Barrington Stoke
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social
Growing a love of reading for 25 years. Great authors, great stories, no barriers: leading publisher of dyslexia-friendly books.
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Ruby, Freya & Ivy are preparing to start a new chapter of their lives. But tech-baroness Dagmar Nilsson hasn't given up on her dream of world domination. Can the three friends draw her out of hiding and shut down the Foundation for good? @melindasalisbury.com's thrilling #ENDGAME is coming Feb 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Ruby, Freya & Ivy are preparing to start a new chapter of their lives. But tech-baroness Dagmar Nilsson hasn't given up on her dream of world domination. Can the three friends draw her out of hiding and shut down the Foundation for good? @melindasalisbury.com's thrilling #ENDGAME is coming Feb 2026.
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218. Reek by @alastairc.com
Terrific dystopian thriller from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social with such sophisticated exploration politics, economics and the environment as part of a gripping narrative.
Read my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
Terrific dystopian thriller from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social with such sophisticated exploration politics, economics and the environment as part of a gripping narrative.
Read my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
218. Reek by @alastairc.com
Terrific dystopian thriller from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social with such sophisticated exploration politics, economics and the environment as part of a gripping narrative.
Read my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
Terrific dystopian thriller from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social with such sophisticated exploration politics, economics and the environment as part of a gripping narrative.
Read my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
We have three brilliant books publishing today from @gill-lewis.bsky.social, Irina Avgustinovich, @tanyalandman.bsky.social, Cinthya Alvarez and Alessandro Valdrighi! Learn more about all three and read a sample in the thread below 👇
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We have three brilliant books publishing today from @gill-lewis.bsky.social, Irina Avgustinovich, @tanyalandman.bsky.social, Cinthya Alvarez and Alessandro Valdrighi! Learn more about all three and read a sample in the thread below 👇
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
📣 Teachers and school librarians, we want to hear from you! 📣
We want to know how best to support schools with our free downloadable resources. Please take a minute to complete our survey so that we can make sure our classroom materials are the best they can be!
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We want to know how best to support schools with our free downloadable resources. Please take a minute to complete our survey so that we can make sure our classroom materials are the best they can be!
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Congratulations @dansmithauthor.bsky.social as #TheDeadsoulProject shortlists for the 2026 Brilliant Book Award! bba.inspireculture.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Congratulations @dansmithauthor.bsky.social as #TheDeadsoulProject shortlists for the 2026 Brilliant Book Award! bba.inspireculture.org.uk
It's #NonFictionNovember! @writerdavidlong.bsky.social and #StefanoTambellini bring our ancient civilisations to life in the 'What It Was Like to be' collection: "A top class series from a dynamic writing and illustration duo" - Lancashire Post. Check out the whole series at: bit.ly/4nAli56 #NFN
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's #NonFictionNovember! @writerdavidlong.bsky.social and #StefanoTambellini bring our ancient civilisations to life in the 'What It Was Like to be' collection: "A top class series from a dynamic writing and illustration duo" - Lancashire Post. Check out the whole series at: bit.ly/4nAli56 #NFN
#TheBeck by Anthony McGowan has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026! #Carnegies2026 carnegies.co.uk/nominations-...
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#TheBeck by Anthony McGowan has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026! #Carnegies2026 carnegies.co.uk/nominations-...
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A brilliant and #spooky #mg #childrensbooks about 3 kids who visit a haunted house in the woods on #Halloween
#BookReview: #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes & Oriol Vidal
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#BookReview: #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes & Oriol Vidal
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October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A brilliant and #spooky #mg #childrensbooks about 3 kids who visit a haunted house in the woods on #Halloween
#BookReview: #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes & Oriol Vidal
@oriolvidal.bsky.social
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#bookblogger #books #dyslexiabooks
#BookReview: #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes & Oriol Vidal
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"Every Halloween, the lampposts are decorated with witches that look like they’ve crashed into them. They’re all unique and it must take them ages." Today on our #Halloween blog tour, #PhilHickes shares his hometown Halloween traditions with @erinlynhamilton.bsky.social 🎃 bit.ly/3J9VcrG
An American Halloween by Phil Hickes
As part of the blog tour, I am thrilled to welcome Phil Hickes sharing some insights into his new town and their Halloween habits! When I was growing up in Canada, Halloween was a big deal! Costume…
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October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Every Halloween, the lampposts are decorated with witches that look like they’ve crashed into them. They’re all unique and it must take them ages." Today on our #Halloween blog tour, #PhilHickes shares his hometown Halloween traditions with @erinlynhamilton.bsky.social 🎃 bit.ly/3J9VcrG
It's #Halloween! 🎃 The perfect day to celebrate our scariest books of 2025. Whether you're looking for horrible hauntings or murderous monsters, we've got you covered with our brand new horror books. Check out all three and read a sample in the thread below, if you dare ...
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's #Halloween! 🎃 The perfect day to celebrate our scariest books of 2025. Whether you're looking for horrible hauntings or murderous monsters, we've got you covered with our brand new horror books. Check out all three and read a sample in the thread below, if you dare ...
