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The number of children reading for pleasure is in decline. How do we fix it? Best-selling author Katherine Rundell has an idea. Listen to Radical with @AmolRajan on BBC Sounds

Just three weeks left to wait till the STUNNING new Sharon Gosling novel, #TheForestHideaway, publishes! Don't delay, preorder from your favourite #ChooseBookshops today! 'Ethereal and enchanting' Heidi Swain 'Evocative and atmospheric' Holly Miller simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Fore…

It’s my stop on the blog tour for #TheChangelingChild by H S Norup (Updates only. Try Insta or Bluesky)🧚 Saga heads back to the faerie world in an attempt to unravel a missing child mystery. A thrilling adventure that had me guessing. Cover by #ThyBui Pushkin Children's Books librarygirlandbookboy.com/2025/08/08/blo…

#RockTheWorld by Keith Campion is a deeply profound read for adults. Not finished yet but can highly recommend Melanie Mrs V 🇵🇸🌻 Paula H Paul Watson Kevin Cobane FCCT NSIQ 📚 Jack Graves Jacqui Sydney 📕 Kate Heap: Scope for Imagination Tom G 📕 Mr Tom Slattery Fiona Sharp

Up early due to jet lag so thought I’d share my #PictureBookFriday Super Nani & Captain Yaz, a beautiful celebration of intergenerational love & bilingual families. Out now for 3+. Thanks Templar Books checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/sup…

Happy #InternationalCatsDay Sharing sweet Maya the Siamese cat. A beautiful needle felted cat who is currently up for adoption! Thank you ❤️ therockingfelter.etsy.com/listing/429818… #cats #cat #siamesecat #Caturday #etsy #firsttmaster #ukmakers

My Soul, A Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin is stunning. Powerful, honest and expertly crafted, it is one of the best First World War stories I have read. Aimed at 9+, it is best suited to KS3. It publishes on 14th August. Farshore Jamila Gavin scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/08/07/my-…

#RockTheWorld is an unputdownable poignant read, that will have you reaching for the tissues. Keith Campion this is superb. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this. Brilliantly crafted, a moving read.

Author spotlight thread: Ian Eagleton One of the best authors for creating inclusive stories. His novel Glitter Boy is a grand read. Ian Eagleton thegreatbritishbookworm.wordpress.com/2023/01/29/gli…..

A debut that was a belter. thegreatbritishbookworm.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/nen…..

Marianne Cohn, a German Jewish intellectual, smuggled children out of France in 1942. Arrested on 31 May 1944 near Annemasse, she endured Nazi torture without betraying her mission. She was executed by the Gestapo on 8 July 1944 in a forest near Ville-la-Grand. Remember her.

Thanks so much and glad you liked it! Rock the World is a powerful and poignant return to the 1980s. If anyone hasn’t yet got their summer read sorted, I’d really appreciate you giving it a go! Available as eBook or paperback: amazon.co.uk/Rock-World-Kei…

Kate Heap: Scope for Imagination @ErinLynHamilton Jacqui Sydney 📕 Wallee Valda 📚📚 Veronica Price 📚💙🇪🇺 This was what I made for books which are tonally in line with The Changeling Child 👍

We have 3 copies of the BRILLIANTLY CHILLING #Gloam by Jack Mackay to #WIN! For the chance to join Gwen & her younger siblings in a creaky old house, on a small, damp island… with their super creeeeeepy babysitter, Esme Laverne… RT & Flw by Aug 15 @rocktheboatnews #WRDMagComp

A spooky tale from Barrington Stoke thegreatbritishbookworm.wordpress.com/2023/08/13/jod…..

I raced through Blitzers by Alastair Chisholm! So appealing and absolutely gripping, it's a must have for KS2 and KS3 libraries. Watch out for the latest on-line craze - it's more real than you think! Out 14.8.25 Barrington Stoke scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/08/09/bli…

“‘The Changeling Child’ is the sequel to the very brilliant ‘Into the Faerie Hill’- and it is every bit as captivating and magical!”💙 “…would make a very engaging class story, full of things to discuss and enjoy.” 🧚 Two snippets from the wonderful review by Throughthebookshelf 💚

Sorry to mention the Christmas word! Last year we offered book Advent Calendars. 24 books, individually giftwrapped and numbered, ready for a countdown. Schools loved them as a great way to boost libraries, but you can also order for yourself! We'll open orders soon!