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Professional Book Champions 📚 A multi-award-winning agency specialising in books, culture and inclusive storytelling
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🎉 On 1st May, @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social celebrates their 10th birthday! 40,000+ children. 250+ schools. A decade of peer-led book clubs boosting confidence, supporting mental health & making reading fun. Find out how you can get involved with #BookClubsInSchoolsDay 👉 bookclubsinschools.org

From $90k in debt to global sensation - Jim Murphy, author of #1 NYT bestseller #InnerExcellence, speaks to @thetimes.com about his success and reveals the secret top performers already know: your inner life changes everything Out 1 May. Preorder now: bit.ly/InnerExcelle... @orionbooks.bsky.social

Congratulations to all the longlisted authors for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025! Voting for the shortlist is now open until Thursday 15th May, for more details visit bit.ly/TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsCrime #BookSky @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social

Happy publication day to Amanda Smyth 👏 #LookAtYou, a moving and beautifully written coming of age novel set in Trinidad, Yorkshire and Ireland! Out now, published by @peepaltreepress.bsky.social 📚

Can’t wait to discover how Vivi’s story ends in #ViviConway and the Lost Hero by @littlehux.bsky.social. Out 22/05 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 😊 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Exciting announcement coming tomorrow 👀 #TheakstonsAwards

Great news Lesley Pearse fans! The stunning proofs for #TheGirlWithTheSuitcase have landed 📖🧳 Out 3rd July, this is an unputdownable, historical novel from the No.1 bestselling author #LoveLesley #BookSky @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

🎉10 early-bird events announced for #WimbledonBookFest (16–26 Oct 2025) Speakers include Ed Davey, Michael Heseltine, Lady Hale, Lemn Sissay, Jay Rayner, Jung Chang, Alexander McCall Smith, Kit de Waal & Suzanne O’Sullivan. 🎟️ Tickets: Friends 23 Apr | General Sale 3 May www.wimbledonbookfest.org

It's #EarthDay and we're delighted to see #NatureMatters, edited by @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social and @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social featured as BOTW by Poetry Book Society 👏 This powerful anthology centers African, Asian and Caribbean diaspora perspectives on ecology and environmental justice 🌍

It's delightful to be back in the creative worlds of Martin Stewart with a new series - Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing. Coming in June 2025, this underwater adventure will excite readers age 8+. @ZephyrBooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social #UKKidsLit scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/04/20/s...

Don’t miss the extraordinary Caroline Darian at @hayfestival.bsky.social as she talks to Jameela Jamil about her book #I’llNeverCallHimDadAgain, which recounts the heart-shattering events that lead up to her father’s trial. www.hayfestival.com/p-23585-caro...

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter from Team ED🐣

Very pleased to receive a surprise copy of The Girl With The Suitcase by Lesley Pearse coming from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social in July. Thank you so much @edpr.bsky.social 📚💙 www.penguin.co.uk/books/459079...

What a fabulous event for #BeeTheBook with Rachel Fuller, Emilia Wharfe and Nathalie Harrison at @southbankcentre.bsky.social ✨ It was a glorious afternoon celebrating difference and exploring storytelling in the forms of spoken word, dance, illustration and music 🎶📖🎨

Congratulations to Gay Marris who has been longlisted for the 2025 ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger for #ACurtainTwitchersBookofMurder🗡️🏆 Wonderful news for this darkly funny debut from @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social #CWA_Daggers #Daggers_2025

Fantastic news that #IDiedAtFallowHall by Bonnie Burke-Patel has been longlisted for the 2025 CWA Gold Dagger 🗡️🏆 Congratulations Bonnie! We're so proud to have worked on this brilliant debut murder mystery with @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social #CWA_Daggers #Daggers_2025

Fantastic to see both #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens by @bengarrod.bsky.social, and #SandyFin Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart included in @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social's Summer reading recommendations☀️📚 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

Join Andrew Raymond in conversation with Alan Parks for a special pre-publication event to celebrate the launch of #TheBonnieDead (Vinci) at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, 7pm on 28 May Tickets available now: www.waterstones.com/events/andre...

