EPISODE 6 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW! I loved chatting with Hotel Flamingo author & illustrator @alexmilway.bsky.social! Find out what cringey gift Alex bought his high school crush (with £2 pocket money) & why selling vacuum cleaners made him cry... podfollow.com/cringe-club/...

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It may be shaping up to be one of the hottest days of the year, but who isn’t dreaming of a Frosty Fiesta?! The new Hotel Flamingo is just a few months away, and I can’t wait to share it with the world #frostyfiesta #hotelflamingobook

A very exciting day! A trip to London to talk about my new series Captain Sunshine, publishing in 2026, and news of it in the Bookseller! ❤️

Man in the pub just ordered two soups and there wasn’t even a snigger 🤷

It’s like @jamiesmart.bsky.social has turned into big brother. He’s everywhere I look at London Book Fair 🙈

Beavers released into the wild in Britain! About time, too www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Off on an adventure to the Isle of White! Overseas! 😆@iwstoryfestival doing a Hotel Flamingo event at the Anthony Minghella theatre, Quay Arts in Newport tomorrow. Starts at 3.30pm, if anyone fancies a bit of Disco Flamingo! #hotelflamingo

The most excellent @shinykatie.bsky.social has a second book out soon under her pen-name KJ Lyttleton! 😍 bsky.app/profile/shin...

A Star is Dead, book two in the Aldhill Mystery series by KJ Lyttleton is available for pre-order now! mybook.to/A-Star-Is-Dead

Mr Prickles, the very tall cactus, and I love a book with strong cactus characters, and #squirrelandduck by the dashing @tompercivalbooks.bsky.social is no different. It’s really fun, great stuff, Tom! ❤️

Why can’t our government tell these companies that if they want to use our work they have to ask us first and pay for it? Protect your workforce UK Government.

Here's a little limited edition oddity I made this year: odd short story by me, strange art by #AlexisDeacon. Rumi's Dream is a weird poetic tale of what survives, and what happens when you step on the cracks. Only available here: www.afharroldkids.com/rumis-dream

"Picture books are often quite undervalued, and sometimes seen as a stepping stone to 'proper reading'. But picture books can be transgressive and beautiful and complex." - @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social. ALL OF THIS! www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

How amazing is this!?! 😍

Laura always does amazing fan art - one for the Severance fans www.instagram.com/share/BALXop...

Blackwing pencil enigmatic smile 😐

With the long covid on the way out, I’m thinking about getting back out into the world of school events soon. If anyone wishes to experience the Disco Flamingo, meet my moose hat, or even go on an adventure with Pigsticks and Harold, get in touch!

Currently hiding myself in summer! Ducks on tour.

I made a sprite!!!

Spent the day discussing career choices at Rye College with Year 8s. It’s hilarious trying to explain writing/illustrating as a career, or why anyone would want to do it as a career based on how a 13yr old perceives the world. Money? Fame? Ease? However, work life balance is 👌🏼

@philipardagh.bsky.social you sent me the book!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Yes I have just finished illustrating a book! Madame le Pig may not be pleased, but I am 🙌🏻

I helped another author with his video this weekend. Having spent a good few years working in telly, editing videos really doesn't take me very long so if you need help, let me know. Mates rates available.

Getting a bit teary looking at the last hour of the kickstarter campaign for a new book of mine. Overjoyed at its success - and overwhelmed at how supportive everyone has been. Can’t say thank you enough ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

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Blimey, it’s the final day of my Kickstarter Campaign! Your last chance to get your hands on a copy of The Little Shop of Magic, as well as some very special extras. This month has gone so quickly, and it’s been nothing less than AMAZING! kck.st/3YlAJn7

From an annotation-friendly copy of A Christmas Carol we were asked to get for my daughter for school. How hard would that widow be to track back?!? There are millions throughout. URGH!

Here’s me, dressed for a day of drawing 😆

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Does anyone else keep a Substack page? I used to love blogging back in the day, and now use Substack as a regular newsletter/diary thing. Better than putting it on Facebook, at any rate. My latest talks about magical snow, which is a thing, OK!? open.substack.com/pub/alexmilw...

💖Horray my Winter Shop Update is Live! 💖 I had so much fun making this collection 🥰 🥔⛰🐷 3 New Pins! 🦇🌄🐺 3 New Prints! 🐷🥔⛰ 3 New Stickers! 🦇 New Cosy Bats Greeting Card! Enjoy 10% off using COSYBATS until 3rd Dec 🥰💖 Super appreciate everyone's support! x

We reached the stretch goal target for my children’s book Kickstarter campaign! This means everyone who pledged or pledges now gets stickers as well as the book! So chuffed. And there’s still four days to go if you want to join in… www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

And guess who got to change the cover a million times 😆 love it, though @shinykatie Such an achievement

Sending out some book post! This always takes me hours, as I love wrapping things, but it’s totally worth it 🥰

I can’t wait for this!

I made a dinosaur

Feels like winter is a-coming! I need more gloves! #hotelflamingo #illustration #childrensbooks

My Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for The Little Shop of Magic is funded and so close to hitting the stretch goal target which means STICKERS FOR EVERYONE! Only a few days to go until it closes, but I am honestly so excited about this kck.st/3YlAJn7

I was just a linesman for my daughter’s football match, and boy, the power that flag gives you! Never felt so important. (Nor tired 😆)

Watch out for deadly spittle peeps! Definitely seen some of these slugs about in my garden this year

Heartening to find lots of friends on here. I only had one photo on this phone, so for now I’m this nattily dressed Tudor

Hello! Plotting a book on the train. It includes an archduke, a recently uncovered Roman villa, a cursed golden doubloon, and the history of the metal detector. Who wants it?