Camilla Chester
@camcauthor.bsky.social
Dog walking Children’s Writer and author of Call Me Lion. #KidLitUK she/her
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Project Pony by Camilla Chester, Illustrated by Irina Avgustinovich
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A must-read for all! 📚
Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social
@camcauthor.bsky.social
#IrinaAvgustinovich
@fireflypress.bsky.social
#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren
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A must-read for all! 📚
Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social
@camcauthor.bsky.social
#IrinaAvgustinovich
@fireflypress.bsky.social
#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren
July 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Look!!!!
#ProjectPony - it’s too good to eat. 🐴🌈🌧️
May 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#ProjectPony - it’s too good to eat. 🐴🌈🌧️
Thank you to everyone who came to support me. Greatly appreciated you being there xxx
Congratulations to @camcauthor.bsky.social on her newest book PROJECT PONY. Great book launch last night at an urban pony club. Can’t wait to read her book.
May 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Thank you to everyone who came to support me. Greatly appreciated you being there xxx
Not long now! #KidLitUK @fireflypress.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not long now! #KidLitUK @fireflypress.bsky.social
Hey #KidLitUK and #WritingCommunity The fabulous @writers&artists Festival for #ChildrensAuthors and #Illustrators is back 22&23 March (online) with an incredible lineup. Info and bookings: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/child...
March 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hey #KidLitUK and #WritingCommunity The fabulous @writers&artists Festival for #ChildrensAuthors and #Illustrators is back 22&23 March (online) with an incredible lineup. Info and bookings: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/child...
Starting my day in the best way - with a little cuddle with my cat, Bibs. #cats #authorswithcats #kidlituk
March 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Starting my day in the best way - with a little cuddle with my cat, Bibs. #cats #authorswithcats #kidlituk
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Delighted to be a judge for the third year running for this brilliant competition. (Also a yearly chance to see @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social 🤩)
#teachers Please direct any young people interested in self-expression, and who are in care, or care-experienced, to enter!
www.coramvoice.org.uk/voices
#teachers Please direct any young people interested in self-expression, and who are in care, or care-experienced, to enter!
www.coramvoice.org.uk/voices
February 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Delighted to be a judge for the third year running for this brilliant competition. (Also a yearly chance to see @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social 🤩)
#teachers Please direct any young people interested in self-expression, and who are in care, or care-experienced, to enter!
www.coramvoice.org.uk/voices
#teachers Please direct any young people interested in self-expression, and who are in care, or care-experienced, to enter!
www.coramvoice.org.uk/voices
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Set your alarms! Our Writers in Residence submission window opens tomorrow (Monday 17th February) at 10am!
You can find the submission details for our Writers in Residence programme here:
You can find the submission details for our Writers in Residence programme here:
February 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Set your alarms! Our Writers in Residence submission window opens tomorrow (Monday 17th February) at 10am!
You can find the submission details for our Writers in Residence programme here:
You can find the submission details for our Writers in Residence programme here:
I’ve just ordered 2 books from bookshop.org because they support local bookshops PLUS 10% of sales goes @booktrust.org.uk in Feb PLUS I might win flowers!
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
February 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’ve just ordered 2 books from bookshop.org because they support local bookshops PLUS 10% of sales goes @booktrust.org.uk in Feb PLUS I might win flowers!
My new book is coming! Project Pony proofs are now out in the wilds. Look out for yours or review on @netgalley.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLitUK #ProjectPony 🐴🌧️🌈
February 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My new book is coming! Project Pony proofs are now out in the wilds. Look out for yours or review on @netgalley.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLitUK #ProjectPony 🐴🌧️🌈
January 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Uhoh. Jeff's throwing a tantrum. He wants better discounts from them.
You can still get Bloomsbury books from Bert's, though.
You can still get Bloomsbury books from Bert's, though.
Amazon UK has said that it will cease selling Bloomsbury’s print and e-books from midnight on 23rd January, saying negotiations between the giant retailer and the publisher had broken down 👇 #BookSky
www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...
Amazon UK to stop selling Bloomsbury's books
Amazon UK has said that it will cease selling Bloomsbury’s print and e-books from midnight on 23rd January.
www.thebookseller.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Uhoh. Jeff's throwing a tantrum. He wants better discounts from them.
You can still get Bloomsbury books from Bert's, though.
You can still get Bloomsbury books from Bert's, though.
Jo is an amazing supporter of #KidLitUK and the #WritingCommunity and an advocate for #ReadingForPleasure Her fourth book is OUT TODAY! Go get it for you and all the kids in your life #EgyptianEscapade @fireflypress.bsky.social
It's been a while, so I thought I'd do an intro. I'm the author of, The Travelling School Mysteries, book 4, Libby and the Egyptian Escapade is publishing Jan 25.
After 11 years working as a primary school librarian, I'm shortly off to work in a secondary school library.
Come say hi!
After 11 years working as a primary school librarian, I'm shortly off to work in a secondary school library.
Come say hi!
January 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Jo is an amazing supporter of #KidLitUK and the #WritingCommunity and an advocate for #ReadingForPleasure Her fourth book is OUT TODAY! Go get it for you and all the kids in your life #EgyptianEscapade @fireflypress.bsky.social
Morning! I’m reading 2 books - The Silence Project by Carole Hayley and Ghostlines by Katya Balen. You?
Monday and my holiday is over and back to work today, I've just finished reading all the River of London books and Graphic novels and still not decided what to read next, will choose on the bus to work.
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #MondayRead #AmReading #TBR
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #MondayRead #AmReading #TBR
January 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Morning! I’m reading 2 books - The Silence Project by Carole Hayley and Ghostlines by Katya Balen. You?
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We are so excited to be joined by Professor Robin Banerjee and poet Coral Rumble at the UKLA National Conference 2025: Exploring Literacy in an Ever-Changing World. Get your tickets now!
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/72859?
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/72859?
December 18, 2024 at 6:00 AM
We are so excited to be joined by Professor Robin Banerjee and poet Coral Rumble at the UKLA National Conference 2025: Exploring Literacy in an Ever-Changing World. Get your tickets now!
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/72859?
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/72859?
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CRONGTON is coming to the small screen and we are so excited!
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
December 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
CRONGTON is coming to the small screen and we are so excited!
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
The CBBC show is based on the wonderful series written by our charity's patron Alex Wheatle 🎉
Here's the trailer: buff.ly/3ZPhqDk
#ReadingForPleasure #Crongton
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Wishing you a joyous and peaceful festive season with lots of downtime to get through your TBR pile 🎄🌟📚
Thank you for all your support this year 🙏
The book baubles on our tree are books that can be read in our book clubs. Which titles can you spot? 🔎
#ReadingforPleasure #EduSky #KidLitUK
Thank you for all your support this year 🙏
The book baubles on our tree are books that can be read in our book clubs. Which titles can you spot? 🔎
#ReadingforPleasure #EduSky #KidLitUK
December 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Wishing you a joyous and peaceful festive season with lots of downtime to get through your TBR pile 🎄🌟📚
Thank you for all your support this year 🙏
The book baubles on our tree are books that can be read in our book clubs. Which titles can you spot? 🔎
#ReadingforPleasure #EduSky #KidLitUK
Thank you for all your support this year 🙏
The book baubles on our tree are books that can be read in our book clubs. Which titles can you spot? 🔎
#ReadingforPleasure #EduSky #KidLitUK
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A bumper middle grade episode now available. We talk to @devkothari.bsky.social about her debut Bringing Back Kay-Kay and to @louiestowell.bsky.social about Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Making Enemies the fourth book in the bestselling Loki series. #kidlitUK #RfP
December 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
A bumper middle grade episode now available. We talk to @devkothari.bsky.social about her debut Bringing Back Kay-Kay and to @louiestowell.bsky.social about Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Making Enemies the fourth book in the bestselling Loki series. #kidlitUK #RfP
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Day 23/24 of my diverse authored advent calendar is The Very Merry Murder Club Edited by @serenakpatel.bsky.social and @redbreastedbird.bsky.social 13 delightfully dark stories of murder and mystery from some of my favourite children’s authors. I love this anthology! #kidlituk
December 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Day 23/24 of my diverse authored advent calendar is The Very Merry Murder Club Edited by @serenakpatel.bsky.social and @redbreastedbird.bsky.social 13 delightfully dark stories of murder and mystery from some of my favourite children’s authors. I love this anthology! #kidlituk
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Unpublished writers of middle-grade and early teen fiction can enter to win £3000 and 9 months of mentoring and professional development from Hachette Children’s Group. Part of the Northern Writers’ Awards. Other prizes and awards on their site.
Please share
Please share
Enter - New Writing North
The Northern Writers’ Awards discover and support writers in the North of England, with a focus on supporting new work-in-progress.
newwritingnorth.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Day 19/24 of my diverse authored advent calendar is The Boy to Beat the Gods by @ashleythorpe.bsky.social. A determined boy who acquires the powers of the Orishas, a vengeful princess and a trickster god. Everything you want from a great fantasy adventure. #kidlituk
December 19, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Day 19/24 of my diverse authored advent calendar is The Boy to Beat the Gods by @ashleythorpe.bsky.social. A determined boy who acquires the powers of the Orishas, a vengeful princess and a trickster god. Everything you want from a great fantasy adventure. #kidlituk
Delighted have received ARC of @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social latest MG adventure that I remember her working on at our retreat. What a treat! #KidLitUK #Perks
December 18, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Delighted have received ARC of @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social latest MG adventure that I remember her working on at our retreat. What a treat! #KidLitUK #Perks
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The SoA has joined a new creative industries coalition calling on government to protect copyright in the face of generative AI.
See our three key principles and read more below.
#CreativeRightsInAI
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/16/c...
See our three key principles and read more below.
#CreativeRightsInAI
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/16/c...
societyofauthors.org
December 16, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The SoA has joined a new creative industries coalition calling on government to protect copyright in the face of generative AI.
See our three key principles and read more below.
#CreativeRightsInAI
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/16/c...
See our three key principles and read more below.
#CreativeRightsInAI
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/16/c...