The reason there's no working class representation in publishing is because publishing and writing currently pay so badly only people who are already financially stable can afford to do it.
The problem is always, always money.
I actually forgot that I was going to get author copies of *Time Travel Telephone* 😲 So what a lovely surprise to get this delivery today from @collinsbooks.bsky.social 🤩. Check out the gorgeous illustrations by Alexandra Pulga!
Small Gods? But The Truth works too.
I’ve written a book for Collins Big Cat Read On! Annie has uncovered a hidden alcove in the kitchen. Inside is an old telephone; there’s a message from the past… and a mystery to solve.
'Time Travel Telephone' is illustrated by the wonderful Alexandra Pulga.
#BigCatReadOn @collinsbooks.bsky.social
We are now on Apple Podcasts - every Thurs you can get 30 mins of a great conversation between myself & an amazing author!
Check it out here!
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A new episode of Booklings Chat is up with @lisjardine.bsky.social !
Listen here:
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Two books in a small pile. The top title is 'Family Tree', the orange cover shows three children peering into a suitcase. The bottom title is obscured but also orange and the obscured title is likely 'Family Business'.
I've got a new book out! 'Family Tree' is the next installment of the Whodunnit Family Detectives with OUP. I hadn't planned on writing a sequel, but we all had such a good time writing/illustrating/editing the first that it felt like a natural next step.
#TheDetentionDetectives: Talent for Trouble - the finale of my MG murder mystery series - launched yesterday and I had a lovely time at @ws_knutsford. There were slightly too many cakes and crisps 🤣 However, everyone bought lots of gorgeous books, not just mine, which was deffo a win-win for all.
A giveaway has started for this little parcel of #thedetentiondetectives goodies! Go to Instagram (link here, there’s a bit more info on how to enter) by 6th February!
#readingcommunity #bookgiveaway #bookgiveawayalert #middlegrademystery #newbook #talentfortrouble
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Children's books build empathy, compassion, and understanding. They can transport readers to whole new worlds and back again, all without leaving your sofa. They can comfort, they can delight.
They are magical.
#kidlituk
Out this week - find out if The Detention Detectives can finally catch their nemesis! #thedetentiondetectives
What a lovely surprise to pop online today and discover that #thedetentiondetectives #2, Murder by Mistake, has made it through to the shortlist of the Berkshire Book Award 2025!! Thank you, and good luck to all the amazing books in the competition!
Book post - murders
Scarlett and Browne and my latest book group pick
SF Williams A Language of Dragons
Steph being interviewed
My book hoard has been greatly augmented this week, firstly with a juicy set of middle grade murder mysteries (a genre I need to keep up with!),with the last of the superb Scarlett and Browne series, and with Steph W’s A Language of Dragons, which I braved the evening train to Manc to get signed!
I’m probably reading over 80% children’s. Adult, I only read positive recommendations cos I don’t like putting anything ugly in my sensitive little brain. Luckily I work in a school library so have access to a massive stock of great books!
I may have mentioned that The Detention Detectives: Talent for Trouble (aka book 3) is out soon. And it’s available on Netgalley, so if you’d like a digital review copy you can request it now :) www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
(My meno-memory loss has become somewhat frightening lately. Last week I read Gleitzman's Once - I thought for the first time - then discovered I'd already rated it, in 2022...)
@blackwells.bsky.social sent me a very welcome email this morning to say that they were dispatching my pre-ordered copy of @JonathanStroud's third Scarlett and Browne book. I have absolutely no memory of pre-ordering but I'd like to thank past-me for the kind surprise gift.
If anyone's in the mid-Cheshire area and fancies cake/crisps/fizz and chat with other MG murder-mystery fans, please do come along and help me celebrate the launch of the last book in The Detention Detectives trilogy! 30/01/25 (publication day) from 6.30pm at Knutsford Waterstones.
Oooh yay publicity :)
[Book promo, which I am bad at, so believe me I am suffering for this post worse than you are]:
V pleasing to spot #TalentforTrouble #thedetentiondetectives occupying a toppish spot on this chart!
Thanks to everyone who is pre-ordering, it makes a world of difference xx
#UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews
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CALLING ALL MURDER MYSTERY FANS! Grab the final story in the Detention Detectives series on 30th January!
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Cover art by @glennthomas.bsky.social!!
Oooh what better day than my birthday for a COVER REVEAL of Book 3 in The Detention Detectives trilogy?!? Coming your way at 6pm today 🙂 ⚠️⌚️
This is so much the beginning of something - While writing it my mind has gone blank - and I can't find quite a few people on here who I thought were here - suggestions please - tag people below the post go.bsky.app/V2ynqEL
Hi Lesley! I’m a secondary school librarian and part of the #ukkidlit community - I’d love to be added if poss :)
Yes! Although Y4s can be surprisingly blood thirsty tbh ;)
I wonder if The Detention Detectives fit here? It was intended for teen but got aged down a bit in the edits.
Very happy to see TDD: Murder by Mistake on the Berkshire Book Award Longlist for 2025! That's some awesome company to be in. Thanks for the nod Berkshire😍
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I have created a starter pack of (mainly) UK children’s authors - I couldn’t find one anywhere. It is a work in progress so apologies if I haven’t found you yet and do let me have any additions go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv
