Timothy Knapman
@timothyknapman.bsky.social
Writer of children's books, musicals, plays, operas and the rest. More details at www.timothyknapman.co.uk - if you dare...
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Well this is a turn up for the (picture) books. DINOSAURS IN THE SUPERMARKET by me and @sarahwarburton.bsky.social is being republished by @scholasticuk.bsky.social next January. Here’s a sneak peek of the eye-catching new cover. How many naughty dinosaurs will you spot?
October 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Well this is a turn up for the (picture) books. DINOSAURS IN THE SUPERMARKET by me and @sarahwarburton.bsky.social is being republished by @scholasticuk.bsky.social next January. Here’s a sneak peek of the eye-catching new cover. How many naughty dinosaurs will you spot?
Every READER counts in this new racing adventure! The brand new TEN WHIZZY RACERS book, by me & Richard Merritt hits bookshops TODAY! So take a pit stop and refuel with a copy as soon as you can. We’re COUNTING ON YOU!! TEN WHIZZY RACERS: FROSTY FALLS FRENZY published by @ladybirdbooks.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Every READER counts in this new racing adventure! The brand new TEN WHIZZY RACERS book, by me & Richard Merritt hits bookshops TODAY! So take a pit stop and refuel with a copy as soon as you can. We’re COUNTING ON YOU!! TEN WHIZZY RACERS: FROSTY FALLS FRENZY published by @ladybirdbooks.bsky.social
Start your engines for a BRAND NEW countdown adventure! The sequel to the award winning TEN WHIZZY RACERS: CHAOS AT CRACKLING CREEK by me and Richard Merritt is out TOMORROW from Ladybird Books!
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Start your engines for a BRAND NEW countdown adventure! The sequel to the award winning TEN WHIZZY RACERS: CHAOS AT CRACKLING CREEK by me and Richard Merritt is out TOMORROW from Ladybird Books!
Watching the Peter Ustinov Death on the Nile. Script by Anthony Shaffer of Sleuth and Wicker Man fame. Apart from noting that most of the cast is now dead, I’m finding it hard to get past the fact that the murder victim - spoilers! - is called Mrs Doyle.
August 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Watching the Peter Ustinov Death on the Nile. Script by Anthony Shaffer of Sleuth and Wicker Man fame. Apart from noting that most of the cast is now dead, I’m finding it hard to get past the fact that the murder victim - spoilers! - is called Mrs Doyle.
“Get the back-to-school giggles with this sweet tale. Imagination runs wild here – or does it? It’s a great first day read for littles.” Lovely review for the new US edition of OH NO! DINOSAURS IN MY SCHOOL by me and Sarah Warburton.
August 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
“Get the back-to-school giggles with this sweet tale. Imagination runs wild here – or does it? It’s a great first day read for littles.” Lovely review for the new US edition of OH NO! DINOSAURS IN MY SCHOOL by me and Sarah Warburton.
This is cool! Author copies of TIME TRAVEL SLEEPOVER, Egypt and Knights & Castles, by me and Matt Robertson, IN GERMAN! UK editions published by Quarto Books.
June 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This is cool! Author copies of TIME TRAVEL SLEEPOVER, Egypt and Knights & Castles, by me and Matt Robertson, IN GERMAN! UK editions published by Quarto Books.
Thrilled to bits by these: Vietnamese editions of SOMETIMES I AM FURIOUS and SOMETIMES I JUST WON’T by me and the mighty Joe Berger. Available in the UK from @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thrilled to bits by these: Vietnamese editions of SOMETIMES I AM FURIOUS and SOMETIMES I JUST WON’T by me and the mighty Joe Berger. Available in the UK from @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social
Author copies of the US edition of OH NO! DINOSAURS IN MY SCHOOL by me and Sarah Warburton heading across the Atlantic from Scholastic to cause mischief and mayhem. Full of fun, laughs and games of Spot The Dinosaur. Enjoy!
May 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Author copies of the US edition of OH NO! DINOSAURS IN MY SCHOOL by me and Sarah Warburton heading across the Atlantic from Scholastic to cause mischief and mayhem. Full of fun, laughs and games of Spot The Dinosaur. Enjoy!
Berlin friends! Still two more dates for the triumphant new Germany production of BEFORE AFTER (DAVOR DANACH) by the brilliant OFFstage Germany. Don't miss it, it's FANTASTIC! Everything you need to know is at the other end of this link:
offstage-germany.de/davor-danach/
offstage-germany.de/davor-danach/
May 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Berlin friends! Still two more dates for the triumphant new Germany production of BEFORE AFTER (DAVOR DANACH) by the brilliant OFFstage Germany. Don't miss it, it's FANTASTIC! Everything you need to know is at the other end of this link:
offstage-germany.de/davor-danach/
offstage-germany.de/davor-danach/
Happy (probable) birthday!
April 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy (probable) birthday!
Well that’s cheered me up on a Friday afternoon: THE GREEDY WOLF by me and @jeanjullien.bsky.social in… Dutch! Thank you, Walker Picture Books (who publish it here in the UK) x
April 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Well that’s cheered me up on a Friday afternoon: THE GREEDY WOLF by me and @jeanjullien.bsky.social in… Dutch! Thank you, Walker Picture Books (who publish it here in the UK) x
New book klaxon! TEN WHIZZY RACERS: CHAOS AT CRACKLING CREEK by me and #RichardMerritt is published by @ladybirdbooks.bsky.social this very day. It's the first of a series of Wacky Races-style counting books - perfect for the car-crazy kid in your family who's learning to count.
March 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New book klaxon! TEN WHIZZY RACERS: CHAOS AT CRACKLING CREEK by me and #RichardMerritt is published by @ladybirdbooks.bsky.social this very day. It's the first of a series of Wacky Races-style counting books - perfect for the car-crazy kid in your family who's learning to count.
There’s another brilliant production of BEFORE AFTER by Stuart Matthew Price and me on the horizon - this one’s in Berlin and it’ll be the work of the fantastic #OFFStageGermany
March 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There’s another brilliant production of BEFORE AFTER by Stuart Matthew Price and me on the horizon - this one’s in Berlin and it’ll be the work of the fantastic #OFFStageGermany
Sometimes I am CHUFFED! It’s always a thrill to receive a coedition of one of your books, and I’ve just had two! Castilian versions of SOMETIMES I AM FURIOUS and SOMETIMES I JUST WON’T by me and the mighty Joe Berger, published in English by @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Sometimes I am CHUFFED! It’s always a thrill to receive a coedition of one of your books, and I’ve just had two! Castilian versions of SOMETIMES I AM FURIOUS and SOMETIMES I JUST WON’T by me and the mighty Joe Berger, published in English by @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social
Happy US publication day to THE GREEDY WOLF by me and @jeanjullien.bsky.social This deliciously funny story of a wicked predator and the family of goats he wants to gobble up is out today from the lovely people @candlewickpress.bsky.social so buy it now - it's good enough to eat!
January 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Happy US publication day to THE GREEDY WOLF by me and @jeanjullien.bsky.social This deliciously funny story of a wicked predator and the family of goats he wants to gobble up is out today from the lovely people @candlewickpress.bsky.social so buy it now - it's good enough to eat!
THE GREEDY WOLF by me and the brilliant @jeanjullien.bsky.social is out today in the UK and Ireland from Walker Books, and yesterday in the USA. It’s funny, it’s wicked, and perfect for anyone with some Christmas money to spend…
January 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
THE GREEDY WOLF by me and the brilliant @jeanjullien.bsky.social is out today in the UK and Ireland from Walker Books, and yesterday in the USA. It’s funny, it’s wicked, and perfect for anyone with some Christmas money to spend…
Found this chap in the Museo Correr in Venice. Euphemistically called a “contortionist”, I don’t think he’d ever be lonely at parties.
