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Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Elon Musk has just suspended our X account—we're a danger to those who presently control the world, feeling honoured—building our hopes on Bluesky—please Repost Follow indie publisher of fine books #books #Fiction #chilrensbooks @louiestowell.bsky.social

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Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Absolutely thrilled that Black Gables has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing. Huge thanks to all the librarians and readers @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Special thanks to @everywithwords.bsky.social and Silvia @pfd Congrats to all the nominees! #Carnegies2026

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Thrilled to bits see my book nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Congratulations to the hugely talented illustrator Ewa Beniak-Haremska. So well deserved. @everywithwords.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #carnegies2026

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Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Awesome to see Black Gables @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social and The World between the Rain @susancahill.bsky.social nominated for writing and Ewa Beniak-Haremska nominated for her stunning illustrations of A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Thank you to Peters, specialist supplier of children's books, for making The Feathered Book a recommended read and for the lovely review! “A wonderful debut with excellent writing" peters.co.uk #libraries #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #BookBloggers

The Feathered Book on the Peter's library suppliers website

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Piu DasGupta 🐒🐍💫 @piudg.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Adventure awaits! The next book in the Snakestone Cycle, The Golden Monkey Mystery, is out in January 2026! 🐒💍🐍✨✨

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Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It's alive! Join twins Indigo and Rusty on their second terrifying adventure. Thank you to everyone who has made these stories possible. Special mention to Usborne, @linalanglee.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social and to Miriam Serafin

Spooky middle grade books with gorgeous, colourful covers that are perfect reading for dark and cosy nights

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Delighted to be one of The New Statesman’s best children’s books for summer 2025 with my historical MG adventure about a luckless ice cream seller who meets a wish-maker at his magical manor house. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #kidlit #ReadingForPleasure #booksky #childrensbooks

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Latest on Good Night To Read- goodnighttoread.wordpress.com Illustrator Spotlight & Preview- Delighted to be part of the blog tour for this imaginative book @charlienutbrown.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social with wonderful illustrations by #EwaBeniakHaremska #ukkidlit #librarians

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

More of Ewa Beniak-Haremska's extraordinary illustrations from The Feathered Book – published 11 Sep by @everywithwords.bsky.social

Monty the Fox and Nettle the Rabbit in a pit full of worms. An illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book.

Monty the Fox and Nettle the Rabbit in The Room of Flying Books. An illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book.

Rokeby the Otter, a pirate, fights with Nettle the Rabbit. An illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book.

Monty the Fox and Nettle the Rabbit on their boat, The Harlequin. An illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book.

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Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Entries for @uvcompetition.bsky.social close one week today! Winners will be published in the #UV26 anthology and introduced to agents and editors at the exclusive launch party. Don't miss this incredible chance to launch your #kidlit career🚀 undiscoveredvoices.com

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I've been so, so lucky to have the incredible Ewa Beniak-Haremska do the illustrations for The Feathered Book – they're exactly how I'd always imagined them, yet somehow even better. Published September 11 by @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

An illustration of Monty the Fox in a dressing gown sitting in an armchair reading a book

An illustration of a dormouse and an elderly squirrel walking through a library holding lanterns. The library has a spiral staircase and is inside a tree trunk

An illustration of Monty the Fox and Nettle the Rabbit fleeing through a wood, pursued by pirates

An illustration of Prendergast the Raven conducting an alchemical experiment

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Fox detectives, otter pirates, and raven alchemists. Labyrinths, libraries, and lakes. Booby traps, boat chases, and impossible crimes … The Feathered Book, published 11 September by @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #BooksForKids #ChildrensNovels

The cover of The Feathered Book by Charlie Nutbrown, featuring a black feather and the profiles of various animals, including a fox, a rabbit and a badger.

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Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Wonderful to see A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social as a Summer Pick, 'A delicious Fantasy adventure' @newstatesman.com Thanks @amandacraig.bsky.social #KidLit #Fantasy 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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Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

** One month to go** to get your entries into Undiscovered Voices - the best competition around for unpublished, unagented kidlit and YA writers (okay, we might be slightly biased...) We can't wait to read your manuscripts 👀 undiscoveredvoices.com

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Jack Jackman @jackjackman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Just 3 weeks till Maisie vs Antarctica gets a friend! 🩵 Maisie vs the Himalayas 🩵 out on 14th August. ⛰️🥳 #maisievsantarctica #mgadventures #middlegradebooks #booksforkids #childrensbooks #kidslit ##readingforpleasure #kidsbooks

Two books side by side, Maisie vs Antarctica and Maisie vs the Himalayas.

