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S J Poyton Author
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Author & Illustrator

Middle Grade Debut Mammoth Rider published 2026
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So excited to receive my Mammoth Rider proof package from @sjpoyton.bsky.social can’t wait to read this one!
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Very excited to say Mammoth Rider is in the @waterstones.bsky.social Pre-Order Promotion!

www.waterstones.com/book/mammoth...

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October 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As a writer there is nothing better than celebrating friend's achievements- like seeing #nickithornton launch her new book and publishing house! #saragrant #chimneyspublishing #littlebookshopofmurders #cozycrime
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Day two of Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025 and I am posting the link to a blog I wrote a while back but is still incredibly relevant Debunking Dyslexia Myths

sallypoyton.blogspot.com/2020/07/debu...

#dyslexiaAwarnessWeek2025 #dyslexic #dyslexia #neurodiverse #livingwithdyslexia #dyslexicauthor #blog
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So I’m writing a pretty complicated action scene with lots of moving parts and an emotional bit inspired by a traumatic childhood scene in one of favourite all time films. #writerywednesday #amwriting #mammoths #neverendingstory
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
September 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It’s #talklikeapirateday - so here is a page of a WIP picture book I’m trying to finish.
ARRRRRRRRR

#illustration #crayons #ink #acrylics #chalk #ipad #pirate #treasure #mammoth #dodo #picturebook #writing
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
September 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
To all the writers out there today, I hope you tell beautiful stories, and that great beverages and cakes come your way to fuel your creativity.

#writerywednesday #amwriting #amediting #cake #coffee #childreliterature
September 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This a fascinating debate about fictionalised history weighing up its impact of whether its blending of factual and imagined elements is decremental to truth or a positive inspirational and learning tool…

www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist's Dilemma
An archaeologist reflects on the role of fiction to imagine the deep past—and inspire future generations of archaeologists.
www.sapiens.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The first thing I ever wrote - the first time I ever submitted - I was Honorary Mentioned in Undiscovered Voices. It gave me the confidence to continue to write and opened up many opportunities. Enter now.

undiscoveredvoices.com

#writingforchildren #competition #undiscoveredvoices
August 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A story sack tin celebration of this year marking 70 years since Miffy was first published, posted to day on the Birthday of her creator Dick Bruna!

#miffy #Dickbruna #storysack #picturebook #illustration #kidsbooks #readforpleasure
August 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hard hat off, metaphorical writing hat on. #amwriting #firstdeaft #kidslit #middlegrade
August 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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August 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Baby Holly the mammoth calf I painted, at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology dig.

The #tuskforce team took the duties of mammoth husbandry seriously & sheltered her from the elements.

She’s now been rehomed and is living happily with her adopted herd in Dorset.
August 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
After three weeks of digging at the @thehillsgroup.bsky.social Cerney Wick #paleontology site with the #TuskForce team, and I’m back at my desk swapping my hard hat for my metaphorical writing hat. #amwriting #kidslit #middlegrade
August 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The awesome @SallyAnn_Spence is posting videos about the @HillsQuarry Cerney Wick palaeontology dig.

@TuskForseMammothDig2025 on YouTube.

This is mine 😳

Here’s the link to my interview…
youtu.be/7yR2yftZh4Q?...
Mammoth mania at the Hills Quarry Products dig in Cerney Wick 2025 #tuskforce
YouTube video by TuskForce Mammoth Dig 2025
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July 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today’s #MammothMonday is a celebration of a very recently unearthed mammoth calf’s tooth for the Hills Quarry Products Cerney Wick site by the #tuskforce team last week.

It’s beautiful but it also looks like a mammoth calf!

Sally Hollingworth
July 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Procrastination mammoth sized.
July 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Every month I mine the web for nuggets of writerly wisdom and send to other pre-pub authors.

Today is post and delivery day…
July 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A year ago today I was digging mammoths. Will be migrating back to the site very soon! #tuskforce #mammothGraveyard
July 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Lovely evening of celebrations - the end of an era, the beginning of something new. Surrounded by folks with energy and enthusiasm. Thank you all former SCBWI-BI volunteers. ❤️
July 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
July 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#fossilfriday snake stone - the casting of the inside of a ammonite shell.

Love the juxtaposition of natural history and social history!

It can be found at @nhm-london.bsky.social #abingdon
July 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM