Clare Elsom

You may notice I'm a little absent from Twitter these days... (very active over on instagram!) However, I'm pleased as punch to announce this beauty publishes this week with the wonderful @scholasticuk 🥳🦖🦕

We’re thrilled that CATS: UNDERSTANDING YOUR WHISKERED FRIEND by Dr John Bradshaw and @ClareElsom won Best Laugh Out Loud Non-Fiction Book at last week's @lolbookawards! 🎉 andersenpress.co.uk/cats-wins-best…

@RustyBarker11 @Walsh_e_Patrick @UniofBristolCat @EwilsonEloise Still so excited about this!!

Yesterday, we crowned the winners of the #Lollies2024! A HUGE congratulations to our award winners and a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who continues to advocate for children’s funny books and, of course, all the children who voted! 📷: (c) Matt Alexander/ PA Media Assignments

Whoop! Wonderful to see this fun, fascinating, cat-filled book win Best Laugh Out Loud Non-Fiction book at this year's @lolbookawards #lollies2024 Congratulations 🥳 @ClareElsom and @RustyBarker11

Congratulations to winners @RBrightBooks @_JimField Alex Willmore @jamiesmart @LarryHayesAuthr⁩ Katie Abey @Catiewilkins Dr John Bradshaw and @clareelsom.⁠ #Lollies24 @lolbookawards ⁠@scholasticuk

@lovereadingkids @RBrightBooks @_JimField @jamiesmart @LarryHayesAuthr @Catiewilkins @lolbookawards @scholasticuk Thank you!!!

It might be grey London outside but inside the Southbank Centre it couldn’t be brighter! 🌞 The #Lollies24 Awards bring joy to the soul as we celebrate the funniest children’s books published this year.⁠ @lolbookawards ⁠@scholasticuk

Brill to be at #Lollies2024 & longlist on behalf of ⁦@Booktrust⁩. Congrats ⁦@LarryHayesAuthr⁩ ⁦@jamiesmart⁩ ⁦@Catiewilkins⁩ Alex Willmore, Katie Abey, ⁦@_JimField⁩ ⁦⁦@RBrightBooks⁩ @clareelsom John Bradshaw. Thanks ⁦@scholasticuk⁩

@racheltheeditor @Booktrust @LarryHayesAuthr @jamiesmart @Catiewilkins @_JimField @RBrightBooks @scholasticuk Thank you so much! 🥰

CONGRATULATIONS John Bradshaw @RustyBarker11 and @ClareElsom! CATS: UNDERSTANDING YOUR WHISKERED FRIEND is the Best Laugh Out Loud Non-Fiction book at this year's @lolbookawards #lollies2024

@AndersenPress @RustyBarker11 @lolbookawards Still absolutely thrilled to bits about this!!!

I'm not very active on here these days... but this is definitely worth posting about! We won a Lollies Award!!! 🥰

@Lib4Sch @LymeBookShop @TimothyKnapman @burrowsdraws @theLucyStrange @juliamoschaf I'm so late seeing this but WOO! I love Lyme Bookshop and thank you so much for buying Excuse Me Are You a T-rex? I hope you've enjoyed it!! 😘🦕🦖

The penultimate holiday indie bookshop was @LymeBookShop, and this #BookHaul boasts titles from Jeanne Willis & Adrian Reynolds, @TimothyKnapman & Nik Henderson, @ClareElsom, @burrowsdraws, Cheryl Blackford, and @theLucyStrange & @juliamoschaf. One more book batch to go!

@AndersenPress @PeterBently @suecheungstory @petsandus So chuffed about this!!!! 😍

The LOLLIES are BACK, and we are ecstatic to have 3 books on the shortlist! 🩲 PANTEMONIUM! by @PeterBently & Becka Moor ☀️ MADDY YIP'S GUIDE TO HOLIDAYS by @suecheungstory 😺 CATS: UNDERSTANDING YOUR WHISKERED FRIEND by @petsandus & @ClareElsom VOTE: shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies

@suecheungstory @AndersenPress @PeterBently @petsandus You too!! :)

@AndersenPress @PeterBently @petsandus @ClareElsom Congratulations fellow @AndersenPress shortlisters! 🥳

Well, this is extremely nice!! Delighted to be on the Lollies shortlist with @petsandus and @RustyBarker11 for CATS Understanding Your Whiskered Friend! 🥳 And in such good company! Good luck everyone!!

What a lovely weekend in Lyme :) Thank you for having me! 🦖🦕😊 @FossilFestival @LymeRegisMuseum @scholasticuk

I'm at the Fossil Festival in Lyme Regis TODAY! 1:30pm at @LymeRegisMuseum 🦖 Book reading 🦖Dino chat 🦖Draw along 🦖Book signing Perfect for ages 5-8 but everyone welcome 🤗 See you later! @FF_LymeRegis @scholasticuk

@WryCritic I'm looking forward to it!! :)

@ClareElsom Thank you Clare, I'm certain it'll be absolutely fantastic

Calling dino fans! 🦖🦕 I'm at the Fossil Festival in Lyme Regis this weekend, doing a free event and a book signing from 13:30-14:30pm on Sunday 9th June. I'll be doing a reading, a draw along, and getting in as much dino chat as I can in my timeslot... Come along!!