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I‘m buzzing after the virtual @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Book Launch Boot Camp with the three powerhouses that are @candygourlay.bsky.social @moohara.bsky.social and @authorsaragrant.bsky.social and wonderful #scbwi peeps. Highly recommended for anyone seeking inspiration prior to launching a new book!

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Thank you, Nicole! Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth!

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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...

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@beyondbiasbooks.bsky.social I've only just seen this sweet post! Thank you so much!

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INSPIRING! Young writers enter 100 word memoirs in New York Times Teeny Tiny Memoirs competition. Read this for free without a subscription. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/l...

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Feelings I need to get rid of and feelings I need to remember. I was having the sads, then I made a comic about things I loved in school visits #kidlituk #kidlit #comics open.substack.com/pub/houseofp...

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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)

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Thanks Lou! So nice to see you here

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Happy 8th book birthday to my amazing wife, @fionawritesbooks.bsky.social Do Not Eat The Egg is out today! 🥳👏😍

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Please credit artists! Cover reveals, using for publicity, using to illustrate a post, reposting, using for a joke - if you don't know the artist take a minute to look them up. It's really important for the artist, it's the right thing to do - and it even helps in the battle against AI. Thank you!

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Now (still) in paperback! Try #TheWorldsWeLeaveBehind, by me and #LeviPinfold. A strange and shadowy kids book for our times, puzzling over revenge/justice/forgiveness in the dark woods of ethics. An other-people's-shoes machine, with the creepiest art I know. I like it, you/your kids might too...

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The latest Read for Empathy collection has been launched. As always, it's full of absolutely superb books, including graphic novels, poetry, picturebooks and non-fiction. The work @empathylabuk.bsky.social are doing is incredibly important. More information here: www.empathylab.uk/rfe

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Imprints are great business, but is their prestige and value getting diluted as they proliferate?, asks Sarah Moorhouse 👇 #BookSky

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Hey Middle Grade book fans! Check out my year-end wrap-up of the MG market, hot off the presses! All the data you didn't know you wanted to know. 🤓 www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...

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The #Carnegies25 longlists are announced 💥 From 119 nominations the librarian judges have selected 35 to longlist, 19 titles for the Carnegie Medal for #Writing & 16 for the Carnegie Medal for #Illustration. Is your favourite on these lists? #KidLitUK https://buff.ly/3CJMtsU

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So can anyone tell me how to add myself to relevant starter packs ... and any starter packs I should belong to?

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It's Black History Month and we're celebrating with a book a day. Feel free to join us! ✨ Book 1 of 28: The Color Purple by Alice Walker #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BookSky

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Celebrate Black History Month with us by posting a book a day! ⭐ Book 12 of 28: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #Booksky

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Hello! Are there any librarians on BlueSky or are you still over on the social media platform that shall not be named? If you're here, let's follow each other!

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I've been posting my comics over on The House of Procrastination, on Substack. Here's a review of The Brutalist ... in comics 😀 open.substack.com/pub/houseofp...

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It is finally time! We are excited to reveal the longlists for the 2025 Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration. 🎉 Congratulations to the wonderful authors and illustrators longlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🖌️📖✨ View the full list here: carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

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Know someone 11-16 living in Stoke? The aim in these free workshops is to write 100 words on The Places That Make Us. 100 stories will be chosen for publication in our anthology - published in 2026 to kick off the next 100 years of Stoke authorship #100Books#100Years @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social

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Thank you so much, Sue!

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If you're a CREATIVE, this should go to the top of your TO DO LIST. Act now. Don't hesitate.

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@paulabooks.bsky.social 's Kitty books are my go to for when I want to impress a young reader with a bonanza of great reads.

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