Rachael Davis (she/her)

I am honoured to be chosen as a Rising Star, Class of 2025 @thebookseller Congratulations to everyone in the Class of 2025, especially my amazing former editor and this year’s Shooting Star, Katie Sassienie! #TheBooksellerRisingStars

My upcoming YA Oxford Blood is a dark academia set in Oxford Interview week, about ambition, privilege and deadly secrets. If you pre-order from Waterstones this weekend you can save 25% off RRP using the code SUMMER25. Hurry! Offer ends at 23.59 on Thurs 31st July! #OxfordBlood

Congratulations to all of our Rising Stars! Find out more about them, here 👉thebookseller.com/rising-stars #TheBooksellerRisingStars

Run over to Netgalley for these brand new titles, now available on request ! tinyurl.com/yxrbsh96 🌊This Raging Sea 🎓Oxford Blood 🐎Small Wonder 🗃️Fear Files: Hide and Seek ⭐Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos

Reading is transformative so I’m 100% behind a National Year of Reading but instead of shaming parents/carers (“put our phones down and pick up a book”) let’s focus on access and choice for children. That includes reversing library closures and funding cuts.

Thrilled to have two fabulous books on the #BookTrustStorytime Prize 2026 longlist! ✨One Goose, Two Moose by @KaelTudor & Nicola Slater ✨Superwolf by Helen and Thomas Docherty! Huge congrats!

I am delighted to be a judge for this year's Jericho Prize. Good luck to everyone entering!🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 #JerichoPrize #WeNeedDiverseBooks #RepresentationMatters

The #ALCSAwards are underway!

I am beyond excited for Oxford Blood! Huge congratulations @RachDavisAuthor!

Look at this DELICIOUS cover for the YA thriller of the year: #OxfordBlood by @RachDavisAuthor! 🩸A Good Girls Guide to Murder meets The Secret History 🩸A riveting dark academia thriller 🩸Themes of privilege, prejudice and identity Cover art by Tomislav Tomić ✏️

COVER REVEAL!!! I can’t wait for you to read Oxford Blood - coming out Sept 2025!

We held our AGM in Cardiff this year which was a great chance to meet with our members - and we welcomed two new writers to our Board! Looking forward to working more with @KatharineQ and @RachDavisAuthor in the new year 🙌 #ALCSAdvent

Sooooo excited that The Bunny Who Came to Breakfast by me & @TheMikeByrne @scholasticuk is up for Book of the Year! You can vote @booksfortopics website

I'm delighted to see #SecretBeastClub included on this fantastic longlist! #IBCawards2025

Voting is open in our Children's Books of the Year 2024! Who will you vote for? schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book… There are three categories: Fiction, nonfiction and picture books. Shortlisted are:

Are you a member of the @ALCS_UK? I am running for election to the ALCS Board of Directors and would appreciate your vote!

Please support this fantastic initiative if you can #PENWrites #ImprisonedWriter

Best of luck to @RachDavisAuthor in the ALCS Board of Directors election! Closing date to vote is 18th Nov. x.com/RachDavisAutho…

If you’re wondering why books can be so valuable to children in foster care, adoption, and kinship care, our #WriterInResidence Patrice Lawrence sums it up brilliantly. “Think about it, champion it, and go forward and advocate for books as a core service with your families.”

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