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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Editor @salmondsalmond.bsky.social on The Herald's Christmas appeal with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, and her fondness for The Legend of Podkin One-Ear by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social GET INVOLVED: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...

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Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Dungeon Runners Level 1: Hero Trial, written by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social and illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, has won the Children's Book of the Year in the Younger Fiction (5-9 year olds) category at the Week Junior Book Awards. Congratulations! ⚔️🧩

A promotional red and gold graphic for fiction chapter book Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial by Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton, published by Nosy Crow. The book won Children's Book Of The Year: Younger Fiction (5-9 Year-Olds), as explained in bold white copy and in a gold roundel.

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Sinéad O'Hart @sineadohart.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We've got a new Storyshaped podcast episode for you - and it's a banger! We recorded this chat with @kieranlarwood.bsky.social at @ilfdublin.bsky.social earlier this year, and now you can check it out wherever you get your podcasts! @susancahill.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/68Fz...

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

“The Fate of Podkin One-Ear” is an epic finale to a truly wonderful series. A perfect ending after 9 books full of hope and love. An outstanding adventure of good versus evil and a sad farewell to our two hero’s. It’s now been stolen by a Year 6 child. Thankyou @kieranlarwood.bsky.social .

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

“…and so the end is near and we face the final curtain” Just diving into the final Podkin from @kieranlarwood.bsky.social It’s been a wonderful series, I took it to read in the playground at lunchtime and and at least 20 kids were desperate to read it next. Fantastic stuff!

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Why read Billionaire Boy when there’s already a brilliant selection of children’s books out there exploring friendships? Here’s some of my favourites but what others would you suggest instead of Walliams’ book? #kidlituk @louiestowell.bsky.social @lesleyparr.bsky.social @hamdesign.bsky.social

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Kat Solly @katsolly.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Jed Greenleaf by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social has absolutely blown me away with this fabulous historical fantasy — odd friendships, found family, and a plot so perilous I couldn’t put it down. Jed is the sort of powerful, kind-hearted hero I love reading about, and I cannot wait to see book two!

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Last chance tomorrow for this great Waterstones offer!

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Book Clubs in Schools @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Well done to all the winners, including @kieranlarwood.bsky.social and @coralrumble.bsky.social We love how schools decide the winners! #ReadingForPleasure

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

So delighted that Dungeon Runners has won the 7+ category at the Spark! awards!! 😊🥹🥳

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Too hot today to do anything except drink iced lattes at the beach

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Mrs Burton-Gardner @mrsb-g.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Will loves the Dungeon Runners series &created a double page review of books 1&2 for our reading scrapbook! I promised I’d show @kieranlarwood.bsky.social .They are working their way round our class quickly. Highly recommended by William! @sparkbookaward.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social

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Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Shortlisted in Fiction Younger: Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial Congratulations @kieranlarwood.bsky.social & Joe Todd Stanton 🙌

Nosy Crow Children's Publishing book shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2025. Children's Book of the Year - Fiction Younger: Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial by Kieran Larwood & Joe Todd Stanton

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Sinéad O'Hart @sineadohart.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Grateful to all at @ilfdublin.bsky.social for having me at the Festival last Saturday. I was privileged to share the stage with @susancahill.bsky.social, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social, and @kieranlarwood.bsky.social - a dream! Heart-thanks to @rurooie.bsky.social for 📸

Three people on a raised stage with a digital backdrop of sun-dappled green leaves and a red design resembling the pages of a book. The text is blocked by the middle person who sits in front of it. From left to right, they are: Kieran Larwood, a white man with a checked shirt and beard; Sinéad O'Hart, a fat white woman with dark hair, glasses, a patterned blouse and dark jeans, and Susan Cahill, a white woman with blonde hair, white jeans, and a black and white dotted shirt. They are in conversation.

Three people sitting on a raised stage. Above them is the cream-coloured ceiling of a tent, in which they're sitting. From left to right, they are: Sarah Rees Brennan, a white woman in a beautifully patterned turquoise dress with turquoise high-heeled shoes. Her hair is red, and she holds a sheet of paper. The middle person is Sinéad O'Hart, a fat white woman with dark hair and glasses, wearing a patterned blouse and dark jeans, whose scuffed purple Doc Marten boots can just be seen. The third person is Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a dark blouse, a pale jacket, and black-and-white striped trousers, with black flat Converse-style trainers - they have a thick white sole and white laces. They are in conversation.

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

So excited to reveal the paperback cover of Jed Greenleaf, out in July from @faberchildrens Magic, action and battling guilds, set in an alternate eighteenth century. Available to preorder now! 🌳🍃✨

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Susan Cahill @susancahill.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I'll be at @ilfdublin.bsky.social this May! 16th May I'll be talking about finding inspiration in myth, folklore, West Cork, and rain 17th May myself and @sineadohart.bsky.social are doing a LIVE Storyshaped podcast with @kieranlarwood.bsky.social Booking links here: linktr.ee/susancahillw...

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Fern Hill Year 3 Beech Class had a fantastic time listening to @kieranlarwood.bsky.social talk about his @sparkbookaward.bsky.social shortlisted book 'Dungeon Runners' on Tuesday. And we even got to ask the author some questions. We can't wait to read Dungeon Runners Level 2!

