Turns out #OnChesilBeach is basically a long, awkward, heartbreaking sex scene. I enjoyed it. 😂

SO excited to announce our 2024 shortlists for
1. Jhalak Prize
and
2. Jhalak C&YA Prize

Congratulations to all our shortlistees!
#jhalakprize 24 #jhalakprize

.Nosy Crow has signed a new middle grade novel by Christopher Edge - and meanwhile, his book Escape Room has sold 100,000 copies

bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

Wow, Anisha AND Test Trouble have been featured in BooksForTopics 2024 Year Group Booklists as recommended reads for Year 4! 💛 📚

What a joy! Usborne Publishing Barrington Stoke Emma McCann Louise Forshaw
 
The lists & printable posters are available at booksfortopics.com/booklists/reco…

Have only just got around to reading #TheHauntingOfHillHouse . Talk about a genre template! And as creepy as some of it was, I found a lot of this book strangely charming. I like the fact that events are so open to interpretation, too. 👌

F2, Year 1 and Year 2 had a brilliant workshop with Jonathan Emmett this morning! He told us all about being an author and read us some of his wonderful stories. Jonathan Emmett

😂

Been meaning to post about this for a while but did you know that both Test Trouble and Picture Perfect are available on audio book with Bolinda audio and read by the incredible Krupa Pattani
It’s a wonderful thing to know my stories can be enjoyed in this brilliant way. 🎧🤩

Wonderful. I look forwarde to seeing you all at Rise Park School later this week! 📚♥️

Even more intense and scarier than the first one. SJ Wills has created a series for the ages here. I cannot recommend these enough - Y6 will LOVE them. Proper scares, twists, it's an adrenaline pumping tour de force. 👏
Simon & Schuster Children's Books

My favourite interaction from the Glitter Boy x Mariah Carey moment:

Me: Guess who tweeted Daddy? MARIAH CAREY!

4 yr old son: Who that be?

Me: Well, she’s…don’t worry! But it’s really cool though!

Son: She got something for me?

Me: 😂😂😂😂😂

#MariahCarey #Lambily

Weekend Reading
She wolf by Dan Smith publisher Chicken House
A well written KS3 historical novel with a bit of fantasy thrown in, set in Northumbria in 866.
📚 Vikings
📚 Revenge
📚 Quest
#ReadingforPleasure

Boosting!

10 bands/musicians you’ve been obsessed with at some point in your life:

Scott Walker
Kate Bush
Battles
David Bowie
King Crimson
David Sylvian
Prince
Son Lux
Joni Mitchell
Genesis (ahem, Peter Gabriel era)

If anyone's up for a brand new Darren Simpson novel, spectacular news is on the way. It'll be worth the wait, I promise. In the meantime, here's an old photo of Darren View. 📚

So wonderful! Feeling supremely chuffed for Ian Eagleton.

Funny how politics reach the playground. Have heard kids call it a 'brexit' when there's a slide-tackle to someone's ankles during a footie match. And my youngest gets called 'Trump' when he wears his bright orange hoodie to school. 😂

Just finished #BlackHoleCinemaClub by Christopher Edge. It's like several widescreen adventures packed into a loving ode to the magic of cinema. When it comes to high concepts and thrilling twists and turns, Edge always delivers. 🎬

Super excited to be publishing the spine-tingling Spooksmiths Investigates series from Alex Atkinson - featuring a terrifying ash monster and a hilarious horde of ghosts, this is the book of my MG dreams/nightmares! Watch out for The Cinderman... 👻thebookseller.com/rights/usborne…

Nen quietly smashing it already over in the US! 🧜🏽‍♂️💓🏳️‍🌈