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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you so much to East Sussex Libraries for including The Feathered Book on this fantastic list! #bookawards #teachers #education #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #childrensbooks @everywithwords.bsky.social

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for middle grade fantasy No Tune Ned by Oliver Lendon. Today, I’m delighted to welcome Oliver to my blog to introduce us to some of his characters. @everywithwords.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/b...

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Blog Tour: No Tune Ned by Oliver Lendon

Cover © Holly Ovenden 2026 Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for middle grade fantasy No Tune Ned by Oliver Lendon. Today, I’m delighted to welcome Oliver to my blog with a guest post to te…

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you to Lancashire School Library Service for nominating The Feathered Book for The Fantastic Book Award! I'm delighted to be nominated alongside so many wonderful writers. #fantasticbookawards #bookawards #teachers #education #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #childrensbooks @everywithwords.bsky.social

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My copy of No Tune Ned, the new book by @oliverlendonauthor.bsky.social, just arrived! I can't wait to get stuck into the adventures of Ned Numbles and the magical Kingdom of Dravenloch, where music can tame monsters. #kidlit #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #childrensbooks @everywithwords.bsky.social

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Delighted that The Feathered Book has made the UKLA book awards longlist! It's an honour to be alongside so many wonderful books. Thank you @uklitassociation.bsky.social! #uklabookawards2027 #uklabookawards #bookawards #teachers #education #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #childrensbooks

A poster for the 2027 UKLA Book Awards Longlist 7-10+, including The Feathered Book by Charlie Nutbrown

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Popped into Bristol's lovely Heron Books this weekend, one of my favourite bookshops, and was chuffed to spot a copy of The Feathered Book #middlegradebook #kidlit #booksbooksbooks #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #childrensbooks #books #fantasy #fantasybooks #kidsbooks #middlegradefiction #middlegradereads

A copy of The Feathered Book by Charlie Nutbrown on a shelf in a bookshop

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Some great children's books for #WorldKidLit: Dino Buzzati – The Bears' Famous Invasion of Italy Tove Jansson – Comet in Moominland Otfried Preussler – The Robber Hotzenplotz Michael Ende – The Neverending Story #WorldKidLit #KidsBooksFriday #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit @worldkidlit.bsky.social

Otfried Preussler – The Robber Hotzenplotz

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This September we celebrate 10 years of #WorldKidLit month - when @worldkidlit.bsky.social encourage us to discover global children’s literature. So let’s use this week’s #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate children’s books from the world. 🌍 worldkidlit.org/what-is-worl... #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Book cover for The Runaway Princess by Johan Troïanowski.

Book cover for Jefferson by Jean-Claude Mourlevat, translated by Ros Schwartz.

Book cover for Earthlings: Alien Insights into Earth’s Secrets by Ewa Solarz, illustrated by Robert Czajka and translated by Agnes Monod-Gayraud.

Book cover for The Adventures of Odysseus by Nicholàs Schuff and Mariana Ruiz Johnson, translated by Lawrence Schimet

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I’m reading the joyful Captain Sunshine by Alex Milway at the moment and it got me thinking that we haven’t done a week on early readers yet. What great kids books for newly independent readers would you recommend? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidLit #UKKidLit

Book cover for Captain Sunshine by Alex Milway

Book cover for Adventuremice: Of Mice and Mummies by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre

Book cover for Dragon Storm: Tomas and Ironskin by Alastair Chisholm

Book cover for Detective Beans & The Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen

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Serpent's Tail @serpents-tail.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We are over the moon to that #TheEndOfEverything by M. John Harrison is on the 2026 Booker Prize longlist! Here's what the judges said about this apocalyptic adventure: 'shimmering and oblique, it holds the reader to the surface of something very grave and deep' thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Great children's books featuring a cat: Nicholas Stuart Gray – Grimbold's Other World Terry Pratchett – The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents Barbara Sleigh – Carbonel Gabriel King – The Wild Road #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidsBooksFriday @mariannedoherty.bsky.social

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Keeping it simple for #KidsBooksFriday this week as I’m shattered. Share your great kids book recommendations featuring a cat. 🐈‍⬛ #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for My Life as a Cat by Carlie Sorosiak

Book cover for Professor Astrocat’s Frontiers of Space by Dr Dominic Walliman and Ben Newman

Book cover for Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono, illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton

Book cover for The Cat who Couldn’t be Bothered by Jack Kurland.

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Very, very excited to read The End of Everything, the new novel by M. John Harrison – one of the best writers around and a huge inspiration. #literature #books #newbooks #fantasy #fantasybooks #mjohnharrison

A copy of The End of Everything by M. John Harrison

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Charlie Creed @charliecreed.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The Faery Rules: Forgotten Folklore For Living in Harmony with the Fae is out now! Published by Verbena Books. www.davidandcharles.com/books/folklo... @dandcbooks #fae #faery #faerie #thefaeryrules #folklore #faefolklore #fairy #fairies #summerfairies #darkacademia #fantasy #folklorebook

A copy of The Faery Rules by Charlie Creed on a yellow background with the words 'Out Now' above it.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

To celebrate the amazing @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social’s appointment as our new children’s laureate, how about we use this week’s #KidsBooksFriday to share books that embody her message of community and belonging. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

Book cover for Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Gabriela Epstein

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on this day in 1930. I first read the Sherlock Holmes stories as a child and immediately fell in love. I've read and re-read them so many times my old copy has fallen apart #books #writers #arthurconandoyle #conandoyle #doyle #sherlockholmes #sherlock #holmes

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The great Vladimir Nabokov died on this day in 1977. I don't imagine you can tell it from The Feathered Book, but he's one of my very favourite writers and a huge hero of mine – a supremely inventive, witty, playful, original author. #books #nabokov #vladimirnabokov #russianwriters #writers

A pile of books by Vladimir Nabokov on a desk in a green study

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thank you to LoveReading4Kids for including The Feathered Book in their list of 50 Cosy Crime Novels for Children and YA Readers. “A debut of the highest order." www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/get-sle... @everywithwords.bsky.social #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #books #childrensbooks

A girl with a deerstalker and a magnifying glass next to a montage of children's detective books

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today would have been the late Brian Jacques' birthday. I adored the Redwall books growing up – they're thrilling and charming, with just enough danger and darkness. #redwall #brianjacques #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #books #childrensbooks

The cover of Salamandastron by Brian Jacques, with a badger wearing gold armour and a spear in front of a mountain.

The cover of Mossflower by Brian Jacques, with a wooden ship sailing through a river in a wood

The cover of Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques, with a pirate rat with a cutlass fighting two mice in a castle

The cover of Martin the Warrior by Brian Jacques, with a mouse with a dagger leading an army

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Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Help Aliens Stole My Grandad @missdeplume.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @lib4sch.bsky.social @emmapullar.bsky.social A whimsical tale about space pirates and moon flowing with rivers of cheese!

A ship floating in the air next to a house

The surface of the moon , full of craters. A boy with an alien with one eye and hair that looks like snakes

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

"The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries." Jorge Luis Borges, one of the greatest, strangest, and most original writers of all, died on this day in 1986. #books #borges #jorgeluisborges #literature #fantasy

A copy of Jorge Luis Borges' Collected Fictions, with white writing on a blue and black background.

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"The leaden circles dissolved in the air." Happy Dalloway Day! The one I read, the one I got because I loved the cover.

A photo of copies of the Vintage and Penguin Modern Classics edition of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Then this. Oof!

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Happy birthday to Robert Munsch, born on this day in 1945! One of Canada's most beloved authors, he has written over 50 children's books. He has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and two schools are named for him. His most famous acclaimed book is Love You Forever. 📸 CBC

Robert Munsch sits smiling in a light denim button-up shirt, with a small microphone clipped near his chest. He is seated in front of softly blurred bookshelves filled with colourful books, giving the photo a warm library or interview setting.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’ve been sorting book data for work this week and it’s sad to see some great books are now out of print or hard to come by. For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what brilliant forgotten gems should we be looking out for in libraries and second hand bookshops? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for Monster & Legends by David Cali and Gabriella Giandelli

Book cover for Fangs ‘n’ Fire by Chris Mould

Book cover for Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Explorers by Adam and Lisa Murphy

Book cover for Flying Colours: A Guide to Flags from Around the World! By Robert G. Fresson

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Illustration by artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) from her 'Moomins' book series #womensart

Illustration in black and white featuring a hippo like creature on its back basking in sunlight

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Some illustrations from Anthony Browne's incredible version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. One of my favourites #books #aliceinwonderland #alice #lewiscarroll #childrensbooks #fantasy #illustrations

An illustration from Anthony Browne's version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice falls down the rabbit hole

An illustration from Anthony Browne's version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice meets various animals, including the dodo and the dormouse

An illustration from Anthony Browne's version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice's neck grows tremendously long

An illustration from Anthony Browne's version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice meets the Queen of Hearts

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 06/06/2026

In an exclusive extract from his new book, The End of Everything, the Warwickshire-born SF visionary pictures the apocalypse, as seen from the shores of Kent Coastal Time: New Fiction by #MJohnHarrison buff.ly/4FDnRjm

M. John Harrison - The End of Everything cover. Black background with the author's name in white, a blurb quote from China Mieville and a line saying 'Prize-winning author of The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again' in pale blue. Underneath those three lines, the title, which bleeds into a photograph of a man standing alone at the shoreline on a beach, is spelled out ion the light blue of clouds.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Illustration from 'The Summer Book', 1972 by Tove Jansson #womensart

Black and white illustration featuring a woman and a child looking out over a body of water with three swans of geese flying in silhouette against a rising sun

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Charlie Creed @charliecreed.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The Faery Rules: Forgotten Folklore for Living in Harmony with the Fae – a collection of traditional rules and rituals for interacting with the faery world. Published by Verbena on July 14. Pre-order now! www.davidandcharles.com/books/folklo... #folklore #fairytales #fae #fairies #fairy #faerie

The cover of The Faery Rules by Charlie Creed, with the words "Pre-order now!" beneath

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

Terry and Rhianna Pratchett dressed up for the launch of Dodger in 2012.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

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Charlie Creed @charliecreed.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Honoured to be sitting beside the great Ursula K. Le Guin – one of my heroes – at Bristol's fantastic @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social #Cats #fairytales #folklore #books #bookshops #bookbloggers #CatLover

The Cat's Tales by Charlie Creed and Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats next to each other on a table in a bookshop. Both books are pale, with gold lettering, and pictures of black cats

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

For #KidsBooksFriday this week I wanted to highlight books that are perfect for the chronically underserved 12-14 age group. What great books would you encourage kids to seek out at this age? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for Away with Words by Sophie Cameron.

Book cover for Unraveller by Frances Hardinge.

Book cover for Buzzing my Samuel Sattin and Rye Hickman.

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

#KidsBooksFriday #Illustrators #PeterHoracek #NicolaDavies #EwaBeniakHaremska #MarianneMcShane #AlanMarks Illustrations full of character, life, the beauty of the natural world, anthropomorphic animals, the mystery of libraries, ethereal magic & dreamy landscapes.

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