Abi Elphinstone

I am delighted to reveal the magnificent Olivia Lomenech Gill cover for my new book, GOODNIGHT SILVER! This is first and foremost an adventure. But it is also the story of a young girl learning to hope. A child who is lost in the wild and then saved by it. waterstones.com/book/untitled-…

I love Olivia Lomenech Gill’s cover for GOODNIGHT SILVER! I’ll reveal the maps (plural!) & illustrations in due course but here u go for the first line of the prologue: ‘The night was still and starlit - the kind of night that looked built for stories.’ waterstones.com/book/untitled-…

I’m have no idea how my ADHD didn’t make me open this when I got it 🤣 Utterly stunning book post from @simonkids_UK for @abielphinstone new book. The artwork from Olivia Lomenech Gill is utterly gorgeous.

How magical and wonderful this looks.

10am tomo: I’ll b revealing the cover 4 my new book, GOODNIGHT SILVER, out Oct. Inspired by my travels in Mongolia, this is a standalone set in the Altai Mountains - a salute to the wild - &the artwork is by a Carnegie-winning illustrator who has knocked me sideways w/her talent

So thrilled to be nominated here - amongst such a stellar line up of authors! Thank you @LancashireSLS

I am a writer because I was a reader first. But reading for pleasure is at an all time low. So let's get behind @Literacy_Trust’s #Take10ToRead campaign, aiming to get the nation reading for 10mins a day. ‘Read books as you would breathe air: to fill up & live.’ - Annie Dillard

At 8yo I had very few teeth, zero dress sense &no time4hairbrushes but I did know a vital truth: that reading, for 10mins a day, is life-changing. It boosts confidence, elevates literacy levels, improves mental health & creates more empathetic humans @Literacy_Trust #Take10ToRead

Here is my 8th creation for alternative reads to David Walliams, this time focusing on The Beast of Buckingham Palace. These are ones I’ve particularly enjoyed but what else would you add? @leewhowrites

I’M SPEAKING AT @edbookfest THIS SUMMER! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 4pm Monday 11th August. Tickets: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w… (the photo of me introducing my daughter to a sheep has nothing to do with anything - just needed a photo to make the spacing work over on instagram)

@Louiestowell @kidslitfest Brilliant! Can’t wait to catch up 😘

I’m speaking and signing books at @kidslitfest in Barnes this Sunday 22nd June! I’ll be chatting about my Ember Spark series and showing kids how easy it is to conjure up stories of their own ❤️ Tickets: eventbrite.com/checkout-exter…

I’m a bookseller for the day at glorious @nightowl_books! Happy Independent Bookshop Week to all the fantastic booksellers out there 🥳

For all the teachers out there, this from Anne Fine’s ‘Flour Babies’ ❤️

Loved DRACULA & DAUGHTERS by Emma Carroll: brilliant world-building, a trio of girls to make your heart soar and a belter of a plot. You can pre-order from @WaterstonesKids @FaberChildrens

🎉The long weekend is almost very nearly here gang so why not spend your Friday afternoon buying some tickets for the UK's biggest kids' books party on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 June? BOOK IT barneskidslitfest.org @MrMCGrammar @abielphinstone @amateuradam @MGLnrd @SerenaKPatel

Next on my reading agenda... 🐉Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons @abielphinstone 🟠The Tomorrow Project @h_critchlow 💋A Cornish Winter's Kiss @J_B_Writer 🤰🏼The Girls Who Grew Big @leilamottley @simonkids_UK @canelo_co @BoldwoodBooks @FigTreePenguin

@SamJDThomas @simonkids_UK Thank you so much, Sam!

Looking for the perfect book for readers aged 8+ this half term? Check out my review of @abielphinstone's #EmberSparkAndTheUnicornsSecret @simonkids_UK for some inspiration... samjdthomas.home.blog/2025/05/27/emb…