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Tweets from the children's team on all our books from babies to teen!
Very excited to announce that 'There's a Tiger on the Train', by Mariesa Dulak and Rebecca Cobb, has been shortlisted for Children's Picture Book of the Year, in The Week Junior Book Awards 2025!🐯
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Margaret McDonald will be live with Scholastic Schools tomorrow morning, discussing her Carnegies shortlisted book, Glasgow Boys! Make sure to catch it at 10!🩵

shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegie...
April 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Happy #InternationalDanceDay 💃

Do you have any favourite children's books about dancers? Our reading pick for today is The Great Theatre Rescue by Judith Eagle.
April 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Happy publication day to the authors of Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods in Our Own Words!

Watch a selection of the contributors reading from their pieces here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ3D...
Introducing Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods in Our Own Words
YouTube video by Faber Books
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April 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A little shout out in Josie George's most recent Country Diary Column.

Follow Josie's path and see the world with new eyes with her book, Letters from Wonderland.

Out 5 June!🌸

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Watching bats until it’s too dark to see | Josie George
Stafford: On the top floor of a former shoe factory, the city reveals its wild side
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April 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🛡️🌳Skin of bark, soul of a hero🌳🛡️

This #EarthDay, we're excited to reveal the new paperback cover of Jed Greenleaf, an astonishing standalone adventure from @kieranlarwood.bsky.social, illustrated by David Wyatt.

Available to pre-order now.
April 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Bit of a mind blower being sent pictures of my book at the Bologna children's book fair 🫣

You can preorder it right now at www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-You-Ma...

#kidlit #childrensbook #book #booksky
April 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Calling all aspiring authors and illustrators of colour... the FAB Prize 2025 is now open for entries ✒️🎨

To enter and find out more: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-launches-2025-fab-prize-with-a-publishing-deal-for-the-winner/
April 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wonderland is waiting for you. And it needs you. 🌿

Signed copies of Letters from Wonderland by Josie George are available to pre-order now from @biggreenbooks.bsky.social.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
April 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Last night, we announced the winners of the Action! Prize on the Faber stand at Bologna. Congratulations to Theo Malings, who landed first place for her sensational YA sci-fi fantasy thriller, The Red Twilight 🏆

Read more here: www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
April 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are so excited to be publishing Max Porter's first book for children, Dogs and Bears, with artwork by Dorothée de Monfreid – coming next summer 🐶🐻

www.thebookseller.com/rights/faber...
Faber acquires Max Porter's first children's book in three-book deal
Faber has acquired Max Porter’s first children’s book in a three-book deal.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Introducing Letters from Wonderland by Josie George, with illustrations by Becky Thorns 🍃

See the world with new eyes and discover the confidence to forge your own path with this gorgeous book that’s part mystery, part guide, and part manifesto for hope.

Out 5 June 2025.
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ahead of paperback publication of Podkin and the Tentacled Terror this week, join author Kieran Larwood on a tour of key locations in the the World of Podkin One-Ear series 👇

www.faber.co.uk/journal/watc...
March 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Bookseller by day, author by... different day! Ahead of the release of The Notorious Virtues this Thursday, Alwyn Hamilton talks to @unitedbypop.bsky.social about her experience as both an author and @waterstones.bsky.social bookseller! www.unitedbypop.com/books/author...
Bookseller By Day, Author by… Different Day by Alwyn Hamilton - United By Pop
Alwyn Hamilton, author of the bestselling Rebel of the Sands and The Notorious Virtues discusses being both a bookseller and author.
www.unitedbypop.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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To celebrate the publication of addictive new #YAFantasy #TheNotoriousVirtues this week, we are thrilled to share an interview with author Alwyn Hamilton!

You can read the full interview free here: paperboundmag.com/2025/03/24/i...

Thanks to @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social 💜
March 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
‘These poems were originally written as a loving ode to my mum, celebrating her wonderful, fearless and unapologetic nature.’

Read an extract from Laura Dockrill’s new introduction to her book of poems celebrating the wonder of mothers, My Mum:

www.faber.co.uk/journal/extr...
March 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
'There are so many books about love and kindness in our market, but are there enough about violence?'

We are delighted to be publishing @juliangough.bsky.social and Ross Collins' hilarious picture book When Tad Kicked Vlad. Coming February 2026!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
March 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Last week #Carnegies2025 shortlistee Margaret McDonald joined BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland to talk about her book Glasgow Boys - described by Andrew O'Hagan as "tenderness itself" - and what the shortlisting means to her.
@faberchildrens.bsky.social

🎧 From 2:50:13 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Good Morning Scotland - 13/03/2025 - BBC Sounds
The latest news from home and abroad, along with sport, travel and weather updates.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We are so thrilled to see @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social's Glasgow Boys and @mariesadulak.bsky.social and @rebeccacobb.bsky.social's There's a Tiger on the Train on the UKLA Book Awards 2025 shortlist! 🎉@uklitassociation.bsky.social
It's here... The UKLA Book Awards 2025 Shortlist is now live! With so many powerful titles, this year's selection truly highlights the best of contemporary children's writing! Find out more here: buff.ly/KJtPJH0
#childrensbookawards #bookawards
March 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This September, prepare to sink your fangs into Dracula & Daughters, the first book in a gloriously gothic new adventure series from million-copy bestselling author Emma Carroll.

Cover Art by Alice Guidi.🦇

@emcarrollauthor.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Faber is looking to recruit a Publicity Manager on our Children’s team. Could it be you?

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for children’s books and connecting them to readers.

faber.co.uk/careers/childrens-publicity-manager/
March 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Debut author and #Carnegies2025 shortlistee Margaret McDonald joined Scotland Tonight last night to talk about her book Glasgow Boys and her Carnegie shortlisting.

@faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @cilipscotland.bsky.social

📽️ Watch from 16:32: player.stv.tv/episode/4pju...
March 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social who has been shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025 for her brilliant debut novel, Glasgow Boys 💙 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Are you ready to sink your fangs into something VERY exciting next Monday?
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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For #worldbookday I have dressed up as an autistic son of two librarians, who, after writing since he was a kid, is getting his first book published by @faberchildrens.bsky.social this year.

Preorder it at www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-You-Ma...

#kidlit #writer #magic #selfhelp #kidsbooks
March 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM