Antoinette Brooks

Woo hoo! 🥳🥳 Thrilled to announce that my book The Boy at the Back of the Bus, has been published by @CollinsPrimary today! A narrative poem inspired by the early life of Martin Luther King Jr, and written & illustrated by me. Aimed at primary children aged 8-11, it's part of Collins Big Cats Diamond range, & you can find it here: collins.co.uk/products/97800…

We’re so excited to share that @bookouture will host the Mo Siewcharran Prize 2026, offering commercial fiction writers from underrepresented backgrounds the chance to win up to £2,500 and a possible publishing contract! Submissions open 2nd February! 💫 thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/tfb-blog/2026/…

@Phonicsandbooks @aitcheldee @callaghansstuff @eibhliscarcione It was lovely meeting you too! ☺️🥰

So nice to meet @aitcheldee @MissBLovesBooks and Hawys Morgan at #HarperCollinsSummerParty last night. Sorry you didn't make it @callaghansstuff and @eibhliscarcione . Hope to get to meet you soon.

@YHanifWrites @edbookfest @FlorisBooks @DiscoverKelpies Congratulations Yasmin! 😀🎉

🌟 Exciting News!🌟 @edbookfest @florisbooks @discoverkelpies I'll be doing a fun, interactive workshop at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, perfect for kids (aged 3-5), parents, educators or anyone curious about the power of names! Book now: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w… 📚

@FionaHalliday1 @BJ220302 Thanks so much! Hope you're well?

@MissBLovesBooks @BJ220302 This looks lovely, Antoinette! 😊

Such a lovely Zoom writing session today with @BJ220302 and her highly talented students!! Loved how they created wonderfully funny diary stories based on their real life experiences. Thank you so much @BJ220302 for supporting #TheSecretDiaryofJoyninaKJones 😍🥰🥰

@BJ220302 Thanks so much for having me. They were such a joy to work with! 🥰🥰✍️

We had a great writing session with @MissBLovesBooks today. Thank you for joining us.

Today's the day – #BigCatReadOn books are out now! Bridge the jump from banded readers to longer chapter books with 20 NEW free readers from the UK's leading primary reading programme, featuring more sophisticated themes, vocabulary, plots and structures: ow.ly/GYsQ50VHKlQ

It's #NationalGardeningWeek2025, a great plants theme tie-in for the second #Augmented bookshop proof-drops. After last week's epic 14 visits, I went solo today and made 6 stops in central and west London. Once again, everyone was incredibly supportive. Thanks @FaberChildrens

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So thrilled to announce that my book, "The Secret Diary of Joynina K. Jones" is out in the world today. I'm excited to share this story, that I wrote with heart and warmth, about Joynina, and how she navigates family, friendship and life with a long-term illness too. It's full of fun and feeling! Aimed at 9-12 year olds, if you know someone who'd love, please do share! #bigcatreadon

@emmalayfield2 I'm sorry for your loss. Wishing you well at this time 🙏🏾

We lost a great man today… my father-in-law who taught my boyfriend how to build, craft and fix anything, and who adored his wife and his boys. ❤️❤️❤️#yorkshirebornandbred

#weneeddiversebooks #middlegradebooks #tweendiaries #sicklecell #BlackGirlMagic #joyninakjones

Meet Joynina K Jones. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s about to face school dramas, BFF fallouts, and the wrath of a very bossy cat, but she’ll also start a diary that might just change her life! I had a lot of fun writing and illustrating "The Secret Diary of Joynina K. Jones" for @BIgCatReadOn, and I’m so excited to introduce the main character - the very opinionated Joynina! Coming out on April 28th, and if you know someone who would love, it’s available for preorder now.

@BJ220302 That means so much. Thank you for sharing with them! I'd love to hear what they think!

@MissBLovesBooks I haven't been on here much either. I will buy a few copies as gifts for my students when it comes out. I think they will love it.

So excited to announce that my new book, "The Secret Diary of Joynina K Jones," publishes in two weeks as part of #BigCatReadOn. Set children up for a lifelong love of reading with new chapter books from Collins Big Cat, perfect for use in the classroom and home. Find out more here:collins.co.uk/collections/bi…

@BradypusWrites Thanks so much! Hope you're good?☺️☺️

Sounds amazing. Well done!

@MayoPoetry Thanks Mayo! Always wanted to write a diary book - and it's got alot of giggles in it too!

@MissBLovesBooks Congratulations Antoinette. It looks wonderful 🎉🎉

@EmilyKTalbot Thanks so much - lovely to hear your voice again!

@MissBLovesBooks So lovely to see this Antoinette! It looked looks wonderful

@BJ220302 Hey! that's sooo lovely to hear! It's been such a while since I've been on here! Hope you're good? Thank you so much for your good wishes. Means alot - and I'm so glad to know you loved the book too! Please let me know what your students think...

@MissBLovesBooks I did not realise that it was you when I requested it on NetGalley. Once I have downloaded it and started reading it, I thought the name sounded familiar and it really was you. Congratulations on how far you have come.

🎉📚✨ It’s Publication Day! ✨📚🎉 From giggle-filled counting adventures to powerful journeys across time, we’ve got something for every bookshelf 💛🌍📖 🐾 One Goose, Two Moose, Three Raccoon, Four Baboon 🖊️@kaeltudor 📚@scholasticuk 🦝🦓💥