Just grabbed a cuppa to watch Davina Hamilton interview the ridiculously talented Trish Cooke for The Society of Authors’ literary event, Afternoon Tea ☕️

Issa Rae’s PR team told her they were aiming for “a cover EVERY month” to mark the final season of #InsecureHBO. And they delivered.

I am honoured and so very excited to be one of the judges of the inaugural Woke Babies Book Awards!

Some really great pairings this year! Looking forward to the takeovers. Maisie Chan - Nate Yu's Blast From the Past author @LilyDyu Burhana Islam (is catching up) Nizrana Farook 🍉 - Inactive account Alex Wharton Akhran Girmay Alex Falase-Koya Krina Patel-Sage Clare Weze sabine adeyinka

Wow, this list though!🤩 Congrats to everyone who made the longlist.

If you’re working on diversifying your reading curriculum, don’t miss Librarimum 📕🍉’s recommended reads for Reception-Yr 6, featuring unmissable books by Ibtihaj Muhammad Maisie Chan - Nate Yu's Blast From the Past author onjali rauf B.B. Alston @aishabushby Sharna Jackson isn’t here anymore. to name but a few! oxford.ly/3KU9x7g

Congratulations to Davina Hamilton, @DapsDraws and Nathan Bryon for making the The Independent’s list of “12 Best Children’s Books With Empowering Black Characters” #BHM 📚: “Riley Can Be Anything” - Best Inspirational Book 📚: “Look Up!” - Best STEM Book independent.co.uk/extras/indybes…

🎺 WORLD BOOK DAY NEWS! 🎺 I've teamed up with BookTrust to offer a FREE, LIVE #WBD EVENT for schools, libraries, nurseries & everyone, everywhere! Join me for a reading of the #IAmaTiger series. Bring your GRRRs! Let me know if you'll be there 👋 Details below! #RossCollins

This week, top authors and illustrators have been handing over their social media accounts to awesome up-and-coming creators of colour - and it's all for a special #WorldBookDay edition of #PassThePen! It has been such a pleasure being part of this awesome initiative!

The Lightening Catching author Clare Weze has been taken over Muhammad Khan 🎓's Twitter ALL week. Today, she's discussing her favourite childhood books.

Yesterday, Alex Falase-Koya (author of Marv and the Mega Robot) discussed his MILD superhero obsession while taking over Nathan Bryon's Twitter account.

Keep an eye out for the Maisie Chan - Nate Yu's Blast From the Past author / Sharna Jackson isn’t here anymore. takeover tomorrow. Sharna was actually part of the first #passthepen cohort as a Guest and now a year later, she's a Host! What an incredible journey.

So many great books🤩🤩Ace of Spades is next on my TBR stack.

The Free Books Festival! 📣📣 So excited to announce Broccoli Productions Free Books Campaign first ever book festival in Peckham this Easter! It’s entirely free and full of events for all ages, including workshops, talks and of course, a FREE ‘BOOKSHOP’📚 freebookscampaign.co.uk/festival

From an underrepresented group? Don't miss the free #AllStories 2022–23 programme: • writing for children workshops • writing groups • 10 mentorships with expert editors for middle grade and YA writers who're unable to afford support allstories.org.uk All Stories *updates only*

📢 NEWS! We are so excited to be teaming up with World Book Day UK 📚 for #PassThePen again! #PassThePen is all about top authors and illustrators handing over their social media accounts to up-and-coming authors and illustrators of colour. Here's who's taking part this year... 👇

Huge thanks to BookTrust for a brilliant day visiting schools in Brighton. Lots of books, lots of fun. And getting to know some lovely people Isaac McKenzie Rykesha Hudson V Thanks for the support. Hope to see you all again soon. 📚

We are immensely proud of our wonderful trustee Prof Jason Arday, who has become the youngest black professor ever at Cambridge 💚 "If we want to make education more inclusive, the best tools we have are solidarity, understanding and love." bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

APPLY NOW: How to Ace an Author School Visit training programme Award-winning author @csoundar to deliver workshops for debut authors and illustrators of colour. More info application link here: shorturl.at/bdwyL BookTrust #booktrustrepresents

The perfect gift for music-lovers! 🥁