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- Black Poets/BtSG column in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Inspired by a new poetry collection @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social look back at previous anthology iterations&publication challenges faced-incl. the diminishing of dialect: #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...
- The Diverse Book Awards include non-fiction categories for the 1st time this year, I'm helping longlist, so if you're involved in inclusive information books (for any age) then be sure you're nominated by your publisher! #KidLitUK #TheDBAwards #BookSky www.thediversebookawards.co.uk/enter-the-db...
- Hurrah! @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social is running its Read It Forward campaign. Many wonderful booklists including our latest New Beginnings titles for primary right here: uk.bookshop.org/lists/new-be... #KidLitUK
- 📣 READ IT FORWARD! 📣 10% of ALL children’s book sales through Bookshop.org UK go to reading charities @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social in February 2026, and EVERY sale supports independent bookshops 📚https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-it-forward-with-bookshop-org
- I'm supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy I AM WOLF, I AM RAVEN, or the finale WE ARE DRAGON (pre-order) during February, then @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! 👉 uk.bookshop.org/a/1833/97818... @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk
- A powerful novel about 2nd chances, friendship and finding the courage to rewrite your story, Always Angel by Kimberly Whittam publishes 12/02 for 9+ readers. Huge thanks to @frithal.bsky.social #UsborneBooks #KidlitUK #UKKidlit
- Can’t believe my book ‘I Don’t Like Poetry’ is 10 years old this year!! Here’s a little piece from the book. Enjoy! www.joshuaseigal.co.uk @bloomsburyed.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #BookSky #EduSky #poetry #KidLitUK
- 📚 As part of the National Year of Reading, we’re sharing a series of short conversations with people who are passionate about promoting children's reading, about what they do and how you can get involved. 🎉 First up @moohara.bsky.social from Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest #UKKidLit #KidLitUK
- I had my first school visit of the year, down in Weston-super-Mare, and it was tremendous! Three schools piled into one hall, a beautiful library space, and a Q&A with the school's reading champions. And lots and lots of books got signed! #KidLitUK #KidLit
- Okay 📣FANS OF ERROL!! 🌱🪴👩🏾🌾 - last seen in his community rooftop city garden…https://www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page/errol-s-garden … Errol now has his own series on the way! From @childs-play.co.uk By Gillian Hibbs. #KidLitUK
- Out 12/03, Artezans: The Last Spellbreaker by @ldlapinski.bsky.social is a fast-paced and thrilling conclusion to one of my favourite middle grade trilogies. Huge thanks to @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #NetGalley for my advance read. #KidlitUK worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/a...
- 💙Wednesday 4th February💙 #KidLitUK
- "With no intervention it will be 2046 before just 10% of GCSE students answer one question in their English Literature exam about a text by an author of colour” Lit In Colour releases 5-year progress report. Amongst campaign successes are cautions- www.thebookseller.com/news/lit-in-... #KidLitUK
- With thanks to @thetoypress.bsky.social! #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #WritingPrompt #PoetryForKids #PoetryForChildren #PoetryCommunity #KidLit #KidLitUK
- Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek! #writingcommunity #writingprompt #poetrycommunity #writingforchildren
- How do testing, technology & access to books affect children’s reading for pleasure? We hear from authors, teachers & librarians on the pressures shaping reading today and why it matters. 🎧 Listen now: loom.ly/Czich7o #ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure
- As one of so many bookshops who adore @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social ‘s body of work, this really warms the cockles. #KidLitUK
- More of a slipped than a slippery I’m afraid! Thanks @thetoypress.bsky.social for #wordoftheweek #slippery #prompt. I’ll work on a slippery! #poetryforkids #kidlituk #writingforchildren @legolostatsea.bsky.social
- Big congratulations to @misterabk.bsky.social for being shortlisted for this year's Edgar awards! #KidLit #KidLitUK
- 2/2 AFTERNOON For those of you in London, come along to @theclpe.bsky.social / @engmediacentre.bsky.social for a conversation about anti-racist education with Kandace Chimbiri, @darrenchetty.bsky.social and Celia Burgess-Macey. Free reg: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-past-p... #KidLitUK
- So excited to share (with help from Whisky!) the third book of the I Am Wolf series – WE ARE DRAGON! It all ends here, and everything is cranked up to 11 as Rieka tries to save the world – but at what cost…? #WeAreDragon @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk #IAmWolf
- Why aren’t children reading for pleasure and what can we do about it? We look at the data, explore key barriers, and hear from authors, teachers & literacy experts working to change the story. 🎧 Listen now: loom.ly/7Zut6PU #ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure #teachers
- A terrible backwards step here in Wales, just days into the supposed "National" Year of Reading. This will have a lasting impact on Wales' poorest children. #KidLit #KidLitUK
- ❗URGENT: Babies & toddlers in Wales will lose access to #Bookstart and other BookTrust Cymru programmes as the Welsh Government has stopped direct funding. This will affect the poorest families first and hardest. 👉 bit.ly/49D6q0P 🎧 Listen on BBC Radio Wales (1hr25) bbc.in/49JYpr6
- It’s out! The latest Books for Keeps. Looks dreamy😍- esp excited about diving into pieces by Farrah Serroukh @theclpe.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @bexlibrarian.bsky.social and those fab BtSG columnists @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social Also front cover🍩🍩🍩! #KidLitUK
- Out now! BfK276, our first of 2026: Authorgraph interview with Neill Cameron, Alea Marley's Windows into Illustration, new Beyond the Secret Garden, predictions for the coming year & Barry Cunningham reflects on 50 years in children's books🤯#booksky #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
- Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for brilliant middle grade fantasy Royal Institute of Magic: The Shadowseeker by Victor Kloss. Out today from #VinciBooks @edpr.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/b...
- We’re only just started the year and already things feel even more grim than they already were. So for #KidsBooksFriday this week, what books can we put in the hands of kids to encourage them question, challenge and think for themselves? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
- ⚡️Representation of Black people in children’s literature- The Listen to this Story! exhibition, curated by @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social is on tour and is at Cambridge Central Library until 16th Jan. Go see! #KidLitUK
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If you’re in the Cambridge area, here’s something worth doing!
- Wishing you all a fun and peaceful festive season🎄 The baubles are just some of the books on our book list. We now have over 60 brilliant, diverse books 📚 We're so excited for everything happening in the #NationalYearOfReading. Our book club resources will be free in 2026 🎉
- 📙 Episode 37: Libraries Are a Very Good Thing 📚 We’re celebrating libraries with Rebecca Gediking (GLL) on supporting authors & schools, plus Barbara Band on her book Championing Your School Library. 🎧 Listen: loom.ly/-2JfVI4
- Really delighted to be sent a review of #MurderatChristmas in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social It's alongside @alexcotter.bsky.social 's brilliant Ice Dancer - so if you're looking for a couple of Christmas reads for the 8-12s in your lives, look no further. #Ukkidlit #Kidlituk
- It took a little while…but we finally found some book titles whose covers live up to the very pink sparkle of our offices’ Christmas Tree. (Books by Flavia Z. Drago, Anna McQuinn & Rosalind Beardshaw and Viola Wang) #KidLitUK
- Strong recommend from us #KidLitUK
- Get on over to our Insta account to see a little reel on just some of our lgbtq+ children’s books highlights over the last year- based on our contribution to @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year. #KidLitUK
- Get on over to our Insta account to see a little reel on just some of our lgbtq+ children’s books highlights over the last year- based on our contribution to @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year. #KidLitUK
