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Great pre-order offer from Waterstones on my next A Day in the Life Book with Jess Bradley. Hurry, only until the end of the month! www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
July 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Great pre-order offer from Waterstones on my next A Day in the Life Book with Jess Bradley. Hurry, only until the end of the month! www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
Honoured and delighted that me and the fabulous @franzihoellb.bsky.social have just won this fantastic award. Huge thanks to the CLF and to everyone who voted for us. Go Team Templar!
July 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Honoured and delighted that me and the fabulous @franzihoellb.bsky.social have just won this fantastic award. Huge thanks to the CLF and to everyone who voted for us. Go Team Templar!
Honoured and very excited to have The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social shortlisted in the non-fiction category for today's Spark! Book Awards Big Final! You can watch along here from 1.45pm: www.youtube.com/@sparkbookaw...
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June 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Honoured and very excited to have The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social shortlisted in the non-fiction category for today's Spark! Book Awards Big Final! You can watch along here from 1.45pm: www.youtube.com/@sparkbookaw...
Such an honour. The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social (and 62 other great books) on the front of the brilliant The Week Jr for their brilliant book awards 2025! Wowsers!
June 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Such an honour. The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social (and 62 other great books) on the front of the brilliant The Week Jr for their brilliant book awards 2025! Wowsers!
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ICYMI: The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for 2025 has been unveiled. Awards will be given for the best in children’s literature across 13 categories, and shortlistees include Ramzee, Deborah Meaden, Elle McNicoll and Nadia Shireen 👇
The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 shortlist unveiled
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June 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
ICYMI: The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for 2025 has been unveiled. Awards will be given for the best in children’s literature across 13 categories, and shortlistees include Ramzee, Deborah Meaden, Elle McNicoll and Nadia Shireen 👇
So proud and honoured to have a book on the STEM shortlist. HUGE thanks to all involved. Wow!
What to know what's on the shortlists for The Week Junior
Book Awards? Find out now! 13 categories including #Poetry #STEM #Picturebooks and Best Cover 📚📚Congratulations to all the authors + illustrators, incl Nadia Shireen, shortlisted twice. #KidLitUK
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Book Awards? Find out now! 13 categories including #Poetry #STEM #Picturebooks and Best Cover 📚📚Congratulations to all the authors + illustrators, incl Nadia Shireen, shortlisted twice. #KidLitUK
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June 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So proud and honoured to have a book on the STEM shortlist. HUGE thanks to all involved. Wow!
Honoured to be in such esteemed company for the The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 in the STEM category. Big thanks to everyone involved! Including brilliant illustrator @franzihoellb.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social and @anneclarklit.bsky.social www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk/2025/stem25
Children's Book of the Year: STEM
Announcing The Week Junior Book Awards: Children's Book of the Year: STEM
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June 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Honoured to be in such esteemed company for the The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 in the STEM category. Big thanks to everyone involved! Including brilliant illustrator @franzihoellb.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social and @anneclarklit.bsky.social www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk/2025/stem25
Honoured to have The World's First Rollercoaster by me and Franzi Hollbacher shortlisted for the Spark Book Awards in the non-fiction category. The author visit video made today live from my work room is now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J14z... Big thanks to all involved!
Spark! 5 Author Visit: The World's First Roller Coaster, Mike Barfield
YouTube video by Spark! School Book Awards
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April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Honoured to have The World's First Rollercoaster by me and Franzi Hollbacher shortlisted for the Spark Book Awards in the non-fiction category. The author visit video made today live from my work room is now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J14z... Big thanks to all involved!
Happy book birthday to The World's First Human Cannonball by me and Franzi Hollbacher. I'll be signing copies at White Rose Bookcafe in Thirsk from 10am on Saturday, and Blue House Bookshop on Bootham in York from 2.30pm. Come and launch a paper human cannonball and collect a free fartwhistle!
April 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Happy book birthday to The World's First Human Cannonball by me and Franzi Hollbacher. I'll be signing copies at White Rose Bookcafe in Thirsk from 10am on Saturday, and Blue House Bookshop on Bootham in York from 2.30pm. Come and launch a paper human cannonball and collect a free fartwhistle!
So excited and honoured to be doing four shows this weekend as part of Hull's amazing Colliderfest 2025 celebration of science. I'm at Hull History Centre on Sat, and Hull City Hall on Sun. Check the times and book at www.colliderfest.co.uk See you there!
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March 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So excited and honoured to be doing four shows this weekend as part of Hull's amazing Colliderfest 2025 celebration of science. I'm at Hull History Centre on Sat, and Hull City Hall on Sun. Check the times and book at www.colliderfest.co.uk See you there!
Very excited and honoured to have a book on the shortlists for this year's @sparkbookaward.bsky.social awards. With the help of my son Jake filming, here's a video of me promoting The World's First Rollercoaster, with pictures by brilliant @franzihoellb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=R78C...
The World’s First Rollercoaster: and Other Amazing Inventions - Mike Barfield - Shortlist Spotlight
YouTube video by Spark! School Book Awards
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March 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Very excited and honoured to have a book on the shortlists for this year's @sparkbookaward.bsky.social awards. With the help of my son Jake filming, here's a video of me promoting The World's First Rollercoaster, with pictures by brilliant @franzihoellb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=R78C...
Very excited that my new title with Franzi Hollbacher for April 2025 from Templar Books is on a preorder offer with Waterstones this weekend and Monday! Use the code below at the checkout. #WPreorder waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Very excited that my new title with Franzi Hollbacher for April 2025 from Templar Books is on a preorder offer with Waterstones this weekend and Monday! Use the code below at the checkout. #WPreorder waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
These are lovely people to work for and with.
📢 We're hiring 📢
Join a creative, fast-paced non-fiction team as a Desk Editor, working on commercial books across a range of subjects from history, popular science, lifestyle & more.
Deadline: 31st January 2025
More info & application details here 👉 https://buff.ly/4jn21Da
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Join a creative, fast-paced non-fiction team as a Desk Editor, working on commercial books across a range of subjects from history, popular science, lifestyle & more.
Deadline: 31st January 2025
More info & application details here 👉 https://buff.ly/4jn21Da
#JobsinPublishing
January 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
These are lovely people to work for and with.
Thank you so much to everyone involved in @sparkbookaward.bsky.social and to my co-creator @franzihoellb.bsky.social, all at Templar Books and my agent @anneclarklit.bsky.social . Such an honour to be short-listed, and big thanks to the young people in the video too! Yay!
Starting with our guest category, here are the 4 fabulous shortlisted books in our Non-Fiction Category: #Spark2025Shortlist
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January 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Thank you so much to everyone involved in @sparkbookaward.bsky.social and to my co-creator @franzihoellb.bsky.social, all at Templar Books and my agent @anneclarklit.bsky.social . Such an honour to be short-listed, and big thanks to the young people in the video too! Yay!
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Discover the amazing story of our home planet – as told by Earth itself 🌎
Uncover everything you need to know by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and @jessbradley.bsky.social.
Planet Earth is out now!
#planetearth #childrensbook #bookstagram #middlegradereference #comicstrip #geography
Uncover everything you need to know by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and @jessbradley.bsky.social.
Planet Earth is out now!
#planetearth #childrensbook #bookstagram #middlegradereference #comicstrip #geography
January 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Discover the amazing story of our home planet – as told by Earth itself 🌎
Uncover everything you need to know by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and @jessbradley.bsky.social.
Planet Earth is out now!
#planetearth #childrensbook #bookstagram #middlegradereference #comicstrip #geography
Uncover everything you need to know by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and @jessbradley.bsky.social.
Planet Earth is out now!
#planetearth #childrensbook #bookstagram #middlegradereference #comicstrip #geography
I am so bowled over when foreign editions of my books turn up in the post, especially as they get written in a small untidy study in rural North Yorkshire. These are Indonesian 'Day in the Life's! @busterbooks.bsky.social @anneclarklit.bsky.social @jessbradley.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 PM
I am so bowled over when foreign editions of my books turn up in the post, especially as they get written in a small untidy study in rural North Yorkshire. These are Indonesian 'Day in the Life's! @busterbooks.bsky.social @anneclarklit.bsky.social @jessbradley.bsky.social
Wow! What a lovely early Christmas present! Big thank you to @sparkbookaward.bsky.social and to all the wonderful people who helped bring about this book including @franzihoellb.bsky.social, my agent @anneclarklit.bsky.social and the fantastic folks at Templar Books. All of them!
Day 6, Non-Fiction: 'The World’s First Rollercoaster & Other Amazing Inventions' by @mikebarfield.bsky.social & illustr. by @franzihoellb.bsky.social (Templar Books)
From the high and mighty rollercoaster to the humble potato chip, this lively book will amuse & enlighten children. #SparkLonglist
From the high and mighty rollercoaster to the humble potato chip, this lively book will amuse & enlighten children. #SparkLonglist
December 9, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Wow! What a lovely early Christmas present! Big thank you to @sparkbookaward.bsky.social and to all the wonderful people who helped bring about this book including @franzihoellb.bsky.social, my agent @anneclarklit.bsky.social and the fantastic folks at Templar Books. All of them!
Very advance notice, but I am so excited and honoured that my first ever storybook for younger readers will be published next year by Andersen Press with beautiful illustrations by Momoke Abe. This is a Big Leap not just for Keith the Leaf, but for me too!
December 6, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Very advance notice, but I am so excited and honoured that my first ever storybook for younger readers will be published next year by Andersen Press with beautiful illustrations by Momoke Abe. This is a Big Leap not just for Keith the Leaf, but for me too!
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It's #GivingTuesday - but did you know that you can donate to our #MagicOfBooks appeal on behalf of someone else?
You'll receive a cute certificate to give them - and you'll be sharing the magic of books with children throughout the year too! ❤️
donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas4?utm_so...
You'll receive a cute certificate to give them - and you'll be sharing the magic of books with children throughout the year too! ❤️
donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas4?utm_so...
December 3, 2024 at 11:57 AM
It's #GivingTuesday - but did you know that you can donate to our #MagicOfBooks appeal on behalf of someone else?
You'll receive a cute certificate to give them - and you'll be sharing the magic of books with children throughout the year too! ❤️
donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas4?utm_so...
You'll receive a cute certificate to give them - and you'll be sharing the magic of books with children throughout the year too! ❤️
donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas4?utm_so...
So honoured that The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social and published by Templar Books is on the shortlist for Best Non-fiction book of 2024. Huge thanks to @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social You can vote here: schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo... We'd love it if you did!
Best Children's Books of 2024
Children's books of the year 2024 with fiction, non-fiction & picture books for preschool, primary and secondary children & teens. Vote now!
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December 1, 2024 at 2:35 PM
So honoured that The World's First Rollercoaster by me and @franzihoellb.bsky.social and published by Templar Books is on the shortlist for Best Non-fiction book of 2024. Huge thanks to @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social You can vote here: schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo... We'd love it if you did!