The Colourful Bookshelf

We support & promote published British kidlit authors and illustrators of colour. Commissions earned will go to @roomtoread. Run by @csoundar.

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

The Colourful Bookshelf is a one-woman (@csoundar) initiative to bring together books written and illustrated by British authors and illustrators for children. We use https://t.co/kK5L27kZUa for the convenience of the lists. We urge you to buy at your local indie!

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

Have you seen this course? More details here - https://t.co/F1NCzFgYiL

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

Check out the recording here - SAILFest BookLaunch Jun25 #sailfest #southasian #southasianbooks #trending #booktok #booklaunch
https://t.co/tLfDYT2eTB

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Day 2 of #JhalakShowcase: today we showcase @csoundar & Sandhya Prabhat's breathtakingly gorgeous #ItsTimeToHushAndSayGoodnight, longlisted for Jhalak C&YA Prize. We'll be sharing reviews, interviews, readings and a book giveaway through the day! #JhalakPrize25

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

#ItsTimeToHushAndSayGoodnight by @csoundar & Sandhya Prabhat is longlisted for Jhalak C&YA Prize 2025. @Booktrust calls it "visually breathtaking, with beautiful words...Perfect for naptime and bedtime cuddles."
https://t.co/fLvjqNJLSh
#jhalakshowcase #jhalakprize25

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Wonderful INTERVIEW with @csoundar (she's a big fav here at Jhalak) whose gorgeous #ItsTimeToHushAndSayGoodnight (illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat) is longlisted for the Jhalak C&YA Prize:
https://t.co/MPMkzoXlKw
#jhalakshowcase #jhalakprize25

[The Diverse Book Awards @The_DBAwards]

The countdown begins! 🎉🎉🎉
We close in one week. We're open to picture books, children's, YA and adult published in 2024. Thank you to everyone who has entered already this year!

#TheDBAwards

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Our director @ProfSunnySingh on the 2025 #JhalakPrize longlists (do you know we now have THREE?)

#jhalakprize25

[ALCS @ALCS_UK]

Happy #ALCSDay to our members! We’re so proud to have once again paid more money, to more members than ever before.

[Maisie Chan - Chi Chi the Panda Author @MaisieWrites]

Lots of book friends had outward facing books at @WaterstonesMCR - @J_C_Pearson @alastair_ch @NP_author @FrancesMol

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

Aspiring and emerging PB writers, this might be of interest to you.

https://t.co/VesjqlIFHA

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

Colourful BookShelfers! What was your favourite Childrens book of 2024 by a PoC ? Name the book, tag the author / illustrator and add pic if possible! We will link it to a shop link for others to buy! Recommend now!!

[Tom G 📕 @checkemoutbooks]

Thanks @BethLouC @FaberChildrens for Bad Panda: For Sale @SwapnaHaddow coming 13/3. This series is perfect for newly independent readers: accessible text, great illustrations & lots of laughs. It’s sad this is the last one as the zoo is closing… 📖

[A New Chapter - Children's Bookstore @ANewChapterBks]

Hey - just a reminder we exist when your school needs to buy books. We specialise in diverse books, and in cheap whole class sets, but we can sell any book in print and always offer a school discount!

[email protected]

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[Writers & Artists @Writers_Artists]

Enter our short story competition and be in with a chance of winning a place on an Arvon Residential Writing Week!

To enter, all you have to do is submit a short story (for adults) of no more than 2000 words on the theme of wonder.

Full details: https://t.co/s5QjJGZhuO

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

If you’re a writer, Do you have a workshop/critique group? https://t.co/iteBtRtINb

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

Do you want to write for children? Then this will be a useful resource!
https://t.co/mmjYSPZHXr

[The Colourful Bookshelf @TheColourfulBo1]

https://t.co/jq027GSCF7

Writers check this out! @csoundar