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Bruna De Luca
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Teen/YA debut LIVIA IN ROME (Chicken House July'25)
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❤️ in my romance era
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Bruna De Luca @brunadeluca.bsky.social · Feb 21
✨Ridiculously pleased to share the cover of my teen debut #LiviaInRome.

🎨I am obssessed with @aeadraws.bsky.social's gorgeous illustrations - just perfect for summer love in the Eternal city!

📚Coming July 3rd 2025 with @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

#cleanteen #romance #thirdculturekids
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Hurrah #LiviaInRome by @brunadeluca.bsky.social was just what my rainy Scottish September Weekend needed. Transported to sunny Rome & a 'will they, won't they' romance ❤️ family secrets & great friends.
Get cosy and enjoy!

Thanks @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social & @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social
A young girl stands outside a café door, wearing an apron and holding a tray of drinks, she is looking at a boy on a Vespa parked outside. She is smiling but his expression is hard to read, is he thinking or smirking? The Café walls are butterscotch yellow and painted with leaves and flowers around the door and sign.
September 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Today's review...'Livia in Rome' @brunadeluca.bsky.social Perfect summer reading- I'm off to book a trip to Rome!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/livia-in-rome
Livia in Rome — Through the Bookshelf
Due to her grandmother -Nina- having an accident, sixteen-year-old Livia is delighted to be spending the summer in Rome, working in the family bar. Being Scottish-Italian, she hopes she will find the ...
www.throughthebookshelf.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Today's annual event interview with Sophie McKenzie, Marisa Noelle, and Morgan Owen

@sophiemckenziebook.bsky.social @marisanoelle.bsky.social @simonyabooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight

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Annual Event 2025: Sophie McKenzie, Marisa Noelle, and Morgan Owen
Interview with three UKYA authors
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July 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Today's Annual Event interviews are with Jennifer Lane, Rebecca Westcott, and Bruna De Luca

#UKYA #UKYASpotlight @greenwitchwriter.bsky.social @brunadeluca.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

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Annual Event 2025: Jennifer Lane, Rebecca Westcott, and Bruna De Luca
Interview with three UKYA authors
ukyaspotlight.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Some amazing book birthdays today!!! @brunadeluca.bsky.social @georgekirktales.bsky.social #AnaGomez @gregjenner.bsky.social #RikkinParekh enjoy all! 🎂📘
July 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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We had a delightful time with @brunadeluca.bsky.social 's launch for her @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social debut, Livia in Rome, last night.

Books, snacks, cakes & amore! ❤️

No Vespas were harmed in the making of this event... 🛵

#books #livres #YABooks #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
Author Bruna de Luca and her husband cutting a cake decorated with the cover of her debut book, in the Edinburgh Bookshop Author Bruna de Luca talking to the audience in the Edinburgh Bookshop Author Bruna de Luca cutting a cake decorated with the cover of her debut novel, at a launch in the Edinburgh Bookshop Author Bruna de Luca talking to the audience in the Edinburgh Bookshop
July 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
brunadeluca.bsky.social
When your first reader-reviewer is just The Lovliest person 🥹❤️
rashmiwriting.bsky.social Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · May 29
LOVED this. Enchanting. Irresistible. And just so funny! A story of family, friendship and belonging to two worlds with a side of simmering enemies-to-lovers, Livia in Rome by @brunadeluca.bsky.social is THE clean teen read of the summer. Out 3rd July. You HAVE to preorder!
Copy of the book Livia in Rome by Bruna de Luca, cover art by Ali Al Amine
May 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Jumping into copyedits for my debut middle grade. Just as soon as I summon the courage to actually open the damn document. AAAAAAAAA!!! 😱 #KidLitUK
Photo of computer screen and a Word document entitled Hari Kumar Ultimate Superstar. Bookshelves in the background.
April 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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I'm never going to get over seeing my book in the shops.
A copy of THE ZOMBIE PROJECT on a table at Waterstones
March 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
brunadeluca.bsky.social
Thought I’d have a go at a “what’s in this book” post👇
If you like teen fiction with identity feels & lots of pasta . . . LIVIA IN ROME might be for you 🇮🇹❤️

Pre-order here 👉 linktr.ee/brudeluwrites

#YA #teen #romance
March 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
brunadeluca.bsky.social
Gorgeous picture book! Perfect for little animal lovers and budding conservationists.
mybookcorner.bsky.social My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · Mar 20
By the Beaver Pool by Catherine Ward, Illustrated by Phoebe Roze
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Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio

@discoverkelpies.bsky.social
@florisbooks.bsky.social

#CatherineWard#PheobeRoze#pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren
Picture shows the front cover of the book two beavers by a pool of water.
March 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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carnegiemedals.bsky.social
📣 Announcing the shortlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! With a focus on marginalised perspectives, these books highlight diversity and empathy ✨✍️
Congratulations to the exceptional authors shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🏅
Delve into the books here: 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/writing-shor...
Graphic with the Carnegies logo and the books shortlisted for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing. Text Reads 'Medal for Writing'.
March 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
#Edinburgh peeps, we're delighted to welcome back the fabbity-fab Pamela Butchart to celebrate the publication of Diary of a Future Billionaire from Scholastic, on Thursday 13th March, at 3.30.
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mee...

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Bruntsfield
Flyer advertising a signing session with author Pamela Butchart at the Edinburgh Bookshop on 13th March
March 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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garypanton.co.uk
Thanks so much to @brunadeluca.bsky.social for sharing her daughter's amazing Notwitches fan art with me. Seriously, HOW COOL IS THIS? Also: Bruna's own book Livia In Rome is out in July so you should all pre-order it immediately!
A very colourful alternative cover for The Notwitches, as drawn by Bruna De Luca's little girl.
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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rashmiwriting.bsky.social
On my way to the 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Book Awards! Whatever happens, I’m so proud that Amazing Asia made the superb Children’s Travel Book of the Year shortlist. #KidLitUK

@jasonlyon.bsky.social
@quartokids.bsky.social
Picture of books shortlisted for the 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards across all categories including Children’s Travel Book of the Year
March 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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annamazz.bsky.social
Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts.

'Structural edit' = rewrite your book
'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong
'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong
'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors
'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?
March 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
I'd planned to recommend a list of contemporary children's books where main characters don't have permanent homes. I always read the books I recommend and annoyingly couldn't get hold of enough books to read in time. These are a few of the many wonderful books that adults should read.
February 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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💡This is an insightful piece in the @Guardian

📰Read the article on @theguardian.com online: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
February 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
brunadeluca.bsky.social
✨Ridiculously pleased to share the cover of my teen debut #LiviaInRome.

🎨I am obssessed with @aeadraws.bsky.social's gorgeous illustrations - just perfect for summer love in the Eternal city!

📚Coming July 3rd 2025 with @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

#cleanteen #romance #thirdculturekids
February 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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garypanton.co.uk
Massive thanks to @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social for filling their window with Notwitches and letting me and Dotty come inside and write our names all over their books. Such a fun day in Edinburgh. 🧙‍♀️🖤
Me and Dotty Sutton outside The Edinburgh Bookshop. Dotty has decorated the windows with characters from my book, The Notwitches.
February 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
Things every author should know going in, a thing I wish I'd understood from the start.
abeewords.bsky.social Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · Feb 13
Don't compare yourself to others because your goalposts will move at the speed of sound/you will get way less attention/resource once you're out of your debut year
February 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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mybookcorner.bsky.social
Island of Influencers by Monique Turner

If you’ve ever wondered about the price of online success, Island of Influencers is a must-read!

Review by @brunadeluca.bsky.social link in bio

@aeadraws.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

#YA#influencers#bookstagram#booksofinstagram#thriller
Picture shows cover of Island of Influencers by Monique Turner. Two women with phones in their hands.
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
brunadeluca.bsky.social
Tense and twisty + teens pitted against each other in an arena… what’s not to love? Review here👇
mybookcorner.bsky.social My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · Feb 12
Island of Influencers by Monique Turner

If you’ve ever wondered about the price of online success, Island of Influencers is a must-read!

Review by @brunadeluca.bsky.social link in bio

@aeadraws.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social

#YA#influencers#bookstagram#booksofinstagram#thriller
Picture shows cover of Island of Influencers by Monique Turner. Two women with phones in their hands.
February 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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carnegiemedals.bsky.social
We are delighted to share the longlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! 🏅🖋️ Highlighting empathy and diversity, these 19 works range from gripping dystopian adventures to stories about navigating grief and self-esteem. ✍️💫 #Carnegies2025 carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...
Text reads 'Medal for Writing Longlist 2025' with the Carnegies logo and book covers of the longlisted titles. Full list of titles available at the link in this post.
February 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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It’s National Storytelling Week 2025, and to celebrate of the power of accessible stories, CBN’s Mentor Lead Helen Blair interviews Dave Steele - AKA the The Blind Poet - about his children’s book, The Big Test, and what storytelling means to him. Link in bio 📚
February 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM