Whoop! Huge congratulations to Lucas Maxwell! #BranfordBoase Award judge 2024 and now named WINNER of Chicken House Times/Chicken House Writing Competition! We look forward to considering You Have Selected Power Drive for the award! #debut #newtalent 👏👏👏

Thanks to everyone who has submitted to date. Everyone else, don’t miss the deadline! #newtalent #childrensbooks

For those people (racists) who say there were no poc in London during the war, this is the photo that inspired Steve McQueen to write #Blitz Now on Apple TV. ♥️🎥

If you're looking for Christmas presents, may we recommend our little space on Bookshop.org. You can get our longlisted, shortlisted and winning books there and support us at the same time (we receive a small % of the each sale) #supportjhalakprize uk.bookshop.org/shop/jhalakpri…

Solutions? Publishers nurture careers of writers from marginalised backgrounds rather than publish to tick the box. Healthy marketing campaigns.

Love this book! Birdie by Jacqui Rose - JP Rose - a writer of sorts

Submissions are now closed for the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward. Thank you to all the publishers who have submitted books for the award. We will be announcing the longlist on Wednesday 22 January 🗓️#writing #editing branfordboaseaward.org.uk

Happy heavenly birthday to Damilola Taylor (December 7, 1989 - November 27, 2000) who would have been 35 today ❤️🙏🏾

Beyond the Secret Garden is NOW AVAILABLE: englishandmedia.co.uk/publications-m… Thx to Patrice Lawrence for the foreword, Lucy Farfort is still here for the cover, Farrah Serroukh for the chapter on #ReflectingRealities, all those who gave us lovely quotes. Special thanks to English & Media Ctr for publishing us!

Massive congratulations to #BranfordBoaseAward favourite and 2020 winner Liz Hyder on winning the Children's Category Nero Book Awards with THE TWELVE! 🥳🎆🎉🙌

📣The longlist for the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward will be announced *tomorrow* Wednesday 22 January: the year's outstanding debut novels for children & young people, the most exciting new authors & most talented #childrensbooks editors. See you then! #kidlit branfordboaseaward.org.uk

The #BranfordBoase is awarded for an outstanding first novel to a first-time writer of a book for young people. Uniquely, it marks the vital contribution of the editor in identifying & nurturing new talent. Congratulations to the editors longlisted 2025🎉 branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-longlist/

I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy any of my books during February at uk.bookshop.org/shop/booktrust and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust!

You are totally making things up. I’m not even worth $1 million. Nor even $500k. I don’t even own a house! I am one of the lowest net worth members of Congress, trade no stock, and take no outside income. My filings are public. I loathe corruption, and your lying is disgusting.

My new book has just been uploaded to Bookshop.org for the last few days of the #READITFORWARD campaign. If you buy my book from there BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust get money! AND a local indie gets money. AND my book is on sale! uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-by…?

Come along for this special event with mayamada 🔥

I'm still buzzing that I'm a part of GLL Literary Foundation for 2025! I'm excited to bring my UMBRA TALES series to more children and to encourage them to read in collaboration with amazing libraries. 💜✨️

Here’s the cover and details for my next book. It’s for children aged 7 and above, and has everything you asked for to encourage children to read for pleasure; short, fully illustrated, with a selection of gripping themes and interesting locations that cover half the world 🧡

A message for Keir Starmer and David Lammy in today's Observer: The UK must not be an ally to Israel's atrocities. With Medical Aid for Palestinians and Christian Aid, we're calling on the UK Government to end its complicity.

I wrote about the tremendous Alex Wheatle Alex Wheatle for Wasafiri an incandescent talent who blazed a trail & leaves an inspiring body of work behind. Do take a moment to share. Rest in peace Alex. bit.ly/43Jdub0