Don’t miss out this Easter 🐣 Rachel Fuller & Emilia Wharfe will be at @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Weds 16th April 🌟 Enter into a magical journey of music, art & theatre with #BeeTheBook, a celebration of neurodiversity, and difference 🎶📖🎨 Tickets on sale now! 🎟️ bit.ly/4h2vqRB

What a brilliant event with local pawthor Jack-Jack, @bengarrod.bsky.social and illustrator Charli Vince at Waterstones Norwich today for fascinating stories and a brilliant draw-a-long 🐕 Head into store to pick up a signed copy of #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens📚

We're thrilled to welcome Kirsten Cozens to the team, as she heads up our children's division! Kirsten is an award-winning publicist and joins us from Walker Books to lead on creative and dynamic campaigns for young readers 📚 www.thebookseller.com/news/kirsten...

It's here! The beautiful blue cover of the paperback edition of #SameTimeNextWeek by @themillyjohnson.bsky.social Out 5th June 2025 from @simonschusteruk.bsky.social — your summer reading is officially sorted 😎✨

"Fans of Milly Johnson know to expect a warm and witty read packed with humanity, but in Same Time Next Week she has surpassed herself" Thank you so much @lindasbookbag.bsky.social for this lovely review of #SameTimeNextWeek @themillyjohnson.bsky.social

We had a fantastic time today with @bengarrod.bsky.social and Jack-Jack at Holkham Hall for two hilarious and inspiring Easter events 🐕 The latest book in the series, #Jack-Jack Return Of The Chickens is available now in all good bookshops! 📚

A dark, captivating, tale of deception and survival, set in the same faery world as #Nettle . Calling all fans of @bexhogan.bsky.social we have an exciting cover reveal for you! #OwlKing is coming in hardback on 9th October. We're obsessed with this stunning cover from @iamlaurael.bsky.social 😍🦉

Sophie Hines at @thedailymailuk.bsky.social test-runs Neeltje van Horen's productivity tools from her brand new book Ignite #wednesdaymotivation #lifehacks

'What isn't nature poetry, when everything we know begins and ends with the earth?' Jade Cuttle is at the University of Cambridge, researching British nature poets of colour. Listen to her Essay on BBC R3, that highlights upcoming anthology Nature Matters: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00298fx

It's pub day for Norway's War from @headofzeus.bsky.social. Written by award winning author Robert Ferguson, tomorrow marks 85 years since the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany in 1940. Here's a haunting image from the book of Hitler entering the Norwegian fjords, 6yrs prior to the invasion.

Don’t miss joining @bengarrod.bsky.social and Jack-Jack on a real life fossil hunting adventure, just like in #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens. Find out about the fascinating fossils of the North Norfolk coast at West Runton beach on 17th April🦴 🎟️ www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...

We're working with the brilliant Hutchinson Heinemann @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social team on an explosive new book by Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson — Original Sin is an unflinching account of President Biden’s 2024 campaign. Publishing globally on 20th May 2025. 🔗https://shorturl.at/zHlYB

Out now, #JackJack, Return of the Chickens by @bengarrod.bsky.social, illustrated by Charli Vince, is huge fun and sees everyone’s favourite street dog on his latest adventure. @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/j...

Join global bestselling author @dorothykoomson.bsky.social at @capitalcrime.bsky.social alongside @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social and Anna Sharpe, discussing the human mind one thriller at a time 🔎 🗓️ Saturday 14th June 📍 Leonardo Royal St Paul's, EC4V 5AJ 🎟️ www.capitalcrime.org/tickets/p/sa...

Don’t miss the courageous Caroline Darian at her first ever UK event at How To Academy talking about her inspiring book #I’llNeverCallHimDadAgain 🗓️ 27th May, 7:30pm 📍 Royal Geographical Society, SW7 2AR 🎟️ howtoacademy.com/events/carol...

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

Vivi Conway and the Lost Hero is out on May the 8th, so please enjoy me unboxing my very first copies I’ve ever seen in 15mph wind and crying about it while wearing a very silly hat @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social

The world’s coolest dog is back for another adventure in #Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens 🐓 Happy Publication day Jack (and @bengarrod.bsky.social) 🐕 The third book in this hilarious and heartwarming series for readers 7+ is out today 📚 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

On #InternationalChildrensBookDay we are taking the opportunity to spotlight the amazing 2025 Carnegie Medals shortlists for writing and illustration - all outstanding examples of the magic of children’s stories✨ #Carnegies2025 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social

#TheakstonsCrime 2025 full programme revealed with a host of thrills and spills guaranteed this July! Visit our brand new website and find our more 👉 bit.ly/TheakstonsCr... @johnmurrays.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 📷 Mike Whorley

April 2025 book club picks 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/school-book-... #kidlit April 2025's book club recommendations feature titles by Tracy Curren, Laura Dockrill, Maudie Powell-Tuck & Duncan Beedie, Dan Abdo & Jason Patterson, Ben Garro...

Gorgeous day for the launch of Norway’s War by award-winning author Robert Ferguson out 8 April with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. The Spectator has called it ‘fascinating’, and many more reviews to come!

It’s here! The 2025 programme for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is out now. We had a wonderful evening with crime writers, readers and publishers at Carmelite House to celebrate this year’s line up See you in Harrogate in July! #TheakstonsCrime @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social

What better way to kick off #NationalPetMonth than by sharing the incredible #Jack-Jack window at Waterstones Norwich, illustrated by Charli Vince🐕 Join @bengarrod.bsky.social, Charli & Jack on 12th April to celebrate the launch of 'Jack-Jack Return of the Chickens' 🐓 Book now 👉 bit.ly/3FJAJHR

Proofs of gorgeous gothic seaside mystery #DeadAsGold by Bonnie Burke-Patel are just in👏 Coming this July by @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social We have a limited number of proofs up for grabs – drop us a message if you're keen to review 📖

Join @clarakiyoko.bsky.social in conversation with @mikemotoghosh.bsky.social at Waterstones Covent Garden on 28th May, as Clara speaks about her second novel #SongsForGhosts🦋 A story of longing, love, and heartbreak steeped in Japanese history & folklore @zephyrbooks.bsky.social bit.ly/4iJAJWX

Happy #MothersDay! Wishing everyone a lovely day from the EDPR team💝 Did you gift your mum a new book for her to delve into today? Share with us which brilliant book you chose👇

Looking for Easter holiday fun? Join @bengarrod.bsky.social & his rescue-dog Jack at Holkham Estate on 10th April 🐕 Test your knowledge on unusual animals & enjoy exclusive readings from the #Jack-Jack books @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Book now🎟️ holkham.co.uk/whats-on/meet-the-author-prof-ben-garrod/

Very excited for this! Hope to see some of you there! X

Lovelies… It’s Big Reveal time! The title of my new book is… drumroll… Watch to the end for a synopsis. X #DrKezLanyon #NewDorothyBook #everysmileyoufake #GiveHimToMe

Welcome to my review of #FromLondonWithLove the utterly gorgeous new novel from @kfforde.bsky.social 💘 Out now from Century @edpr.bsky.social and a glorious pick as one of this month's @squadpod2021.bsky.social #SquadPodFeaturedBooks 💙📚 brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/03/from...

We’re thrilled to unveil the cover of @amdassu.bsky.social’s latest book, #WildJourney. Illustrated by @joelillington.bsky.social, this a collection of five stories about five children all around the world whose lives are connected by the flight of starling murmurations 🪶🌟 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social