🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @SarahHaggerHolt

Kelpies Prize for Writing & Illustration now open- until 28th Feb 2026. “The award aims to develop and nurture new children’s writers and illustrators based in Scotland” https://t.co/FVXuwoqiKO

"The 'exam factory' culture of past governments has had a clear negative impact on the curriculum, forcing it to become narrow and stale." - @DanielKebedeNEU Introducing another formal test fails to address why too many students disengage from learning https://t.co/nzSXu90eZh

New Get Reading Campaign alongside knowledgeable, superb stalwarts: @beanstalkreads https://t.co/ffG7JIOKsR

to turn a profit each time…Within the book business, and elsewhere in the arts, the playing field can only be level and equal when everyone is free to fail together, or to succeed together. Right now that is a long way off.” Ben Arogundade in @thebookseller comment piece.

“The vast majority of books that have lost money in the entire history of publishing have been by white authors, and yet no one is suggesting that they should not continue to be supported. But books by Black authors are expected… https://t.co/RwfblDx3IX

Iconic Claudia Jones ⬇️

📣Teachers: @CurriculumBlack is a fantastic place for schools to get ideas for a rich, layered, thorough history curriculum. Their timeline is full of gorgeous nuggets re: folk in British history. #BHM #HistoryCurriculum Seaman William Brown⬇️

Delighted to announce this very special evening at #BardBooks to kick off the 10th anniversary celebrations of the #JhalakPrize AND the first anniversary of #JhalakReview (& grab your hot off the press copy of Autumn 25 issue. Book tix before they go:

The Diverse Book Awards 2025 Winners! What a foursome 🫶🏾

Here’s your reminder of why you want to be taking your book buying to @bookshop_org_UK 😃 (Nb: if you support our work, this is an additional way to boost us: choose us as your bkshop at https://t.co/h4fWNm6s68 & a % of ANY book you buy goes to us + other indie booksellers♥️)

⭐️Comics and graphic novels starring racially minoritised characters.    With every new #BeyondTheSecretGarden column (coauthored by @ksandsoconnor & @rapclassroom in @BooksForKeeps) we load up the highlights on to our @bookshop_org_UK “shop front”. https://t.co/WDGWAE4Ttv

@LetterboxLib Thank you for sharing. I truly believe that our libraries speak volumes about the values we choose to pass on. Every book is an opportunity to nurture empathy and critical thinking 💙

This is also your regular reminder that the #LittleRebelsAward is no longer here 👀 Instead you can find them on 🦋 *and* also over on Insta.

The Rad. Children’s Book Party of 2025😉 For those of you who were there- and those of you who weren’t, you can now see an album of happy faces from the recent #LittleRebelsAward Award Ceremony here: https://t.co/TS9gflDhEp

…the more challenging stuff…That is another way of banning books”. + how ‘challenging’ gets defined… Looking forward 2 mentioned possible research on book removals beyond anecdotal evidence-capturing acts of ‘soft’ censorship. @CILIPinfo @LouisMMCoiffait @BannedWeekUK

Interesting piece about censorship in UK libraries which suggests biggest risk may be the funding crisis/shrinking shelf space: “If you’re looking to cut your book stock you probably will cut the more fringe, the more unusual… https://t.co/2cQQuTh6Xx

“A diverse school library isn’t just a resource; it’s a statement of values..the choice is stark: we either raise critical thinkers who stand up to hate, or bystanders who let it grow unchecked.” Interesting piece by @TasneemARashid ‘Raising Critical Thinkers, Not Bystanders’

“I’m trying to convince children, and their parents, that the world is worth their time, worth their curiosity and worth their compassion… that only good things can come from giving their full selves.” Harry Woodgate in @thebookseller on their ‘message’ to their readers. 💜

Award-winning writer #DeanAtta reminds us of the importance of protecting access to all kinds of books in our libraries! Tomorrow is the final day of #BannedBooksWeekUK 2025 - why not visit your local library?

+ on how representative literature is yoked to #ReadingForPleasure - “To draw children back to reading (whether online or offline) they need to be able to find relatable experiences in books, and know stories are a place of safety, a place where they belong.”