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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1h

These are sooo good!
#Ukkidlit
#kidlituk

Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 1h

'Adventuremice: Mousehole to the Centre of the Earth', the seventh in our highly-illustrated series, is out now!
Available at all good bookshops!
🐭🐭✍️✍️
@philipreeve.bsky.social
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Cover with Pedro, Fledermaus & Ptiny the Pterodactyl

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 3d

Carole in the studio, 1959.

Photos courtesy Sony Music Entertainment

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

What’s Trump on the Reich-ter scale?

A mock newspaper headline reads "BREAKING NEWS" from "ReallyGreatSite.com," dated Sunday, December 20, 2055. The main headline states "PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED TO RENAME SAN ANDREAS FAULT TO JOE BIDENS FAULT." Below the headline is an image of a visible fault line in a landscape, showing a rugged, cracked terrain.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 6d

#KidLitUK #UKKidLit
It’s the one and only @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social peeps! Absolutely can’t wait for this one.
Free and open to schools and individuals all across the UK. #AuthorsLive

Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 6d

We are thrilled that Frank Cottrell-Boyce will be joining us for a special episode of Authors Live on 26 November!

The Children's Laureate will be telling us all about his new book, The Blockbusters!

Register to take part now

www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and...

Authors Live: Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce joins us for a special episode of Authors Live

www.scottishbooktrust.com

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social · 4d

Don't Trust Fish seriously ...

Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Delighted to hear @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social gushing about Don't Trust Fish on the latest @islandofbrilliant.bsky.social episode.
open.spotify.com/episode/4lAZ...

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 4d

I can do nothing but stan after listening to this

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 19d

Listen to @davidwoodman45.bsky.social explain why Æthelstan deserves more recognition as a founding figure of England on Gone Medieval podcast for @history-hit.bsky.social shows.acast.com/gone-medieva....

Æthelstan: The Birth of England | Gone Medieval

From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated…

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 9d

Seen on FB.

Horsedrawn carriage with comment: "zero chance a horse drew this."

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 9d

Really enjoying the Riyadh Comedy Festival, guys. Don’t know why it’s getting so much bad press. The audiences are loving it. Absolutely laughing their heads on.

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 9d

🦉 Attention, night owls! Radio 4 are repeating series 10 on Tuesday evenings! Tomorrow at 11pm you can spend the night with Aphrodite… 👀❤️‍🔥

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics - Next on

Upcoming episodes of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England

Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech Rachel Reeves will deliver a library in every primary school in England as part of Labour’s plans to give all children the best start in life regardless of their background. The scheme, which will create libraries in the 1,700 primaries currently without them, will be funded from £132.5m of dormant assets that will be unlocked to give young people access to cultural opportunities. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 9d

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

A poster of a manifesto about reading, by Loki, with 6 points on reading "bad" books, short books, comics, audioooks, webcomics and fanfic, plus not finishing bad books cos life is too short.

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Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social · 20d

I’m delighted to launch the Education Select Committee’s report ‘Solving the SEND Crisis’ today

My thanks to everyone who submitted evidence to our inquiry, committee members & our team

Our recommendations set out a blueprint for SEND reform & we hope will inform the Government’s white paper

Helen Hayes MP holding a copy of the Solving the SEND crisis report

Helen Hayes MP being interviewed by a journalist and camera operator

Helen Hayes MP on a TV screen with a backdrop of Parliament

Helen Hayes MP being interviewed by a journalist and filmed

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 10d

"Being read to when you’re very young is such a great boost."

Great to see our Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @ #LabourConference2025 talking the importance of shared reading & our #ReadingRights report on @news.sky.com.

📺 From 52 mins:

news.sky.com/sunday-morni...

Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Sky News' flagship Sunday morning programme each week at 8:30am

news.sky.com

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 11d

The #ReadingRights campaign is about making sure every child has access to the lifelong benefits of reading.

Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social visited a family hub to find out how they're using reading to support speech and language:

https://bit.ly/482ou5u

A photo of Frank Cottrell-Boyce and a quote from him: "Why can't we roll this out wider? Why can't we share this best practice? Why can't everyone have a piece of this joy?" Plus the URL booktrust.org.uk/readingrights and logos for Waterstones Children's Laureate, Arts Council England, and BookTrust

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social · 15d

These guys - they played Cowboys and Indians when they were kids. Now they're playing Maga v Libs.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 15d

This is a good line though: "One does not teach ‘Macbeth’ and then give “equal prominence” to a text arguing that regicide is a good idea to provide “balance.” The balance comes from the critical skills taught to analyse the text, not from teaching an “opposing” novel."

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 15d

There’s so much wrong here, it’s hard to know where to begin. But you can start by reading Angie’s brilliant book and giving it to every teen you know. Nothing like a fragile middle aged white man to point you inadvertently to quality literature.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 16d

James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’

School removes ‘divisive’ BLM book The Hate U Give after complaints

James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’

www.thetimes.com

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Neebey Deebey @irokie.bsky.social · 19d

"Pessimism is a luxury for good times" @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at #CBIconf25 in conversation with Laureate na nÓg.

Patrick Cottrell Boyce with Patricia Forde at Children's Books Ireland conference 2025

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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 19d

Fantastic conversation between @laureatenanog.bsky.social Patricia Forde and UK Children’s Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at the #cbiconf25 @childrensbooksireland.ie
A brilliant look at why reading to babies matters, some of Frank’s work in the UK, and their shared passion for reading.

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 16d

Our special guest judge @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social said ‘When you judge a competition you nearly always say it was hard to choose but in the end one or two jumped out. In this case, so many jumped out: it was story whack-a-mole inside my head.’ lrb.me/kg3

The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025: the Winners! | London Review Bookshop

In this third year of the prize, we were again overwhelmed with the number of entries. And the overall standard remained very high, which made the judging terribly…

www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social · 22d

Here for all your unexpectedly happy ending requirements

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social · 24d

I loved this event.

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social · 25d

We are literally the monkees

And this is me making thing of my beloved Mum who was forever claiming to be literally knackered.

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social · 25d

You're making Atarah so proud here!

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