The Poetry Bookshop @poetrybookshop.bsky.social The largest bookshop of its kind in the UK. Devoted entirely to poetry since 1979
Find us online or in person in heart of Hay on Wye the worlds first Booktown
The Observer @observeruk.bsky.social Britain’s oldest Sunday newspaper
https://www.theguardian.com/observer
Liz Scott @lizscottpr.bsky.social Freelance children's & YA book publicist
Co-founder of @cbnnetwork.bsky.social
Treasurer @publicitycircle.bsky.social
Shortlisted for #FutureBook Freelancer of the Year 2024
Bounce Sales and Marketing @bouncemarketing.bsky.social The Sales and Marketing Agency for Children's Publishers. We represent 30 children's book publishers from the UK and overseas. 
Children's Books North Network @cbnnetwork.bsky.social Children’s Books North Network connects and supports published children’s writers, illustrators and publishing professionals living in the North and Scotland.
Co-leads Emma Layfield, Beatrice Cross & Bethany Sparks
www.linktr.ee/childrensbooksnorth
@guardianbooks.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social 
LoveReading4Kids @lovereading4kids.bsky.social Find the next favourite book for the children in your life.
Get recommendations and buy your next book with us.
Reading books changes lives.
Now buying books can change them too.
Support schools through our bookstore.
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Little Tiger @littletigeruk.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning and best-selling children's books, from birth to young adult. Sign up to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/LittleTigerNewsletter
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social Past Carnegie Medals Judge for NI (2016,2017,2022,2023)& Kids’ Lit Quiz NI heat Co-ord (2006-2019) & Creative Book Blogger at https://goodnighttoread.wordpress.com/ Book Reviewer,Interviewer & Sch Librarian.YLG Nat Comm.Love writing book & nature haikus.
David Fickling Books @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social ✨Where good stories begin...
📚We're an independent publisher of superb books for readers of all ages. Join the adventure here!
IPG: Independent Publishers Group @ipgbook.bsky.social The largest independent book distributor in North America representing thousands of books from hundreds of international and independent publishers. www.ipgbook.com
Child's Play (International) @childs-play.co.uk Award-winning independent children's book publisher, inspiring a lifelong love of reading for more than 50 years #Bookswithusallin #Learningthroughplay www.childs-play.com https://linktr.ee/childsplaybooks
Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social UK children's books publisher. We publish entertaining & memorable books to a worldwide audience, reprinting old classics and discovering new ones, from fiction to narrative nonfiction and illustrated poetry. 📚 💙
http://scallywagpress.com
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social Pushkin Children’s brings the world’s greatest stories to young readers - to be read and read again. Children's imprint of @PushkinPress
https://linktr.ee/pushkinchildrens
Flying Eye Books @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social Books to take your children's eyes on a journey of wonder. Publisher of award winning fiction and non-fiction for children. 📚
Firefly Press @fireflypress.bsky.social Independent publisher of quality fiction for children & teens. WINNER Branford Boase first children’s novel Award, Yoto Carnegie Medal, Wales Book of the Year
www.fireflypress.co.uk
@otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social 
Kids.Radio @kidsdotradio.bsky.social Studies show kids thrive with media designed for their growth and well-being. That’s why Kids.Radio/app offers kid friendly music, podcasts, audiobooks, jokes, prizes and more, all free from harmful algorithms. With Kids.Radio, they can have control.
The Book Lady @bookladykaty.bsky.social 📚 Mammy. Librarian. Book Lady. Anxious. 📚
✨ Carnegie Medals Judge 2023/2024 ✨
All views are my own.
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
RNIB @rnib.bsky.social We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB, with a bold pink underline.
CILIP @cilip.bsky.social We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
Jo Cornish @jocornish.bsky.social "Knowledge is justice, and all should be welcome in the temples of taxonomies". Fellow of CILIP, FRSA.
Bridges, baseball, cheese.
That's me.
CILIP School Libraries Group @cilipslg.bsky.social This is the account for the CILIP School Libraries Group, the professional association for school librarians. https://linktr.ee/CILIPSLGUK
Caroline Fielding @cazapr1.bsky.social Chartered School Librarian, CILIP @YLGLondon Committee, National conference exhibition manager, Bea keeper. She/her
Liz Jolly @lizjolly.bsky.social University Librarian, University College Cork. Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde. Hon. Professor, Teesside University. CILIP Trustee. PFHEA. FRSA. Views personal. She/.
Caroline Roche @carolineroche.bsky.social School Librarian, Chair of CILIPSLG, creator of Heart of the School website, booklover, reader. Co-author of Creating A School Library with Impact. CILIP Honorary Fellow.
CILIP LGBTQ+ Network @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social More about us here:
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Sue Lacey Bryant @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social Visiting Professor, Knowledge & Information Mobilisation at MMU. KM Consultant. Hon Advisor, HIN KSS. Coach & mentor. Chair, Health & Digital Literacy Partnership; past President of CILIP; Walford & Cyril Barnard Awards. Former CKO for NHSE. Stationer.
Jenny Jones @jennysarahjones.bsky.social School librarian, writer & reading enthusiast. Past Carnegie Award Judge, YLG South West Committee, Somerset FCBG, Golden Egg Academy Egg ‘21, WriteMentor Summer Mentee ‘23. Guppy Books LL ‘25. ND. jonestheschoollibrarian.com
Maura Farrelly @blikablika.bsky.social School librarian. YLG National committee and conference team. Former Carnegies chair of judges. She/her
JanPam @janpam65.bsky.social Librarian: Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service
Member: CILIP YLG London Committee
Reviewer: Inclusive Books for Children
Speaker: British Library Inclusive Libraries Conference 2024
Judge: Diverse Book Awards 2024
Chair of Judges: Carnegie Awards 2023
Jenny Hawke @jennyhawke.bsky.social Children’s Librarian and Chair of CILIP YLG National Committee
Elle Jackson-Codling @bookish-fish.bsky.social UK secondary school librarian, former Carnegie Medals judge (2022-23), and bunny owner
Eileen Armstrong @earmstronglib.bsky.social Chartered School Librarian, SLE Literacy, former School Library Association Chair, previous Carnegie Greenaway judge, North East Book Awards organiser
Mrs Morgan Reads Books @stpaulslibraryni.bsky.social School Librarian at St Paul’s HS in rural South Armagh.
Northern Ireland Judge for the Carnegie Medals 2024 and 2025.
Lucas Maxwell @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social Lucas is a former slaughterhouse employee from Weymouth, Nova Scotia. Not really here anymore. https://lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
Alyssia @alyssiareads.bsky.social 2025 📖 12/120
Carnegie Greenaway East Midlands Judge 26/27
Library Development Officer - Creative Learning Services Leicestershire
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CLPE @theclpe.bsky.social The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is a UK based charity that creates and delivers award-winning literacy training and resources for the teachers of early years and primary school children.
The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
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Gaynor Andrews @gaynorandrews.bsky.social Children's author and poet | 'Pandora and the Story Forge' pub by Rocket Bird Books | @scbwi | Based in NE Scotland
https://gaynorandrews.online/
The Book Sniffer @thebooksniffer.bsky.social Reviewer, working in publishing, illustrator, PR and Marketing - picture books, graphic novels, comics and illustrated fiction. Rocket Bird Books, WRD Magazine, SHELF magazine
The Book Nook @booknookhove.bsky.social Children's Bookseller of the Year 2018, finalist 2023. Spreading the joy of reading since 2009. We believe there's a book out there for everyone.
Emma Perry @emmaperry.bsky.social ▪️ Children's author writing stories & poems filled with giggles & warmth.
▪️Teacher
▪️Shortlisted for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2023
▪️www.emmaperryauthor.com she/her
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Natalie Smillie @natsmillie.bsky.social Illustrator, painter, plasterboard taper
natsmillie on twitter, natsmilliedraws on insta - www.nataliesmillie.com
Thomas Flintham @thomasflintham.bsky.social Illustrator and Author of the Press Start! series of books. :-) Also illustrator of Pamela Butchart’s Izzy series and lots of other books too? Yes.
www.thomasflintham.com
Jake Hayes @tygertale.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, audio describer | Children's books blog tygertale.com | Bath Spa #MAWYP grad | Dr Who | pop music | theatre | #TygertaleVintage books https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/tygertale
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
Imogen Russell Williams @imogenrw.bsky.social Kids’ book critic, esp for The Guardian
Jake Hope @jakehope.bsky.social Awards executive Carnegies, reviewer, author and children's book consultant.
Dee Stevens @deestevens.bsky.social Making things, mostly TV and books
Children's Books North Agency @cbnagency.bsky.social CBNA is based in Manchester and represents Northern and Scottish writers and illustrators of picture books, fiction and non-fiction.
www.childrensbooksnorthagency.co.uk
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
Ink @ 84 Bookshop @ink84books.bsky.social 📚 Indie bookshop and café bar in North London
🛒Shop online for collection or postal delivery
📅 Mon-Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5
https://linktr.ee/ink84books
Arena Illustration @arenaillustration.bsky.social Arena Illustration has become a well-respected go-to agency for the country's most talented creatives. Home to an enviable and carefully crafted list of illustrators alongside an interstellar cast of award-winners and best-sellers.
Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social Year 5/6 teacher and English lead. Children's books and reading mostly, Blake's 7 sometimes. Currently reading: The Wild Ones by Steve Cole.
Jenny McLachlan @jennymclachlan.bsky.social I write funny books for children and teens and sometimes I illustrate them too.
⭐️The Land of Roar
⭐️Fairy Vs Boy
⭐️Friends Like Us
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop for children and young adults in Retford, North Notts. Quite possibly the cutest little bookshop in the world. British Book Awards Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025.
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk
Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing.
Books create waves.
Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
Sheelagh na Gig: Books Coffee Gifts Wholefoods in Cloughjordan @sheelaghnagig.bsky.social Independent book and wholefoods shop offering the best in fiction for all ages and nonfiction on permaculture, sustainability, activism. Local and organic foods too. Open 6 days 1pm to 6pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking.bsky.social First, foremost and always a teacher. Also Education Consultant, including with CLPE, and Speaker. Co-creator of The Balancing Act: http://bit.ly/42D93f9. Poetry editor with Otter Barry Books. Shortlisted for Branford Boase Award 2024 for The Final Year.
librarymice @librarymice.bsky.social 🇫🇷 ☂️🎶 Fan of visual narratives (picturebooks and comics). School librarian. MA Children's Literature. She/her. Library Mice logo by ClaraVulliamy
Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social Author
Hon FRSL
RLF Fellow
Sunday Times Children's Books
#NewIllustrationoftheDay
Blog, biog, gallery, books: on www.nicolettejones.com
Events: phil@showmetherabbit.com.
Art by John Jones: www.johnedwardjones.co.uk
Joy Court @joyisreading.bsky.social Passionate about books and kids reading for pleasure Co Founder All Around Reading. Editorial Expert LoveReading4Kids. Put my energies into UKLA Book Awards, FCBG, YLG
Scoobiesue2 @scoobiesue2.bsky.social Lover of all things book-ish, making things and nice people!
https://www.throughthebookshelf.com/
Jane Etheridge @janesetheridge.bsky.social Vice Chair Federation of Children's Book Groups. All views my own
Robert Tregoning @bobtregoning.bsky.social Award-winning picture book author
Rep: @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social
Insta: @bobtregoning
Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social Chartered librarian, MCLIP. NHS Knowledge &Evidence Specialist. Former School Librarian. Posts about library matters and books.
Blog: https://vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/
Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com Artist Author Illustrator
Magical tales in wool and words from the Shed in Wales. Seasonal joyful felted animals and picture books for all ages published by Graffeg.
💛🤍💜🖤🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 https://www.celestineandthehare.com/links
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