Sharada Keats
@sharadakeats.bsky.social
Not here that much! Writing #Kidlit #Author #Debut2024 These Stolen Lives April 2024. This Shattered Promise coming 2025
Website: https://sharadakeats.wordpress.com/
Website: https://sharadakeats.wordpress.com/
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#ThisShatteredPromise is on tour! @sharadakeats.bsky.social has been going into schools to chat all things worldbuilding. The students have created some amazing worlds inspired by the fantasy & dystopian world of Sharada's books!
Thank you to all the wonderful school librarians for hosting!
Thank you to all the wonderful school librarians for hosting!
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#ThisShatteredPromise is on tour! @sharadakeats.bsky.social has been going into schools to chat all things worldbuilding. The students have created some amazing worlds inspired by the fantasy & dystopian world of Sharada's books!
Thank you to all the wonderful school librarians for hosting!
Thank you to all the wonderful school librarians for hosting!
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A brilliant day with @sharadakeats.bsky.social at Newhaven School in Greenwich talking all about world building inspired by her books #TheseStolenLives & #ThisShatteredPromise - thank you to wonderful librarian Carole and the pupils there for all their brilliant ideas!
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A brilliant day with @sharadakeats.bsky.social at Newhaven School in Greenwich talking all about world building inspired by her books #TheseStolenLives & #ThisShatteredPromise - thank you to wonderful librarian Carole and the pupils there for all their brilliant ideas!
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Next Wednesday, you can join author @sharadakeats.bsky.social for an interactive worldbuilding workshop – find out Sharada’s top tips on creating your own fantasy or dystopian world and discover how she created the world of This Shattered Promise!
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Next Wednesday, you can join author @sharadakeats.bsky.social for an interactive worldbuilding workshop – find out Sharada’s top tips on creating your own fantasy or dystopian world and discover how she created the world of This Shattered Promise!
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
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More than 500 children's authors, illustrators & educators have signed a statement on Palestine including @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell OBE, Lauren Child CBE & @chrishaughton.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
More than 500 children's authors, illustrators & educators have signed a statement on Palestine including @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell OBE, Lauren Child CBE & @chrishaughton.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org
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We are heartbroken by the death of Mariam Abu Dagga, a freelance photographer who frequently worked with Doctors Without Borders in #Gaza.
Mariam was one of at least 20 people killed during Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex on August 25, 2025.
Mariam was one of at least 20 people killed during Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex on August 25, 2025.
August 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are heartbroken by the death of Mariam Abu Dagga, a freelance photographer who frequently worked with Doctors Without Borders in #Gaza.
Mariam was one of at least 20 people killed during Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex on August 25, 2025.
Mariam was one of at least 20 people killed during Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex on August 25, 2025.
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:) really enjoyed it, so thank you! I also only make occasional appearances on here (or any social media haha) but it’s always nice when I get to talk about a book I liked
August 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
:) really enjoyed it, so thank you! I also only make occasional appearances on here (or any social media haha) but it’s always nice when I get to talk about a book I liked
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Another YA fantasy I really enjoyed lately: These Stolen Lives by Sharada Keats. Seamless worldbuilding, and I was low key obsessed with the chapter titles when I figured out where they came from ☺️ so brilliant.
#booksky #yafantasy
#booksky #yafantasy
July 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Another YA fantasy I really enjoyed lately: These Stolen Lives by Sharada Keats. Seamless worldbuilding, and I was low key obsessed with the chapter titles when I figured out where they came from ☺️ so brilliant.
#booksky #yafantasy
#booksky #yafantasy
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This September, Join @sharadakeats.bsky.social for an interactive worldbuilding workshop – find out her top tips on creating your own fantasy or dystopian world and discover how she created the world of This Shattered Promise.
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
July 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This September, Join @sharadakeats.bsky.social for an interactive worldbuilding workshop – find out her top tips on creating your own fantasy or dystopian world and discover how she created the world of This Shattered Promise.
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...
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Today's Annual Event interviews are with Sharada Keats and Anna February
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
Annual Event 2025: Sharada Keats and Anna February
Interview with twoUKYA authors
ukyaspotlight.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Today's Annual Event interviews are with Sharada Keats and Anna February
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
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Over on @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social, we have interviews with Sharada Keats and Anna February
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
Annual Event 2025: Sharada Keats and Anna February
Interview with twoUKYA authors
ukyaspotlight.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Over on @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social, we have interviews with Sharada Keats and Anna February
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
@sharadakeats.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASPotlight
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/21/a...
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The thrilling conclusion to the These Stolen Lives duology is out today – congrats @sharadakeats.bsky.social!
In a world where life must be paid for if you want to survive, what would happen if you could buy more? This Shattered Promise is the epic dystopian romantasy of your dreams ☁️
In a world where life must be paid for if you want to survive, what would happen if you could buy more? This Shattered Promise is the epic dystopian romantasy of your dreams ☁️
August 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The thrilling conclusion to the These Stolen Lives duology is out today – congrats @sharadakeats.bsky.social!
In a world where life must be paid for if you want to survive, what would happen if you could buy more? This Shattered Promise is the epic dystopian romantasy of your dreams ☁️
In a world where life must be paid for if you want to survive, what would happen if you could buy more? This Shattered Promise is the epic dystopian romantasy of your dreams ☁️
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Palestine Action is not a danger to democracy. But Yvette Cooper is.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Judge grants Palestine Action urgent hearing to try to stop ban taking effect
Co-founder of protest group to be given opportunity to apply for ‘interim relief’ to prevent proscription order
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Palestine Action is not a danger to democracy. But Yvette Cooper is.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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In 2001, as the Terrorism Act 2000 came into force, I warned that it could be used to ban non-violent protest groups and imprison those who support them. Government spokespeople and cheerleaders told me I was talking rubbish.
