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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
WIN 50 PUSHKIN CHILDREN’S BOOKS of your choice for your school! Every child deserves a classroom of books. In celebration of the National Year of Reading 2026, Pushkin Children’s is helping to make that happen. We’re gifting 500 books – 50 to 10 state primary schools across the UK.
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 25/06/2026
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social has launched a nationwide book-donation campaign for state primary schools as part of the National Year of Reading. 👇
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Pushkin Children’s to donate 500 books to primary schools
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We're looking for a senior/commissioning children's editor! Come join our team 🎈 pushkinpress.com/were-hiring-...
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We’re Hiring – Senior/Commissioning Children’s Editor – Pushkin Press
For the first time since the imprint’s founding 14 years ago, Pushkin Children’s Books is seeking a full-time in-house Senior Editor/Commissioning Editor.
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We're hiring a senior children's editor/commissioning editor for Pushkin Children's Books. If you are creative, entrepreneurial, with strong editorial vision and experience commissioning globally, we'd love to welcome you to the team. Apply here: jobs.thebookseller.com/career/28901...
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Jodie Chapdelaine @bookladyof3.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
#BookPosse new book coming in from out of the book ocean. Love the back of this book it says “Think Remarkable Bright Creatures for children”. About being a good friend to the planet, animals, people and ourselves. @amydominy.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Tune in next week to hear from Carnegie-shortlisted author & illustrator Kengo Kurimoto: ▶️ www.scholastic.co.uk//Kengo-Kurim... @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @kengokurimoto.bsky.social
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Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A great big HELLO and WELCOME to Amy Fellner Dominy who joins me in The Reading Realm to talk about her new book MONSTER DOWN DEEP… thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/02/10/m... @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #KidLit #BookSky
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MONSTER DOWN DEEP: An interview with Amy Fellner Dominy - The Reading Realm
A great big HELLO and WELCOME to Amy Fellner Dominy who joins us in The Reading Realm to talk about her new book MONSTER DOWN DEEP… What is MONSTER DOWN DEEP about? Monster Down Deep is wondrous seasi...
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Congratulations to Kengo Kurimoto on his wonderful book WILDFUL making the 2026 Carnegies longlist! 🎉
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
As an indie publisher, we LOVE indie bookstores, and so we're proud to support #ReadItForward 2026! Buy ANY children's book on Bookshop.org during February, and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk - you'll be supporting indie bookshops with every purchase!
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Read It Forward with Bookshop.org
This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by John Devolle from Humans, a book of funny, flat, graphic images and few words, in the Big Science for Little Minds series. Look for the bats, flea, mouse, moth, spiders, seagull, badger, robin, chicken, other wildlife and pets. Pushkin 6 Nov. @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The Otherwhere Post is nominated for the Young Adult Fantasy and Sci-Fi Goodreads Choice Awards! pushkinpress.com/book/the-oth...
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The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor | 9781782694427 | Pushkin Press
An electric new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique , which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's book prize. Seven ye
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We're THRILLED that The Gnome Book has been shortlisted for @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Book of the Year! The gnomes feel so proud to have been recognised in our world 🍬
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@TheBookerPrizes we're so excited about the announcement of the Children's Booker Prize! We can't wait for children's books to be recognised for the amazing works of art they are 🥳
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
2026 is going to be an unmissable year for Pushkin Press Children's - preorder our future bestsellers with 25% off at Watertones.com now! @waterstones.bsky.social
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A greater than ever guide, featuring Mika Song's One Smart Cookie, X Fang's We Are Definitely Human, and Kengo Kurimoto's Wildful!
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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Just finished reading THIRST by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social , published by @pushkinpress.com Coincidentally, this came out the same day as my book Britain’s Folklore Year Thirst is a dark and brooding YA novel deeply rooted in the folklore of rivers. Expect a feature and review soon on this
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The WONDERFUL latest Books for Keeps reviews The Invisibles by @susiebower.bsky.social, Captain Danger and the Stupid Shadow by Victor Engbers, and The Otherwhere Post by Emily J Taylor 🥳
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Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I’m thrilled to welcome @hsnorup.bsky.social into The Reading Realm to talk about her wonderful new book THE CHANGELING CHILD, which is published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social! thereadingrealm.co.uk/2025/08/07/h... #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #KidLitUK
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H.S Norup on the inspiration for THE CHANGELING CHILD and INTO THE FAERIE HILL - The Reading Realm
When I’m writing the first draft of a story, much of the work happens away from my desk. I think about the plot while I go for long walks or bake or cook. So, I thought it would be interesting to desc...
