Today is World Ice Cream Day, the perfect day to check out my new MG adventure set in 1899. Mason and Pa make the world’s best ice cream, but the heatwave and a sinister stranger are about to ruin everything. Could a famous wish-maker solve their problems? Mikka @ Everything With Words

Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes Mikka @ Everything With Words Spotted in the wild at Taunton public library Somerset Libraries this weekend 😍

Bath Novel Awards Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes Thrilled to have won this copy - me and the ducks are enjoying it 🦆

Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes Bath Novel Awards It was a magical read, so much fun. Thought I’m not too sure about some of the ice-cream flavours in the 1700s 🤔 🧀

'Your story must have all three elements in Bell’s formula – interesting concept, great characters and conflict. If you had difficulty responding to any of these questions, they may point to what needs attention in your novel.' Sara Grant Read: bit.ly/3GYiaRs

OK, so my publisher has sadly closed and I’ve just collected stock of Scareground. Do get in touch directly if you need a copy otherwise the fat pockets of Amazon may never come my way! #authorlife #discountavailable

The best children’s books for summer 2025 - New Statesman. RT please newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

newstatesman.com/culture/books/… Delighted to see A Place of a Thousand Wishes on this fantastic list in The New Statesman. Thank you, Amanda Craig Mikka @ Everything With Words

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COVER REVEAL My YA debut The Last Death Poet will be published by Rock the Boat 🌊 in April 2026 Thank you Adams Carvalho for this stunning cover, I love it.

Thanks for all the positivity around my alternate reads to Walliams posters so here’s some alternative books relating to space / sci-fi instead of reading Spaceboy 📖🚀 Jenny Pearson

Even though it's a dull day there is still no rain forecast for most places, and our wildlife are dying of thirst. All natural sources have dried up, and every single hedgehog through these doors is suffering from extreme dehydration. Please put a dish of water out, in the front

"Don't be scared to put yourself out there!" - the words of the amazing #UV26 Honorary Chair Louie Stowell UPDATES ONLY NOT REALLY HERE Take her advice before it's too late - competition closes this coming Monday. undiscoveredvoices.com SCBWI British Isles SCBWI Ireland scbwi

Missing the summer holiday sunshine? Would you like a quick trip to Italy to soften the blow of chilly mornings? Here’s your chance to win a copy of ‘Jakub’s Otter’. Just ‘like’ and retweet. Pls RT for others, too. (Not sure if anyone will see this, as I’m often absent from sm!)

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Delighted to be one of The New Statesman’s best children’s books for summer 2025 with my historical MG adventure about a luckless ice cream seller who meets a wish-maker at his magical manor house. Mikka @ Everything With Words #MG #kidlit #kidlituk #kidlit #ReadingForPleasure

Happy Book Birthday to Grimogen Darkstar! 📚🐈‍⬛🦇🎉 #GrimogenDarkstar #childrensbooks #kidlit #reading #halloween #spookyreads #spooky #gothic #batcat

Adventure awaits! The next book in the Snakestone Cycle, The Golden Monkey Mystery, is out in January 2026! 🐒💍🐍✨✨