Amy Feest
@amyfeest.bsky.social
YA Writer, 1:1 SEND TA, School Librarian, Lake Swimmer, Board Game Geek 🥰
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Next #ukteenchat will be tonight- Tues 29th July 8-9pm BST with the fabulous @poppytperry.bsky.social who will be chatting all about her illustrated debut #YA - Dead Reel 🧟♂️ It will be here on BlueSky, all welcome to come along and join the chat 🙂
#DeadReel #writerslife #zombies
#DeadReel #writerslife #zombies
July 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Next #ukteenchat will be tonight- Tues 29th July 8-9pm BST with the fabulous @poppytperry.bsky.social who will be chatting all about her illustrated debut #YA - Dead Reel 🧟♂️ It will be here on BlueSky, all welcome to come along and join the chat 🙂
#DeadReel #writerslife #zombies
#DeadReel #writerslife #zombies
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Four year olds are not too old for picture books. A beautiful book was turned down by someone in the shop yesterday due to the child being about to start school, and therefore "too old" for picture books.
Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly.
#kidlituk
Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly.
#kidlituk
July 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Four year olds are not too old for picture books. A beautiful book was turned down by someone in the shop yesterday due to the child being about to start school, and therefore "too old" for picture books.
Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly.
#kidlituk
Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly.
#kidlituk
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The longlist for the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward has been announced: 20 authors and their editors are in the running for this important award. Congratulations to them all 🎉
#newtalent #newtrends #childrensbooks
Find out more about this year's longlist https://buff.ly/4g81fHz
#newtalent #newtrends #childrensbooks
Find out more about this year's longlist https://buff.ly/4g81fHz
January 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The longlist for the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward has been announced: 20 authors and their editors are in the running for this important award. Congratulations to them all 🎉
#newtalent #newtrends #childrensbooks
Find out more about this year's longlist https://buff.ly/4g81fHz
#newtalent #newtrends #childrensbooks
Find out more about this year's longlist https://buff.ly/4g81fHz
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
Emily is an absolute star when it comes to school visits! Have had the privilege to be there for her first ever one and the kids were utterly captivated 💜
Getting booked up for World Book Week (hooray!) - have a some slots left, so schools - if you're looking for a vibrant, interactive visit from an ND author then please DM. Ideally in Wilts/Bath/Bristol to fit around other schools but can go further afield if it works.
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January 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Emily is an absolute star when it comes to school visits! Have had the privilege to be there for her first ever one and the kids were utterly captivated 💜
Trains!
Ghosts!
Mysteries!
Plus Emily's exquisite writing 😍
5th June 🎉🎉🎉
Ghosts!
Mysteries!
Plus Emily's exquisite writing 😍
5th June 🎉🎉🎉
It's here! Thrilled to reveal 'The Scream of the Whistle' cover by the incredible Micaela Alcaino. It's May Eve, and the veil between worlds is thin. Join Ruby Darke on the ghost ride of her life...
Out 5th June.
Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz
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Out 5th June.
Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz
shorturl.at/oLTwA
January 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trains!
Ghosts!
Mysteries!
Plus Emily's exquisite writing 😍
5th June 🎉🎉🎉
Ghosts!
Mysteries!
Plus Emily's exquisite writing 😍
5th June 🎉🎉🎉
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Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
January 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
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"Oh, what a shame you're 'just a children's bookshop."
We hear this all too often.
📚 Children and teens deserve spaces and shops for them
📚 Children's and YA books change lives.
It's not a shame we're a children's bookshop. It's a beautiful thing 💕
We hear this all too often.
📚 Children and teens deserve spaces and shops for them
📚 Children's and YA books change lives.
It's not a shame we're a children's bookshop. It's a beautiful thing 💕
January 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Oh, what a shame you're 'just a children's bookshop."
We hear this all too often.
📚 Children and teens deserve spaces and shops for them
📚 Children's and YA books change lives.
It's not a shame we're a children's bookshop. It's a beautiful thing 💕
We hear this all too often.
📚 Children and teens deserve spaces and shops for them
📚 Children's and YA books change lives.
It's not a shame we're a children's bookshop. It's a beautiful thing 💕
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This is your Black Friday reminder that actual book shops can't afford to discount like Amazon and supermarkets do. If you can, get full price books but also a full heart.
November 29, 2024 at 9:20 AM
This is your Black Friday reminder that actual book shops can't afford to discount like Amazon and supermarkets do. If you can, get full price books but also a full heart.
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To all querying authors, PLEASE don’t get paralysed trying to write a perfect synopsis/covering email. These help, but speaking as an agent, it’s the manuscript itself that’s all-important. Querying can be nerve-wracking, so please don’t stress over the details. We are all human! 😊 #kidlit #kidlituk
November 29, 2024 at 10:38 AM
To all querying authors, PLEASE don’t get paralysed trying to write a perfect synopsis/covering email. These help, but speaking as an agent, it’s the manuscript itself that’s all-important. Querying can be nerve-wracking, so please don’t stress over the details. We are all human! 😊 #kidlit #kidlituk
LOVED Apocalypse Cow so much!
Hello 👋
I am a very queer YA author of very queer YA comedy horror 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
My debut, Apocalypse Cow came out in June and people seem to like it. Maybe you would like it? (N.b. you will not like it if you hate gays, badgers, or books) 🐮🦡
If you like gays, badgers, or books, follow me? 👀
I am a very queer YA author of very queer YA comedy horror 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
My debut, Apocalypse Cow came out in June and people seem to like it. Maybe you would like it? (N.b. you will not like it if you hate gays, badgers, or books) 🐮🦡
If you like gays, badgers, or books, follow me? 👀
November 29, 2024 at 12:38 PM
LOVED Apocalypse Cow so much!
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I can never understand why children's books get left out of "great book" lists. The books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes no-one. They are books for EVERYONE - and if you exclude them, you miss the most important books of all!
November 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I can never understand why children's books get left out of "great book" lists. The books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes no-one. They are books for EVERYONE - and if you exclude them, you miss the most important books of all!
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Please help my amazing colleague, Dr Doseline Kiguru, reunite with her six-year-old daughter. The Home Office has rejected her daughter's application for a visa to join Doseline in the UK, and we need to fight back. www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
November 12, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Please help my amazing colleague, Dr Doseline Kiguru, reunite with her six-year-old daughter. The Home Office has rejected her daughter's application for a visa to join Doseline in the UK, and we need to fight back. www.gofundme.com/f/help-reuni...
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I share this one every time I see it.
October 26, 2023 at 1:10 AM
I share this one every time I see it.
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To celebrate my 'Revenge of the Librarians' book token design, @book_tokens have given me one £50/€50 book token to give away. Share this post today for a chance to win it. (UK and Ireland only)
October 23, 2023 at 11:21 AM
To celebrate my 'Revenge of the Librarians' book token design, @book_tokens have given me one £50/€50 book token to give away. Share this post today for a chance to win it. (UK and Ireland only)
📚Bristol Bookwanderers! 📚
Anna James will be signing books in store on MONDAY 16th!
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Anna James will be signing books in store on MONDAY 16th!
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EVENT 16/10: Anna James, Pages And Co, SIGNING (Henleaze)
We are thrilled to be welcoming Anna James, the creator of the wonderful Pages & Co. series to our Henleaze store on 16th of October 2023. Anna will be signing copies of The Last Bookwanderer...
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October 12, 2023 at 10:47 AM
📚Bristol Bookwanderers! 📚
Anna James will be signing books in store on MONDAY 16th!
maxminervas.co.uk/collections/...
Anna James will be signing books in store on MONDAY 16th!
maxminervas.co.uk/collections/...
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It’s publication day today for the third Adventuremice book, MICE ON THE ICE. Wonderful illustrations throughout by top co-author @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social, and plenty of snow, snacks, and mild peril.
October 5, 2023 at 7:37 AM
It’s publication day today for the third Adventuremice book, MICE ON THE ICE. Wonderful illustrations throughout by top co-author @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social, and plenty of snow, snacks, and mild peril.
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'Adventuremice: Mice on the Ice' launches in ONE DAY!
🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭
If you'd like to buy original painted book artwork and cards, we'll be opening the Adventuremice.com shop tomorrow from 9pm UK time - get in quick for your favourite paintings or for the lowest-price pieces (starting at £20) 🎁🐭
🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭
If you'd like to buy original painted book artwork and cards, we'll be opening the Adventuremice.com shop tomorrow from 9pm UK time - get in quick for your favourite paintings or for the lowest-price pieces (starting at £20) 🎁🐭
October 4, 2023 at 4:36 PM
'Adventuremice: Mice on the Ice' launches in ONE DAY!
🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭
If you'd like to buy original painted book artwork and cards, we'll be opening the Adventuremice.com shop tomorrow from 9pm UK time - get in quick for your favourite paintings or for the lowest-price pieces (starting at £20) 🎁🐭
🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭❄️🍪❄️🧀❄️🐭
If you'd like to buy original painted book artwork and cards, we'll be opening the Adventuremice.com shop tomorrow from 9pm UK time - get in quick for your favourite paintings or for the lowest-price pieces (starting at £20) 🎁🐭
Crept over here and it's rather lovely 🥰 Currently editing the skeleton draft of my Shiny New (UMG) whilst part-time bookselling (kidlit specialism) and also volunteer school-librarianing. Oh and watching/reading Heartstopper on repeat... 💜
October 4, 2023 at 1:23 PM
Crept over here and it's rather lovely 🥰 Currently editing the skeleton draft of my Shiny New (UMG) whilst part-time bookselling (kidlit specialism) and also volunteer school-librarianing. Oh and watching/reading Heartstopper on repeat... 💜
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Teachers/librarians I have a few school visits available for Autumn 2 and some slots available for Spring 2 including World Book Day week.
If you'd like to find out more or make a booking please get in touch! jo-clarke.co.uk/visits/
If you'd like to find out more or make a booking please get in touch! jo-clarke.co.uk/visits/
October 3, 2023 at 6:30 AM
Teachers/librarians I have a few school visits available for Autumn 2 and some slots available for Spring 2 including World Book Day week.
If you'd like to find out more or make a booking please get in touch! jo-clarke.co.uk/visits/
If you'd like to find out more or make a booking please get in touch! jo-clarke.co.uk/visits/