Daniel Peak
@idanielpeak.bsky.social
Telly writer: Not Going Out, Code 404, Horrible Histories.
Book writer: Little Horror, Grimstink
Book writer: Little Horror, Grimstink
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Daniel Peak
@idanielpeak.bsky.social
· Jun 29
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
www.theguardian.com
Hey, The Guardian included #Grimstink in its ’hottest books to read now’ article. Thank you to @imogenrw.bsky.social for describing it as ‘outrageously funny’
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Got a lovely welcome at @urmstonbooks.bsky.social where they let me sign my name in the Grimstinks and I bought this…
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Got a lovely welcome at @urmstonbooks.bsky.social where they let me sign my name in the Grimstinks and I bought this…
Lots of people disparaging this list but I seem to be the only one doing it due to the absence of Hi-de-Hi!
Fri is 50yrs since Fawlty Towers first aired. To mark the occasion we asked Brits: what is your favourite sitcom?
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
September 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Lots of people disparaging this list but I seem to be the only one doing it due to the absence of Hi-de-Hi!
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August 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Grimstink is a month and a day old so
I made this shoddy edit of some of the things people have said about it so far
I made this shoddy edit of some of the things people have said about it so far
August 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Grimstink is a month and a day old so
I made this shoddy edit of some of the things people have said about it so far
I made this shoddy edit of some of the things people have said about it so far
Went in @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Stockport to sign their Grimstinks. It’s the first shop I’ve been in to do this, meaning that for now it’s the ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD with signed copies for sale
July 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Went in @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Stockport to sign their Grimstinks. It’s the first shop I’ve been in to do this, meaning that for now it’s the ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD with signed copies for sale
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📚️Got some Firefly books on your TBR this summer? 📚️
Share your photos with us for a chance to win a Firefly book of your choice!
Use hashtag #FireflySummerReading25 and a random winner will be picked w/c 1 Sep (UK only)
📸 Editor, Hayley : @katemallinder.bsky.social ‘s #SummerUndertheStars
Share your photos with us for a chance to win a Firefly book of your choice!
Use hashtag #FireflySummerReading25 and a random winner will be picked w/c 1 Sep (UK only)
📸 Editor, Hayley : @katemallinder.bsky.social ‘s #SummerUndertheStars
July 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📚️Got some Firefly books on your TBR this summer? 📚️
Share your photos with us for a chance to win a Firefly book of your choice!
Use hashtag #FireflySummerReading25 and a random winner will be picked w/c 1 Sep (UK only)
📸 Editor, Hayley : @katemallinder.bsky.social ‘s #SummerUndertheStars
Share your photos with us for a chance to win a Firefly book of your choice!
Use hashtag #FireflySummerReading25 and a random winner will be picked w/c 1 Sep (UK only)
📸 Editor, Hayley : @katemallinder.bsky.social ‘s #SummerUndertheStars
Today I promoted my book to my 350 Strava followers, most of whom don’t speak English. Can anyone beat that for a futile marketing strategy?
July 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today I promoted my book to my 350 Strava followers, most of whom don’t speak English. Can anyone beat that for a futile marketing strategy?
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Here’s a ‘Bookseller Review’ of Grimstink from the @waterstones.bsky.social website. Thank you Steve E 🙏
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Here’s a ‘Bookseller Review’ of Grimstink from the @waterstones.bsky.social website. Thank you Steve E 🙏
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
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Arthur English is this week's Look-In pin up (w/e 22nd July 1972).
July 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Arthur English is this week's Look-In pin up (w/e 22nd July 1972).
Here’s a ‘Bookseller Review’ of Grimstink from the @waterstones.bsky.social website. Thank you Steve E 🙏
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Here’s a ‘Bookseller Review’ of Grimstink from the @waterstones.bsky.social website. Thank you Steve E 🙏
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
@waterstoneskids.bsky.social
@fireflypress.bsky.social
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Judith and Alison, fashion edition !
Man, I miss Code 404, I think it's time for a little rewatch of all 3 seasons, eh ? :]
(If I knew how to embroider, I'd make myself the same sweatshirt as Alison)
#code404
Man, I miss Code 404, I think it's time for a little rewatch of all 3 seasons, eh ? :]
(If I knew how to embroider, I'd make myself the same sweatshirt as Alison)
#code404
July 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Judith and Alison, fashion edition !
Man, I miss Code 404, I think it's time for a little rewatch of all 3 seasons, eh ? :]
(If I knew how to embroider, I'd make myself the same sweatshirt as Alison)
#code404
Man, I miss Code 404, I think it's time for a little rewatch of all 3 seasons, eh ? :]
(If I knew how to embroider, I'd make myself the same sweatshirt as Alison)
#code404
My BlueSky post promoting my book: 2 likes, no comments
My daughter’s TikTok mocking my book: 21,000 likes, 424 comments
My daughter’s TikTok mocking my book: 21,000 likes, 424 comments
July 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
My BlueSky post promoting my book: 2 likes, no comments
My daughter’s TikTok mocking my book: 21,000 likes, 424 comments
My daughter’s TikTok mocking my book: 21,000 likes, 424 comments
My book Grimstink is officially out today so I made this slick marketing video
July 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
My book Grimstink is officially out today so I made this slick marketing video
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Today I'm sharing nine completely captivating middle grade adventures that will get kids reading this summer! Find my reviews on the link below:
scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/07/09/c...