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
Wrong T-shirt son? You’re nicked
The act which came into force this week could make terrorists of us all
www.monbiot.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In 2001, as the Terrorism Act 2000 came into force, I warned that it could be used to ban non-violent protest groups and imprison those who support them. Government spokespeople and cheerleaders told me I was talking rubbish.
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
And here we are.
#PalestineAction
www.monbiot.com/2001/02/22/w...
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Despite the video evidence.
Despite the witness testimonies.
Despite the testimonies of aid agencies and doctors.
Despite overwhelming evidence of Israel relentlessly lying about its atrocities.
The BBC still muddies the water about today's Israel aid massacre.
Despite the witness testimonies.
Despite the testimonies of aid agencies and doctors.
Despite overwhelming evidence of Israel relentlessly lying about its atrocities.
The BBC still muddies the water about today's Israel aid massacre.
June 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Despite the video evidence.
Despite the witness testimonies.
Despite the testimonies of aid agencies and doctors.
Despite overwhelming evidence of Israel relentlessly lying about its atrocities.
The BBC still muddies the water about today's Israel aid massacre.
Despite the witness testimonies.
Despite the testimonies of aid agencies and doctors.
Despite overwhelming evidence of Israel relentlessly lying about its atrocities.
The BBC still muddies the water about today's Israel aid massacre.
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‘The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving birth under drones.’ mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
The war where women’s bodies lost their rights
The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or givin...
mondoweiss.net
May 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
‘The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving birth under drones.’ mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
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The beautiful and brutal sequel to These Stolen Lives, a stunning dystopian fantasy for fans of The Hunger Games and Six of Crows.
This Shattered Promise by @sharadakeats.bsky.social is coming this August ☁️
This Shattered Promise by @sharadakeats.bsky.social is coming this August ☁️
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The beautiful and brutal sequel to These Stolen Lives, a stunning dystopian fantasy for fans of The Hunger Games and Six of Crows.
This Shattered Promise by @sharadakeats.bsky.social is coming this August ☁️
This Shattered Promise by @sharadakeats.bsky.social is coming this August ☁️
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‘Almost a quarter of women aged 18 to 24 voted Green last July, roughly double the number of young men who voted Reform’ - but we never hear about that! Why?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green? | Gaby Hinsliff
Desire for a politics that cares about global and local injustice is sharpening the political gender divide, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
‘Almost a quarter of women aged 18 to 24 voted Green last July, roughly double the number of young men who voted Reform’ - but we never hear about that! Why?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In just *two* years, life expectancy in Gaza has fallen from 75 to 40 years.
A human-made catastrophe.
Backed, armed and enabled by the US, UK and EU.
A human-made catastrophe.
Backed, armed and enabled by the US, UK and EU.
April 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In just *two* years, life expectancy in Gaza has fallen from 75 to 40 years.
A human-made catastrophe.
Backed, armed and enabled by the US, UK and EU.
A human-made catastrophe.
Backed, armed and enabled by the US, UK and EU.
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“Five new poetry collections, each with their own magic.”
Roger McGough reveals the shortlist for #CLiPPA2025, the year’s best new #poetry for children. Find out more about the shortlisted collections & #teachers, sign up for @theclpe.bsky.social Shadowing now!
booksforkeeps.co.uk/roger-mcgoug...
Roger McGough reveals the shortlist for #CLiPPA2025, the year’s best new #poetry for children. Find out more about the shortlisted collections & #teachers, sign up for @theclpe.bsky.social Shadowing now!
booksforkeeps.co.uk/roger-mcgoug...
April 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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If you're UK-based and find what Trump and co are doing shocking but don't apply the same lens to what the Labour party has been doing then I don't think you're really serious about your opposition to reactionary politics
It's too easy to feign anger when it's about something distant
It's too easy to feign anger when it's about something distant
March 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you're UK-based and find what Trump and co are doing shocking but don't apply the same lens to what the Labour party has been doing then I don't think you're really serious about your opposition to reactionary politics
It's too easy to feign anger when it's about something distant
It's too easy to feign anger when it's about something distant
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This is a seminal moment: a Labour government cutting disability benefits. Not just continuing Tory levels. Cutting.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a seminal moment: a Labour government cutting disability benefits. Not just continuing Tory levels. Cutting.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.
These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.
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This week's column is on how clinging on and hoping for a Labour surge either in terms of popularity or well formulated policy is now for the birds www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence
He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This week's column is on how clinging on and hoping for a Labour surge either in terms of popularity or well formulated policy is now for the birds www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One of my fave times of the year - the announcement of the Jhalak Prize longlist. I'm going to have to add some of these to my ever-growing reading list 😍. Glad to see Flower Block on there too, a wonderful picture book!
March 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of my fave times of the year - the announcement of the Jhalak Prize longlist. I'm going to have to add some of these to my ever-growing reading list 😍. Glad to see Flower Block on there too, a wonderful picture book!
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We had a great start to our #BookTrustRepresents Development Week yesterday, with brilliant 1:1 sessions with Jasmine Richards and a fantastic Q&A hosted by @dapsdraws.bsky.social and @rashmiwriting.bsky.social!
Thank you so much to all of them for giving their time and sharing their expertise ❤️
Thank you so much to all of them for giving their time and sharing their expertise ❤️
March 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We had a great start to our #BookTrustRepresents Development Week yesterday, with brilliant 1:1 sessions with Jasmine Richards and a fantastic Q&A hosted by @dapsdraws.bsky.social and @rashmiwriting.bsky.social!
Thank you so much to all of them for giving their time and sharing their expertise ❤️
Thank you so much to all of them for giving their time and sharing their expertise ❤️
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Jhalak Prize longlists are out too:
March 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Jhalak Prize longlists are out too: