The Swifts by beth lincoln (updates only) & illustrated by Claire Powell is Waterstones Kids Book of the Month. It's a brilliant, quirky murder mystery. Here was my review of the hardback from last year: chrissoul.co.uk/reviews-2023-6… PuffinBooks

Kicking off the new year with some epic news that I’m very proud to be part of 👇🏼

First class announcement! I could not be happier for Claire Powell and Marty! Walker snaps up Powell’s 'stand-out' debut fiction series in nimble pre-empt thebookseller.com/rights/walker-…

Exciting news in The Bookseller today!

I could not be happier 🥳 Huge thanks to Walker Books for believing in me and to my agent Clare Wallace for making dreams come true.

More from me and Marty Moose soon! 💌🐭 #martymoose

Great day painting Linus on the window at 🌶️ Pickled Pepper Books 🌶️ and signing #wingsofglory books with Dermot O'Leary ✍🏽

Wings of Glory publishes TOMORROW!

Out TOMORROW!!!

📚 Out today! 📚

GRIMWOOD: ATTACK OF THE STINK MONSTER! by Nadia Shireen

ONCE UPON A LEGEND by Ben Miller

THE DODO WHO DREAMED SHE COULD FLY by Catherine Emmett - Flamingo is coming soon! & Claire Powell

BARB AND THE SHADOW ARMY by Dan Abdo & Jason Patterson

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? by Tracey Turner

The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly is out TODAY!

Bit of a heartbreaker, as this is the first book I dedicated to my Mam - I never dreamed she wouldn’t be here to see it published.

She would have told EVERYONE ❤️

Go fly little dodo!

Gorgeous pics by Claire Powell

Out today! 🌸 The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly.

Thanks to Jane Buckley for amazing art direction, to Catherine Emmett - Flamingo is coming soon! for beautiful words, to Simon & Schuster Children's Books for the commission, and to Clare Wallace for excellent agenting, as usual! 🥰

I loved making this book 📖

We're super excited to reveal Wings Of Glory, the new laugh out loud adventure tale from the brilliant Dermot O'Leary, coming this September! With delightfully fun illustrations from the wonderful Claire Powell, make sure to PREORDER your copy here: bit.ly/3BX5dkK

Drumroll 🥁 I had tremendous fun illustrating Dermot O'Leary ‘s new children’s book Wings of Glory. Set in 1940 during the Battle of Britain there are birds in flight jackets and shrews in aprons. Need I say more?

Coming 14th September, pre-order it now geni.us/Wings

🥳🥳 The Swifts won the Young reader category AND was named the Overall Winner at last nights Barnes and Noble Awards. So proud to have illustrated this book ❤️

Congrats to beth lincoln (updates only) and everyone in the UK and USA who helped bring this book to life. #BNBookAwards

Lovely to see after a few days away! ❤️

Amazing news to wake up to! The Swifts has been shortlisted for the #bnbookawards by Barnes & Noble 🥳

Gah! This was SO GOOD! Page-turningly, word-gobblingly, mischief-inducingly brilliant. Loved Claire Powell' illustrations too 💜 Can't wait to read whatever comes next from beth lincoln (updates only) 😊

The #montgomerybonbon Museum Mystery Trails are still happening in 60 museums up and down the country. Details below 👇🏻

I’m going to one next week with the book’s designer Jamie 😃

Loving seeing people dressing as detectives 🕵️‍♀️ #montgomerybonbon

#blushing

Vote for us!! ❤️ SUPER excited that The Swifts is included in the #PrimarySchoolBookClub February 2023 vote this evening! 🌙

Head to #PrimarySchoolBookClub and vote for it using the pinned tweet! 🤞

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Oh wowwwww! Look at all these Mongomery BonBons!!! So fantastic. I loved doing this event ❤️