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Nice to see that Meta used 23 of my books to train their AI without me being paid a penny 😡

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY! So blown away with all the amazing costumes. Lots of characters from Podkin and some Kits from Dungeon Runners! 🤩🥹 Thank you so much to everyone for putting all that hard work into the costumes and I hope readers everywhere had a wonderful day celebrating books! 📚

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londonkidslitfest @londonkidslitfest.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

TEACHERS OF WANDSWORTH! How lucky are you! We've still got room for a couple of classes at our amazing FREE event with @kieranlarwood.bsky.social on Thursday 12 June. Check out our full FREE programme + new events at Battersea Arts Centre on Wednesday 4 June NOW www.barneskidslitfest.org/schools/

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Vicky (Mrs S) @missvlbishop.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Apologies for the delay, but excited to share my review of Jed Greenleaf by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social I am always delighted when I hear that Kieran has a new book on the way and so obviously I was thrilled to receive a review copy of Jed Greenleaf!

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Amazing preorder offer with Waterstones this weekend!

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Exciting book post this morning from @nosycrow.bsky.social. Loved the first #DungeonRunners story and can’t wait to head to Level 2: #SkyBattles by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social & JoeTodd Stanton. Out now for 7+ readers 😊 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Copy of the book with its press release. The cover shows a vampire, a boy with blue hair and a Black girl with pink hair riding on the back of a giant bird above a mountainous landscape, within which is a castle-like structure with its windows lit.

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Mary R Morrow @marymorrow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Our first author spotlight video is up! Here is @kieranlarwood.bsky.social on the inspiration behind the thrilling 'Dungeon Runners' - shortlisted in our 7+ category. @nosycrow.bsky.social youtu.be/wkiFhsXZkdU?...

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Mrs Burton-Gardner @mrsb-g.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

So lucky to welcome @kieranlarwood.bsky.social today. The kids loved your visit-some amazing creativity in character designs too.Nothing like a real author to promote Reading for Pleasure even more! They loved Podkin &the new Dungeon Runners series too! Thank you! @sparkbookaward.bsky.social

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

When you can spot that a pupil is taking inspiration from their current personal read @kieranlarwood.bsky.social a new Dungeon Runners fan acquired in the last week! #KidLitUK #EduSky From readers to writers! (Illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton, don't think he's on here?)

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Jef is very short in fact he is probably the shortest person in the whole weird world, he looks like a Dwarf. Jef has very spiky hair but even though he is as short as a Dwarf he has massive feet!"

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Pre-order Dungeon Runners: Level 2 by me and Joe Todd Stanton during February and @bookshop_org_uk will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dung...

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Before I throw my laptop out of the window- does anyone know how to turn off that stupid AI Copilot thing in Outlook?

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Here’s a picture I did for my D&D group of our characters. Possibly the strangest party that has ever existed, but it works

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Mr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

For anyone who’s never read one of my blog posts, I write little poems/rhymes for each review. Here is a round up of my poems for 2024 featuring some amazing middlegrade fiction. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/2...

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2024 – Rhyming Review Round-up

One of my favourite parts of writing my blog is writing the rhyming reviews for each book. Now don’t get me wrong, there are times when the words (and the rhymes) just aren’t coming and I curse mys…

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We've got another outstanding selection of books shortlisted in our 7+ Category this year, here they are! #Spark2025Shortlist @kieranlarwood.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Just received a copy of the second Dungeon Runners book: Sky Battles! Out next month, with stunning illustrations from Joe Todd Stanton. You can pre-order it now, if you want to be my best friend

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

‘Tis the season for gingerbread property development

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Little doodle of Yarrow the bard 🐰

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Mr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Latest blog: Jed Greenleaf by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social Absolutely thrilling! Game of Thrones meets The Hunger Games for middle grade. Medieval, action packed, thrilling and full of heart! A great Xmas present for fantasy readers @faberchildrens.bsky.social

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Spent the afternoon with these legends, signing books as Waterstones Finchley Rd 🎄

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

New marketing scam from: @hannah2000.bsky.social You can subscribe to this moderation list and auto block it and other marketing scams: bsky.app/profile/inve...

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NicholaJ @nj13.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

It has been a long time coming for me reading this modern classic. Very late to the party! Just the kind of book I wish I could have read when I was younger and thanks so much @DoncasterRwm for the loan. A perfect book to finish off on a winter's day like today 📚 @kieranlarwood.bsky.social

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Day 2, 7+ Category: 'Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial' by @kieranlarwood.bsky.social illustr. by Joe Todd-Stanton @nosycrow.bsky.social Kit's only dream in life is to be a Dungeon Runner - but it seems impossible. That is until the opportunity of a lifetime comes his way! #SparkLonglist

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Absolutely loved doing this podcast! A deep dive on writing, celeb authors, norse myths and children's books.

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Kieran Larwood @kieranlarwood.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A spot of Monday night D&D (I got swallowed by a gelatinous cube)

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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

So excited for my Christmassey event with fabulous authors coming up soon at Waterstones Finchley Road O2! @kieranlarwood.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social

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