Writing and illustration submissions open for new issue of PaperBound Magazine. Deadline 1 May 2026.
GUESS WHAT?👀🙌 Submissions are now officially open for the next issue of #PaperBoundMag!
Writers and illustrators, send us your MG and teen/YA submissions. Deadline 1 May.
Check out more details on our website here 👇❤️👇❤️
paperboundmag.com/submit
🖤NEW BLOG POST!❤️
Check out the guest blog post ‘Grey is the New Black’ from Helen Price where she discusses her love of morally grey villains and her new YA novel, KILL ME NOW!
Read it here: paperboundmag.com/2026/03/21/g...
#YAThriller #MorallyGreyCharacters #UKYA @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
🌟 New Blog Post! 🌟
Author of The Wycherleys series, Annaliese Avery, explores the roots of modern fantasy. 📚✨️
Read it here: paperboundmag.com/2026/03/02/a...
@annalieseavery.bsky.social
If you’d like to stay in the winter season just a little bit longer, check out our fascinating guest blog post with GHOST author, Finbar Hawkins: ‘Why We Tell Our Darkest Stories in the Darkest Season’. ❄️🖤
paperboundmag.com/2026/02/28/f...
@finbarhawkins.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social
Check out our interview with @mlinton.bsky.social in our autumn/winter issue, where she chats about her book #TheBindingSpell 💚
Download the magazine free on our website: paperboundmag.com/issues
#UKYA #AuthorInterview @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
We chatted to author and illustrator, Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor, about their #GraphicNovel #EverythingAmplified 🧡
Read the whole interview free in our latest issue, available on our website paperboundmag.com/issues
@sallytalksbooks.bsky.social
Looking for some writing or drawing tips? Check out @poppytperry.bsky.social's article in our latest issue. 💖
Click the link in our bio to download the issue, completely free, or visit paperboundmag.com for more bookish content.
#Illustration #KidLit #UKYA #DeadReal @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
Here's another sneak peek inside our latest issue where Manjeet Mann chats to us about her YA verse novel #Roar 💜
Read the whole interview by downloading our autumn/winter issue free at paperboundmag.com/issues
#UKYA #AuthorInterview @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
We'll be sharing some sneak peeks from our Autumn/Winter interviews and articles over the next couple of weeks. First up is an article from #Gloam author Jack Mackay all about fear!
Read more and visit paperboundmag.com/issues to download the latest issue now.
@rocktheboatnews.bsky.social
Catching up on exciting #BookPost. Look at these beauties!
💖 #BethIsDead -Katie Bernet
💚 #AGirlsGuideToSpying @hollywebb.bsky.social
🧡 #TheSeekerAndTheShade -Ellen Osborne
💙 #KingOfBeasts -Catherine Doyle
@rocktheboatnews.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social @guppybooks.bsky.social
Hope you're enjoying our #PaperBoundMag #SneakPeeks. More coming soon.
In the meantime, here's the beautiful cover again - illustrated by the talented @stephaniebuosi.com 🧡💚
Follow the link in our bio to download your free copy.
#KidLit #WritingTips #WritingMagazine
Here's another #SneakPeek inside the latest issue. This #Teaser from Graham Cawser's Vlad the Bad is also a little sneaky look inside his latest poetry collection Wizards, Witches & Magical Glitches.
Read more at paperboundmag.com 📚🖤
#KidLit #Poetry #PaperBoundMag
Have you seen the longlist yet? 💛
Congratulations to the incredible authors and editors longlisted for the @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social 2026!
Just take a look at these phenomenal books to add to your TBR pile (if you haven't already!)😍📚
Thanks @paperboundmag.bsky.social for this. It's a poem for children, but anti racism is for everyone, right?
Today's PaperBound #Teaser comes from this issue's winning submission - Masquerade by @gaynorandrews.bsky.social 🖤💛
Read the whole poem and more over at paperboundmag.com
#PaperBoundMag #KidLit #Poetry #SneakPeek
Our next #teaser is from @words-outwest.bsky.social and her beautiful poem What is a Flag 💚
Check out the whole poem and more in our latest issue, free at paperboundmag.com
#KidLit #Poetry #PaperBoundMag #SneakPeek
Can you solve a riddle? Get your thinking caps on for our next #teaser. Read Mr Rebus by Erica Chester in our latest issue and see if you can solve the clever rebus riddles hidden along the way...
Free to download at paperboundmag.com
#RebusRiddles #Poetry #KidLit #SneakPeek
Our next PaperBound #Teaser comes from Rebecca Loveday and her brilliantly clever poem, A Terrible Transformation.
Read more by downloading our latest issue free at paperboundmag.com
#KidLit #Poetry #PaperBoundMag #SneakPeek
The next PaperBound #Teaser comes from Graham Seal and his fabulous poem, The Secret Agents' Ball! Read this and more free in the latest issue at paperboundmag.com 💜
#KidLit #Poetry #SneakPeek #PaperBoundMag @rhymster.bsky.social
Today's #SneakPeek comes from @anniellewe.bsky.social's Hedgehog Boy, accompanied by an illustration from Arashi Kim 💚
You can see these brilliant contributions and more by downloading our latest issue free at paperboundmag.com
#PaperBoundMag #KidLit #Teaser #Poetry #Illustration #Hedgehogs
We'll be sharing some #sneakpeeks from inside our new issue over the next few weeks. We're kicking off with a #teaser from this beautiful illustration by Carmen Carreira 💚
Download our new issue totally free at paperboundmag.com for more!
#KidLit #Illustrations
Need writing advice for the new year? Perhaps writing a children's or YA book as part of your new year's resolution?
Hear how #Wyrdwood author @curtisjobling.bsky.social wrote his atmospheric novel in our current issue - available now totally free! 🧡
@foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
You can read about even more books we've loved in this year's issues of PaperBound, available to download free at www.paperboundmag.com/issues
Happy New Year! 🎊
#BookRecommendations #YABooks #MiddleGradeBooks #BooksForKids
#PaperBoundMag
To celebrate the new year, we're sharing just a few of our favourite paperback and hardback releases from the last year (and a bit). From terrifying middle grades to YA romantasies and lots in between.
What were your top 2025 reads this year?
Brilliant news! Thank you so much ❣️❣️❣️
ICYMI among all the festivities - our brand-new issue is OUT NOW! It's packed full of bookish goodies and you can download it free on our website: www.paperboundmag.com/issues
Happy reading 📚
#PaperBoundMag #kidlit #BookRecommendations #YABooks #BooksForKids
🧡💚🧡
I recommend checking out the new issue of PaperBound Magazine which includes an interview with the creators of Everything Amplified, a review of that graphic novel and so many more interview, reviews and book related treats
We're thrilled to announce that the winning entry from the CHANGES issue is the poem 'Masquerade' by @gaynorandrews.bsky.social 👀
🎉 Congratulations, Gaynor. A prize will be on its way soon.
#KidLit #Poetry #WritingMagazine
Thank YOU! 💚🧡💚
