We love Peter Bently 's stories and Cats in Chaos is a firm favourite of the granddaughter of one of our team so we just had to choose that one! #AAUKgiggles You can find out more about Peter's writing & book him for a visit here: authorsalouduk.co.uk/speaker/peter-…

Join us at 11am on Saturday 1st February for a free Saturday storytime of Dogs in Disguise by Peter Bently & John Bond at The Book Stop! #indiebookshop #ukbookshop #dogsindisguise #peterbently #johnbond #whatsoninsthelens #childrensbooks

A fantastic day celebrating the launch of Beckenham Library Bromley Libraries GLL following investment from Bromley Council . Over 1,000 people + Stella the cat joined the celebrations. It was a personal joy to be a ‘back up rhymer’ for the amazing Floella Benjamin.

♥ Friday Reads. Our manager, Katie, has picked some of her favourites today! The hilarious ‘Dogs in Disguise’ Peter Bently illustrated by John Bond HarperCollins Children's Books and ‘Everything Dogs’ by Becky Baines with dog expert Dr Gary Weitzman. Gorgeous photos and facts National Geographic 🐕👒🥰

If you work in the creative industries, please give feedback on this government public consultation on AI and our copyright. ALCS provides help here with answering the questions, and you don’t have to answer every question to submit it. The consultation ends SOON, Feb 25th:

Ever the antidote. • Wendell Berry •

It was an honour to formally launch the GLL Literary Foundation yesterday + celebrate our first cohort of authors. The room was buzzing with excitement + the feeling that anything is possible! It is wonderful to work with such passionate people! #GLF25

A fab evening CILIP YLG Committee AGM chaired by Jenny Hawke. It was inspiring to hear from the outstanding The Carnegies shortlisted authors, illustrators + translators facilitated by Jake Hope 💙, Katerina + Charlotte from YLG. Congratulations + best of luck to all -

Double double toil and trouble, I'm doing a Shakespeare workshop with Year 6s tomorrow at CLPE Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, in fact. Shakespeare Week

Great day at #OrpingtonLibrary yesterday! Storytime with Sandie included the wonderful book #Dogdunnit by Peter Bently & illustrated by Tor Freeman. In the evening we revealed the #Carnegies2025 to the Older Teen Reading Group in a very interesting way!

Beckenham & Penge is where local lad David Bowie launched his music career. Today it’s home to a vibrant community of creatives whose work is increasingly sought by AI companies. I’m grateful for reassurance Government is working to protect them and ensure fair remuneration.

Y4 loved hearing the story of “The King’s Birthday Suit” Peter Bently with Mrs Leach in our Library session. We found it really funny! #readingforpleasure 📚📖

2024's most borrowed children's books from Shropshire Libraries are: 1. "Octopus Shocktopus" by Peter Bently 2. "The Whales on the bus" by Katrina Charman 3. "Runaway Pea" by Kjartan Poskitt

Happy Publication Day to THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, written by Peter Bently & beautifully illustrated by Claire Powell 👑 This hilarious rhyming and irresistible retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fable defies traditional fairy tale conventions!

Stop in at 4PM for Saturday’s Read-Aloud – Bunny Loves to Write. If you think writing is tricky, check out this story with Buster Bunny. He quickly discovers his love of writing. See you Saturday – facebook.com/BeachGirlPress #writing #inspiration #homeschool #parents #elemschool

Thank you to Mr Street for sharing a wonderful story with us this morning. The Magnificent Sheep in their Flying Machines was an absolute treat – we all loved it! Peter Bently

The National Literacy Trust #librariesforprimaries programme has opened an incredible ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED libraries in primary schools in only three years! Let’s get those children #readingforpleasure ! Because #readingismagic and #magicisforeveryone #❤️📚

We are delighted to have reopened #WestWickhamLibrary today. A wonderful project in partnership with the Bromley Council Award winning author Peter Bently ran a great Storytime session & other local children’s authors & illustrators came along too! The whole library looks amazing!

That's just about the long and the short of it, Peter.

All I did was send my dear daughter a link on the perils of nicotine pouches, or “snus”. Autocorrect duly did its worst… 😂 No Context Brits #snus