Ash Bond
@ashbwrites
Author of PEREGRINE QUINN AND THE COSMIC REALM ✨Out now with @piccadillypress Agent: @jcehare PhD(c) in Myth | BA Classics | You’ll find me in the forest 🌿📔
Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner. The 27-year-old’s prizewinning debut, Glasgow Boys, is a coming-of-age novel about the friendship between two boys who have grown up in the care system. #Carnegies2025 theguardian.com/books/2025/jun…
It's the last few days to order a dedicated and signed copy of Nate Yu's Blast From the Past from the brilliant @PortyBooks - I'm popping in on Monday with my Sharpie. Ordered need to be in by Sunday 8th June. It' currently @scottishbktrust Book of the Month!
I could not be a bigger fan of Alix E. Harrow. I reckon all fantasy authors have a lady knight book in us somewhere and I cannot WAIT to read this one ❤️
⚔️✨ COVER REVEAL! ✨⚔️ Alix E. Harrow fans, here’s your first look at #TheEverlasting! The five-time GCA-nominated author of Starling House returns with a new sweeping, epic tale through time –– out on October 28, 2025! bit.ly/4komrM0
‘I always love it when a children’s book features… political protestors as I think it raises the question of who is in the right and who is in the wrong and can really highlight that grey area in the middle.’ Thank you SO MUCH, Tom! 🤩 Wow ☺️ @piccadillypress @TheAgencyBooks
Amazing sequel by @ashbwrites epic and cinematic it’s not often you can say a sequel surpasses the original but this is an incredible continuation of this awesome series! Futuristic, action packed and jaw dropping twists @piccadillypress @_Reading_Rocks_ tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/per…
FYI CJ is the best x
Exciting news; I’m now a tutor on Faber Academy’s Writing a Novel Online course. Applications for the Sept intake now open. If you’re ready to start (or finish) your novel, join me for lots of support and structure. More info: shorturl.at/22Txc #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Congratulations Ella! #branfordboase winner 2024 and definitely a rising star! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Congratulations to our Rising Star Ella Whiddett, senior commissioning editor at Hot Key and Piccadilly ✨ #TheBooksellerRisingStars
Twitter folks! I built me a website that is STUFFED with resources (and many more to come!). Do check it out if useful for class/library sessions ☺️ ashbondwriter.com ✨
🏖️ Seaside books for children 🌊 With titles by Michael Rosen, Mairi Hedderwick, Shirley Hughes, Atinuke, Richard Pickard, Michael Morpurgo, Lauren St John, Liz Kessler & more. With links to resources and activities. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/seaside… #teachersofx
"This book has so many powerful things to say, and I am utterly thrilled by the incredible reader response. For Ama & I to have our contribution celebrated by this unique award is a lovely bonus.” Alice Swan #branfordboaseaward winning editor with Ama Badu branfordboaseaward.org.uk
Peregrine’s second visit to the Cosmic Realm is only 99p on Kindle! Ready to download onto CosPads now… 😅
🦁✨ PEREGRINE QUINN returns! A thief, a rebellion & a magical lioness — the Cosmic Games are here, but someone wants them destroyed… 💥 Only 99p on Kindle - for a limited time! 👉 amazon.co.uk/Peregrine-Quin… @ashbwrites
🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: Margaret McDonald, @natelessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025 Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners-a…
What a gift to be interviewed by the @branfordboase elves alongside my wondrous Editor Ruth Bennett ✨ Such a fantastic insight into the editorial process! @piccadillypress @TheAgencyBooks
Interested in #writing for children? A fan of PEREGRINE QUINN AND THE COSMIC REALM? Don't miss our fascinating new Q&A interview with author @ashbwrites and editor Ruth Bennett @piccadillypress branfordboaseaward.org.uk/interview-pere…
ICYMI: Publishing should be a hub of debate, a literal host of dynamic and ever-evolving perspectives, says Jamilah Ahmed (@JamilahSyal). "Publishing must face up to difficult conversations and events, not block them out" 👇 thebookseller.com/comment/what-d…
A lovely reminder of the blog I wrote for @FCBGNews where I talk about Star Wars. A lot 😅
Debut author Ash Bond talks about the fictional inspirations for her new hero fcbg.org.uk/peregrine-quin…
Thank you so much Chris! ✨ ‘Fast-paced, funny fantasy’ - all of my favourite things! @piccadillypress @TheAgencyBooks
Fast-paced, funny fantasy about a feisty 12 year old who finds herself swept into a quest to rescue her kidnapped godfather & prevent the return of an unimaginable evil. Old gods, new tech, ancient evil. Great fun!#PeregrinQuinnAndTheCosmicRealm @ashbwrites @piccadillypress
New on the INKLAND Blog: a Q&A with 2021 #MAWFYP alum Ash Bond (@ashbwrites), author of the “Peregrine Quinn” series. Read now: mawfypanthology.com/blog/bathspaan…
"Another exciting instalment of thrilling mythological fantasy adventure." Joy Court, Expert Reviewer Peregrine Quinn and the Mask of Chaos (9+) by @ashbwrites, @piccadillypress Read an extract , watch our author event and order your copy: l8r.it/itv3
Our @TheEconomist leader on Gaza this week. Food should not be used as a weapon. Israel must allow it to enter. Beyond that, it is past time for a permanent ceasefire. Trump should demand that Netanyahu agree to one: no other world leader can compel him. economist.com/leaders/2025/0…
Archiving is a very dynamic plot thread in Peregrine Book 3.
🤯 An amazing success story for researchers working on our #HerculaneumScrolls. Colleagues have harnessed advanced X Ray technology to 'read' scrolls which were buried under volcanic ash almost two THOUSAND years ago: theguardian.com/science/2025/m…