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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Listening to my 6 year old read to his younger brother this morning makes me happy

Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 18d

New issue of @booksforkeeps.bsky.social is out, dive in to discover lots of book related treats. It includes a review of graphic novel Everything Amplified "collaborative YA debut is a love song to the beauty, power and therapeutic nature of music"

Books for Keeps, the online children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 19d

Out now! #BfK274 articles, interviews, news, comment, reviews. Authorgraph interview James Mayhew, Windows into Illustration Emma Farrarons, 10 of the Best books to turn children into poets, Simon Mole interview, Beyond the Secret Garden,new Picture This #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...

The cover of the new issue of Books for Keeps, the children's online review journal. Cover image is from Doug Naylor's book Sin Bin Island, illustration by Khadijah Khatib of four children running towards the viewer, and clearly away from a Komodo dragon which is in the centre of the image. Contents listed Authorgraph interview James Mayhew, Windows into Illustration Emma Farrarons, turn children into poets for National Poetry Day.

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Tagged the wrong account signed copies of Everything Amplified at @portybooks.bsky.social

Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 20d

Happy publication day to the fab YA graphic novel #EveythingAmplified by Sarah Lippett & Ziggy Hanaor. It has been a pleasure to work on as both of them are talented (look at those endpapers) AND nice people. You can pick up signed copies at @goshcomics.bsky.social and @portybookfest.bsky.social

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 20d

Happy publication day to the fab YA graphic novel #EveythingAmplified by Sarah Lippett & Ziggy Hanaor. It has been a pleasure to work on as both of them are talented (look at those endpapers) AND nice people. You can pick up signed copies at @goshcomics.bsky.social and @portybookfest.bsky.social

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Nice to catch up with lots of publicists at @publicitycircle.bsky.social drinks this evening. Although I did discover the Christmas party clashes with a book launch sadly

Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 25d

Heading home after a successful evening at @goshcomics.bsky.social to launch #EverythingAmplified. If you love contemporary YA graphic novels check it out and you can grab your signed copies from @goshcomics.bsky.social now. Listen to the fab accompanying playlist too (QR code in book)

Sarah Lippett & Ziggy Hanaor with two fans and copies of Everything Amplified at GOSH Comics

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 26d

Heading into London, off to @goshcomics.bsky.social to the book launch for graphic novel Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor. It is published by Cicada Books next week and I've been working on the PR campaign

Book launch invitation, illustration by Sarah Lippett of four of the characters from Everything Amplified looking like they are posing in a photobooth

Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 26d

glad you enjoyed it

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 27d

My youngest has requested to do an activity inspired by a book we recently borrowed from the library #EatYoutPeople. It isn't eating people in case you were wondering!

Eat Your People picture book in foreground cake tin and fairy cake cases being put out in background

Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · 27d

Heading home after the launch for Dr Bot by @crblease.bsky.social this evening at @yalebooks.bsky.social yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300.... A great turnout, wine and conversation were flowing and lots of books were signed and sold. Fab first book launch of my new(ish) job

Yale University Press colleagues with Dr Bot book display

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Charlotte Blease PhD @crblease.bsky.social · Sep 5

Piece in the @dailymail.co.uk today — a generous review of my new book #DrBot. Change in medicine is inevitable, but as I argue, it must be thoughtful, ethical, and patient-centred.
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
Check it out!

AI is the future of medicine -half of doctors can't cope but a bot can

With long waits, strikes and regular negligence claims, our healthcare system is failing - new book details how AI can be more trustworthy and reliable.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Charlotte Blease PhD @crblease.bsky.social · Aug 31

Debate is brewing... glad that my essay on AI in medicine is among the most read in The Guardian's Books section today:

Welcome constructive feedback!

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

The Big Idea: why we should embrace AI doctors

People are understandably wary of new technology, but human error is often more lethal

www.theguardian.com

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

September book of the month for fiction is #EverythingAmplified on @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social

School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Aug 31

Our September books of the month
Fiction: Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor
Nonfiction: The Incredible Pop-up Frog by Ben Hoare, illustrated by Jasmine Floyd
Picture book: Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury

📚 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel... 📚

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

I think positive stories, hope and ideas for changes are so important at the moment so do check out this upcoming book Empathy in Politics and Leadership. Hopefully lots of people will read it and learn as it's great to work with leaders who show empathy

Dr Claire Yorke @claireyorke.bsky.social · Aug 18

At a time when politics feels bleak and frustrating, I wrote a book on empathy and politics to inject much needed hope into the conversation and offer some ideas for change.

