Louie Stowell
@louiestowell.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
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Louie Stowell
@louiestowell.bsky.social
· Mar 30
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I have a newsletter! If you'd like to keep up to date on my books, events, news, book-themed activities for kids and occasional Doctor Who and other fandom thoughts, sign up here! louiestowell.substack.com #KidLitUK
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I know I know some people here who are in the garden / landscape design business. Do I know anyone doing that sort of work covering North Cornwall or can you recommend someone here?
I need some rescue work (clearing & sorting out) but also longer term some design advice.
I need some rescue work (clearing & sorting out) but also longer term some design advice.
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I know I know some people here who are in the garden / landscape design business. Do I know anyone doing that sort of work covering North Cornwall or can you recommend someone here?
I need some rescue work (clearing & sorting out) but also longer term some design advice.
I need some rescue work (clearing & sorting out) but also longer term some design advice.
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As it’s Half Term - let’s do a #SundayMorningBookChat in honour of #TheYearOfReading I am writing a monthly blog with recommendations, teacher tips and genre spotlight. This month its murder mystery… what are your favourites? Heres the blog to check out. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/t...
The Year of Reading – February
As we have now embarked on ‘The Year of Reading’ for 2026, I felt compelled to add something (hopefully of value) to the conversation each month. A mixture of recommendations, genre foc…
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February 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
As it’s Half Term - let’s do a #SundayMorningBookChat in honour of #TheYearOfReading I am writing a monthly blog with recommendations, teacher tips and genre spotlight. This month its murder mystery… what are your favourites? Heres the blog to check out. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/t...
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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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If the people who made THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS can recognise it as transphobic, so can you www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
‘Silence of the Lambs’ Team Reckons With Transphobia Criticism: “There’s Regret”
As the hit movie turns 35, Ted Levine opens up to The Hollywood Reporter about complicated feelings over playing Buffalo Bill and the representation of gender: "It's unfortunate that the film vilified...
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February 15, 2026 at 6:26 AM
If the people who made THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS can recognise it as transphobic, so can you www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
My first thought was that it was Bastet DOING the burgling.
Alleged cat burglar arrested after priceless Egyptian artefacts taken in Queensland museum heist
Alleged cat burglar arrested after priceless Egyptian artefacts taken in Queensland museum heist
Man charged after 2,600-year-old cat sculpture, mummy mask and necklace stolen from Caboolture museum
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Queensland police have arrested a man accused of staging a brazen cat burglary of priceless Egyptian artefacts from a museum in Caboolture, north of Brisbane.
The man, 52, of no fixed address, was arrested on Russell Island in Moreton Bay on Saturday evening, after police allegedly found most of the stolen artefacts in a camper van parked at a ferry terminal. Continue reading...
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February 15, 2026 at 6:45 AM
My first thought was that it was Bastet DOING the burgling.
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Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
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No Country in the Phoenix? I read it ages ago so can't remember the exact issues in it but found it terrifying.
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No Country by Patrice Aggs and Joe Brady - The Phoenix Comic Shop
No Country by Patrice Aggs and Joe Brady, available from The Phoenix shop! What would you do if your home wasn't safe any more? Bea and her family are trying to live as if everything is normal.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
No Country in the Phoenix? I read it ages ago so can't remember the exact issues in it but found it terrifying.
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I've been doing some thinking about middle grade and chapter books and humour, and what TYPES of humour you see in them. This is wholly unscientific and I already disagree with myself on where I've put books but....in case it nudges owt loose in your brain, here! #UKKidLit #KidLitUK
February 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Same. But completely uninterested in dystopia / post-apocalyptic stuff now I have my own children and don’t actually want to think about such worlds when it feels like we are so perilously close to them in reality.
February 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Same. But completely uninterested in dystopia / post-apocalyptic stuff now I have my own children and don’t actually want to think about such worlds when it feels like we are so perilously close to them in reality.
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Ever grateful to people who can remember the books they read a year or more ago...
Ah also alt.present but TYGER too! 21st century British Empire, checkpoints, cages, mob violence, state violence...
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Ever grateful to people who can remember the books they read a year or more ago...
YES THIS WHY COULD I NOT REMEBMER THIS!
Phoenix by SF Said! The government is in the future & in space but still...
February 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
YES THIS WHY COULD I NOT REMEBMER THIS!
Question raised in this thread...I mean raised by me but thru discussion: Can anyone think of any UK sci fi middle grade dealing in government racism/immigration? #UKKidLit
I grew up on nuclear war/general nuclear horror books, from When the Wind Blows and 2000AD cursed earth stories to Space Hostages. I assume the current generation have climate change books in that same headspace? Or is fascism the more existential fear for 8 year olds? #KidLitUK
Books for children, teens & teachers about nuclear war and survival including titles by David McKee, Emma Carroll, David Almond, Kerry Drewery, Robert Swindells, Judith Loske, Raymond Briggs, Nevil Shute & Annie Jacobsen. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/nucle... #teachersofX #kidlit
February 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Question raised in this thread...I mean raised by me but thru discussion: Can anyone think of any UK sci fi middle grade dealing in government racism/immigration? #UKKidLit
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Oooh had this conversation the other day . I think our existential fear at such young ages has made a lot of us avoid giving 8 year olds the same access to the books /films that fuel those very detailed fears ! Allow them a few more years.
