opens on December 21st, the shortest day. Our hero Will Stanton is waiting for his eleventh birthday and the snow that will just not fall.
December 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
"The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world… All the broad sky was grey, full of more snow that refused to fall."
The Dark is Rising opens on December 21st, the shortest day. Our hero Will Stanton is waiting for his eleventh birthday and the snow that will just not fall.
The Dark is Rising opens on December 21st, the shortest day. Our hero Will Stanton is waiting for his eleventh birthday and the snow that will just not fall.
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LOVED this MG book from @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
Modern mystery of family secrets, told from 3 points of view.
It's beautiful writing & I completely devoured it. The 3 voices are so strong and each is properly distinctive.
I'm certain it will be on all the best lists next year! 👏👏🌟
Modern mystery of family secrets, told from 3 points of view.
It's beautiful writing & I completely devoured it. The 3 voices are so strong and each is properly distinctive.
I'm certain it will be on all the best lists next year! 👏👏🌟
December 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
LOVED this MG book from @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
Modern mystery of family secrets, told from 3 points of view.
It's beautiful writing & I completely devoured it. The 3 voices are so strong and each is properly distinctive.
I'm certain it will be on all the best lists next year! 👏👏🌟
Modern mystery of family secrets, told from 3 points of view.
It's beautiful writing & I completely devoured it. The 3 voices are so strong and each is properly distinctive.
I'm certain it will be on all the best lists next year! 👏👏🌟
One day Mog woke up and nothing was right in her house. Christmas arrives in the Thomas household, bringing with it jolly uncles, aunts on tippy-toe and a walking tree.
Judith Kerr's Mog's Christmas, available in the #TygertaleVintage bookshop.
tygertale.etsy.com/listing/1245...
#TygertaleAdvent
Judith Kerr's Mog's Christmas, available in the #TygertaleVintage bookshop.
tygertale.etsy.com/listing/1245...
#TygertaleAdvent
December 17, 2024 at 7:11 PM
One day Mog woke up and nothing was right in her house. Christmas arrives in the Thomas household, bringing with it jolly uncles, aunts on tippy-toe and a walking tree.
Judith Kerr's Mog's Christmas, available in the #TygertaleVintage bookshop.
tygertale.etsy.com/listing/1245...
#TygertaleAdvent
Judith Kerr's Mog's Christmas, available in the #TygertaleVintage bookshop.
tygertale.etsy.com/listing/1245...
#TygertaleAdvent