Sarah Broadley
@sarahbroadley.bsky.social
She/her. Herder of cats. Devourer of Books. Children's writer. Children's book reviewer for @mybookcorner.bsky.social, member of Craigmillar Literacy Trust, CWIG, societyofauthors.bsky.social and supporter of Cymerafestival.co.uk. #ViewsMyOwn #BeKind
A packed @edinb for the launch of the brilliant #MG Firebloom, written by the wonder that is Justin Davies and illustrated by the fabulous Francesca Ficorilli Published by @florisbooks.bsky.social, it's out now!
Full of jellyfish, intrigue and mayhem, you'll be hooked from the first page!
Full of jellyfish, intrigue and mayhem, you'll be hooked from the first page!
August 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A packed @edinb for the launch of the brilliant #MG Firebloom, written by the wonder that is Justin Davies and illustrated by the fabulous Francesca Ficorilli Published by @florisbooks.bsky.social, it's out now!
Full of jellyfish, intrigue and mayhem, you'll be hooked from the first page!
Full of jellyfish, intrigue and mayhem, you'll be hooked from the first page!
Had a fantastic time @edbookfest.bsky.social. It was a joy to chair some brilliant events, host a lead readers session for @openbookreading.bsky.social, catch up with visiting creatives, delighted to be guest at some of the school events through @mybookcorner.bsky.social and more!
August 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Had a fantastic time @edbookfest.bsky.social. It was a joy to chair some brilliant events, host a lead readers session for @openbookreading.bsky.social, catch up with visiting creatives, delighted to be guest at some of the school events through @mybookcorner.bsky.social and more!
Super Goat Girl is out today! Happy book birthday to @traceybaptiste.bsky.social and @dapsdraws.bsky.social on this incredible story about joy, confidence and knowing how special you actually are! My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social 📚❤️ #PB
July 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Super Goat Girl is out today! Happy book birthday to @traceybaptiste.bsky.social and @dapsdraws.bsky.social on this incredible story about joy, confidence and knowing how special you actually are! My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social 📚❤️ #PB
My holiday reads! Not enough room to tag everyone, for more info on the books here's the link to my post www.instagram.com/p/DKahKKEMmAm/
June 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My holiday reads! Not enough room to tag everyone, for more info on the books here's the link to my post www.instagram.com/p/DKahKKEMmAm/
Delighted for @the-bookseller.bsky.social #IndependantBookshopOfTheYear #Finalists #Scotland - @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social #Heron&Willow #SeahorsesBookstore #NightOwlBooks #TheBookNookStewarton #TheBookhouse #TheGingerCatBookshop #TheWeeBookshop #UllapoolBookshop
February 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My first pocket money purchase back in 1982. My womb buddy's name is on it too so our other siblings wouldn't touch it. Pass the Dutchie' by Musical Youth. Tremendous. What was your first musical purchase?
February 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My first pocket money purchase back in 1982. My womb buddy's name is on it too so our other siblings wouldn't touch it. Pass the Dutchie' by Musical Youth. Tremendous. What was your first musical purchase?
Thief. Rebel. Bandit. Hero?
Chaya can talk her way out of anything - except stealing the Queen's jewels. So she escapes on the back of a stolen elephant!
Re-reading The Girl Who Stole an Elephant for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroup. By #NizranaFarook, illus @daviddean-illus.bsky.social
Chaya can talk her way out of anything - except stealing the Queen's jewels. So she escapes on the back of a stolen elephant!
Re-reading The Girl Who Stole an Elephant for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroup. By #NizranaFarook, illus @daviddean-illus.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thief. Rebel. Bandit. Hero?
Chaya can talk her way out of anything - except stealing the Queen's jewels. So she escapes on the back of a stolen elephant!
Re-reading The Girl Who Stole an Elephant for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroup. By #NizranaFarook, illus @daviddean-illus.bsky.social
Chaya can talk her way out of anything - except stealing the Queen's jewels. So she escapes on the back of a stolen elephant!
Re-reading The Girl Who Stole an Elephant for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroup. By #NizranaFarook, illus @daviddean-illus.bsky.social
Here's the flyer I was sent by the fab Jill Calder. 100 year celebration of his birth.
February 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Here's the flyer I was sent by the fab Jill Calder. 100 year celebration of his birth.
A Fix of Light by @kelmenton.bsky.social is incredible, with a beautiful cover by @chrissycurtin.bsky.social.
Hanan and Pax's story is heartbreaking. It's how love should be with all its broken parts. The chance to mend against all odds. #CWs.
My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
Hanan and Pax's story is heartbreaking. It's how love should be with all its broken parts. The chance to mend against all odds. #CWs.
My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
February 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A Fix of Light by @kelmenton.bsky.social is incredible, with a beautiful cover by @chrissycurtin.bsky.social.
Hanan and Pax's story is heartbreaking. It's how love should be with all its broken parts. The chance to mend against all odds. #CWs.
My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
Hanan and Pax's story is heartbreaking. It's how love should be with all its broken parts. The chance to mend against all odds. #CWs.
My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
Sylvester doesn't like sharing. He wants everything & will stop at nothing to get it - even shark's teeth!
One Cheeky Octopus - a brilliant new #PB written @alastairchisholm.bsky.social with illustrations #AlexWillmore. My review up on @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
One Cheeky Octopus - a brilliant new #PB written @alastairchisholm.bsky.social with illustrations #AlexWillmore. My review up on @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Sylvester doesn't like sharing. He wants everything & will stop at nothing to get it - even shark's teeth!
One Cheeky Octopus - a brilliant new #PB written @alastairchisholm.bsky.social with illustrations #AlexWillmore. My review up on @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
One Cheeky Octopus - a brilliant new #PB written @alastairchisholm.bsky.social with illustrations #AlexWillmore. My review up on @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
When 17 y/o Tavi's BF dumps her, friends gift her a post-breakup present. Tavi is mortified, but Ella is inspired. Buzz Club, an exclusive club for discussing everything from porn to the patriarchy.
@xenaknox.bsky.social #YA Buzz Club is out 30th Jan. My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
@xenaknox.bsky.social #YA Buzz Club is out 30th Jan. My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
January 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When 17 y/o Tavi's BF dumps her, friends gift her a post-breakup present. Tavi is mortified, but Ella is inspired. Buzz Club, an exclusive club for discussing everything from porn to the patriarchy.
@xenaknox.bsky.social #YA Buzz Club is out 30th Jan. My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
@xenaknox.bsky.social #YA Buzz Club is out 30th Jan. My review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social.
What a fantastic evening celebrating the launch of Jackie Kay and Jill Calder's #PB Coorie Doon. If ever there was a book that gave you a hug then this is it.
Keep an eye on @mybookcorner.bsky.social - a give away of a copy, signed by both Jill & Jackie will be up for grabs!
Pub by Walker Books.
Keep an eye on @mybookcorner.bsky.social - a give away of a copy, signed by both Jill & Jackie will be up for grabs!
Pub by Walker Books.
January 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What a fantastic evening celebrating the launch of Jackie Kay and Jill Calder's #PB Coorie Doon. If ever there was a book that gave you a hug then this is it.
Keep an eye on @mybookcorner.bsky.social - a give away of a copy, signed by both Jill & Jackie will be up for grabs!
Pub by Walker Books.
Keep an eye on @mybookcorner.bsky.social - a give away of a copy, signed by both Jill & Jackie will be up for grabs!
Pub by Walker Books.
Congratulations to all on the #TheBranfordBoaseAward #LL.
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
January 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Congratulations to all on the #TheBranfordBoaseAward #LL.
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
London, 1774. 12 y/old Lettice & her Pa are excited to go to Europe. Their plans halt when a famous statue is exposed as a forgery, and he is thrown in gaol for the crime.
#MG debut #PennyBoxall, illus by #AnastasiiaRuposova. Review @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon. Pub @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social.
#MG debut #PennyBoxall, illus by #AnastasiiaRuposova. Review @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon. Pub @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social.
January 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
London, 1774. 12 y/old Lettice & her Pa are excited to go to Europe. Their plans halt when a famous statue is exposed as a forgery, and he is thrown in gaol for the crime.
#MG debut #PennyBoxall, illus by #AnastasiiaRuposova. Review @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon. Pub @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social.
#MG debut #PennyBoxall, illus by #AnastasiiaRuposova. Review @mybookcorner.bsky.social soon. Pub @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social.
Not everyone is having the best start to the day in Mousetown, there's also those who are bursting with happiness too.
Emotions can be difficult, 'Little Mouse is Absolutely, Completely,Totally Fine' @sharonhopwood.bsky.social, illus #MarisaMorea, is fab. Review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social
Emotions can be difficult, 'Little Mouse is Absolutely, Completely,Totally Fine' @sharonhopwood.bsky.social, illus #MarisaMorea, is fab. Review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Not everyone is having the best start to the day in Mousetown, there's also those who are bursting with happiness too.
Emotions can be difficult, 'Little Mouse is Absolutely, Completely,Totally Fine' @sharonhopwood.bsky.social, illus #MarisaMorea, is fab. Review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social
Emotions can be difficult, 'Little Mouse is Absolutely, Completely,Totally Fine' @sharonhopwood.bsky.social, illus #MarisaMorea, is fab. Review up soon @mybookcorner.bsky.social
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!
18 y/old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom's mysterious disappearance. 16 years ago, Rachel Price vanished - Bel was the only witness.
Our next @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroupRead, The Reappearance of Rachel Price by #HollyJackson, cover by @ryanhammond.bsky.social.
Our next @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroupRead, The Reappearance of Rachel Price by #HollyJackson, cover by @ryanhammond.bsky.social.
January 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
18 y/old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom's mysterious disappearance. 16 years ago, Rachel Price vanished - Bel was the only witness.
Our next @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroupRead, The Reappearance of Rachel Price by #HollyJackson, cover by @ryanhammond.bsky.social.
Our next @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #Scotland #BookGroupRead, The Reappearance of Rachel Price by #HollyJackson, cover by @ryanhammond.bsky.social.
One of the best films I've watched recently is The 6888. Based on the true story of Major Charity Adams and the predominantly black women of the 6888th Battalion, deployed to Europe in WWII. Given an impossible task of sorting 17m items of mail - they did it in 3 months. 'No mail, low morale'.
January 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of the best films I've watched recently is The 6888. Based on the true story of Major Charity Adams and the predominantly black women of the 6888th Battalion, deployed to Europe in WWII. Given an impossible task of sorting 17m items of mail - they did it in 3 months. 'No mail, low morale'.
Throughout 2024 I placed a £1 (can be any amount) in my jar for every book I read. Now that we're on the last day, I've given £62 to my chosen charity - #TheRockTrust. Perhaps something to consider doing for your fave charity in 2025?
My fave reads of 2024 -
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
My fave reads of 2024 -
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
December 31, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Throughout 2024 I placed a £1 (can be any amount) in my jar for every book I read. Now that we're on the last day, I've given £62 to my chosen charity - #TheRockTrust. Perhaps something to consider doing for your fave charity in 2025?
My fave reads of 2024 -
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
My fave reads of 2024 -
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
Oct 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in Shropshire as a pair of wings rip themselves from her shoulders.
My next book group choice, a fab way to end my reading year for 2024 - 'The Gifts' @londonbessie.bsky.social. Pub @bonnierbooks.bsky.social, cover based #NickStearn design.
My next book group choice, a fab way to end my reading year for 2024 - 'The Gifts' @londonbessie.bsky.social. Pub @bonnierbooks.bsky.social, cover based #NickStearn design.
December 30, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Oct 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in Shropshire as a pair of wings rip themselves from her shoulders.
My next book group choice, a fab way to end my reading year for 2024 - 'The Gifts' @londonbessie.bsky.social. Pub @bonnierbooks.bsky.social, cover based #NickStearn design.
My next book group choice, a fab way to end my reading year for 2024 - 'The Gifts' @londonbessie.bsky.social. Pub @bonnierbooks.bsky.social, cover based #NickStearn design.
This is the morning of a new day. The mantra said by those in space who see 16 sunsets/rises every 24 hours. Tremendous insight into their lives up there and down here. #Orbital by @samanthaharvey.bsky.social, pub @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, cover #AinoMaijaMetsola #BookerPrizeWinner2024
December 30, 2024 at 11:34 AM
This is the morning of a new day. The mantra said by those in space who see 16 sunsets/rises every 24 hours. Tremendous insight into their lives up there and down here. #Orbital by @samanthaharvey.bsky.social, pub @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, cover #AinoMaijaMetsola #BookerPrizeWinner2024
What better way to send them on their way to dreamland than to read 'Coorie Doon', written by the wonderful #JackieKay and beautifully illustrated by #JillCalder.
Pub #WalkersBooks. Officially out on 2nd January 2025.
My review on @mybookcorner.reviews soon!
Pub #WalkersBooks. Officially out on 2nd January 2025.
My review on @mybookcorner.reviews soon!
December 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM
What better way to send them on their way to dreamland than to read 'Coorie Doon', written by the wonderful #JackieKay and beautifully illustrated by #JillCalder.
Pub #WalkersBooks. Officially out on 2nd January 2025.
My review on @mybookcorner.reviews soon!
Pub #WalkersBooks. Officially out on 2nd January 2025.
My review on @mybookcorner.reviews soon!
Thanks to all the authors, illustrators, publishers, PR, agents & everyone who sent literary creations to review over 2024 and beyond. Thank you for choosing @mybookcorner.bsky.social (logo by fab @titaberredo.bsky.social) huge thanks to our director @sareenmclay.bsky.social
www.mybookcorner.co.uk
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December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Thanks to all the authors, illustrators, publishers, PR, agents & everyone who sent literary creations to review over 2024 and beyond. Thank you for choosing @mybookcorner.bsky.social (logo by fab @titaberredo.bsky.social) huge thanks to our director @sareenmclay.bsky.social
www.mybookcorner.co.uk
www.mybookcorner.co.uk
I think most creatives will agree with me on this as - huge thanks to all the incredible cafes out there that let us sit, write, ponder, muse & read at your tables. We try not to outstay our welcome.
Thank you to all at #TheHavenCafe that make it such a special place for me and many others.
Thank you to all at #TheHavenCafe that make it such a special place for me and many others.
December 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I think most creatives will agree with me on this as - huge thanks to all the incredible cafes out there that let us sit, write, ponder, muse & read at your tables. We try not to outstay our welcome.
Thank you to all at #TheHavenCafe that make it such a special place for me and many others.
Thank you to all at #TheHavenCafe that make it such a special place for me and many others.
It's my first foray into a fantasy world which is proving joyous & frustrating in equal measures. Look at this - pub in 1981 by #UnwinPaperbacks, author/illus #BarbaraStrachey created Journeys Of Frodo as she wanted the step by step journey he made in maps, with notes. Fantastic charity shop find!
December 17, 2024 at 11:08 AM
It's my first foray into a fantasy world which is proving joyous & frustrating in equal measures. Look at this - pub in 1981 by #UnwinPaperbacks, author/illus #BarbaraStrachey created Journeys Of Frodo as she wanted the step by step journey he made in maps, with notes. Fantastic charity shop find!