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Frank Cottrell Boyce recommended the AMAZING Queen of Freedom by Catherine Johnson on his summer book club this morning - listen now! (2.54.00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... pushkinpress.com/book/queen-o...
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Today - 28/07/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais is 'witty, empowering and irresistibly bonkers', available NOW for all your summer holiday reading 🐽 www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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The best children’s books for summer 2025
Our action-packed list will thrill readers whether they’re three or 13.
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
'Fortune invariably favours the brave' in Journey Under the Sea, one of our 6 AMAZING choose-your-own adventure books. Go rediscover the remarkably 'fresh' format almost fifty years later 🎉 www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childr...
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A charming love letter to misplaced umbrellas – and other new children’s books
Our critic rounds up the best new titles for young readers, from science and drama to old-fashioned tales of derring-do
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
THRILLED to see Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto shortlisted for the Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction! pushkinpress.com/book/wildful/
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Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto | 9781782694892 | Pushkin Press
A beautiful graphic novel about nature and dealing with grief, perfect for fans of The Secret Garden , October, October and Greenwild . Nothing's been the same
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Been eyeing our upcoming releases? Use the code SUMMER25 online at waterstones.com and on the app for 25% off when preordering Thirst, The Twelve paperback, and The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night!
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KC 😎📝 Casey's Pages @fly276.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Check out the whole @susiebower.bsky.social collection! Published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 📚😎
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Introducing Pushkin Children’s Classics! Reading is never more ✨magical✨ than in childhood. That’s why we’re bringing you the most thrilling and inspiring children’s stories from around the world. Stay tuned for the six beloved titles we’re publishing on July 3rd 🥳
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Our phenomenal author @londonbessie.bsky.social is running an unmissable FREE online workshop on writing children's fiction!! Perfect for aspiring authors 📚📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-ch...
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Writing Children’s Fiction with Liz Hyder
Join our free workshop with Liz Hyder on writing children’s fiction—perfect for aspiring authors eager to craft stories for young readers!
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Pushkin Press @pushkinpress.com · 13/06/2025
THRILLED that The No-Girlfriend Rule by @bycrandall.bsky.social is included in the CBI Read with Pride guide 🏳️‍🌈 'This charming LGBTQ+ coming of age story shows us that we can discover the most about ourselves in the unlikeliest of places' 🌈 More Pushkin pride coming soon! @pushkinpress.com
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Susie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
#GIVEAWAY! It's publication day for The Invisibles! To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed and dedicated copy! To enter: send me your details via my website susiebower.co.uk Winner will be announced on Thurs 12th June! @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
📢 Calling middle-grade reviewers! Wanting to read the new fantasy adventure from Susie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social jam-packed with immortal children, magical lands and mysterious secrets? Comment below and we'll get in touch! Must be UK based. 🪜 pushkinpress.com/book/the-inv...
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Mary Rees @bookcraic.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
#TheCurseOfTheSilvanOaks is a magical, mesmerising adventure into a feuding realm where those with courageous hearts form firm friendships and fight to break a cruel curse on the land. You can read my review at bookcraic.blog/2025/05/25/r... @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #UKKidLit
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Review: The Curse of the Silvan Oaks by Georgia Channon
Written by Georgia ChannonCover Illustration by Richard JohnsonPublished by Pushkin Press The Curse of the Silvan Oaks is an enchanting fantasy adventure that completely captured me …
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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The very creepiest of creepy reads, #YA novel #Thirst by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social is not for the faint-hearted. Out 11/09 from @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/t...
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Thirst by Darren Simpson
Cover art by Natalie Smillie I’ve got in the habit of sticking the names of some of my favourite authors into the search bar on the Waterstones website every so often to check on whether or n…
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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Happy National Biscuit Day! "You really should have an Emergency Biscuit store in your house. A sock drawer would be ideal ... make sure that the socks are clean and that the biscuits are wrapped. There is no joy to be found in a crumbly sock drawer." @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #booksky
Three brightly coloured book covers sit against an orange background surrounded by white doodles. The books are How To Be Brave, How To Be True and How To Be Free and they are all by Daisy May Johnson.
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A.F. Harrold @afharrold.com · 19/05/2025
Just read this excellent kids-folk-horror-walk-away-from-Omelas-wickerman-is-a-river-adventure from @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social. Gripping, gruesome, dark and dripping. Beware the woods and the reanimated child corpses... #Thirst out in September. A Good Thing.
Red book cover. Blue stream/zombie. Title is 'Thirst', written by Darren Simpson.Back cover:

