Sarah Hagger-Holt
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
Award-winning children's author and freelance writer/editor. School visits. Empathy Lab trained. She/her. www.sarahhaggerholt.com
November is Empathy Action Month - which means if you're a teacher, this is your chance to download free author videos (including mine!) and writing prompts to help your students grow their happiness through using their imaginations.
empathylab.uk/empathy-acti...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
November is Empathy Action Month - which means if you're a teacher, this is your chance to download free author videos (including mine!) and writing prompts to help your students grow their happiness through using their imaginations.
empathylab.uk/empathy-acti...
empathylab.uk/empathy-acti...
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To aid folks in their ongoing education regarding the nature of book bans and censorship this #BannedBooksWeek (and beyond), we’re giving away a bundle of nonfiction and fiction books about the ongoing fight against book bans!
Check out our post on Instagram to enter ⬇️
📷 bit.ly/47dZjvJ
Check out our post on Instagram to enter ⬇️
📷 bit.ly/47dZjvJ
October 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
To aid folks in their ongoing education regarding the nature of book bans and censorship this #BannedBooksWeek (and beyond), we’re giving away a bundle of nonfiction and fiction books about the ongoing fight against book bans!
Check out our post on Instagram to enter ⬇️
📷 bit.ly/47dZjvJ
Check out our post on Instagram to enter ⬇️
📷 bit.ly/47dZjvJ
In my local area, faith groups have supported each other after last week's attack in Manchester. This is how we stay strong. Fellow @littlerebsprize.bsky.social winner AM Dassu's 'Fight Back' shows this in action. DM me if you know a school/youth group who could use a copy, I'd love to buy them one.
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In my local area, faith groups have supported each other after last week's attack in Manchester. This is how we stay strong. Fellow @littlerebsprize.bsky.social winner AM Dassu's 'Fight Back' shows this in action. DM me if you know a school/youth group who could use a copy, I'd love to buy them one.
Now feels like a good time to mention that I do school visits! www.sarahhaggerholt.com/author-visits
Author visits | Sarah Hagger-Holt
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October 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Now feels like a good time to mention that I do school visits! www.sarahhaggerholt.com/author-visits
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🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
…a little thread on why this book matters so much ⬇️
🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
…a little thread on why this book matters so much ⬇️
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
…a little thread on why this book matters so much ⬇️
🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
…a little thread on why this book matters so much ⬇️
It was such a joy yesterday to see my book 'The Fights That Make Us' win the Little Rebels Award. I hope it can help inspire, encourage and empower all us - old and young rebels alike - to carry on fighting for equality.
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It was such a joy yesterday to see my book 'The Fights That Make Us' win the Little Rebels Award. I hope it can help inspire, encourage and empower all us - old and young rebels alike - to carry on fighting for equality.
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10. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫:
“the parallel texts are a great mechanism”
“It really shows what it’s like to be non-binary in a school setting”
Judges @chrishaughton.bsky.social & @soofiya.bsky.social The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
“the parallel texts are a great mechanism”
“It really shows what it’s like to be non-binary in a school setting”
Judges @chrishaughton.bsky.social & @soofiya.bsky.social The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
September 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
10. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫:
“the parallel texts are a great mechanism”
“It really shows what it’s like to be non-binary in a school setting”
Judges @chrishaughton.bsky.social & @soofiya.bsky.social The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
“the parallel texts are a great mechanism”
“It really shows what it’s like to be non-binary in a school setting”
Judges @chrishaughton.bsky.social & @soofiya.bsky.social The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
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4. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫:
“Very accomplished and proficient…I want to see this in schools..It’s not just about LGBT rights but the need to fight. It’s an ongoing process”
Judge @alomshaha.bsky.social on The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
“Very accomplished and proficient…I want to see this in schools..It’s not just about LGBT rights but the need to fight. It’s an ongoing process”
Judge @alomshaha.bsky.social on The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
September 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
4. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫:
“Very accomplished and proficient…I want to see this in schools..It’s not just about LGBT rights but the need to fight. It’s an ongoing process”
Judge @alomshaha.bsky.social on The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
“Very accomplished and proficient…I want to see this in schools..It’s not just about LGBT rights but the need to fight. It’s an ongoing process”
Judge @alomshaha.bsky.social on The Fights That Make Us.
