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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · 5d

“educationalists” all over the internet - teachers who are rewarded for neglecting their students and making themselves famous. Katharine is complex - I think there’s definitely some good in her - but her success and celebrity is damaging to UK state education. 4/4

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · 5d

that had employed her; she meant us, her colleagues and friends. It was bonkers. Katharine is a fascinating figure, as the Guardian article illustrates. Her shameless promotion of Singleholic, while teaching, was embarrassing. Saddest thing is her fame is a blueprint for self-promoting 3/4

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · 5d

and friends. This blog became the book. It was a massive betrayal. She had to leave her next school a few months later when she addressed the Tory Conference 2010, cosying up to Michael Gove. Declared that education was broken because of lefties - she meant everyone at the UK state schools 2/4

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · 5d

I taught at the school that Katharine traduces in To Miss With Love, (Penguin 2011 - it was on Radio 4 too). She and I worked closely together, on the school magazine for example. She left the school in 2009 when it came out that she had been secretly blogging about her colleagues 1/4

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · Jul 18

Great set of Buzz Sausage Wolf PRIMARY SCHOOL RESOURCES for any teachers starting to think about the new term 🤪🐾

Available free here
tpet.co.uk/downloads/ta...

Buzz Sausage Wolf Archives

Free Buzz Sausage Wolf teaching resources for KS1 & KS2, created with Hachette - creative writing, story sequencing, and vocabulary-building activities.

tpet.co.uk

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · Jul 9

Private Eye hits the nail on the head

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · Jul 9

A big THANK YOU to all the schools and bookshops that have hosted BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF events over the past few weeks! #kidlit #readingforpleasure #readingforfun #childrensbooks #KS1 #readingrocks #authorvisit #primaryschool #orangutan #ukulele

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · Jun 5

BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF is very excited to be in the window of Waterstones Finchley Road!🐾

Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · May 24

Thanks, Kirsten!

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · May 23

Btw, my 11-year-old daughter read Fallout last month and absolutely loved it. Led to some great discussions about protests in the 80s. 🪧✊

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you, Lesley 🐾

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · May 23

I will be celebrating the release of
BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF (out now!) with events at these marvellous bookshops:

Steyning Bookshop - 26 May
Waterstones Finchley Road 02 - 27 May
Bags of Books, Lewes - 29 May Chicken and Frog, Brentwood - 7 June
Heffers, Cambridge - 29 June

and lots of schools!

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · May 20

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · May 15

One week to go!

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · Apr 22

BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF will be released ONE MONTH TODAY and he’s raring to go. If you know ANY 5-8 year olds, or have ever met one, please PRE-ORDER Buzz Sausage Wolf from your favourite bookshop today. 🐾

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Maisie Chan 💥NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST - Out now! @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · Jan 29

📣 HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! 🐍

It's COVER REVEAL TIME!

I'm proud to present my new novel

🏮NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST 💥 out June 12th.

The wonderful cover art is by Simone Douglas @SimsDougie
Published by @PiccadillyPress

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Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · Feb 2

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book.

"I knew my grandparents had been ill, but I hadn’t expected them to explode."

-The Caravan at the Edge of Doom

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Feb 2

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book.

"My name is Loki, and I am a god. Or I was until last Tuesday."

-Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good.

Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · Feb 2

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book.

"We'd scarcely entered Father's new lands when I realised how little I cared that I'd never inherit them."

- A Strange and Stubborn Endurance

Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social · Jan 31

My new book.
@hachettechildrens.bsky.social @hslanews.bsky.social

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Hannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social · Jan 30

Happy publication day to @prleathley.bsky.social and this absolute stunner...

'The book crackles with imagination. It’s beautifully written, with broad appeal to boys and girls, and fizzes with indelible imagery...a fantastic adventure'
The Times, Children's Book of the Week

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Owl Daily @owldaily.bsky.social · Jan 27

Long eared owl clapping in flight as he hunts over the buttercup fields

📸 driver.david

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Hannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social · Jan 23

Many years ago when I was an editor I went to my boss and asked why we were allowing ourselves to become so reliant on Amazon...I suggested that publishers could mutually invest in a central bookselling website where orders were sent direct to relevant hubs and the amount we'd save because...

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · Jan 22

Libraries & librarians have never been more important. If we care about the future, we must make sure every school, every community, every child has access to a library & a librarian. And we have to give them all our support, so they can do their vital work, which benefits us ALL! #SaveLibraries

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