Shadi Doostdar

We're thrilled to announce that GLOAM has been nominated for the @CarnegieMedals Medal for Writing 2026! Huge congratulations to @jamackay_ 👏🎉

We’re delighted that TRAUMALAND by Josh Silver has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026! 🙌🥳👏

Wishing a huge congratulations to Anna Woltz! Under the London Sky has been nominated for the @CarnegieMedals Medal for Writing 2026! 👏👏

Head over to @BBCSounds to listen to @jamackay_ talking about his wonderefully spooky middle-grade novel Gloam on BBC Radio Suffolk yesterday! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Quite possibly the coolest thing you'll see today! 🤩

We are SO excited to share that The Train of Dark Wonders is a Blue Peter Book Club pick!! This is the perfect book to get you into the halloween spirit and it'll be broadcast on @cbbc Blue Peter tomorrow at 5pm, don't miss it!

Our #BookOfTheDay is an immensely rich and poetic celebration of the very first cultivators of civilisation. #TheHistoryOfWe by Nikkolas Smith (@4NIKKOLAS) is a truly beautiful exploration of humankind's origin story: booktrust.org.uk/book-recommend… @RocktheBoatNews

Mind blowing @Booktrust session at #kidsconf @thebookseller with @ProfSamWass and @LizzieCatford_1 on what happens inside a baby’s brain when they’re read to - these books are literally re wiring brains!

A Girl’s Guide to Spying : Independent Book Reviews ⁦@RocktheBoatNews⁩ ⁦@OneworldNews⁩ ⁦@ShadiMay⁩ ⁦@Jule9⁩ #HollyWebb #AGirlsGuideToSpying independentbookreviews.co.uk/book/a-girls-g…

For our first panel of the day we are joined by Imogen Bond (@ImbobBond), @NateLessore, Heather Grainger, Shadi Doostdar (@ShadiMay) and @lauramucha for a discussion on how books can help young people navigate the challenges of growing up in our current climate 🎨 #KidsConf

Finished. Excellent. Hoping for a book 2 please. @RocktheBoatNews @OneworldNews @ShadiMay @Jule9 #HollyWebb #AGirlsGuideToSpying

The History of We is out in the UK today!! This celebration of our shared ancestry and creative heritage is told through stunning paintings and prose by award-winning illustrator Nikkolas Smith @4NIKKOLAS 🌍💚

Oneworld’s @RocktheBoatNews imprint has acquired rights to A Girl’s Guide to Spying, the first book in a “thrilling” new middle-grade historical mystery series from bestselling children’s author Holly Webb. The bookwill be published on 12th February 202... ebx.sh/XiHKry

I express my profound closeness to the Palestinian people in Gaza, who continue to live in fear and to survive in unacceptable conditions, forced once again from their own lands. Before Almighty God, who commanded “Thou shalt not kill,” and throughout human history, every person always has an inviolable dignity, to be respected and upheld. I renew my appeal for a ceasefire, the release of hostages, and a negotiated diplomatic solution, in full respect of international humanitarian law. I invite everyone to join my heartfelt prayer that a dawn of peace and justice may soon arise.

@fionamsharp @RocktheBoatNews I’m sure a copy will be winging its way to you soon!

@RocktheBoatNews @ShadiMay Oh hello!

Book proofs just in! The latest middle-grade novel from Holly Webb comes out in February next year! A thrilling new historical series inspired by real-life Girl Guides who worked for MI5 during the First World War!

Head over to the @unitedbypop website to read Joanne Yi's beautifully written reflection on generational grief, unspoken love, and the silent strength of her Korean family. unitedbypop.com/books/author-i…

As children start Year 3/4, they may be developing their reading preferences & starting to explore a wider range of books independently. These titles could help to support reading for pleasure: booktrust.org.uk/book-recommend…

We had a great weekend at #YLGconference2025 talking to lots of lovely librarians about all our wonderful books!!

Thank you so much to Dannie Price for this piece of #BookPost - a copy of @4NIKKOLAS's recently published 'History of We'. It's a picture book from @RocktheBoatNews about the origins and advancement of humankind, and our shared ancestry in Africa. [1/2]