Imogen Russell Williams
@imogenrw.bsky.social
Kids’ book critic, esp for The Guardian
I feel today it should he the coolest books to read now 😮💨 www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I feel today it should he the coolest books to read now 😮💨 www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
Super happy to be returning as a #BritishBookAwards judge for Children’s Non-Fiction! What a stellar line-up of judges for all the awards - www.thebookseller.com/nibbies @the-bookseller.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Super happy to be returning as a #BritishBookAwards judge for Children’s Non-Fiction! What a stellar line-up of judges for all the awards - www.thebookseller.com/nibbies @the-bookseller.bsky.social
Jan roundup! Glorious books from @swapnahaddow.bluesky.social @mglnrd.bluesky.social @lawrencepatrice.bluesky.social @alicenuttallbooks.bluesky.social @whusseyauthor.bluesky.social @madelineclaire.bluesky.social and many more
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Animal magic, little dinosaurs, dangerous strangers, death-flies and zombies, four lost girls who live wild in the woods and more
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Jan roundup! Glorious books from @swapnahaddow.bluesky.social @mglnrd.bluesky.social @lawrencepatrice.bluesky.social @alicenuttallbooks.bluesky.social @whusseyauthor.bluesky.social @madelineclaire.bluesky.social and many more
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Reposted by Imogen Russell Williams
Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford & her editor Wendy Boase, the #BranfordBoaseAward is given annually to author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children. Discover the books up for this year's award #KidLit branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-longlist/
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford & her editor Wendy Boase, the #BranfordBoaseAward is given annually to author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children. Discover the books up for this year's award #KidLit branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-longlist/
What my 98yo grandma is reading
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social. (It’s true what they say, YA readers are getting older…)
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social. (It’s true what they say, YA readers are getting older…)
January 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What my 98yo grandma is reading
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social. (It’s true what they say, YA readers are getting older…)
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social. (It’s true what they say, YA readers are getting older…)
Last kids roundup of 2024 - gorgeous 📚 from @karlnewson.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @martinimpey.bsky.social @hilarymckay.bsky.social @anjasusanj.bsky.social @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social @andy-p.bsky.social and more ✨ www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Sibling rivalry, a massive shark, anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, a brilliant romcom, and a tale of power and betrayal
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Last kids roundup of 2024 - gorgeous 📚 from @karlnewson.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @martinimpey.bsky.social @hilarymckay.bsky.social @anjasusanj.bsky.social @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social @andy-p.bsky.social and more ✨ www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
Super late but here’s the link to my Christmassy Guardian round-up - some books for children and teenagers I especially enjoyed this year: www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
The best children’s books of 2024
Get lost in a fox’s quest; plus snowman magic, a wily genie and cookery from around the world
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Super late but here’s the link to my Christmassy Guardian round-up - some books for children and teenagers I especially enjoyed this year: www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
Here’s my November kids/YA round-up!
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A sensational sleigh ride; joyous poetry; amazing animals; a sinister seaside town; a deadly forest; a thrilling heist and more
I Am Cat by Jackie Morris, Otter-Barry, £20
A ginger cat curls up “ammonite tight” and dreams of ranging the Earth as tiger,…
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Here’s my November kids/YA round-up!
November kids and YA Guardian column. Head start on Christmas shopping for kids/teens who like books (or maybe haven’t met the book for them yet?) www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A poetic Advent calendar, warming words from Neil Gaiman, a magnificent menagerie and a sinister secret Santa
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2023 at 1:27 PM
November kids and YA Guardian column. Head start on Christmas shopping for kids/teens who like books (or maybe haven’t met the book for them yet?) www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
Yet AGAIN I forgot to take photos, but have successfully given away two huge boxes of books in the time it took to distribute a basket of sweets. Neighbourhood kids now often chat to me about the books they got last Halloween - and jump up and down screaming over esp choice finds! 🎃 📚 🍭
October 31, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Yet AGAIN I forgot to take photos, but have successfully given away two huge boxes of books in the time it took to distribute a basket of sweets. Neighbourhood kids now often chat to me about the books they got last Halloween - and jump up and down screaming over esp choice finds! 🎃 📚 🍭
Hello hello! Here are some glorious October books for children and teenagers, featuring dogs, Death, pink-cheeked vampires, hummingbird drones, family secrets and coming to terms with painful change. The quality of writing for kids is SO HIGH at present - winnowing the post is almost impossible!
Children’s and teens’ roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A celebration of family; a guide to animal languages; Stonehenge spells; classroom crises; and dreams of becoming an alchemist
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Hello hello! Here are some glorious October books for children and teenagers, featuring dogs, Death, pink-cheeked vampires, hummingbird drones, family secrets and coming to terms with painful change. The quality of writing for kids is SO HIGH at present - winnowing the post is almost impossible!