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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Jun 3

Very excited to announce that 'There's a Tiger on the Train', by Mariesa Dulak and Rebecca Cobb, has been shortlisted for Children's Picture Book of the Year, in The Week Junior Book Awards 2025!🐯

There's a Tiger on the Train Shortlisted for Children's Book of the Year in The Week Junior Book Awards 2025

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 30

Margaret McDonald will be live with Scholastic Schools tomorrow morning, discussing her Carnegies shortlisted book, Glasgow Boys! Make sure to catch it at 10!🩵

shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegie...

Margaret McDonald and Scholastic Schools live promotional poster
Glasgow Boys with Margaret McDonald, Thursday 1st May, 10.00am, Age 14+

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 29

Happy #InternationalDanceDay 💃

Do you have any favourite children's books about dancers? Our reading pick for today is The Great Theatre Rescue by Judith Eagle.

Illustration of Charley from The Great Theatre Rescue, tap-dancing. Text reads: Dancing was in Charley's actual bones. There was nothing she loved more than dancing. Dad said she could dance practically before she could walk! She knew all the latest dance crazes that had whizzed their way across the Atlantic: the Charleston, the Shimmy, even the Lindy Hop. She genuinely lived to move.

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 24

Happy publication day to the authors of Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods in Our Own Words!

Watch a selection of the contributors reading from their pieces here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ3D...

Introducing Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods in Our Own Words

YouTube video by Faber Books

www.youtube.com

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 22

A little shout out in Josie George's most recent Country Diary Column.

Follow Josie's path and see the world with new eyes with her book, Letters from Wonderland.

Out 5 June!🌸

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: Watching bats until it’s too dark to see | Josie George

Stafford: On the top floor of a former shoe factory, the city reveals its wild side

www.theguardian.com

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 22

🛡️🌳Skin of bark, soul of a hero🌳🛡️

This #EarthDay, we're excited to reveal the new paperback cover of Jed Greenleaf, an astonishing standalone adventure from @kieranlarwood.bsky.social, illustrated by David Wyatt.

Available to pre-order now.

Jed Greenleaf by Kieran Larwood: out in paperback 3 July 2025.

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Mat Ricardo @matricardo.bsky.social · Apr 13

Bit of a mind blower being sent pictures of my book at the Bologna children's book fair 🫣

You can preorder it right now at www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-You-Ma...

#kidlit #childrensbook #book #booksky

A poster for my new book THE MAGIC IN YOU

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 17

Calling all aspiring authors and illustrators of colour... the FAB Prize 2025 is now open for entries ✒️🎨

To enter and find out more: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-launches-2025-fab-prize-with-a-publishing-deal-for-the-winner/

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 9

Wonderland is waiting for you. And it needs you. 🌿

Signed copies of Letters from Wonderland by Josie George are available to pre-order now from @biggreenbooks.bsky.social.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Photograph of book, Letters from Wonderland, standing upright on a garden table.

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 2

Congratulations as well to second place winner, The Knight Thief by Jonny Davison, and to Chris Watney’s Axel Ström vs The End of the World in third place.

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 2

Last night, we announced the winners of the Action! Prize on the Faber stand at Bologna. Congratulations to Theo Malings, who landed first place for her sensational YA sci-fi fantasy thriller, The Red Twilight 🏆

Read more here: www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...

Photograph of Faber stand at Bologna, showing Leah Thaxton presenting to a crowd of people.

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Apr 2

We are so excited to be publishing Max Porter's first book for children, Dogs and Bears, with artwork by Dorothée de Monfreid – coming next summer 🐶🐻

www.thebookseller.com/rights/faber...

Faber acquires Max Porter's first children's book in three-book deal

Faber has acquired Max Porter’s first children’s book in a three-book deal.

www.thebookseller.com

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 26

Introducing Letters from Wonderland by Josie George, with illustrations by Becky Thorns 🍃

See the world with new eyes and discover the confidence to forge your own path with this gorgeous book that’s part mystery, part guide, and part manifesto for hope.

