Lou Treleaven
@loutreleaven.bsky.social
Children's author of 40+ titles with Maverick, Two Windmills, Mayo Clinic, Buster Books, Scholastic. Critique service & school visits. Rep'd by Caroline Wakeman. Also writes plays, musicals & text based adventure games. Clichéd cats, books & tea lover.
It was always my ambition to spot a book of mine in @waterstones.bsky.social and yesterday in Covent Garden I saw two! After 15 years in the slush piles my author heart is very full right now!
(Shevolution ill. by Petra Braun on L, Don't Open This Book Until You're 9 ill. by Ellie Hyde on R.)
(Shevolution ill. by Petra Braun on L, Don't Open This Book Until You're 9 ill. by Ellie Hyde on R.)
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It was always my ambition to spot a book of mine in @waterstones.bsky.social and yesterday in Covent Garden I saw two! After 15 years in the slush piles my author heart is very full right now!
(Shevolution ill. by Petra Braun on L, Don't Open This Book Until You're 9 ill. by Ellie Hyde on R.)
(Shevolution ill. by Petra Braun on L, Don't Open This Book Until You're 9 ill. by Ellie Hyde on R.)
Happy #nationalpoetryday ! Why not celebrate and embrace the October vibes at the same time by visiting www.scaryness.com, a new website of fearfully fantastic poems for children? There's even a couple by me. BOO!
Illustrations by #loucrosby
Illustrations by #loucrosby
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy #nationalpoetryday ! Why not celebrate and embrace the October vibes at the same time by visiting www.scaryness.com, a new website of fearfully fantastic poems for children? There's even a couple by me. BOO!
Illustrations by #loucrosby
Illustrations by #loucrosby
Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day me hearties! Why not grab yourself some treasure by buying The Pirate Who Lost His Name by me and @geniespinosa.bsky.social ?
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#talklikeapirateday
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#talklikeapirateday
September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day me hearties! Why not grab yourself some treasure by buying The Pirate Who Lost His Name by me and @geniespinosa.bsky.social ?
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lou-...
#talklikeapirateday
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Lou-...
#talklikeapirateday
New book out for Maverick Books' Zoom Fiction! Delighted to have teamed up again with the brilliant Mario Gushiken to bring you another comedy space adventure, this time set inside the stomach of an alien!
Support your bookshop by buying locally or order from bookshop.org at tinyurl.com/8r2e5yep
Support your bookshop by buying locally or order from bookshop.org at tinyurl.com/8r2e5yep
September 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New book out for Maverick Books' Zoom Fiction! Delighted to have teamed up again with the brilliant Mario Gushiken to bring you another comedy space adventure, this time set inside the stomach of an alien!
Support your bookshop by buying locally or order from bookshop.org at tinyurl.com/8r2e5yep
Support your bookshop by buying locally or order from bookshop.org at tinyurl.com/8r2e5yep
Get your ticket to Scary-ness station and discover some delightfully dreadful destinations!
This new website is a brilliant way for children to discover poetry, and you might even find a petrifying poem by me on your travels! Mwah ha ha!
scaryness.com
#scarypoems #poetry #kidlit #halloween
This new website is a brilliant way for children to discover poetry, and you might even find a petrifying poem by me on your travels! Mwah ha ha!
scaryness.com
#scarypoems #poetry #kidlit #halloween
August 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Get your ticket to Scary-ness station and discover some delightfully dreadful destinations!
This new website is a brilliant way for children to discover poetry, and you might even find a petrifying poem by me on your travels! Mwah ha ha!
scaryness.com
#scarypoems #poetry #kidlit #halloween
This new website is a brilliant way for children to discover poetry, and you might even find a petrifying poem by me on your travels! Mwah ha ha!
scaryness.com
#scarypoems #poetry #kidlit #halloween
Already fully booked for the week next year! Looking forward to sharing new books and stories. #worldbookday2026 #authorlife
August 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Already fully booked for the week next year! Looking forward to sharing new books and stories. #worldbookday2026 #authorlife
Reading Not Yet a Yeti and designing monsters today at Oaklands Infant School, Chelmsford! #authorlife
July 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reading Not Yet a Yeti and designing monsters today at Oaklands Infant School, Chelmsford! #authorlife
Stopped for a cuppa at Leadenhall Market on our weekend in London and look what I found in @waterstones.bsky.social ! (I did reshelve Shevolution properly but couldn't resist showing off Petra Braun's cover for the photo.) @scholasticuk.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Stopped for a cuppa at Leadenhall Market on our weekend in London and look what I found in @waterstones.bsky.social ! (I did reshelve Shevolution properly but couldn't resist showing off Petra Braun's cover for the photo.) @scholasticuk.bsky.social
New comedy writing book by Chris Head arrived today - having done one of his excellent courses I know it's going to be full of absolute gold.
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New comedy writing book by Chris Head arrived today - having done one of his excellent courses I know it's going to be full of absolute gold.
Lovely watercolour landscape workshop at Dunstable Downs today - an escape from the world! Creativity is the best medicine sometimes.
June 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Lovely watercolour landscape workshop at Dunstable Downs today - an escape from the world! Creativity is the best medicine sometimes.
Having fun in the Reading Tent at Bedford Motoring and Kite Festival - yes it was a bit hot to be dressing up as a yeti! #authorlife
June 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Having fun in the Reading Tent at Bedford Motoring and Kite Festival - yes it was a bit hot to be dressing up as a yeti! #authorlife
Exciting book post from @busterbooks.bsky.social today! Out now if you're 8 or 9 (inside or outside).
June 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Exciting book post from @busterbooks.bsky.social today! Out now if you're 8 or 9 (inside or outside).
There's still time! Love this cute little book I did with Sophie Burrows, inspired by epic 'Million Dollar Walks' with my dad. I only realised years later that we were just going on a long route round the village and weren't miles away from civilisation after all. #fathersday
June 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There's still time! Love this cute little book I did with Sophie Burrows, inspired by epic 'Million Dollar Walks' with my dad. I only realised years later that we were just going on a long route round the village and weren't miles away from civilisation after all. #fathersday
Author adrenaline rush! Spotted these in WHSmith Epsom today together with some other brilliant titles from @busterbooks.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Author adrenaline rush! Spotted these in WHSmith Epsom today together with some other brilliant titles from @busterbooks.bsky.social
Hitting a rich vein #lastbooknextbook
June 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hitting a rich vein #lastbooknextbook
Returning to a massive project of typing up all my dream diaries. Some are from the 80s! I'm looking for some nightmarish material to use for my work in progress. Does anyone else use their dreams as inspiration for writing? #amwriting #amdreaming
June 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Returning to a massive project of typing up all my dream diaries. Some are from the 80s! I'm looking for some nightmarish material to use for my work in progress. Does anyone else use their dreams as inspiration for writing? #amwriting #amdreaming
A peek inside Shevolution by me and @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social out now with @scholasticuk.bsky.social!
May 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A peek inside Shevolution by me and @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social out now with @scholasticuk.bsky.social!
It's out! This is the massive project I've been working on with @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social published today by @scholasticuk.bsky.social! Take a journey through #history from our common female ancestor to today and read inspiring stories of #women around the world. For readers age 9-12 and beyond!
May 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It's out! This is the massive project I've been working on with @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social published today by @scholasticuk.bsky.social! Take a journey through #history from our common female ancestor to today and read inspiring stories of #women around the world. For readers age 9-12 and beyond!
A very exciting box arrived yesterday... More will be revealed soon but I have been working on a massive project with @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social and we have news!
May 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A very exciting box arrived yesterday... More will be revealed soon but I have been working on a massive project with @petrabraunstudio.bsky.social and we have news!
May 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Birthday book haul from last week! #amreading
April 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Birthday book haul from last week! #amreading
I just tried it and heard all these! The best thing was them lighting up as they sang, so I've now learned a new call - the blackcap! Thank you Gary's mum!
April 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I just tried it and heard all these! The best thing was them lighting up as they sang, so I've now learned a new call - the blackcap! Thank you Gary's mum!
It's book birthday time! Absolutely loved working on these compendiums of stories, jokes, riddles, quizzes, activities and facts with @busterbooks.bsky.social, brought to life by the talented Ellie Hyde. Find them at your local bookshop or support bookshops by ordering at tinyurl.com/27a8xxpn
April 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It's book birthday time! Absolutely loved working on these compendiums of stories, jokes, riddles, quizzes, activities and facts with @busterbooks.bsky.social, brought to life by the talented Ellie Hyde. Find them at your local bookshop or support bookshops by ordering at tinyurl.com/27a8xxpn