Following the ceremony, we are proud to celebrate that The Poisoned King 🦁 by Katherine Rundell is the WINNER of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2025.

Thank you so much to the booksellers who shortlisted this title and to the wonderful readers who voted. 📚

Join Amber Hamilton in Waterstones Arndale for a Romantasy panel along with M.A Kuzniar and Emma Hinds. Get ready to talk all things fantasy, magic, world building, queerness - and of course, romance! 🔮🌈💖

It's a night that you won't want to miss.

🎟️: https://bit.ly/4n79erT

Looking for something for the kids this half-term? Come join author and illustrator Sheena Dempsey in Lancashire and time-travelling penguins, Pablo and Splash 🐧, in a fun-filled session with behind the scenes insight on how Sheena makes her books!

🎟️: https://bit.ly/4n9gOST

Delighted that the Booker Prize have launched the Children's Booker Prize! The judging panel will also include children, with a commitment to donating 30,000 copies of the shortlisted titles. 🏆 📚

Join Amber Hamilton in Waterstones Arndale for a Romantasy panel along with M.A Kuzniar and Emma Hinds. Get ready to talk all things fantasy, magic, world building, queerness - and of course, romance! 🔮🌈💖

It's a night that you won't want to miss.

🎟️: https://bit.ly/4n79erT

Author and Illustrator Sheena Dempsey will be in Huntington this half term with time-travelling penguins, Pablo and Splash🐧, for an interactive, creative event for young readers!

Don't miss out on finding out the behind the scenes of this bestselling graphic novel series!

🎟️: https://bit.ly/3J4UFXG

Get your kids in Lincolnshire excited to read this half-term with Sheena Dempsey and her time-travelling penguins, Pablo and Splash! 🐧🐧

Join Sheena for fun drawalongs and behind the scenes in this bestselling graphic novel series!

🎟️: https://bit.ly/4h7fZZb

Looking for something for the kids this half-term? Come join author and illustrator Sheena Dempsey in Lancashire and time-travelling penguins, Pablo and Splash 🐧, in a fun-filled session with behind the scenes insight on how Sheena makes her books!

🎟️: https://bit.ly/4n9gOST

Author and Illustrator Sheena Dempsey will be in Huntington this half term with time-travelling penguins, Pablo and Splash🐧, for an interactive, creative event for young readers!

Don't miss out on finding out the behind the scenes of this bestselling graphic novel series!

🎟️: https://bit.ly/3J4UFXG

Get your kids in Lincolnshire excited to read this half-term with Sheena Dempsey and her time-travelling penguins, Pablo and Splash! 🐧🐧

Join Sheena for fun drawalongs and behind the scenes in this bestselling graphic novel series!

🎟️: https://bit.ly/4h7fZZb

Impossibly wonderful news - Disney have acquired the film rights for Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures!
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-acquires-rights-impossible-creatures/

New friends will be joining the POCKET POTTERS series in 2026! POCKET POTTERS are collectable mini-guides, packed with facts, quotes and joyful illustrations.
Harry, Ron and Hermione: out now
Luna and Dumbledore: February 2026
Hagrid and Dobby: August 2026

Newly published! 🐳
To celebrate I'm giving away 3 of these paperbacks, signed and doodled in. Please...

LIKE 🐚 COMMENT 🐚 SHARE 🐚 FOLLOW

Winners will be randomly selected on Friday at 19.00 GMT. Good luck! 🐬

#bookgiveaway #Competition #Giveaway #childrensbooks

@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Happy World Book Day 🥳📚

We, the Bloomsbury Children’s Team, do everything we can (sometimes even ‘silly’ social media posts) to encourage children to read for pleasure.

Happy World Book Day to all witches and wizards!
📚⚡️📖

Today, Thursday 6th March, we celebrate World Book Day.

Wishing our loveable Quidditch King, Ron Weasley, a very happy birthday and we hope he has a fantastic birthday breakfast!
🧡🦁🧶🎂🍫🍬🍳🍽️

POCKET POTTERS: Little Guides to the Harry Potter Stories coming 26th August!

Don’t miss the BIG BOOK GIVEAWAY FOR WORLD BOOK DAY on our Bloomsbury Children’s Instagram📚💚

You could win an upcycled, pop-up library FILLED with our brilliant books for YOUR CHOSEN LOCATION - a school, community centre, club or similar*

www.instagram.com/reel/DGin8PAqC8Q/?igsh=MWsxY3U2MHJvNnM1aA

THE POISONED KING, the dazzling sequel to Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures, winner of the 2023 Waterstones Book of the Year.

Pre-order your Signed Exclusive Edition from Waterstones today.

Cover illustration by Daniel Egnéus.

💭🩵📖
Let’s say we were to have a blue-sky thinking meeting together, here over a cup of tea ☕️ 🫖

(brainstorm ideas and participants are encouraged to let their imagination run free)

What can we do to encourage more children to read for pleasure in 2025?

Let us know your blue-sky thoughts!

💭🩵📖