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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Met some real live elves at Millfield Green Christmas Fair today with Mrs Claus - and guess what they were reading?! Thanks to Inspired Villages for having me and to everyone who bought a signed book. #thechristmascrumb #believeinyourelf #theelfnextdoor #elves

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Looking forward to reading this at a special festive school storytime tomorrow!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Reposting this in case anyone wants to enter. (Is there anybody out there?)

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The Christmas Crumb is in the festive window display at the Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford, London! Thanks so much to story creator Claire for the photos. #christmasbooks #kidlit #christmaswindow

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Lots of author interviews up now on the Virtual Authors UK site!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The Oxford Street Christmas lights are beautiful this year - and I felt just as sparkly when I spotted Shevolution in @waterstones.bsky.social inside John Lewis! Shoutout to @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social for that amazing cover! #authorlife #jointheshevolution @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

GIVEAWAY ALERT! I'm giving away a signed copy of my new book with @scholasticuk.bsky.social - SHEVOLUTION. Uncover hidden stories of amazing women through history. Illustrated sumptuously by @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social. Just comment below to enter. Winner picked at random at 11 pm GMT 31/11/25.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Magazine subscriptions are a great way to encourage children and teens to read, especially those children who struggle with chapter books or teens who have lost interest in reading novels. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/ma... #teachertwitter #kidlit #readingforpleasure

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Magazines and newspapers for children and teenagers

Magazines for children in the UK. Pick from over 100 subscription titles for kids and teens to read at home or in school.

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

What a great review from Sanne at De Wegwijzer Primary School for the new Dutch version of Turns Out I'm an Alien, translated by Marjolein Algera and published by Witte Leuw as Oeps Ik Beneen Alien! Thanks Sanne! www.jeugdbieb.nl/nieuws.php?i...

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Jeugdbieb leestips

Op jeugdbieb.nl vind je de leukste leestips ván kinderen vóór kinderen.

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Virtual visits are such a great cost-effective way to introduce schoolchildren to real authors and show them that humans make the best stories. #virtualauthorvisits #proudlyaifree

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

It was always my ambition to spot a book of mine in @waterstones.bsky.social and yesterday in Covent Garden I saw two! After 15 years in the slush piles my author heart is very full right now! (Shevolution ill. by Petra Braun on L, Don't Open This Book Until You're 9 ill. by Ellie Hyde on R.)

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Had so much fun making this! Presenting my book trailer for EATEN BY ALIENS. Music by omikron. Alien played by anteater. No anteaters were harmed etc. #booktrailer #kidlit #scifi #aliens www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Pu...

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Eaten by Aliens book trailer

YouTube video by Lou Treleaven

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Fabulous book recommendations from Marianne! I love anything interactive and you can't beat an intricately drawn maze.

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Happy #nationalpoetryday ! Why not celebrate and embrace the October vibes at the same time by visiting www.scaryness.com, a new website of fearfully fantastic poems for children? There's even a couple by me. BOO! Illustrations by #loucrosby

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day me hearties! Why not grab yourself some treasure by buying The Pirate Who Lost His Name by me and @geniespinosa.bsky.social ? www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lou-... #talklikeapirateday

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 05/09/2025

It's the end of the week so it must be #PublisherFriday! If you are an #IndependentPublisher why not let us know a bit about your press, some links, current projects, crowdfunders, submission windows, some of your authors #publisher #SmallPress #publishing #IndiePress alt text in pictures please

old engraving of a Tunis Press, which is a large wooden structure, with one man pulling the lever to make a print and another man who is smoking a pipe checking some copy, with sheets of paper strewn on the ground

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

New book out for Maverick Books' Zoom Fiction! Delighted to have teamed up again with the brilliant Mario Gushiken to bring you another comedy space adventure, this time set inside the stomach of an alien! Support your bookshop by buying locally or order from bookshop.org at tinyurl.com/8r2e5yep

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The Toy 🍩🦜🍑🌻🌈🪐🛼🎈🐢 @thetoypress.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Back to school season is upon us, but do you prefer a packed lunch or school dinners? Poems from our food edition by Sarah Ziman and Jonathan Sellars, and illustrations by Mietta Postlethwaite - available in our web shop. #Backtoschool #backtoschool2025

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Get your ticket to Scary-ness station and discover some delightfully dreadful destinations! This new website is a brilliant way for children to discover poetry, and you might even find a petrifying poem by me on your travels! Mwah ha ha! scaryness.com #scarypoems #poetry #kidlit #halloween

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Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#Teachers! Summer #book #Giveaway! (UK) WIN a copy of BLUE JELLY AND STRAWBERRIES for your school. There's a tiny seashell hidden somewhere on my website...For a chance to win a book: 🐚Follow me and repost this post! 🐚DM with the location of the shell & school name (keep it 🤫) Winner chosen 26/8

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Already fully booked for the week next year! Looking forward to sharing new books and stories. #worldbookday2026 #authorlife

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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Okay, deep breath. I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse. www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG... If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?

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Em's bad year support fund

Our dear Emma Newman is having a shite year. First she broke her ankle walking on flat pavement, now she's got breast cancer fucking up her life. The broken bone put her out of commission for almost t...

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Virtual Authors UK @virtualauthorsuk.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Who has a cat called Jam and writes on a bicycle? It's the subject of our second interview, prolific author Rebecca Colby! virtualauthors.co.uk/2025/08/11/1...

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Eve Ainsworth @eveainsworth.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Just putting it out there in the universe I suspect lots of young people will be wanting to read about girls football following the Lioness’ latest success. I have written lots of books in this genre Also - for any editors interested, I would always love to write more 😂

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Typing up some more of my dream diaries to get inspiration for SF settings. March 2008 is wild! I don't think I could have that recall now for multiple dreams per night. #amwriting #amdreaming

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Ooh look! You can preorder my new chapter book Eaten by Aliens from Hive and collect it from your local bookshop in September! What are you waiting for?! www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lou-...

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Teachers! Grab FREE downloadable PDF reading activities, games, reading lists, reading challenges, posters, wallpapers and much more on School Reading List's TES page. ⬇️📖✨ 🔗 www.tes.com/teaching-res... #freeresources #edutwitter #teachersofx

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School Reading List's Shop - TES

The School Reading List recommends children's, teen and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools in the UK.

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Reading Not Yet a Yeti and designing monsters today at Oaklands Infant School, Chelmsford! #authorlife

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Stopped for a cuppa at Leadenhall Market on our weekend in London and look what I found in @waterstones.bsky.social ! (I did reshelve Shevolution properly but couldn't resist showing off Petra Braun's cover for the photo.) @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

New comedy writing book by Chris Head arrived today - having done one of his excellent courses I know it's going to be full of absolute gold.

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

My posts don't get much traction on here but I have to shout this into the void: just typed 'the end' on a new book! Yippee!!!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

"You are 23.6% Goth, 69.1% Nerd, placing you in the True Nerd category." Happy with that!

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Virtual Authors UK @virtualauthorsuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Look at all these lovely authors, illustrators and poets just waiting to meet you! Find out more about them and book a virtual visit to your school or nursery by visiting www.virtualauthors.co.uk. Let's connect authors and readers across the globe! #authorvisit #virtualauthorvisit #kidlit

headshots of authors on Virtual Authors UK website

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Lovely watercolour landscape workshop at Dunstable Downs today - an escape from the world! Creativity is the best medicine sometimes.

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Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Who gave the ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ speech? Where did the Salem witch trials take place? Who wrote Wuthering Heights? Test your knowledge on the shevolution of society with these quick-fire quizzes! Download now: images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/ee/... #JoinTheShevolution @loutreleaven.bsky.social

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Having fun in the Reading Tent at Bedford Motoring and Kite Festival - yes it was a bit hot to be dressing up as a yeti! #authorlife

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Exciting book post from @busterbooks.bsky.social today! Out now if you're 8 or 9 (inside or outside).

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

There's still time! Love this cute little book I did with Sophie Burrows, inspired by epic 'Million Dollar Walks' with my dad. I only realised years later that we were just going on a long route round the village and weren't miles away from civilisation after all. #fathersday

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Author adrenaline rush! Spotted these in WHSmith Epsom today together with some other brilliant titles from @busterbooks.bsky.social

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Returning to a massive project of typing up all my dream diaries. Some are from the 80s! I'm looking for some nightmarish material to use for my work in progress. Does anyone else use their dreams as inspiration for writing? #amwriting #amdreaming

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Visit Jacqui's blog to find out more about Isabella and how she features in Shevolution by me and @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social !

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Yay! Thanks for sharing #Shevolution Jacqui! Still can't believe my first non fiction book is out there in the wild!

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Lou Treleaven @loutreleaven.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Don't forget to enter by 22 May! Lots of categories including Picture Books!

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Tiny Tree Books 📕 @tinytreebooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

From a family back garden to a hedgehog haven! 🪵🌿 The Hedgehog Rescuers is a fun & inspiring story about two boys saving the spikiest garden guests by Sarah Oliver and Juliet Prentice! 🦔 Out now: amzn.to/42G8Hqn... #picturebooks

Cover of The Hedgehog Resucers on a blue and green split background.

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