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Kristina Rahim
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Children's author. THE DOUGHNUT CLUB is out now with Nosy Crow.
PFD Queer Prize ‘23 Winner. Rep’d by Silvia Molteni
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Kristina Rahim @krahim.bsky.social · Jan 23
Absolutely delighted to share that The Doughnut Club has made it onto the @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Award longlist! It’s been a dream working with my editor Zoe Griffiths @nosycrow.bsky.social ❤️🍩 and this is such a special award which celebrates debut authors AND editors. Thank U all involved!
branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social · Jan 21
We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏#kidlit #booksky

Thank you to @alcs.co.uk & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for their support.

branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/
Graphic showing the longlist for the 2026 Branford Boase Award. Odd Girl Out by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid, edited by Rosie Fickling (David Fickling Books) Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread by Penny Boxall, edited by Katie Sinfield (Puffin) Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns, edited by Lucy Courtenay (Farshore) The Book of Heartbreak by Ova Ceren, edited by Ruth Bennett and Ella Whiddett (Hot Key Books) Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley, edited by Cathy Liney (Bloomsbury) How to Roller Skate with One Leg by Ella Dove, illus by Jennifer Jamieson, edited by Anne Marie Ryan (Orchard Books) The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni, edited by Asmaa Isse (Electric Monkey) Grumpfort by Jamie Hammond, ed Sarah Stewart (Usborne) The Girl Who Raced the World by Nat Harrison, edited by Ruth Bennett (Bonnier) Evie and Maryam's Family Tree by Janeen Hayat, ed by Bella Pearson (Guppy Books) The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood by Farhana Islam, e by Asmaa Isse (Farshore) Love on Sight by Asli Jensen, ed Shalini Vallepur (Chicken House) Inkbound by Philippa Leathley, ed Natalie Doherty (HarperCollins Children’s Books) Gloam by Jack Mackay, ed Katie Jennings (Rock the Boat) A Beautiful Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore, ed Meggie Degurney & Liz Cross (David Fickling Books) Wildlands by Brogen Murphy, ed Linas Alsenas (Puffin) Rock Band Music and Misfits by Leah Osakwe, ed by Mattie Whitehead & Karelle Tobias (Little Tiger) Marty Moose: First Class by Claire Powell,ed Gráinne Clear (Walker Books) The Doughnut Club by Kristina Rahim, edited Zoë Griffiths (Nosy Crow) The Girl with Gills by Becca Rogers, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Zephyr) Run Away With Me by J.L. Simmonds, edited by Amina Parchment-Youssef (Penguin) The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn, edited by Emma Jones and Charlie Castelletti (First Ink) Augmented by Kenechi Udogu, edited by Natasha Brown and Jenny Glencross (Faber) My Dog by Olivia Wakeford, edited by Megan Reid (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
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Thank you @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social 📚❤️
schoolreadinglist.bsky.social School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Mar 15
Max and Ella, Stuck Together by Kristina Rahim. 📚👍🏼
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Max and Ella, Stuck Together is a compassionate, easy-to-read story about bullying, family and starting secondary school, as Max and Ella learn to wor...
Max and Ella, Stuck Together by Kristina Rahim
Max and Ella, Stuck Together is a compassionate story of family, bullying and friendship as two children learn to cope.
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March 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Reposted by Kristina Rahim
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I'm supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos during February, then
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to
@booktrust.org.uk
and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! Buy here - why not hoover up a few more books too!
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This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
krahim.bsky.social
Absolutely delighted to share that The Doughnut Club has made it onto the @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Award longlist! It’s been a dream working with my editor Zoe Griffiths @nosycrow.bsky.social ❤️🍩 and this is such a special award which celebrates debut authors AND editors. Thank U all involved!
branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social · Jan 21
We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏#kidlit #booksky

Thank you to @alcs.co.uk & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for their support.

branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/
Graphic showing the longlist for the 2026 Branford Boase Award. Odd Girl Out by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid, edited by Rosie Fickling (David Fickling Books) Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread by Penny Boxall, edited by Katie Sinfield (Puffin) Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns, edited by Lucy Courtenay (Farshore) The Book of Heartbreak by Ova Ceren, edited by Ruth Bennett and Ella Whiddett (Hot Key Books) Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley, edited by Cathy Liney (Bloomsbury) How to Roller Skate with One Leg by Ella Dove, illus by Jennifer Jamieson, edited by Anne Marie Ryan (Orchard Books) The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni, edited by Asmaa Isse (Electric Monkey) Grumpfort by Jamie Hammond, ed Sarah Stewart (Usborne) The Girl Who Raced the World by Nat Harrison, edited by Ruth Bennett (Bonnier) Evie and Maryam's Family Tree by Janeen Hayat, ed by Bella Pearson (Guppy Books) The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood by Farhana Islam, e by Asmaa Isse (Farshore) Love on Sight by Asli Jensen, ed Shalini Vallepur (Chicken House) Inkbound by Philippa Leathley, ed Natalie Doherty (HarperCollins Children’s Books) Gloam by Jack Mackay, ed Katie Jennings (Rock the Boat) A Beautiful Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore, ed Meggie Degurney & Liz Cross (David Fickling Books) Wildlands by Brogen Murphy, ed Linas Alsenas (Puffin) Rock Band Music and Misfits by Leah Osakwe, ed by Mattie Whitehead & Karelle Tobias (Little Tiger) Marty Moose: First Class by Claire Powell,ed Gráinne Clear (Walker Books) The Doughnut Club by Kristina Rahim, edited Zoë Griffiths (Nosy Crow) The Girl with Gills by Becca Rogers, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Zephyr) Run Away With Me by J.L. Simmonds, edited by Amina Parchment-Youssef (Penguin) The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn, edited by Emma Jones and Charlie Castelletti (First Ink) Augmented by Kenechi Udogu, edited by Natasha Brown and Jenny Glencross (Faber) My Dog by Olivia Wakeford, edited by Megan Reid (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by Kristina Rahim
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Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
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November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
krahim.bsky.social
Still pinching myself that The Doughnut Club is on the shortlist for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award in the Children’s Fiction category!
Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social for championing this story.
Go here for all the wonderful shortlistees and to vote. nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards
October 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
krahim.bsky.social
This sounds fantastic….
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
krahim.bsky.social
Yay - happy publication day!! 👻👻
alatkinson.bsky.social Alex Atkinson @alatkinson.bsky.social · Sep 11
It's alive! Join twins Indigo and Rusty on their second terrifying adventure. Thank you to everyone who has made these stories possible. Special mention to Usborne, @linalanglee.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social and to Miriam Serafin
Spooky middle grade books with gorgeous, colourful covers that are perfect reading for dark and cosy nights
September 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
krahim.bsky.social
Calling all #teachers and #librarians - my publisher, @nosycrow.bsky.social , has created some fantastic FREE #teacherresources to accompany my middle grade novel, The Doughnut Club. For further details nosycrow.com/resource/the... #authorvisits
The Doughnut Club Resources
About the book An unmissable debut by Kristina Rahim about family, friendship and being true to yourself.  Donor conceived Quinn loves her family, but she often feels the odd one out. But when Quinn’s...
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September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Oooh - looking forward to this…hit me with more facts!
August 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Thank you @catherinebruton.bsky.social - so lovely to hear you enjoyed it ❤️🍩
catherinebruton.bsky.social Catherine Bruton @catherinebruton.bsky.social · Jul 21
Loved reading 'The Doughnut club' by @krahim.bsky.social Heartfelt and heartwarming tale of donor conception, family love and finding out who you really are! Just lovely! @nosycrow.bsky.social @hannahprutton.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reposted by Kristina Rahim
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Delighted to share the cover of my new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School! Art by @unawoods.bsky.social, pub Gill Books, Sept 4th. Ellora's just started at a new school, and it's hard to keep her budding banshee powers secret. But what if they're about to save the day? 📚🇮🇪💫
Cover of a children's book, white and green background colours. Foreground shows an illustrated child with long dark braids wearing a grey hoodie, black and white dotted leggings, with wings on her back. In the background is a tall, wobbly, tumbledown building. Title Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School appears above her head. Author's name Sinéad O'Hart appears beneath her feet, and beneath that again is the illustrator's name, Úna Woods.
July 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
krahim.bsky.social
This will be great!
christopheredge.bsky.social Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social · Jun 14
I can't wait to bring my ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO event to @barneskidslitfest.bsky.social next Saturday and you can get your tickets for this here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christophe...
June 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
krahim.bsky.social
Don’t miss your chance to see the wonderful @louiestowell.bsky.social at Barnes Festival next Sunday…
June 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reposted by Kristina Rahim
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Hello #Milngavie and #Glasgow folk – help celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek at #Daydreams books on 16th June!

