"Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent." - Virginia Woolf

This is a genuinely fantastic long list!

BBC Woman's Hour discuss the experience of #women in #prison, featuring Jules Rowan of Life After Prison and PrisonPhilanthropist , founder of One Small Thing . #prisons #criminaljusticesystem

🎭 Our students are getting ready to shine in Guys & Dolls, but we need your help to fund costumes! From slick suits to show-stopping outfits, every donation counts to make this show unforgettable. DONATE HERE 👉 bit.ly/4mvPxuP #GuysandDolls #CBSDrama #CAPA

LIBRARY PLANNER GIVEAWAY 📚 To celebrate the upcoming launch of my new School Library Planner, I’m giving one copy away to a UK school librarian! 🩵 To enter: ✅ Like this post 🔁 Repost Want a sneak peek? 👉 crookedquill.co.uk/products/preor…

READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So whatever else you do - please never stop reading books with kids & encouraging them to read. Never stop helping them find books to read & love. Never stop changing lives. #literacy

#GiveawayAlert: we're giving away copies of the scorching, memorable debut essay collection, #Namesake by NS Nuseibeh from Jhalak Prose Prize shortlist. For a chance to win, RT + reply to this tweet by 5 pm tomorrow (UK only). #jhalakprize25 #giveaway #JhalakShowcase

✨GIVEAWAY✨ To celebrate the publication of Live, Luke Palmer's third YA novel, we're giving away a full set of Luke's books to one lucky winner. To be in with a chance of winning, be sure to follow us, like and RT this post by 11:59pm 04/06 UK only. Good luck!

We have 3 hardback copies of the THRILLING YA novel #BestOfAllWorlds from Kenneth Oppel to #Win! If you’re looking for an explosive tale of survival, teenage passions & an invisible enemy… WELCOME TO THE DOME! RT & Flw by June 6 to enter Guppy Books #WRDMagComp

#GiveawayAlert: we're giving away copies of the exuberant, insightful and lyrical #WhereWeComeFrom by Aniefiok 'Neef' Ekpoudom from Jhalak Prose Prize shortlist. For a chance to win, RT + reply to this tweet by 5 pm tomorrow (UK only). #jhalakprize25 #giveaway #JhalakShowcase

It's now June, so I am giving away my monthly class set of a book from my bookshop A New Chapter - Children's Bookstore. Simply retweet to win, and please bear me in mind when buying books! [email protected]

Children's books are seldom taken seriously by adults, yet they're the books that make us readers in the first place. They shape us at the deepest levels, and they stay with us forever. So I think children's books are really THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF ALL!

On this week's BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, Romesh Ranganathan discusses the impact his dad being sent to prison had on him and his family. As Romesh highlights, no two experiences of parental imprisonment are the same, and the effects can be wide ranging even within the same

It could happen to anyone.#FactsMatter At 11, I lost everything. My father died. My mother’s mental health collapsed. I was taken into care — and placed in a home run by paedophiles. By 12, I was homeless, taken in by criminal gangs. At 13, I was forced to sell drugs. I never

Uriah Rennie, the Premier League's first black referee, has sadly died.

3 signed copies of my brand new middle grade adventure, A Place of a Thousand Wishes to be won. RT and follow Mikka @ Everything With Words by midnight 17th June. #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #Booktwt #Booktwitter #childrensbooks #bookgiveaway

Reading enjoyment among children and young people continues to decline, according to new National National Literacy Trust research. Read the full report – and find out how to help us #GrowAGenerationOfReaders – here: literacytrust.org.uk/reading-for-pl…

COMPETITION TIME! To celebrate the launch of Phil Earle's much-anticipated follow-up to When the Sky Falls, we're giving away a class set of THE DAWN OF ADONIS plus posters & bookmarks to one lucky school. Plus an extra 10 schools will win a book & poster RT by 26/06 to win!

Are you skint & want to be a writer? Do you have zero cash for books, creative writing courses, retreats & instagrammable trendy cafes with a latte & your macbook open at the last chapter? No problem! Read my Writers & Artists blog for how it's done! writersandartists.co.uk/advice/five-st…

Quote of the day: “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” – Anne Herbert #kidlit #reading #ukedchat