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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How to be a Writer: Look into void Become increasingly convinced that void is not only looking back at you, but that it hates your novel Tea

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Amber Caraveo @ambercaraveo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Very excited for this on Tuesday 3rd Feb. If you’re writing for young people, please do join us for a chat about all things Teen fiction. 😊

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Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

⏰📚 One week to go… If you’re a reviewer, librarian or educator, now’s the moment to request your copy of The Golden Monkey Mystery by @piudg.bsky.social, the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize shortlisted author of Secrets of the Snakestone. On NetGalley: buff.ly/ltGzoj9

A promotional graphic for middle-grade jungle adventure The Golden Monkey Mystery by Piu DasGupta, published by Nosy Crow. Copy reads "Request to read The Golden Monkey Mystery of NetGalley UK!" to the left of a picture of the book's front cover. The graphic features decorative illustrations in a folk style on an orange background, taken from the book cover. The book features a black background with a large illustration of a monkey detailed with bright pink and green florals, people and animals. The monkey is holding a green jewel.

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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

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Tabrizia @cupofteawiththatbookplease.com · 19/12/2025

I had the immense pleasure of discussing with children's author @clareharlow.bsky.social, author of the award-winning series "Tidemagic"! If you are looking for a book or a series for the young reader in your life, you can't go wrong with this one! ⁠💙📚 #booksky #childrenbooks

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Here is a list of chapter books and middle grade by ESEA (East and Southeast Asian) authors who are not being added to many end of year lists. uk.bookshop.org/lists/chapte...

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Chapter Books (5-7) and Middle Grade (8-12)

Most of these books are middle-grade U.S titles. I've included some chapter books too. 

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

UK+Ireland children's/YA authors, poets & illustrators: want more school bookings in 2026? We’re launching a free author visits directory next month. Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years: zombiesrungame.com observer.co.uk/the-critics/...

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I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su... Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.

A poster. The poster reads: 'Announcing "Creatives 4 Sudan". Auction now live! Raising life-saving funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. Bid Today! galabid.com/creatives4sudan.'

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Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Gladstone’s Library is thrilled to announce an exciting events programme for 2026 with award-winning writer Kit de Waal on! Writing Kit: Craft, Story and the Writer's Life offers a rare opportunity to learn from Kit in small, focused groups. Visit gladstoneslibrary.org/writing-kit 1/4

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly? Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use! Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

So... this happened. Still in shock

Winner banner for Tidemagic being the breakthrough book at the week junior book awards. Red background on the left with a medal symbol saying "the week junior book awards 2025 winner" and underneath that the words "Children's Book of the Year: Breakthrough" and then "Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit". On the right, a gold background with stars and on top of that the cover of Tidemagic, which depicts a mysterious, misty cityscape, with a blend of swirling mist and crashing waves at the bottom. In the centre of the cover are three children. Ista is white and has short brown hair. She holds a tide lantern and has a curious expression. Below her is Nat, a South Asian boy with short hair and a yellow shirt. He is deep in thought and holding a pencil and notepad. Beside Nat is Ruby, a Black girl with her hair in braids and wound up on top of her head. She wears a purple shirt and has a determined expression and posture, with her hands on her hips.

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

What Are My Top 5 Favourite Books This Year? At the Big Malarkey, author and illustrator Ramzee picks his best reads from 2025 so far. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/3nx7jkdn @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social @clareharlow.bsky.social @ramzeereads.bsky.social

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Teach Primary @teachprimarymag.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Peer inside the mind of author @clareharlow.bsky.social and help pupils understand how flashbacks can help to set up mystery stories with this free WAGOLL based on Tidemagic: Ista Flit and the Impossible Key…

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Mystery stories – Learn how to write flashbacks with Tidemagic

Learn how flashbacks can help to set up mystery stories with this KS2 WAGOLL based on Tidemagic: Ista Flit and the Impossible Key...

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Duncan MacMaster of the Macabre @duncanwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material. Oh my.

