THE RIVER SPIRIT is out today!! Pub by Barrington Stoke and illustrated by Júlia Moscardó 🦋 It's a sad, hopeful, magical chimney sweep fable, inspired by The Water Babies and the true story of George Brewster - whose death changed attitudes to child labour in Victorian England 🦋

Hello #Edinburgh parents/teachers/librarians/kids' booklovers! My book REEK launches at The Portobello Bookshop on 26th JUNE in a kid-friendly event: theportobellobookshop.com/events/alastai… #REEK is a Barrington Stoke easy-read adventure with poisoned air, tech billionaires and a kick-ass hero, awsomely

I’m happy and excited to announce that I am now represented by Saskia Leach at the Kate Nash Literary Agency I met Saskia as a direct result of the Undiscovered Voices, so a huge thank you to the team @scbwi_bi for this amazing initiative and all the cheer-leading. Now, back to the writing.

I’ve been lucky enough to read The Twirly Wiggly Dance by Farrah and Navya Raju ahead of publication day. This book is a beautiful celebration of persistence, dancing, and how it’s great to do your own thing. I loved it, and so will you! Publishes on August 1st!

Can anyone identify this strange featherless bird spotted on my feeder this morning?

I wrote a thing! Check out the Nosy Crow blog below 👇 where I chat about my new book I AM WOLF, giant mechanical wolves, sci fi adventures, and what they can tell us about our world… #IAmWolf

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Join Intisar's family of movers and groovers in #TheTwirlyWigglyDance, a joyful story about dancing to your own beat from author Farrah and illustrator Navya Raju 🌸 Publishing August 1st and available to pre-order now! #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks

Claire is such a brilliant teller of tales. She has a real knack of telling old and new stories through a contemporary lens, knowing exactly what will please her audience. This is brilliant and you should all buy it (from Aug 1st). @ClaireFayers Firefly Press

#Reek is featured in today's @bookshop_org_uk children's newsletter – thank you! 😊 So I thought I'd share a recommendation to it as part of #TheBigRead. Order it here and support indie bookshops!  uk.bookshop.org/a/1833/9781800… Barrington Stoke #middlegrade #scifi #indiebookshop

Thanks to the The Guardian yesterday for featuring REEK in its round-up of best new chapter books! It's in very good company, too – check out the article 👇 And look at that awesome art from @caltsoudas! Barrington Stoke #REEK #GeorgeCaltsoudas theguardian.com/books/article/…

38 years ago I embarked on my teaching career. I am proud to say that I retired today, after 34 years as a class teacher in the same school, and felt very loved by the whole school community. From start to finish……

My books celebrate the power of children's friendships. How do you find the loyal friend who will support you through hard times? #InternationalFriendshipDay Nosy Crow Anne Clark

Happiest of publication days to Farrah and your beautiful new book baby! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy!

Happy book birthday, Melissa! This looks amazing!

Happy book birthday to the lovely Zeena Gos. Can't wait to celebrate with you tomorrow!

So lucky to celebrate the launch of the lovely Zeena Gos's YA novel #thisdarkheart on Friday. Can't wait to get stuck in!

So excited to receive Fleur Hitchcock = same name on all social media.'s latest crime novel for kids, #MurderatWintertide in the post! Thank you Fleur and Nosy Crow - it's an absolute beauty and I can't wait to get reading!

Very lovely to spot my Fledgling with a little card underneath it in Waterstones Kingston close to two lovely agency friends @PhilipKavvadias and Clare Harlow. Nosy Crow

Congratulations ⁦Sarah.J.Harris⁩ on #TheMurderHypothesis which is published tomorrow ⁦Harper Fire⁩ It is an immaculately plotted, clever book with a great ending! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️