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We are delighted to share that Stephen Daly's incredible YA debut The Last Death Poet has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2027! A massive thank you to the librarians who nominated it 🎉

#Carnegies2027

"I think horror is the best genre of book to lure children away from their screens and back between the pages."

It's Halloween! 🎃 What better day to read @JenniferKillick's fab blog on her writing journey & the value of scary stories for young readers:

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Trick or treating tonight? The house with sweets or the house of ghostly certain doom? Your choice. Happy Halloween all #Illustration #kidlit #TrickOrTreat #Halloween #Ghosts #HauntedHouse #selfpublish #publishing catling-art.​com

✨My new ebook, Toby & the Hair-Raising Halloween, is FREE this weekend only!

A flying dog, a runaway skeleton & two dancing pumpkins are on the loose on the streets & about to reveal the witches’ secret existence

For age 9+. Link in comments. Shares & downloads appreciated✨

Does your child love spooky stories?

Children's librarian @OctoberJonesCo explores why a little scare can be a good thing (with plenty of terrific recommendations for all age ranges).

Read more and help your reader find a fright that fits:
lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/beyond-th…

Very excited to have been sent a copy of glorious nonfiction title Monster Anatomy: The Book of Beastly Biology by Matt Ralphs and Caitlin Turner.

Out now for 9+ readers, enormous thanks go to Hiromi @BigPicturePress

I love spooky season 🎃

Read “Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at Crow’s Head” for free.

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OUT NOW! The Unexplained: Urban Legends by Adam Allsuch Boardman flyingeyebooks.com/book/the-unexp…

Explore the mysteries of urban legends in this graphic guide and decide for yourself – is there anything hiding under the bed?

It's Spooky Season! Let's dive into Sisters of the Mist, the atmospheric debut graphic novel by Marlyn Spaaij about growing up and embracing change, even if it seems too frightening to confront. flyingeyebooks.com/book/sisters-o…

✅️SPOOKINESS
✅️SISTERHOOD
✅️STUNNING PAINTERLY ARTWORK

A few years back, I posted this thread of magical & macabre Irish storytelling for Irish Book Week, little did I know it would inspire such fundamental foundations in Wytchwood Manor!

You can visit them here; octoberjones.co.uk/library/exhibi…

@IrishKidsBooks @PForde123 @KidsBooksIrel

#IrishBookWeek #IrishBooks #IrishChildrensBooks #DiscoverIrishBooks #IrishAuthors #IrishIllustrators #ChildrensLiterature #IrishFolklore #IrishMythology #SpookyBooks #BookstagramUK #WytchwoodManor

#IrishBookWeek starts tomorrow! 20% off Irish fiction, Irish Non-Fiction & Children's Irish interest. We have gorgeous tote bags designed by @paddydonnelly to give away with each Irish purchase (while stocks last)
From midnight, use IRISH at the checkout bridgebooksdromore.co.uk

Grab your capes and polish your fangs, Spooky season has arrived in Nocturnia! 🦇

The Amelia Fang series is available now in print, eBook and audio. 🎃

#AmeliaFang #HalloweenReads #KidsBooks #Farshore #SpookySeason

🛎️ Reception?! A room with a BOO, please!

I'm checking into 8 Haunted Hotels with paranormal pioneer @Yfielding & Hannah Shaw 👻

Five stars for hospitality & horrors aplenty!

Pack your bags & check in here 👀👉 octoberjones.co.uk/reading-nook/r…

#MostHauntedHotels #MostHaunted

So thrilling to kick off this BookBlogTour week alongside literary superstardom! @richreadalot @checkemoutbooks @jacquiS21 (the others aren't tagged because they aren't on here!) 👻🖤📚

📚 Happy #BookshopDay to our wonderful indie bookshops!

Our community heroes keeping stories, shelves and high streets alive! 🧡

Wytchwood Manor champions these giants with indie-first links connecting readers to brilliant booksellers!

Find your next read. Support an indie! 🗝️

We have 3 ENCHANTINGLY MAGICKAL copies of #AScrapOfMossAndMagick by #HelenParry to #Win
If you love a bit of magic, folklore and a dash of peril, this one is for you!
RT&Flw by Oct 16 for the chance to enter… it’s perfect for spooky season 🫣
#WRDMagComp @DFB_storyhouse
#GoAfReading2026
Cover: #MelissaCastrillón

🏚️ KEEP OUT! TURN BACK! DO NOT ENTER!

You're making it VERY difficult to mind my own business! 👀

The Most Haunted House is a deliciously creepy paper-theatre adventure. My nosey nose simply HAD to investigate!

Read review 👀👉 octoberjones.co.uk/reading-nook/r…

#NationalHauntedHouseDay

@MrTs_NQTs @MrsNCleveland @Book_Craic @jacquiS21 @karen_wallee @BookSuperhero2 @MrsP512 @richreadalot @MissC_1717 @ADayInTheLib