Sally Doherty
@sallywrites.bsky.social
MG author: Toby and the Silver Blood Witches, Max and Monty with Collins Primary
Winner of the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award 2022
Owned by three-legged rescue dog
ME/CFS
https://linktr.ee/SallyDoherty
Winner of the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award 2022
Owned by three-legged rescue dog
ME/CFS
https://linktr.ee/SallyDoherty
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Sally Doherty
@sallywrites.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Added a new profile header. First time I've seen my books altogether.
So glad something has come out of all these housebound years.
#chronicillness #MECFS #kidlituk
So glad something has come out of all these housebound years.
#chronicillness #MECFS #kidlituk
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Oh joy of Joys! Finally the world of Agatha Christie meets the world of children’s books! Little Miss Marple in a middle at the vicarage &Mr Poirot in mischief on the Nile! #PictureBookFriday so much fun and perfect for kids @farshorebooks.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/l...
Little Miss Marple – Muddle at the Vicarage & Mr. Poirot – Mischief on the Nile by Adam Hargreaves inspired by Roger Hargreaves and Agatha Christie
The Books in Rhyme… Ladies and Gentleman: Mr Poirot, The worlds greatest detective I’ll have you know! Solving a crime on a ship on the Nile, The Contessa’s pearl necklace not see…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Oh joy of Joys! Finally the world of Agatha Christie meets the world of children’s books! Little Miss Marple in a middle at the vicarage &Mr Poirot in mischief on the Nile! #PictureBookFriday so much fun and perfect for kids @farshorebooks.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/l...
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Next week we celebrate #BookWeekScotland which this year has a theme of Friendship.
What great books that celebrate friendship would you be recommending?
#KidsBookFriday
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
What great books that celebrate friendship would you be recommending?
#KidsBookFriday
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Next week we celebrate #BookWeekScotland which this year has a theme of Friendship.
What great books that celebrate friendship would you be recommending?
#KidsBookFriday
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
What great books that celebrate friendship would you be recommending?
#KidsBookFriday
#UKKidLit
#KidLitUK
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My 20-minute 1-2-1 ASK ME ANYTHING slots are now live. Trialling two dates for now: 1-2pm and 7-8pm GMT on 13th and 20th Nov.
These aren’t critique/feedback sessions. They’re to help marginalised writers navigate UK children’s publishing.
UK only. Link to book in my bio. 💛📖 #KidLitUK
These aren’t critique/feedback sessions. They’re to help marginalised writers navigate UK children’s publishing.
UK only. Link to book in my bio. 💛📖 #KidLitUK
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My 20-minute 1-2-1 ASK ME ANYTHING slots are now live. Trialling two dates for now: 1-2pm and 7-8pm GMT on 13th and 20th Nov.
These aren’t critique/feedback sessions. They’re to help marginalised writers navigate UK children’s publishing.
UK only. Link to book in my bio. 💛📖 #KidLitUK
These aren’t critique/feedback sessions. They’re to help marginalised writers navigate UK children’s publishing.
UK only. Link to book in my bio. 💛📖 #KidLitUK
Happy publication day to @emmaread.bsky.social !!
I loved Milton the Mighty and The House Trap so I know this one will be brilliant too!
Three children wake up on Christmas Day to find their parents have disappeared 👀
Inspired by The Day of the Triffids😮
#kidlituk @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
I loved Milton the Mighty and The House Trap so I know this one will be brilliant too!
Three children wake up on Christmas Day to find their parents have disappeared 👀
Inspired by The Day of the Triffids😮
#kidlituk @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Happy publication day to @emmaread.bsky.social !!
I loved Milton the Mighty and The House Trap so I know this one will be brilliant too!
Three children wake up on Christmas Day to find their parents have disappeared 👀
Inspired by The Day of the Triffids😮
#kidlituk @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
I loved Milton the Mighty and The House Trap so I know this one will be brilliant too!
Three children wake up on Christmas Day to find their parents have disappeared 👀
Inspired by The Day of the Triffids😮
#kidlituk @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
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‘If you’re disabled, you’re not ill.’
Sir Charlie Mayfield (author of the Keep Britain Working review)
This is who’s shaping UK disability employment policy. Shocking, he doesn’t even understand the basics.
I’m disabled because I’m chronically ill with #MECFS.
Sir Charlie Mayfield (author of the Keep Britain Working review)
This is who’s shaping UK disability employment policy. Shocking, he doesn’t even understand the basics.
I’m disabled because I’m chronically ill with #MECFS.
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
‘If you’re disabled, you’re not ill.’
Sir Charlie Mayfield (author of the Keep Britain Working review)
This is who’s shaping UK disability employment policy. Shocking, he doesn’t even understand the basics.
I’m disabled because I’m chronically ill with #MECFS.
Sir Charlie Mayfield (author of the Keep Britain Working review)
This is who’s shaping UK disability employment policy. Shocking, he doesn’t even understand the basics.
I’m disabled because I’m chronically ill with #MECFS.
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Like most people I automatically switch to @barringtonstoke.bsky.social too. Fabulous books for all learners. Also important to champion that authentic voice which is why I've chosen Wider than the Sea by @serenamolloy.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Like most people I automatically switch to @barringtonstoke.bsky.social too. Fabulous books for all learners. Also important to champion that authentic voice which is why I've chosen Wider than the Sea by @serenamolloy.bsky.social
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@amdassu.bsky.social will be in the shop on Saturday the 8th signing her new book. She is brilliant, the book is beautiful, come and say hello
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@amdassu.bsky.social will be in the shop on Saturday the 8th signing her new book. She is brilliant, the book is beautiful, come and say hello
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If you’d like to watch my first Middlegrade Monday with SF Said, the link is here!
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#PrimaryEduSky #BookSky
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#PrimaryEduSky #BookSky
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November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you’d like to watch my first Middlegrade Monday with SF Said, the link is here!
www.instagram.com/reel/DQmG_iL...
#PrimaryEduSky #BookSky
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#PrimaryEduSky #BookSky
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📢📢 The Clock Is Ticking 📢📢
Make sure you download your free - yes FREE!! - @sallywrites.bsky.social ebook today before the offer disappears.
And grab the other two for an absolute bargain price while you're at it.
They're brilliant books - you'll love them, I promise!
Make sure you download your free - yes FREE!! - @sallywrites.bsky.social ebook today before the offer disappears.
And grab the other two for an absolute bargain price while you're at it.
They're brilliant books - you'll love them, I promise!
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
📢📢 The Clock Is Ticking 📢📢
Make sure you download your free - yes FREE!! - @sallywrites.bsky.social ebook today before the offer disappears.
And grab the other two for an absolute bargain price while you're at it.
They're brilliant books - you'll love them, I promise!
Make sure you download your free - yes FREE!! - @sallywrites.bsky.social ebook today before the offer disappears.
And grab the other two for an absolute bargain price while you're at it.
They're brilliant books - you'll love them, I promise!
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You do. You want them all.
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
You do. You want them all.
Blown away by how many people have downloaded my free ebook since Thursday 😮 And yay it's also brought paid sales of books 2 & 3!
The offer ends TODAY if you’d also like to get Toby & the Silver Blood Witches for FREE or the next two books for 99p each.
Link in next post 🧙♀️🦇
#kidlituk #booksky
The offer ends TODAY if you’d also like to get Toby & the Silver Blood Witches for FREE or the next two books for 99p each.
Link in next post 🧙♀️🦇
#kidlituk #booksky
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy Halloween!
Please check out this wonderful ten minute Halloween storytime
I got goosebumps hearing @mefoggydog.bsky.social read a couple of short excerpts from my own book 🥺 I’ve never heard them spoken aloud before!
Gentle spookiness perfect for age 8/9+ & #pwME too 🧙🏻♀️🦇
Link in next post 👇
Please check out this wonderful ten minute Halloween storytime
I got goosebumps hearing @mefoggydog.bsky.social read a couple of short excerpts from my own book 🥺 I’ve never heard them spoken aloud before!
Gentle spookiness perfect for age 8/9+ & #pwME too 🧙🏻♀️🦇
Link in next post 👇
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Happy Halloween!
Please check out this wonderful ten minute Halloween storytime
I got goosebumps hearing @mefoggydog.bsky.social read a couple of short excerpts from my own book 🥺 I’ve never heard them spoken aloud before!
Gentle spookiness perfect for age 8/9+ & #pwME too 🧙🏻♀️🦇
Link in next post 👇
Please check out this wonderful ten minute Halloween storytime
I got goosebumps hearing @mefoggydog.bsky.social read a couple of short excerpts from my own book 🥺 I’ve never heard them spoken aloud before!
