This looks awesome!
Kidlit author UK. Mostly writing funny picture books and MG. Repp'd by @ambercaraveo at Skylark.
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This looks awesome!
Reminder: I'll be doing a signing at the Alligator's Mouth bookshop after school on Sept 15th! Come join me! www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/event-detail... @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit #Edusky
This looks so scary!
You might run out of facts, Louie!
I'm guessing EVERYTHING could go wrong! This looks amazing!
This looks like FUN! Congratulations!
Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit
🚨EVENT ALERT – THIS SATURDAY 9th AUGUST!🚨 Join at the #EdBookFest for an early look at my new book #BLITZERS. I'll be chatting about the book and daring you to survive THE BATTLE OF THE BLITZERS…! 🤖 👉 alastairc.com/events/20250... #KidLitUk @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social
Thank you so much! I'm so proud to be a UV winner! It was a highlight in my long journey to publication and encouraged me to keep going, keep submitting and to now be shortlisted for the LOLLIES is a dream come true. If you have a story, if you are an eligible SCBWI member submit! Deadline 8th Sep
No one is too old for a picture book!
Thank you so much! The SCBWI BI volunteers were with me every step of the way!
This looks so cool!
We welcome today’s publication from the Department for Education of the Best Start in Life strategy, and strongly support proposals to improve provision and support for children and families, and to increase investment in early education and the early years workforce. 🧵 (1/4)
I wish I could go to this!
Submissions open today for the 10th Undiscovered Voices! If you are an unagented and unpublished SCBWI member in the UK or EU you should check it. The anthology has launched the writing careers of hundreds of writers. Can’t wait to see who we will discover! @uvcompetition.bsky.social
We're doing Terry Pratchett at my book group (my suggestion 😁) and I've just re-read 4 books and smiled a lot! Plus I've just been sent the roughs for my next PB and 😂 love them!
Have you booked your tickets yet? This is going to be so good!!!
Well this looks like fabulous fun!
Thank you!
What a lovely way to start the day 😂 @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @ambercaraveo.bsky.social
Sorry about the early morning wake up but very happy to hear you started the day with Bear and Hare 😂
Long thread alert🧵 I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
That's so good to know! Thanks for telling us! Wow!
I remember organizing the dances 😂 Kids going everywhere!
Yuck!!! 😂
Happy May Day from Saltburn UK! #KidLitUk @scbwi-bi.bsky.social #knitting
I have the ending! Comedy gold 😂 There's poop #KidLitUk #KidLit @scbwi-bi.bsky.social
Thanks, Nadia. We had a lot of fun talking to everyone x
Sometimes a picture book that's been waiting patiently just won't wait anymore and suddenly your fingers are flying and the characters are talking and you're having to research sloth pooping habits.
Last chance to join in! Ignore the registration not available message and scroll down for the ticket button.
There's a giveaway of both books for attendees to win! www.scbwi.org/events/secre...
One week only! To celebrate our SECRET LIVES OF PICTURE BOOKS event tonight @candygourlay.bsky.social and I are getting the pens out and supporting our local UK indies. You can order signed & dedicated copies of Bear and Hare from bookcornershop.co.uk/product/9781... Still time to sign up...
This Fantastic FREE online event is happening tomorrow! 2 authors, 2 agents, 2 editors, 2 art/creative directors, 2 illustrators all talking about picture book creation! #kidlit #kidlitUK #illustrators #picturebooks #scbwi @nosycrow.bsky.social www.scbwi.org/events/secre...
I'm now on substack to share some silly poems! substack.com/@emlynas/not... #KidLitUK #Kidlit #primary
Sometimes people tell me that they bought a picturebook because of #NewIllustrationOfTheDay. I love to hear when this happens. If you have bought a picturebook as a result of seeing an image on my social media, do please respond here with the name of the book. Thanks. (Also helpful to share this.)
RFK Jr says that your autistic child will never write a poem. That their existence is a tragedy. I’m autistic. I wrote and illustrated this picture book to show that your autistic child is a celebration. Which message do you want your child to hear? www.steveasbell.com#/flap-your-h...
Welcome to Bluesky Sara! #KidlitUK #editing I'll definitely be pre-ordering!
😂 Congratulations Chris!
Thanks, Sarah 😘
My girls are officially out in the world! So I hope the world is ready for these strong-minded females (even the cat has sass). Thank you, @barringtonstoke.bsky.social and Richard Johnson!
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Thanks Chris 😁 It has been called HILARIOUS but obviously not by me 🤫
Book birthday! The Bear and the Hare and the Fair launches today! Hare wants to go to the Fair but Bear doesn't. Will they go? Of course they will! #KidLitUK #pb #primary @ambercaraveo.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social Illustrated by the amazing Matt Hunt!
Exciting book news from @alastairc.com !!!
Question for illustrators - Intertextuality is a term that means 'the relationship between texts, especially literary ones.' Is there a similar term for illustrations that reference other illustrations? Or do you just use that term? #illustrators #KidLitUk #pbillustrators #SCBWI
You have fifteen minutes on a live SCBWI event to ask a picture book editor ANYTHING! What would you ask? #pb #KidLitUk #KidLit #picturebooks #illustrators @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @scbwi-bi.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social @candygourlay.bsky.social www.scbwi.org/events/secre...
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Here's the link! www.scbwi.org/events/secre...
Thanks for the boost @louiestowell.bsky.social
@ambercaraveo.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @scbwi-bi.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social
Here's the link to book and to find out which amazing agents, editors, art directors and illustrators will be joining us for this fun-packed and informative event. Which is FREE! www.scbwi.org/events/secre...
