I recently bought a new copy of #AmaraAndTheBats by @emmaillustrate.bsky.social as a gift & realised that I hadn’t reviewed it when first published 😱 It’s brilliant & would be perfect to include in Halloween collections 🦇📘 #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/20/p...

A beautiful story of identity and self-expression, this week’s #PictureBookFriday read is Squirrel and Bird by @laurabakerbooks.bsky.social, illustrated by Stacey Thomas. Out now for 3-6 readers from @littletigeruk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/s...

I am so excited to announce my next picture book ‘Orla and the Jellyfish’ 🥹🪼 Coming Spring 2027! I can’t wait to introduce to you to Orla and Suki, characters very dear to my heart who are both AuDHD like me 🥹🥰 I grew up near the sea and this book means so much to me 🥰🌊 #kidlitUK #kidlit #booksky

Announcing new deals for @ravenaguron.bsky.social @landersonrios.bsky.social @emmaillustrate.bsky.social + more buff.ly/cHFLuDT

🦇 #InternationalPodcastDay is actually today but we clearly couldn't wait to tell about BatChat and we jumped the gun! New season coming on the 5 November!

Woo my new CatBus prints are up! ✨Save 20% with code COSYSEASON until 6th Oct And shipping to the US is back on :3 I’m the sole earner atm so any shares are much appreciated 🥰❤️ emmareynoldsillustration.com/shop

Thank you so much! 🥹❤️🦇

👏 Yep. Politicians should be chatting with poorer working class people much more, REALLY LISTENING, trying to understand the working class world & build connection & trust.

Voting for the Society of Authors Management Committee elections is NOW OPEN until Wednesday 22 October! 🗳️ Here's some more info on the four amazing candidates Fossil Free Books organisers have decided to collectively endorse 👉

I love this so much!! Thank you Sarah 🥰❤️🦇 Bat fans unite!

Had an incredible time at the @batconservation.bsky.social National Bat Conference this year! Amazing people, talks and workshops 🥰🦇 I also got loads of goodies 😏😌 @emmaillustrate.bsky.social @batability.bsky.social @wildlifeacoustics.com @wildcare.eu #NatBatConf

My 10yo has been creating his own comic this week. The eagle eyed amongst you may spot the influence of @neillcameron.bsky.social in his artwork. For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what books have you found that can help inspire kids to create their own art/writing? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

I have a book out in TWO WEEKS. Preorders are unicorn blessings upon authors so if you want to be the vehicle of such a blessing, preorder here: www.walker.co.uk/978152951581... #UKKidlit @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

I love this so much - this is absolutely wonderful and has made my day!! 😍❤️🦇📚 @batconservation.bsky.social @batcon.org #Bats

🦇 New blog on Substack! We interviewed George Bemment, author of 'Bats & Ladders' with Pelagic Publishing. Find out what the book is about here: batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

I love Viv’s posts

GenAI is not inevitable and not everybody is using it, those are lies. It isn’t just creatives who hate it, my partner works in tech industry and so do many of our friends and they all hate AI too!

If you're free for an hour on Monday morning, do come along. And, if you're not, please consider making a donation anyway.

Casual reminder that if you’re looking for some Magical Kidlit as an alternative to the bin-fire that famous property has become, Strangeworlds Travel Agency is about two kids who use magical suitcases to travel to other worlds… & it’s inclusive and diverse and fun & available in sixteen languages.

Hey there! You there! Are you thinking of preordering Loki? Well, if you'd like to do that while also supporting indie bookshops AND getting ten per cent off, here is the link for you! Just add LOVEBOOKSHOPS at checkout! @bookshopmark.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/p/books/loki...

Birmingham looking beautiful this afternoon!

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

The Palestine Festival of Literature is looking for a new designer to join our team. Applicants must be bilingual in Arabic and English and able to produce both separate and linguistically integrated designs. Apply here: forms.gle/jeC7VGPofRjA...

A truly excellent book! Massive congratulations @verabrosgol.bsky.social !

My Level 5 Party is available online Now!!! 100% genuine silly DnD adventures in pleasing comic form www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

'Hello human, nice to meet you'

I love when a bird behaves and sits still Gives me a chance to turn a series of photos into a GIF Which was necessary to highlight the incredible rapids the American dipper hunts in 📷🌿🪶

Soooo cute!! They’re reading my book ‘Amara and the Bats’! #KidLitUK #KidLit #Bats

ahhh!! On Starlit Shores got a starred kirkus review i’m gonna cry 😭😭😭🥹🥹🥹

LAUNCH DAY!!! Nyaegling is now available!!! 🙏 Please share OwO nyaegling.carrd.co (If you saw this on my Etsy before today NO YOU DIDN'T).

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported my work by buying a drawing so far! It means really means a lot. These are the last drawings from my sale and I have a couple drawings on my kofi shop (ko-fi.com/diananguyen/...) that are still available. Dm if interested! Thank youuu 🫶🏻✨

Thought I was just really 💩 at my job and life but I looked it up and the cost of living has increased by 38.4% since 2015 - nearly 40% in 10 years. No illustrators I know have had a pay rise - in fact some fees are going down. No wonder it feels so bloody hard atm. Send cute gifs or money lol.

What an amazing achievement 105Km over 17 hours! Thank you to everyone who has donated to this bat hero! Its not too late to make a donation #BatsNeedFriends more than ever, please share widely www.justgiving.com/page/anne-yo... #bats 🦇

Publishing on 4th Sept 2025, #PencilsBestStoryEver by @carlygledhill.bsky.social is a delightful #PictureBook to add to your collections. Thanks @postwavebooks.bsky.social & @antswilkinson.bsky.social for my copy. Here’s my review #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/07/18/p...

No! Picture books are for everyone - whether you’re 4 or 74. Agree with Helen here: please don’t force children to give up picture books too quickly (or any book for that matter!). 📚

I feel seen

So excited to get this wonderful #BookPost today @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social @markbradley.bsky.social 🎉🤩 #UKKidLit #GraphicNovels #EduSky

Amid the horrors, Kent bookshop @folkestonebookshop.bsky.social run a great pay it forward scheme to ensure everyone has access to queer (and other) books. www.thefolkestonebookshop.co.uk/reader-solid... #KidlitUK

#HeroinesOfTheAncientWorld is a top-notch non-fiction title for #MG readers, written by #HonorCargillMartin, illustrated by #MargauxCarpentier & published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UkKidLit #KidLitUk vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/07/03/n...

This is hateful and dystopian. I was just on holiday in Kent. Nice to know how welcome queer people (esp children) are there eh? Please, Kent locals, write to your councillors and resist this grossness. #KidLitUK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*** PLR alert *** Don't forget to register your books for Public Lending Right before 30 June folks! #kidlitUK

From raving about HomeBody to raving about KickFlip 😀 #KidLitUK teenlibrarian.co.uk/2025/06/19/k...

…Our washing machine just broke and our financial situation is uhh pretty bad, so: I’m available for illustration work! ashantifortson.com [email protected] I have an artist shop with my spouse @binglin.bsky.social: seatoad.bigcartel.com And I have a tip jar: ko-fi.com/ashantifortson

Wildlife belongs in the wild, not hung up on walls as decoration. That's why we're urging Amazon to join Etsy and eBay and stop selling painted woolly bats so their populations can again flourish in the wild — where they belong. Add your voice. ⬇️

more gutted in nick frost than i was before he said anything. 'jk rowling is entitled to her opinion' is gaslighting. idc that she has opinions. i care that she's bankrolling far right hate groups, pressuring courts and institutions, and very clearly has politicians and the press in her pocket.

Aren’t you meant to be “journalists”, not mouthpieces for a genocidal state?

Do you love magical beasts? Do you love pins inspired by Medieval Art? Well then you'll love Horsing Around! The illuminated menagerie is growing: The Bestiary part two is here and it's...HORSES! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #ArtistSupport #ArtShop