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It’s your Loki day! 😈 Join World Book Day author & Norse myths superfan @louiestowell.bsky.social this Sunday 22nd June at Barnes Children's Literature Festival for a hilarious event based on her smash hit series starring the mighty trickster god, Loki Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/louie-stow...

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Clever Crow has won the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration! Congratulations to Olivia Lomenech Gill and @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social‬! #Carnegies2025

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We’re delighted to announce that the #Carnegies2025 Medal for Illustration goes to Olivia Lomenech Gill for #CleverCrow 🐦‍⬛ @carnegie.medals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social Congratulations Olivia 🏅 @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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Congratulations to Olivia Lomenech Gill on winning the #Carnegies2025 Medal for Illustration. Thanks to @jakehope.bsky.social too for this excellent NEW interview with Olivia @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/extr...

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We are DELIGHTED to share that Clever Crow has won the Carnegie Medal for Illustration, as part of the UK’s longest-running and best loved children’s book awards – Congratulations Olivia! 🐦‍⬛🏆 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social

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These are brilliant! Thank you so much @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #AlexRider Still a hugely popular series in our library

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When learning about the migrant and refugee experience, empathy and understanding is vital. We've highlighted five books that explore the subject from various perspectives and cultures, and are ideal resources to read this Refugee Week: www.walker.co.uk/empathy-boos... @refugeeweek.bsky.social

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If you are paying a visit to your local bookshop this indie bookshop week, keep an eye out for our super vibrant sprayed-edge edition of Riverskin by Mike Edwards, exclusive to independent bookshops 💚 #IndieBookshopWeek @booksaremybag.bsky.social

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Yearning for a new romantasy novel to sink your teeth into? Head to the Walker blog to find eight swoon-worthy books that you're bound to fall in love with ❤️‍🔥 www.walker.co.uk/ya-romantasy...

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Join me on sunday for Loki chaos, acting, doodling and evil elves! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidLitUk

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Wishing our shortlisted authors and illustrators the best of luck for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social ceremony this Thursday, we're cheering you all on! 🌟 Visit the Carnegies website to watch the ceremony live on Thursday 19th June: carnegies.co.uk #carnegies2025 @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social

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Show your love for dads, granddads, uncles and all father figures with this fantastic selection of children’s books, perfect for sharing this Father’s Day 👨 www.walker.co.uk/fathers-day-...

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Empathy Day is here!✨ Be sure to check out our blog for @empathylabuk.bsky.social resources, book recommendations, and ways you can take part! www.walker.co.uk/four-ways-to...

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We had @mossmontmomery.bsky.social in the Walker office yesterday signing very special proof copies of Small Wonder! Out 28th August, this is a thrilling and adventurous novel for 9+ readers. We're so excited to share it with the world! You can pre-order here: www.walker.co.uk/978152952612...

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Ten couples. United by love. Divided by danger. Better in Black includes ten original love stories by the reigning queen of romantasy, Cassandra Clare, featuring fan-favourite couples from her bestselling Shadowhunter series. Out this December in stunning hardback www.walker.co.uk/978152953266...

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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Spread by Polly Dunbar and her son Cody. From Put Your Shoes On. Walker Books 5 June. Picturebook incorporating children’s drawings to convey a child’s distracting, imaginative inner life. The work of both adult and child artists is delightful. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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This week's #middlegrade is @devkothari.bsky.social's #BringingBackKayKay. Lena hunts for her lost brother, learning things about him she never expected in this tense pageturner. Set in India, with a wonderful light touch in detail, it grabs you from the start. Loved it! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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Happy Pride from Walker Books! 🌈 We’ve picked fifteen LGBTQIA+ books from our list, with characters and themes from across the acronym, just in time for Pride Month. Including a sneak peek at three YA books coming later this year 👀 be sure to read to the end to see! www.walker.co.uk/lgbtqia-books/

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Congratulations to Ross Montgomery @mossmontmomery.bsky.social‬, winner of the 2025 FCBG Children's Book Award with I AM REBEL 👏 #FCBGCBA25 #KidLit #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/ross-montgom...

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Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue: an incredible YA novel that will blow your mind; genre-weaving tale that is breath-taking; well-crafted, lyrically written; compelling, intriguing, cinematic in scope & incredibly romantic. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/s...

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Fear Files: Hide & Seek is the unsettling, gripping & eerie start to the new horror series all children aged 8+ will be talking about. I loved how @christopheredge.bsky.social still retains his sci-fi voice here. Thanks @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social 📖 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/f...

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Love this fantastic #GraphicNovel version of “The Wizard of Earthsea” by #UrsulaLeGuin. It’s been masterfully interpreted by #FredFordham. The original is up there with my favourite fantasy novels, this version loses none of the wonder and quandary. Epic and fantastic @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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Why is Fear Files: Hide & Seek one you need to preorder? The 1st in this new horror series @christopheredge.bsky.social is like Goosebumps for this generation (& with a cool sci-fi edge!) - unsettling, mysterious & captivating. If you like these books then you’ll love it! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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A great #picturebook about a #Holocaust survivor #BookReview: #OneDay - #ATrueStoryOfCourageAndSurvival in the Holocaust by Michael Rosen & #BenjaminPhillips @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social‬ @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/R9PiHNg #bookblogger #books #childrensbooks

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Job alert! We're looking for an Assistant Designer to join us and work with the design and editorial team across pre-school, non-fiction, gift publishing, novelty books and fiction. Find out more and apply here: www.walker.co.uk/about-us/car...

