
Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social
@clarefurniss
Author. RLF Writing Fellow. Twice Carnegie longlisted. THE THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND is out now: ‘An exquisite, devastating read’ The Irish Times
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We're so excited to read & vote on the #GDSTBookAward2025 shortlists! A fantastic range of books & female authors. @GDST 📚 Ravena Guron, Lesley Parr, Sally Nicholls, Alice Hoffman, Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social, Sharna Jackson isn’t here anymore., Kate Saunders, beth lincoln (updates only), Jasbinder Bilan - I'm meant to be writing..., & onjali rauf.


This #RemembranceDay, we're sharing a list of reading ideas from author christopher vick, whose new story is inspired by his family's experience in Norway during World War II. He recommends more books about the war that offer a non-British perspective: booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…


Proper chuffed that The Twelve is one of The Observer New Review YA books of the month. Beguiling? Ooh I’ll take that! x ❤️


We are excited to announce the GDST Book Award 2025 shortlist 👏 Alice Hoffman Scholastic UK Lesley Parr Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK Ravena Guron Simon & Schuster UK Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social Usborne Publishing Sally Nicholls Andersen Press @GDST Huge congratulations to all the authors and publishers!



Here it is - the brilliant shortlist for the Ealing Teen Read 2025! Congratulations to the authors of these fabulous books! 🎉🎉 Sylvia Bishop Nick Newman (Nicholas Bowling) MALCOLM DUFFY Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social Ravena Guron Nathanael Lessore Hounslow Council Hounslow Libraries Ealing Libraries Ealing Council #ETR25


So lovely to have Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler and The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss on the shortlist for the 2025 Cheshire Schools’ Book Award! Thank you Cheshire Education Library Service ✨📚 Liz Kessler Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social


We are delighted to announce our 2025 Longlist! Thank you for the brilliant books alexandradawe Phil Earle Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social Nathanael Lessore Tom Palmer Katherine Rundell Radhika Sanghani Sam Sedgman Julian Sedgwick Chie Danny Weston!


It's here! The shortlist for the Hounslow Teen Read 2025 has been announced! Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!🎉🎉 Sylvia Bishop Nick Newman (Nicholas Bowling) MALCOLM DUFFY Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social Nathanael Lessore Danny Weston Hounslow Libraries Hounslow Libraries



One of the Librarian's favourite books this year is our #Day18 #adventreading recommendation😍By Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social, this relevant and often harrowing dystopian novel is also full very touching and full of hope❤️📚#getborrowing #trysomethingnew #HighlyRecommended



And a massive congrats to Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social and her beautiful book, THE THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) for being longlisted for the The Carnegies 🥳🥳🥳

Just finished this in the airport. It’s meant to be dystopian but feels very, very real. Yes, I knew what was coming but the ending still made me 😭 Hoping this book makes the The Carnegies shortlist. Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social



We’re delighted to share that The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is SHORTLISTED for the Carnegie Medal for Writing! 🖋️ #Carnegies25 @carnegiemedals Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social


Picture book 🧻 Letters to a Monster by Patricia Forde and illustrated by Sarah Warburton Patricia Forde Sarah Warburton Out today!


📢 The results are in for #HounslowTeenRead 2025! 📚✨ 🥇 1st: The King of Nothing – Nathanael Lessore 🥈 2nd: Seven Million Sunflowers – MALCOLM DUFFY 🥉 3rd: The Things We Leave Behind – Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social A huge congratulations to all the authors!🎉


TOMORROW: Join Clare Furniss for a virtual school event with Scholastic Schools Live about her Carnegie Medal-shortlisted novel, The Things We Leave Behind. Register here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegies/… Clare Furniss @clarefurniss.bsky.social