'Simpson is a compelling writer... He has a marvellous sense of the uncanny'
PHILIP WOMACK

A deliciously spine-tingling novel about a cursed river and the town that worships it, from the two-time Carnegie Medal nominated author, Darren Simpson.

Perfect for fans of spooky, action-packed teen reads, such as Alan Garner's The Owl Service, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree.

Darren Simpson's previous books have been widely acclaimed: his first novel Scavengers was a Guardian Book of the Year, and Furthermoor was a Waterstones Best Book of the Year.

A Sarah Odedina Book
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2025 • £9.99 9781782695721
PAPERBACK • B-FORMAT PB ORIGINAL WITH FLAPS 198 X 129MM
FOR PUBLICITY ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT VICKI@PUSHKINPRESS.COMBack cover:

A Sarah Odedina Book
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2025 • £9.99 9781782695721
PAPERBACK • B-FORMAT PB ORIGINAL WITH FLAPS 198 X 129MM
FOR PUBLICITY ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT VICKI@PUSHKINPRESS.COMFirst page:

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HOUNDS AND HARES
Gorse felt the scratch of thorn, the trickle of blood. But still he ran on, ducking along the undergrowth and diving through bramble. The forest's canopy rolled by above his head, and though his breaths came loud and hard, he could hear his pursuer gaining on him, kicking through shrubs not far behind.
"Hop with baste, ob little hare," sang a panting voice. "This hungry hound your flesh will tear."
Gorse couldn't outrun Burdock-he'd always been the slower of the two — so he tried to outmanoeuvre him by gripping a low branch and swinging himself around its tree.
He was sprinting suddenly in the opposite direction, and Burdock - skidding to a stop as Gorse whipped by —swore and stretched out his fingers. He grasped at empty air, just short of Gorse's sleeve.
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Susie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
THE INVISIBLES are coming! Thanks to Thy Bui for the beautiful cover, to @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social and to @irontreemedia.bsky.social for this amazing trailer (sound up!). Any pre-orders very gratefully received! www.amazon.co.uk/Invisibles-S...
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Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
My EXCITEMENT at receiving these Choose Your Own Adventure Books, a beautiful blast from the past brought back by Pushkin Children’s! I LOVED these when I was growing up. #KidLitUK @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
Stack of Choose Your Own Adventure books with Space and Beyond on top Stack of CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE books
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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
An animal sacrificed every year. But this year, the river is thirsty for more. We're thrilled to reveal the cover of THIRST – a chilling new teen novel from two-time Carnegie Medal nominee Darren Simpson @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. Coming September 2025. Pre-order: pushkinpress.com/book/thirst
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