The Readers' Choice Awards Children's Book Winner is...Time Tub Travellers By Claire Linney Self-published #TheDBAwards #thediversebookawards

The winner of The Malorie Blackman Impact Award 2025 is Sita Brahmachari! #TheDBAwards #thediversebookawards

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Research shows that it makes a huge difference when children can see themselves in books - as well as discovering others' experiences. That's why this is such an important report from @ibc_reads, highlighting vast gaps in meaningful representation.

✨ The Excluded Voices 2025 report is here! We’ve updated last year’s findings on children’s books (ages 1–9) by British creators from marginalised communities — showing where progress is happening & where it’s still not. https://t.co/zz00NYUF5g #IBCExcludedVoicesReport

Listening again to this book by Nur Masalha on 4000 years of Palestinian history. The people, sophisticated cities, cultures and trading networks - like Gaza's connection to Indian Ocean trade routes - as empires rose and fell #indianocean #palestine #decolonise #ancienthistory

Today, schoolchildren are taught about history’s worst crimes against humanity. In the future, they will learn about those who enabled the genocide in Gaza. They will also learn about the global movement for peace, and above all, the resilience of the Palestinian people.

Amazing!! Haha, I found out accidentally-on-purpose as a kid with my mum's expensive porcelain set! for research of course... 👀😉😂

But Peter highlights that the Islamic Conquest was gradual and led to less social disruption than once believed, with some archaeologists calling it the "invisible conquest"... To find out more, listen to Empire wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/PWToHbKe5M

THE HISTORY OF GAZA SERIES CONTINUES... Episode 4 ☪︎ Gaza & The Islamic Conquest ☪︎ @DalrympleWill and @tweeter_anita are joined by @peter_sarris to discuss how the Arabs rapidly conquered vast territories in the seventh century, including Gaza...

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Today culture workers against genocide marched from @rbo_org to Downing St calling for: An end to UK arts partnerships with Israeli institutions Public acknowledgment of the genocide in Gaza Protection for workers who speak out in solidarity with Palestine. Photo @RealMediaGB

Over 600 authors, illustrators and educators have signed the statement including current UK Children's Laureate, @frankcottrell_b and past laureates like @MichaelRosenYes We hope that this statement may help strengthen the political will to end the conflict that.

"Writing becomes an act of resistance, a way to say: I am still here." Mahmoud Al Shabrawi, Palestine (2025)

How much more shocking do the statistics need to be before the UK Government ends its complicity in the killing of Palestinian children? It must urgently: 🔴 Suspend all arms transfers to Israel, including parts for F-35 fighter jets, given the clear risk that they might be

"Deen Mahomed, the man who brought curry and shampoo to UK honoured" https://t.co/NfL7Wa4qv9

In loving memory of the children in this video, cold-bloodedly murdered by Israel. They are among the approximately 22000 children Israel has slaughtered in about two year.

"Palestine is a word as old as literacy itself." Historian William Dalrymple highlights the long history of the name Palestine, which has appeared for thousands of years, including in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

My ancient Indian Ocean History #bookstack 📚

Let’s never forget, this isn’t about ‘self-defence’, or ‘response’. This is about land-grab. Seizing land through force and intimidation. Hurting and killing people ‘in the way’ of that objective.