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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 02/07/2026

The Dinosaur Trap is out today - written by me, illustrated by Momoko Abe and published by @andersenpress.bsky.social The story of a boy named Felix who wants to catch a dinosaur, so he builds a trap at the bottom of the garden…

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 26/02/2026

My new book is out today: The Victorian Revolution The 5th in the Time Travel Twins series Illustrated by Garry Parsons and published by @andersenpress.bsky.social

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 08/02/2026

I’m going to be speaking at this @andersenpress.bsky.social event on 26 Feb

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 26/10/2025

The brilliant Lydia Monks @lydiamonks.bsky.social has drawn this logo for the campaign - you can read all the details on the @societyofauthors.bsky.social website or in the @thebookseller.com

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 26/10/2025

For the past three years, I’ve been a member of the CWIG committee of the Society of Authors - we’re the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group - and we’ve been working on a campaign to come up with guidelines for publishers, agents, etc, for ghostwriters.

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 10/10/2025

...which isn’t exactly relaxing, and has boosted my veins with fear and fury, but is absolutely worth reading, particularly on a day when people are thinking about books. @literacy-trust.bsky.social @andersenpress.bsky.social #take10toread

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 10/10/2025

Today the National Literacy Trust is running a lovely campaign, suggesting we all take 10 minutes to read for the sake of our mental health, because reading is relaxing and will boost my mood. I’ve taken 10 minutes to read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury...

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 11/09/2025

For any teachers who are teaching the Maya this year... My publishers @andersenpress.bsky.social have produced some amazing free teaching notes connected to The Maya Sacrifice, full of infomation and ideas

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 14/05/2025

There are now 4 books in the Time Travel Twins series - the Stone Age the Maya the Romans the Vikings - ideal for any primary school children learning about history

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 14/04/2025

The Maya Sacrifice arrives in bookshops this week - with brilliant illustrations by Garry Parsons This is the 4th book in the Time Travel Twins series, following the Stone Age, the Romans, and the Vikings All published by @andersenpress.bsky.social

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 30/01/2025

The cover for my new book, coming in May Full of delicious hot chocolate and human sacrifice THE MAYA SACRIFICE - illustrated by Garry Parsons and published by @andersenpress.bsky.social

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 12/01/2025

The Stone Age Clash is the perfect book for any KS2 children studying the stone age, and will transport them back to a simpler, colder era of human history Illustrated by Garry Parsons & published by @andersenpress.bsky.social

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 12/01/2025

In the bleak midwinter, I wonder how I would have fared in the Stone Age, huddling around a fire with my family, wearing animal skins for warmth, dreaming of the summer…

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 06/01/2025

It’s a world in which one place is no different to another, and all human connection is mediated by The Machine.

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 06/01/2025

This short story, first published in 1909, is full of prophetic words about the dangers of our modern isolated existence.

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 13/12/2024

If you’re searching for the perfect gift for a young child, I recommend a potato

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 06/12/2024

I only took one photo, and it’s terrible, but you can just make out Klaus sitting and listening to Julia.

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 29/11/2024

I spent a very enjoyable couple of days in Newcastle and Newton Aycliffe, speaking to hundreds of schoolchildren with @DurhamLibraries and @NorthTyneLibs

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 29/11/2024

The Northern Children’s Book Festival has been running for forty-two years, which is an extraordinarily impressive pedigree. Every year, the fortnight-long festival brings writers and illustrators to schools and libraries in the North-East.

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 27/11/2024

I was on a panel with @evawongnava.bsky.social and Sam Sedgman about the role of the editor, how we edit ourselves and other people’s work, how to escape self-censorship during the creative process, and how teachers can encourage their students to edit their own work and one another’s.

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 27/11/2024

Yesterday I had a fascinating and inspiring day at the Shropshire Bookfest Conference & CPD training day for primary school teachers

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 20/11/2024

A day full of inspiration, creativity and discussion! For any primary school teachers in Shropshire (or nearby) - this should be very interesting - next week Organised by Shropshire Bookfest With @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social @evawongnava.bsky.social Sam Sedgman & me

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Josh Lacey @joshlacey.com · 19/11/2024

Reading Alison Lurie, who was such a brilliant critic of children’s books - funny, fierce, surprising, loving, sensitive, knowledgeable. Is there anyone like her writing about children’s literature today?

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