February 14, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Oooh had this conversation the other day . I think our existential fear at such young ages has made a lot of us avoid giving 8 year olds the same access to the books /films that fuel those very detailed fears ! Allow them a few more years.
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*austin powers voice*
Do I make you Ayn Randy baby, do I?
Do I make you Ayn Randy baby, do I?
can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
*austin powers voice*
Do I make you Ayn Randy baby, do I?
Do I make you Ayn Randy baby, do I?
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We always knew this would be a long and hard fight. We are going nowhere.
We will fight until the battle is won:
https://goodlaw.social/m3oe
We will fight until the battle is won:
https://goodlaw.social/m3oe
Help us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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February 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
We always knew this would be a long and hard fight. We are going nowhere.
We will fight until the battle is won:
https://goodlaw.social/m3oe
We will fight until the battle is won:
https://goodlaw.social/m3oe
I grew up on nuclear war/general nuclear horror books, from When the Wind Blows and 2000AD cursed earth stories to Space Hostages. I assume the current generation have climate change books in that same headspace? Or is fascism the more existential fear for 8 year olds? #KidLitUK
Books for children, teens & teachers about nuclear war and survival including titles by David McKee, Emma Carroll, David Almond, Kerry Drewery, Robert Swindells, Judith Loske, Raymond Briggs, Nevil Shute & Annie Jacobsen. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/nucle... #teachersofX #kidlit
Nuclear war and survival books for children and teens
Nuclear war and survival books for children and teens with titles by Sandra Moore, David McKee, Emma Carroll, David Almond & more.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I grew up on nuclear war/general nuclear horror books, from When the Wind Blows and 2000AD cursed earth stories to Space Hostages. I assume the current generation have climate change books in that same headspace? Or is fascism the more existential fear for 8 year olds? #KidLitUK
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If you’re affected by the High Court’s decision this week, you're not alone and we stand with you 💜
Here are some resources for our trans friends and allies 👇
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Here are some resources for our trans friends and allies 👇
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
If you’re affected by the High Court’s decision this week, you're not alone and we stand with you 💜
Here are some resources for our trans friends and allies 👇
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Here are some resources for our trans friends and allies 👇
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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Went into the Orcadian Bookshop today & picked up all bar one of #WorldBookDay collection available in Scotland 🤩 so excited for our Reading Leadership Group to get stuck into these & promote them ahead of #WBD #ReadingSchools #ReadingForPleasure #Orkney #UKKidLit @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Went into the Orcadian Bookshop today & picked up all bar one of #WorldBookDay collection available in Scotland 🤩 so excited for our Reading Leadership Group to get stuck into these & promote them ahead of #WBD #ReadingSchools #ReadingForPleasure #Orkney #UKKidLit @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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The Scottish Government has published updated statutory RSHP guidance for all schools in Scotland.
It strengthens learning around consent, online harms, safeguarding, and LGBT inclusion.
We’ve produced a clear and factual explainer outlining what it means in practice for schools.
It strengthens learning around consent, online harms, safeguarding, and LGBT inclusion.
We’ve produced a clear and factual explainer outlining what it means in practice for schools.
What does the RSHP guidance update mean?
The Scottish Government has published updated statutory Guidance on the Delivery of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) Education in Scottish Schools. %
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February 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The Scottish Government has published updated statutory RSHP guidance for all schools in Scotland.
It strengthens learning around consent, online harms, safeguarding, and LGBT inclusion.
We’ve produced a clear and factual explainer outlining what it means in practice for schools.
It strengthens learning around consent, online harms, safeguarding, and LGBT inclusion.
We’ve produced a clear and factual explainer outlining what it means in practice for schools.
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The one student of mine that I thought I’d never be able to make a connection with actually reached out to me completely out of the blue yesterday to have a look at and give some feedback on something they’re working on. I’m not going to lie, it felt f***ing great.
February 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The one student of mine that I thought I’d never be able to make a connection with actually reached out to me completely out of the blue yesterday to have a look at and give some feedback on something they’re working on. I’m not going to lie, it felt f***ing great.
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Right now—it’s is cold and dark and raining outside and there is so much that is wrong in this beautiful world…but right now I have a warm fire, my cats are here, and I have lovely friends who I care about and who care about me—and my family are all adorable
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Right now—it’s is cold and dark and raining outside and there is so much that is wrong in this beautiful world…but right now I have a warm fire, my cats are here, and I have lovely friends who I care about and who care about me—and my family are all adorable
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I started listening to audiodrama Midnight Burger, and I love it so much. It’s about a magic diner that moves around in space and time and has adventures.
February 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I started listening to audiodrama Midnight Burger, and I love it so much. It’s about a magic diner that moves around in space and time and has adventures.
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It's a-getting closer. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
February 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
It's a-getting closer. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
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This is the link to the consultation on the changes to KCSIE. Let's flood the consultation with responses pointing out why it's so problematic and will make children and young people less safe. I started teaching when section 28 was still in place. Not again!
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Keeping children safe in education: 2026 proposed revisions
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
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February 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This is the link to the consultation on the changes to KCSIE. Let's flood the consultation with responses pointing out why it's so problematic and will make children and young people less safe. I started teaching when section 28 was still in place. Not again!
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...