Gentle spookiness perfect for age 8/9+ & #pwME too 🧙🏻♀️🦇
Link in next post 👇
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Hi #BookSky! 💙📚 I'm Marie, a Filipino #SFF and horror author/reader living in the 🇬🇧. I write myth/folklore based tales, mostly flash fiction and short stories, and I also co-wrote The Prophecies of Ragnarok, a Norse myth urban fantasy trilogy. mariesinadjan.com ✨
November 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Hi #BookSky! 💙📚 I'm Marie, a Filipino #SFF and horror author/reader living in the 🇬🇧. I write myth/folklore based tales, mostly flash fiction and short stories, and I also co-wrote The Prophecies of Ragnarok, a Norse myth urban fantasy trilogy. mariesinadjan.com ✨
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My good news has just come in! LOOK AT THIS! So pleased to see this! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
My good news has just come in! LOOK AT THIS! So pleased to see this! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Thank you @thebookseller.com for covering our CWIG @societyofauthors.bsky.social campaign to celebrate the unsung heroes of many celebrity children's books - the ghostwriters.
Please support our #GhostsAreReal campaign.
Let's applaud the CRAFT of writing.
www.thebookseller.com/news/soa-cal...
Please support our #GhostsAreReal campaign.
Let's applaud the CRAFT of writing.
www.thebookseller.com/news/soa-cal...
SoA calls for transparency around 'unsung' ghostwriters behind celebrity-authored children’s books
The Society of Authors has launched a campaign to 'make a stand for a better recognition of the contribution and role of ghostwriters in celebrity-authored children’s fiction'.
www.thebookseller.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thank you @thebookseller.com for covering our CWIG @societyofauthors.bsky.social campaign to celebrate the unsung heroes of many celebrity children's books - the ghostwriters.
Please support our #GhostsAreReal campaign.
Let's applaud the CRAFT of writing.
www.thebookseller.com/news/soa-cal...
Please support our #GhostsAreReal campaign.
Let's applaud the CRAFT of writing.
www.thebookseller.com/news/soa-cal...
Went to buy an ebook and it’s £11.99 … Say what?!?! Won’t be buying it 🤷♀️
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Went to buy an ebook and it’s £11.99 … Say what?!?! Won’t be buying it 🤷♀️
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I’ve been in a right reading slump lately. I’m conscious it’s often just the right book coming along at the right time that does the trick, but what books have helped you or the kids in your life get out of a reading slump?
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I’ve been in a right reading slump lately. I’m conscious it’s often just the right book coming along at the right time that does the trick, but what books have helped you or the kids in your life get out of a reading slump?
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
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Who would like to buy my book today?
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose
Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose - Kindle edition by Houlihan, Kristin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose.
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February 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Who would like to buy my book today?
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback
29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness
#BookSky
www.amazon.com/Lift-Mask-co...
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Book 88 of 2025: Toby and the Siege of Sky City by @sallywrites.bsky.social — way to make me cry with that ending! 😭 perfect end to the trilogy. I just gave book 1 to my 9yo. Toby’s mom and I (and Sally) have the same illness — it was great to see more of mum in this book! #MECFS #KidLit
#BookSky
#BookSky
Toby and the Siege of Sky City (Toby Bean Trilogy Book …
The third book in the award-winning Toby Bean trilogy."…
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October 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Book 88 of 2025: Toby and the Siege of Sky City by @sallywrites.bsky.social — way to make me cry with that ending! 😭 perfect end to the trilogy. I just gave book 1 to my 9yo. Toby’s mom and I (and Sally) have the same illness — it was great to see more of mum in this book! #MECFS #KidLit
#BookSky
#BookSky
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📣 SCHOOLS!
💷 A virtual author visit can be a very cost effective way to encourage children's #ReadingForPleasure.
📚 Check out virtualauthors.co.uk and give them a follow to find out which authors are available.
#EduSky #KidLitUK #Primary #Secondary #Education #VirtualAuthorVisits #KidLit
💷 A virtual author visit can be a very cost effective way to encourage children's #ReadingForPleasure.
📚 Check out virtualauthors.co.uk and give them a follow to find out which authors are available.
#EduSky #KidLitUK #Primary #Secondary #Education #VirtualAuthorVisits #KidLit
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📣 SCHOOLS!
💷 A virtual author visit can be a very cost effective way to encourage children's #ReadingForPleasure.
📚 Check out virtualauthors.co.uk and give them a follow to find out which authors are available.
#EduSky #KidLitUK #Primary #Secondary #Education #VirtualAuthorVisits #KidLit
💷 A virtual author visit can be a very cost effective way to encourage children's #ReadingForPleasure.
📚 Check out virtualauthors.co.uk and give them a follow to find out which authors are available.
#EduSky #KidLitUK #Primary #Secondary #Education #VirtualAuthorVisits #KidLit
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