Spring is here! I am getting so many lovely reviews of The Gift Gatherers today! Thank you! Still time to get a copy pre publication day!

There are 11 free-to-use poetry workshops here for pupils, teachers, parents. Each one has the sub-heading of 'What is poetry for kids' and each workshop has a title like 'The Book' or 'Newcomers'. Use them how you want. www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...

This honestly explains a lot.

Thread of truth

"No to war... and free Palestine" Javier Bardem

Thanks again. There are videos of the makes on this page in case you get stuck alomshaha.com/machines

Let's kill "comics are a gateway to reading" dead please?

Many years ago I was inspired to finish my children’s book during a workshop with @lesleyparr.bsky.social. This week it’s finally been published! amzn.to/4s0Wc2c

We have four brilliant books publishing today from Luke Palmer, Eve Ainsworth, Luna Valentine, Tanya Landman, Vashti Hardy and Agnes Saccani! Learn more about all four and read a sample in the thread below.

Powerful and thought-provoking. Well done @refugecharity.bsky.social but so sorry it needs to be made at all.

My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago. Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone! The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

I'm running an illustration focused online Workshop for SCBWI on Wednesday 25th March 2026 | 7PM CET Join me, have some fun hanging out, learning, and making some art! I always love seeing friendly faces at these kinds of events. @katjarammer.bsky.social #scbwi www.scbwi.org/events/from-...

Kicking off next week, my four-week look at WRITING SHORT STORIES comes to QUAD, with sessions exploring the key creative elements of the form as well as a look at publishing your short fiction! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/short... #derby #derbyshire #course #courses #writingcourse #writingcourses

"What is that?" "Oh, that's my extra phone." "Why do you need an extra phone?" "All the apps no longer fit on my original one. At least, not since I downloaded this app which tells me exactly how many spiders are living in my house and randomly awards one of them a 'Spider Of The Week' award."

“People have every right to own property, but we must balance that with the demands of burglars to steal that property and sell it.” Fuck off. And tell your loser tech mates to fuck off while you’re at it. Cheers. Ta. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

What a thread! Thanks @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social (and Jim).

It's #WomensHistoryMonth! A time to celebrate inspiring women from history. Meet incredible dancer, singer, actress, movie star and civil-rights activist Josephine Baker in #DanceOfResistance by @catwrote.bsky.social, or Victorian heroine Grace Darling in #BecomingGrace by @hilarymckay.bsky.social.

Anyways.

Primary Teachers! It's BRITISH SCIENCE WEEK next week and since I can't visit all your schools, I've written a blog post with some ideas for FUN AND EXCITING SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS for you to use to explore / explain the science of RAINBOWS yourself!

We're delighted to partner with @sla.org.uk on the new Barrington Stoke Reader of the Year Award! The only national award to celebrate young readers, recognising pupils in Year 7 and 8 who have overcome challenge to discover the joy of reading. Learn more and nominate at bit.ly/3OAsVNg

Here is Elena's protest poster about a cause she cares about, as part of the #BiblioBuzz - Alexandra Palace Children's Book award challenge set by @lesleyparr.bsky.social

History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.

This original (unpublished) artwork is available to purchase. It’s one I’m particularly fond (and proud) of. £495 Email: [email protected]

Grab your copy of our brand-new catalogue, bursting with information on our latest books, themed lists, free resources and more. View online 👉 issuu.com/collinsed/do... Or request a paper copy* 👉 bit.ly/40bYuPJ *UK schools only, while stocks last.

An important message beautifully presented by writer/illustrator and SoA Fellow Sarah McIntyre.

I've just finished a first draft of something I can't talk about yet* but it will be a book next year and I love it. *I'm not even sorry if that's annoying. #kidlituk

This looks fabulous! @alastairc.com @rikinparekh.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Join us a for a big day of folk horror workshops and interviews from wherever you might be - STRANGE AS FOLK runs on the 9th May! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strange-as... #folkhorror #folklore #horror #writing #writers #authors #horrorwriting #horrorwriters #horrorauthors

This #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience we are overjoyed to announce #TheTimeEngine by @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social! Catapulted back in time by a mysterious machine, Eric joins forces with a young #AdaLovelace to get back home. Out May 2026. 🎥In Lindsay's words: youtu.be/JuJXJTZ-o7A

The very first sketch I made for Susan Hill to show her how I’d use black pen & crosshatching to illustrate The Woman in Black. Image: 19.5x27.6cm Paper: 21.7x30.3cm £100 plus P&P Email me at: [email protected] to purchase.

Make Art (1/4)

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Love this question! Bertie & the Alien Chicken by Jenny Pearson (illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff) is a joy! Published by @barringtonstoke.bsky.social. #KidsBookFriday Here's my favourite picture:

As grown-ups we can often fall into the trap of leaning towards serious or ‘issue heavy’ kid’s books, forgetting that kids also need and deserve books that just bring joy. So for #KidsBooksFriday this week, what are your top fun / silly / joyful book recommendations? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

📣 READ IT FORWARD! 📣 10% of ALL children’s book sales through Bookshop.org UK go to reading charities @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social in February 2026, and EVERY sale supports independent bookshops 📚https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-it-forward-with-bookshop-org

Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years

We're proud to support #ReadItForward 2026! Buy ANY children's book during February, and @bookshop.org will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social AND you'll be supporting indie bookshops with every purchase: uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-i...

#Author & #illustrator Debasmita Dasgupta will guide you through how to create illustrations & text for a graphic novel, as well as the storyboarding process, panel structuring, pacing & how to bring it all together! Book: https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-courses/making-graphic-novel

The idea that the only person to benefit from education is the person who receives it falls apart whenever I visit the doctor.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Waterstones are running an ADVENTUREMICE PRIZE DRAW. Pre-order the new book, Of Mice and Mummies, before 25th Feb and you’ll have a chance to win an original portrait of yourself* as a mouse by Sarah McIntyre, and a cuddly Steiff mouse. www.waterstones.com/win/adventur... *Or your child, of course!

To publishers, authors, & others posting about illustrated books, including covers that have illustration: Please credit the ILLUSTRATOR. This not only helps boost the illustrator, but also shows that you value HUMAN illustrators. #PicturesMeanBusiness

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Neil Young. Still showing us the way all these years later.. If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Lucy Owen for BBC Radio Wales. Still available on #BBCSounds. I'm about 10 minutes in, sandwiched happily between Morpurgo and Pichon. Link: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I left my old job a couple of years ago. I’m getting by (just) but crikey, having done my tax return & seen how little I’m earning it was a shocker, it’s getting more & more difficult to earn money from illustration. I have been out of action too so…I’ll get cracking! Buy my art (FEBRUARY) 🙏🏻