Heather McDaid

A skull and skeleton limbs sticking out of the grass.

Me after guising with 10(!) kids:

Goodnight beautiful 😘revolution is tomorrow

Independent children's publisher Knights Of set to close Award-winning inclusive children’s publisher Knights Of is set to close, The Bookseller understands, with accountancy firm Hart Shaw instructed to place the company in liquidation, pending a vote of t...

Oh this is such sad news. Knights Of have been such a force for good in this industry - we need more companies like them, not fewer. www.thebookseller.com/news/indepen...

are you between 16-30 and looking to get a leg-up into #comics? Comics Youth are running a free upskilling programme for marginalised creatives (16-30) interested in a career in the Comics Industry- check out their website for details;

comicsyouth.co.uk/comics-decla...

Calling all designers! Create your own version of a classic Discworld cover... | Terry Pratchett Penguin UK has launched its annual cover design award contest where all UK and Ireland-based designers can submit their own designs for two classic Penguin titles. This year’s focus is fantasy and the...

Are you a UK or Ireland-based designer looking to get started in the industry? Penguin UK has launched its cover design awards and this year, the focus is fantasy – and one of the two titles is Terry Pratchett's Night Watch. More details:
terrypratchett.com/news/calling...

A screengrab of the Kickstarter campaign.

Oh my goodness, everyone!!

The NAP COMIX Kickstarter is now LIVE!

Help me reach my goal of £6k to bring my bittersweet, heartwarming, hilarious webcomic to life in Real Book Form!

tinyurl.com/napcomixks

Thank you all so much for your support with this project!
Rachael xxx

"I am encouraging more people to offer their voices to be cloned" jfc

Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call” Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...

Garbage's Shirley Manson speaks out against music industry economics: "This is an alarm call"

He Coined the Word That Describes Why the Internet Sucks Right Now. His New Book Could Help Make It Better. His newest book provides ideas for how to de-enshittify the world wide web that’s become our everyday life.

had the great privilege of speaking with Cory Doctorow about his new book Enshittification, how he came to coin the word on @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy, the myriad ways the concept has manifested throughout tech's modern history, and how he maintains hope that we may yet de-enshittify the commons:

Using ChatGPT

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

It's been tough going for small publishers for a while, but they continue to publish a lot of the most exciting new work, and are the main supporters of the short story as a form. Support indie publishing when you can!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

LADIES OF THE KNIGHT Brings Medieval Flair To New Queer-Normative Historical Fantasy It’s giving us Ser Brienne of Tarth from ‘Game of Thrones’ vibe, with a love story that will leave fans of YA queer, medieval fan fic in no doubt that this is a story for them. Pu…

Cat's out the bag! Ladies of the Knight, coming to you in July 2026 in actual bookbook form with Oni Press!!

Complete with shiny new cover!

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

"Inflation, war and cuts to national arts funding have increased the challenges faced by independent publishers and we are now confronting an existential crisis that will determine the trajectory of literary publishing in the UK."

Signed by us, please read: www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

The Lamb is one of the best and most unsettling books I've read in a long time 🤌

Ya gal has been shortlisted for her first ever book award!!!!!! Voting link in bio 😘

Tbh I’m totally over the moon and speechless because I never imagined the lamb would get published let alone be shortlisted for an award!! 🫶🫶🫶

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

manifesting the concept of consequences

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

The future of reading

ICYMI: We need to meet young people where they are, rather than convince them to read only for better job prospects or top grades; these are adult concerns, not children’s, says Cheltenham Festival's Sarah Cooksley 👇 #BookSky

Home - UK Comics Creators Survey UK Comics Creator Survey 2025 If you are a UK-based comics creator over 16 years old, we want to know all about you! Whether you are a working professional, a casual creator or a student, if you make ...

ukcomicscreators.org.uk
This closes on Monday, so I'm.just giving a nudge, especially to the senior members of our comics community, to fill this in. It's totally anonymous, and it's done by professional ppl.
Also, please share. The more breadth of data the better.

Artist Search!

Please RT - I'm looking for someone for a project, that could draw in a cartoony style with figures similar to the vintage WWF hasbro toy line.

If you think that's you. DM me or drop a link

A polaroid of a golden labrador in a pink party hat with a badge that says "10 today"

Polaroid of two people with a golden labrador.

Important: Luna the dog turned 10 this week and remains iconic.

Quietus Low Culture Essay: Arusa Qureshi on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Soundtracks image.

Arusa Qureshi was never allowed a skateboard, but the soundtracks to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series of computer games were a vital introduction to music – one that, she argues, was far more effective than today's algorithm-driven discovery mechanisms

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<insert something about the friend groups being the same (hooray), but the ticket prices not (boo)>

I feel ancient to have been 14 when I first saw My Chemical Romance and still consistently at it through to 34, but here we goooo.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Canongate triumphs in six-way auction for Nikesh Shukla’s ‘generation-defining’ The Good Immigrant

Canongate has acquired Nikesh Shukla’s “generation-defining” The Good Immigrant following the closure of Unbound. It will be re-released in a new 10th anniversary edition, complete with a new introduction, in September 2026 👇 #BookSky

OH. This is such great news. Incredible book.

This week I particularly want to tap Welsh & Northern Irish comics creators on the shoulder to do this survey. Got a minute, Wales & NI? I need your data like the desert needs the rain, like the dessert needs a spoon, like the deserter needs to steal comically mismatched clothes from a washing line