Dapo Adeola
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
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Illustrator/Author/ Vis Dev artist
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A little something to make it easier to find some dope Black creatives to follow on here. ☺️
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Kirsten Allen (@kidsstoryworld)
24 days ago
Sooooooooooooooo many!!! John Vernon Lord Giant jam Sandwich
@stevenlenton.bsky.social
(the Dalmations!!!)
@dc-litchfield.bsky.social
Bear & Piano
@fionawoodcock.bsky.social
Silver Linings
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
Look Up!
@mrsteveantony.bsky.social
Rainbowsaurus …the list is endless! 😍
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Prisonculture
about 1 month ago
Creativity is not a talent. It's a process and a practice available to everyone.
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Little Rebels Award
about 1 month ago
Remember how we mentioned
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
‘s Hey You! recently? Dr.
@darrenchetty.bsky.social
is taking it and Elgan Rhys’ The Five to his
@ioe.bsky.social
Book Group TONIGHT! (Darren chairs the panel of
#LittleRebelsAward
shortlistees at our annual award ceremony)
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Little Rebels Award
about 2 months ago
In 2022 our
#LittleRebelsAward
Judge
@jakehope.bsky.social
described the book as: "This is a letter for the future, for a group who've been told 'No' systemically."
#KidLitUK
#RadicalBooks
#PoliticalBooks
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Little Rebels Award
about 2 months ago
Always wonderful to see accounts sharing the joy of
#LittleRebelsAward
shortlistee. Hey You! was shortlisted in 2022. An insightful & glorious picture book anthology- 18 Black artists brought together by
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
@puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈)
over 4 years ago
WORLDWIDE: Hey You! By Dapo Adeola & many illustrators. This moving picture book honestly addresses the experiences Black children face growing up with systemic racism, as well as providing hope for the future.
#WorldKidLitMonth
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I won’t be arguing with dickheads on the internet. Especially over racism, and especially when they hide their faces. You can fuck off and this block.
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Nine Arches Press
2 months ago
And the BAFTA goes to... huge congratulations to Dean Atta and the team behind Two Black Boys In Paradise, WINNER of the Best British Short Animation. A joy to see Dean's poem from 'There is (still) love here' brought to life like this.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
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The only thing I’m gonna say about that BAFTAs incident is that precautions could have been taken to avoid it. Better choice of editing from BAFTA at worst, better awareness of his tics from the fella at best.
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rowan kaiser
3 months ago
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
3 months ago
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Mostly Book Talk
3 months ago
Why aren’t children reading for pleasure and what can we do about it? We look at the data, explore key barriers, and hear from authors, teachers & literacy experts working to change the story. 🎧 Listen now:
https://loom.ly/7Zut6PU
#ReadingCrisis
#ReadingForPleasure
#teachers
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Letterbox Library
3 months ago
Catching up with the
@mostlybooktalk.bsky.social
latest series The Reading Crisis. Loving the cross-profession input. Episode 1 includes
@charliehacking.bsky.social
contextualising phonics and thoughts from authors
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
& Tim Palmer.
#KidLitUK
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Wocco
3 months ago
The Crown: A Tale Of Hell is out next month! Comps arrived just now. Seriously daunting stuff being in the Hellboy Universe. Thanks to Todd Mignola and Mike Mignola and Dark Horse Comics!
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Andy Diggle
3 months ago
"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs."
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The world is healing.
3 months ago
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Out of Many People
3 months ago
✨ LIKKLE LIT SPOTLIGHT: DAPO ADEOLA ✨ We’re proud to shine a spotlight on the brilliant
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
draws — an award‑winning illustrator, author and character designer whose work continues to shape how children see themselves on the page. For more:
outofmanypeople.org.uk/news-events/
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Catsuka
3 months ago
"Noiseman" is back for free on Youtube (for a limited time). Koji Morimoto x Masaaki Yuasa x Yoko Kanno (Studio 4°C, 1997). >>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOhd...
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Tom Dreisbach
4 months ago
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵
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BookTrust
4 months ago
📣 Competition alert! Our brilliant
#WriterInResidence
Matt Goodfellow has launched his poetry competition for children - and his favourite entries will win a signed bundle of his books! Enter by Friday 30 January - more details here👇
https://bit.ly/3Khwki9
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Writer in Residence Matt Goodfellow announces his poetry competition
Send in your poems to win a bundle of signed books!
https://bit.ly/3Khwki9
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It only took them the best part of a decade. 🥲 Hope all the victims get justice and the people at the publisher who paid off the victims and covered his back are also held accountable.