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
#UKKidLit
🌈 Thank you to @thediversebookawards for longlisting 'The Fights That Make Us'.
It's such a joy to see my story about campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights and equality in the 80s and today touching people's hearts and reaching new audiences.
It's such a joy to see my story about campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights and equality in the 80s and today touching people's hearts and reaching new audiences.
July 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🌈 Thank you to @thediversebookawards for longlisting 'The Fights That Make Us'.
It's such a joy to see my story about campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights and equality in the 80s and today touching people's hearts and reaching new audiences.
It's such a joy to see my story about campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights and equality in the 80s and today touching people's hearts and reaching new audiences.
I am so delighted to be shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award again this year, alongside this stellar line up of stories.
If the world needs anything right now, it needs little (and big) rebels, learning from our history to imagine different, better, flourishing futures.
If the world needs anything right now, it needs little (and big) rebels, learning from our history to imagine different, better, flourishing futures.
July 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am so delighted to be shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award again this year, alongside this stellar line up of stories.
If the world needs anything right now, it needs little (and big) rebels, learning from our history to imagine different, better, flourishing futures.
If the world needs anything right now, it needs little (and big) rebels, learning from our history to imagine different, better, flourishing futures.
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🌈 Book 21 for #PrideMonth: The Fights That Make Us by @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social 🧡✊ A powerful and hopeful story about friendship, activism, and standing up for what’s right—perfect for tweens & teens navigating identity and change. 📚🏳️🌈 @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🌈 Book 21 for #PrideMonth: The Fights That Make Us by @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social 🧡✊ A powerful and hopeful story about friendship, activism, and standing up for what’s right—perfect for tweens & teens navigating identity and change. 📚🏳️🌈 @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
I've been out and about in schools this Pride month, sharing stories and celebrating diversity! Thank you to Flora Stevenson school (pictured on this lovely mug) for inviting me all the way to Edinburgh. With events in Salford, Manchester & London still to come, it's nice to be home for a breather.
June 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I've been out and about in schools this Pride month, sharing stories and celebrating diversity! Thank you to Flora Stevenson school (pictured on this lovely mug) for inviting me all the way to Edinburgh. With events in Salford, Manchester & London still to come, it's nice to be home for a breather.
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Happy #PrideMonth ! We're going to be giving suggestions of great books you could read this month starting with Nothing Ever Happens Here @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social , we're sure you will enjoy it! You can find out more about Sarah's writing & book her here: authorsalouduk.co.uk/speaker/sara...
June 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy #PrideMonth ! We're going to be giving suggestions of great books you could read this month starting with Nothing Ever Happens Here @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social , we're sure you will enjoy it! You can find out more about Sarah's writing & book her here: authorsalouduk.co.uk/speaker/sara...
Sometimes you discover a book so wonderful that you want to get everyone you know to read it. The Line They Drew Through Us is one of those books. Hiba Noor Khan has taken the pain of Partition & created a story full of warmth, honesty and love. It couldn't be more relevant. I learnt so much.
May 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sometimes you discover a book so wonderful that you want to get everyone you know to read it. The Line They Drew Through Us is one of those books. Hiba Noor Khan has taken the pain of Partition & created a story full of warmth, honesty and love. It couldn't be more relevant. I learnt so much.
I couldn't be happier than to be shortlisted for this award for historical books for children & young people. Telling and celebrating and learning from LGBTQ+ history is such a crucial tool to help us respond to what's happening in the world right now 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Young Quills shortlist for 2025
www.history.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I couldn't be happier than to be shortlisted for this award for historical books for children & young people. Telling and celebrating and learning from LGBTQ+ history is such a crucial tool to help us respond to what's happening in the world right now 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Take on an empathy challenge with me and Ashley Hickson-Lovence for this year's #Empathy Festival. Free resources, including our video, from empathylab.uk
May 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Take on an empathy challenge with me and Ashley Hickson-Lovence for this year's #Empathy Festival. Free resources, including our video, from empathylab.uk
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The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
May 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 So delighted to see 'Fights That Make Us' on this list and congratulations to all the longlisted authors and illustrators!
📣We’re so proud to run the #LittleRebelsAward for Radical Children’s Fiction alongside @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
And we’ve just announced the ⭐️2025 Longlist⭐️
13 books for readers aged 0-12 which centre social justice with empathy, urgency and-very often-joy!
🩵🩷🧡
#LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025
And we’ve just announced the ⭐️2025 Longlist⭐️
13 books for readers aged 0-12 which centre social justice with empathy, urgency and-very often-joy!
🩵🩷🧡
#LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025
May 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 So delighted to see 'Fights That Make Us' on this list and congratulations to all the longlisted authors and illustrators!
Less than a month until Empathy Day from @empathylabuk.bsky.social and, blimey, what the world needs right now is an empathy revolution!
Register NOW for these free resources (including on The Fights That Make Us) for families, schools, libraries, bookshops...
empathylab.uk/empathy-day/
Register NOW for these free resources (including on The Fights That Make Us) for families, schools, libraries, bookshops...
empathylab.uk/empathy-day/
Empathy Day and Empathy Festival
Introducing Empathy Day Festival 2025 Register NOW! A ten-day nationwide festival from 2-12 June 2025, culminating in Empathy Day itself on 12 June. This extended national campaign will provide you…
empathylab.uk
May 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Less than a month until Empathy Day from @empathylabuk.bsky.social and, blimey, what the world needs right now is an empathy revolution!
Register NOW for these free resources (including on The Fights That Make Us) for families, schools, libraries, bookshops...
empathylab.uk/empathy-day/
Register NOW for these free resources (including on The Fights That Make Us) for families, schools, libraries, bookshops...
empathylab.uk/empathy-day/
I'm so looking forward to taking part in #EmpathyDayFestival - it's happening in June, but now is the time to register for schools, households and groups to register for free and fabulous resources ⬇
April 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm so looking forward to taking part in #EmpathyDayFestival - it's happening in June, but now is the time to register for schools, households and groups to register for free and fabulous resources ⬇
I didn't know this! Let's celebrate these women!
Once more with feeling: the govt does not do this out of goodwill. PLR was organised, agitated for & activated by Maureen Duffy and Brigid Brophy. Borrow their books, especially Maureen's, and give them their 💐
Happy PLR Day to everyone who celebrates! And readers, remember that not only do libraries give you access to a wide selection of books for free, the Government also pays authors a small sum for every time one of their books is borrowed from a public library... #ThisWritingLife
January 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I didn't know this! Let's celebrate these women!
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PLR is the money writers and illustrators get when their work is borrowed from libraries and it's one reason we love libraries so much. Please use your nearest library with abandon! And thank you @britishlibrary.bsky.social for administering it. Every year it makes a huge difference to many of us.
January 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
PLR is the money writers and illustrators get when their work is borrowed from libraries and it's one reason we love libraries so much. Please use your nearest library with abandon! And thank you @britishlibrary.bsky.social for administering it. Every year it makes a huge difference to many of us.
Happy, happy PLR day! And thank you to everyone who borrows books from public libraries. It's so heart-warming to see how many people borrowed my books in the last year, I hope you got at least 11.8p of enjoyment out of each loan!
January 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy, happy PLR day! And thank you to everyone who borrows books from public libraries. It's so heart-warming to see how many people borrowed my books in the last year, I hope you got at least 11.8p of enjoyment out of each loan!
Right now feels like an important time to be remembering the history of past struggles for LGBT+ rights and to get inspired for the future. I'm chuffed that The Fights That Make Us is on this list of top LGBTQ+ Historial Novels.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Ahead of LGBT History Month, take a look at @whusseyauthor.bsky.social's Top 5 Historical LGBTQ+ Novels on the @waterstones.bsky.social blog!
www.waterstones.com/blog/william... @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
www.waterstones.com/blog/william... @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
William Hussey Shares His Top 5 Historical LGBTQ+ Novels | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
The author of luminous new WWI romance The Boy I Love shares his favourite historical LGBTQ+ reads.
www.waterstones.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Right now feels like an important time to be remembering the history of past struggles for LGBT+ rights and to get inspired for the future. I'm chuffed that The Fights That Make Us is on this list of top LGBTQ+ Historial Novels.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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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.
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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.
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December 18, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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.
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