I'll be chatting about #REEK, about being an author, and about ideas that changed the world… Click below to find out more!
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUK
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Celebrate Indie Bookshop Week at Daydreams Bookshop
Daydream Bookshop in Milngavie are celebrating Indie Bookshop Week with a visit by Alastair Chisholm to chat about his shortlisted book REEK
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June 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
krahim.bsky.social
Thank you @robynnhyde.bsky.social . It was lovely chatting about The Doughnut Club with you.
robynnhyde.bsky.social Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social · May 26
It was lovely to catch up with @krahim.bsky.social about her debut - #TheDoughnutClub! This wonderful story about family and friendship was recently published by @nosycrow.bsky.social. Kristina has some great advice for writers: “Keep going, because the more you write the more you learn!”
DEBUT JOURNEYS Kristina Rahim
Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.
www.wordsandpics.org
May 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Aaah, yay @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social - I’m glad you’re enjoying it! 🍩❤️
maisiechanwrites.bsky.social Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · May 25
I’m finishing this novel by @krahim.bsky.social THE DOUGHNUT CLUB is out now and is about Quinn who finds out her nemesis might be a donor sibling! It’s really great! Check it out! @nosycrow.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
krahim.bsky.social
Oooh - this looks fabulous!
christopheredge.bsky.social Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social · May 22
Only two weeks until ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO is published by @nosycrow.bsky.social and I'm delighted to reveal the @waterstones.bsky.social Exclusive Edition is now available to pre-order! Sprayed edges, author Q&A and an exclusive guide to the world of The Escape.
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Image of the exclusive Waterstones edition of Escape Room: Game Zero
May 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
krahim.bsky.social
Thank you so much @jillshanti.bsky.social for this lovely review. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. 🍩 #kidlit #bookoftheday @nosycrow.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
krahim.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to @nosycrow.bsky.social - and so well deserved 🎉🎉🥳👏
thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · May 12
The winner of Children's Publisher of the Year (sponsored by Publiship) is Nosy Crow✨

“The amount and range of work that goes on at Nosy Crow is incredible,” said the judges #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
May 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Reposted by Kristina Rahim
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Thank you to @nosycrow.bsky.social for this piece of #BookPost! 'The Doughnut Club' is the debut book from @krahim.bsky.social, a story that's full of heart about what it means to be family, whether by blood or not 🩷🍩

#KidsBooksUK #BookSky #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
May 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
krahim.bsky.social
It’s publication day! 🍩🥳 Thank you to everyone who helped get this book out there into the world. My wonderful agent Silvia from PFD Agents. My fantastic editor @zoegriffiths.bsky.social and the whole incredible team @nosycrowus.bsky.social and Marina Tena Borras for the stunning cover. #kidslit
May 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
krahim.bsky.social
2 weeks to G🍩 until publication day for my debut, middle grade novel, The Doughnut Club. To celebrate, here’s photo of a recent fav birthday pressie from an old friend…along with the smallest star of my own family, Pip, our hamster. Doughnuts suit him. #debuts2025 #middlegradefiction
April 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
krahim.bsky.social
Delighted that The Doughnut Club is part of this school reading list for the summer. What a fabulous collection of titles here and lovely to see some other #debuts2025 👋🏻
schoolreadinglist.bsky.social School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Apr 11
Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Summer 2025 📚👍🏼
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Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, poetry, early and middle-grade fiction; y...
Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Summer 2025
Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reposted by Kristina Rahim
emlynas.bsky.social
Book birthday! The Bear and the Hare and the Fair launches today! Hare wants to go to the Fair but Bear doesn't. Will they go? Of course they will!
#KidLitUK #pb #primary
@ambercaraveo.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social
Illustrated by the amazing Matt Hunt!
April 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM