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RNIB Library @rniblibrary.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Bear Rescue is a beautifully written book from bestselling and award-winning children's author @hannahgold.bsky.social. Get this enchanting book in audio and braille versions from RNIB.

Book cover of Bear Rescue by Hannah Gold. Cover depicts a young girl riding on the back of a large polar bear.

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Scare-argh Boo-arnard 👻 @sarahbpolar.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

@hannahgold.bsky.social a couple of pics of Bear Island (Bjørnøya) for you!

A not very good picture of Bear Island taken from the plane from Longyearbyen to Tromsø

Another not very good picture of Bear Island taken from the plane

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Hello September! What a lovely start to the month. Thank you indie booksellers - you are the best! 💚💚💚 @booksaremybag.bsky.social

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Popping up here to say hello booky friends. I’ve been working like a husky all year on my book - to a deadline which often felt out of reach. With my tail wagging, I’m happy to say the book is finally done! And I’m off on holiday on Wednesday to celebrate!! 🙌 How are you all?! #ukkidlit

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Paddy Carroll @pynchonic.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Cannot wait to read this by @hannahgold.bsky.social and I know a lot of children who are going cheer when they see that this is on the way.

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

My brand new book! THE LONE HUSKY And proof of how far I’m prepared to go to research my books! 😂 This is a return to April Wood & the frozen Arctic & maybe my most thrilling book yet. Stunning illustrations by Levi Pinfold & out Oct 23. Special Waterstones signed copies to tempt you. 😍

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Literacy Tree @literacytree.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

✍️ This #WomensHistoryMonth we had a brilliant time catching up with @hannahgold.bsky.social - author of 'The Last Bear.' Who are Hannah's literary inspirations ... and what's her favourite hot drink for entering a zen writing mode? 🫖 Watch the full vid to find out! youtu.be/iF79jCgDcWQ?...

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Meeting Levi Pinfold for the very 1st time! He’s in London this week (lives in Australia with his family) so finally got to say hello in person. 😀 This is after 4 books together & a soon-to-be announced 5th one. And he really is just as lovely as he is talented. #kidlituk

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Penzance Library @penzancelibrary.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Look what came for the Home Ed Book Club and Writing Club! Thank you @readingagency.bsky.social and @harpercollins.bsky.social for sending us #FindingBear! 🐻‍❄️ Join us in reading @hannahgold.bsky.social's Finding Bear. You can reserve a copy here 👇 prism.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/cornwall/ite...

10 copies of the children's novel Finding Bear by Hannah Gold on a table located in a children's library

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Any guesses what the title animal of my next book is going to be?!! Announcement coming sooooooon! 🤩 (I’m running this as a competition on Instagram btw & no one has guessed it yet!!) #kidlituk

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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Congratulations to the authors and illustrators on the shortlist for the 2025 FCBG Children's Book Award! Ten top books, selected by young readers themselves. Find out more - and NB voting to choose the winners opens 31 March #FCBGCBA25 #KidLit #KidlitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/shortlist-an...

Graphic with the covers of the ten books on the shortlist for the 2025 FCBG Children's Book Award

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Jane Etheridge @janesetheridge.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The FCBG Children's Book Award 2025 Top Ten has just been announced. 55,000 votes were received and the children will start reading and voting again today to decide the winners. Huge congratulations to everyone on the list.

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Fab new booky news from @amdassu.bsky.social !!! I love it already 😍

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Happy #internationalpolarbearday 🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️ Have I mentioned I’ve written a couple of books about polar bears?! 😁 Let’s do what we can to protect these roarsome animals xxx

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Becky @pinklotus1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Today is International Polar Bear Day! 🐻‍❄ And so I am recommending two wonderful middle grade books by Hannah Gold. 'The Last Bear' and the follow up book 'Finding Bear' 📖📚 #Kidlit #MiddleGrade #GoodBooks

Book cover for The Last Bear.
Illustration of a polar Bear looking down at a young girl. The sky in the background is orange and pink.

Book cover of the middle grade book Finding Bear'
An illustration of a large polar bear with a young girl riding on his back. There is an infant polar Bear walking by their side.

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Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Our roarsome window featuring Finding Bear by @hannahgold.bsky.social! #kidlituk

Wonderland Bookshop window featuring Finding Bear by Hannah Gold. A girl is clinging to the back of a giant polar bear standee next to a stepstool of books.

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Naomi Jones @naomijones1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

One of the best bits of awards ceremonies is getting to hang out with lots of other authors! @hannahgold.bsky.social @meltaylorbessent.bsky.social @sharnajackson.com Tom Percival Joseph Coelho Alex Wharton Jeffery Boakye

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

New book news from award winning author & superstars A.M Dassu! Yay ! Cannot wait to see this 🥳🥳🥳 #kidsbooksuk

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Kirsten Allen (@kidsstoryworld) @kidsstoryworld.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Parents regularly ask me “How do I get my child to read?” I ask them “How much do you read in front of your kids?” My parents read a lot in front of me. One of the books on my Dad’s bookshelf was this one. I vaguely remember him telling me about it when I asked. Finally got round to reading it…

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The latest Read for Empathy collection has been launched. As always, it's full of absolutely superb books, including graphic novels, poetry, picturebooks and non-fiction. The work @empathylabuk.bsky.social are doing is incredibly important. More information here: www.empathylab.uk/rfe

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

If anyone is coming to the @waterstoneskids.bsky.social festival in Lincoln tomorrow, and didn't manage to get a ticket to see us, that's @hannahgold.bsky.social @jennypearson.bsky.social me & Natasha Farrant, we'll be in the bookshop afterwards so come & say hello, ask questions & get books signed.

