Tia Fisher
@tiafisher.bsky.social
Writer for children, eater of chocolate, library worker. CROSSING THE LINE (Hot Key Books, 2023) Shadower's Choice Carnegie Medal 2024. Upcoming NOT GOING TO PLAN (2025) and OPERATION DOODLEBUG (2026) #MAWFYP She/her tiafisher.com, repped by Eve White.
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Loving this. 🔥 Thank you @lovereading4kids.bsky.social ! www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781471...
I'm so happy you made it a star book! ⭐
Thank you @hotkeybooks.bsky.social for making this happen.
I'm so happy you made it a star book! ⭐
Thank you @hotkeybooks.bsky.social for making this happen.
Not Going to Plan by Tia Fisher
Not Going to Plan (ISBN: 9781471418372) Taboo-busting and emotionally truthful examination of teenage pregnancy.
www.lovereading4kids.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Loving this. 🔥 Thank you @lovereading4kids.bsky.social ! www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781471...
I'm so happy you made it a star book! ⭐
Thank you @hotkeybooks.bsky.social for making this happen.
I'm so happy you made it a star book! ⭐
Thank you @hotkeybooks.bsky.social for making this happen.
Drumroll, please ... 🥁
September 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Drumroll, please ... 🥁
IT'S A WRAP! Or nearly....
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
September 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
IT'S A WRAP! Or nearly....
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
❤📣🔥📙 The audio book of Not Going to Plan is available on BookBeat, Spotify, Audible, Apple, Google Play Books, XigXag, Audiobooks.com, Kobo, and FREE 😊 via libraries on the BorrowBox app. ENJOY! 💿
youtu.be/HnXubIlZOaQ
youtu.be/HnXubIlZOaQ
Behind the Scenes of 'Not Going to Plan'
YouTube video by Bonnier Books UK Audio
youtu.be
September 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
❤📣🔥📙 The audio book of Not Going to Plan is available on BookBeat, Spotify, Audible, Apple, Google Play Books, XigXag, Audiobooks.com, Kobo, and FREE 😊 via libraries on the BorrowBox app. ENJOY! 💿
youtu.be/HnXubIlZOaQ
youtu.be/HnXubIlZOaQ
Thank you so much, Linda! I’m really thrilled you enjoyed Marnie and Zed’s story. 📕🌈
Heads-up, folks - from such a world expert on verse novels, that’s like getting a Michelin star! ⭐ 🥰
@evewhiteagency.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social #skybrarians
@evewhiteagency.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social #skybrarians
Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts! Congratulations @tiafisher.bsky.social on your terrific #YA #VerseNovel NOT GOING TO PLAN @yalsa.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thank you so much, Linda! I’m really thrilled you enjoyed Marnie and Zed’s story. 📕🌈
Heads-up, folks - from such a world expert on verse novels, that’s like getting a Michelin star! ⭐ 🥰
@evewhiteagency.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social #skybrarians
@evewhiteagency.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social #skybrarians
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I’m very excited that our new podcast The Ten Minute Book Club, is now up! Our first episode features Pablo and Splash by @sheenadempsey.bsky.social
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
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@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I’m very excited that our new podcast The Ten Minute Book Club, is now up! Our first episode features Pablo and Splash by @sheenadempsey.bsky.social
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
🙏🏻Yay @irishexaminer.bsky.social on my new YA verse: ⭐"Fisher’s groundbreaking book handles multiple big subjects with delicacy, care, and respect for her audience. Certain to spark essential conversations around stealthing, consent, and unplanned pregnancies." Was my plan! 😍
#Skybrarians
#Skybrarians
September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🙏🏻Yay @irishexaminer.bsky.social on my new YA verse: ⭐"Fisher’s groundbreaking book handles multiple big subjects with delicacy, care, and respect for her audience. Certain to spark essential conversations around stealthing, consent, and unplanned pregnancies." Was my plan! 😍
#Skybrarians
#Skybrarians
TEACHERS OF BLUESKY! If you're planning right now, why not save some time? www.tiafisher.com/resources
#readingforpleasure #ukya #backtoschool #teacherswhoread #librarians #literacy #ks3 #ks4 #Carnegie #teachers
#readingforpleasure #ukya #backtoschool #teacherswhoread #librarians #literacy #ks3 #ks4 #Carnegie #teachers
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
TEACHERS OF BLUESKY! If you're planning right now, why not save some time? www.tiafisher.com/resources
#readingforpleasure #ukya #backtoschool #teacherswhoread #librarians #literacy #ks3 #ks4 #Carnegie #teachers
#readingforpleasure #ukya #backtoschool #teacherswhoread #librarians #literacy #ks3 #ks4 #Carnegie #teachers
Lots of chatting by the YA campfire 🔥 about #CrossingtheLine and #NotGoingtoPlan 😍 Thank you so much for inviting me to toast my feet, @campyafest.bsky.social!
To celebrate the release of Not Going to Plan by @tiafisher.bsky.social, we've asked her all about writing a verse novel & dealing with heavier subjects in writing. We're also lucky enough to be able to giveaway 3 pairs of her books on Insta!😍
campya.org/campfire-cha...
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@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Lots of chatting by the YA campfire 🔥 about #CrossingtheLine and #NotGoingtoPlan 😍 Thank you so much for inviting me to toast my feet, @campyafest.bsky.social!
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Congratulations @tiafisher.bsky.social!
#Skybrarians, take advantage of this #giveaway for the brilliant YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN.
It's the perfect #BackToSchool addition to your school library catalogue.
[ #booksky 📚💙 #edusky #WritingCommunity #YA]
#Skybrarians, take advantage of this #giveaway for the brilliant YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN.
It's the perfect #BackToSchool addition to your school library catalogue.
[ #booksky 📚💙 #edusky #WritingCommunity #YA]
🔥YAY! It’s publication day!📚 And I’m giving away one copy to a UK school or library. Just post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. I’ll draw a winner on 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
August 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Congratulations @tiafisher.bsky.social!
#Skybrarians, take advantage of this #giveaway for the brilliant YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN.
It's the perfect #BackToSchool addition to your school library catalogue.
[ #booksky 📚💙 #edusky #WritingCommunity #YA]
#Skybrarians, take advantage of this #giveaway for the brilliant YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN.
It's the perfect #BackToSchool addition to your school library catalogue.
[ #booksky 📚💙 #edusky #WritingCommunity #YA]
👂Do your ears a favour ... 🎙️
The Audible of NOT GOING TO PLAN is wonderful. 😍 www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Not-... Charlie Bateman has nerdy Zed to a loveable tee, and Imogen Front is brilliant as the creative, impulsive, spiky Marnie. Have a listen! @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
The Audible of NOT GOING TO PLAN is wonderful. 😍 www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Not-... Charlie Bateman has nerdy Zed to a loveable tee, and Imogen Front is brilliant as the creative, impulsive, spiky Marnie. Have a listen! @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
Not Going to Plan
Not Going to Plan (Audio Download): Tia Fisher, Charlie Bateman, Imogen Front, Hot Key Books: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
👂Do your ears a favour ... 🎙️
The Audible of NOT GOING TO PLAN is wonderful. 😍 www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Not-... Charlie Bateman has nerdy Zed to a loveable tee, and Imogen Front is brilliant as the creative, impulsive, spiky Marnie. Have a listen! @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
The Audible of NOT GOING TO PLAN is wonderful. 😍 www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Not-... Charlie Bateman has nerdy Zed to a loveable tee, and Imogen Front is brilliant as the creative, impulsive, spiky Marnie. Have a listen! @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
😍 Hip hoorah, it's publication day! 🤗 If you've read NOT GOING TO PLAN, PLEASE take a moment to leave an honest review on Amazon (or other booksellers' websites) and GoodReads. I can't tell you how much this helps an author - the books are a bit invisible otherwise.
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
😍 Hip hoorah, it's publication day! 🤗 If you've read NOT GOING TO PLAN, PLEASE take a moment to leave an honest review on Amazon (or other booksellers' websites) and GoodReads. I can't tell you how much this helps an author - the books are a bit invisible otherwise.
🔥YAY! It’s publication day!📚 And I’m giving away one copy to a UK school or library. Just post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. I’ll draw a winner on 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
August 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
🔥YAY! It’s publication day!📚 And I’m giving away one copy to a UK school or library. Just post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. I’ll draw a winner on 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
Just one day away from publication of NOT GOING TO PLAN, my new YA verse novel! 😍 📢Here's a blog about the narrators, Marnie and Zed. It doesn't get more personal than this . . .
unitedbypop.com/books/author...
#ukteen #ukya #abortionrights #lgbtqia+#readingforpleasure
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
unitedbypop.com/books/author...
#ukteen #ukya #abortionrights #lgbtqia+#readingforpleasure
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just one day away from publication of NOT GOING TO PLAN, my new YA verse novel! 😍 📢Here's a blog about the narrators, Marnie and Zed. It doesn't get more personal than this . . .
unitedbypop.com/books/author...
#ukteen #ukya #abortionrights #lgbtqia+#readingforpleasure
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
unitedbypop.com/books/author...
#ukteen #ukya #abortionrights #lgbtqia+#readingforpleasure
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
👀 Look, teachers! 👀 This 17-week Scheme of Work for CROSSING THE LINE is live on my new website! Follow the links to tour the other resources too (videos, Carnegie shadowing pack, discussions etc) #KS3 #PSHE #RSHE #literacy www.tiafisher.com/resources
August 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
👀 Look, teachers! 👀 This 17-week Scheme of Work for CROSSING THE LINE is live on my new website! Follow the links to tour the other resources too (videos, Carnegie shadowing pack, discussions etc) #KS3 #PSHE #RSHE #literacy www.tiafisher.com/resources
I was blown away by this review. All
I set out to do when I wrote NOT GOING TO PLAn! Thank you, @stephenjdilley 😊 @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
I set out to do when I wrote NOT GOING TO PLAn! Thank you, @stephenjdilley 😊 @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
164. Not Going to Plan by @tiafisher.bsky.social
Another brave, moving and important YA verse novel, this time on the subject of teenage pregnancy. Like Crossing the Line, it has the power to change lives.
Read my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
Another brave, moving and important YA verse novel, this time on the subject of teenage pregnancy. Like Crossing the Line, it has the power to change lives.
Read my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I was blown away by this review. All
I set out to do when I wrote NOT GOING TO PLAn! Thank you, @stephenjdilley 😊 @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
I set out to do when I wrote NOT GOING TO PLAn! Thank you, @stephenjdilley 😊 @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
Jean Sylvester is a complex teenager, with well-realised issues about family, friends and love-life. Her discovery that infinite parallel universes exist which had me completely gripped. Who would she have been if she'd made different decisions? And how would her relationships be different? ... 1/2
August 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Jean Sylvester is a complex teenager, with well-realised issues about family, friends and love-life. Her discovery that infinite parallel universes exist which had me completely gripped. Who would she have been if she'd made different decisions? And how would her relationships be different? ... 1/2
NOT GOING TO PLAN IS ON SPESH!!!!!! WE'RE SIZZLIN' SUMMER HOT!!!
An unbelievable 25% OFF RRP on PRE-ORDERS AT WATERSTONES on my new YA verse novel NOT GOING TO PLAN!!!
To make it super-simple, here's the link: tinyurl.com/Water…
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
An unbelievable 25% OFF RRP on PRE-ORDERS AT WATERSTONES on my new YA verse novel NOT GOING TO PLAN!!!
To make it super-simple, here's the link: tinyurl.com/Water…
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
NOT GOING TO PLAN IS ON SPESH!!!!!! WE'RE SIZZLIN' SUMMER HOT!!!
An unbelievable 25% OFF RRP on PRE-ORDERS AT WATERSTONES on my new YA verse novel NOT GOING TO PLAN!!!
To make it super-simple, here's the link: tinyurl.com/Water…
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
An unbelievable 25% OFF RRP on PRE-ORDERS AT WATERSTONES on my new YA verse novel NOT GOING TO PLAN!!!
To make it super-simple, here's the link: tinyurl.com/Water…
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social
If I could have written my book a review, this would have been it. Thank you, Rachel! 😘
YA's answer to Sex Education (tv), brings huge issues like pregnancy and coercion into focus without sacrificing humour. Brilliant characters, un-sugar-coated and real, Tia distils teen emotion into immediate, must-read verse. Adored #NotGoingToPlan @tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If I could have written my book a review, this would have been it. Thank you, Rachel! 😘
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Today#s Annual Event interviews with Tia Fisher, A. K. Adler, and Becky Jerams
@tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight
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@tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/03/a...
Annual Event 2025: Tia Fisher, A. K. Adler, and Becky Jerams
Interview with three UKYA authors
ukyaspotlight.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Today#s Annual Event interviews with Tia Fisher, A. K. Adler, and Becky Jerams
@tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/03/a...
@tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/03/a...
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My #lifttothesky is for children’s verse novels in general! If you haven’t read one yet please do, you will be stunned! I see @tiafisher.bsky.social has a new one out soon - I’m very excited! #versenovels #kidlit
June 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
My #lifttothesky is for children’s verse novels in general! If you haven’t read one yet please do, you will be stunned! I see @tiafisher.bsky.social has a new one out soon - I’m very excited! #versenovels #kidlit
It’s here .. nearly!
Want to know what goes wrong and why Marnie needs Zed? Pre-order NOT GOING TO PLAN at lnk.to/NotGoingToPlan and rub my algorithms up the right way 🤣
❤️ (That last sentence was oddly Marnie-meets-Zed I think. 🤔 ) #ya #versenovels
Want to know what goes wrong and why Marnie needs Zed? Pre-order NOT GOING TO PLAN at lnk.to/NotGoingToPlan and rub my algorithms up the right way 🤣
❤️ (That last sentence was oddly Marnie-meets-Zed I think. 🤔 ) #ya #versenovels
June 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
It’s here .. nearly!
Want to know what goes wrong and why Marnie needs Zed? Pre-order NOT GOING TO PLAN at lnk.to/NotGoingToPlan and rub my algorithms up the right way 🤣
❤️ (That last sentence was oddly Marnie-meets-Zed I think. 🤔 ) #ya #versenovels
Want to know what goes wrong and why Marnie needs Zed? Pre-order NOT GOING TO PLAN at lnk.to/NotGoingToPlan and rub my algorithms up the right way 🤣
❤️ (That last sentence was oddly Marnie-meets-Zed I think. 🤔 ) #ya #versenovels
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
📣I’m working on the resources for my forthcoming verse novel 📕 NOT GOING TO PLAN: covering reproductive choice, sexual health, toxic masc., ND & consent for KS4 and KS5. I’m looking for input from PSHE teachers - bribes entirely possible! 😍- anyone?? @pshe-association.bsky.social #RSE #RSHE #PSHE
May 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📣I’m working on the resources for my forthcoming verse novel 📕 NOT GOING TO PLAN: covering reproductive choice, sexual health, toxic masc., ND & consent for KS4 and KS5. I’m looking for input from PSHE teachers - bribes entirely possible! 😍- anyone?? @pshe-association.bsky.social #RSE #RSHE #PSHE