It’s funny to think that I didn’t even draw before the pandemic, I didn’t even think of drawing and now I wonder… why I wasn’t doing it all along?

This is what in Japanese is known as ‘tsundoku’: buying book after book to add to a pile you will never get to.

I’m supporting the #Take10ToRead campaign from the National Literacy Trust—join me online for a special Take 10 event on 10th October at 1:30 to bring the wellbeing benefits of reading to your school or setting. Children who are home-educated are also welcome to join! Sign up below👇

100 days to Christmas Eve & I’ve read my book of the year so far. 😀 It’s The Snowman Code by Simon Stephenson. I don’t often refer to books as classic status but this really is! It’s charming, tender, light in touch & I absolutely loved it. Perfection in a book. Out 10 Oct ☃️

To be even beginning to think about this before sorting out social care is wreckless.

In this week’s Northern Highlight, we interview YA writer Josh Silver from Manchester, who talks about his new book Dead Happy, the sequel to his debut HappyHead. Link in bio for full interview 📚

There was no marketing spend on this series. No bookshop promotions. No sprayed edges. No awards. You'll be hard pushed to find a shop stocking all 4. And yet, these books are finding young readers who want to read something a bit different. Available to order & buy today.

Terror Tower, the final book in the epic Dread Wood MG horror/comedy series will be published next week and I couldn't be more sad to see such an iconic story come to an end! Jennifer Killick Farshore scopeforimagination.co.uk/2024/09/15/dre…

*Screams* Thanks everyone The Bookseller 🙏

🐦‍🔥THE GREAT PHOENIX OF LONDON 🐦‍🔥 is going to be a class reader! So excited to hear this and delighted with this review Helen Byles Samantha Thomas (BookBound) thank you! 🐦‍🔥🔥🔥🔥

Is it petty of me to keep repeating that this beautiful movie by DreamWorks Animation is based on my book? The team of artists + animators + designers did an outstanding job + I want people to know that my book was the inspiration! Is that wrong? This is all new for me! #thewildrobot

This is a REALLY unique Author Intro video, perfect for ages 9+ 🎬✨ ‘A Riddle for a King’ by @inkyfool is a fun-filled adventure that’s packed with riddles and paradoxes. Hear Mark talk about his addictive & delightfully bamboozling story & download an extract at

I always love a Barrington Stoke book so the arrival of The Clockwork Key Vashti Hardy 📚 & Stellar Chris Bradford has put a big smile on my face.

The question I get most often is will there be more Amari books? It just so happens there are two more books on the way!

Imagine my surprise to see Kicked Out as the cover book for Teen Title, a collaborative magazine which students across Edinburgh contribute to! Thank U Cedar for your lovely review. I’m so glad you felt connected to the characters and you’d recommend it! 💜 The brilliant YA/1

'Another author-illustrator bringing his A-game this autumn is David Litchfield, whose The Dinosaur Next Door (Magic Cat) brilliantly combines the joys of dinosaurs and cake.....' Thank you Imogen Russell Williams for this lovely review from The Observer ❤️ theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

It's my stop on the blog tour for Lindsay Galvin THE GREAT PHOENIX OF LONDON🐦‍🔥's incredible new book The Great Phoenix of London. This story is everything that's wonderful about children's literature - adventure, courage, magic and themes that challenge the reader. Chicken House scopeforimagination.co.uk/2024/09/17/the…

Looking for a school visit (virtual or irl!) for Book Week Scotland? With a book set in the Highlands that includes Scots and Doric language? Give me a wave! Book Week Scotland Scottish Book Trust

Only 10 days until this fab event at Waterstones Peterborough 📚! I can’t wait to chat with @melliver and @kateelizabethweston about our books.

One lady had a Toy Stall, full of knitted ducks and cars and baby dolls in bonnets. And there, at the very back of the stall, behind a lot of other toys, was DOGGER!