Thank you so much, Sally! I’m thrilled you enjoyed it.
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Thank you so much, Sally! I’m thrilled you enjoyed it.
Book cover. The Night I Borrowed Time by Iqbal Hussain. Swirling colours of turquoise, pink & gold. Silhouette of a child falling through the air.
'The Night I Borrowed Time' by @ihussainwriter.bsky.social, warm, funny, perfect for 8-12 Yrs,I loved it! Covers challenging subjects like parental separation & impact of partition.
Zubair's parents are heading for divorce, can he travel back in time & change the course of history? #books
Poster of event showing pictures of Iqbal Hussain, Jordan Lees, Maria Kuzniar and Joseph Coehlo
Thrilled to be part of this amazing panel for @waterstones.bsky.social Nottingham Children’s Gala this Easter. Come join us!
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/water...
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Last few days!
I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy my book, The Night I Borrowed Time, during February and @bookshop.org will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
Buy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Left it too late to book an author for World Book Week? Don't worry - you can catch me talking about The Night I Borrowed Time in a FREE 45-minute webinar this Friday 27 Feb, 13:30. You've got till tmw to ping questions. Link for details and registering:
www.puffinschools.co.uk/events/virtu...
A lovely surprise to see a review for "The Night I Borrowed Time" in today's @dailymail.co.uk .
"Exploring Partition, arranged marriage and ambitious dreams, this funny, bittersweet story with memorable characters and a realistic family dynamic packs an emotional punch."
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed The Night I Borrowed Time and the other amazing choices
Come join us for a ghostly gathering, full of exciting authors and speakers, this February with the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL at QUAD, Derby! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/ #Derby #Derbyshire #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #fiction #writing #writers #authors #festival #festivals
Thank you so much for this gorgeous review, Jill. So thoughtful and insightful. You’ve made my day!
A hugely thought-provoking, gripping tale of family and friendship #TheNightIBorrowedTime @ihussainwriter.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #fiction book of the day reviewed on the blog now wp.me/p11DI5-dBV
Thank you so much, Jacqui! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Out now, middle grade The Night I Borrowed Time by @ihussainwriter.bsky.social is a brilliant time-travel adventure that also looks at the effects of parental separation and Partition.
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#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
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lol so true ! It’s quite, quite surreal. And brilliant!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it. And @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social I’m so glad you liked it! That’s just made my day.
A book birthday I missed: The Night I Borrowed Time, by Iqbal Hussein: Waterstone's Children's Book of the Month! It looks brilliant. #ukkidlit #kidlituk
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I’m going to miss you guys!
⚡️ We say a sad goodbye to @ihussainwriter.bsky.social as he enjoys his new book being the Waterstones Children's Book of the Month (!!!) and say a big hello to @aliceslater.bsky.social who is taking over the Walthamstow Writers' Retreat.
📕 A moment, when the author reaches out to grab a copy of his own book, 'The Night I Borrowed Time'.
Featured as the 'Book of the Month for January' in Waterstones.
Order a copy of this enchanting tale of 'loving and living' fully by the incredibly brilliant author @ihussainwriter.bsky.social
The book and its press release. The cover shows the silhouette of a falling boy against an explosion of light and colour.
Huge thanks to the lovely folk @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social for sending me a copy of the brilliant The Night I Borrowed Time by @ihussainwriter.bsky.social Out now for middle grade readers.
#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
And how lovely it looks in that great stack!
A pile of books on a mantelpiece: Act Normal by Pete Kalu, Northern Boy by Iqbal Hussain, Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh, and The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews.
What I read in November. Favourites were Act Normal by Pete Kalu, and Northern Boy by @ihussainwriter.bsky.social 🎹 #booksky
Funnily enough I wrote about the Great Molasses Flood recently. I’d never heard of it before. A seriously sticky situation. But I liked reading that for years afterwards you’d still get that whiff of sugar on a hot day.
THE WELKIN MINI. For micros up to 100 words. Free to enter. Deadline = 2nd January 2026. 1st prize = £75, 2nd prize = £40, 3rd prize = £25, HC = £10.
I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so:
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Get a whopping 25% off when you pre-order my debut MG children's novel "The Night I Borrowed Time" from
@waterstones.bsky.social !
Valid online until 23.59 Friday 17th October. Enter the code "OCTOBER25" at checkout to redeem the offer. Happy reading!
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Thank you so much !
A playlist of studio demos and workshop recordings from the first draft of Wildfire Season, an existential musical about highland firefighters.
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Thanks so much, Louis! It’s been a wonderful surprise. X
Thrilled to be the UK winner of The World of Interiors x Montblanc writing competition! You can read my essay here:
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/when-t...
My publisher just sent me a video of the Little Rebels shortlist in the window of radical booksellers Housmans, including Cottonopolis!
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As well as being in the window display (!), the book is also available to order from Housmans:
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This is amazing ! Huge congratulations.