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Refugees and migration books for children and teens, featuring books by Erika Meza, Na’ima B. Robert, Brian Bilston, Eoin Colfer, Onjali Q. Raúf, Sita Brahmachari, Armin Greder, Michael Rosen, Ele Fountain and Malcolm Duffy. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/books-for-topi… #teachertwitter #kidlit

Vote beetle!

Left over (not for long!) Easter treats to take us into the new school term. Hope the Easter bunny was kind to you this weekend.

This.

Some people take no care with spoilers. Honestly.

This looks fantastic. #comics

Great talk & book launch by Toby Hadoke BFI last night. His new book on TV’s Quatermass Experiment looking like the definitive story behind TV’s first SF classic. Nigel Kneale’s story has influenced so many other creators over the years. #tv #quatermass #books Toby Hadoke

This coming Monday 2 June @bfi #Library - New Writings: Shadow of a Doubt with Diane Negra Join us in the Bookhouse for a discussion about the importance of Hitchcock’s smalltown thriller, which he cited as one of his favourite films. Tickets + info: tinyurl.com/yhemw56j

Encourage my fellow fiction writers on here to read Kazuo Ishiguro’s (excellent) Nobel Prize acceptance speech. This paragraph, in particular, has been very helpful to me over the past several years, even though—as Kazuo says—the concept seems, on its surface, quite simple.

The THE COMICS JOURNAL #311 is full of incredible interviews, including an in-depth, personal conversation between Kate Beaton and Sarah Glidden about depicting history, humor, and social issues in comics form--out 6/10! ow.ly/Eu2g50W1k3A

Nice to see Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel, Spent, getting a page in yesterday’s Guardian Books #graphicnovels

Boom time! Even just the words “Summer Special” remind me of sitting in the back of mum and dad’s car, heading to the south coast on holiday with a copy of glossy, oversized, Beano Summer Special on the seat next to me. (Also, still think about The Shadow Man daily. Agh.)

New print issue of THE COMICS JOURNAL is in stores TODAY (or tomorrow, depending on your shop) & features a 40 page interview with one of the most signifcant cartoonists in the world today, Kate Beaton conducted by the great Sarah Glidden. Read a FREE excerpt tcj.com/you-would-not-…

Top Night at the BFI with a very rare screening of the original print of Stars Wars. Nothing changed. Nothing altered. No CGI in sight. As part of their Film of Film Festival. Would recommend. No notes. #starwars #bfi #film

Simple genius.

Love letter review for Craig Thompson’s new (grown up) #graphicnovel ‘Ginseng Roots’ in the Observer New Review today. #comics #graphicnovels

It’s a crowded old river Thames outside the #writing studio this afternoon. The large boat on the right is an old Mersey ferry that once hosted The Beatles. In the distance on the north shore is the sugar factory with its familiar tall towers. #london #photography

On a scorching Sunday in the UK, here’s today’s #StandingStoneSunday a cool black and white shot of an #avebury standing stone taken last time I was there which was last November. Enjoy your stones. Enjoy your Sunday. #neolithic

Gosh, it’s hot. Random panel of the day from the new series of Scarlet Traces by Ian Edginton and D’Israeli. From this week’s 2000 AD Comics Naughty Martians. #randompaneloftheday

It's one year already since Frank Cottrell-Boyce became Children's Laureate! I think he has done amazing work, tirelessly championing the right of EVERY SINGLE CHILD to enjoy the lifelong benefits of reading - and I can't wait to see what his second year will bring!