📢Good news! 📢 Our latest research shows a modest upturn in children and young people's reading engagement in 2026. This is positive, but we must keep going to embed reading into their everyday lives. Find out more about the work we're doing: literacytrust.org.uk/reading…

I’m often asked for a direct link to one of your stories after it’s been published. You can now search for your story by date and it will display in a similar fashion to the daily page. Copy the complete URL from the browser to share your story to others. paragraphplanet.com/searchby…

we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through a fungal network. Where octopuses dream. Where elephants return to the bones of the deceased and stand over them in silence. Where bees use dance to communicate where to fly and where the flower is. Where crows remember the faces of people who were cruel to them and pass this memory to their children. Where ants build cities. Where cats purr at a frequency that accelerates the healing of bones. Where, after a forest fire, the first thing the earth does is grow flowers.

The pram though? Festooned with serpents? I have questions.

As did their library. Wouldn’t mind a room like this.

Chatsworth’s House of Stories has rare books on display. I’m a sucker for a spredge so these marbled edge 1850s editions of Shakespeare & Milton caught my eye.

The 2026 I Am Writing Competitions are OPEN! Submit your entries across 12 categories by 14 May. Fantastic prizes - including a week’s writing retreat on a Greek island! And agent and publisher feedback. Enter here: iaminprint.co.uk #writingcommunity #writingcompetitions

Today @SapereBooks publish the first in my salty new series of maritime adventures, Tenacious. I may have been trying to rewrite "24" set on a ship in the 1770s... For a limited time the ebook version is at a pretty nifty discount too: getbook.at/TenaciousNB

Five episodes in with my ten-year-old and we agree - Crookhaven is by far the best thing we’ve watched in ages. Absolute ‘we could just not bother sleeping and watch some more’ TV 🙌🏻 Bravo @Joelarcanjo - #Crookhaven is gripping and brilliant. We’re loving every minute!

They’re back! For the 5th year running! The I Am Writing Competitions open on Monday 30 March - get ready! ⏰ Full details: iaminprint.co.uk/competition…

You’ve never seen a school like this… 👀 CROOKHAVEN the TV series is about to change your life 😲. Coming soon to CBBC, BBC iPlayer and BBC One. #Crookhaven #BBC #CBBC

Tolkien’s illustrations were so diverse and imaginative. Here are 40 of his stunning pieces (link below).

Ready for another #TheTorturedWriersPodcast with the super talented writer @LauraPAuthor about writing and breast cancer and her new book. Plus Laura will be telling us why changing agents for various reasons isn’t necessarily a bad thing! .

Huge urge to buy a mood ring like I had in the 90s now

✍🏻 please sign

We’re thrilled to announce that the judges for this year’s microfiction comp are: Joanna Campbell, Emily Devane, Debra A Daniel & David Swann! The comp opens on 1 Dec for micros up to 100 words: nationalflashfictionday.co.u…

📢 A third of children under 5 miss out on the magic of being read to. But you could help to share the joy of stories this Christmas and throughout the year. Donate today to give the #MagicOfBooks to a child who needs it ✨ 👇 donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas…

The bird even realized he had won 😅🥳

Finally watched Frankenstein last night. It did not disappoint ⚡️

This is worth a watch - worth two watches. Two-thirds of UK over-7s now watching platform delivered videos driven by engagement algorithms to promote sedation over nourishing, crafted entertainment. Making millions from children without reinvesting for children. ⬇️