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Swapna Haddow

@swapnahaddow.bsky.social

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Children’s author working with Scholastic, HarperCollins, Magic Cat, Faber&Faber, Macmillan. Writes for Oxford University Press as Swapna Reddy. Represented by Millie van Grutten at RCW Literary Agency. She/her. swapnahaddow.com

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 28d

Dave Pigeon fans! Bad Panda fans! This is it! This is the first book in my brand new series with #MinkyStapleton and I reckon you might like this one because I bloomin’ LOVE it. Happy reading, everyone 🦓🦝🐧🎉

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you and thank you! 🤩

Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 2h

No one is ever allowed to cook in it ever again

Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 3h

I had to clean my oven to take this photo. It’ll make sense when you read the book so you should probably go and get the book. (I also hit my head on the grill twice whilst cleaning, so I’d appreciate the support.)🙏🏾

Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!) is out NOW! 🦃

Photo of Dave Pigeon (Turkey Day!) in the oven with a faux turkey

Cover of Dave Pigeon (Turkey Day!). Cover art by Sheena Dempsey.

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People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com · 2d

Support bookstores. Not billionaires.

Free shipping on any purchases 10/7-10/8.

See our recommendations and more:
bookshop.org/shop/peoples...

@bookshop.org

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Kelly Lynn Thomas @kellylynnthomas.bsky.social · 2d

Started reading THAT LIBRARIAN by Amanda Jones (@librarianjones.com) yesterday in honor of Banned Book Week.

Librarians and library workers have been on the front lines of the modern fight for intellectual freedom for decades. Follow them, read them, listen to what they have to say.

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 2d

The @booktrust.org.uk #GreatBooksGuide 2025-26 is here and Reggie Rabbit: The Great Carrot Heist by me and #BeckaMoor is in it! 🥕🔎

Have a read of the whole guide here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...

Cover of Reggie Rabbit: The Great Carrot Heist illustrated by Becka Moor. A rabbit in a detective hat poses with a parakeet in a bandana against the backdrop of a cityscape.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 6d

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 3d

"You have it in your power to make a difference. Don't give up."

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 3d

This is a brilliantly funny Santa story, PERFECT for Christmas. Alongside the hilarious action-packed Santa antics, there’s a wonderful grandparent-grandson relationship that explores grief and kindness. I know so many young readers who will LOVE sharing this one. Thank you @storymix.bsky.social 🎅🏾

The cover of The Other Father Christmas illustrated by Shahab Shamshirsaz. A boy and his grandfather ride through the night sky on a sleigh, piled high with presents, pulled by reindeer.

Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 4d

And now there’s an actual Margarine in the world! Team Terrible Trio adopted her

Letter from Pōhatu Conservation Trust to show that Penguin was adopted and will be supported by the trust. Oh and her name is Margarine.

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 4d

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 4d

LOVE Mr Gum! 🙌🏾

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 4d

a woman in a black dress is walking down a street with #schitts creek written in the corner

ALT: a woman in a black dress is walking down a street with #schitts creek written in the corner

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone who is behind this survey wants your voice to be counted. Everyone who is *boosting* this survey wants your voice to be counted.

Get this puppy filled in before midnight on Monday and be counted!!

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A graphic for the Uk comics creator survey, saying: we’ve got questions; we need answers. Who’s in? With the URL ukcomicscreators.org.uk over a series of illustrated raised hands

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you to everyone who joined me at Dunedin City Library for some Terrible Trio fun! 🤩

Crowd in the story pit of Dunedin City Library creating new characters in a Terrible Trio inspired character workshop with Swapna Haddow

The Terrible Trio book, illustrated by Minky Stapleton

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Feana Tu’akoi @feanatuakoi.bsky.social · 5d

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‘Funny books can often be dismissed as fart jokes and silliness but look beneath, and you’ll find that these are stories that cleverly navigate tricky topics and emotions by intertwining the dark with the light.’ @swapnahaddow.bsky.social

Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 13d

I got on my soapbox to talk about the serious business of funny books:

www.scholastic.co.uk/blog/The-Ser...

The Serious Business of Funny Books

"Funny books have the power to hook young readers, particularly reluctant readers, because of the joy they bring." - Swapna Haddow, author of _The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes_

www.scholastic.co.uk

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 6d

Awesome to see Bad Panda and Dave Pigeon (Zombies!) on this list! Thank you 🤩

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 8d

Publishers at #KidsConf were urged to support library provision and realise the 'extraordinary role' they could play in transforming vulnerable pupils’ outcomes 👇 #BookSky

The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference: publishers have 'extraordinary role' to play in creating school libraries

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James Oswald @sirbenfro.bsky.social · 8d

This. A book's success or failure is almost entirely down to the publisher. And yet it's the author who always takes the fall when a book fails.

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 8d

Any sales track for an author should factor in what the publisher did/didn't do to market the book and what luck factors were involved eg awards/book of the month. Historical sales aren't useful info without context of other factors.

Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 12d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 13d

Not an expert in the field but I suspect teachers and schools already KNOW which students are struggling with reading. What they need are solutions. Such as funding for libraries with librarians.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 13d

Exclusive: The government plans to introduce a mandatory reading test for year 8 pupils in its upcoming schools white paper, amid fears poorer children are disengaging in the early years of secondary school

schoolsweek.co.uk/year-8s-to-s...

White paper to usher in year 8 reading test

Move to ensure poorer pupils are not shut off from wider curriculum

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 13d

I got on my soapbox to talk about the serious business of funny books:

www.scholastic.co.uk/blog/The-Ser...

The Serious Business of Funny Books

"Funny books have the power to hook young readers, particularly reluctant readers, because of the joy they bring." - Swapna Haddow, author of _The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes_

www.scholastic.co.uk

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you so much, Jacqui 🤩

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 15d

Brilliantly funny, The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes is the 1st in a hilarious new #KidsGN series from @swapnahaddow.bsky.social & Minky Stapleton. Out now for KS2 readers from @scholasticuk.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes by Swapna Haddow, illustrated by Minky Stapleton

Cover illustration © Minky Stapleton, 2025 When emails come offering me books to read and review, there are some titles that need a little bit of consideration and there are others to which I immed…

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 18d

a cartoon of spongebob giving a thumbs up and the words mission complete below him

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob giving a thumbs up and the words mission complete below him

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for sharing The Terrible Trio 🤩

Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Which books did we share with our pupils, staff & families in our celebration assembly this week?
📖 The Girl at the Front of the Class
📖 Super Nova
📖 The Diary of Wiska Wildflower: The New School
📖 The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes
📖 Champions of the Galaxy
#kidlituk

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