After many years of trying, I've kept a list of the books I've read this year and yesterday I finished book number 100! (Picture books not included) These are my top six. I'd heartily recommend them all :) Lisa Richardson @KMcCaughrain @HolSmale Joanna Wallace С.J. Skuse

It's SPOOKY season, and you are cordially invited to step into the cosy-gothic world of Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries 👻👻👻 Meet the characters now! 🧵 . . . 👻👻👻 Artwork by my partner in supernatural crime, the spookily talented #PamSmy 👻👻👻

🎃 Our spookiest #BookClub page ever features Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor by Lucy Strange and Pam Smy as our #BookoftheWeek and an interview with @skyemc_kenna about her new book #Seawitch🧙‍♀️ 📸 Pam Smy Walker Books Hachette Children's Group

Well, it has been a big week for Lockett & Wilde, and what better way to end it than with a mention in this lovely piece by Nicolette Jones in The Times and The Sunday Times 👻🧡 Our cosy-gothic story snuggles up with spooky MG treats from Swapna Haddow (book updates) Piers Torday Jennifer Killick Eibhlís Carcione

We've seen of love for Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries over the weekend, and we couldn't agree more: "Comic, cosy and just eerie enough for a satisfying frisson.” Guardian Books "A deliciously spooky tale packed with fabulous illustrations.” @TheWeekJunior

The AUDIOBOOK of Lockett & Wilde is out todayyyy - available with Audible credits!! 👻😁👻😁👻😁 It's about 3hrs of fun, spooky listening, narrated by me, and there's a sample here - Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: amzn.eu/d/6KY8i02 Walker Books

#DIKBChallenge24 Ruth Ennis Sarah Webb The Carnegies 28:Little Bang by the amazing @KMcCaughrain celebrated at a lovely book launch with live music Crescent Arts Centre @NOALIBISBOOKS This groundbreaking & warm YA novel tackles a controversial topic with sensitivity & balance.

.Walker Books signs three middle-grade horror titles from Christopher Edge in six-figure deal👇 thebookseller.com/rights/walker-…

See also 'Either/Or' by Søren Kierkegaard

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books

Very much enjoying Anglo Saxon Boy by Tony Bradman. nice to read historical fiction that feels accurate.

Congratulations to sandhya, nominated for the #Carnegies2025 for her book with CHITRA SOUNDAR has left X!, IT'S TIME TO HUSH AND SAY GOOD NIGHT 🩵

Happy November publication day! The nights are drawing in, and we have so many incredible titles out this month for your cosy evening reading.🌆

I'm really delighted to see ROMAN BOY shortlisted for the excellent BooksForTopics Books of the Year among so many other great titles... Walker Books Children's Books at The Agency Historical Assoc Mr T does Primary History 🏳️‍🌈 Lucy Earley

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Delighted to see both Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain and When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson selected!

I’m very behind with my reading but I’m so enjoying this by Lucy Strange and Pam Smy. Also, it’s a beautiful book and would make an excellent Christmas present. 🥰

Congrats to the excellent Kelly McCaughrain on her CBI shortlisting

We are so proud to see Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain on the Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlist! 🎉🥳🍾 Huge congratulations to all of the shortlisted authors - what a fantastic list!