Sarah Harrison
@sarahharrison.bsky.social
Children's author from Lancashire.
School of Doom out now! @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Terry Pratchett fan. Owned by cats and dogs.
Agent: Louise Lamont at LBA Books.
https://linktr.ee/sarahharrisonauthor
School of Doom out now! @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
Terry Pratchett fan. Owned by cats and dogs.
Agent: Louise Lamont at LBA Books.
https://linktr.ee/sarahharrisonauthor
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Sarah Harrison
@sarahharrison.bsky.social
· Mar 13
IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
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The Largest & Best Online Signed & Dedicated Book Auction in the Whole Wide World 👇
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#ChildreninRead #ChildreninNeed
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Largest & Best Online Signed & Dedicated Book Auction in the Whole Wide World 👇
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#ChildreninRead #ChildreninNeed
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Things I'd like the judges to look for: books that break the mould and do surprising things with form, books that challenge expectations and kick against the pricks generally, books that bring kids pure joy and excitement. Books kids act out in games. Books kids create fanart and fanfic of.
My good news has just come in! LOOK AT THIS! So pleased to see this! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Things I'd like the judges to look for: books that break the mould and do surprising things with form, books that challenge expectations and kick against the pricks generally, books that bring kids pure joy and excitement. Books kids act out in games. Books kids create fanart and fanfic of.
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I have trans women friends who’ve been living authentically for decades - how are they going to start using the gents?
I have a tall cis female friend who’s now scared to use ladies loos because she’s been harassed several times.
This code is both cruel and unworkable.
Please write to your MP.
I have a tall cis female friend who’s now scared to use ladies loos because she’s been harassed several times.
This code is both cruel and unworkable.
Please write to your MP.
🚨This is an emergency🚨
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
October 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I have trans women friends who’ve been living authentically for decades - how are they going to start using the gents?
I have a tall cis female friend who’s now scared to use ladies loos because she’s been harassed several times.
This code is both cruel and unworkable.
Please write to your MP.
I have a tall cis female friend who’s now scared to use ladies loos because she’s been harassed several times.
This code is both cruel and unworkable.
Please write to your MP.
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We counted at least a dozen times Sarah
@sarahharrison.bsky.social was in and out of that chair!
The least you can do is visit her lot on the auction site.
👇
jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
All proceeds are in aid of BBC Children in Need
HAPPY BIDDING!
@sarahharrison.bsky.social was in and out of that chair!
The least you can do is visit her lot on the auction site.
👇
jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
All proceeds are in aid of BBC Children in Need
HAPPY BIDDING!
October 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We counted at least a dozen times Sarah
@sarahharrison.bsky.social was in and out of that chair!
The least you can do is visit her lot on the auction site.
👇
jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
All proceeds are in aid of BBC Children in Need
HAPPY BIDDING!
@sarahharrison.bsky.social was in and out of that chair!
The least you can do is visit her lot on the auction site.
👇
jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
All proceeds are in aid of BBC Children in Need
HAPPY BIDDING!
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I caught up with @sarahharrison.bsky.social for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Words&Pics about #schoolofdoom! She had a long road to publication until winning the Times/Chicken House prize. Her advice is spot on to new writers: "be authentic...be witty, silly, strange, clever, just be you"!
DEBUT JOURNEYS Sarah Harrison
Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.
www.wordsandpics.org
July 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I caught up with @sarahharrison.bsky.social for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Words&Pics about #schoolofdoom! She had a long road to publication until winning the Times/Chicken House prize. Her advice is spot on to new writers: "be authentic...be witty, silly, strange, clever, just be you"!
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Mix & Match 17 - another mix of mini review appetisers with a Bella Donna Daiquiri 📚🍸
#Booktails #TheLastLifeOfLoriMills #SchoolOfDoom
#ToshsIsland #EttieAndTheMidnightPool
#WendingtonJonesAndTheLostLegacy #blog #review #cocktail
#Booktails #TheLastLifeOfLoriMills #SchoolOfDoom
#ToshsIsland #EttieAndTheMidnightPool
#WendingtonJonesAndTheLostLegacy #blog #review #cocktail
Booktails
Mix & Match 17 This cocktail sounded delicious and I had a craving for amaretto so it was obviously meant to be. To make a Bella Donna Daiqu...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Mix & Match 17 - another mix of mini review appetisers with a Bella Donna Daiquiri 📚🍸
#Booktails #TheLastLifeOfLoriMills #SchoolOfDoom
#ToshsIsland #EttieAndTheMidnightPool
#WendingtonJonesAndTheLostLegacy #blog #review #cocktail
#Booktails #TheLastLifeOfLoriMills #SchoolOfDoom
#ToshsIsland #EttieAndTheMidnightPool
#WendingtonJonesAndTheLostLegacy #blog #review #cocktail
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This is a one-night event but is viewable on a livestream (or for two weeks after the performance) and is a fundraiser for a UK trans charity.
The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
www.attitude.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is a one-night event but is viewable on a livestream (or for two weeks after the performance) and is a fundraiser for a UK trans charity.
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School of Doom by Sarah Harrison myshelvesarefull.com/2025/03/17/s...
School of Doom by Sarah Harrison
This is a debut novel from Sarah Harrison, she won the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition in 2022 and here we are on the blog tour! Congratulations Sarah! Eddie eats everything from…
myshelvesarefull.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
School of Doom by Sarah Harrison myshelvesarefull.com/2025/03/17/s...
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The WINNER of the Times / Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2022 is OUT NOW.
Grab your copy of this hilarious, monster-filled mayhem today!
SCHOOL OF DOOM by Sarah Harrison
Grab your copy of this hilarious, monster-filled mayhem today!
SCHOOL OF DOOM by Sarah Harrison
March 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The WINNER of the Times / Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2022 is OUT NOW.
Grab your copy of this hilarious, monster-filled mayhem today!
SCHOOL OF DOOM by Sarah Harrison
Grab your copy of this hilarious, monster-filled mayhem today!
SCHOOL OF DOOM by Sarah Harrison
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Still a few days left to win a copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton - details below! 👇
Recently the excellent @garypanton.co.uk was the guest on @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social Radio Nonsense podcast & kindly agreed to give away 5 signed copies of his v.funny kids book ‘The Notwitches’ in a comp. There’s a few days left if your kids would like to listen & send in an entry pod.fo/e/2be60a
Comedy Club 4 Kids Presents: Radio Nonsense: Can animals that have scales catch fleas? With Gary Panton
Author Gary Panton joins Tiernan this week to talk about his new and brilliantly funny book The Notwitches, but also skunk crossings and he helps to answer Mya's question too. Get a copy of The Not...
pod.fo
April 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Still a few days left to win a copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton - details below! 👇
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META has used pirated versions of my books and those of pretty much every author I know to train its artificial intelligence software. We need the government to step in and ensure that META will #DoTheWriteThing
If you want to help, there’s a petition you can sign… www.change.org/p/protect-au...?
If you want to help, there’s a petition you can sign… www.change.org/p/protect-au...?
April 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
META has used pirated versions of my books and those of pretty much every author I know to train its artificial intelligence software. We need the government to step in and ensure that META will #DoTheWriteThing
If you want to help, there’s a petition you can sign… www.change.org/p/protect-au...?
If you want to help, there’s a petition you can sign… www.change.org/p/protect-au...?
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On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
SoA day of action following allegations of Meta’s mass theft of authors’ work – The Society of Authors
On Thursday 20 March, The Atlantic broke the story of how Meta has used the Library Genesis (LIbGen) dataset, which is full of pirated material, to develop their AI systems.
societyofauthors.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
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Reading is a radical act. Every time a child picks up a book, new possibilities open up that were not there before. And it has the biggest positive impact of all factors on children's life chances! Every time you help a kid to read for pleasure, you will change their lives FOREVER. #literacy #books
March 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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We have about 270 bookmarks now for the 2025 #BookmarkProject our total last year was over 600. I have really struggled to find our doodlers on social media this year. If you are an artidt, author, illustrator or celebrity please will you create a bookmark & help us to build a library? Please Share
March 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We have about 270 bookmarks now for the 2025 #BookmarkProject our total last year was over 600. I have really struggled to find our doodlers on social media this year. If you are an artidt, author, illustrator or celebrity please will you create a bookmark & help us to build a library? Please Share
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I have one spare copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton, and I'd like to give it away to one of my followers on here. If you want it, just like this post by the end of 6th April and I'll randomly choose someone to send it to (UK-based only I'm afraid). Any reposts appreciated too. 🧙♀️🧡
March 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I have one spare copy of #TheNotwitches signed by me and Dotty Sutton, and I'd like to give it away to one of my followers on here. If you want it, just like this post by the end of 6th April and I'll randomly choose someone to send it to (UK-based only I'm afraid). Any reposts appreciated too. 🧙♀️🧡
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Spring has sprung & so has the LATEST WRDMag.
That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE!
Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊
It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍
That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE!
Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊
It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍
March 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Spring has sprung & so has the LATEST WRDMag.
That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE!
Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊
It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍
That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE!
Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊
It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍
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The Polari Prize is open for submissions
One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers.
Check it out and please share.
Queer fiction!
www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...
One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers.
Check it out and please share.
Queer fiction!
www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...
Submissions Now Open! - Polari
submissions now OPEN How To Submit:For further information about submissions, please email polariprize@gmail.com including the title of the book and the name of the prize you wish to enter in the subj...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Polari Prize is open for submissions
One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers.
Check it out and please share.
Queer fiction!
www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...
One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers.
Check it out and please share.
Queer fiction!
www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...
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The pressure to publish more and faster was one of the most frustrating things about working in publishing. If I could say ONE thing to the publishing industry about how to make things better, it would be this: do not publish anything you are not going to support well with marketing.
I think a simple solution to making the publishing industry better, in lots of ways, would be for the big publishers to just publish fewer books and give more care and attention to the ones they do publish. It’s probably why authors with small publishers often feel better treated (not always).
March 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The pressure to publish more and faster was one of the most frustrating things about working in publishing. If I could say ONE thing to the publishing industry about how to make things better, it would be this: do not publish anything you are not going to support well with marketing.
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We're having to move distributors by the end of March.
Don't ask, but corporates being corporate.
It is going to cost a bit and a half.
If you are able to help cushion the blow.
You can buy some excellent books here:
www.bluemoosebooks.com
Thank you.
Don't ask, but corporates being corporate.
It is going to cost a bit and a half.
If you are able to help cushion the blow.
You can buy some excellent books here:
www.bluemoosebooks.com
Thank you.
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We're having to move distributors by the end of March.
Don't ask, but corporates being corporate.
It is going to cost a bit and a half.
If you are able to help cushion the blow.
You can buy some excellent books here:
www.bluemoosebooks.com
Thank you.
Don't ask, but corporates being corporate.
It is going to cost a bit and a half.
If you are able to help cushion the blow.
You can buy some excellent books here:
www.bluemoosebooks.com
Thank you.
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“Eddie can eat a wheelie bin as easily as a cheeseburger –
a talent that gets her sent to the School of Doom with its motto,
Be the Worst….”
It’s funny, adventurous and monster-filled! School of Doom is perfect for 9+. Highly recommend!
@sarahharrison.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
a talent that gets her sent to the School of Doom with its motto,
Be the Worst….”
It’s funny, adventurous and monster-filled! School of Doom is perfect for 9+. Highly recommend!
@sarahharrison.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“Eddie can eat a wheelie bin as easily as a cheeseburger –
a talent that gets her sent to the School of Doom with its motto,
Be the Worst….”
It’s funny, adventurous and monster-filled! School of Doom is perfect for 9+. Highly recommend!
@sarahharrison.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
a talent that gets her sent to the School of Doom with its motto,
Be the Worst….”
It’s funny, adventurous and monster-filled! School of Doom is perfect for 9+. Highly recommend!
@sarahharrison.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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School of Doom by Sarah Harrison
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio
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@isabellefollath.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio
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March 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
School of Doom by Sarah Harrison
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio
@sarahharrison.bsky.social
@isabellefollath.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#schoolofdoom#stevewells
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio
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@isabellefollath.bsky.social
@chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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#TheNotwitches has been out for A WHOLE MONTH and I want to say a big mooshy thank you to everyone who has read it and said nice things about it. It's honestly meant the blimmin' world to me. If you've enjoyed it please do remember to leave a review on Amazon/Goodreads/wherever. It really helps! 🧙♀️
March 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#TheNotwitches has been out for A WHOLE MONTH and I want to say a big mooshy thank you to everyone who has read it and said nice things about it. It's honestly meant the blimmin' world to me. If you've enjoyed it please do remember to leave a review on Amazon/Goodreads/wherever. It really helps! 🧙♀️
IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
March 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
Reposted by Sarah Harrison
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @attielime.bsky.social, on the publication of her first (there will be more, trust me) shiny poetry collection! My copy arrived yesterday, ready for reading when I find that wonderful ‘window of opportunity’. 🎉
It's Publication Day for Blue Jelly and Strawberries! 🎉 This is my t-shirt of choice for today's school visit 🍓🎈
Thank you @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social for believing in me and my poems, and everyone here who has supported me in any way (far too many wonderful folk to tag!). Yippee! 💙🍓💛 #WorldBookDay
Thank you @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social for believing in me and my poems, and everyone here who has supported me in any way (far too many wonderful folk to tag!). Yippee! 💙🍓💛 #WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @attielime.bsky.social, on the publication of her first (there will be more, trust me) shiny poetry collection! My copy arrived yesterday, ready for reading when I find that wonderful ‘window of opportunity’. 🎉