iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Apologies to those who follow me on everything else 😘 This really got me today #inclusivity #neurodivergent #adhd

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Congratulations 🥂 @kitdewaal.bsky.social and looking forward to your discussion in N Cotswolds on THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (buy ahaed @borzoibookshop.bsky.social ) with @megster.bsky.social 2pm Thursday 8 May Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

073

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

So good to meet and chat today @elnorrywriter.bsky.social Thank you ☺️ Can’t wait to read the 2nd Fable House: Heart of Fire 🔥 ❤️#writingcommunity #middlegrade #kidlit #middlegradebooks

EL Norry the writer stood outside a bookshop in the sunshine with a lady who has just bought Norry’s latest book Fable House: Heart of fire

A close up of EL Norry’s latest book Fable House: Heart of Fire, and the original Fable House book

160

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Great evening celebrating the launch of The Best of Everything by the brilliant @kitdewaal.bsky.social bring on the joy, get ready to ache too #writingcommunity #kindness #forgiveness #love

Photo of writer Kit de Waal stood with her editor in Waterstones Leamington Spa talking about her new novel, The Best of Everything

2252

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A monster of a #worldbookday thanks to Jamie Hammond Usborne and Kenilworth Books #kidlit #childrensbooks #writingcommunity

081

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Apologies to all who have seen this elsewhere! Fab time with @scbwi-bi.bsky.social and Golden Egg Academy friends in Edinburgh at the weekend #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlituk #kidlitchat #ya #childrenswriters #childrensauthors #childrensbooks #kidlit #spooky

040

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

@amysparkes.bsky.social great children’s publishing panel last night, thank you! 😊💫

110

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 19/02/2025

We're delighted to share that we've teamed up with the wonderful Baby Bank Alliance to give out nearly 25,000 resources in almost 100 baby banks across England and Wales. It's never too early to start sharing books and stories with babies - we hope everyone enjoys the resources ❤️

A photo of a baby smiling, with their mum holding up their arms to help them dance

1185

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 17/02/2025

Happy #FamilyDay! We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading. Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

A photo of a parent and child sharing a book together with a quote from Bookstart Coordinator Paul Swift: "Reading together and sharing stories opens up a unique line of communication between parent and child; it creates that bond".

03013

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 06/02/2025

We're so excited that the shortlist for the @waterstones.bsky.social Children's Book Prize is here! The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees! Find out more 👇 www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25

The Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlist: Secrets of the Snakestone; Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit; Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces; The Boy in a Suit; Glasgow Boys; For She Is Wrath; Lover Birds; King of Nothing; Dim Sum Palace; The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods; Gina Kaminski Saves the Wolf; and Mountain and Cloud

23514

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Really looking forward to this! For adults and teens… author and historian Philippa Gregory and Kenilworth Books (see insta/fb/X) are celebrating Normal Women and bringing the missing 900 years of women’s history to South Warwickshire on Mar 5. Tickets from Kenilworth Books #writingcommunity #books

051

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Peter Bunzl @peterbunzl.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Don’t worry I’m sure the Doctor’s got it covered…

021

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Since the entire world has been sending me the news about the Buffy reboot, here's what I would do if I was in charge. Given that SMG = reprising buffy, 20 years on, I'd want her in charge of/involved in an org of slayers and struggling not to replicate the horrors of the watcher's council.

181578

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

We are thrilled to announce our Read It Forward ambassadors. A huge thanks to Alexander Armstrong, @serenakpatel.bsky.social, Andy Day, Catherine Rayner and Nadine Aisha Jassat. 10% of ALL our children's book sales in Feb go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social bit.ly/RIFEB25

bit.ly

Read It Forward with Bookshop.org

This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.org go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust in February 2025, and EVERY sale supports independent boo...

0176

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Adoption UK @adoptionuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

For Children's Mental Health Week we have a new factsheet for you - Therapeutic Parenting. It's a way of parenting children who have had traumatic early life experiences that shape how they see and experience the world. Read more here: www.adoptionuk.org/factsheets-f...

032

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

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?

102813

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Sarah Broadley @sarahbroadley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Heartstopper meets Shaun of the Dead in #PoppyTPerry's debut #YA Dead Real (written and illustrated too!) Honoured to have read this at an early stage, delighted that @uclanpublishing.bsky.social felt the same. Please pre-order from www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page... if you can - out July!

Bright pink and green book cover with two characters holding up weapons to fight zombies.

093

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I asked a child what their fave book from last year was and their answer was a series that was published about a decade ago. A good reminder that a book is always new to a child who hasn't read it. The constant publishing hustle for novelty has nothing to do with what children want. #KidLitUK

953918367

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

October Jones @octoberjonesco.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

✨PODCAST ROLL CALL✨ Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share? #AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting. DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together! Launching 30.04.25

media.tenor.com

a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble "

ALT: a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble "

1158

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

October Jones @octoberjonesco.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Hi pumpkins! I’m October & I’m… 📚 Children’s Librarian ✨ Chair of CILIP #YLGSE 📚 GLL Literary Foundation #LiteraryChampion ✨ NLT #LiteracyChampion 📚 Judge for #SparkBookAward25 ✨ #FirstChapter 2024 Winner 📚 Spooky Book Blogger ✨ #AroundTheCauldron Podcast Host & I’m SO enchanted to meet you! 🖤

6344

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I need a new comfort watch. Finished #gilmoregirls, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and #geekgirl. Any recommendations for relatable, similar feel-good vibes I can escape into? #writingcommunity

110

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 16/12/2024

On the set of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A space Odyssey (1968)

A black and white photo of an astronaut in a bulky, retro-style spacesuit. They are standing on a set lit by bright lights, with a ladder and scaffolding visible in the background.

19312

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Jo Clarke @jo-clarke.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

It's 3 weeks until ##LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Thanks to Helen Peters for this fabulous endorsement Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social #TheTravellingSchoolMysteries rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...

1115

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

This interview with Susan Cooper is only from last year & gives us a great insight into her formative years during WW2 (the almost nightly bombing & children collecting shrapnel)as well how she believes the novels are about Time. She's on first. youtu.be/WfsKMvgklpE?...

youtu.be

The Dark is Rising: Susan Cooper, Natalie Haynes, Simon McBurney and Robert MacFarlane.

YouTube video by British Library

35023

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

“Can’t believe it’s still light at 5 o’clock.” Start rehearsing your lines guys, the light is coming back 🙌💫. Happy shortest day to you all, cosy up ❄️#wintersolstice

Wintry trees against a beautiful bright blue sky with a white, star-like burst of sunshine to the right and cute blue light orb on the left

030

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

My favourite TV of the year: DOCTOR WHO (season 14) - one of the best ever. So good to have Russell T Davies writing & show-running again! & A KIND OF SPARK (season 2) - even better than the first season, if such a thing is possible! Brilliant work from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social & all involved!

Poster for Doctor Who, showing the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and the TARDIS in space

Poster for A KIND OF SPARK, showing the Darrow sisters: Addie (Lola Blue), Keedie (Georgia de Gidlow) and Nina (Caitlin Hamilton)

3374

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

What does 'Home' mean to you? Is it a place or a feeling? Something to cherish or flee, to make or break? A heritage or an institution? Writers of Beds, Bucks or Northants aged 14+, send us your writing by 19 Jan. Details: www.mklitfest.org/mink2025 #writingcompetition #poetry #flashfiction

072

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

H S Norup @hsnorup.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I would highly recommend REFLECTIONS ON THE MAGIC OF WRITING by Diana Wynne Jones. Not all the essays or talks are about writing for children, but they are all brilliant and full of wisdom. Especially love this quote about the responsibility of writing for children:

274

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

And this was the photo that led me to Grandpa’s other previously unseen photos (by me anyway). Proud of you Pops❤️ #stillsphotographer #britishfilms #Movies #WritingCommunity

An aerial, black and white photo of film crew and steam train from the set of Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

030

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thrilled to find another of my grandpa’s stills. More precious as time goes by #WritingCommunity #stillsphotographer #britishfilms #movies

Black and white photo taken on set during filming of You Only Live Twice. Shows character Blofeld in a chair with his white cat on his lap

000

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Found some photos online today, taken by my grandpa, that I’ve never seen before. Growing up I loved his collection of candid shots more than the official stills. To find some out there in the wild is amazing #WritingCommunity #stillsphotographer #lolita #Movies #photography

Black and white photo taken on set during the filming of Lolita 1962.

030

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Clare Helen Welsh @clarehelenwelsh.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello! I'm doing FREE virtual event for teachers, educators, librarians ...about the magic of wordless picture books! Please share while I work out how to use Blue Sky 😅📚 🗓️ DATE: 26th November 2024 ⏰ TIME: 7:00 PM @readingrocks.bsky.social wherereadingrocks.com/event/beyond...

519961

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 16/11/2024

This

1478

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

ChrisTopher11 @chtopher11.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

WTF is going on here at Blue Sky? People are civil to each other. People having intelligent discussions. People are spelling things correctly. I haven’t seen any racism or sexism. I’m confused.

media.tenor.com

a man in a lab coat is standing in front of a computer with the caption good to see you guys again

ALT: a man in a lab coat is standing in front of a computer with the caption good to see you guys again

3122756074512

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 16/11/2024

Eagerly awaiting the BlueSky icon to appear along with the usual suspects at the bottom of news articles so we can click and share. Soon.

845234

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Julian Mar @julianmar.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I can’t emphasize enough how right this is. The reason this is the Good Place is precisely because it’s different than the Bad Place. Leave the Bad Place rules behind and embrace these!

03516

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

So, if we start posting here, do you PROMISE to like, reshare and reply to every post?

8873674

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

Not on here much yet, but so happy to share that I’ve signed with Alice Williams Literary, after a magical start to the year 🎉💫Thanks to my writing friends for cheering me on, to GEA, Write Magic, and SCBWI, and the editor/writer who invested his time and belief in me 💫#writingcommunity #kidlit

1140

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

Marc de Faoite @marcdefaoite.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Hyphenated Non-hyphenated

12412

Reposted by Jules Aspinall

SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

I'm doing a massive FREE VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISIT with BookTrust on Nov 10th - I hope as many kids as possible will be part of it! Everyone welcome - teachers, librarians, parents & carers, you can sign up here: www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/p... (Art: Charles M Schulz)

02019

Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Hi Kit, thank you 😊 Hello everyone!

170