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Huge thank you to Storysmith Bookshop who have sponsored our #LeafLitFest Bookmark Design and Writing competitions for all our schools. Can’t wait for these to be announced next week and send out book tokens to all the winners! 🙌✨

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Wondering if any artists/writers/creatives/filmmakers etc are filling in the AI consultation saying PLEASE STEAL OUR STUFF, I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW ETC OVERLORDS? Or if it's just tech bros in favour?

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Career Opportunity – Partnership Manager Wessex Museums is seeking a Partnership Manager to oversee Wessex Museums Trust’s current NPO programme of partnership activity. Find out more and apply using the link below. Closing date: 12pm, Monday 10 March wessexmuseums.org.uk/wessex-museu...

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"Children’s fiction widens our perspectives & urges us to defy our biases about children facing challenging circumstances." Our #WriterInResidence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social recommends great books that adults should read to help them empathise with children: www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

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uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-... Loads of my books seem to be on sale on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social AND if buy any children's book this month 10% go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #ReadItForward

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💬 “It’s a tragedy that young people from working class backgrounds are the least likely to study creative arts degrees, or break into the creative professions.” Our research on the lack of working class representation within the creative industries ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4hJVd1O

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A school RfP policy in one post: * Time to read and be read to every day * Time to talk about books together * Freedom to read graphic novels, picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction, magazines, anything * New books are an investment, not an expense * Work with librarians, bookshops, authors, poets, etc

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It's still February - Just, which means that this brilliant scheme is still running. Buy any children's book - especially mine, of course, and 10% will go to the @booktrust.org.uk and the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Both help get books into the hands of children. #Readitforward #kidlituk

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In the name of sharing positive news .. look how a pivot from fossil fuels can offer an economic boost ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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TWO DAYS left to respond to the UK Govt consultation on Copyright and AI. The AOI has created a brilliant guide to help with this - the consultation is onerous but their tips make completing it quick and easy for any creator, not just an illustrator. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...

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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...

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ESCAPE ROOM fans! It's time to pre-order a brand new ESCAPE ROOM adventure...

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Here with the magnificent @maudiesmith.bsky.social @rachelwardbooks.bsky.social @hapfairy.bsky.social and many more. #Bathlibrary #Banesfestival

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Yes, if you use generative ai in any creative field, I am actually better than you. There’s no debate

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This year’s Leaf Literature Festival is drawing close - a festival celebrating reading across 14+ primary schools in our trust 🍃📚 I’ll share more soon but my round-up of how I planned last year’s on the Open University’s #RfP website - go check it out! ourfp.org/eop/the-leaf...

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Welcome @gaystheword.bsky.social For more gorgeous LGBTQIA+ bookshops, please share my Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/G321HCf

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That'll be me doing the interviewing - and I'm late to the party because I have only just read this brilliant book. Absolutely loved it, and massively looking forward to chatting to @hapfairy.bsky.social about how it came to be. Join us! All free. Link below! #ukkidlit #kidlituk

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Come on people! Let's get some more support for the media reform petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Gorgeous books #KidLitUK

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If you haven't - please do fill this in. If you are a creative of any sort. The ALCS guidelines are very useful as the questions become more impenetrable. Also - you don't have to answer it all. www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

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And if you haven't - please take a millisecond to sign this. It's not just writers, but musicians, historians, illustrators, photographers, everyone who creates anything! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The government's preferred proposal on #CopyrightAndAI will have a crippling effect on the UK's creative industries. So, if you're NOT a creative, but you value the arts and like living in a country that has a healthy creative industry and can spare the time to object to this proposal, please do!

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If you're NOT a creative but you value the arts and like living in a country with healthy creative industries - who wouldn't? - please, if you can spare the time to object, now is your chance to be heard.

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Morning, I’m here at Tell Tales until 4pm today (Tuesday February 18th) Tomorrow (Wednesday February 19th) 10am until 4pm Thursday (February 20th) 10.30am until 5pm Friday (February 21st) 10.30am until 6pm Saturday (February 22nd) 10am until 4pm …

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There's still time to make a change 🗣️ Add your name to this author-organised letter and encourage the government to change its course on copyright exemption for generative AI use of creatives works docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CreativeRights #ArtificalIntelligence #PayTheCreator

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And if you haven't - please take a millisecond to sign this. It's not just writers, but musicians, historians, illustrators, photographers, everyone who creates anything! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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If you haven't - please do fill this in. If you are a creative of any sort. The ALCS guidelines are very useful as the questions become more impenetrable. Also - you don't have to answer it all. www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

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If anyone is after a magical story for fans of The Worst Witch or Amelia Fang, then Autumn Moonbeam is your witch 🧙🤸‍♀️🐈‍⬛✨ #AutumnMoonbeam #kidlit #childrensbooks #books #bookshop uk.bookshop.org/contributors...

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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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