Alex Cotter

Most honoured & chuffed to be shortlisted for the @sportsbookawards 🎉⛸ My dream to write was inspired by #iceskating which was inspired by @torvillanddean who inspired me to write #IceDancer ⛸❤ Thank you #CTSBA26 @WaterstonesKids @Literacy_Trust @NosyCrow

Inspiring the next generation through sport. The Children’s Sports Book of the Year, supported by the @Literacy_Trust and @Waterstones, shortlist is here. Girls with Goals, Clelia Castro-Malaspina (@QuartoKids) Granny National, Rachael Blackmore, with Rachel Pierce & illustrated by Tom Snape (@PenguinUKBooks) Ice Dancer, @alexfcotter (@NosyCrow) Keep Smashing It, Jodie Ounsley, with Becky Grey & illustrated by Dane Thibeault (@MacmillanKidsUK) Running My Own Race, @ey_abs (@NosyCrow) Shoot for the Stars, Danielle Brown, illustrated by Jayde Perkin and Filigrana de Ideas (@LittleTigerUK) The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Footballer, Ella Toone (@PuffinBooks) Ultimate Rugby Superstars, Matt Oldfield & Maggie Alphonsi, illustrated by Dan Leydon (@WalkerBooksUK)

irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts… Christmas murder-mystery for young readers has suspense, snow, festive glow, and a wholesome advocacy of cheese on toast. @NosyCrowBooks @Gill_Books @KieranJFanning @AlexFCotter @OBrienPress @FleurHitchcock

@PetOConnell @NosyCrowBooks @Gill_Books @KieranJFanning @OBrienPress @FleurHitchcock Thanks so much, Pet! Merry Christmas🎄🎄⛸⛸

Which books did we recommend to our pupils, staff & families during our final assembly of 2025? ❔A Poem for Every Question ⛄️ Anisha Accidental Detective: Christmas Chaos @cooliobeanz ⚡️ Finn’s Epic Fails 🎄Lydia Marmalade & the Christmas Wish @ladycariad ⛸️ Ice Dancer

@checkemoutbooks @cooliobeanz @ladycariad @HarperCollinsCh @Usborne @simonkids_UK @philearle @NosyCrow @SerenaKPatel @mr_almurphy @HachetteKids This is the icing on my Christmas cake!! Thank you so much, Tom!🎄🎄⛸⛸❤❤

@checkemoutbooks @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @jacquiS21 @karen_wallee @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 👍🤣

@AlexFCotter @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @jacquiS21 @karen_wallee @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 Sounds like a plan 😆⛸️

⛸️ You can skate over the cracks but you might fall through… ⛸️ Another powerful atmospheric read from @AlexFCotter Ice Dancer is out now for 9+ & you will get truly lost in this story. An exciting tale of empathy, forgiveness, loss & self-discovery. Thanks @NosyCrow ⛸️

@Valda_Varadinek @ChildrenInRead Aw phew! Who knows where it's been travelling these last few weeks! 🤣🎄⛸ Thanks so much ❤

Thank you @ChildrenInRead @AlexFCotter Arrived safely Looking forward to reading and sharing

@jacquiS21 @checkemoutbooks @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @karen_wallee @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 ❤❤

@checkemoutbooks @AlexFCotter @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @karen_wallee @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 A fabulous read x

@karen_wallee @checkemoutbooks @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @jacquiS21 @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 Aw that gives me Christmas cheer, thank you to you& your lovely students 🎄❤

@checkemoutbooks @AlexFCotter @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @jacquiS21 @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 I loved this one and it's going down well at school; it's hardly been on my shelves!

@checkemoutbooks @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @jacquiS21 @karen_wallee @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 Ha, I'll take you one xmas!!!🤣⛸🎄

@AlexFCotter @NosyCrow @SlatteryMr @PaulWat5 @KateHeap1 @jacquiS21 @karen_wallee @erinlynhamilton @ChrisSoulUK @RobCrossley4 Really enjoyed this, Alex. You made me want to skate again!

Glide seamlessly into a tale that will touch your heart with @AlexFCotter’s gripping wintertime adventure #IceDancer! @NosyCrowBooks @thesianpages lep.co.uk/arts-and-cultu…

@PNorfolk_BookRe @NosyCrowBooks Thank you so much for reading!⛸🎄⛸🎄

@ChildrenInRead Brilliant-will go see and parcel up. Congrats on another successful #ChildrenInRead Paddy!😍

@AlexFCotter Hi Alex, Just a nudge to let you know we have sent a DM to you with your successful bidder's details.

Can I say ‘Christmas’ now we’re in November? I’ve already made lots of alternate reads to Walliams so here’s the 1st part for his latest book, Santa & Son. There’s so many brilliant #Christmas and/or wintery stories out there your child, class or school can enjoy instead ❄️

Out now, Ice Dancer is a fabulous middle grade, written with huge empathy by @AlexFCotter ⛸️ @NosyCrow worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/ice…

@Book_Craic @jacquiS21 @NosyCrow So kind of you, Mary! Thank you❤

@jacquiS21 @AlexFCotter @NosyCrow I loved The House on the Edge and The Mermaid Call so I’ll definitely be getting a copy of this which sounds wonderful.

@jacquiS21 @NosyCrow Thank you so much, Jacqui, for such a lovely and in-depth review. Massively appreciated🙏⛸🙏⛸