OK, y'all, as I mentioned, I went to see Paul Simon play last night. I found it unexpectedly moving, quite profound actually, and I want to do a short thread about it. I'll start by saying that, for a whole bunch of reasons, aging & mortality have been much on my mind lately.

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!

Thank you, Nicole! Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth!

One week only! To celebrate our SECRET LIVES OF PICTURE BOOKS event tonight @candygourlay.bsky.social and I are getting the pens out and supporting our local UK indies. You can order signed & dedicated copies of Bear and Hare from bookcornershop.co.uk/product/9781... Still time to sign up...

@beyondbiasbooks.bsky.social I've only just seen this sweet post! Thank you so much!

INSPIRING! Young writers enter 100 word memoirs in New York Times Teeny Tiny Memoirs competition. Read this for free without a subscription. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/l...

Feelings I need to get rid of and feelings I need to remember. I was having the sads, then I made a comic about things I loved in school visits #kidlituk #kidlit #comics open.substack.com/pub/houseofp...

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 ✍️ @mrsteveantony.bsky.social @alcs-uk.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social (Typed out in the alt text)

Thanks Lou! So nice to see you here

Happy 8th book birthday to my amazing wife, @fionawritesbooks.bsky.social Do Not Eat The Egg is out today! 🥳👏😍

Please credit artists! Cover reveals, using for publicity, using to illustrate a post, reposting, using for a joke - if you don't know the artist take a minute to look them up. It's really important for the artist, it's the right thing to do - and it even helps in the battle against AI. Thank you!

Now (still) in paperback! Try #TheWorldsWeLeaveBehind, by me and #LeviPinfold. A strange and shadowy kids book for our times, puzzling over revenge/justice/forgiveness in the dark woods of ethics. An other-people's-shoes machine, with the creepiest art I know. I like it, you/your kids might too...

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

Imprints are great business, but is their prestige and value getting diluted as they proliferate?, asks Sarah Moorhouse 👇 #BookSky

Hey Middle Grade book fans! Check out my year-end wrap-up of the MG market, hot off the presses! All the data you didn't know you wanted to know. 🤓 www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...

The #Carnegies25 longlists are announced 💥 From 119 nominations the librarian judges have selected 35 to longlist, 19 titles for the Carnegie Medal for #Writing & 16 for the Carnegie Medal for #Illustration. Is your favourite on these lists? #KidLitUK https://buff.ly/3CJMtsU

So can anyone tell me how to add myself to relevant starter packs ... and any starter packs I should belong to?

It's Black History Month and we're celebrating with a book a day. Feel free to join us! ✨ Book 1 of 28: The Color Purple by Alice Walker #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BookSky

Celebrate Black History Month with us by posting a book a day! ⭐ Book 12 of 28: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #Booksky

Hello! Are there any librarians on BlueSky or are you still over on the social media platform that shall not be named? If you're here, let's follow each other!

I've been posting my comics over on The House of Procrastination, on Substack. Here's a review of The Brutalist ... in comics 😀 open.substack.com/pub/houseofp...

It is finally time! We are excited to reveal the longlists for the 2025 Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration. 🎉 Congratulations to the wonderful authors and illustrators longlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🖌️📖✨ View the full list here: carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

Know someone 11-16 living in Stoke? The aim in these free workshops is to write 100 words on The Places That Make Us. 100 stories will be chosen for publication in our anthology - published in 2026 to kick off the next 100 years of Stoke authorship #100Books#100Years @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Sue!

If you're a CREATIVE, this should go to the top of your TO DO LIST. Act now. Don't hesitate.

@paulabooks.bsky.social 's Kitty books are my go to for when I want to impress a young reader with a bonanza of great reads.

I'm sure you were splendid, Eric!

And thank you @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social, @candygourlay.bsky.social, @moohara.bsky.social, and @louiestowell.bsky.social for the tips. They were all winners! 🎉

For fans of things that look like food but aren't - here are pics from the Fake Food show at the Japan House. We have levitating cheese on toast....1/6

Aw thanks, Mio!

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COVER REVEAL!! Super excited to be able to share the cover for BINNA’S DALGONA, my author-illustrator debut picture book💖 It’s an empowering story about finding a new home and learning a new language - with some help of homemade Korean sweets! Available for preorder now! #kidlit #picturebook

Thank you, Maureen! And happy book birthdayt to you too with Annabelle and Flower!

I'm going!

Thanks, Teri. My baby brother is very useful. (He's not a baby anymore but still)

Let us all sign this

Today’s my stop on the #SchoolForFireflies blog tour. A diverse magical adventure by #EricaGomez, illustrated by #SimoneSmith @ed_pr @knightsofbooks.bsky.social librarygirlandbookboy.com/2025/02/11/b...

If you're attending the #ChildrenInCare conference tomorrow, don't miss a great session with our #WriterInResidence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social! Join her at 11.55am as she shares how the magic of books can have a lifelong impact on the lives of children in care. childrenincareconf.co.uk

This is a gorgeous book! Children will love it and parents will love reading it aloud to them.

Happy book birthday to me and illustrator Jamie Bauza! Born today: LITTLE RHINO LOST, U.S. edition! Published by Crocodile Books @interlinkbooks.bsky.social The UK edition will be out in March, published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

Hourly Comic Day 2025! Let’s go!

Got to love apple tv. Make a load of incredible shows, hide them down a deep hole and tell no one.

I'm here. Do I delete the profile over on whatsis?

So proud to announce that my new picture book will be out in the states on the first week of February. Little Rhino Lost, written by me, Candy Gourlay, and illustrated by Jamie Bauza, published by Crocodile Books. UK: Out in March published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social