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Children in Read @childreninread.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Once again the wonderful @janefallon.bsky.social is supporting Children in Read. If you are an author or Illustrator and would like to take part in this year's event simply reply to this post for further details. We go live online 5th Oct. All proceeds are in aid of B.B.C. Children in Need

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Rivka @theasraidance.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The Stroll by Gertrude Abercrombie #Caturday

Oil painting in the Surrealist style. A woman with long dark hair, wearing black clothes and a black hat, is walking along a path under a full moon. She has just passed by a single tree. She is accompanied by a black cat. Painted in 1943.

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 07/05/2026

A very happy 80th birthday to the incredible Michael Rosen! 🥳 Thank you for everything you've done over the years to champion the joy of reading. We're celebrating with this wonderful clip from our wellbeing assembly for students that sums up just so perfectly the power of stories.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

‘The fair maid who, the first of May, Goes to the fields at the break of day, And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, Will ever after handsome be.’ — from The Old Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939). #MayDay #Folklore

Antique illustration by Arthur Rackham: a young woman in a floral dress gathers dew from a hawthorn tree at dawn; small fairy-like figures hide among roots and toadstools, with a squirrel and sprite in the branches. Caption reads “The Fair Maid who, the First of May.”

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Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Delighted to have a poem on the @poetrylondon.bsky.social website ✨ The poem is from my debut collection, ‘Midnight at the Saltmarsh’, @thegallerypress.bsky.social Launching on 7th May 🌕 🌊 Huge thanks to Editor Niall Campbell 🙏 poetrylondon.co.uk/bee-orchids-...

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Bee Orchids at the Landfill Site – Discover – Poetry London

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

‘This tower, patched unevenly with black ivy, arose like a mutilated finger from among the fists of knuckled masonry and pointed blasphemously at heaven. At night the owls made of it an echoing throat; by day it stood voiceless and cast its long shadow.’ ~ Mervyn Peake. #BookWormSat

Mervyn Peake’s illustration of tower in front of castle, landscape.

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by author/illustrator Marie Dorleans from her picturebook The Blanket, translated by Katy Lockwood-Holmes. About a boy afraid of everything without his blanket. Hand-drawn with graphite pencil & watercolour & finished digitally. Floris Bks 23 April. @florisbooks.bsky.social

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

There is no stability in this world. Who is to say what meaning there is in anything? Who is to foretell the flight of a word? Virginia Woolf

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Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Tháinig mé abhaile bomaite ó shin agus bhí bronntanas sa phost ó Ghabriel. Just got home a few minutes ago to find this present in the post from Gabriel.

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Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Gabriel Rosenstock was a great man for writing letters to the Irish Times on all manner of subjects. Always sharp, always witty. A good few of them at this link, check them out.

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The late Gabriel Rosenstock wrote Letters to the Editor for 50 years. Here are just a few

The Irish language poet, haikuist, translator and author wrote dozens of Letters to the Editor from 1974-2025

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Lucy Ruth Cummins from her picturebook Dalmartian, about a green-spotted dog who is an alien from outer space, with human habits. Drawn with clarity, warmth, simplicity, and a big, soft line. Published in paperback, Simon & Schuster 9 April. @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Gabriel Rosenstock imithe ar shlí na fírinne. Laoch ar lár. Croíbhriste. My dear friend and wonderful poet Gabriel Rosenstock has left us. He was one of a kind.

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Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My debut poetry collection, ‘Midnight at the Saltmarsh’, will be published in May by @thegallerypress.bsky.social To have this beautiful Paul Henry painting, ‘Incoming Tide, Achill’, as the cover is beyond my wildest dreams! 🌕 🌊 Available to pre-order ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ gallerypress.com/product/midn...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Illustration from Tove Jansson's book 'The Moomins and the Great Flood' (1945) #Womensart

Black and white illustration featuring a forest setting with central hippo like creature, hedgehog in the foreground and birds flying overhead

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Clodagh Finn @clodaghfinn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

One of the things I loved about Hamnet was that a 17th-century woman's life was at the centre of it. Now, thanks to the Voicesproject.ie we can walk beside the Irishwomen alive at the same time. Meet the Dung Queen of Ireland, and so many others... www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

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Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet

Voices is using AI and Knowledge Graph technologies to bring together myriad sources so historians and computer scientists can recover the lives of ordinary Irish early modern women

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Rivka @theasraidance.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Fairies travelling in style for today's #OwlishMonday The artist is Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896)

A painting of an owl carrying two fairies. The dresses the fairies wear reflect the fashion of the 1820s. One is seated, the other is standing and holding a wand. There is a full moon top right of the scene, and some clouds at the bottom.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today we're celebrating #EllenHutchins, Ireland's first female field botanist, for Intl Day of Women & Girls in Science! She began to study plants in her early 20s, gathering more than 1,100 plant specimens over several years before passing away age 29. #CrawfordArtGallery #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Lydia Corry. Detail of a spread from A Little Slice of Sky, about a boy who grows a tree from seed in a city & a community that comes together to defend it when it’s threatened. A retro look in a pleasingly composed scene. Bloomsbury 12 Feb @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

”It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...” Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born #OTD 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...” Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay unveiled yesterday. Axel Scheffler’s green-eyed, grey-furred, blunt-toothed character Gruffalo Granny, with her notebook, pencil, bag and walking stick, from the third Gruffalo collaboration with Julia Donaldson, to be published on 10 September. @panmacmillan.bsky.social

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

To hear, one must be silent. Ursula Le Guin

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a bird standing in a whiteout scape

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Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I’m supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy my books Black Gables, The Midnight House or Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay during February bookshop.org will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #KidLitUk #supportindiebookshops

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

In honour of #HolocaustMemorialDay here is an extract from "A Sofa in the Forties" which Heaney read at a memorial service on this day in 2008. The poem is set during WW2 when Heaney and his siblings are playing, and imagining their sofa is a train. Original Post: Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I’m supporting #ReadItForward2026! Buy Inspire Me! (by me, from @nosycrow) during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust & @scottishbktrust to fund early reading support for disadvantaged UK families. And every sale benefits independent bookshops. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/insp...

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Remembering Ann Lovett who tragically died 42 years ago today after giving birth alone in a grotto in Granard. The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks -Paula Meehan "and though she cried out to me in extremis I did not move, I didn’t lift a finger to help her, I didn’t intercede with heaven

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Rivka @theasraidance.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

'My childhood from my life is parted, My footstep from the moss which drew Its fairy circle round: anew The garden is deserted.' ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning 🎨Eugène Grasset #BookWormSat

Painting. A garden at sunset. Flower bushes, trees, classical statues. A young woman with long, dark brown hair stands at the edge of a pond, gazing down at the water. She wears a long red/orange gown.

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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 17/01/2026

'The old church tower and garden wall Are black with autumn rain, And dreary winds foreboding call The darkness down again.' -Emily Brontë 🎨Júlia Sardà #BookWormSat

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Cambridge-based Peruvian illustrator Fatima Ordinola from her picturebook Our Dreams. A cosy bedtime book about sleeping animals. The images, such as these pandas made with chalk pastels, ink & watercolour, induce relaxation. Post Wave 29 Jan @postwavebooks.bsky.social

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

And here they are in all their glory... Picture Fiction for Early Readers Shortlist 2026! ✨📚🏆 #Spark6Shortlist

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I'll be chatting with Phil Errington, expert on John Masefield and author of Opening the Box of Delights, and @pierstorday.bsky.social who adapted the book for the stage. I'll feature the best of your thoughts on the show too, so make sure to give permission when you email your recordings

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Clodagh Finn @clodaghfinn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Breaking news - from the past! There's so much of it & I had the immense privilege of sharing some of it with @deshocks.bsky.social in a mini-series on her fantastic podcast. Here's a flavour of it. Thank you Eoghan O'Sullivan www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/art…

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Podcast Corner: O'Shaughnessy's series shines a light in some fascinating corners

Clodagh Finn is among the contributors to wide range of stories told in the podcast series

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Wishing trees are an Irish tradition, often hawthorn trees on which people hang ribbons or other small offerings in the hopes that their wishes will be answered. Heaney beautifully weaves the imagery of the wishing tree into a moving vision of remembrance.

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Pete Williamson from the 8 Jan tie-in edition of Guy Bass’s gothic, Frankenstein-inspired Stitch Head, first published in 2011. The animated movie is out on 13 Feb and looks its best when it most resembles Williamson’s Goreyesque illustrations. @littletigeruk.bsky.social

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

'I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned' -Yayoi Kusama

Photo of Yayoi Kusama sitting, with red bob hairstyle, and wearing a yellow and black garment with curved lines and dots which matches the background design

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Sue Divin @suedivinwriter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The ARC of my new novel is now out on netgalley for any advance readers out there who are interested. Publication date 7th May 26.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 14: There is no *right way* to write a book. There's only the way that's right for you.

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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 12/01/2026

Winter Music, Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946).

Painting of a woman playing the violin in a snow-covered forest.

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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is landing in bookshops around the world over the next few weeks starting with the UK TODAY!! If you spot a copy in the wild, let me know! Happy reading, everyone 🦓🐧🦝🦁 #kidlitUK #GNkidlit @scholasticuk.bsky.social

British cover of The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out illustrated by Minky Stapleton

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A. M. Dassu (Az) @amdassu.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2026 is the National Year of Reading and that’s why I’m introducing my ONE MINUTE INTERVIEW series. I thought about how I might encourage reading and engage readers and how to make the process more fun. More below: 1/

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Axel Scheffler from the board book Love with rhyming text by Sophie Cashell. Love is, for instance, reading together, & it looks fun. Proceeds to charity Three Peas, helping refugees in Europe. Alison Green Bks 15 Jan. @scholasticuk.bsky.social @threepeashelp.bsky.social

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Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I’ve had a lovely day celebrating the release of THE DAD TRAP! I did a virtual event to thousands of kids this morning and then went to my local Waterstones to sign books! There was LOTS of coffee and cake and I treated myself to a fabulous new coat! Tonight is a takeaway and some champagne!

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Rivka @theasraidance.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The Haunted Park by Richard Doyle (1824-1883) #PhantomsFriday

A painting of a park at night, with a large house visible in the background, to the right of the scene. Two people watch from behind a tree, as ghostly figures in 18th century clothing dance and socialise as though attending a ball.

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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Congratulations Jamila Gavin, winner of the 2025 Nero Book Award children's fiction category for MY SOUL, A SHINING TREE @farshorebooks.bsky.social. "An exceptionally powerful story". Find out more in the @nicolettejones.bsky.social interview with Jamila. #KidLitUK #booksky bit.ly/3LyJSq7

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Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Beyond excited to share the news that my first poetry collection, Midnight at the Saltmarsh, will be published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social in May 2026! 💫✨

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This is exciting! Authors Kelly Yang (Front Desk series) and Kate DiCamillo (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane) are co-hosting a new weekly podcast called StoryKind. The first episode comes out on Monday 19th January and will be available on the usual platforms.

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Will Hughes from Small Poems for Big Imaginations, a collection by Neal Zetter. In the Quentin Blake-Tony Ross-David Tazzyman-Tim Archbold school of skilled, casual, lighthearted draughtsmanship that looks spontaneous. Otter-Barry Books 8 Jan @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

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