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Clare Weze

@clareweze.bsky.social

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Author of UP ABOVE THE CITY and THE LIGHTNING CATCHER, science editor, CILIP Carnegie 2022 nominee, Northern Writers' Award-winner. Agent: Abi Fellows, DHH Literary Agency (Weze is pronounced Way-Zay) clareweze.com linktr.ee/ClareWeze

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · Jul 16

Look at the beautiful cover fabulously talented illustrator Rebecca Sheerin and ace designer Thy Bui have made! Thanks to Knights Of and Abi Fellows for bringing the book of my heart into the world
Pre-order www.roundtablebooks.co.uk/knights-of/u...

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 2d

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Claire Linney Author @clairelinney.bsky.social · 2d

Next up for my month of Black kids books is another double - both by Clare Weze. She blends real world social issues with elements of magic and science creating unique and wonderful adventures. Up Above The City is her latest book and highlights the hidden plight of refugee communities.

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ed public relations @edpr.bsky.social · 7d

A very happy publication day to @clareweze.bsky.social and her new book #UpAboveTheCity, where young Jake finds himself on an unexpected journey when notices a mysterious figure in the attic room across the road🌙

A beautiful story of courage and kindness published by @knightsofbooks.bsky.social

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 7d

Huge thanks again to @abirfellows.bsky.social for seeing the future when this book was embryonic 💗💗 And thanks to the dream-team-in-one-person who is #KirstenCozens @edpr.bsky.social
www.roundtablebooks.co.uk/knights-of/u...

Up Above the City — Round Table Books

It’s the Christmas holidays, and Jake has nowhere else to go but to work with his mum. Who is the girl he can see in the attic room across the road? Is she trapped? Does she need help? If Jake tries t...

www.roundtablebooks.co.uk

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 7d

Rebecca Sheerin and Thy Bui’s cover is even more fabulous in real life! It has raised lettering, and you can stroke my gorgeous cat character 🐈 Everyone at @knightsofbooks.bsky.social has done a fantastic job 💫

Up Above the City — Round Table Books

www.roundtablebooks.co.uk

Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 7d

Up Above the City is the perfect book for a Christmas gift, because it’s set in the week before Christmas, when Jake has to go to work with his mum and ends up falling into the adventure of his life ❄️ 🎄🎁☃️

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations Stephanie! 😍

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 11d

A thought-provoking and original middle grade that looks at parental separation and displacement, Up Above the City by @clareweze.bsky.social is out 02/10. @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Up Above the City by Clare Weze

Cover illustration © Rebecca Sheerin, 2025 Having been back in school listening to readers again this week, I took the opportunity to nose around the bookshelves in one of the classrooms and was st…

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 13d

With only 3 (!) days left until wide publication, this week's Friday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence. Preorder it now for the special advance price of $2.99/£2.49: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave

#romancelandia

The illustrated cover for A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, by Stephanie Burgis, shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image. Above and beside the cover is this snippet of text: A sharp-toothed creature from the depths of Germanic legend loomed above her, red-rimmed eyes furious in a deathly pale and hairless face. Their lean body was swathed in a shapeless black hooded robe with draping sleeves that fell away to reveal long, curving, yellow fingernails as they raised their arms menacingly above their head and let out an unearthly snarl of warning. “Begone or prepare to be devoured, witless prey!”
“Oh, I very much think not,” said Margaret. “Really, have you no respect for scholarly work—or basic courtesy? You nearly made me ruin a priceless piece of historical research just now!”
“I...” The creature blinked, narrow shoulders hunching, as Margaret gave them the same cold and distinctly unimpressed look she’d perfected across years of attempted bullying from larger and louder male colleagues at Morningford College.
For a moment, she actually thought they might see sense and apologize.

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 14d

Very excited to have been sent a copy of new middle grade Up Above the City by @clareweze.bsky.social. Out 02/10, huge thanks go to @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 🥰

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 14d

😍 Hope you enjoy

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 17d

This is a great analogy for our times: www.samharris.org/blog/the-fir...

Sam Harris | Home of the Making Sense Podcast

Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores some of the most pressing and controversial questions of our time.

www.samharris.org

Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · 20d

The last two lines of this article are gold

EUROPE SAYS @europesays.bsky.social · 21d

I quit the US and Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long | Emma Brockes

https://www.europesays.com/2421639/

This time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the…

I quit the US and Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long | Emma Brockes - EUROPE SAYS

This time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down

www.europesays.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28d

“He has been killed for saying things that used to be simple common sense. He has been killed because he had the courage to stand up publicly for reasonable opinions held by millions and millions of ordinary people both in the US and Britain.”

- Boris Johnson

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28d

“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”.

-Charlie Kirk

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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · Sep 9

Truly horrifying and a glimpse of what life under a Farage government would look like.
The current government should be treating these far-right groups as terrorists, not appeasing them.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now | Anonymous

Last weekend, it fell to ordinary people to oppose the far right and others. The national toxicity has reached us: a kind of hate I haven’t seen since the 1970s

www.theguardian.com

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congrats! 😍

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JBClamence @theirfall.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · Aug 30

I see I have a lot of messages. I can’t access Chat on this platform, so if you really want to contact me, try Instagram 😎

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ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a black mesh top and suspenders

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · Aug 28

signed

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Trevor Stables 🇨🇵 🔶🏳️‍🌈 @trevor0257.bsky.social · Aug 28

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times

We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.

petition.parliament.uk

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · Aug 7

This looks so good! 😍

Louise Gooding @louisegooding.bsky.social · Aug 7

It’s my book birthday!!!

A huge thank you to Irina for bringing Minna Mask’s to life in such a vibrant & colourful way.

Thanks to all at DK Books for helping support the first in my Wonderfully Wired Stories for younger readers & their families.

#KidsBooks #Neurodiversity #Inclusion

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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · Jul 28

Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:

www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Closing date 8 November!

Prize — Galley Beggar Press

www.galleybeggar.co.uk

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Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · Jul 28

Incredible summer promotion!! 🥳 #preorder #childrensbooks #upabovethecity

Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social · Jul 23

Ooh, congrats! 🤩

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 20

Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris

A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

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