Truly Johnston

Thank you Gary! 🤗 hooray for The Chicken House debut crew! 🙌🏾❤️

Book cover: An illustration of a tiny girl standing on the tip of a large shell brandishing a large purple flower. The Shell has bronze seaweed wrapped around it and a sunny blue sky behind. There are splatters of gold sand. There is a label over the book daying 'Out Now'

🐚📣 PUBLICATION DAY!🐚🎉

THE SHELL KEEPERS is now available to buy! trulyjohnston.co.uk

Thanks @chickenhousebooks for making this dream come true!

I hope this book brings joy, helps young readers explore the magic in our world and know that they can play a part in protecting it.

#kidlituk

Graphic Novels by BIPOC creators Graphic novels and comics made by BIPOC creators! 

For ✨ no particular reason ✨ nothing to do w comics discourse ✨

Here are some booklists I compiled of really great comics, made by creators of color:

BIPOC 🌟 bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

AAPI & SWANA 💫 bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

That's lovely! I live not far from Greenwich and we've just spent a chilled afternoon in the park with the toddler. Best place for a sunny spring day :)🍦🌳

Hello! I am a children's Author with my debut middle grade book, The Shell Keepers, coming out through @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social on the 5th June. It is a magical adventure about family, the environment and incredible people who live in shells. Would love to connect 👋🏽😊 Trulyjohnston.co.uk

Blue Origin launch: Space missions don't get any weirder than this Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin brought together six women - all at the top of their game - and dressed them in designer flight suits. One of them, singer Katy Perry, said they "put the ass into astronauts".

Weird? Yes.

Unnecessarily polluting and damaging to our planet whilst we're in the midst of a climate crisis? Also yes.

Our recent webinar for schools about the link between reading and wellbeing is available to watch - whether you want to relive it or missed it the first time! 📺

Here's a snippet of @beckygoddardhill.bsky.social talking about the value of books - find the full video here:

bit.ly/4lidRzv

Thank you! 😊❤️

Thanks for sharing! 😊🙌🏾

Screenshot of a picture of me on my Web page above a shell keepers cover banner

I've made a website! 😯🎉 it's taken a while and been a learning curve but a fun process 😊. You can find out more about me, The Shell Keepers and pre-order links on the site. It will evolve I'm sure but at the moment it's a nice little home for my bookish life. Trulyjohnston.co.uk

#kidlituk

A stack of copies of the book I Am Raven by Alastair Chisholm, published by Nosy Crow, with one book facing the camera. Facing book shows a Raven design.

CAW! CAW!

I AM RAVEN out April 10th!! 🐦‍⬛🐺🥳

@nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmRaven #IAmWolf #KidLitUk

Spring has sprung & so has the LATEST WRDMag.
That's not all. You can now read it online… for FREE!
Still available in print for those who like to turn the pages in person 😊
It's a CORKER! Stuffed with extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! 📚😍

Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Unruly Activities - Loki Books When Loki plays one too many poo-related pranks around the house, Heimdall sets him the challenge of finding ways to entertain himself that don’t involve so much mess. (Or poo.) Easy! Loki is the most...

My good news? I HAVE A BOOK OUT DID I SAY I HAVE A BOOK OUT POSSIBLY I DIDNT MENTION I HAVE A BOOK OUT? lokibooks.com/books/loki-a... #KidLitUK

Laptop in a sunny spot overlooking the garden.

Bright pink cherry blossom in full bloom.

Pretty lovely to have an opportunity to write like this yesterday. Good riddance to that anti-cyclonic gloom! Spring is springing and may your creativity too ✨️ 🌸
#writing #spring

Thank you! 🤗

Oh gosh! So sad to hear that 💔

So excited to share the cover of my talented cousin's new children's book - out on 5th June and absolutely stunning. 🤩🤩

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🐚🎉🐚🎉 COVER REVEAL!

So delighted to be able to share this with you! This is my debut middle grade childrens novel, due out on 5th June 2025.

A magical seaside read with themes of family, environment and heritage. Thanks to @trindles_ for the beautiful cover art.

bit.ly/43KMcRr

#childrensbooks

I Will Haunt This - Walker Books A cosy, ghostie tale of friendship, kindness and connection by two legendary picture book masters.A little ghost lives in a vase in the attic, but when the v...

Hey I wrote another book by the way, it's about making stuff, and haunting stuff, and love, and Chris Riddell illustrated it
www.walker.co.uk/978152951594...

Brightly coloured picture book, cover showing bin lorries and rubbish, title Recycling Day, displayed with card and reusable cup present.

Publication Day for Recycling Day! Written by me and illustrated by #KlasFahlen. Thanks to all the team @nosycrow.bsky.social for making such a delightful book full of rubbish.

This looks great! I'll have to get a copy. Happy publication day! 🎉

Submit We want to showcase creative talent. If you’re an aspiring writer or illustrator wanting to get your foot in the door or share your work with the world, you’ve come to the right place.

Keep sending us your middle grade #kidlit and YA submissions for the next issue of PaperBound!

Writers AND illustrators welcome! 👇

Read It Forward with Bookshop.org This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.org go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust in February 2025, and EVERY sale supports independent boo...

Do a good deed in this naughty world!

It's the last few days of #ReadItForward! Buy any children's books - even mine! - through @bookshop_org_uk and if they will donate 10% to @BookTrust and @scottishbktrust -
uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-i...

They thought the contestant was Plier-ble! 🥁

A photo of a parent and child sharing a book together with a quote from Bookstart Coordinator Paul Swift: "Reading together and sharing stories opens up a unique line of communication between parent and child; it creates that bond".

Happy #FamilyDay!

We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading.

Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇

www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

Hooray! Congratulations @garypanton.co.uk Looking forward to reading this! You can get your hands on The Notwitches in shops from today🎉🧙

Text reading 'longlists are announced' with the Carnegies logo, website carnegies.co.uk and #Carnegies2025

It is finally time! We are excited to reveal the longlists for the 2025 Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration. 🎉 Congratulations to the wonderful authors and illustrators longlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🖌️📖✨
View the full list here: carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

Rolling their eyes was a big one for me. Had to edit out a heap of eye rolling 🙄😂