Rob Walton
@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/
www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk
“playful, zingy and warm”.
Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages.
@robwaltonwriter on other places.
www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk
“playful, zingy and warm”.
Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages.
@robwaltonwriter on other places.
Post- Whitley Bay parkrun as part of a 10K. Didn’t necessarily take the most direct route. The book on top of the pile has a Priory Lane stamp - a school in Scunthorpe I left fifty years ago. Finally got round to reading it,so now I can return it. #whitleybay #parkrun #scunthorpe
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Post- Whitley Bay parkrun as part of a 10K. Didn’t necessarily take the most direct route. The book on top of the pile has a Priory Lane stamp - a school in Scunthorpe I left fifty years ago. Finally got round to reading it,so now I can return it. #whitleybay #parkrun #scunthorpe
Post-parkrun coffee and words from @attielime.bsky.social and others. That there Bay was wonderfully windy today. #parkrun #whitleybay
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Post-parkrun coffee and words from @attielime.bsky.social and others. That there Bay was wonderfully windy today. #parkrun #whitleybay
Some excellent poems for Anti-Bullying Week at Brian Moses’ blogspot brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1 #antibullyingweek #schools #edubluesky
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Some excellent poems for Anti-Bullying Week at Brian Moses’ blogspot brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1 #antibullyingweek #schools #edubluesky
Very good news! Hats off to
‘Rob Walton’ & brava to Reena Makwana and her fantastic illustrations.Especially big love and thanks to Emma, Georgia, James & now Ella (not forgetting Gosia!) @theemmapress.bsky.social The best publisher & people. NOW BUY THIS BOOK! #carnegies
‘Rob Walton’ & brava to Reena Makwana and her fantastic illustrations.Especially big love and thanks to Emma, Georgia, James & now Ella (not forgetting Gosia!) @theemmapress.bsky.social The best publisher & people. NOW BUY THIS BOOK! #carnegies
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Very good news! Hats off to
‘Rob Walton’ & brava to Reena Makwana and her fantastic illustrations.Especially big love and thanks to Emma, Georgia, James & now Ella (not forgetting Gosia!) @theemmapress.bsky.social The best publisher & people. NOW BUY THIS BOOK! #carnegies
‘Rob Walton’ & brava to Reena Makwana and her fantastic illustrations.Especially big love and thanks to Emma, Georgia, James & now Ella (not forgetting Gosia!) @theemmapress.bsky.social The best publisher & people. NOW BUY THIS BOOK! #carnegies
Post-parkrun. Some fantastic words (and images) in those there books. Some fantastic everything at that there coast. #parkrun #whitleybay @parkrunuk.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Post-parkrun. Some fantastic words (and images) in those there books. Some fantastic everything at that there coast. #parkrun #whitleybay @parkrunuk.bsky.social
On the other hand, if Halloween poems are just too scary for you, however mild and gentle they may be… #kidlit #poetryforchildren #childrenspoetry
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On the other hand, if Halloween poems are just too scary for you, however mild and gentle they may be… #kidlit #poetryforchildren #childrenspoetry
scaryness.com is the place
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
scaryness.com is the place
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
Post-parkrun etc. Course check, finish funnel set-up (“Oh my, what a beautiful funnel!” the sweaty hordes chorused), run, shuffle home, drink coffee, read. #parkrun #whitleybay
October 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Post-parkrun etc. Course check, finish funnel set-up (“Oh my, what a beautiful funnel!” the sweaty hordes chorused), run, shuffle home, drink coffee, read. #parkrun #whitleybay
I receive loads of book promotion spam.My fab publisher @theemmapress.bsky.social has the best staff and they’ve used a top freelance publicist.These robbing spammers annoy me so I reply to amuse myself.Now I quite look forward to receiving them.Some of the divvies even take my suggestions on board.
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I receive loads of book promotion spam.My fab publisher @theemmapress.bsky.social has the best staff and they’ve used a top freelance publicist.These robbing spammers annoy me so I reply to amuse myself.Now I quite look forward to receiving them.Some of the divvies even take my suggestions on board.
Post-parkrun etc. Adult fiction, children’s fiction, cat poetry, ‘frothy coffee’ and footie. Saturday sustenance. #parkrun #whitleybay
October 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Post-parkrun etc. Adult fiction, children’s fiction, cat poetry, ‘frothy coffee’ and footie. Saturday sustenance. #parkrun #whitleybay
I read to find my place in the world, escape the world, find new worlds. Always have. Today I will #take10toread #ReadMCR with National Literacy Trust @theemmapress.bsky.social for World Mental Health Day.
October 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I read to find my place in the world, escape the world, find new worlds. Always have. Today I will #take10toread #ReadMCR with National Literacy Trust @theemmapress.bsky.social for World Mental Health Day.
I had a cheese salad sandwich (with homemade green tomato chutney) & a cuppa, listening to @RebeccaLeek_ s poetic Ditty Bag. You could have a fried egg sandwich, Greek salad or last year’s Christmas pud you forgot all about. Just make sure you give yourself 15 minutes to listen.
October 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I had a cheese salad sandwich (with homemade green tomato chutney) & a cuppa, listening to @RebeccaLeek_ s poetic Ditty Bag. You could have a fried egg sandwich, Greek salad or last year’s Christmas pud you forgot all about. Just make sure you give yourself 15 minutes to listen.
Reckon I deserved a few post-Storm Amy-parkrun treats today. Blowin’ a hoolie round here, like. #parkrun #whitleybay @parkrunuk.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reckon I deserved a few post-Storm Amy-parkrun treats today. Blowin’ a hoolie round here, like. #parkrun #whitleybay @parkrunuk.bsky.social
Really excited for National Potato Day. Started queuing at the chippy last night to get first dibs. Even wrote a potato to celebrate. #nationalpoetryday #nationalpotatoday
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Really excited for National Potato Day. Started queuing at the chippy last night to get first dibs. Even wrote a potato to celebrate. #nationalpoetryday #nationalpotatoday
Great to have some mildly scary poems for kids aboard the scary-ness express. scaryness.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Great to have some mildly scary poems for kids aboard the scary-ness express. scaryness.com
Finding some great scary poems for children from a range of excellent poets over on scaryness.com #kidlit #childrenspoetry
September 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Finding some great scary poems for children from a range of excellent poets over on scaryness.com #kidlit #childrenspoetry
@thetoypress.bsky.social #word of the week is TRAIN, and this is a response… #kidlit #childrenspoetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
August 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@thetoypress.bsky.social #word of the week is TRAIN, and this is a response… #kidlit #childrenspoetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
Great to receive You’re Never Too Much, thanks to First Ink Books @panmacmillan.bsky.social Charlie Castelletti. Pleased to have a couple of my things in this new anthology of “Poems for every emotion” for YA readers. My rubbish photo doesn’t do the fab cover justice- so you’ll have to order it.
August 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Great to receive You’re Never Too Much, thanks to First Ink Books @panmacmillan.bsky.social Charlie Castelletti. Pleased to have a couple of my things in this new anthology of “Poems for every emotion” for YA readers. My rubbish photo doesn’t do the fab cover justice- so you’ll have to order it.
Delighted to get my contributor copy of The Northern Gravy Anthology of Poetry.Thanks to Ed @ralphdartford.bsky.social @northerngravy.bsky.social Proud of the four poems I have in here. All, I think, quite different, but all my authentic voice. Go buy it - and their other anthologies.
August 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Delighted to get my contributor copy of The Northern Gravy Anthology of Poetry.Thanks to Ed @ralphdartford.bsky.social @northerngravy.bsky.social Proud of the four poems I have in here. All, I think, quite different, but all my authentic voice. Go buy it - and their other anthologies.
A Level results day. Daughter will be out with mates later. I’ve prepped her room for her return. #ALevelResultsDay #ALevelResults #ALevel
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A Level results day. Daughter will be out with mates later. I’ve prepped her room for her return. #ALevelResultsDay #ALevelResults #ALevel
Proper parkrun morning. Course check, help the finish set up, run, then home to have bath time treats, including reading about parkrun thanks to @pauls-h.bsky.social Paul Sinton Hewitt’s book from @panmacmillan.bsky.social #parkrun #WhitleyBay
August 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Proper parkrun morning. Course check, help the finish set up, run, then home to have bath time treats, including reading about parkrun thanks to @pauls-h.bsky.social Paul Sinton Hewitt’s book from @panmacmillan.bsky.social #parkrun #WhitleyBay
Big thanks to @brianmosespoet.bsky.social for letting me loose on his blog. Also 👏 to @theemmapress.bsky.social Tyger Tyger and The Dirigible Balloon. brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1 #kidlit #childrenspoetry
August 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Big thanks to @brianmosespoet.bsky.social for letting me loose on his blog. Also 👏 to @theemmapress.bsky.social Tyger Tyger and The Dirigible Balloon. brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1 #kidlit #childrenspoetry
@theemmapress.bsky.social @peters-books.bsky.social Peters do many wonderful things, including supplying books to the UK’s schools and libraries. They were kind enough to interview me, and publish my answers to their questions. #libraries #librarians ##schoollibraries #scunthorpe
August 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
@theemmapress.bsky.social @peters-books.bsky.social Peters do many wonderful things, including supplying books to the UK’s schools and libraries. They were kind enough to interview me, and publish my answers to their questions. #libraries #librarians ##schoollibraries #scunthorpe
Appropriate post-parkrun treats. Photos two and three before (but after doing First Timers Briefing) and after (bit shinier…) #parkrun #parkrunsaturday #WhitleyBay
August 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Appropriate post-parkrun treats. Photos two and three before (but after doing First Timers Briefing) and after (bit shinier…) #parkrun #parkrunsaturday #WhitleyBay
Tomorrow in North Shields.Last few tix - contact @harryvegas.bsky.social I am doing 2 sets - the award-winning series of crisp sandwich haiku, and a rhyming narrative poem about the time former Scunthorpe United striker Jimmy Lumby got stuck in the bogs at Tiffany’s. I expect I’ll do an encore.
July 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tomorrow in North Shields.Last few tix - contact @harryvegas.bsky.social I am doing 2 sets - the award-winning series of crisp sandwich haiku, and a rhyming narrative poem about the time former Scunthorpe United striker Jimmy Lumby got stuck in the bogs at Tiffany’s. I expect I’ll do an encore.