We're super excited to reveal the wonderful cover illustrated by Beatriz Castro for @Alex_Bell86's marvellously thrilling, mystery tale, The Train of Dark Wonders coming this October! Jump aboard and PREORDER your copy here: bit.ly/3D7lcgA Rock the Boat 🌊

👻HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY!👻 To celebrate Halloween we have a bundle of TWELVE brilliantly spooky children's books for all ages for you to win! Check out the books here: bit.ly/3BgXZWO To enter: RT, FLW & post a spooky GIF/ photo UK Only Closes 15/10

In case you missed it in our (jam-packed) latest issue, #BFK262, Rebecca Butler recommends Ten of the Best School Stories, classics and some you might not have come across ⬇️ booksforkeeps.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

We are delighted to have four Rock the Boat books nominated for the #YotoCarnegies24 The Carnegies 📚🎉 ✨ Dogs of the Deadlands by Anthony McGowan ✨ HappyHead by Josh Silver ✨ My Especially Weird Week with Tess by Anna Woltz ✨ Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley - #FIREKEEPERSDAUGHTER

We are delighted to announce the long list for the Redbridge Teenage Book Award 2024. Congratulations to Kwame Alexander Nick Newman (Nicholas Bowling) Alexandra Christo Rachel Delahaye = racheldelahaye.bsky.social Patricia Forde Scholastic UK Ravena Guron Kika Hatzopoulou (mostly on IG) Oneworld Publications @TeriTerryWrites

November marks #NationalNovelWritingMonth or NaNoWriMo (as it’s more commonly known). Our November booklist celebrates some of our favourite debut authors and illustrators of 2023 🎉 Check out the booklist 👉 readingagency.org.uk/resources/7059/

Who's coming to Young Adult Literature Convention this weekend?? We cannot wait to meet you all and have some proper bookish chats 💜💜 Here's a little teaser for what to expect at the Rock the Boat stand 👀

Thank you Lucy Bannerman for picking Rani Reports by Gabrielle Kent & Satish as a The Times and The Sunday Times BOOK OF 2023! 🗞️ 'The perfect middle-grade adventure... an important message about the dangers of fake news hidden in there too. This news reporter loved it.’ thetimes.co.uk/article/the-be…

HUGE thanks to Lucy Bannerman from me and Satish for placing Rani Reports in your books of the year! Alongside Dan Smith & @MaryAliceEvans too! The 2023CLPE report shows South Asian families barely represented in books. Thank you for supporting for our Mauritian heroes!

Whoa! DeadHappy the sequel to HappyHead is so tense I had to put it down occasionally to breathe normally. It’s brutal & horrifying with a raw, beautiful love story at its core. Incredible writing from Josh Silver

Our newest category 11+ had a brilliant longlist, but the panel have finally chosen - here is the 11+ shortlist for 2023-24. Congratulations to our authors! @littletigerbooks @sophiemcameron Rock the Boat 🌊 @smudgecotton Nathanael Lessore Hot Key Teen IS NOW @HOTKEYBOOKS Ravena Guron Usborne Publishing

The panel had a tough job choosing, but finally here is the shortlist for 9+fiction category. Congratulations authors and illustrators! @dfb_storyhouse Otter-Barry Books @chickenhousebooks SF Said @tonymcgowan18 @Joetoddstanton Efua Traoré Matt Goodfellow

So exciting to spot Zulekhá A. Afzal's Dancers of the Dawn in a Books to Look Forward to in 2024 piece! Thank you Culturefly 🎉✨ 'This spellbinding romantasy introduces readers to an epic high fantasy world of magic, dance, assassins & deadly secrets.' culturefly.co.uk/fiction-previe…

.Oneworld Publications Rock the Boat imprint has snapped up And the River Drags You Down, a "haunting" new Gothic YA by poet Jihyun Yun 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/oneworl…

Kids authors! As South Asian children are by faaaaaar the least represented in kids lit, yet by faaaaaar the largest minority in our schools, help them out for #Worldbookday by sharing your South Asian characters in this thread with tips on how to create a costume based on them!

We are delighted to be shortlisted for Children's Publisher of the Year at the #BritishBookAwards 2024 ✨✨ #Nibbies thebookseller.com/awards/the-bri…

The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le is out now!⚔️ bit.ly/the-last-blood…

📣This amazing YA panel is next week!📣 There's still time to grab your tickets!🙂 Book your tickets here: waterstones.com/events/ya-pane…

We’re delighted that Rani Reports on the Missing Millions by Gabrielle Kent and Satish is on this year’s The Reading Agency #SummerReadingChallenge book list! 🎉 Find out more about #MarvellousMakers bit.ly/marvellous-mak…

Did you see our #YABookPrize shortlist announcement last week? Let us know in the comments how many you've read 👇