Alex Cotter

MG author @nosycrow 🏚🧜‍♀️⛸Lecturer #MAWFYP. Notebook hoarder. Loves a school visit. Cuppa tea?
Rep @KateJShaw

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards @sportsbookaward]

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)

[Pet Uí Chonaill is moving to BlueSky @PetOConnell]

https://t.co/gjB3UiWqgo 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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Tom G 📕 @checkemoutbooks]

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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

@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!🎄🎄⛸⛸❤❤

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Tom G 📕 @checkemoutbooks]

⛸️ 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 ⛸️

[PNorfolk_BookReviews @PNorfolk_BookRe]

Glide seamlessly into a tale that will touch your heart with @AlexFCotter’s gripping wintertime adventure #IceDancer! @NosyCrowBooks @thesianpages
https://t.co/WdsvINR3kt

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Tom G 📕 @checkemoutbooks]

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 ❄️

[Jacqui Sydney 📕 @jacquiS21]

Out now, Ice Dancer is a fabulous middle grade, written with huge empathy by @AlexFCotter ⛸️

@NosyCrow

https://t.co/9E9bgacmDY

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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

[Alex Cotter @AlexFCotter]

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