Matt Haig has just given £5,000 to this. Total donations are now over £150k. The thugs destroy but the rest of us rebuild. gofundme.com/f/books-for-sp…

gofund.me/76ba5dfe Fundraiser to help replenish and repair Spellow #Library after the riots, so kids in that community can still enjoy #reading this summer. Please donate so kids can have fun, peace & learn #empathy. If only the idiot rioters had done that as kids…

gofund.me/76ba5dfe Fundraiser to help replenish and repair Spellow #Library after the riots, so kids in that community can still enjoy #reading this summer. Please donate so kids can have fun, peace & learn #empathy. If only the idiot rioters had done that as kids…

Sarah Sackman: "This is not our Finchley" Finchley and Golders Green MP condemns far right demonstration planned for North Finchley this evening while warning of risks of counter-protest barnetpost.co.uk/2024/08/07/sar…

#RefugeesWelcome means ALL refugees and those descended from them, including Jewish families and Muslim ones, all part of our diverse and peaceful suburb.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Whether it’s the far right or far left there can be zero tolerance for antisemitism, Islamophobia or racism in any form. There is no place for such hate in our community. 2/2

What a headline. There is hope.

As if there wasn’t already enough ignorance in the USA and the world 🙄: Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban ⁦⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/books/article/…

Excellent #ThoughtfortheDay on BBC Radio 4 Today by Jonathan Wittenberg on the shared hopes and prayers of mothers on all sides of the conflict

Making a very brief return here to say how excellent the scriptwriting is in this week’s omnibus of #TheArchers The Archers

UK-Israeli hostage has been forgotten, says mum #BringThemHome bbc.com/news/articles/…

How many people on here even know that there’s a young British woman still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza? PLEASE don’t forget her - her name is Emily Damari. #BringThemHome UK-Israeli hostage has been forgotten, says mum bbc.com/news/articles/…

Unbearably moving eyewitness testimony and live phone video footage give this #Storyville BBC Two such impact. PLEASE watch it if you care at all about understanding Israel Palestine and what happened on #October7th bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Wise words from Sharone Lifschitz, daughter of 84-yr-old hostage Oded Lifschitz. This is now the moment for a negotiated ceasefire for sake of the hostages and the people of Gaza. I hope, wish, pray those in control listen to her. Play back @bbcradio2 at 08.00.59 today to hear her.

Well said, Yossi Beilin

Thank you to The Society of Authors & Philip Pullman mary beard Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 & many more for understanding how The Guardian’s hasty & shortsighted plans to offload The Observer to a financially struggling start-up will impoverish us all thebookseller.com/news/authors-i…

So proud of Lesley Parr for the #Carnegie nomination for this brilliant book. Please #teachers #parents #librarians share this moving funny clever story of a boy with divided loyalties, with kids aged 10-14+ and all who love a real-world page turner.

Catching up on tonight’s #Americast on BBC Sounds Never mind the election, truly shocked that sarah smith has never had #Marmite. justin webb please sort this out at once! #snacks

All very interesting about the sinking of a naval ship in 1917 but time to wind it up now Evan Davis ! Interview took longer than it took to sink the ship. #PM BBC Radio 4

Pablo and Splash: Frozen in Time is out in the world as of yesterday! Thanks to the mega team at Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK! I'll be celebrating from Birdland this weekend, excitingly. Details below. Sallyanne Sweeney Alex Antscherl Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK