Jules Aspinall
@julesaspinall.bsky.social
Writer: Rep’d Alice Williams Literary | Spooky supernatural MG | GEA alumni | #SCBWI 22 Pitch Event MG winner | #UV24 LL Honorary Mention
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Jules Aspinall
@julesaspinall.bsky.social
· Jan 16
Not on here much yet, but so happy to share that I’ve signed with Alice Williams Literary, after a magical start to the year 🎉💫Thanks to my writing friends for cheering me on, to GEA, Write Magic, and SCBWI, and the editor/writer who invested his time and belief in me 💫#writingcommunity #kidlit
Apologies to those who follow me on everything else 😘 This really got me today #inclusivity #neurodivergent #adhd
April 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Apologies to those who follow me on everything else 😘 This really got me today #inclusivity #neurodivergent #adhd
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Congratulations 🥂 @kitdewaal.bsky.social and looking forward to your discussion in N Cotswolds on THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (buy ahaed @borzoibookshop.bsky.social )
with @megster.bsky.social 2pm Thursday 8 May
Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
with @megster.bsky.social 2pm Thursday 8 May
Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
Great evening celebrating the launch of The Best of Everything by the brilliant @kitdewaal.bsky.social bring on the joy, get ready to ache too #writingcommunity #kindness #forgiveness #love
April 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Congratulations 🥂 @kitdewaal.bsky.social and looking forward to your discussion in N Cotswolds on THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (buy ahaed @borzoibookshop.bsky.social )
with @megster.bsky.social 2pm Thursday 8 May
Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
with @megster.bsky.social 2pm Thursday 8 May
Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
So good to meet and chat today @elnorrywriter.bsky.social Thank you ☺️ Can’t wait to read the 2nd Fable House: Heart of Fire 🔥 ❤️#writingcommunity #middlegrade #kidlit #middlegradebooks
April 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So good to meet and chat today @elnorrywriter.bsky.social Thank you ☺️ Can’t wait to read the 2nd Fable House: Heart of Fire 🔥 ❤️#writingcommunity #middlegrade #kidlit #middlegradebooks
Great evening celebrating the launch of The Best of Everything by the brilliant @kitdewaal.bsky.social bring on the joy, get ready to ache too #writingcommunity #kindness #forgiveness #love
April 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Great evening celebrating the launch of The Best of Everything by the brilliant @kitdewaal.bsky.social bring on the joy, get ready to ache too #writingcommunity #kindness #forgiveness #love
A monster of a #worldbookday thanks to Jamie Hammond Usborne and Kenilworth Books #kidlit #childrensbooks #writingcommunity
March 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A monster of a #worldbookday thanks to Jamie Hammond Usborne and Kenilworth Books #kidlit #childrensbooks #writingcommunity
Apologies to all who have seen this elsewhere! Fab time with @scbwi-bi.bsky.social and Golden Egg Academy friends in Edinburgh at the weekend #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlituk #kidlitchat #ya #childrenswriters #childrensauthors #childrensbooks #kidlit #spooky
February 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Apologies to all who have seen this elsewhere! Fab time with @scbwi-bi.bsky.social and Golden Egg Academy friends in Edinburgh at the weekend #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlituk #kidlitchat #ya #childrenswriters #childrensauthors #childrensbooks #kidlit #spooky
@amysparkes.bsky.social great children’s publishing panel last night, thank you! 😊💫
February 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@amysparkes.bsky.social great children’s publishing panel last night, thank you! 😊💫
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We're delighted to share that we've teamed up with the wonderful Baby Bank Alliance to give out nearly 25,000 resources in almost 100 baby banks across England and Wales.
It's never too early to start sharing books and stories with babies - we hope everyone enjoys the resources ❤️
It's never too early to start sharing books and stories with babies - we hope everyone enjoys the resources ❤️
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're delighted to share that we've teamed up with the wonderful Baby Bank Alliance to give out nearly 25,000 resources in almost 100 baby banks across England and Wales.
It's never too early to start sharing books and stories with babies - we hope everyone enjoys the resources ❤️
It's never too early to start sharing books and stories with babies - we hope everyone enjoys the resources ❤️
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Happy #FamilyDay!
We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading.
Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading.
Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
February 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy #FamilyDay!
We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading.
Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading.
Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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We're so excited that the shortlist for the @waterstones.bsky.social Children's Book Prize is here!
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We're so excited that the shortlist for the @waterstones.bsky.social Children's Book Prize is here!
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
Really looking forward to this! For adults and teens… author and historian Philippa Gregory and Kenilworth Books (see insta/fb/X) are celebrating Normal Women and bringing the missing 900 years of women’s history to South Warwickshire on Mar 5. Tickets from Kenilworth Books #writingcommunity #books
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Really looking forward to this! For adults and teens… author and historian Philippa Gregory and Kenilworth Books (see insta/fb/X) are celebrating Normal Women and bringing the missing 900 years of women’s history to South Warwickshire on Mar 5. Tickets from Kenilworth Books #writingcommunity #books
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Don’t worry I’m sure the Doctor’s got it covered…
BREAKING | The universe could undergo a 'catastrophic change' that could alter absolutely everything, quantum machine shows
Universe could undergo a 'catastrophic change' that could alter absolutely everything
The universe could undergo a catastrophe that would change absolutely everything, scientists have shown using a quantum machine.
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Don’t worry I’m sure the Doctor’s got it covered…
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Since the entire world has been sending me the news about the Buffy reboot, here's what I would do if I was in charge. Given that SMG = reprising buffy, 20 years on, I'd want her in charge of/involved in an org of slayers and struggling not to replicate the horrors of the watcher's council.
February 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Since the entire world has been sending me the news about the Buffy reboot, here's what I would do if I was in charge. Given that SMG = reprising buffy, 20 years on, I'd want her in charge of/involved in an org of slayers and struggling not to replicate the horrors of the watcher's council.
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We are thrilled to announce our Read It Forward ambassadors. A huge thanks to Alexander Armstrong, @serenakpatel.bsky.social, Andy Day, Catherine Rayner and Nadine Aisha Jassat.
10% of ALL our children's book sales in Feb go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social bit.ly/RIFEB25
10% of ALL our children's book sales in Feb go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social bit.ly/RIFEB25
Read It Forward with Bookshop.org
This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.org go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust in February 2025, and EVERY sale supports independent boo...
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February 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We are thrilled to announce our Read It Forward ambassadors. A huge thanks to Alexander Armstrong, @serenakpatel.bsky.social, Andy Day, Catherine Rayner and Nadine Aisha Jassat.
10% of ALL our children's book sales in Feb go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social bit.ly/RIFEB25
10% of ALL our children's book sales in Feb go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social bit.ly/RIFEB25
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For Children's Mental Health Week we have a new factsheet for you - Therapeutic Parenting. It's a way of parenting children who have had traumatic early life experiences that shape how they see and experience the world. Read more here: www.adoptionuk.org/factsheets-f...
February 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For Children's Mental Health Week we have a new factsheet for you - Therapeutic Parenting. It's a way of parenting children who have had traumatic early life experiences that shape how they see and experience the world. Read more here: www.adoptionuk.org/factsheets-f...
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#SundayMorningBookChat which books have transported you to another country? Or unlocked a different culture or allowed younger readers to see beyond their own four walls?
January 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#SundayMorningBookChat which books have transported you to another country? Or unlocked a different culture or allowed younger readers to see beyond their own four walls?
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Heartstopper meets Shaun of the Dead in #PoppyTPerry's debut #YA Dead Real (written and illustrated too!)
Honoured to have read this at an early stage, delighted that @uclanpublishing.bsky.social felt the same.
Please pre-order from www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page... if you can - out July!
Honoured to have read this at an early stage, delighted that @uclanpublishing.bsky.social felt the same.
Please pre-order from www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page... if you can - out July!
January 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Heartstopper meets Shaun of the Dead in #PoppyTPerry's debut #YA Dead Real (written and illustrated too!)
Honoured to have read this at an early stage, delighted that @uclanpublishing.bsky.social felt the same.
Please pre-order from www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page... if you can - out July!
Honoured to have read this at an early stage, delighted that @uclanpublishing.bsky.social felt the same.
Please pre-order from www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page... if you can - out July!
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I asked a child what their fave book from last year was and their answer was a series that was published about a decade ago. A good reminder that a book is always new to a child who hasn't read it. The constant publishing hustle for novelty has nothing to do with what children want. #KidLitUK
January 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I asked a child what their fave book from last year was and their answer was a series that was published about a decade ago. A good reminder that a book is always new to a child who hasn't read it. The constant publishing hustle for novelty has nothing to do with what children want. #KidLitUK
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✨PODCAST ROLL CALL✨
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble "
ALT: a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble "
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
✨PODCAST ROLL CALL✨
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
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Hi pumpkins!
I’m October & I’m…
📚 Children’s Librarian
✨ Chair of CILIP #YLGSE
📚 GLL Literary Foundation #LiteraryChampion
✨ NLT #LiteracyChampion
📚 Judge for #SparkBookAward25
✨ #FirstChapter 2024 Winner
📚 Spooky Book Blogger
✨ #AroundTheCauldron Podcast Host
& I’m SO enchanted to meet you! 🖤
I’m October & I’m…
📚 Children’s Librarian
✨ Chair of CILIP #YLGSE
📚 GLL Literary Foundation #LiteraryChampion
✨ NLT #LiteracyChampion
📚 Judge for #SparkBookAward25
✨ #FirstChapter 2024 Winner
📚 Spooky Book Blogger
✨ #AroundTheCauldron Podcast Host
& I’m SO enchanted to meet you! 🖤
January 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hi pumpkins!
I’m October & I’m…
📚 Children’s Librarian
✨ Chair of CILIP #YLGSE
📚 GLL Literary Foundation #LiteraryChampion
✨ NLT #LiteracyChampion
📚 Judge for #SparkBookAward25
✨ #FirstChapter 2024 Winner
📚 Spooky Book Blogger
✨ #AroundTheCauldron Podcast Host
& I’m SO enchanted to meet you! 🖤
I’m October & I’m…
📚 Children’s Librarian
✨ Chair of CILIP #YLGSE
📚 GLL Literary Foundation #LiteraryChampion
✨ NLT #LiteracyChampion
📚 Judge for #SparkBookAward25
✨ #FirstChapter 2024 Winner
📚 Spooky Book Blogger
✨ #AroundTheCauldron Podcast Host
& I’m SO enchanted to meet you! 🖤
I need a new comfort watch. Finished #gilmoregirls, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and #geekgirl. Any recommendations for relatable, similar feel-good vibes I can escape into? #writingcommunity
December 30, 2024 at 10:42 AM
I need a new comfort watch. Finished #gilmoregirls, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and #geekgirl. Any recommendations for relatable, similar feel-good vibes I can escape into? #writingcommunity
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On the set of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A space Odyssey (1968)
December 16, 2024 at 10:03 AM
On the set of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A space Odyssey (1968)
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It's 3 weeks until ##LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Thanks to Helen Peters for this fabulous endorsement
Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social
#TheTravellingSchoolMysteries
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social
#TheTravellingSchoolMysteries
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
December 26, 2024 at 11:18 AM
It's 3 weeks until ##LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Thanks to Helen Peters for this fabulous endorsement
Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social
#TheTravellingSchoolMysteries
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social
#TheTravellingSchoolMysteries
rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...
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This interview with Susan Cooper is only from last year & gives us a great insight into her formative years during WW2 (the almost nightly bombing & children collecting shrapnel)as well how she believes the novels are about Time. She's on first. youtu.be/WfsKMvgklpE?...
The Dark is Rising: Susan Cooper, Natalie Haynes, Simon McBurney and Robert MacFarlane.
YouTube video by British Library
youtu.be
December 21, 2024 at 10:21 AM
This interview with Susan Cooper is only from last year & gives us a great insight into her formative years during WW2 (the almost nightly bombing & children collecting shrapnel)as well how she believes the novels are about Time. She's on first. youtu.be/WfsKMvgklpE?...
“Can’t believe it’s still light at 5 o’clock.” Start rehearsing your lines guys, the light is coming back 🙌💫. Happy shortest day to you all, cosy up ❄️#wintersolstice
December 21, 2024 at 9:23 AM
“Can’t believe it’s still light at 5 o’clock.” Start rehearsing your lines guys, the light is coming back 🙌💫. Happy shortest day to you all, cosy up ❄️#wintersolstice