December 15, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Found this chap in the Museo Correr in Venice. Euphemistically called a “contortionist”, I don’t think he’d ever be lonely at parties.
Biggest surprise of my visit to Venice so far is this picture of Bigfoot.
December 15, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Biggest surprise of my visit to Venice so far is this picture of Bigfoot.
Sens dessus dessous, the French publishers of THE GREEDY WOLF by me and @jeanjullien.bsky.social have given his magnificently greedy goats pride of place at the Montreuil Book Fair! Jean has worked wonders and I can't wait for the book to come out in the UK and Ireland, published by Walker!
November 30, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Sens dessus dessous, the French publishers of THE GREEDY WOLF by me and @jeanjullien.bsky.social have given his magnificently greedy goats pride of place at the Montreuil Book Fair! Jean has worked wonders and I can't wait for the book to come out in the UK and Ireland, published by Walker!
Hello to everyone new to this platform, and indeed to those of you who've been here a while. I'm a children's author, musical bookwriter and lyricist and I've also written plays and adapted operas. I'll be posting news about my work, and there will also be general ramblings and, who knows, jokes!
November 14, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Hello to everyone new to this platform, and indeed to those of you who've been here a while. I'm a children's author, musical bookwriter and lyricist and I've also written plays and adapted operas. I'll be posting news about my work, and there will also be general ramblings and, who knows, jokes!
Good enough to eat! Smacking my lips at the sight of these two beauties: the Italian and the French co-editions of THE GREEDY WOLF by me and the mighty Jean Jullien - English version is out in January from Walker Picture Books!
September 17, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Good enough to eat! Smacking my lips at the sight of these two beauties: the Italian and the French co-editions of THE GREEDY WOLF by me and the mighty Jean Jullien - English version is out in January from Walker Picture Books!
And here I am talking about the third of my #Readerful books for OUP Primary, THE ENORMOUS TURNIP, illustrated by Hoang Giang. It's a retelling of a classic folk story whose twists and turns have always intrigued me. #RaiseAReader
September 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
And here I am talking about the third of my #Readerful books for OUP Primary, THE ENORMOUS TURNIP, illustrated by Hoang Giang. It's a retelling of a classic folk story whose twists and turns have always intrigued me. #RaiseAReader
I'm very happy to be part of today's celebration of #OUPPrimary's #Readerful books, having written three myself. Here's me jabbering on about one of them, ADVENTURE AWAITS, part of the SHACKLETON series, illustrated by Aleksandar Zolotic!
September 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM
I'm very happy to be part of today's celebration of #OUPPrimary's #Readerful books, having written three myself. Here's me jabbering on about one of them, ADVENTURE AWAITS, part of the SHACKLETON series, illustrated by Aleksandar Zolotic!
New book klaxon! This beauty - GOTHIC GRANGE AND THE GHOUL'S GOLD, illustrated by Maxine Lee-Mackie and published by Collins Big Cat, is out now. Will Liam and Suzy solve the clues and find the hidden treasure before the ghost of Gothic Grange catches up with them?
September 10, 2024 at 8:03 AM
New book klaxon! This beauty - GOTHIC GRANGE AND THE GHOUL'S GOLD, illustrated by Maxine Lee-Mackie and published by Collins Big Cat, is out now. Will Liam and Suzy solve the clues and find the hidden treasure before the ghost of Gothic Grange catches up with them?
I have a new picture book coming out next January, which is ages away, I know, but it looks really cool and the illustrator is the fantastic Jean Jullien, so the French are publishing it next month. In the UK and Ireland it’s called THE GREEDY WOLF. In France it’s…
August 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I have a new picture book coming out next January, which is ages away, I know, but it looks really cool and the illustrator is the fantastic Jean Jullien, so the French are publishing it next month. In the UK and Ireland it’s called THE GREEDY WOLF. In France it’s…