It's 2022! Here's a reminder that not all writers publish their first books in infancy: George Eliot: 40 Toni Morrison: 40 Marcel Proust: 43 Tolkien: 45 Annie Proulx: 57 Daniel Defoe: 59 Laura Ingalls Wilder: 65 Frank McCourt: 66 KEEP WRITING. Your book is right on time. ✨

Can't believe penguins have to publish all those books with their tiny hands :/

Anonymously I asked kids (aged 6) to write new years resolutions. Here are some favorites... "Eat more butter" "Build a mud hut" "Learn to drive" "Try my hardest at everything but not maths" "Make a new language" "Invent Google"

Love this 👌🏼❤️

That’s me. Yep.

Russia is vast. It is unimaginably massive. It is 11 timezones long & has a 36000km long coast and 17 million sqkm in area Then, why does it still fear losing support of Ukraine and desire it's landmass so badly? The answer is 'Geography' A simple history explainer 🧵

Look what came in the mail, just in time for #InternationalWomensDay ! Thank you HarperCollins for sending me a copy…. review (hopefully) up on March 8! 🤞🏻

A new children’s mystery book by Pika Nani? Featuring the ghost of one of the most loved and respected detective known for using “the little grey cells” from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction? What’s not to love?😍 Review here: facebook.com/10006387702394…

LOOK at what came in the #bookmail today! 😃 Thank you, HarperCollins for sending me this beauty by one of my favourite authors.And look at the gorgeous old-timey illustrations! ❤️CAN’T wait to dive in.Guess who’s going to be sneaking in breaks today. 🤓 #TheEnchantedCottage

Twitter, let me tell you a tale. It's not a long one, and it's true. Earlier this year, I was approached by a Ukrainian woman, Anna Shevchenko, for help with a project she had imagined. She called it the #RucksackProject, and the idea was pretty simple.

My first video book review! The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Author: Robin Stevens TBC Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Detailed review: m.youtube.com/watch?v=YNGhvz… #KidDetectives #WorldWarTwo #TheBookChief #BookBlogger #BookReview #ChildrensBooks #MiddleGrade #KidLit

Sigh. Image description: A classical Indian painting of a young woman in a dark forest, staring above in despair. Caption: ‘When you’re broke and the ebook’s price remains stubbornly high.’ PC: Wikimedia, Artist: Raja Ravi Varma, Painting: Damayanti Vanvasa. #TheBookChief

The Gopi Diaries: Growing Up Author: Sudha Murty Illustrator: Sandhya Prabhat TBC Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 Longer review with a peek at the illustrations, my fangirling about Ms Murty, & why I lopped off that 1.5 star: youtu.be/id3eVgIVats Thanks, @harpercollinsin for the review copy!

Video Review #3: The Good Thieves Author: Katherine Rundell Illustrator: Matt Saunders TBC rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 Detailed Review: youtu.be/JDIeQFV-JOI #TheGoodThieves #KatherineRundell #BookReview #TheBookChief #Bloomsbury #BookBlogger #ChildrensBooks #MiddleGrade #KidLit

The Book Chief blog over at Facebook completes 7 years today! 🥳 Thank you to this wonderful bookish community who’ve been such a huge encouragement to me! ❤️ So here’s a gratitude post AND a mini book review: youtu.be/KPcWdHsrqjI

Current (and almost perpetual) state of affairs. Art credit: Shakuntala Patralekhanam or Shakuntala Composing a love letter to King Dushyanta by Raja Ravi Varma; public domain; taken from Wikimedia Commons. #Tsondoku #BookLoverProblems #BookLover #ReaderProblems

Huzzah! I completed my GR challenge of reading 50 books in 2023! 🥳 goodreads.com/user_challenge…

What do you think Judy is writing? A letter to Daddy Long Legs/ Master Jervie/Jimmy? Or a story/poem/her ‘immortal novel’? :) Image created using Midjourney :)

Happy birthday, Anne! :) Scroll through to see her at memorable moments of her life, with her ‘kindred spirits’ :) Images created with Midjourney. #AnneShirley #AnneOfGreenGables #DianaBarry #MarillaCuthbert #MatthewCuthbert #GilbertBlythe #GreenGables #LMMontgomery