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joannamoult.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Skylark Literary, a specialist children's and YA literary agency. Always on the look-out for something great to read. 📚 Trying not to drink too much tea. https://www.skylark-literary.com/ #ukkidlit #kidlituk
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Undiscovered Voices is BACK 🙌🥳🤩 We can't wait to kick off #UV26 and our hunt for fresh new voices in children's literature. Watch this space for news of our live online launch, judges, workshops and more 👀 #kidlit #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingforchildren

“I absolutely love the representations of boy friendships… In both books, the bond between the protagonist and his best friend is beautiful and is a celebration of the purity, loyalty and honesty of true, healthy friendships.” Such a nice review of two of my MG books! 🥰

You can still get Bloomsbury books from us or by supporting your local bookshop via Bookshop.org. If more publishers took this stance against greedy Jeff, I wonder what effect it would have on High Streets?! www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...

I agree with every word of Hannah's thread here about Amazon/Bloomsbury. Do buy from www.bookshop.org or directly from all the gorgeous indies out there if poss. Lots take orders by email or even DMs. And you'll all have heard my rants on retail prices of paperbacks vs notepads/greetings cards!

Sad to hear Jim is stepping down at Gay's The Word Bookshop but delighted Uli will be taking over. Such a fabulous shop with the warmest of hearts! 💕 www.thebookseller.com/news/gays-th...

May the ceasefire be honoured. May there be a real lasting peace. May the mentally, emotionally and physically wounded heal. And may our children become the ones who speak up for those who have no voice because so many seemed to lose theirs these past 465 days 💔

Hello all. Here is another illustration from the new book ‘My Dog’ coming this February. Written by Olivia Wakeford and drawn by me and published by @harpercollins.bsky.social 🦴 #mydog #newbook #illustrator

100% this. Comparison is the thief of joy, esp when it comes to writing/publishing journeys. Much better to really celebrate EVERY win you have as a writer, whether that be winning a competition, getting an agent etc. Quite honestly, completing an actual novel deserves a bottle of champagne, IMO...

Couldn't agree more. This is so short-sighted when editors are give so little time and head space to really edit...

Definitely this! We all love to read - we just need to find the medium that works best...

I agree 100%!

As it’s Nonfiction November, I’m resharing some posts I wrote for BookTrust back when I was Writer in Residence, starting with this piece on how factual books can be a powerful form of storytelling that can grip young readers. www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea... #KidLitUK

Some new UK literary agents, reviewers and publishers on this starter pack now. Please do let me know if you want to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/kRfNFe

OMG. This is just delightful. 😍

Oh no. Now I'm addicted to this one. I'd done so well weaning myself off the other place...

Hello! 👋 We're The Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency, the UK’s biggest specialist children’s agency! Follow us here, and check out our links for more agency content: 💫Submissions: www.darleyandersonchildrens.com 💫Instagram: www.instagram.com/da_childrens 💫TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@da_childrens

This is a fabulous map of children's indie bookshops - just in time for Christmas shopping. Lots of them take orders online and over the phone so please do support them where you can! 📚

A beautiful illustration by the very talented @dc-litchfield.bsky.social to brighten your Monday...

A new episode to help you start the week! Diverse Book Awards YA winners @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social, YA Readers' Choice Award for Boy Like Me @sophiecameron.bsky.social, runner up YA Category for Away with Words & Jenny Ireland, winner YA Category for The First Move #kidlitUK 📚🌎

Oh wow. I didn't know this! 😀

So lovely to see so many interesting, pleasant and, er… real people here! If we haven’t met yet, I’m an author, best known for my LGBTQ+ YA novels, but I write middle-grade and picture books too. Here’s to happier times on this platform. 🥰

A fabulous 'Meet the Mentee' evening last night, courtesy of Megaphone and All Stories - two excellent organisations who are giving excellent support to writers from under-represented backgrounds. So important to hear all voices in the books kids read, more now than ever. #ukkidlit #kidlituk

I've added a few people to the UK Children's book publishing starter pack, including my esteemed colleage @ambercaraveo.bsky.social who has joined us! Please let me know if I'm missing anyone else - so many people have signed up this week! go.bsky.app/kRfNFe