Editorial Director, HarperCollins Children’s. Loves to make beautiful books! All views my own.
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Holly Tonks retweeted
27 Oct 2025
Which to choose?
There’s plenty of options at the @CoLEppingForest Chingford Visitor Centre this week if you are heading out into the Forest.
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Holly Tonks retweeted
17 Oct 2025
CAPY – THE ADVENTUROUS CAPYBARA by Guilherme Karsten arrives next week! But we've got a special early treat for you, learn to draw Capy and Birdy! 🎉
This colour-your-own-story book is perfect for little storytellers! Out Oct 23rd!🎨 amzn.to/3W8WGoL
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Holly Tonks retweeted
30 Sep 2025
Capy, the capybara, is about to have a wonderful adventure. But it's your turn to tell the story! 🎨Colour in each page and then fill out the adventure yourself on the dotted lines underneath!
Get creative with this brand new colour-your-own-story book by Guilherme Karsten!✨
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Holly Tonks retweeted
23 Sep 2025
Our favourite family cat #Mog is back for more mischief and mayhem in the new hand-drawn adaption of #JudithKerr's beloved picture book, Mog’s Bad Thing by @lupusfilms for @Channel4. We cannot wait to see this tale of tabby trouble on the big and small screen in 2026! 🐱📺
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Holly Tonks retweeted
11 Sep 2025
.@HarperFireBooks has struck its first non-fiction deal with They Called Us Witch by Ellen Ryan, which 'reveals ten women who shaped their cultures and inspired change through their magic and wisdom'
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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Holly Tonks retweeted
11 Sep 2025
Out Now
Venture back to The Café at the Edge of the Woods in another adventure from Mikey please
A new picture book by the brilliant Stefania Aldana Trujillo!
Where to Hide a Star by @oliverjeffers, is in paperback!
Get ready for Halloween with this wickedly funny rhyming book!
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Holly Tonks retweeted
9 Sep 2025
.@HarperCollinsCh has signed The Kingdom of Tigers - the debut picture book by author Felicity Yeoh and illustrator Megan Snyders has an afterword from actress Michelle Yeoh
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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Holly Tonks retweeted
7 Sep 2025
45 years to the day since our first feature in the Sunday Times, and we’re back! @thetimes
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Holly Tonks retweeted
2 Sep 2025
Publishing today in the USA.
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Holly Tonks retweeted
28 Jul 2025
‘A Visit to Brambly Hedge’ will publish in 4 weeks!
You can get 25% Off pre-orders exclusively from the @Waterstones website and app using code ‘SUMMER25’ at the checkout here bit.ly/44ONpYa
Offer ends at 23:59 31/07/2025
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Holly Tonks retweeted
16 Apr 2025
Perfect day with our Paddington Story Time 🐻 So wonderful to see so much creativity and enthusiasm for reading ❤️ @WaterstonesKids 📚
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Holly Tonks retweeted
19 Apr 2025
Tune into @BBCRadio4's Saturday Live from 9am this morning to hear the brilliant creator of #PercyTheParkKeeper, Nick Butterworth, share some wonderful stories with Nikki Bedi & Adrian Chiles. Plus, hear more about his exciting new Percy book, Once Upon a Journey, landing 24 Apr!
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Holly Tonks retweeted
11 Apr 2025
The Brambly Hedge Nature Colouring Book has just launched in French!
Available here bit.ly/4i9qgmE
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Holly Tonks retweeted
29 Mar 2025
A sweet treat for Paddington fans this Easter! Come and join Paddington's Easter Egg Hunt for mischief, marmalade and mishaps 🥚🐣🐻🐰 amzn.to/41n5NVc
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Holly Tonks retweeted
7 Mar 2025
Congratulations to our Illustrator of the Year shortlist: Dav Pilkey, @Ilustrajo, Jim Field, @jamiesmart, @OliverJeffers and @RobBiddulph ✨
🔗thebookseller.com/british-bo… #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies
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Holly Tonks retweeted
6 Mar 2025
Happy World Book Day from Glumfoot and Rene, who have taken some time off at the Cafe at the Edge of the Woods to help out in Waterstones East Kilbride today! (Glumfoot may have tried to help in the cafe)
We have our Bookseller Rebecca as Glumfoot and Barista Lucy as Rene!
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Holly Tonks retweeted
27 Feb 2025
The countdown is on just 1 month to go until Manon Bucciarelli's Nature is out! 🌿
Discover the wonders of the natural world with stunning illustrations and fascinating facts.🍃
We'll be sharing a fact each week from the book in the run up to publication, Stay tuned 💚
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Holly Tonks retweeted
10 Feb 2025
Introducing the new Brambly Hedge Nature Colouring Book!
This follow up to the Festive Colouring Book features illustrations from Spring Story, Summer Story, Sea Story, and Poppy’s Babies.
Launching in the UK on the 13th March 2025.
Pre-order here ➡️ bit.ly/3EtWA5L
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Take a look at this! This is Through the Forest by @Yijing_daydream, published by @lantanapub, the perfect picture book to get children aged 2-11 excited about reading!
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Holly Tonks retweeted
31 Jan 2025
How hard can becoming a genius be? 🤔✨
In just one year (no refunds given), this book will take you from an ordinary kid to an absurdly intelligent, super-brained hyper-genius! 🧠⚡
Coming May 2025 ! 🚀📚
From the brilliant @MikeRampton, illustrated by Gareth Williams!
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