It's publisher news day and we have some gorgeous books for you all today!

🦇The deliciously spooky and drama filled conclusion to the Buffy: Next Generation saga by Kendare Blake

🦌The brilliant reissue of this hilarious and heart-breaking graphic novel

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We have a theme for today's publisher news - it's all about magical creatures and flames!

🐉A gorgeous fantasy adventure perfect about finding inner strength and (even better) dragons

🔥A thrilling magical fairy-tale perfect for Impossible Creatures fans

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The year's outstanding debut novels for children/young people - it's the shortlist for the #BranfordBoaseAward 2024. Congratulations to these talented new authors and to the editors who have supported and nurtured them. branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2024/

We're one week away from the return of Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚 & discovering the story of Keedie, the magnificent prequel to A Kind Of Spark, focusing on older sister Keedie as she comes of age as an autistic teenager.

Preorder your copy here: bit.ly/3xeTZJ4 Knights Of

.Pushkin Press Children’s has acquired The Twelve by Liz Hyder, the author of the YA novel Bearmouth (@PushkinChildren)👇 thebookseller.com/rights/pushkin…

Fantastic to see these great reviews of The No-Girlfriend Rule! Thank you Rachel Waterstones Canterbury Children's Books and Holly Jane Waterstones Torquay for sharing 🥰

Full reviews ➡️ bit.ly/3PajlxN

Cheer yourself up on this rainy 🌧️ Friday and request copies of the below! ⬇️

🌺 Much-anticipated sequel to the trailblazing A Kind of Spark from Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚

🍏 Second in the funny and heart-warming Norma and Belly graphic novel series

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The loveable duo, Norma and Belly from Donut Feed the Squirrels, return in an apple orchard adventure to rescue park spymaster Pops!

Created by the brilliant Mika Song (mee-ka) she/her you can get your copy of Apple of My Pie here today: bit.ly/3UYeKT7
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Thank you so much to Alex Wharton and the teachers and pupils of PlasmarlPrimary and Sketty.Primary for 2 fabulous events today!

There was poetry, creativity, rapping, boogie-woogie piano, and hundreds of happy children!

Happy Fri-yay! 🥳 it's Publisher News time. DM or 📧 to request your copies of Lie or Die 📺 and SuperQuesters The Case of the Angry Sea 🌊

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Check out the bookseller love for the adorable new board book edition of Hug Me!

Felipe the little 🌵 really has captured people's 🩷

Full reviews ➡️ bit.ly/42QXwJy

We're delighted to reveal the stunning cover illustrated by Harry Woodgate {they/them} 🐝, for the next book in hux | lizzie huxley-jones 🍟📚's epic trilogy, Vivi Conway & The Haunted Quest!

With a high-stakes treasure hunt & the fate of the world at play you can preorder your copy now: bit.ly/3UHOV9J

Thanks to Waterstones Ringwood for a fun afternoon and a fiendishly difficult dragon treasure hunt, which you should pop down and try. Lots of signed copies of # #TheTravellingSchoolMysteries available instore now
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Thanks to Waterstones Castlepoint for such a warm welcome this morning. Lots of signed copies of #TheTravellingSchoolMysteries available instore now Firefly Press Bounce Sales and Marketing ❤️📗

It's Publisher News time and a bumper week! 💯

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From the award winning Polly Ho-Yen comes a breathtaking, immersive fantasy about bravery, self-belief and the natural world, as Earth's one remaining dragon entrusts Yara with its only egg.

Flying into bookshops this June, preorder your copy here: bit.ly/4bFRmj9

Very sad to say that I am leaving Bounce and my last day will be 8th March.

Do you know someone looking for a job in children's publishing? Please share and DM me with interest. Communicating with lovely Waterstones booksellers has been a highlight of my job – I will miss it!

It's Publisher News Time! DM to request your copies of the below ⬇️

🏏 Mind and Me 2 gently introduces a child to the idea and practice of mindfulness, perfect for Children's Mental Health Week!

📘 Trigger is an immersive and powerful YA verse novel from C.G. Moore (Order TRIGGER 📖)