"I think when you’re writing in this genre, it’s scarier to suggest that not everything untoward has been safely vanquished." Thank you @richreadalot.bsky.social and #PhilHickes for this brilliant author Q&A on #TheLastDayOfOctober: www.whatiread.co.uk/post/the-last-day-of-october-phil-hickes 🎃
The Last Day of October- Phil Hickes
BLOGTOUR POST - See Author Q and A below. THE LAST DAY OF OCTOBER by Phil Hickes, illustrated by Oriol VidalPublished 9 October 2025If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a nasty surprise …S...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"I think when you’re writing in this genre, it’s scarier to suggest that not everything untoward has been safely vanquished." Thank you @richreadalot.bsky.social and #PhilHickes for this brilliant author Q&A on #TheLastDayOfOctober: www.whatiread.co.uk/post/the-last-day-of-october-phil-hickes 🎃
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Just read THE LAST DAY OF OCTOBER by Phil Hickes.
Three friends decide to visit the ruins of a haunted house on Halloween, but it doesn’t go well...
This is a great spooky book with a wonderfully creepy ending & fab illustrations by Oriol Vidal.
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Three friends decide to visit the ruins of a haunted house on Halloween, but it doesn’t go well...
This is a great spooky book with a wonderfully creepy ending & fab illustrations by Oriol Vidal.
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social @oriolvidal.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Just read THE LAST DAY OF OCTOBER by Phil Hickes.
Three friends decide to visit the ruins of a haunted house on Halloween, but it doesn’t go well...
This is a great spooky book with a wonderfully creepy ending & fab illustrations by Oriol Vidal.
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social @oriolvidal.bsky.social
Three friends decide to visit the ruins of a haunted house on Halloween, but it doesn’t go well...
This is a great spooky book with a wonderfully creepy ending & fab illustrations by Oriol Vidal.
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social @oriolvidal.bsky.social
We'll be in Glasgow on Saturday for the #DyslexiaScotland Education Conference - come and say hello! #DyslexiaConf
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We'll be in Glasgow on Saturday for the #DyslexiaScotland Education Conference - come and say hello! #DyslexiaConf
Check out this great collection of backlist stunners from @readingagency.bsky.social - featuring #Needle by #PatriceLawrence! 🧶
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October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Check out this great collection of backlist stunners from @readingagency.bsky.social - featuring #Needle by #PatriceLawrence! 🧶
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Have you ever been haunted by a ghost cat? Plagued by a sentient scarecrow? Feared for your life at a summer camp? For those that love a thrill, we've put together 13 of our most spine-chilling short novels bound to get you in the mood for #Halloween 🎃 bit.ly/3LguRZn
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Have you ever been haunted by a ghost cat? Plagued by a sentient scarecrow? Feared for your life at a summer camp? For those that love a thrill, we've put together 13 of our most spine-chilling short novels bound to get you in the mood for #Halloween 🎃 bit.ly/3LguRZn
"One of the most chilling tales recently published ... Unnerving and captivating, it's horror at its best"
Thank you @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social for reviewing #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes on our #Halloween blog tour!
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Thank you @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social for reviewing #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes on our #Halloween blog tour!
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The Last Day of October – Phil Hickes
Welcome to my stop on The Last Day of October blog tour! As the end of October approaches, today you’ll find my thoughts on one of Phil’s creepiest stories yet… Seeking creepy thrills instead of ca…
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October 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"One of the most chilling tales recently published ... Unnerving and captivating, it's horror at its best"
Thank you @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social for reviewing #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes on our #Halloween blog tour!
checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t...
Thank you @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social for reviewing #TheLastDayOfOctober by #PhilHickes on our #Halloween blog tour!
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Gripping new dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is @thebookseller.com's Children's Book of the Month for January! Congratulations Steve ⚡️
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Gripping new dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is @thebookseller.com's Children's Book of the Month for January! Congratulations Steve ⚡️
"Hickes expertly ratchets up the tension page by page ... A brilliant read for any readers aged 10+ who don’t scare easily!"
Thank you @booksuperhero2.bsky.social for starting off our Halloween blog tour with this fabulous review of #TheLastDayOfOctober! 🎃
Thank you @booksuperhero2.bsky.social for starting off our Halloween blog tour with this fabulous review of #TheLastDayOfOctober! 🎃
I’m starting off the blog tour from #TheLastDayOfOctober by @Hickesy A gripping read with one of the creepiest endings I’ve read in a long time! Cover by @Oriol__Vidal, published by @barringtonstoke.bsky.social Perfect for #Halloween 🎃 librarygirlandbookboy.com/2025/10/27/b...
Blog tour: ‘The Last Day of October,’ by Phil Hickes, illustrated by Oriol Vidal.
Let me introduce you to something truly terrifying… “If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a nasty surprise … Seeking creepy thrills instead of candy, Cody and his friends set out on Hal…
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October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"Hickes expertly ratchets up the tension page by page ... A brilliant read for any readers aged 10+ who don’t scare easily!"
Thank you @booksuperhero2.bsky.social for starting off our Halloween blog tour with this fabulous review of #TheLastDayOfOctober! 🎃
Thank you @booksuperhero2.bsky.social for starting off our Halloween blog tour with this fabulous review of #TheLastDayOfOctober! 🎃
Prepare to be scared! It's three days until the start of our terrifying #Halloween blog tour to celebrate #PhilHickes's spine-tingling Barrington Stoke debut, #TheLastDayOfOctober! Follow these brilliant bloggers for reviews, sneak peeks and interviews every day next week 🎃
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Prepare to be scared! It's three days until the start of our terrifying #Halloween blog tour to celebrate #PhilHickes's spine-tingling Barrington Stoke debut, #TheLastDayOfOctober! Follow these brilliant bloggers for reviews, sneak peeks and interviews every day next week 🎃
Schools, get your FREE copy of our new reading age brochures!
Designed for educators working with struggling or reluctant readers, these catalogues offer an in-depth look at our range of top-quality high-interest, low-ability fiction and non-fiction to find the perfect reads for your pupils.
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Designed for educators working with struggling or reluctant readers, these catalogues offer an in-depth look at our range of top-quality high-interest, low-ability fiction and non-fiction to find the perfect reads for your pupils.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Schools, get your FREE copy of our new reading age brochures!
Designed for educators working with struggling or reluctant readers, these catalogues offer an in-depth look at our range of top-quality high-interest, low-ability fiction and non-fiction to find the perfect reads for your pupils.
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Designed for educators working with struggling or reluctant readers, these catalogues offer an in-depth look at our range of top-quality high-interest, low-ability fiction and non-fiction to find the perfect reads for your pupils.
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*COVER REVEAL!!* Not out till Jan '26, but the glorious cover of my Viking time-slip story - by Anneli Bray - is suitably autumnal! 🍁 #AccidentalVikings
#ShortReadNovel #DyslexiaFriendly
#ShortReadNovel #DyslexiaFriendly
It's time to board your longships and embark on another fantastic time-slip adventure from @karenmccombie.bsky.social! Alfie and Kat’s school trip takes an unexpected turn when they’re whisked back to a Viking village. Will they ever be able to find their way back home? Out January 2026 🌊
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
*COVER REVEAL!!* Not out till Jan '26, but the glorious cover of my Viking time-slip story - by Anneli Bray - is suitably autumnal! 🍁 #AccidentalVikings
#ShortReadNovel #DyslexiaFriendly
#ShortReadNovel #DyslexiaFriendly
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*COVER REVEAL!!* The cover of my upcoming Viking time-slip novel has been gloriously illustrated by Anneli Bray. Out Jan '26!
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October 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
*COVER REVEAL!!* The cover of my upcoming Viking time-slip novel has been gloriously illustrated by Anneli Bray. Out Jan '26!
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It's time to board your longships and embark on another fantastic time-slip adventure from @karenmccombie.bsky.social! Alfie and Kat’s school trip takes an unexpected turn when they’re whisked back to a Viking village. Will they ever be able to find their way back home? Out January 2026 🌊
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's time to board your longships and embark on another fantastic time-slip adventure from @karenmccombie.bsky.social! Alfie and Kat’s school trip takes an unexpected turn when they’re whisked back to a Viking village. Will they ever be able to find their way back home? Out January 2026 🌊
Join @empathylabuk.bsky.social and the University of Sussex at the Raising Generation Empathy Conference to explore how reading can boost children’s empathy and wellbeing.
See the full programme, discover speakers and book tickets at empathylab.uk/raising-gene...
See the full programme, discover speakers and book tickets at empathylab.uk/raising-gene...
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join @empathylabuk.bsky.social and the University of Sussex at the Raising Generation Empathy Conference to explore how reading can boost children’s empathy and wellbeing.
See the full programme, discover speakers and book tickets at empathylab.uk/raising-gene...
See the full programme, discover speakers and book tickets at empathylab.uk/raising-gene...
Do something that matters this November and take part in
@empathylabuk.bsky.social's FREE Empathy Action Month.
Fantastic primary, secondary and SEND resources including assemblies, booklists, author videos & LIVE online author events to join from the classroom. bit.ly/4oqYDJn
@empathylabuk.bsky.social's FREE Empathy Action Month.
Fantastic primary, secondary and SEND resources including assemblies, booklists, author videos & LIVE online author events to join from the classroom. bit.ly/4oqYDJn
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Do something that matters this November and take part in
@empathylabuk.bsky.social's FREE Empathy Action Month.
Fantastic primary, secondary and SEND resources including assemblies, booklists, author videos & LIVE online author events to join from the classroom. bit.ly/4oqYDJn
@empathylabuk.bsky.social's FREE Empathy Action Month.
Fantastic primary, secondary and SEND resources including assemblies, booklists, author videos & LIVE online author events to join from the classroom. bit.ly/4oqYDJn