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A thread of gorgeous new books to celebrate! 🥳🎉🎉🎉First up, in picture books... 🌽Zeki Goes to the Market by Anna McQuinn & Ruth Hearson 🍚The Best Jollof Rice Ever! by @onyinyeiwu.bsky.social

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May we introduce you to @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social ‘s wonderful imagination and storytelling skills…. Won’t lie. Am fanning out a bit. Just incredible! What if @barneskidslitfest.bsky.social was one of the biggest and best #kidlit festivals in the UK?…oh wait … it is!!! 🥳📖🥳

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'Great characters are the beating heart of novels, and that’s possibly even more the case for YA and middle grade fiction' ✨ Award-winning YA author & CBC tutor @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social shares her advice for creating compelling characters that younger readers respond to and care about:

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Listen to @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social discuss the characters, from People Like Stars! ✅Listen and/or watch via. ⬇️ 🍏Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/5... 🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Sdh... 📺YouTube: youtu.be/-UDRg4wDgo8?... #MyWordsMyBook

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Thank you so much @sineadohart.bsky.social and @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social for letting me rant, ponder and guffaw about the stories that shaped me - for good and bad! #Storyshaped

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One left.

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The BBC R4 Today Children's Book Club is back, featuring a terrific bunch of recommendations from @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social & @cressidacowell.bsky.social! We've gathered them all together here - just click on the link below to browse & buy online! #BookSky 💙📚 uk.bookshop.org/lists/bbc-r4...

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Dr Darren Chetty and Professor Karen Sands O’Connor discuss their new book, Beyond the Secret Garden , which examines racial representation in British children’s literature. 25/3/2025 6:30 - 8pm Brixton Library, London SW2 1JQ Book a place at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

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"Picture books are great because they give children an agency they often don't see in the world." We loved hearing @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social speak about growing up with a foster family and the importance of diversity in children's books at our Early Years Reading conference!

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@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social shares the importance of diversity in families and communities and how this has influenced her work. ✅Listen and/or watch via. ⬇️ 🍏Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/5... 🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Sdh... 📺YouTube: youtu.be/-UDRg4wDgo8?... #kidlit

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I was visiting a primary school today talking about the way that families come in all shapes and colours. Thank you @laurahallain.bsky.social for the fab interview about #PeopleLikeStars and the inspiration for my books.

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So... What did Dennis Waterman ever do for me? And the track that everyone else loves but soundtracks my nightmares? And the track that got me through tough times? I LOVED answering the @hellishpod.com questions. And, of course, I'm dead curious to know other people's answers.

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Today @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social gives us the 5 tracks she will meet in Hell! Patrice also told us about her new book PEOPLE LIKE STARS, how she came to write for children, AND brought a beloved TV theme to Hell! tr.ee/PQLPm4WkLE

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Absolutely this.

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It's been a privilege to have a platform to highlight topics I care so deeply about - @booktrust.org.uk writer in residence (outgoing).

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Puloma and the Bear @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social is the moving story of a girl escaping an unloving home, saving a sloth bear from terrible cruelty along the way, and finding a place for them both 💚 A gem of a book, illustrated by Skylar White @barringtonstoke.bsky.social 🐻🙏

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Just creating a post for Black kids book week and taking a moment to basque in how many amazing books I own centring Black kids - of all kinds. This isn’t even half of it. If anyone has a time portal I urgently need to send all these back to 1989! If you want a recommendation let me know. #kidlit

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I'd planned to recommend a list of contemporary children's books where main characters don't have permanent homes. I always read the books I recommend and annoyingly couldn't get hold of enough books to read in time. These are a few of the many wonderful books that adults should read.

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Once again, thank you so much to everyone who champions children's books in blogs, videos, podcasts and beyond. It's time consuming and unpaid and a lovely, lovely thing ♥️🦊

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Equally delighted to be a judge again! If you are or know care- experienced children and young people with a story to tell, please direct them to this competition!

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We've teamed up with Kinship and @drlisacherry.bsky.social to bring kinship carers workshops all about using stories to discuss emotions and identity - and there are free books available for attendees! 📚 Book your free spot: 📅 26 March: bit.ly/4k1JmNG 📅 27 March: bit.ly/3QkPkeY

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🙌🏾Thank you to My Words, My Book guest authors & their publishers. 💡Today’s Charity Spotlight: Kinship is the leading Kinship care charity in the UK, for Kinship carers, family & friends who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to. 🎬Please Kinship’s website www.kinship.org.uk

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Hello, Saturday! Silent disco at sunrise. May have to invest in waterproof trainers.

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Fabulous @laurahallain.bsky.social has created a podcast to celebrate children's writers and boost the profile of children's books. #kidlituk

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It was great to join our Writer in Residence Patrice Lawrence at the #ChildrenInCare conference today. She gave a fantastic talk about how books help children with difficult emotions- we know the benefits of reading can be particularly transformative for children experiencing vulnerability.

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If you're attending the #ChildrenInCare conference tomorrow, don't miss a great session with our #WriterInResidence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social! Join her at 11.55am as she shares how the magic of books can have a lifelong impact on the lives of children in care. childrenincareconf.co.uk

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Delighted to be teaching 'Writing YA' again online for Faber Academy @faberacademy.bsky.social starting in March. From a previous student: 'Really supportive tutor. She provided excellent insights and it felt like she knew what she was talking about.' faberacademy.com/product/writ...

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☀️From Granny Ting Ting to People Like Stars via toads, rats & sunshine… In celebration of @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social’s MG Mystery Debut and her canon of award winners and sure hitters, we’ve made her the first Featured Author on our new site’s home page: www.letterboxlibrary.com (& scroll…)

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The Creative Future Writers’ Award is the only free to enter national poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction competition for all underrepresented writers. The optional theme is ‘Wild’. Fifteen winners (5 winners in each category). Please share :)

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The brillant @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social on @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social BBC Scotland #AuthorsLive this morning. You can tune in and watch back via this link: www.bbc.co.uk/events/ef2n5v Patrice Lawrence's brand new MG mystery #PeopleLikeStars is out now 🦊💜

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✨ People Like Stars ✨ by @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social is launched! A page-turning mystery, exploration of fractured families, warm + witty + compassionate story of buried secrets and the power of friendship. “Instantly gripping, funny & moving” says The Guardian.

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