The Starling clan can't leave Stitchwort, but that doesn't mean others can't get in... The Stitchwort Curse by @alexandradawe will be weaving into bookshops on Thursday! Cover by Olia Muza Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/3AZmsnW

All this NaNoWriMo stuff has got me good and angry, so here's a brief🧵on why I hate AI in writing. Like many authors, I had my brain utterly rewired by genre fiction in my teens, and from about the age of 12 I suffered the constant and urgent compulsion to write fiction.

Just some COLLEAGUES relaxing on the shelf Sevenoaks Bookshop Tidemagic Clare Harlow Mission Microraptor Philip Kavvadias

Thank you to the wonderful Alechia Dow (updates only) for helping me believe there was a place in the industry for Black YA sci-fi, before I had even started querying. Four years later, The Dividing Sky will be in stores NEXT MONTH!

Sseee how far Secrets of the Snakestone has travelled this summer! 🐪🌊🌞🌞

V.v. excited to be sent this sighting of a crackle (=collective noun) of #TerraElectrica books alongside some amazing books in Sevenoaks Bookshop 😎Neem Tree Press thanks Megan Hopkins for the pic 🤩

STARMINSTER by Megan Hopkins Take flight on this beautifully-written, epic and soaring new adventure. quokkabookstore.com/product/starmi… #ChildrensBooks #adventure HarperCollins Children's Books

I have been told to stop stealing muffins from the bakery. Unfortunately, it’s the only way to keep my lucrative muffin stand in business. Everyone is fine with this.

Amazing day at #sailfest2024 with discussions on culture, fantasy & history chaired by icons of modern South Asian children’s writing. Am in awe at the Desai talent on display here in the UK 🤩🤩💫✨✨

Authors' Aid For Max - Final 24 Hours! 🙏Please bid, if you can, for this great cause.🙏 jumblebee.co.uk/AuthorsAidForM… Paddy Heron 🇺🇦

Absolutely blown away to wake up this morning to find myself in the The Times and The Sunday Times, in which I find my book called ‘ingenious’ and ‘engrossing’. Release week is proper kicking off! #AReluctantSpy, out on Thursday from Headline Books

The tiny egg and the life it produced 📹 Adrian Kozakiewicz

Pandora collects magical words to make into stories. Why not start collect favourite words and store in a special story jar. Tip out the words, choose three and weave them together into your own magical story. #PandoraandtheStoryForge #picturebook #edutwitter #readingforpleasure

Thanksss so much to Accelerated Reader UK & Ireland for selecting Secrets of the Snakestone as book of the week! Nosy Crow Hannah Prutton 🐍💎✨✨

ARE for Show Don't Tell (!!!!!!)

If you'd like to know a bit more about me/my first collection for KS2 'Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?', there's a blog up now on troikabooks.com/blog. You can also read about the lovely Coral Rumble's new novel 'Jakub's Otter' #poetry #kidlit #childrenspoetry Troika Books

27/365 Another of my favourite psalms tonight... 84. I hope that you enjoy it. Another image tomorrow.