Elena Arévalo Melville

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Magazine subscriptions are a great way to encourage children and teens to read, especially those children who struggle with chapter books or teens who have lost interest in reading novels.

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The latest Read for Empathy collection has been launched. As always, it's full of absolutely superb books, including graphic novels, poetry, picturebooks and non-fiction. The work @empathylabuk.bsky.social are doing is incredibly important. More information here: www.empathylab.uk/rfe

The world needs empathy now more than ever. We're thrilled that Elki is Not My Dog by @earevalomelville.bsky.social & Tonka Uzu has been chosen by EmpathyLab for the #ReadForEmpathy collection 2025! 💫

Download the guides here: buff.ly/33scbwN
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Dear Mr Stride, can you please help me and other UK children’s book illustrators? The governing is considering AI policy measures that would make us, as copyright holders, ‘opt out’ if we don’t want tech companies breaching our copyright to train their systems. The big companies then use our own art in competition against us. The UK ought to be proud of its children’s book tradition. Our artwork is exported all over the world, and by giving it away free, we’re ruining the industry. Children will be poorer: there’ll get dumbed-down, mechanical books that have no real person thinking hard about each aspect of them. My colleague Steve Antony described it: “It’s like allowing someone to break into my house and steal my belongings so that they can research, recycle and resell them, unless I stick a label on each and every one of my belongings that says ‘DO NOT STEAL’, even though the objects are clearly not theirs and clearly within someone else’s house. That house bring my copyright. It’s absolutely ridiculous, makes no sense, completely destroys existing copyright laws and insults every single one of us.” Please, could you stand up for us and out copyright? If you could mention our concerns to Feryal Clark, Minister for AI & Digital Governent, and to Chris Bryant, Minister for Creative Industry, Arts & Tourism, I’d greatly appreciate it. Warmest wishes, Sarah McIntyre, Illustrator & Author, Bovey Tracey

A handwritten letter on my illustration work desk to my local MP, Mel Stride, asking him to help UK children's book illustrators keep our copyright during the current AI policy consultation ✍️

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Here are all our book reviews from the month of January. Thank you to all our wonderful reviewers! Link here to read them:

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What's On - Cambridge Literary Festival What's On at Cambridge Literary Festival

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Yesterday I met someone (work wise?) and we chatted about nothing practical for two hours but was the best two hours and I feel like my soul had a plunge in some ancient near frozen river or something, and I am fizzy with possibilities, although it could also be bacteria...

Teachers, I would love to visit your school for World Book Day Week!
If your school is in London (Tuesday4th) or near Leicester (Friday7th) please get in touch via Authors Aloud
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Yes, it will be a pleasure. By when do you need the bookmark?

Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...

Some piece of writing, this.

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OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.

I can’t make money on car sales without stealing cars. And my jewellery business is entirely dependent on burglaries. Think of the economy, people, and not minor inconvenience to individuals!

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Thought I was 10 minutes late picking daughter from school trip.

I was a whole day early.

Fellow UK children's writers; let's make sure our MPs get back from the Christmas holiday to an absolute flood of letters and e-mails protesting these proposals. #KidLitUK

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.

More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):

1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇

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Let's have look at this...
We have until the 25th of February to state our views on Copyright and AI.

I could really use some guidance from @societyofauthors.bsky.social in understanding this form, and the AOI and other creative associations.

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Awful to see this. Please rally round if you can!

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The definitive answer to that is in your tongue.

READING ALOUD CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER! Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to help them find the love of books, and become lifelong readers. So whatever else you do, always find the time to read aloud – and the more you do, the better! #literacy #reading #books

Good morning.
I’m finding it hard to get going these last few days, not uncommon for me in winters.
If you got up depleted of beans, well, you are not alone. Let’s go forth and somehow get through today.

Photo of the covers on ‘Curating Ecologies on Architecture’ and ‘Tender and Toxic Tales’. The first one is yellow, the second, blue.

Photo of the new books ‘Curating Ecologies on Architecture’ and ‘Tender and Toxic Tales’ also with the previous ones, ‘Atlas of Urban Mythologies’ in green, and ‘Shallow Time’ in orange.

Pardon me a little bit of self promotion, but I’m very proud of these two babies, the latest books by dpr-barcelona.

‘Curating Ecologies on Architecture’ and ‘Tender and Toxic Tales’ are beautiful pieces of printed matter bringing more colours to our LINA Writing Award rainbow 📚🌈📚

“Picture books are one of the few places where adults and kids can meet as equals. And where sometimes kids, unbound by convention and alive to the possibilities of language and art, can show adults how to read.”
—Mac Barnett

#kidlit

Boosting - reply to Fleur to enter!

Generous sharing ! @whatsfsaid.bsky.social Drafting is messy! Thanks 👇👇👇

Delighted that ‘Elki is not my dog’ has been included in the picturebook category!!
If you’ve read it and liked it would you like to give it your vote?
In any case check out all the amazing books selected. We are thrilled for our book to be in such amazing company!
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That’s lovely, thank you

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, he'll contribute to the global overdepletion of the ocean.
So give him a salad, maybe.

I can never understand why children's books get left out of "great book" lists. The books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes no-one. They are books for EVERYONE - and if you exclude them, you miss the most important books of all!

A collage of front covers of the books about grief and loss we recommend - follow the link to find them all.

Did you know that it's #GriefAwarenessWeek?

Books can help children to explore feelings around grief and see that others have had similar experiences to them.

We've picked out some titles that you might like to try, with lists for different age groups:

www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/g/...

If you’re looking for a free way to support an author, did you know you can ask your library to stock a book you want to read that they don’t have yet? And usually it’s a very basic online form? Google your library name plus the words “request a title” or “suggest a title” to find yours.