Em Lynas
@emlynas.bsky.social
Kidlit author UK. The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat Shortlisted for THE LOLLIES! Mostly writing funny picture books and MG. Repp'd by @ambercaraveo at Skylark.
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🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦⬛
👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
October 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦⬛
👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
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So looking forward to the @cheltfestivals this month and you can get your tickets for my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19th October here:
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...
Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...
Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So looking forward to the @cheltfestivals this month and you can get your tickets for my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event on Sunday 19th October here:
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...
Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/escap...
Excitement and fun guaranteed for all the family and I hope to see you there!
Is anyone going to the Durham Book Festival next Saturday? There's a fantastic line up of children's authors and illustrators @jamesharris.bsky.social @dapsdraws.bsky.social SaraOgilvie and me!
newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
Durham Book Festival - 2025 Saturday - New Writing North
newwritingnorth.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Is anyone going to the Durham Book Festival next Saturday? There's a fantastic line up of children's authors and illustrators @jamesharris.bsky.social @dapsdraws.bsky.social SaraOgilvie and me!
newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
newwritingnorth.com/durham-book-...
Scary stuff!!!
Ready or not, here it comes...
Introducing Fear Files: Hide and Seek, the first book in a terrifying new series by @christopheredge.bsky.social.
"I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud
Stunning cover illustrations by Mathias Ball.
www.walker.co.uk/978152952737...
Introducing Fear Files: Hide and Seek, the first book in a terrifying new series by @christopheredge.bsky.social.
"I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud
Stunning cover illustrations by Mathias Ball.
www.walker.co.uk/978152952737...
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Scary stuff!!!
Voting is open for this year's Lollies. Grown ups can vote on behalf of children, or because they love kids books. I'm so happy to have The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat shortlisted! shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies
#kidlituk #picturebooks #primaryteachers #reception #nursery
#kidlituk #picturebooks #primaryteachers #reception #nursery
The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2025
The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (the Lollies) celebrates the best and funniest children's books in the UK and Ireland, voted for by children.
shop.scholastic.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Voting is open for this year's Lollies. Grown ups can vote on behalf of children, or because they love kids books. I'm so happy to have The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat shortlisted! shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies
#kidlituk #picturebooks #primaryteachers #reception #nursery
#kidlituk #picturebooks #primaryteachers #reception #nursery
This looks awesome!
It's TODAY! I'm nervous. But excited. My tummy feels wiggly. My hair - as ever - feels unruly. There's a gurgling, ticklish, fizzy sensation in my chest - AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! It's WAILING time! Come and help us launch our banshee into the world, today at 6pm, Dubray Mary Street, Dublin!
September 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This looks awesome!
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Reminder: I'll be doing a signing at the Alligator's Mouth bookshop after school on Sept 15th! Come join me! www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/event-detail... @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit #Edusky
Louie Stowell: Loki Book Signing | Alligator's Mouth
4:00-5:00pm - Meet Louie Stowell after school to have the latest Loki book signed!
www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Reminder: I'll be doing a signing at the Alligator's Mouth bookshop after school on Sept 15th! Come join me! www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/event-detail... @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit #Edusky
This looks so scary!
This article - shorturl.at/87a8G - explains the many reasons why pre-ordering a book ahead of publication is SO important for authors, but there's another reason why you really need to pre-order FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. It will give you more time to hide from the Itter... linktr.ee/fearfiles
August 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This looks so scary!
You might run out of facts, Louie!
I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos - Walker Books
PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS DOODLE-PACKED DIARY IN THE BESTSELLING LOKI SERIES.‘Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laug...
www.walker.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
You might run out of facts, Louie!
I'm guessing EVERYTHING could go wrong! This looks amazing!
People, get ready for the launch of.. ‘THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS’. This is my book with the amazing Matt Hunt c/o @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social.
One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
August 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I'm guessing EVERYTHING could go wrong! This looks amazing!
This looks like FUN! Congratulations!
HERE IT IS!! The cover of HARI KUMAR ULTIMATE SUPERSTAR, illustrated by the amazing Mamta Singh with design magic by Kate Clarke and Elorine Grant. A funny diary-style story (8+) with a neurodivergent South Asian kid hero. Out Feb 2026! ✨ 🎬
@harpercollins.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This looks like FUN! Congratulations!
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Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit
Pre-Order Signed & Dedicated: Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos
Publishes 4th September 2025 - This purchase can be signed and dedicated to a child of your choice. PLEASE NOTE: Louie is coming to The Paper Cat to sign and dedicate your orders after publication - ...
www.papercatbookshop.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit
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🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖
👉 alastairc.com/events/20250...
#KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
Thank you so much! I'm so proud to be a UV winner! It was a highlight in my long journey to publication and encouraged me to keep going, keep submitting and to now be shortlisted for the LOLLIES is a dream come true. If you have a story, if you are an eligible SCBWI member submit! Deadline 8th Sep
Congratulations to Undiscovered Voices alumnus @emlynas.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Lollies 👏
Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next?
Entries are open now - find out more 👇
undiscoveredvoices.com
#UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social
Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next?
Entries are open now - find out more 👇
undiscoveredvoices.com
#UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social
@scholasticuk.bsky.social has revealed its shortlist for the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (The Lollies) 👇 #BookSky
July 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thank you so much! I'm so proud to be a UV winner! It was a highlight in my long journey to publication and encouraged me to keep going, keep submitting and to now be shortlisted for the LOLLIES is a dream come true. If you have a story, if you are an eligible SCBWI member submit! Deadline 8th Sep
No one is too old for a picture book!
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 4:36 PM
No one is too old for a picture book!
Thank you so much! The SCBWI BI volunteers were with me every step of the way!
Congratulations to Undiscovered Voices alumnus @emlynas.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Lollies 👏
Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next?
Entries are open now - find out more 👇
undiscoveredvoices.com
#UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social
Dozens of UV winners have gone on to huge publishing success over the years - could you be the next?
Entries are open now - find out more 👇
undiscoveredvoices.com
#UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social
@scholasticuk.bsky.social has revealed its shortlist for the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (The Lollies) 👇 #BookSky
July 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Thank you so much! The SCBWI BI volunteers were with me every step of the way!
This looks so cool!
Delighted to share the cover of my new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School! Art by @unawoods.bsky.social, pub Gill Books, Sept 4th. Ellora's just started at a new school, and it's hard to keep her budding banshee powers secret. But what if they're about to save the day? 📚🇮🇪💫
July 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This looks so cool!
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We welcome today’s publication from the Department for Education of the Best Start in Life strategy, and strongly support proposals to improve provision and support for children and families, and to increase investment in early education and the early years workforce. 🧵 (1/4)
July 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We welcome today’s publication from the Department for Education of the Best Start in Life strategy, and strongly support proposals to improve provision and support for children and families, and to increase investment in early education and the early years workforce. 🧵 (1/4)
I wish I could go to this!
Last chance to book! ⬇️
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve!
Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case!
Ages 7 up.
Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6
@nosycrow.bsky.social
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Sat 12th July at 11am. Writing tips, Q&A, and an interactive WW2 mystery to solve!
Find out the inspiration behind Friends and Traitors and crack an MI5 cold case!
Ages 7 up.
Book tickets at t.co/6Tk6pEryy6
@nosycrow.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I wish I could go to this!
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Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social
Have you booked your tickets yet? This is going to be so good!!!
I can't wait to bring my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event to @barneskidslitfest.bsky.social next Saturday and you can get your tickets for this here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christophe...
June 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Have you booked your tickets yet? This is going to be so good!!!
What a lovely way to start the day 😂 @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @ambercaraveo.bsky.social
The mild pain of being woken up at 5.30am was soothed by reading this fabulous book with Ivor (by @emlynas.bsky.social and illustrator Matt Hunt). Spoiler alert: it’s about a bear and a hare going to a fair
May 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What a lovely way to start the day 😂 @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @ambercaraveo.bsky.social
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Long thread alert🧵
I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests
Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Long thread alert🧵
I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
May 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Sometimes a picture book that's been waiting patiently just won't wait anymore and suddenly your fingers are flying and the characters are talking and you're having to research sloth pooping habits.
a person is petting a three toed sloth with their hand .
Alt: a person is petting a three toed sloth with their hand .
media.tenor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Sometimes a picture book that's been waiting patiently just won't wait anymore and suddenly your fingers are flying and the characters are talking and you're having to research sloth pooping habits.