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/07/09/c...
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
Captivating Middle Grade
Felix and the Future Agency by Rachel Morrisroe & illustrated by Paddy Donnelly (Simon & Schuster – May 2025) Being able to know the future might seem like a totally amazing skill to …
scopeforimagination.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Today I'm sharing nine completely captivating middle grade adventures that will get kids reading this summer! Find my reviews on the link below:
scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/07/09/c...
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/07/09/c...
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
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Hey, The Guardian included #Grimstink in its ’hottest books to read now’ article. Thank you to @imogenrw.bsky.social for describing it as ‘outrageously funny’
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hey, The Guardian included #Grimstink in its ’hottest books to read now’ article. Thank you to @imogenrw.bsky.social for describing it as ‘outrageously funny’
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Hey, The Guardian included #Grimstink in its ’hottest books to read now’ article. Thank you to @imogenrw.bsky.social for describing it as ‘outrageously funny’
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hey, The Guardian included #Grimstink in its ’hottest books to read now’ article. Thank you to @imogenrw.bsky.social for describing it as ‘outrageously funny’
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
@fireflypress.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
My new children’s book is out two weeks today. Ideal for anyone who has, knows, is or was a child
June 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
My new children’s book is out two weeks today. Ideal for anyone who has, knows, is or was a child
New series of Not Going Out starts this Friday at 9pm on BBC1. Co-written by Lee Mack and me, which is to say that I write the scripts and Lee writes his name in at the top
June 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New series of Not Going Out starts this Friday at 9pm on BBC1. Co-written by Lee Mack and me, which is to say that I write the scripts and Lee writes his name in at the top
Very grateful to @jacquisydney.bsky.social for her kind and thoughtful review of Grimstink, even if she does seem worryingly on board with the idea of obliterating Planet Earth
Huge fun for KS2 readers, Grimstink by @idanielpeak.bsky.social sees human Layla swap places with the titular alien, leading to all sorts of hilarious problems. Out 10/07 from @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit
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Grimstink by Daniel Peak
Cover art by Jack Brougham With all that is going on in the world at the moment, I’m not entirely convinced that the destruction of the Earth by aliens wouldn’t be an entirely bad thing…
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June 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Very grateful to @jacquisydney.bsky.social for her kind and thoughtful review of Grimstink, even if she does seem worryingly on board with the idea of obliterating Planet Earth
This bad boy (and he is a very bad boy) comes out two months today. The absolute best way of getting a copy is to preorder from your local bookshop, which in my neck of the woods means the brilliant @bforbutterflybooks.bsky.social or sensational @serenitybookshop.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This bad boy (and he is a very bad boy) comes out two months today. The absolute best way of getting a copy is to preorder from your local bookshop, which in my neck of the woods means the brilliant @bforbutterflybooks.bsky.social or sensational @serenitybookshop.bsky.social
Chuffed and grateful that the very first response to Grimstink is as generous as this
What a story! It's got it all: goodies, baddies, love, sibling jealousy, aliens, annihilation of Earth and friendship. There are twists and turns that have you guessing the whole way to the end and then there's the humour. It's laugh-out-loud funny in places. @idanielpeak.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Chuffed and grateful that the very first response to Grimstink is as generous as this
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This week's Northern Highlight, Daniel Peak, tells us about his new book Grimstink to be published in July by Firefly Press. Link in bio for full interview 📚
April 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This week's Northern Highlight, Daniel Peak, tells us about his new book Grimstink to be published in July by Firefly Press. Link in bio for full interview 📚
Thank you to @cbnnetwork.bsky.social for having me as this week’s Northern Highlight. If you’d like to read the interview, it’s here. If you wouldn’t like to read it it’s still here:
www.childrensbooksnorth.co.uk/blog/norther...
www.childrensbooksnorth.co.uk/blog/norther...
Writer interview: Daniel Peak — Children's Books North
This week's Northern Highlight, Daniel Peak, tells us about his new book Grimstink to be published in July by Firefly Press.
www.childrensbooksnorth.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thank you to @cbnnetwork.bsky.social for having me as this week’s Northern Highlight. If you’d like to read the interview, it’s here. If you wouldn’t like to read it it’s still here:
www.childrensbooksnorth.co.uk/blog/norther...
www.childrensbooksnorth.co.uk/blog/norther...
Tolstoy left it nine years between War and Peace and Anna Karenina. No such slouch, my second book is out in July, a mere four years after the first. Preorderable here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/grim...
April 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Tolstoy left it nine years between War and Peace and Anna Karenina. No such slouch, my second book is out in July, a mere four years after the first. Preorderable here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/grim...
Parfit by @davidedmonds100.bsky.social is one of the best biographies I’ve ever read. Elegantly threads the life and work and leaves you with a feeling of having personally encountered its subject. Also several lols
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Parfit by @davidedmonds100.bsky.social is one of the best biographies I’ve ever read. Elegantly threads the life and work and leaves you with a feeling of having personally encountered its subject. Also several lols