If you love picture books, if you'd like to learn what goes into their creation, if you'd like to meet the world inside a picture book, join us and our amazing agents, editors, art directors and illustrators! 28 April 2025 Monday 7-9pm GMT, 3-5pm EST
FREE PICTURE BOOK TALK! @candygourlay.bsky.social and I have basically coerced our illustrators, agents, editors and art directors to do this FREE EVENT to celebrate our new books, LITTLE RHINO LOST illustrated by Jamie Bauza, and THE BEAR THE HARE AND THE FAIR illustrated by Matt Hunt.
Please sign! Thank you! chng.it/DD7PMLD2g9
I can't get to London for the protest but I wish I could! How dare you steal our work Meta!!! Thank you to the @societyofauthors.bsky.social and to my publisher @nosycrow.bsky.social who are doing everything they can to protect our copyright.
Congratulations, Lindsay! Fabulous news 🙌🙌🙌
Be in it to win it! #primary #teachers #KidLitUk #librarians
Writers of Bluesky! I'm on the lookout for some fresh new voices for middle grade readers. I love contemporary realistic stories but am happy to be swept away with something with fantasy elements too. All submission details are on our website www.skylark-literary.com/submission-guidelines 📚💕#MSWL
Teachers need to know books really well so they know when to get lost in them, knowing the perfect places to stop and leave children waiting for more. Let the questions be theirs, leave them full of questions but without answers. There is an art to reading a class book…
Thank you! #PictureBooks
This is such a beautiful book ❤️
How cool is that!
This is awesome! Book of the Month! Enter to win! www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-of-the-...
Quick repost about our bedtime library, its made a huge difference to how our youngest children see books and reading. There is a link to a list of fab books at the end. smithsmm.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/t...
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
The sun is shining!!!
1/ If the Government goes ahead with its proposals on AI, it will give tech companies the ability "to take what they like, when they like, without informing or compensating the writers of the work they use to train their models," says WGGB President Sandi Toksvig writersguild.org.uk/copyright-ai/
Read It Forward is GO! Buy ANY children’s book via Bookshop.org during February and we’ll donate 10% of the sale to the leading children’s reading charities, @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚 Every sale supports independent bookshops 📚 bit.ly/RIFEB25
Offer has ended!
'Disaster Diaries: The Worst Show Ever' is coming soon and if you pre-order from Waterstones THIS WEEKEND, you can save 25% off RRP using the code PREORDER25. This offer ends at 23.59 on Monday 24th February tinyurl.com/2e9nvypc @joannanadin.bsky.social #WPreorder #ChildrensBook
The Bear and the Hare and the Fair written by me and illustrated by Matt Hunt is out on the 10th April but you can pre-order from Waterstones and get a 25% discount which is an actual BARGAIN! #teachers #primary #KidLitUk www.waterstones.com/book/the-bea...
There's an amazing pre-order promotion at Waterstones which makes this weekend the best weekend to pre-order ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO! Visit the Waterstones website or app and enter “PREORDER25” at the checkout to redeem the offer to receive 25% off RRP! #WPreorder www.waterstones.com/book/escape-...
Kids! Not key is, silly predictive text!
Some of them were spectacular! The key is we're very creative 🌼💐🌹
I had such a lot of fun at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Fountains Abbey today, We munched and we moo-d and made fabulous flower pictures and hats. It's Benningbrough tomorrow for lots more fun with Annabelle and Flower @nosycrow.bsky.social
Heads-up for those who have purchased Amazon's Kindle ebooks: Starting Feb. 26, Amazon is removing feature that allows you to download purchased books to a computer (which is useful for backup or converting to formats compatible with non-Kindle e-readers) www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
It was a great picture book chat!
Thank you, Simon 😁
If you're ordering Annabelle and Flower in February then please consider using @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social instead of the bad place. Thanks! #primary #librarians #KidLitUk
I wish I'd known how long it takes!
Anuska Allepuz! Apologies ☹️
Happy book birthday to Annabelle and Flower! It's been a long pregnancy, from first idea in 2020 to an actual book in 2025! But she's here and she's gorgeous 😍 Thank you to @ambercaraveo.bsky.social , the @nosycrow.bsky.social team and Anuska Allupez for the incredible illustrations.
A handwritten letter on my illustration work desk to my local MP, Mel Stride, asking him to help UK children's book illustrators keep our copyright during the current AI policy consultation ✍️ @mrsteveantony.bsky.social @alcs-uk.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social (Typed out in the alt text)
Walker Books have arrived on bluesky! Hurrah!
The 16th Kitty book! That's amazing, Paula!!
bookwagon.co.uk/product/anna... Thank you so much for this gorgeous description of Annabelle and Flower! @bookwagonuk.bsky.social @ambercaraveo.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social #primary #librarians #kidlituk
I LOVED 😍 your description of the book! You completely got what I was aiming for! Thank you so much!
Happy book birthday to Candy Gourlay!
Annabelle launches Thursday 13th Feb! And you can order signed copies from @bookcornershop.bsky.social bookcornershop.co.uk Beautifully illustrated by Anuska Allepuz! @nosycrow.bsky.social @ambercaraveo.bsky.social
Happy book birthday, Karen!
The link didn't work, Nicola.
I’m supporting ReadItForward! Buy any children's title during February and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/shop…
"Shared reading is a public health intervention that should be available to all children." We loved hosting the #ReadingRights summit with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social this month. Here's what happened - and what's next 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Hi Sam, I'm a #Kidlituk author and very happy to say my latest pb is out on 13th Feb. Beautifully illustrated by Anuska Allupez and published by @nosycrow.bsky.social #librarians #primary
Massive congratulations, Rashmi! It sounds fantastic!
We can wait! We're good at waiting 😂
I've been editing pirate poems all day. I have had to use the word FART. For the first time ever. In my books. #KidLitUk #primary #teachers
