Award winning author, primary teacher. 🌈 dad, half-Indian, he/him. East Sussex & Salford Children's Book Award 🏆 Rep:@StephT2000. Order: linktr.ee/mikebmann
Joined October 2012
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6 Jun 2023
And I won! Can't believe it! 🤯 Today, my little Ghostcloud is on cloud-9. 🥰👻☁️ #escba2023
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25 Jun 2025
I'll be joining @MaisieWrites and other authors at Hillsborough Castle this summer to celebrate Winnie-the-Pooh! Thank you @Disney_UK @HRP_palaces and the @royallitfund - can't wait!
23 Jun 2025
RLF Fellows join the Winnie-the-Pooh Hunny Hunt trail with summer storytelling in Owl’s Book Corner. A joyful literary adventure for all ages! 🐻
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Michael Mann - NIGHTSPARK out now! retweeted
It’s officially publication day!!!! Welcome to the world third baby book Nate!!!! Three people said it’s their favourite book of mine! Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past is out now!!! Thanks Simone Douglas for the stunning cover!
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11 Jun 2025
This means everything to me booktrust.org.uk/about-us/ne… how all the work on making books more inclusive impacts on real children - pls read and share all the entries to our @Booktrust #BookTrustRepresents comp - thank you @Enterprise @mikebmann @DeeBensonauthor
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10 Jun 2025
Huge congrats to Jessica for winning the #BookTrustRepresents Book That Represents Me competition!
As one of the judges, I can say that the competition was fierce (and a joy to judge!), but Jessica's entry really stood out. Congrats! And thank you @Booktrust and @sharnajackson !
10 Jun 2025
✨ Congratulations to Jessica for winning our #BookTrustRepresents Book That Represents Me competition, supported by Enterprise Mobility! ✨
With her review of Glow Up, Lara Bloom by @DeeBensonauthor she's won a £3,000 library, a visit from Dee and more:
booktrust.org.uk/about-us/ne…
ALT Jessica holding her winning review plus the front cover of Glow Up Lara Bloom
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Michael Mann - NIGHTSPARK out now! retweeted
YAY!!! Happy birthday to my latest baby NAELI AND THE SECRET SONG!!! Off to London for a book trail with reviewers followed by a brunch and book launch tomorrow! If you are a teacher or librarian who fancies coming along DM me! @chickenhsebooks
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3 Apr 2025
Yay! Happy book birthday to me!
Gargoyles 2, The Watcher, is out in bookshops today.
Thrills, adventure and ancient magic coming your way ✨️📚💚
Thanks again to the whole team @publishinguclan and to @DoodlesByDavid for the spectacular covers
ALT Image shows two books side by side on a green and leafy background. The first book is Gargoyles, Guardians of the Source by Tamsin Mori and the cover shows four children and a winged lion. The second book is Gargoyles, The Watcher by Tamsin Mori and the cover shows the same four children - in the background a green man and two stone golem appear to be following them.
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Michael Mann - NIGHTSPARK out now! retweeted
Last Friday we were delighted to welcome award-winning author Micheal Mann to our school. The pupils in all the year groups really enjoyed listening to Michael’s journey as an author, and there were plenty of questions asked. 📚
@mikebmann @BELSBarnet
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6 Mar 2025
Happy #WorldBookDay to all my librarian, teacher, author & blogger friends! I’m raising my special children’s books mug to you all today! 📚📚📚📚📚
ALT A coffee mug which is decorated with the spines of famous children’s books being held in front of a shelf of kids books.
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Michael Mann - NIGHTSPARK out now! retweeted
6 Mar 2025
Eeeek! And here it is! UK Publication Day for THE FISHERMAN'S GIFT! Thank you thank you @HellieOgden @masumasamiri, Liz Foley and Chris Sturtivant and all the wonderful people at @HarvillSecker and @WMEBooksUK for making all my dreams come true🌊🌊🌊
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17 Jan 2025
'And He Shall Appear' has appeared! I was utterly gripped (and unsettled) by this gorgeous book. It had this delicious, slow burn, ghostly rising dread & kept me guessing to the end.
It's out now - and it's awesome.
16 Jan 2025
Now out in the UK 👻
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6 Jan 2025
Calling all teachers to enter their class in The Book That Represents Me competition @BookTrust #BookTrustRepresents booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/… guest judges @sharnajackson & @mikebmann with the MOST AMAZING PRIZES inc £3000 of books @childrensbkshop (thank you Enterprise Mobility)
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20 Dec 2024
Thrilled to be judging this brilliant competition with @Booktrust! It's easy to enter - details below - please spread the word in your school!
#BookTrustRepresents
17 Dec 2024
We are so excited to have the wonderful @mikebmann on the judging panel for our #BookTrustRepresents The Book That Represents Me competition!
Schools, get all the info on the amazing prizes, the other judges, and how to enter here 👇
booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/…
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Michael Mann - NIGHTSPARK out now! retweeted
4 Dec 2024
📢 Don't miss this #BookTrustRepresents competition!
We want children to share reviews of books in which they feel their identity is authentically represented.
Discover our superstar judges, the incredible prizes (like a £3000 library) & how to enter 👇
booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/…
ALT An illustration of a girl in school uniform holding a big pile of books, plus the words: "The Book That Represents Me - enter the competition" and the logos for BookTrust Represent and Enterprise Mobility
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4 Dec 2024
It's US release week of #NIGHTSPARK in paperback! Here are some lovely US starred reviews 💫 and pics of the gorgeous US editions to celebrate... 👻☁️
#ghostcloud @KirkusReviews @PublishersWkly @peachtreepub @HachetteKids
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2 Dec 2024
#publishers #agents #kidlit #ReflectingRealities - discover talented new emerging #children's and #YA writers in our e-booklet. DM Megaphone or @AllStoriesWrite for a copy!
2 Dec 2024
Discover the work of 21 emerging voices from underrepresented backgrounds with our new meet the mentee booklet, in conjunction with @MegaphoneWrite - DM us with your email, and we can send on over! #AllStories2024
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14 Nov 2024
Explore the theme of community with these four Empathy Shorts. This selection of FREE 500-word short stories by favourite authors are a great resource to use over #EmpathyActionMonth.
Access them here:
empathylab.uk/week-2---commu…
@mikebmann
@TheJanePorter
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Michael Mann - NIGHTSPARK out now! retweeted
24 Oct 2024
It's launch day!!! Thanks so much to @ZaffreBooks
and @kellyyrosee15 for letting me go on this strange and murderous journey full of death, suspiciously cheap artisanal gifts and dubious festive knitwear 🎅🔪💀🎉
instagram.com/reel/DBdjJaaIA…
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15 Oct 2024
I’m so excited to finally talk about this!
I’m absolutely thrilled that @inkroadbooks have picked up my 1980s Dracula retelling!
I’ve wanted to write this for even longer than the Mina books and I can’t wait for people to read it.
15 Oct 2024
We can finally announce that we are working with @YAundermyskin to publish her new YA thriller, They Own the Night! A Dracula retelling set in 1980s Edinburgh 🩸
Out October 2025! #theyownthenight
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20 Sep 2024
Do all writers know early on that writing is their calling? We asked new #RLF Education Fellows what they wanted to be when they were growing up. If you're a writer, did you always know you wanted to write?✍️
(@mikebmann @RebeccaTantony @DIBrownAuthor @suzannahevans @cgcorcoran)
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