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The adventure continues 🌈 A wild ride full of heart and imagination. Grab your copy of Imagination Island: Race to Echoes Edge and race to victory!

Happy #BookClubsInSchoolsDay! Book Clubs in Schools are asking everyone to share their book recommendation to mark their birthday - 10 years of inspiring young people to read and discuss books for fun! The book I’d choose for my 10- year-old self is Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone

✨✨ WIN!!!!! ✨✨ I’m delighted to announce we’ve got a brand new Author Masterclass with none other than Jenny Pearson on her brand new WWII novel ‘Shrapnel Boys’. Watch 11 videos with Jenny, download resources, an extract & more at Authorfy.com/masterclasses 🎉 And to win a

✨✨ A VERY SPECIAL AUTHOR MASTERCLASS!!!! ✨✨ EdTech CEO, sci-fi writer & theoretical physicist Femi Fadugba has a brand new author masterclass on Authorfy where he talks about his sci-fi thrillers ‘The Upper World’ & ‘The Mirror World’, being inspired by physics, his planning

I’m heading back to #ImaginationIsland to see how Luca and the gang are getting on in the world’s wackiest race! 🌈 Mel Taylor-Bessent Farshore Cover by #AlessandroDUrso

Here are 10 of my favourite funny reads, including books by all of these wonderful authors: 🐔 Sam Copeland 🎄 Mel Taylor-Bessent 🐼 Swapna Haddow (book updates) 💰 Jenny Pearson 🤖 Jack Noel 🦋 @jackdraws.bsky.social ✨️ Amy Sparkles ⚡️ Louie Stowell ON BLUESKY not here, come say hi 🎤 Helen Rutter ⛈️ Simon James Green booktrust.org.uk/book-recommend…

Look who I got to see todaaaaay!!! I always have a smile on my face when I see Cassie HT🖤🏳️‍🌈 & I loved meeting her class / school and talking all things Race to Imagination Island today ❤️🌈

COVER REVEAL! 🐺 Bestselling author P.G. Bell returns with a new fairy-tale murder mystery to solve! "Filled with twists, danger, and edge-of-your-seat chase scenes" - Mel Taylor-Bessent THE BIG BAD WOLF MURDER Out 11th September!

🏝️🌈✨ COVER REVEAL!!!!✨🌈🏝️ I’m buzzing to reveal the cover for Imagination Island 3 - RACE TO RUMBLE RUIN - illustrated by the incredible @alessandrodurs7 & designed by Ryan Hammond. Giant space hoppers! A rainbow road in the sky! An ending that made me cry 😭 Out Jan 2026

When Mel revealed this at our school, the kids went wild. SO EXCITING👏🏻

✨✨ GIVEAWAY!!!! ✨✨ We’re celebrating the publication of the third Pirate Academy book (Sword Echoes) by our brilliant friend Justin Somper by running a big book giveaway. To be in with the chance of winning a Pirate Academy bundle, just: 🏴‍☠️ ‘Like’ this post 🏴‍☠️ RT by

✨ Summertime Book Review Competition ✨ If any of your pupils would like to write a book review this summer (on any book they like!) their class will automatically get a free virtual visit from me in the autumn term! Find out more at: schoolreaders.org/bookreview?fbc… 📚✍🏼

Thank you wonderful BooksForTopics for including RACE TO IMAGINATION ISLAND as a Recommended Read for Year 4!!! ✨🌈 These booklists are so well-considered and valuable for teachers and I’m so pleased RACE has been included!

Schools - 🏊‍♀️ DIVE right in to our new year group recommended reads! ➡️➡️ Browse the lists here: booksfortopics.com/booklists/reco…

✨ Today is the 1 year anniversary of my YouTube channel WRITE FOR FUN!! ✨ Check out my special 1 year video at youtube.com/@writeforfunwi… where I talk about future plans and ask for some of your ideas! 🎉📚🎬

In case anyone needs some last-minute writing prompts for NATIONAL WRITING DA, my ‘Write For Fun’ YouTube channel is filled with fun writing challenges, story prompts, games & more 🎬 YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@WriteforFunwi… ✨ Free Write For Fun poster: static1.squarespace.com/static/5f9d837…

Well worth reading the new National Literacy Trust report on writing literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi… Their graph below (p.7)shows the decline in enjoying writing in free time 8-18yr olds …The Writing Web ✍🏾 Ellen Counter UKLA First Story

Like most people I’m using this place less and less but I LOVE Instagram & would love to stay in touch with more of you there. I’m at instagram.com/meltaylorbesse… in case anyone would like to find me there xx

🥁🥁🥁The shortlist for our #clfbookawards in the Traditionally Published Young Reader category! Chosen by children from 30 schools and 5 libraries: Hannah Gold & Levi Pinfold, Mel Taylor-Bessent & Allessandra D’Urso and Rhian Tracey. Good luck to all! 📚✨ #childrensbookaward