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📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

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It’s publication day!

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Early sighting of Kitty and the Clifftop Peril out in May! In Waterstones Milton Keynes #JennyLovlie #OxfordChildrens

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Love and solidarity to trans and non binary friends today. Sending out love and light.

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Parents and educators - there are a lot of discussions in publishing about how to improve reading for pleasure. Is there anything you wish publishing would do more of? Or just understand about kids and reading? Any insights from teaching/parenting of what gets kids reading? #KidLitUK #Edusky #KidLit

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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.

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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!

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Launch day for I AM RAVEN, Caw! Caw! 🐦‍⬛📚 It's the sequel to I AM WOLF, following Brann as she searchs for her lost Raven family. More world, more action, a big villain reveal – and a secret that may destroy Brann… alastairc.com/blog/2025041... @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUK #IAmRaven #IAmWolf

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It's #LolaAndLarchMendAMagicMess Day! Book 4 officially publishes today, and I've got my celebratory dandelion ready. Huge thanks to the team @nosycrow.bsky.social for publishing the series; to Rachel Seago, for her art, and to YOU, for readin' 'em. Grab your copy now!

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Ask permission if you want to train your AI on my work and offer compensation

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It’s a sort of mill grind of a system. Kids and parents don’t care whether an author is shiny and new at all. In fact they’d rather they were an established writer. 🤷‍♀️ I never really experienced the debut thing as you don’t particularly get it in young fiction.

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All the discussions on Adolescence in the media seem to focus on the dangers of smartphones and social media. But what how society has made male violence acceptable? What about teaching our boys and young men that the opposite sex are people not just barriers to to men getting what they want?

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With only six weeks to go till the publication of Kitty and the Clifftop Peril by me and Jenny Lovlie it’s time to show you some of my fave inside a/w. By James Hearne based on original a/w by Jenny. It’s Kitty’s first seaside adventure! Published by OUP

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Soooo many author events over the last few weeks, but I’m back home now to get some work done ✍️

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Train to Purley. Got up at 5 so now eating packed lunch #WBD2025

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Such a fantastic Kitty! Thank you @amarcooquendo.bsky.social

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I do love school visits but my time is also precious, so I always charge unless I’m on a promotional tour where I visit several schools in one day with the help of a lovely book shop! 📚

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You too can dress as Kitty for #WorldBookDay ! One week to go youtu.be/ggDj2tSdjgM?...

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Today's the final day to make our voices heard against the government's proposed plans to allow AI developers to steal our work for use in training their AI systems. It's theft, plain and simple, but you can object by filling out the IPO consultation. Guidance here: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...

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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

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Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’

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Happy book birthday to me and illustrator Jamie Bauza! Born today: LITTLE RHINO LOST, U.S. edition! Published by Crocodile Books @interlinkbooks.bsky.social The UK edition will be out in March, published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

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Lovely new picture by Candy Gourlay, Little Rhino Lost, illustrated by Jamie Bauza, is out today in the USA! Her baby brother did some motion graphics for the trailer. Please share everywhere if you can! youtu.be/prOmb69XZRI

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Please boost this post, ESPECIALLY if you’re a UK based visual artist, author or creative. What our government is trying to do is predicated on GREED and nothing more. If you love the arts then join us in trying to protect the livelihoods of those who create it. SHARE SHARE SHARE!

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I’m finding this quite a nice place so far. Don’t miss X at all. And it feels like most of #kidlitUK also moved over. If only we could live in a real world without Musk too

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The Creative Future Writers’ Award is the only free to enter national poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction competition for all underrepresented writers. The optional theme is ‘Wild’. Fifteen winners (5 winners in each category). Please share :)

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I wrote an educational book for #StoriesForMaths from Oxford Primary. It’s my first book for the education market - yay!

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Poor Open AI. Did someone steal their work and ideas? Now they know how it feels then.

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Very excited to reveal to you the amazing cover for Kitty and the Clifftop Peril written by me and illustrated by Jenny Lovlie. Published by OUP and out in May! It’s Kitty book 16! Look Jenny’s fabulous cover! @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

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Thanks so much for the great review of Kitty and the Stolen Storybook @justimaginecentre.bsky.social

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