My new book A CASE OF HIGH STAKES is out in one week! May contain: Ghosts 👻 Graves 🪦 Stolen jewels 💎 Eccentric villains 🎩 A very good dog 🐶 Illustrated by @hpillustration_ @HarperCollinsCh https://t.co/7sDXcpQhfn

Come and join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of @Hapfairy 's stunning middle grade series Scarlet and Ivy. She'll be here doing a Q and A from 5pm on Friday. Tickets free, but please reserve below. 👇 https://t.co/AXTjsXRrqd

One week to go, join me for cake!

With a few props you can easily change a school uniform into a Rookwood School uniform!

New post is up on the blog! I visited a curious little Wiltshire church that was built from public donations in the 19th century. The churchyard was also a real treat with a familiar 'record breaker' as one of its permanent residents. https://t.co/YrhQOWoOgb

Back in Bath on the 22nd as well with a bunch of other lovely people! 📚

Diaries at the ready… dates for the 21st edition of Lincoln Book Festival have landed. 📅 Starting on 2nd Oct 2025, join the biggest 4 day celebration of literature in Lincoln. 📕 Mark it in your diaries and we’ll see you then! Full programme announced in the summer.

NEW EVENT: https://t.co/KjIHrg1Yiq 🎂

An update. The Good Omens graphic novel Kickstarter and PledgeManager is now an entity fully run by, and financially tied to, the Terry Pratchett Estate. Read more:

I'm so excited to be co-hosting 'Not of this Wold'; a celebration of Lincolnshire weird. We have a market, talks on local ghosts, gnomes and folk music, live experimental music and performances and a rare screening of folk-horror classic Penda's Fen! https://t.co/UyMggtFXql

“Why did he have to go to prison?” "We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they're elected. Don't you?” “Why?” “It saves time.” -Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent. Art @PaulKidby

As huge fans of @JonathanAStroud we are incredibly excited to see the latest Scarlett & Browne book has hit the shelves. We have plenty of copies to keep Richmond supplied, and we can't wait to see the fans flocking for Book 3!

Amazing, thank you! 💖

On this day, 19th January, in 1915 the first Zeppelin raids took place on England. This stained glass window by Ward and Hughes at Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire was installed in 1919.

ICYMI: Julia Donaldson's 3.1 million units sold in 2024 means she edges past the Harry Potter writer to claim the record for bestselling author since records began 👇

A thread of contemporary fantasy authors you might enjoy if you’ve recently been disappointed by a once-beloved author:

I'm genuinely on my hands and knees begging as an abuse survivor to stop doing the "and I could always tell because of their art" OR "you could never tell by their art" when artists are outed as abusers. It gives the impression you can deduce guilt or innocence in art and not the

I did get marginally better at not losing my dust jackets...

It was Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett. I bought it in a school book fair, felt like I didn't have a clue what was going on but somehow also felt certain I'd just stumbled upon the most amazing series ever. I wrote a review of it and won a Blue Peter badge 😆

We are absolutely loving it. This game is so funny, and so satisfying for word nerds 👍

The Neil Gaiman stuff isn't just bad, it's multi-part docuseries bad, it's known for this first and his previous career as a writer second bad