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Maggie Womersley @maggiewomersley.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Hands Up who leaves entering competitions til the very last minute??!! Me! Me Me! When I entered this comp in 2023, I totally left it until the last couple of days - as always! But it was worth it! And now it's your chance. If you're a SCBWI member, you're eligible -and anyone can join SCBWI.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Such a relief

An image of a white man in his 40s looking moody wearing black. The headline reads: "Booker longlist for 2025 suggests 'death of the male novelist' has been 'greatly exaggerated'

Text underneath the headline reads: Commentators have given a mostly positive verdict on the 'juicy, serious' 2025 Booker longlist, which some argued puts paid to the 'rumours of the death of the male novelist'.

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

So excited about my upcoming chat with Tabrizia on the 10th. For anyone who wants to join live in the UK, it's at 8PM for you!

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Emma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 1st July 8-9pm BST with the lovely @lisajallen.bsky.social - who will be chatting all about her #MG Undercover Angel Crash Landing. All welcome to come along and join in the chat 🙂 #UndercoverAngel #kidlit #writerslife @tinytreebooks.bsky.social

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Ha, the longer I do this, the more convinced I am that there’s no advice that’ll suit everyone. For me, the things that work practically are setting deadlines and making sure to take breaks. #UKTeenChat [1/2]

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I can tell you almost nothing (I’m so sorry!) except that it’s more magical middle grade, although not Tidemagic-related, and it’s out with Puffin (UK) and Knopf (North America) in May 2026. #UKTeenChat

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I’ll do a few days in one spot (sofa, desk, bed, kitchen table) then I need to move or my mind stagnates. If I have a ritual, it’s that I tell myself I’m just doing five minutes or just a hundred words. But once I’m in, I’m IN, and I’ve learnt that I need to set alarms to take breaks #UKTeenChat

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Honestly, I’m so proud of it, and I just hope people feel it’s been a sequel worth waiting for, esp. after the aforementioned bk1 cliffhanger. I’m so grateful to all the readers, booksellers, librarians, teachers and bloggers who’ve taken Ista and Co. into their hearts and imaginations #UKTeenChat

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Ooh, I can never choose between characters. There are some great new arrivals in book 2, as well as pretty much the whole gang from book 1. I got to write some bits from different perspectives, and I loved that #UKTeenChat [1/2]

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I had a much more detailed outline in place for this one before I wrote it, really just because I had to write to schedule, and I was doing an MA and working, so time was tight. #UKTeenChat [1/2]

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Ha, I’ve become greedier and can no longer choose, so what I really need now is Ista’s Tideblessing, because each time she copies someone’s appearance she gets to copy their Tideblessing too, although not for long. #UKTeenChat

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I actually didn’t do lots of new research for this because it’s full of echoes of the fairy tales and folk tales I loved when I was younger #ukteenchat

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

It picks up immediately after the events of book 1. So if anyone’s still furious about book 1’s cliffhanger ending, all the answers are now available! #UKTeenChat

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Clare Harlow @clareharlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

So... the Tidemagic books are set in a world where magic rises and falls with the tide, and in book 2 we rejoin our central trio of Ista, Nat and Ruby as they try to outwit new foes called marsh spinners, who enchant people using the sinister power of their music. (Cue evil laughter.) #UKTeenChat

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Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Submissions open NEXT WEEK for #UV26 - how's your manuscript looking? Our amazing co-founder, author and editing guru @authorsaragrant.bsky.social has put together this helpful checklist to help decide if you're submission ready 👇 undiscoveredvoices.com/news/checkli... @scbwi-bi.bsky.social

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ALT: a checklist with three check marks and a pencil on it

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Emma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 24th June 8-9pm BST here on BlueSky with the fabulous @clareharlow.bsky.social - who will be chatting all about her second TideMagic book - Ista Flit and the Impossible Key 🗝️ All welcome to come and join in the chat 🙂 #MG #kidlit #writerslife

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

In today’s Bookseller: Unbound authors (myself included) need to know how and why the company collapsed, where our money went, and who was responsible www.thebookseller.com/comment/the-...