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

TOMORROW!!! The panel is sold out but you can still pop along to Waterstones in Lincoln after the event to say hi & get your books signed! Hopefully see you there 🤩 #kidlituk

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Tim Budgen @mrtimdraws.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It’s publication day for Bouncing Bunnies! By #FizOsborne and me ! Publishing with @simonkidsuk.bsky.social perfect for readers 2+ jump, wiggle, sniff and shake your way through the day ! #kidlitlaunches #kidlit #kidlituk

Picture of the cover of bouncing bunnies

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

To blurb or not to blurb? I will always remain grateful to Michael Morpurgo who quoted for my debut book. I think it was a game changer - although hard to quantify how much. But sometimes asking for blurbs can feel icky, & the growing tbr pile can add to stress. Do they really make a difference?

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Lucy Bannerman @timeslucy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

"We do hope to take it on tour" Waterstones is considering plans to reproduce its new children's book festival around the UK. The first one is happening in Lincoln this weekend. #kidlit @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @jamiesmart.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/a0ba...

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Waterstones banks on graphic novel boom for children’s festival

As other arts festivals are being forced to close, the bookseller is launching a new event that includes stars of comic-strip fiction

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Huge congrats to all the authors & illustrators longlisted for the Carnegie this year! What an amazing achievement 🙌🙌🙌

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Please boost this post, ESPECIALLY if you’re a UK based visual artist, author or creative. What our government is trying to do is predicated on GREED and nothing more. If you love the arts then join us in trying to protect the livelihoods of those who create it. SHARE SHARE SHARE!

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

💙💙🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️💙💙 #kidlituk

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A non writing related post!! Is anyone else watching Beast Games on Prime? A game show where $5,000,000 is up for grabs + various prizes along the way. Hubby got me hooked. It’s human competitiveness in all its messy drama. It’s quite addictive!!

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

What I hate most about 1st drafts is knowing exactly where I’ve gone wrong (even before I’ve finished it!) & realising the fix is going to take a lot of time. 😭 Yes. In THAT mid-book messy as anything - can I even write - phase. Pls tell me I’m not alone in hating 1st drafts. 😱 #kidlituk

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I’m thinking if anyone knows the answer to this it’ll be @louiestowell.bsky.social ! Is it me or are there less books in each category for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize? When it was 2022, there were 6 in each & now there’s 4. Why so?!!

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hubby spotted Finding Bear in Tesco Extra! I’m not going to take it personally… but I’m next to The Twits & above Where’s Wally. 😂😂😂 #kidlituk

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Been reading this and it's great, highly recommend to anyone interested in children's books - teachers, writers, booksellers, home educators, editors, kidlit marketers etc etc. So much food for thought!

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to all the shortlisted authors & illustrators! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It’s been quite the week! ⭐️RfP panel in London with President of UK Literacy Association & Senior Programme Manager at the NLT 📚 ⭐️Finding Bear paperback released 🐻‍❄️ ⭐️A day of school visits in Cambridge 🙌 ⭐️Secret good news! ⭐️A sneaky margarita #kidlituk

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

A new book is coming from @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social and it's going to be a BLAST! Set in Liverpool, it's about a boy with two white mums who doesn't feel Chinese enough...who meets a Chinese WWI ghost. #KidLitUK Cover art by Simone Douglas @SimsDougie and Published by @PiccadillyPress

The illustrated cover of a book showing a modern Chinese boy in a red hoodie holding an engraved object (shell casing I think) standing next to a Chinese man from WW1. They're smiling. In teh background we see chinese new year celebrations, dragon dancers. Title: Nate Yu's Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan. The tag line is: Friendship can be found in the most unlikely places.

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My 1st public event of 2025 is TOMORROW!! So if you happen to be in Nottingham or fancy a trip out to see me to get your books signed, then all details here. ⬇️ Hopefully see you there! Xxx #kidlituk

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Hannah Gold @hannahgold.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I had a book birthday yesterday! Paperback of Finding Bear - finally released well over a year after the hardback. 🐻‍❄️ This is me pictured 1st thing en route for a day of lovely schools visits in Cambridge. A fun day!! #kidlituk

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Another successful Booknic ✅ If you don’t do these in your school, I highly recommend it. Great way to share reading research with families & then give the opportunity to move around the tables, get comfy & read with their child whilst engaging in book talk #kidlituk

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Phil Tite @philtite.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A very happy book birthday to @hannahgold.bsky.social for the paperback publication of Finding Bear. A beautiful book. It made me cry. I envy people who will be reading it for the first time.

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Mr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

#SundayMorningBookChat which books have transported you to another country? Or unlocked a different culture or allowed younger readers to see beyond their own four walls?

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