Sarah Ziman - aka BardyMum 🏴
@bardymum.bsky.social
Poet, mainly for children (more fun!) but I occasionally adult…
Winner of YorkMix Poems for Children '21.
Kids’ collection out now: Why did my brain make me say it?
School visits in Watford, St Albans, London & further afield
www.sarahziman.co.uk
Winner of YorkMix Poems for Children '21.
Kids’ collection out now: Why did my brain make me say it?
School visits in Watford, St Albans, London & further afield
www.sarahziman.co.uk
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Here is a new blog post about some fantastic summer reading. Dive in!
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@attielime.bsky.social @bardymum.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
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Summer time is reading time! a book review special – Hilary Elder
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August 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Here is a new blog post about some fantastic summer reading. Dive in!
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@attielime.bsky.social @bardymum.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
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It was amazing to go to the Wales Book of the Year ceremony in Cardiff on Thursday - no win for ‘Why did my Brain make me say it?’ but I’m still delighted to have been on the shortlist of 3 in the children’s and young people category. Congratulations to all the winners 🏴
July 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It was amazing to go to the Wales Book of the Year ceremony in Cardiff on Thursday - no win for ‘Why did my Brain make me say it?’ but I’m still delighted to have been on the shortlist of 3 in the children’s and young people category. Congratulations to all the winners 🏴
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Hello all -my lovely #kidlit friends please please can you help by sharing? 🙏🙏🙏
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
Donate to Help Stuart Minty get Treatment in Germany, organized by Aileen Minty
In January of this year our world was turned completely upside down when devas… Aileen Minty needs your support for Help Stuart Minty get Treatment in Germany
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May 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Hello all -my lovely #kidlit friends please please can you help by sharing? 🙏🙏🙏
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty
Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)
Back from holidays to this lovely review of ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ from @lizpoet.bsky.social at Poetry Roundabout. Thank you so much! poetryroundabout.com/2025/04/18/p... #kidlituk #ukkidlit #childrenspoetry
Poetry Review: Why Did my Brain Make Me Say It? By Sarah Ziman
This is a Key Stage 2 book I waited what seems an eternity for. Sarah is an excellent wordsmith with a fantastically playful and wicked sense of humour paired with a perceptive mind, and I was anti…
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April 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Back from holidays to this lovely review of ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ from @lizpoet.bsky.social at Poetry Roundabout. Thank you so much! poetryroundabout.com/2025/04/18/p... #kidlituk #ukkidlit #childrenspoetry
Just picked up a copy of this as I really enjoyed Sue’s debut
Happy Easter!🐣
If you like books with your chocolate, my YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine ☁️💘 is on a kindle deal this week - a bargain at just £1.69. Why not treat yourself? 😋 #Easter
@tbpagency.bsky.social
If you like books with your chocolate, my YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine ☁️💘 is on a kindle deal this week - a bargain at just £1.69. Why not treat yourself? 😋 #Easter
@tbpagency.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just picked up a copy of this as I really enjoyed Sue’s debut
Best four words in the English language:
‘Out of office on’
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‘Out of office on’
🥳
April 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Best four words in the English language:
‘Out of office on’
🥳
‘Out of office on’
🥳
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✨️NEW BOOK!!✨️
Book 6 of THE MATHS ADVENTURERS series is out on 5th June 2025!
When Beep and Boots notice that their library needs more books, they arrange a school fair to buy some more. Can they raise enough money to fill the library?
Illustrated by @susannarumiz.bsky.social
Book 6 of THE MATHS ADVENTURERS series is out on 5th June 2025!
When Beep and Boots notice that their library needs more books, they arrange a school fair to buy some more. Can they raise enough money to fill the library?
Illustrated by @susannarumiz.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
✨️NEW BOOK!!✨️
Book 6 of THE MATHS ADVENTURERS series is out on 5th June 2025!
When Beep and Boots notice that their library needs more books, they arrange a school fair to buy some more. Can they raise enough money to fill the library?
Illustrated by @susannarumiz.bsky.social
Book 6 of THE MATHS ADVENTURERS series is out on 5th June 2025!
When Beep and Boots notice that their library needs more books, they arrange a school fair to buy some more. Can they raise enough money to fill the library?
Illustrated by @susannarumiz.bsky.social
Children’s poetry has been a great ride, but I have less time for it these days, as my new venture is really taking off! If you’d like to join my course teaching the secrets of AI publishing and how to write, edit and publish your book in a week, sign up! bit.ly/4ji7Cdn
April 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Children’s poetry has been a great ride, but I have less time for it these days, as my new venture is really taking off! If you’d like to join my course teaching the secrets of AI publishing and how to write, edit and publish your book in a week, sign up! bit.ly/4ji7Cdn
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From my book ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ published by @troikabooks.bsky.social. #kidlituk
It’s World Down Syndrome Day, so just the right time to share this superb poem by @bardymum.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
From my book ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ published by @troikabooks.bsky.social. #kidlituk
From my book ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ published by @troikabooks.bsky.social. #kidlituk
It’s World Down Syndrome Day, so just the right time to share this superb poem by @bardymum.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
From my book ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ published by @troikabooks.bsky.social. #kidlituk
Happy book birthday to the brilliant @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social whose wonderfully eccentric collection of flash/short-short stories (with footnotes!) ‘Please don’t read the footnotes please’ is out today with @theemmapress.bsky.social. It’s so much fun! #kidlituk
March 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy book birthday to the brilliant @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social whose wonderfully eccentric collection of flash/short-short stories (with footnotes!) ‘Please don’t read the footnotes please’ is out today with @theemmapress.bsky.social. It’s so much fun! #kidlituk
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The 2025 Jericho Prize for Children's Writing is now open 🖊️
The prize is dedicated to showcasing the next generation of Black-British children’s writers & is open to unpublished and self-published Black-British writers. #Writing #Writingforchildren
Find out more
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The prize is dedicated to showcasing the next generation of Black-British children’s writers & is open to unpublished and self-published Black-British writers. #Writing #Writingforchildren
Find out more
tinyurl.com/yy3a5b9b
March 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The 2025 Jericho Prize for Children's Writing is now open 🖊️
The prize is dedicated to showcasing the next generation of Black-British children’s writers & is open to unpublished and self-published Black-British writers. #Writing #Writingforchildren
Find out more
tinyurl.com/yy3a5b9b
The prize is dedicated to showcasing the next generation of Black-British children’s writers & is open to unpublished and self-published Black-British writers. #Writing #Writingforchildren
Find out more
tinyurl.com/yy3a5b9b
Amazon: Ever wonder if your reviews (of writer friends’ wonderful books) are being noticed? They are!
Me: Great! It takes me a while and I know they’re helpful.
Amazon: Now, why not write a review of the Morrisons’ own-brand baking powder you bought last week as part of a weekly shop?
Me:
Me: Great! It takes me a while and I know they’re helpful.
Amazon: Now, why not write a review of the Morrisons’ own-brand baking powder you bought last week as part of a weekly shop?
Me:
a woman with a bandana on her head is laughing with the caption aint nobody got time for that
Alt: a woman with a bandana on her head is laughing with the caption aint nobody got time for that
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March 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Amazon: Ever wonder if your reviews (of writer friends’ wonderful books) are being noticed? They are!
Me: Great! It takes me a while and I know they’re helpful.
Amazon: Now, why not write a review of the Morrisons’ own-brand baking powder you bought last week as part of a weekly shop?
Me:
Me: Great! It takes me a while and I know they’re helpful.
Amazon: Now, why not write a review of the Morrisons’ own-brand baking powder you bought last week as part of a weekly shop?
Me:
Happiest of book birthdays to @attielime.bsky.social, whose l baby bounces into bookshops for #worldbookday today. Do pick up your copy of these fantastic #poemsforchildrens - perfect for KS1 and sweet as strawberries 🍓 💙📚 #kidlituk
March 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Happiest of book birthdays to @attielime.bsky.social, whose l baby bounces into bookshops for #worldbookday today. Do pick up your copy of these fantastic #poemsforchildrens - perfect for KS1 and sweet as strawberries 🍓 💙📚 #kidlituk
Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus! 🌼🏴
My poem and a translated version from @hananelizabethissa.bsky.social’s English and Welsh/English anthologies from @fireflypress.bsky.social ‘And I hear Dragons’, poems about dragons by a diverse range of modern Welsh poets.
#kidlituk #wales
My poem and a translated version from @hananelizabethissa.bsky.social’s English and Welsh/English anthologies from @fireflypress.bsky.social ‘And I hear Dragons’, poems about dragons by a diverse range of modern Welsh poets.
#kidlituk #wales
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus! 🌼🏴
My poem and a translated version from @hananelizabethissa.bsky.social’s English and Welsh/English anthologies from @fireflypress.bsky.social ‘And I hear Dragons’, poems about dragons by a diverse range of modern Welsh poets.
#kidlituk #wales
My poem and a translated version from @hananelizabethissa.bsky.social’s English and Welsh/English anthologies from @fireflypress.bsky.social ‘And I hear Dragons’, poems about dragons by a diverse range of modern Welsh poets.
#kidlituk #wales
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Summer always comes early at EMC. We'll be posting our summer course programme on our website in the next couple of weeks. Keep a look out, and in the meantime here's what's on offer this half-term! englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/
February 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Summer always comes early at EMC. We'll be posting our summer course programme on our website in the next couple of weeks. Keep a look out, and in the meantime here's what's on offer this half-term! englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/
Last day for #Readitforward! Buy childrens’s and YA books without billionaires being involved!
While February lasts, buy your children’s/YA books from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social and they’ll donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social. Plus you’ll be supporting indie bookshops. It’s a great time to buy ‘Why did my brain make me say it’, from @troikabooks.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last day for #Readitforward! Buy childrens’s and YA books without billionaires being involved!
The water bill has just arrived and is over a grand, so from now on we’ll be bathing in and drinking my tears 😭
February 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The water bill has just arrived and is over a grand, so from now on we’ll be bathing in and drinking my tears 😭
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From my latest/12th book 'The Shape of Rainbows':
@worldbookdayuk.bsky.social #poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social ky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
@worldbookdayuk.bsky.social #poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social ky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
From my latest/12th book 'The Shape of Rainbows':
@worldbookdayuk.bsky.social #poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social ky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
@worldbookdayuk.bsky.social #poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social ky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
Now my book has been out 4 months, it’s been odd to discover the people who have been really kind and supportive - not always who you’d expect - and vice-versa. Some family/friends couldn’t care less/ignored it completely. Their prerogative, but just interesting. Anyone else? #Booksky #kidlituk
February 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Just creating a post for Black kids book week and taking a moment to basque in how many amazing books I own centring Black kids - of all kinds. This isn’t even half of it. If anyone has a time portal I urgently need to send all these back to 1989! If you want a recommendation let me know. #kidlit
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Just creating a post for Black kids book week and taking a moment to basque in how many amazing books I own centring Black kids - of all kinds. This isn’t even half of it. If anyone has a time portal I urgently need to send all these back to 1989! If you want a recommendation let me know. #kidlit
I need to make amends for the laminating I've done today. Plant a penguin, or offset a tree or something 🫣
Hopefully they'll at least get plenty of use
Hopefully they'll at least get plenty of use
February 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I need to make amends for the laminating I've done today. Plant a penguin, or offset a tree or something 🫣
Hopefully they'll at least get plenty of use
Hopefully they'll at least get plenty of use
February 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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This is very important, and the deadline for filling in the form for the government consultation is today (25th Feb). If you're an author, or if you feel that creators should not be robbed of control over their own copyright, please consider filling this form.
The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable.
Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
February 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is very important, and the deadline for filling in the form for the government consultation is today (25th Feb). If you're an author, or if you feel that creators should not be robbed of control over their own copyright, please consider filling this form.