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Opinion: The Unbound authors' view

The authors affected by the collapse of Unbound deserve real support, honest accountability and clear answers.

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Emma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Join us tonight - Tues 24th June 8-9pm BST for #ukteenchat here on BlueSky with the fabulous @clareharlow.bsky.social - who will be chatting all about her second TideMagic book - Ista Flit and the Impossible Key 🗝️ All welcome to come and join in the chat 🙂 #MG #kidlit #writerslife

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

If you don't read to your cats they won't grow up to be readers. 💙📚 Elsa loved 'Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit' by @clareharlow.bsky.social and she can't wait for the newly released sequel 'Ista Flit and the Impossible Key'!

A side view of a black cats face as she sits on my lap while I'm reading. She's swaddled in a grey Nightmare before Christmas blanket. Behind her is an open spread of a paperback book, the one I'm holding as I try to read it around my cat. The book has beautiful chapter headers of stylised curling clouds, with a lunar phase arcing above them.

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Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Tonight's the night 🤩 Who's coming to the launch of #UV26? Our amazing judges, that's who! Come and hear from them what makes a winning submission 📚 If you haven't booked a place yet, do it now! 👇tinyurl.com/3sbw5tzp Online TONIGHT at 7.30pm (BST) See you there 😀 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #KidLit

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

If you're in the UK and you're annoyed that you don't know which AI companies are training on your copyrighted work without permission, the reason is now simple: the Labour party. This isn't a political statement - it's a fact. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Joanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

And people think £8.99 is steep for a novel - a year's work for some creative brain and many hours of entertainment!

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

An island of strangers? Just imagine British children's books without the work of migrants & their children – all of these & more! www.sfsaid.com/2017/02/one-...

Graphic showing British children's book covers: Matilda, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, Meg and Mog, Coming To England, The Gruffalo, Who's Going On A Bear Hunt, Horrid Henry, Journey To The River Sea, A Monster Calls, How I Live Now, Noughts & Crosses, The Girl Of Ink & Stars, Tall Staroy, Oliver & The Seawigs, Face, Varjak Paw

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Monica Parker @monicacparker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Keir Starmer is my MP. This is the letter I wrote to him today. Subject: Island of Strangers? Mr Starmer, Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.

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Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Have you signed up for the #UV26 masterclasses yet? Sign up by 31 May for chance to win The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel by @authorsaragrant.bsky.social or Pitch Your Book by @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Find out more and book your spot: tinyurl.com/4tjm6m9r @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #UV26

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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I grew up knowing nothing of this – luckily there are now great books for teachers, educators and parents with a global perspective on WW2 for young readers. (personally have mixed feelings about VE/VJ day and would prefer the International Day of Peace (21st September) marked instead) #kidlituk

Graphic with covers of WW2 themed kids books: Anne Frank's Diary, Soul Lanterns, Safiyyah's War, Mohinder's War, Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Lily Renée Escape Artist, Noor-Un-Nissa Inayat Khan, Now or Never

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Hull Schools’ Library Service @hullsls.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It’s this week’s KS2 #jamesreckitt #hullchildrensbookaward Reckitt Recommendation! For fans of The Secret of Golden Island by Natasha Farrant @faberchildrens.bsky.social then check these other amazing titles! @hulllibraries.bsky.social

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Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

One heck of a line-up, gang... Totally gobsmacked to be here! www.waterstones.com/book/some-bo...

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Sally Doherty @sallywrites.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This is an absolutely blooming BRILLIANT sequel from @clareharlow.bsky.social The same wonderful characters & exquisite writing, wrapped up in a highly original thrilling plot. Set on an atmospheric island where people are enchanted to dance forever at the marsh queen's revels. LOVED IT #kidlituk

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Compton Scatterbrained @comptonscatter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

@clareharlow.bsky.social got my (paperback) copy of tidemagic #1. Very fun! (Your eel is ♥️♥️♥️!)

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