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Since 1983: not-for-profit children's bookseller celebrating equality, inclusion & diversity. Co-runs @littlerebsprize with Housmans Bkshop.
London, England
Joined December 2010
We are so very proud to run the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction alongside @HousmansBooks - and on behalf of @ARBooksellers . 🥳🥳🥳AND we’re very proud to announce the 2025 longlist!🥳🥳🥳
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RT @Literacy_Trust: As the National Year of Reading begins, today highlighted the vital role of schools and libraries in supporting childre….
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The #LittleRebelsAward for Radical Children’s Fiction-. A roundup of previous rebels enjoying a shortlist 💡glow💡in previous years↙️.
1/4 .Ahead of our #LittleRebelsAward shortlist announcement next week, let’s pause to admire some previous years’ shortlists… . Our 2024 shortlist delved in to, amongst other things:. 🏳️🌈the politics of Pride.✊🏿Black Lives Matter.🎹access to the arts .🖼️Black History
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“Stories can sustain us,stories can help us fly, stories can transport us&stories can make each & every one of us know that we are seen and heard. This deep connection to our stories matters” Sita Brahmachari on joining @Schoolbookclubs -with @tompalmerauthor - as new ambassadors.
.@Schoolbookclubs has announced authors @tompalmerauthor and Sita Brahmachari as its new ambassadors. (£)
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And, for your added pleasure, the sound of packing materials….(Imagine the satisfaction of bubble-wrap-popping just on a larger scale)
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The beautiful sight of so many school book pack orders piling up with those last minute, end-of-term orders…
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“It's as if learning how to write is an exercise in being correct (or becoming more and more correct)”. The new Writing Framework. Some early reflections-from @MichaelRosenYes .
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RT @rapclassroom: A real honour to write the introduction to The Poetry World of John Agard from @OtterBarryBooks. I shared John’s poetry w….
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Fabulous. All the applause for the winner of the @BranfordBoase Such a unique award, recognising exciting new talent as well as the skills & thoughtfulness of the editors who help bring that debut in to being. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳.
Congratulations to the winners of the #BranfordBoaseAward 25 for author and editor of the outstanding debut novel for young people, editors Ama Badu and Alice Swan and author Margaret McDonald for GLASGOW BOYS .
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RT @BranfordBoase: "This book has so many powerful things to say, and I am utterly thrilled by the incredible reader response. For Ama & I….
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RT @malorieblackman: It's here! 😀.Noughts & Crosses is playing at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre until 26 July. And the weather forec….
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“When you shop at indie bookstores, your reading choices are yours alone. No trackers, no creepy ads. Just thoughtful recommendations from people who love books as much as you do.". Love this. Counter-Prime initiatives in N.America including from @ABAbook
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Well now! There’s a very fine shortlist from the Tower Hamlets Book Award. (Special congrats to @jprosewriter -Birdie continues to soar!, @storyvilled & @MrEagletonIan 👻).
We are so excited to announce our 2025 Tower Hamlets Book Award shortlist! 🎉Thanks to the Canary Wharf Group Community Grants Programme for assisting with the funding of our book award and a huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors. We can't wait to see who wins🏆!
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RT @RashmiWriting: Reading is transformative so I’m 100% behind a National Year of Reading but instead of shaming parents/carers (“put our….
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Tonight at 7.30 is the exact, very exciting moment when the winner of the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward is announced and we all get to celebrate a bright new talent. Awarded annually to “an outstanding first novel by a first-time writer” for young people- and their editor!.
The winner of the 20025 #BranfordBoaseAward will be announced 7.30pm *today* Wednesday 9 July. Congratulations to all the talented debut authors and their editors on our shortlist and listen out for news of the winners! #editing #writing .
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2/2 “…The National Year of Reading must not be a branding exercise. it should deliver not just more books but also fair conditions for those who get books into children’s hands.”.
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1/2 New National Year of Reading. Comment piece by @Soc_of_Authors . “Public libraries have reduced services &school libraries have been left underfunded. These are not surface issues…”.
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“We are both minorities within our religious community and, at the time, had never felt represented in any of the media that was available.” . @yabookprize shortlistees, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé & Adiba Jaigirdar on four Eids& a Funeral. (Plus 😍We Are Lady Parts!😍).
We wanted to write something together that would bring both our experiences of being Muslim to the page, say Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar on their @yabookprize shortlisted novel 👇
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RT @JillBennett18: A well-plotted, exciting mystery #TheLuckyHouseDetectiveAgency Scarlett Li illus. @sianjart @_KnightsOf is #RedReadingHu….
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“When you start to chip away at what public education was created to do…you are chipping away at the very foundation of what democracy, and liberty and freedom are supposed to be.”. North America& LGBTQ+ Book Bans: implications of Maryland ruling.
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Non-complaining cowgirls 🤠, rebelling Red Riding Hoods 🐺and John Agard’s World 🔍. Last week was a good week for publisher samples. Thanks, publishers!.Zooming their way to our reviewers now
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