Louie Stowell

Hello. In the olden days we expressed our pop fandom via letters in Smash Hits/Ceefax and the like. What’s the modern equivalent for pop kids?

"You bow to no one!"

Bit of fresh air on the organs never hurt anyone

Places are becoming unliveable. #NomadCentury

Whenever my doctor gets that out I know I'm about to get to know my cervix better....

Dame Judi Dench as a giant cat in the hideous Cats movie oh god how did this get made?

Can't believe I forgot Gandalf

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

I can't decide between (l-r) Merry, Frodo or Pippin

The book and its press release. The cover shows 2 frightened cats (?) in human dress with a large robot looming over them from behind and many smaller robots either side reaching out towards them.

Comic book Dadbot 2: Rise of the Dadbots! by Jack Noel looks like the most enormous fun! 🤖

Out 26/03 for 6+ readers, enormous thanks go to Pippa & Hiromi @piccadilly-press.bsky.social

#KidsGN #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

It came at exactly the right time (revising a Loki book with monstrosity as part of the theme), so thank you!

A great listen, whether you're interested in mythical monsters or the real variety.

That was BRILLIANT! Particularly the bit about AI, really unexpected. And here's to nice monsters too! To wonder at difference!

gonna listen on my walk!

That too yes!

“The plagiarism machine can remix a few sentences” is not the claim they seem to think it is…

Doing it for the Kids: Children’s authors and the trouble with altruism Karen McCombie on the challenges of writing for children, when the art of reading is itself facing challenges.

Absolutely brilliant piece here by @karenmccombie.bsky.social about the year of reading.
"we all agree that having to know about fronted adverbials is a killer to freely enjoying stories for their own sake."
#ukkidlit
www.rlf.org.uk/posts/doing-...

And how many other authors work the author stole.

And how much the author v how much the AI corporation has donated to fascist organisations.

So many important questions!

To know which is all round better I'd need to see how much water the author uses to create the passage vs what the AI uses.

'By 18 March ministers must deliver an economic impact assessment as well as a progress update on a consultation about the legal overhaul, against a backdrop of anger among creative professionals about how their work is being used by AI firms.' 2/2

A Teachers’ Guide to How to Find a Rainbow “This charming story can be read on two levels – that of two sisters in search of a physical rainbow and that of emerging from a gloomy emotional episode and beginning to find joy again.  It o…

Primary Teachers! I’m giving a science week talk this morning about the behaviour of light, based on my book “How to Find a Rainbow” and using some quite magical science demonstrations! You could do something similar (you don’t need me) using the resources here:

Oh god it's already escaped where is it oh god is it behind me?

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

'About 10,000 writers have contributed to Don’t Steal This Book, in which the only content is a list of their names. Copies of the work are being distributed to attenders at the London book fair on Tuesday'. 1/2

Radio till I die baby!

No but I am now!

Can you help Jamal today? A share or a donation is a good thing in this bleak world xx

It's 2008 and i am angry in my room

Listening to a tv podcast i strongly disagree with and i wish it was live so i could argue back.

You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name

yeah, true, books just aren't that cultural significant in terms of coverage, never mind the people behind the scenes of them!