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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I’ve been out all day with very no internet, finally back home to decent WiFi so I am thrilled to post that Mammoth Rider is featured in @thebookseller.com magazine ‘10 Titles Not to Miss in March - Children’s Previews’ ! With some cracking company too! #middlegrade #mammoths

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Paula Harrison @paulabooks.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Mammoth Rider is a breathtaking adventure full of warmth and courage. S J Poyton brings the beauty and the danger of the icy tundra to life in this tightly plotted story. Perfect for fans of Hannah Gold. Thanks so much for the proof copy Sally Poyton.

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Paula Harrison @paulabooks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

So excited to receive my Mammoth Rider proof package from @sjpoyton.bsky.social can’t wait to read this one!

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Very excited to say Mammoth Rider is in the @waterstones.bsky.social Pre-Order Promotion! www.waterstones.com/book/mammoth... 🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣🦣

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

As a writer there is nothing better than celebrating friend's achievements- like seeing #nickithornton launch her new book and publishing house! #saragrant #chimneyspublishing #littlebookshopofmurders #cozycrime

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Day two of Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025 and I am posting the link to a blog I wrote a while back but is still incredibly relevant Debunking Dyslexia Myths sallypoyton.blogspot.com/2020/07/debu... #dyslexiaAwarnessWeek2025 #dyslexic #dyslexia #neurodiverse #livingwithdyslexia #dyslexicauthor #blog

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

So I’m writing a pretty complicated action scene with lots of moving parts and an emotional bit inspired by a traumatic childhood scene in one of favourite all time films. #writerywednesday #amwriting #mammoths #neverendingstory

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

To all the writers out there today, I hope you tell beautiful stories, and that great beverages and cakes come your way to fuel your creativity. #writerywednesday #amwriting #amediting #cake #coffee #childreliterature

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

This a fascinating debate about fictionalised history weighing up its impact of whether its blending of factual and imagined elements is decremental to truth or a positive inspirational and learning tool… www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

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Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist's Dilemma

An archaeologist reflects on the role of fiction to imagine the deep past—and inspire future generations of archaeologists.

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The first thing I ever wrote - the first time I ever submitted - I was Honorary Mentioned in Undiscovered Voices. It gave me the confidence to continue to write and opened up many opportunities. Enter now. undiscoveredvoices.com #writingforchildren #competition #undiscoveredvoices

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

A story sack tin celebration of this year marking 70 years since Miffy was first published, posted to day on the Birthday of her creator Dick Bruna! #miffy #Dickbruna #storysack #picturebook #illustration #kidsbooks #readforpleasure

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Baby Holly the mammoth calf I painted, at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology dig. The #tuskforce team took the duties of mammoth husbandry seriously & sheltered her from the elements. She’s now been rehomed and is living happily with her adopted herd in Dorset.

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

After three weeks of digging at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology site with the #TuskForce team, and I’m back at my desk swapping my hard hat for my metaphorical writing hat. #amwriting #kidslit #middlegrade

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The awesome @SallyAnn_Spence is posting videos about the @HillsQuarry Cerney Wick palaeontology dig. @TuskForseMammothDig2025 on YouTube. This is mine 😳 Here’s the link to my interview… youtu.be/7yR2yftZh4Q?...

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Mammoth mania at the Hills Quarry Products dig in Cerney Wick 2025 #tuskforce

YouTube video by TuskForce Mammoth Dig 2025

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Today’s #MammothMonday is a celebration of a very recently unearthed mammoth calf’s tooth for the Hills Quarry Products Cerney Wick site by the #tuskforce team last week. It’s beautiful but it also looks like a mammoth calf! Sally Hollingworth

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Every month I mine the web for nuggets of writerly wisdom and send to other pre-pub authors. Today is post and delivery day…

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A year ago today I was digging mammoths. Will be migrating back to the site very soon! #tuskforce #mammothGraveyard

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Lovely evening of celebrations - the end of an era, the beginning of something new. Surrounded by folks with energy and enthusiasm. Thank you all former SCBWI-BI volunteers. ❤️

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

#fossilfriday snake stone - the casting of the inside of a ammonite shell. Love the juxtaposition of natural history and social history! It can be found at @nhm-london.bsky.social #abingdon

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

#mammothmonday tip - always travel with an emergency mammoth. You never know when you’ll need one! 🦣🧳😉🤣

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

#fossilfriday - not strictly fossil but fossil-adjacent The Dodo Gallery at Natural History Museum in Port Louis Mauritius. 🦤🦤🦤🇲🇺🇲🇺

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Another book birthday! A really need to read book one that I’ve had on my TBR pile for months! Happy Book Birthday #philipkavvadias @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I got my very first long listing and much need confidence boost from Undiscovered Voices! It is such a great competition, and definitely worth checking out if you write kids books!

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

On holiday I chuckled whilst reading my book, as it mentioned Mastodon’s, the my husband showed me that at the same time mammoths were mentioned on the page he was reading g in his book! Happy mammoth moment! 🦣📘

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Last year we went to Italy on our family holiday and found loads of Mammoths. This year we did Mauritius 🇲🇺 no mammoths, so I smuggled one along. Much to the annoyance of the family! #mammoth #holiday

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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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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

As will have no internet over weekend, here’s my Father’s Day book recommendations. #MyDadUsedToBeCool by #flyingeyebooks #keith_negley largely as my hubby had to see his bike so we could buy a Volvo ready for the arrival of first spawn! #fathersday #pucturebooks #bookrecs

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Trying my hand at some videos. Here’s a budget story sack one! 🦖 themed!

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Lovely pooping in to #littlebookshopcookham to collect some books and have a lovely bookish chat and catch up. Got these beauties by @nikkimarmery.bsky.social @jasperfforde.bsky.social

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 31/03/2025

Simon & Schuster Children's has signed a two-book deal for an "epic" debut middle-grade series from SJ Poyton. 👇 #BookSky

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Simon & Schuster Children's signs two-book deal for 'epic' debut middle-grade series from SJ Poyton

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S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

When you find a rainbow @bigbobblehats hat that your kids have put in the charity shop bag, and are trying to work out how to fit it into your book so you can wear it at author visits!!!

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