Charlie is too busy rolling in the sunshine to have anything helpful to contribute today. Plus he's mystified & disappointed that there can be ANYONE left who hasn't read the awesome "Undercover Angel : Crash Landing". 😱🤔🪽😾 #marketingwithcats #kidlit @TinyTreeBooks 🧵(1/2)

Oh good. I've reached THAT stage of editing... 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ #amediting #amwriting

If you’re starting to look for Xmas gifts, you can still get a FREE 😮 signed paperback of any book in my Toby Bean trilogy 🙍🏻‍♂️young carer 🛌 mum with ME 🧙‍♀️witch in the attic 🏢mysterious organisation 🌠secret city in the sky 🦇fluttermouse & flying dog Link in next post!

Throwback to March when I visited @BirkenheadSchool to talk to Yr 4-6 about Undercover Angel! I'm featured in their annual magazine, alongside visits from @annabelwriter🦄, Sue Hoffman & Lindsey Cole.🧜‍♀️ Hope to visit again soon to tell you about Book 2! #kidlit @tinytreebooks

Posting up my chat with the fabulous @EmmaEBradley on #ukteenchat last month to celebrate the release of my new book - Grimogen Darkstar Bat-Cat-Tastrophe 🦇🐈‍⬛ #GrimogenDarkstar #batcat #kidlit #childrensbooks #writing #WritingCommunity #books #reading https://t.co/2OGboYUcEJ

HELP! Know a talented 5-13 y/o kid? Please send their writing, art, or photos for LKM's Issue 8: Air! 🌪️ We have open submissions thru 11/14 and can't wait to shine a spotlight on young talent. Please spread the word, subscribe, and keep shining! ✨ https://t.co/HvZrpsYH8b #emag

Poetry submissions open again in December (no theme). Do please consider sending us your work written for children. Guidelines can be found here >>>

🎉 New members announcement 🎉 We are delighted to welcome four new members to CBNN. Please join us in giving a warm welcome to: Megan Blount, Ruby Allen-Cadman, Steph Bellwood, and Hannah Welch. We are so excited to have you all on board 📚

Congratulations to all the @CWIPprize winners last night! Women rule! But how about a category specfically for hilarious writers of children's books next time? 🙏 There are a lot of us!!😃 #kidlit #funnybooksforkids #readingforpleasure

The #CBNNPrize is NOW OPEN for entries! Submissions close on Thursday 26 February 2026 For more information on how to enter and full eligibility criteria, please visit the CBNN Prize website - link in bio #CBNN #CBNNPrize #ChildrensBooksNorthNetwork

After a rocky start and some (apparently) delicious mycorrhizal fungi from @The_RHS to cheer it up, my camellia is flowering! 💮😍 #camellia #flowers #gardening #november

Please check out this wonderful ten minute Halloween storytime!! I got goosebumps hearing @MEFoggyDog read a couple of short excerpts from my own book 🥺 I’ve never heard them spoken aloud before! Gentle spookiness perfect for age 8/9+ and #pwME too 🧙🏻‍♀️🦇 Link in next post 👇

I've checked and one of these books will fit beautifully in a child's Christmas stocking. https://t.co/YjJgPqWtex

Cosy autumn vibes 🤝 The perfect book to curl up with Twins, Tangled and Torn is a heartfelt, feel-good story about sisterhood, self-discovery, and finding where you truly belong. The debut YA novel from Susannah Haydn. Get your copy 👉 https://t.co/4jSIt7tu5d #YABooks

I’m delighted to announce that earlier this week, my first audiobook was released! Narrated by the wonderfully smooth Euan Dixon, whose range of accents and voices is incredible, it's such a great way to experience the world of E820927 and his friends as they rebel...

Out next week! ♿️ Anthony & Wheeliam's Street by @BenAndrewsINC and @jenkoandco The second Better Places #picturebook shows us all how we can make our streets better for wheelchair users like Anthony. Pre-order your copy 👉 https://t.co/A661EOhtYg

I can’t quite believe this 😮 800 downloads of my free ebook since Thursday!!! So many people reading it. I’m excited but also terrified 😅 I was expecting 50 Ends on Monday, can we get to 1000?!? It’s also brought 16 sales of the next two books which is better than nothing!

"You’re going to want to follow the cunning plot for yourselves – and believe me there are some twists and turns along the way." Huge thanks to The Letterpress Project for their review of Scarlett Buckling and the Case of the Missing Pictures. https://t.co/HyhoTi6Qyr

This time six years ago, I was muttering my abcs as I sorted and shelved books. I'd just picked up the keys for a secondhand children's bookshop that was closing down. Six years later... Here we are!

Token Halloween gestures in our house - carved pumpkins and a black cat. I mean, he's there all year round and looks fabulous in any season, but whatever. 🤷‍♀️🐈‍⬛️ Happy last day of October!! 🎃👻 (Yes, one of the pumpkins has been claimed in the name of Norway. 🇳🇴🤷‍♀️) #Halloween

This is slightly scary but the ebook of my first book, Toby & the Silver Blood Witches, is FREE for the first time EVER 😮 And the ebooks of the second & third books in the trilogy are only 99p/99c! Links in next post. Ends in four days Happy Halloween! Shares appreciated 🧙🦇