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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I saw Six the musical a few weeks ago and wanted to know more about the wives. Henry, such a sad little (large) man. Reminds of me another Biggly tyrant. Loved this easy to read book about the six wives of Henry VIII - public executions…history repeating itself

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I really enjoyed Birdie by JP Rose, Lizzie and Belle Mysteries by Joanne Brown, The Elemental Detectives by Patrice Lawrence, anything by Catherine Johnson and check out the Voices series by Scholastic.

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Another one of mine has history in it. Did you know Chi Chi the panda got caught up in some Cold War shenanigans? If not then check out my latest book (and first picture book wirh Jo Lindley, illustator)

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Did you know there were 140,000 from China who worked for Britain and France during WW1? Well, I’ve written about it on my contemporary novel with flashbacks to that time in history. I don’t think another kids novel has this info in it! And it’s shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards!

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The British Fantasy Society does not allow the use of generative AI in any of its spaces. For more on this, read the interview with outgoing chair Shona Kinsella from earlier this year. This position has not changed since last week's AGM. ⬇️ britishfantasysociety.org/its-a-cheat-...

Text says We say NO to generative AI in the creative arts

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Once again this year’s Excluded Voices report makes for sober reading. Let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate the marginalised authors we should all be buying, borrowing, reading and sharing with our young people. #KidLitUK #KidLit #UKKidLit www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Korobá: The Case of the Missing Kolo by Àlàbá Ònájìn

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Meet the inspiration behind the famous WWF logo! 🐼 Chi Chi the Panda by Maisie Chan, Illustrated by Jo Lindley 🐼 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social @jolindley.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #pb#hodder #childrensbooks #childrensbooksillustration #kidlit

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Chi Chi the Panda by Maisie Chan, Illustrated by Jo Lindlely

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's ESEA Heritage Month (East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month) and I wrote an Empathy Short about my hamster Nora (RIP). empathylab.uk/empathy-shor...

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Voting is open for the Diverse Book Awards. If you’ve enjoyed my book please consider voting for it! www.thediversebookawards.co.uk

Boy and man are smiling at each other - one is a ghost.

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Voting is open for the Diverse Book Awards. If you’ve enjoyed my book please consider voting for it! www.thediversebookawards.co.uk

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

De La Soul My Chemical Romance John Legend Jill Scott Wu Tang Clan Whitney Houston New Kids on the Block The Killer Travis Tom Jones

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’m glad! Sounds like a stressful journey up. Enjoy Edinburgh!!!

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Thank you Glasgow you were WONDERFUL! Lovely to see @mariannedoherty.bsky.social and @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social and meet the hogbacks at @govanstones.bsky.social. Pics later but THANK YOU lovely city! Now Edinburgh, let's have it!

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I think books like Beast Quest and the Tiger Warrior series are good for those newly independent readers. They’re short and full of action!

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I had the pleasure of seeing debut author Felicity Yeoh (@lemonfizzbooks) do a musical storytelling session about her and Megan Snyder’s brilliantly moving picture book The Kingdom of Tigers at Waterstones Glasgow. It’s among the moving tale about a Tiger family and conservation.

woman with black grey hair with glasses on holding a book with tigers on the front

Signature of Felicity Yeoh author and red stamp

Woman with long black hair in a Tiger print dress holding a picture book and a cuddly Tiger

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Dancing Dumplings - Eva Wong Nava and Natelle Quek, Binna's Dalgona by Sojung Kim-McCarthy, Boys Don't Fry Kimberly Lee, Charlene Chua

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Ice Cream Boy by Lindsay Littleson, Fat Boy Swim also has a boy who loves cooking. Danny Chung has the grandma who brings chicken feet to school and loads of fruit. Dim Sum Palace is also one I would mention. Loads of East & Southeast Asian books have food. #KidsBooksFriday

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Six Dinner Sid is a favourite. The Tiger That Came to Tea (he's a big cat!)

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 05/07/2026

As we come to the end of @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social's time as Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate, we're giving you the chance to win his powerful new book. A British Childhood draws on Frank's experiences over the past two years and is a stirring call for us all to act 👇 bit.ly/44GQwAt

The front cover of A British Childhood by Frank Cottrell-Boyce - there are three images of the cover arranged in a fan

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Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The new Waterstones Children’s Laureate is being announced VERY soon… follow @booktrust.org.uk for updates. And they will be on a special episode of our podcast @islandofbrilliant.bsky.social soon after! Will @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social give up his crown without a fight?

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 07/07/2026

"I want to champion the power of books to connect us and make us feel like we belong" @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social, our new Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate 2026-28, speaking powerfully about the role of stories to build connection and community - and how this will be the focus of her Laureateship.

Patrice Lawrence on stage as our new Waterstones Children's Laureate

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

SUPER SUPER HAPPY ABOUT THIS! Congrats Patrice Lawrence!!! The new Waterstones Children's Laureate!

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I did a speech this week about books and reading and finished off by saying that your brain 🧠 and the creative process is worse if you use AI. And let’s not get me started on the planet. Then the next author (who had sent in a talk) had a book trailed made using AI…😳

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The Ocean and the Bones by Scottish-based author Gen Carver. It’s set in the Stone Age and has water spirit. The Map of Leave by Yarrow Townsend. The Land of the Last Wildcat by Lui Sit. #UKLIDLIT #KIDLITFRIDAY

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HMS Tern Living Museum @hmstern61.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Home Front Exhibition Appeal. HMS Tern are organising a temporary exhibition focused on the Home Front, featuring documents, clothing, and equipment from #Orkney. If you have any items available for loan, get in touch. hmstern.blog/2026/06/22/t...

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The Home Front exhibition appeal - About Tern - the blog for HMS Tern Orkney

At HMS Tern, we are frequently asked about the events around our islands, not just at the airfield, but also on the Home Front. What was life like during that time? We are organising a temporary exhib...

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StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted" @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

More than half way to Net Zero in UK The key fact is that most people believe it is a long way off and hard. Only 8% believe we're halfway there. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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UK half way to net zero

Provisional data shows UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions fell further across several key sectors between 2022 and 2023.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I was thrilled to see Beth O’Brien’s fabulous Wolf Siren win at the Carnegies this week. It so cleverly leans into and extends the story of Little Red Riding Hood. What other great children’s books play with well known Folk and Fairtytales, Myths and Legends? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidLit

Book cover for Wolf Siren by Beth O’Brien with the subtext: Inside Every Good Girl is a Wolf.

Book cover for The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

Book cover for Kai and the Monkey King by Joe Todd Stanton

Book cover for Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe.

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The Guardians of the New Moon by Eric Huang like my series Tiger Warrior has a lot of Chinese myths and legends. ##Kidlituk

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Someone has given me aticket to Belle and Sebastian tonight so I am binge listening to their Tigermilk album! I know 'The State that I am in' - as a woman I used to work with made me a mix cd back in 2006 and that was on it!

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Quite shocked - and a little ticked off - that @theguardian.com with its large book section has had zero coverage of the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Kids books are a HUGE part of the industry, and the Carnegie is essentially our Booker. What’s up with that, @theguardian.com ?

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

GLASGOW - Free kids event 2nd August 13.30 - meet Felicity Yeoh and hear her read The Kingdom of Tigers at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street www.waterstones.com/events/kingd...

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Every time I pass a charity shop that has books I have. A quick peek to see if one of my books is there and yesterday I spotted one! Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu is facing out at Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road! It’s signed!

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

And more photos! Lots of the Bubble Tea Writers Network came to support and help me take photos! Thanks team! Great to meet Mayo, Ramsey and Kenechi in person.

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Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Ahhh Jo Lindley and I had the BEST launch at the Paper Cat Bookshop in Herne Hill last week. The weather was lovely, the vibes cute and panda-like. We had a brilliant live draw by Jo, whilst I read out the book and we had Chi Chi biscuits from Vanilla Frost Cakes. Chi Chi the Panda is out now!

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