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Mark Bradley
4 months ago
Currently reading this. I think everyone in the UK who has any involvement with comics - be that making them, publishing them, selling them, loaning them, using them in classrooms - should probably read it. Will post thoughts later.
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Just a reminder to support small businesses this time of year!
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Out of Many People
4 months ago
✨️We’re thrilled to welcome multi-award-winning illustrator and author DAPO ADEOLA
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
to LIKKLE LIT FEST children’s festival of Black literature 🎟Ticket release: loading soon!👀 A
#ROOTED
event staged in partnership with
@leedslibraries.bsky.social
#ACEsupported
#LikkleLitFest
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Aaay, didn’t even know this was out yet. 😊
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5 months ago
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Kirsten Allen (@kidsstoryworld)
5 months ago
#johnvernonlord
@stevenlenton.bsky.social
@dc-litchfield.bsky.social
@robbiddulph.bsky.social
#elliesnowdon
@sophyhenn.bsky.social
@mrsteveantony.bsky.social
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Mrs Gillespie P3
5 months ago
Lots of learning & fun today with
#BookWeekScotland
📚. - Travelling Assembly presented by P7’s ✅ - Book quiz ✅ - Live Lesson with
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
✅ - Sketching a book character ✅ Well done P3 & thank you P7s!
#antoliteracy
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
@mrstoddp7.bsky.social
👫🙌👫
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Thought Bubble Festival
6 months ago
Thought Bubble Festival starts today! A week-long celebration of comics held across Yorkshire! With social events, workshops, talks, and loads of comic goodness for you to enjoy. See the full programme of events here:
www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/festivalprog...
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Ellie the Brewmaster 🪓🍺
6 months ago
The issue is that we've normalized greed and marginalized caring for others. That's it.
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AJB
6 months ago
some Terror of Mechagodzilla for Goji day
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Patrick Ness
6 months ago
Every time she comes up, I remind you all that Pamela Paul killed a pro trans paragraph in a review I wrote for the New York Times, lied about it in the press, then when I confronted her with receipts, said “Let’s keep this to ourselves.”
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Had a little time zone mix up so we’ve moved this to 7:30 pm. Soz for any inconvenience. 😮💨
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This was proper spiritual. 😮💨🥹😭
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Give a Book
6 months ago
This Black History Month, we’re celebrating books by Black British authors, favourites in our reading projects. These books reach: ✨ Prison reading groups ✨ Books in the Nick & Books for First Nighters ✨ Family Days ✨ Raising Readers
@kitdewaal.com
@malorieblackman.bsky.social
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
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Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚
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Rikin Parekh (Mr Rik)
6 months ago
Twice in one day I've seen authors promote their books (on TV and Socials) and not mention the Illustrator. We're all magicians trying to create magic.
#PleaseRememberYourIllustrator
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Join myself and the insanely talented Matthew Forsythe in convo this October 28th at 7pm (gmt). 🤩 We’ll be talking about his journey from comics to animation to absolutely epic children’s books. It’s gonna be a vibe, be sure to get your drinks and snacks ready and put the date in your diary. ☺️
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Mark Bradley
7 months ago
I’m super excited to be on
@streakofpith.bsky.social
’s panel giving an early preview of the findings from the 2025 UK Comic Creator’s Survey, alongside the amazing
@pondi.bsky.social
&
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
, on Sunday at 13:30! I can’t wait to discuss this!
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Faye Stacey
7 months ago
So excited to join
@streakofpith.bsky.social
@markbradley.bsky.social
and
@dapsdraws.bsky.social
to talk about the current industry landscape! Can’t promise I won’t go on a rant either 😘
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This is music to my ears, and it’s gonna be a feast for my eyeballs too. 🥹
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Joanne Harris
7 months ago
Why? Because your readers do. The literary world is full of people wanting to write children’s books, who haven’t looked at a children’s book since the 60s. Or people who want the sales associated with romantasy (or cosy crime, or sci-fi), but don’t actually know the genre, or want to read any.
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Joanne Harris
7 months ago
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1579: If you’re going to write in any genre (children’s fiction, SFF, romance, etc), you need to read EXTENSIVELY in that genre. You need to read current authors in the genre. You need to know what’s been done; what tropes exist; how the genre has changed.
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I need more artists and creatives to clock this for what it is and stop self identifying with this DEAD trope. It’s bad enough the rest of the world upholds this narrative, you don’t have to willingly do it to yourself.
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This is the reason why you won’t be able to reach me today! 😮💨
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Dashawn
7 months ago
testing
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I laughed a bit too hard at this 😅😭
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Dashawn
over 1 year ago
Coming soon!
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Dashawn
over 1 year ago
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Chase Mitchell
7 months ago
“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives
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