Brighton people! There are just 5 tickets left for my event next Sunday, 11th May! Come join me! There will be chaos! And hammers. And snakes! brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XkY... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidLitUK
Do you know what's a great thing to do on the Sunday ahead of a bank holiday? Buy a book! Here are some wholly unbiased recommendations from me.
1) If you would like to be sad (and also get a bargain): www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Light-...
From our donors: “As a queer SFF fan, I’m so pleased to see the community coming together... Please give generously. Give out of solidarity. Give out of spite against transphobes. Give out of lust for the objects on offer. Join us." - @louiestowell.bsky.social www.32auctions.com/organization...
If you need a gift for a child, I'm part of an auction of SFF writers, money going to @goodlawproject.bsky.social and a South African LGBT charity. Please give out of all proportion with how much you like Loki. (Obv loki thinks this lot should go for £1m) #KidLitUK #TransRights
Duty-bound to tell you that Where the Light Goes is somehow only £3.00 on Amazon at the moment, which frankly is an utter steal and I fully encourage you to take advantage: www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Light-... (Please also encourage others to take advantage!)
A hand holding up a stack of books in front of blurry bookshelves. The books are, from top to bottom: THE STRANGEWORLDS TRAVEL AGENCY by LD Lapinski VIVI CONWAY AND THE HAUNTED QUEST by Lizzie Huxley-Jones THE OTHERWOODS by Justine Pucella Winans SIR CALLIE AND THE WITCH'S WAR by Esme Symes-Smith THIS IS OUR RAINBOW: 16 STORIES ABOUT HER, HIM, THEM, AND US edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby ACCIDENTAL DEMONS by Clare Edge A SONG FOR YOU AND I by K. O'Neill THE OJJA-WOJJA by Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge
And the right response to transphobes is *always* to uplift trans voices, as a reminder that we have always been here and we will always be here.
So here's another stack of recommendations of trans and nonbinary writers writing amazing, fantastical, magical stories for kids.
Fuck JK and Fuck the UK Supreme Court.
Yup. It's not Coming Here. It's here. #KidlitUK
I do have to run for a lot of trains
Cute!
… hmmmmmmmm this interests me
(Also posted on🧵but I need help!)
I hate exercise to the extent that it has become A Thing so:
Tell me unhinged/whimsical things that you do to make your body move against your will.
(No “just do it” or “find an exercise you like” advice, please. Just what has worked *specifically* for YOU)
Get yourself ready gor the blog tour by reading the first chapter of 'This Song is About Us'. On Saturday, TeenLibrarian will have a guest post from @saramegan.bsky.social #KidLitUK #UKYA @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
York! Check this out! Hunt runes! Please your Lord/Lady/Horse Loki! #Belessloki @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
"Don’t be scared to put yourself out there."
Wise words indeed from #UV26 Honorary Chair and author of the award-winning Loki series @louiestowell.bsky.social
Read our interview with Louie, which includes top tips for entering @scbwi-bi.bsky.social @uvcompetition.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/22j7h67r
People of York! This starts TOMORROW aka monday 7th! Follow Loki's mysterious trail and maybe win a prize... #BeLessLoki @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/events/the-g...
Danger: I see Ripper Street (one of the best TV shows of all time) (in places) is new to Netflix and the temptation to watch it a third time is… stronger than it should be in my post-Hannibal state of mourning.
Watched Hannibal. This was a terrible decision in so many ways, the worst of which is that I have now binged 3 seasons of Hannibal and now there is no more Hannibal.
Dammit, Louie, I don’t want that problem. Take it back!
This is very dangerous conversation for us to be having, lest Fate be eavesdropping
I’m so bad at them 🫠🫠🫠
Why did I get a job where I have to think about them ALL THE TIME?!?! This was a huge error on my part.
Please sign my petition for every book to be named with the author’s name and a number after it instead of ever having to think of a title.
I would rather first draft ten new books, structurally edit each one seven times and have twenty copy edits than think of a title.
The book This Song is About Us by Sara Barnard on a pink background. Surrounded by arrows that point to the following text: secret romance, he's in the spotlight, she's in the shade, told over three summer festivals, fandom/bandom drama, the price of fame
Happy publication day to This Song is About Us! 🎸🎶
Told over three music festivals, This Song is About Us is a searing summer romance about fandom drama and the price of fame, from bestselling and prize-winning author Sara Barnard @saramegan.bsky.social
walker.co.uk/978152952536...
Next #Aprilfoolsday , I’ll be asking myself WWLD? (What would Loki do?) and batten down the hatches…. @louiestowell.bsky.social
I just adore the way @saramegan.bsky.social writes, her voices are so strong. I often roll my eyes at YA romance but never in Sara's stories, it is *so* real & I was absolutely rooting for Ruby & Drew to have a happy ending without a clue how it could come about...& it was satisfying & perfect #UKYA
Like so many others, posting messages on here, I really liked Alex Wheatle. I liked him when I met him, but I liked even more the effect he had on the teens he spoke to - visiting a school after he’d been there was something special.
I am sad to hear that he’s died. I think he was brilliant.
Happy launch day Louie and Loki. 💃🏾
We have for once got ahead of the curve and it’s on our site to buy!
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY!!! (I’ll do something a bit fancier when I am not half asleep)
To celebrate the launch of LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Unruly Activities I'll be sending out a new newsletter this morning at 10. Still time to hop on board and see some brilliant Loki themed WBD costumes...https://louiestowell.substack.com/ @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
