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prleathley.bsky.social
Author of INKBOUND, publishing January 2025 with HarperCollins. Represented by Hannah Sheppard at HS-LA
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Just got my first ever fanmail all the way from Tennessee! My heart is glowing right now.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Is this going to become one of my all-time favourite series? ABSOLUTELY. It has all the elements of a fantasy story (unknowing chosen one, fabulous world, hugely creative magical inventions, brilliant characters) alongside a very original idea - magic running on ink! (1/2) #kidlituk #ukkidlit

submitted 65 days ago • 5 comments

For #SundayMorningBookChat this week let’s celebrate books set in our own backyards! I loved Danny Chung by @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social set in Birmingham! And I read the Rotters Club years ago in Secondary school. What books are set where you live and does it add something for you personally?

submitted 70 days ago • 9 comments

📚 Middle grade fantasy fans will love Inkbound! 📚 It's written by Philippa Leathley and illustrated by Brie Schmida and Nicolette Caven 📚 Check out the review here: hookablebooks.com/2025/02/21/i... @prleathley.bsky.social #KidLitUK #ReadingforPleasure

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

Loved #Inkbound by @prleathley.bsky.social Philippa Leathley. Can't recommend enough. Granddaughter pored over the map & cover even tho' she's just 3. I explained she'd be able to read it herself when she's older. 'I bigger now. I seven,' she declared, settling down with the book. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Finally got myself a copy of this beauty. 'Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo' by Philippa Leathley - @prleathley.bsky.social with an incredible cover from Brie Schmida - @leetleschmida-art.bsky.social . I've heard so much about it and looking forward to heading into New London.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Listen up #KidLitUK London gang! @alomshaha.bsky.social and I are hosting an informal Chat, Chai and Children's books discussion group about CONTEMP FANTASY MIDDLE GRADE/KIDLIT at Stratford Library - 3 The Grove, London E15 1EL - from 6 to 7:45pm on May 8th. To RSVP email alomshaha(at)gmail(dot)com

submitted 89 days ago • 8 comments

Seem to be having a good run of books which is always a blessing. I'm thoroughly enjoying listening to @tracyking.bsky.social read her memoir "Learning to Think" and loving reading "Inbound" by @prleathley.bsky.social and "In Ascension" by Martin MacInnes

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

www.instagram.com/share/BAu2fV... New review for #inkbound: #meticulousjonesandtheskulltattoo by debut author @prleathley.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

The Brilliant Inkbound- Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo by @prleathley.bsky.social truly original, mystery adventure gothic with charm. When you’re fated to be a murderer how can you change the story? Published last week and genuinely awesome tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/02/08/i...

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Well this is happy news! Huge congratulations to @prleathley.bsky.social for having a top ten bestselling children's hardback!

submitted 109 days ago • 4 comments

Happy publication day to @prleathley.bsky.social and this absolute stunner... 'The book crackles with imagination. It’s beautifully written, with broad appeal to boys and girls, and fizzes with indelible imagery...a fantastic adventure' The Times, Children's Book of the Week

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

Honoured to be invited to the booklaunch of #Inkbound -Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo by @prleathley.bsky.social A wonderful and moving evening with @hulllibraries.bsky.social and @hullsls.bsky.social . A sell out event for a lovely author.

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

@prleathley.bsky.social Just finished Inkbound! Really enjoyed! I spent the book guessing what would happen and every guess was wrong oops! (though I still hold out hopes some of my guesses might be true in later books...)

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

We were very excited to launch "Inkbound" at Hull Central last week, and today it's appeared on the cataloguing trolley which means we get to add @prleathley.bsky.social to our authority file! (just below her mum, as it happens)

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

📣 HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! 🐍 It's COVER REVEAL TIME! I'm proud to present my new novel 🏮NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST 💥 out June 12th. The wonderful cover art is by Simone Douglas @SimsDougie Published by @PiccadillyPress

submitted 116 days ago • 16 comments

Did I ever thank you, Kay, for 2nd of these 2 buys? If not, I certainly meant to!

submitted 116 days ago • 1 comment

The Times children's book of the week is...'The Notwitches' by Gary Panton and brilliantly illus. by Dotty Sutton. Think 'James and The Giant Peach' - but with dafter jokes, sweet witches and more mermaids. @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social @garypanton.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Beyond excited to share the cover to my debut, middle grade, THE DOUGHNUT CLUB. Thank you Marina Tena Borras for the incredible artwork & thank you @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social for having an early read and giving such a lovely quote. Out on 8th May- PRE ORDER LINK IN BIO #debutauthors2025 #kidslit

submitted 121 days ago • 4 comments

The second #SundayMorningBookChat is in honour of great series! Series are a great way to hook someone in to reading… so what are your favourite series both complete and not finished yet…

submitted 126 days ago • 13 comments

No question at all that this will be one of my favourite reads of 2025, #Inkbound: #MeticulousJonesAndTheSkullTattoo by @prleathley.bsky.social is absolutely everything I want in a #MiddleGrade fantasy and I loved it. Out 30/01 @harpercollins.bsky.social #NetGalley #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

submitted 126 days ago • 2 comments

Delighted to see this lovely review in the Books for Keeps January edition! Thank you to my agent @hannahlitagent.bsky.social for spotting it and sharing!

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

Delighted that @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social will be publishing OUR GIFTED HEARTS by @jenniferkennedy.bsky.social in October. This is a gothic feminist reimagining of the Legend of Bluebeard and it's utterly wonderful. It also has a stunning cover!

submitted 130 days ago • 2 comments

Novel 2. This is for Strictly Come Dancing fans! KEEP DANCING, LIZZIE CHU came out in 2022. It's about a young carer whose grandad is acting strange and she wants to take him to Blackpool Tower ballroom to make him feel better. But she's only 12. It has dressing up, Guan Yin and cosplay.

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

Tonight! The only way for crime fiction fans to spend a Wednesday evening. Watch online from your favourite armchair or join us in person at Hull Central!

submitted 130 days ago • 0 comments

I have news that I am not sure if I have shared here! A new Loki book on March 20th! It's a book of short stories and Loki-themed activities and it features Loki shape shifting into many glorious creatures.... For the more orderly games, loki had help lokibooks.com/books/loki-a... #KidlitUK

submitted 131 days ago • 12 comments

It's been a gloriously exciting review weekend for Philippa Leathley's INKBOUND... Selected as Children's Book of the Week by @timeslucy.bsky.social in The Times yesterday, and a review in The Observer today...

submitted 133 days ago • 1 comment

Bought this fantastic looking book this morning!

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

Today's review...'Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo' by Philippa Leathley Out on the 28th January, this is a fabulous read! www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/inkbound-meticulous-jones-and-the-skull-tattoo

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment

It's here! Thrilled to reveal 'The Scream of the Whistle' cover by the incredible Micaela Alcaino. It's May Eve, and the veil between worlds is thin. Join Ruby Darke on the ghost ride of her life... Out 5th June. Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz shorturl.at/oLTwA

submitted 132 days ago • 16 comments

New on here! I'm Philippa, a children's author soon to be published with my debut novel Inkbound. Just a few weeks to go! Looking forward to connecting with other writers and artists 😊

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments