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Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction: Deadline for #LittleRebelsAwadd submissions is next Monday/3rd March. We’re so proud to run this award alongside @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. Guidelines: littlerebels.org/submitting-a....

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Spent the day putting up the travelling exhibition, Listen to this Story!, at Jessop West in the University of Sheffield. Come by and have a look if you’re nearby!

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Eeek! I finally get to share my next book with you. It’s totally different to anything you’ve read from me, and I think you’ll love it. Look out for the announcement some time next week! 🧡 #newbook #booklover #bookannouncement #childrensbooks

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What makes our reviewers say:“Yes!” to a book… “No!” “Not sure” 🌟we use an independent team of reviewers 🌟each book receives 3 reviews 🌟we only ‘approve’ for sale 30-35% of the books publishers send us For more info.: www.letterboxlibrary.com/how-we-selec...

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💡This is an insightful piece in the @Guardian 📰Read the article on @theguardian.com online: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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As a child, J P Rose never felt that she belonged — now, she has penned her first middle-grade novel about a girl finding her place in 1950s Yorkshire. 👇 #BookSky

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pen.org/banned-books... UK friends, read a book on the PEN (US) Most Banned Books list. If you’re going to the US, you might leave your copy in a public place for some reader who needs it to find.

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Online Talk: "'Fragments of Utopias’: The Act of Reading in Picturebooks about Libraries" by Evelyn Arizpe University of Wrocław 25 February 2025 6 p.m. Warsaw time To participate in this talk, please register using this link: forms.office.com/e/uc97BjAjrVh or scan the QR code

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Can’t wait to speak at the @isscl.bsky.social event on 22nd March—hope to see you there!

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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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Today is the Lantern Festival! It marks the end of the Lunar New Year. Families get together and try to solve riddles hanging from lanterns. I mention this because this day has a lot of meaning in my new novel - NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST out with @PiccadillyPress 12th June. #BookSky

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Congratulations to everyone who was longlisted for the 2025 Carnegie medals! I am excited to see so many racially minoritised authors and illustrators on the list!

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Delighted to announce this free event! @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & I will talk about the approach and themes of our book Beyond the Secret Garden & Lara Choksey & Mehrunissa Shah have agreed to act as respondents. UCL, 17 March 2025, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Thank you to 2025 Author sponsor @rahanabanana.bsky.social with @childsplaybooks.bsky.social ! Her illustrations are mainly a narrative of black and brown people, full of color and world building. readyourworld.org/2025-author-... #ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit

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Thank you! 🦕

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“It’s a wonderful challenge turning technocratic concepts and language into relatable and enjoyable stories for young children”. How author/illustrator/publisher, Ken Wilson Max’s recent books are informed by the 17 Sustainability Development Goals. www.kenwilsonmax.com/where-ideas-...

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www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... Come along and join me and @darrenchetty.bsky.social at what is sure to be a fun event!

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Wonderful time at launch of Beyond the Secret Garden last week. An amazing gathering of educators, writers, publishers & generally lovely people - with the real star of the evening being the book itself! @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/publications...

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2024 American Indian Literature Award Medal Acceptance: Jonathan Nelson americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/02/2024...

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If you are interested in going #BeyondtheSecretGarden but don’t know where to start, check out this book pack created by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social

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Last week’s launch of #BeyondTheSecretGarden was a stunner. The 🌟GLOW🌟in the room. Authors @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social have gifted our industry a rich recipe for growing its audiences and for enchanting & sustaining an inclusive world of readers-

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Last week Beyond the Secret Garden by @darrenchetty.bsky.social + @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social got the launch it deserved at a wonderful event. A must read for educators everywhere! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/publications...

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A fantastic opportunity to work closely with illustrator @lucyfarfort.bsky.social in Newcastle!

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The YA Book Prize has opened for entries for 2025 and is looking for the best young adult fiction titles from the UK and Ireland published last year 👇 #BookSky #YABookPrize

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I have a spare copy of this brilliant book - essential reading for everyone involved in children's books - so I thought I'd run a giveaway on here. Simply repost to enter & follow all the excellent folk in the post below, along with @booksforkeeps.bsky.social who publish the ongoing columns 🙏UK only

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What a lovely event this was! So nice to meet old friends, talk to new ones and share in the excitement of the launch of such a great book by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O'Connor, published by @engmediacentre.bsky.social

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We're open for submissions of scholarly articles on the practice of writing for young people. Deadline 28th Feb. Contact us if you'd like to run an idea past us before submitting! leafjournal.org/for-authors #MAWYP #UKKidLit #KidLit #Academicsky #BookSky

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It was great to have representatives of the Jhalak Prize and the Little Rebels Award at the #BeyondtheSecretGarden launch last night. @profsunnysingh.bsky.social and @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social do such great work for all child readers!

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Very nice to chat with you, Debbie, and keep up the good work for London’s children!

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Great launch @theclpe.bsky.social for new BEYOND THE SECRET GARDEN book. Congrats @darrenchetty.bsky.social & Karen Sands-O'Connor & illus Lucy Farfort. We're proud to publish their columns in #BfK & delighted they're available (+ more) as an @engmediacentre.bsky.social book tinyurl.com/24j7wccf

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So honoured by the warmth of the community at the #BeyondtheSecretGarden launch last night! Thanks to everyone who came! And special thanks to @engmediacentre.bsky.social and @theclpe.bsky.social for hosting. And @darrenchetty.bsky.social, I couldn’t do it without you.

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Setting up for the launch of Beyond the Secret Garden by @darrenchetty.bsky.social and @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social !

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Some photos from tonight's launch of Beyond the Secret Garden by @darrenchetty.bsky.social and @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social !

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What a lovely evening celebrating the launch of @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and @darrenchetty.bsky.social's "Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Books". It was great to see friends and be in a room with people who care about such vital work!

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Brilliant evening at the launch of the important Beyond the Secret Garden book written by @darrenchetty.bsky.social and @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social, published by @engmediacentre.bsky.social

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Just got my copy, can't wait to get stuck in. Congratulations @darrenchetty.bsky.social and @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social (and love the cover @lucyfarfort.bsky.social)

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Once more, but with make up. PEOPLE LIKE STARS, my new middle grade contemporary mystery is out today. Three young people. A stolen baby. A family secret. A grumpy tattooed woman of a certain age who definitely bears absolutely no resemblance to anyone I know. Or am. Cover #michellebrackenborough

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👾LAUNCHING TODAY!!👾 “An invaluable resource.” @charliehacking.bsky.social / @theclpe.bsky.social “sparks the conversations we need to be having about the stories we tell and how we tell them” Jeffrey Boakye @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social

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Today!!

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Tomorrow we launch Beyond the Secret Garden! Written with Prof @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social Publisher :@engmediacentre.bsky.social. Cover: @lucyfarfort.bsky.social Foreword: @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social Some reviews below!

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Looking forward to the official launch of Beyond the Secret Garden tomorrow with @darrenchetty.bsky.social— thanks to @engmediacentre.bsky.social for organising and @theclpe.bsky.social for providing space!

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Huge thank you to @darrenchetty.bsky.social for leading a brilliant webinar for the Wandle English Hub. I highly recommend Darren’s new book, written with @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and published by @engmediacentre.bsky.social

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“A blueprint for the kinds of conversations that teachers and educators can start having with each other and, more importantly with students.” Dr Zaahida Nabagereka Beyond the Secret Garden @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social

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Honoured to have had an early read of this incredibly important book and be quoted on the cover. It’s a comprehensive exploration of representation in British children’s literature and the industry around it. It’s important and vital for anyone working in or with children’s books. /1

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