Great first day at @scbwi-bi.bsky.social’s Debut Bootcamp with nearly 50 up-and-coming writers & illustrators. @moohara.bsky.social, @candygourlay.bsky.social & I share everything we wished we’d known before our debut books launched. Lovely to meet so many talented creators!
10.05.2025 15:09 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A glimpse at my notes from the SCBWI book launch boot camp.
The SCBWI boot camp starter pack
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!
11.05.2025 19:34 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
This is how he's skirting the law. HIs lottery is a lie and the winners are predetermined political allies. Every one who fell for his shit and thought they might win a million dollars got grifted and duped.
01.04.2025 16:44 — 👍 440 🔁 153 💬 6 📌 1
Congrats!!!
01.04.2025 17:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I had so much fun doing this!! Thx
01.04.2025 17:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Happy belated St Patrick’s Day. She makes a cute leprechaun.
21.03.2025 11:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Me too!
15.03.2025 13:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fantastic. I just watched. Loved it!
14.03.2025 09:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
My fav ‘Super Pets’ from today’s author visit were ‘Lightning Croc’ 🐊, a cat with the power to get people to move out of sunny patches so they could sleep there 🐈 🤣and ‘The Goodness Chicken’ 🐓 who just makes everyone good.
The world needs more Goodness Chickens.
10.03.2025 17:55 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Totally a Kirsty attitude.
10.03.2025 16:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
yoyoyo happy international women's day!! i drew this silly kirsty doodle bc this is probably something she'd say LMFAOO😭😭 #myfangtasticallyevilvampirepet #mftevp #internationalwomensday @moohara.bsky.social yuh
09.03.2025 04:35 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
07.03.2025 16:13 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thx @jennyhawke.bsky.social , Penge Library and St Antony’s School! What a fab World Book Day!
06.03.2025 17:51 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
New GLL Literary Foundation names children’s authors awarded bursary placements
ICYMI: The newly launched GLL Literary Foundation has named the 17 UK children’s authors selected to receive bursary placements. 👇 #BookSky
01.03.2025 13:47 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Agent Moose on the loose at Roehampton Library! Thx October for a fab day!!
04.03.2025 17:38 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This should totally be a thing.
04.03.2025 12:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My son just invented World Burp Day, and I would like to let schools know that I am now open to visits for this.
04.03.2025 08:37 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Ready for some graphic novel fun at Roehampton Library with Mosaic Jewish Primary!!
04.03.2025 09:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Check this out #KidLitUK! I love everything Az writes but this is something a bit different - a lush story collection. Well that's birthdays sorted for a bit! #Edusky
01.03.2025 08:51 — 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0
Here’s my new book announcement! I didn’t dare to dream I’d be able to write my very own story collection until my dear agent Julia and the brilliant team at Zephyr, Head of Zeus (part of Bloomsbury) suggested it. These timeless stories are unlike anything I’ve written;they’ve stretched my writing/1
01.03.2025 02:47 — 👍 50 🔁 6 💬 17 📌 6
Reminder if you haven't filled this in yet! #Illustrators #Authors #Booksky #KidLitUK #Publishing #HandsOffOurCopyright
24.02.2025 07:06 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Love this series! So funny and offbeat and a great example of words and pictures working together to make story - NOT an illustrated book cos words and pics are equal partners. #KidLitUK
24.02.2025 07:19 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Love Bob’s deadpan expression.
21.02.2025 23:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thx so much. I prefer goldfish to bears any day. 😊
21.02.2025 23:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you, and sometimes you become friends with a Big Fat Zombie Goldfish.
@moohara.bsky.social’s book is a fun and clever adventure for kids featuring the scariest bear of all: older siblings.
21.02.2025 16:31 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
It takes barely three minutes to answer the questions.
19.02.2025 08:24 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Awh…evil love. ❤️
14.02.2025 19:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Children’s Librarian and Chair of CILIP YLG National Committee
Author of kids’ horror fiction and a voracious reader, watcher, and player of stories! Contact: ivg@eml.cc
sup im swampy i'm kinda the #1 fangtastically evil vampire pet and my big fat zombie goldfish fan and uhhh ill post art mostly tbh im new to bluesky😭😭 im also so trve kvnt black metal⛧⸸ (kinda dead tbh)
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KidLit author. Makes comics. Loves dogs.
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Former palaeontologist + publisher. Academic at City St George’s. Author with Little Tiger Press + Quarto. @SaintPodcast.bsky.social creator and host. Morbid Anatomy correspondent.
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SMALL WORLD out now... 🦋
DINOSAUR DESERT out this July... 🦕
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London based theatre company bringing the best new American writing to the U.K. Next production Moderation at The Hope Theatre, London 19 March-5 April, a dark comedy about social media content moderators
Educator - Award-winning children’s author passionate about cultivating a lifelong love of reading in the very young.
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Blue Peter Book of the Year author. Writes for children and adults, 60+ books translated into 30+ languages. Occasional ghost. Agents: Penny Holroyde and Andrew Lownie.
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