Urmston Books & Board Games
Book shop and board game cafe in Urmston, Manchester. Find us at 72 Flixton Road, Urmston M41 5AB. urmstonbooks.co.uk
@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
@tomgauld.bsky.social
Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available to preorder! www.tomgauld.com
@writerdavidlong.bsky.social
Blue Peter Book of the Year author. Writes for children and adults, 60+ books translated into 30+ languages. Agents: Penny Holroyde and Andrew Lownie. davidlong.info
@erandalljones.bsky.social
Children's author of folksy horrorful books THE WITCHSTONE GHOSTS and THE SCREAM OF THE WHISTLE with Chicken House. Repped by Lucy Irvine, PFD. Storyteller/Workshop Person. Longlisted for Branford Boase. Messy ND overthinker, big fan of tea and magic.
@annasulan.bsky.social
Writer. Pls buy - or borrow from the library - my book Chinese And Any Other Asian. Or preorder the paperback, it’s cheaper! Thanks 😘
@annamazz.bsky.social
Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe. Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
@sweetcherrypub.bsky.social
🏆 Children's Publisher of the Year 2022 📖📚 Our mission is to make books accessible and fun! Learn more at www.sweetcherrypublishing.com 🍒 Or go to www.everycherry.com to view our accessible, SEN-friendly books!
@tomwross.bsky.social
Leader of Trafford Council Councillor for Stretford & Humphrey Park
@walkridegm.org.uk
Campaigning to make walking, wheeling and cycling the natural choice for journeys in Greater Manchester. 🌐 walkridegm.org.uk 💬 discord.com/invite/scjf9DUbj5
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social
Manager of Bookzilla and Bookbug apps for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #UKKidLit 📚🏴
@suehcunningham.bsky.social
Writing YA. Vaguely incompetent around social media. #TotallyDeceased #CloudNine both out now with Scholastic UK Rep: Rachel Petty @tbpagency.bsky.social Winner #WMCNA 2020 #UV2022
@boardgameaddictuk.bsky.social
Daniel Fullard - Board Game reviewer, content creator and fanatic from Sunderland, UK This months sponsor is Alphabet Runner - creator of the superb card game MaxxRas
@joannanadin.bsky.social
Professor of writing books, Sunday Times bestseller, Essex Girl. Autistic. Never knowingly underdressed. She/her. Here for ALL the witches. And the pigeons. https://joannanadin.com/ https://instagram.com/jonadin
@racheldelahaye.bsky.social
Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated. Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social My type on paper YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡ MG: Day of the Whale 🐋 Mort the Meek 🐦⬛Little Animal Rescue School talks / workshops KS1-KS3 www.racheldelahaye.com
@louabercrombie.bsky.social
Author | Photographer https://www.louabercrombie.com Not really here very much. https://mybook.to/LouAbercrombieBooks
@jasonrohanauthor.bsky.social
@alastairc.com
Author: 🚀OrionLost 🤖Adam2 🐲OneHungryDragon 🐉DragonStorm 🐺#IAMWOLF out now! 🪝#REEK out now! Rep: https://www.rupertcrew.co.uk. He/him. Likes biscuits. More: https://alastairc.com/links #KidLitUK
@christopheredge.bsky.social
Award-winning author. 0.4% potassium. Books include ESCAPE ROOM, BLACK HOLE CINEMA CLUB and the forthcoming ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO. “A writer of genuine originality.” The Guardian https://rb.gy/l2ynyx
@sineadohart.bsky.social
She/Her/Sí/Í; children's author, podcaster (shows.acast.com/storyshaped), dormant medievalist. linktr.ee/sinead.ohart. Rep: Clare Wallace. Art: Manuel Sumberac. Free Palestine.
@eviewriter.bsky.social
Author MG/Teen Horror & Paranormal Fiction #DeloresMackenzie Hiker; Trail Runner; Cute dogs; Not-so-cute-dogs; Gothic Fiction; Cake; Strong Coffee; Often found in dungarees and Docs (yes at my age!)
@susancahill.bsky.social
🌧THE WORLD BETWEEN THE RAIN 🌧 middle-grade children’s fantasy, out now! 🌟Longlisted for Branford Boase Award 2025 🎙️STORYSHAPED: podcast about children’s books that shape us https://linktr.ee/susancahillwrites
@dansmithauthor.bsky.social
Author. Scaring and exciting readers of all ages. Repped by @elladkahn at @DKWLit https://t.co/kzpcnxfxWz
@lucythereader.bsky.social
Autistic author writing happily ever afters 🌊💕 Real When I'm With you, out 3rd July 2025 Chair of the Brontë Society | YouTube.com/lucythereader 📚 🏳️🌈
@emmaread.bsky.social
Children’s author-The Housetrap & the Milton Series (Chicken House) | editor at EmDashED | WriteMentor | socially awkward weirdo science nerd
@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social
Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more! www.simonjamesgreen.com
@jgreenauthor.bsky.social
Author of many children's books; most recent ETTIE AND THE MIDNIGHT POOL & The Boy Who Sailed the World. Emeritus Professor of Writing for Young People at Bath Spa Uni. Live at the northeast coast. Love walking, wild swimming, reading.
@jprosewriter.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling crime author. Award winning children's writer. Teamed up to write books with my buddy, Martina Cole. Owned by horses, cats and dogs. Find me in the land of unicorns.
@mariamotunrayo.bsky.social
📚Author of the Kòkú Akànbí series based on Nigerian mythology, rep’d by H.G Literary 🎓PhD student in African Art at the University of Birmingham 💃🏾part-time Nollywood Vixen
@franceshardinge.bsky.social
Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
@amdassu.bsky.social
Award-winning, former World Book Day author | Carnegie Nom x3 | Books: BOY,EVERYWHERE | FIGHT BACK |BOOT IT | KICKED OUT and 12 others from pb - teen | PublishersWkly⭐️, ALA Notable Book, a Guardian & Kirkus & Booklist BOOK OF THE YEAR Instagram: @a.m.dassu
@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
ND. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner. Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer now! https://linktr.ee/ellemcnicoll
@philipreeve.bsky.social
Author of Utterly Dark, Railhead, Mortal Engines: co-author (with Sarah McIntyre) of Adventuremice, Pugs of the Frozen North etc. My short film Gwenevere is now on YouTube.
@sharnajackson.com
Writer of books and games mostly about art, mystery and murder for you and the kids in your life. Lives on a ship in Rotterdam. Used to work in museums and galleries for ages. Miss it. Addicted to Reddit and Beat Saber. https://www.sharnajackson.com
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
@whatsfsaid.bsky.social
Author of the Varjak Paw books, Phoenix and TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected - libraries, literacy & reading for pleasure. http://www.sfsaid.com/
@lesleyparr.bsky.social
Author: Bloomsbury Children's, Barrington Stoke Rep: Sam Copeland at RCW Made of Port Talbot steel Chopsy lesleyparr.com
@littlehux.bsky.social
they/them and mayhem writing fantasy kidlit and swoony romcoms. queer disabled joy always. ♾️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈♿️🏴 📚 Make You Mine This Christmas, Under the Mistletoe With You, Hits Different & Vivi Conway. www.lizziehuxleyjones.com https://linktr.ee/littlehux
@lwilliamsonauthor.bsky.social
MG/YA author (Bigg School, The Art of Being Normal etc). Books, whippets, dessert.
@mimithebo.bsky.social
Author/Academic “…movingly explores the interconnectedness of our minds, bodies, spirituality and physical environment…” MA, PhD, SFHEA, RLF / Multi-Carnegie nominee/Repped by Lydia Silver at Darley Anderson (LFG, Chiefs)
@melindasalisbury.com
Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets Author. https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury Buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/melindasalisbury Fix your hearts or die she/her
@tiafisher.bsky.social
Writer for children, eater of chocolate, library worker. CROSSING THE LINE (Hot Key Books, 2023) Shadower's Choice Carnegie Medal 2024. Upcoming NOT GOING TO PLAN (2025) and OPERATION DOODLEBUG (2026) #MAWFYP She/her tiafisher.com, repped by Eve White.