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Fran Moldaschl - When The Giants Passed Through @franmoldaschl.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic books. Seems bonkers not to have a look.

Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone want a FREE signed copy of one of my books (you only pay £2.70 postage) ?

Seems bonkers but it’s totally legit!

Sign up at the link in next post & you get £10 free credit to buy it

Not sure how long offer will last.It’s while Whatnot are building their platform

#kidlituk #booksky

Images of the three books in the Toby Bean trilogy

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much got sharing! ☺️

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 1d

Out 03/03, middle grade fantasy Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames by @jennywritemoore.bsky.social is full of magic, humour, excitement and adventure 🔥

#MaverickBooks @dannieprice.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames by Jenny Moore

Cover artwork © David Dean, 2022 This book was previously published as Emba Oak and the Terrible Tomorrows, for which this is my revised review. When I moved to my last school, I found myself in ch…

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I’m confused - why has it been renamed 😅 Anyway, I read it when it first came out as Emba Oak and it’s brilliant !

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone want a FREE signed copy of one of my books (you only pay £2.70 postage) ?

Seems bonkers but it’s totally legit!

Sign up at the link in next post & you get £10 free credit to buy it

Not sure how long offer will last.It’s while Whatnot are building their platform

#kidlituk #booksky

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A Voracious Reader @avoraciousreader.bsky.social · 4d

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone want a FREE signed copy of one of my books (you only pay £2.70 postage) ?

Seems bonkers but it’s totally legit!

Sign up at the link in next post & you get £10 free credit to buy it

Not sure how long offer will last.It’s while Whatnot are building their platform

#kidlituk #booksky

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for sharing! 💙

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no! And yep, these things can be very up and down

Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone want a FREE signed copy of one of my books (you only pay £2.70 postage) ?

Seems bonkers but it’s totally legit!

Sign up at the link in next post & you get £10 free credit to buy it

Not sure how long offer will last.It’s while Whatnot are building their platform

#kidlituk #booksky

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoy!! 😋

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 4d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18167:
There is no "typical reader," just as there is no "typical writer." Your first responsibility is to yourself; to create the most honest, well-written, carefully-researched story you can. Finding readers comes later.

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Can I come and stay 😅

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Insta notifications is the main reason I struggle using that app I think! Annoys me that they’re so random and not in order

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Great thread! Food for thought

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Total washout for my mum at a craft market today. Gale force winds, torrential rain and now apparently there’s thunder and lightning too

ZERO customers. I feel bad 🙈

At least she’s inside….?!?!

Photo of a market stall selling the Toby Bean trilogy books. Two life size cardboard character cut outs stand at either end of the stall

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 6d

It’s #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in Scotland this week and in the rest of the UK next week. As a dyslexic reader myself I wanted to use #KidsBooksFriday this week to celebrate brilliant, accessible and super-readable texts of all kinds.
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Book cover for Reek by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by George Caltsoudas showing a young person with a helmet and rocket books swinging through a futuristic Edinburgh via a rope.

Book cover for Wonderfully Wired Brains by Louise Gooding showing a young person with short hair and glasses wearing a green hoodie. Around their head are a myriad of different things from animals to basketballs, pencils, paint brushes and games controllers.

Book cover for Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi showing three girls with papers in their hand as if passing our leaflets, hovering over a medieval European style city.

Book cover for The Horse Dreamer by Holly Surplice showing a sketch style drawing of a girl riding a galloping horse.

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 10d

On Zoom. Lasts forty minutes. Limited to six classes/schools only.

Please comment if interested. Thanks!

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 10d

⭐️YEAR 4/5/6 TEACHERS⭐️

I’m running an interactive Halloween virtual author visit at 2pm on Thursday 6th November 🧙🏻‍♀️🦇

It’s FREE if you buy one of my books (£7.99 plus postage through my website) per class who will attend.

Limited to 6 classes

More info in next post!

#edusky #ukkidlit #kidlituk

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 10d

I haven’t read it but this one just came out. It’s illustrated by the same illustrator which created the covers for my Toby books and it looks GORGEOUS #kidlituk

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Ian Hunter - Children’s Author @ianhcreates.bsky.social · 13d

I’m beyond excited to share that ‘The Shoe Creeper’ is OUT NOW!!

‘The Shoe Creeper’ is a MG Horror story with an original monster, and it’s based in Seaton (Devon, England), which is somewhere I love to visit.

#theshoecreeper #kidlit #halloween #book

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 13d

Hope you don’t me stealing your graphic to share 😅 Hope you’re enjoying publication day!

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 13d

I’m currently listening to the audio of the third book in the Fourth Wing series 😃

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 13d

Happy book launch day to @ianhcreates.bsky.social

The Shoe Creeper looks and sounds very intriguing! The ebook has pinged onto my Kindle 👞

#kidlituk

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 19d

😃

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