Out 5 June 2025.

Top-down photo of book, Letters from Wonderland, against wooden decking.

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 26

Ahead of paperback publication of Podkin and the Tentacled Terror this week, join author Kieran Larwood on a tour of key locations in the the World of Podkin One-Ear series 👇

www.faber.co.uk/journal/watc...

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 26

Bookseller by day, author by... different day! Ahead of the release of The Notorious Virtues this Thursday, Alwyn Hamilton talks to @unitedbypop.bsky.social about her experience as both an author and @waterstones.bsky.social bookseller! www.unitedbypop.com/books/author...

Bookseller By Day, Author by… Different Day by Alwyn Hamilton - United By Pop

Alwyn Hamilton, author of the bestselling Rebel of the Sands and The Notorious Virtues discusses being both a bookseller and author.

www.unitedbypop.com

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PaperBound Magazine @paperboundmag.bsky.social · Mar 24

To celebrate the publication of addictive new #YAFantasy #TheNotoriousVirtues this week, we are thrilled to share an interview with author Alwyn Hamilton!

You can read the full interview free here: paperboundmag.com/2025/03/24/i...

Thanks to @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social 💜

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 20

‘These poems were originally written as a loving ode to my mum, celebrating her wonderful, fearless and unapologetic nature.’

Read an extract from Laura Dockrill’s new introduction to her book of poems celebrating the wonder of mothers, My Mum:

www.faber.co.uk/journal/extr...

Top-down photo of book, My Mum by Laura Dockrill.

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 19

'There are so many books about love and kindness in our market, but are there enough about violence?'

We are delighted to be publishing @juliangough.bsky.social and Ross Collins' hilarious picture book When Tad Kicked Vlad. Coming February 2026!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

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The Carnegies @carnegiemedals.bsky.social · Mar 17

Last week #Carnegies2025 shortlistee Margaret McDonald joined BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland to talk about her book Glasgow Boys - described by Andrew O'Hagan as "tenderness itself" - and what the shortlisting means to her.
@faberchildrens.bsky.social

🎧 From 2:50:13 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Good Morning Scotland - 13/03/2025 - BBC Sounds

The latest news from home and abroad, along with sport, travel and weather updates.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 18

We are so thrilled to see @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social's Glasgow Boys and @mariesadulak.bsky.social and @rebeccacobb.bsky.social's There's a Tiger on the Train on the UKLA Book Awards 2025 shortlist! 🎉@uklitassociation.bsky.social

UKLA @uklitassociation.bsky.social · Mar 18

It's here... The UKLA Book Awards 2025 Shortlist is now live! With so many powerful titles, this year's selection truly highlights the best of contemporary children's writing! Find out more here: buff.ly/KJtPJH0
#childrensbookawards #bookawards

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 17

This September, prepare to sink your fangs into Dracula & Daughters, the first book in a gloriously gothic new adventure series from million-copy bestselling author Emma Carroll.

Cover Art by Alice Guidi.🦇

@emcarrollauthor.bsky.social

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Mar 12

Faber is looking to recruit a Publicity Manager on our Children’s team. Could it be you?

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for children’s books and connecting them to readers.

faber.co.uk/careers/childrens-publicity-manager/

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The Carnegies @carnegiemedals.bsky.social · Mar 12

Debut author and #Carnegies2025 shortlistee Margaret McDonald joined Scotland Tonight last night to talk about her book Glasgow Boys and her Carnegie shortlisting.

@faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @cilipscotland.bsky.social

📽️ Watch from 16:32: player.stv.tv/episode/4pju...

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 11

Huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social who has been shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025 for her brilliant debut novel, Glasgow Boys 💙 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social

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Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social · Mar 10

Are you ready to sink your fangs into something VERY exciting next Monday?

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