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For bear-lovers and brave hunters everywhere! We're Going on a Bear Hunt, the classic chant-aloud story by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury is available now for young readers as a new interactive board book, with easy-to-use pull, slide and play tabs on every page 🐻 www.walker.co.uk/978152952591...

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Excitement is building for the #SLAconference! Tomorrow night's dinner will celebrate an iconic children's story. We'll be asking delegates to share their memories of the classic #GuessHowMuchILoveYou 🧡 Do you remember when you first met the nutbrown hares? 🌙 @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #booksky

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Skipshock is finally here 🚂🌙 The new sci-fi fantasy romance epic by New York Times Bestselling author Caroline O'Donoghue hits shelves today! With stunning cover artwork by @jdebbiel.bsky.social ✨ www.walker.co.uk/978152950796...

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How to be Silly Every Day of the Year by the hilarious Harry Hill is out in paperback today! A fun-packed guide to 365 silly things that everyone should try once! Visit our blog for a sneak peek at some of the activities you can try at home: www.walker.co.uk/harry-hills-...

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Happy publication day to Riverskin by Mike Edwards! An atmospheric, lyrical children's fiction debut, inspired by the myths of North East England. "A bold debut and its atmosphere lingers long after the last page.” Children’s Book of the Week, The Times walker.co.uk/978152952398...

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The fourth Unicornia book is dancing onto shelves tooday! 🩰🦄💕 Unicornia: The Dance Show by Ana Punset and illustrated by Diana Vicedo is out now ✨ walker.co.uk/978152952002...

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📚 My new book MECH BRIGADE is out today. Perfect for readers aged 9-12 who like sci-fi, videogames, and GIANT robots. I pitched it as Starship Troopers meets Pacific Rim... and it has ALL THE ACTION! 🤖

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We've got so many amazing titles publishing in June! 🤩 Learn more about all of these books at www.walker.co.uk

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The Hat of Great Importance, the 2nd book in the absurdly funny Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody series by @patricknessbooks.bsky.social, with fab illustrations by #TimMiller, is out tomorrow! Celebrate by wearing a hat. Trust is, all the cool lizards are doing it. www.walker.co.uk/978152951796...

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A boy and his grandad take a trip down to the beach where they find pebbles, wash them clean in the waves and paint their memories from the day. Our Pebbles is a heartwarming and inspiring new picture by wonderfully talented author-illustrator, Jarvis. Out tomorrow, 5th June 🌊🎨

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Looking for more info on Empathy Day? Or how to participate in this year's Festival celebrations? We’ve got a handy guide just for you! Plus recommended reads by @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social @nadiashireen.bsky.social and more! www.walker.co.uk/four-ways-to... @empathylabuk.bsky.social

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irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Futuristic fantasy holds a mirror to today’s world, where it is perhaps not AI we should fear, but those who would use it for nefarious ends. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social

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What to know what's on the shortlists for The Week Junior Book Awards? Find out now! 13 categories including #Poetry #STEM #Picturebooks and Best Cover 📚📚Congratulations to all the authors + illustrators, incl Nadia Shireen, shortlisted twice. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/the-week-jun...

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Congratulations to Happy Days: 365 Facts to Brighten Every Day of the Year by Emily Coxhead, shortlisted in The Week Junior Book Awards (Wellbeing)! #TheWeekJuniorBookAwards

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There's still time to take part: help children with the move to secondary school with #SummerBookClub ☀️ This year's book is RELIC HAMILTON, GENIE HUNTER by Joseph Coelho 🎉 Resources are free with reduced-price books thanks to @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social 🙏 ➡️ bit.ly/4jrHZr7 #KidLitUK #Edusky

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NEW ABK BOOK! 🦜☠️🔍Montgomery Bonbon: Sabotage at Sea is a maritime murder mystery with a load of rotten pirates and a vanishing corpse. For kids! Plus, more fantastic illustrations by Claire Powell. Pre-order now! (Please!) www.walker.co.uk/9781529518306/montgomery-bonbon-sabotage-at-sea/

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Hey, do you want a signed & dedicated copy of that Montgomery Bonbon book I wrote? Then order from @welbooks.bsky.social before Thurs 5th June! www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/montg...

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Well that’s my reading sorted for today. “Fear Files: Hide and Seek”The first in a new scary series from @christopheredge.bsky.social Do Not Disturb is up on the door!!! Thanks @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for the proof.

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New book out this week! I genuinely think it’s one of the best things I’ve written. Illustrated by Tim Miller. Hope you like it!

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Empathy Day Festival begins today! 10 days of free activities and digital events run by @empathylabuk.bsky.social in the lead up to Empathy Day on 12 June, with people across the nation supporting Empathy Lab's mission to raise an empathy-educated generation. Visit www.empathylab.uk to learn more.

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Check out the new titles now available to request on Netgalley! tinyurl.com/yxrbsh96 ⭐Small Wonder ⭐Oxford Blood ⭐The Last Pebble ⭐Lockett and Wilde: The Ghosts of London ⭐Paddock Grove: A Pony to Own

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Thrilled to see Riverskin by Mike Edwards is Children's Book of the Week in @thetimes.com with an incredible review by @timeslucy.bsky.social! "Riverskin is a bold debut and its atmosphere lingers long after the last page — much like the smell of scum on anyone who dares a dip in a British river.”

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