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Today is World Ice Cream Day, the perfect day to check out my new MG adventure set in 1899. Mason and Pa make the world’s best ice cream, but the heatwave and a sinister stranger are about to ruin everything. Can a famous wish-maker solve their problems? @everywithwords.bsky.social

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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Monty the Fox is determined to become a detective and solve the mystery of The Feathered Book. Out September, @everywithwords.bsky.social. Illustrations by the incredible Ewa Beniak-Haremska. #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

A fox wearing a dressing gown lounges in an armchair reading a book. An illustration of Monty by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book by Charlie Nutbrown

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The Bath Novel Awards @bathnovelaward.co.uk · 17/07/2025

🎉Happy SCARLETT BUCKLING AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING PICTURES publication day to @marioambrosi.bsky.social - out today with @tinytreebooks.bsky.social! 12yo Scarlett Buckling loves a detective story, but when her beloved Gran goes missing in the night, she faces a real-life case like no other...

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

A Place of a Thousand Wishes has been out for a few weeks and I’ve been blown away by the reviews so far. Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed. Here are just a few snippets. @everywithwords.bsky.social #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

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Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I will take every opportunity to promote #TheOthers Sarah, it is an utterly fantastic book and needs to be in every school library collection 🔭🛸📘

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Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Great thread of recommendations 😍 I would add #TheOthers by @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social published by @everywithwords.bsky.social & #BestOfAllWorlds by #KennethOppel published by @guppybooks.bsky.social #UkKidLit

Front cover of a middle grade paperback The Others by Sarah Merritt

Front cover of a teen/YA hardback book Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My latest article for Educate magazine is all about how children choose books. It was inspired by this wonderful blog from David Reedy and Alice Reedy: collins.co.uk/blogs/the-bo... The article can be found here: neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

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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

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Very excited to have won the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social School of the Year. We had a fantastic time reading books, quizzing authors and voting for our winners. If you haven’t tried it already, why not sign up for next year? #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

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Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

** Submissions OPEN ** 🥳 If you're a #KidLit writer in the UK/Europe, #UV26 could be your big break. The anthology has launched 100s of writers' careers - will you be next? Find out more and enter👇 undiscoveredvoices.com Entries close: 8 September 2025 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social

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Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social

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Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

5 days. 5 posts. Day 3/5. Giveaway time! 🎁To celebrate the anniversary of #TerraElectrica - 2 bundles (see pic) ⚡️☄️💥 please like, repost and comment favourite Arctic animal (see sticker sheet for inspiration)! @neemtreepress #giveaway #summerreading winners picked 6 July.

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It’s World UFO Day and my debut The Others has been out a year. It’s 1902 and the race is on to contact life beyond Earth and win the life-changing Guzman Prize. @everywithwords.bsky.social #WorldUFOday #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #kidlit #ReadingForPleasure #childrensbooks

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Hope you enjoyed the bookshop hunt! I have both of those on my wish list. This is my recently acquired heap and I have some vouchers burning a hole in my pocket so looking forward to some more 📚 shopping 😁

Spines of MG fiction books - Silverborn, The Tunnels Below, A Place of a Thousand Wishes, Mech Brigade, Mayowa and the Sea of Words, The Race Against Crime, The Doughnut Club, Shrapnel Boys, A Glasshouse of Stars and The House at the Edge of the World

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Had a lovely time at the Literally Brilliant Book Award event yesterday. Great to meet the fabulous author host Jack Meggitt-Phillips and lovely fellow shortlistee Cathy Faulkner. Congratulations to the winner Yorick Goldewijk. @everywithwords.bsky.social

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Anne Thompson @librarylady.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

An introduction to graphic novels highlighting friendship and fun, time travel to Ancient Greece & a historical adventure of family and magic make up this latest selection of children’s books for a variety of ages and reading abilities. #UKKidLit My reviews: alibrarylady.blog/2025/06/24/n...

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New Children’s Books: Adventure, Friendship, and Magic

An introduction to graphic novels highlighting friendship and fun, time travel to Ancient Greece and a historical adventure of family and magic make up this latest selection of children’s boo…

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway to win one of 3 signed copies of A Place of a Thousand Wishes – what a wonderful response there was! The winners from X and Bluesky are: @Ilovetoread28 @barbaraevav.bsky.social @sallywrites.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social #bookgiveaway

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Susie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The Invisibles are here! ‘This is a story I will continue to think about and come back to as one of the best of 2025.’ - Scope for Imagination.

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

3 signed copies of my brand new middle grade adventure, A Place of a Thousand Wishes to be won. RT and follow @everywithwords.bsky.social by midnight 17th June #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks #bookgiveaway

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

What an absolutely wonderful review, Veronica. I'm thrilled to bits. Thank you so much 😊 @vonprice.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social

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My mum's been out book-spotting and found both my books together in Waterstones Southampton 😀

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Mr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#SundayMorningBookChat what preorders have you got coming up for the rest of the year that you’re most looking forward to? Do you ever preorder? Did you know preordering new titles can significantly influence their success? These are mine: @joelarcanjo.bsky.social @pgbellwriter.bsky.social

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Susie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

#GIVAWAY 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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Charlie Nutbrown @charlienutbrown.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The Feathered Book, published by Everything With Words, is out on 11 September 2025. @everywithwords.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Thank you so much for hosting, Margaret, and for the wonderful review! I'm thrilled to bits.😊 @booklib61.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social

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