Out soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social and available for preorder now 📚

#Empathy #Politics #Leadership

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

"this book firmly belongs in YA collections, where I am sure it will be highly in demand." Check out the full review of #EverythingAmplified from @vonprice.bsky.social. It's published later this month

Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social · Aug 29

#EverythingAmplified is a graphic novel that will resonate with #YA readers 🎶 Thanks for my review copy @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social #cicadabooks Written &illustrated by #SarahLippett & #ZiggyHanaor
#UkKidLit #YA #GraphicNovel
Here’s my review👇

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#YA Graphic Novel Review: Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor

Cover art by Sarah Lippett, published by Cicada Books, 18th September 2025, ISBN: 978-1800660601 Everything Amplified is a stylish and immersive, hardback, graphic novel which I am sure every secon…

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Sometimes, the stories that impact on you aren’t the big, cinematic adventures but those that are much closer to home" a great opening line in the new review of #EverythingAmplified from @jacquisydney.bsky.social

Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · Aug 17

A fabulous #YA graphic novel about music, identity, sibling bonds and being a teenager, #EverythingAmplified by Sarah Lippett & Ziggy Hanaor, publishes 18/09.

#CicadaBooks @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social

worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/e...

Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor

Cover illustration by Sarah Lippett Sometimes, the stories that impact on you aren’t the big, cinematic adventures but those that are much closer to home, and so it was when I read this new YA grap…

worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

If any reviewers are keen to get a copy of #EverythingAmplified then you can sign up through Pride Book Tours now
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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

I think this is one lots of people should be adding to their TBR, especially anyone who loves graphic novels, contemporary YA, and music related stories! #EverythingAmplified

Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social · Aug 8

#UkKidLit #BookBloggers

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
Day 3. #EverythingAmplified by #SarahLippett & #ZiggyHanaor with thanks to @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social

A young adult graphic novel with two teens sitting back to back on top of an amplifier. The title is Everything Amplified and authors are Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor. It is lying on grass with a themed bookmark and stickers.

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Jul 19

Opening today at @thestorymuseum.bsky.social is a new gallery The Story Arcade - find out more and book tickets here
www.storymuseum.org.uk/explore/the-...

The Story Arcade | Explore

Level up your imagination!

www.storymuseum.org.uk

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

Big congratulations to all of #TheBooksellerRisingStars, love this list and very happy my @publicitycircle.bsky.social mentee features (although it's all her own hard work nothing to do with me!)

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jul 18

The 15th edition of #'The BooksellerRisingStars features a list of the trade’s up-and-comers that is more international in its make-up, and outlook, than ever 👇 #BookSky

The Bookseller Rising Stars cosmopolitan Class of 2025

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Jul 7

Final bumper issue of Reading Matters from @librarylady.bsky.social includes a recommendation for How to be Disabled and Proud (or at least sorta ok with it …) written by @cathyreay.bsky.social, illustrated by @skietchy.bsky.social. Plus details of The Story Arcade at The Story Museum and lots more.

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

Exciting that advances of Everything Amplified starting to arrive with reviewers. If you want to know more about this YA graphic novel get in touch or link with more info here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Jun 27

I Flew Across the World and lots of other STEM packed choices

BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social · Jun 23

It's International Women in Engineering Day! 👷‍♀️Our popular booklist celebrating women & girls in STEM is packed with 33 choices! From trailblazing pioneers to much-loved characters, these books bring STEM to life.

Find the list here: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...

#INWED2025 #STEM

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Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Jun 27

happy 9th birthday, here's to lots more!

Sally Oliphant @sallytalksbooks.bsky.social · Jun 23

I am working on Everything Amplified, a graphic novel coming in September by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor. We should have advances for soon. If any reviewers or media who covers graphic novels or YA wants to know more get in touch as I am sorting the mailing
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

Everything Amplified a book by Ziggy Hanaor and Sarah Lippett.

A beautiful graphic novel about the complexities of teenage life, the tangles of twinship and the power of music to somehow make sense of it all.Sometimes everything feels heavy and uncomfortable. My ...

uk.bookshop.org

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