The more I think about this, the more I wish it was more inclusive. I know where it comes from, but there are young YA books and chapter books and picture books of astounding brilliance. If Shaun Tan or Helen Oxenbury can’t win it, can you really call it Best Children’s book? A good step, but…
100% — it’s a great idea but falls short somehow and it’s a shame
Abie Longstaff Substack
I've started a Substack.
It's called Publishing Peptalk and it's a space to share complaints, industry knowledge, gossip - and to buoy ourselves up.
It looks like this.. and it's here
abielongstaff.substack.com
Thank you x
Hey, Zoey has had a facelift. New title, new jacket, same words. ARE YOU AWAKE? out July 3rd in all good bookshops 😘 #areyouawake
We are delighted that Bloomsbury #author @sarahcrossan.bsky.social is on the 10 strong shortlist for the #YA Book Prize for her novel 'Where The Heart Should Be'. Congratulations Sarah!
You can find more info on the full shortlist here: www.thebookseller.com/awards/the-y...
Letter. Please follow the link if this isn't legible
My letter to the @theguardian.com on the META theft of our work. Will be in the physical paper tomorrow.
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I've just finished the beautiful "Where the heart should be" by @sarahcrossan.bsky.social. Thank you @lyndajgraham.bsky.social for the recommendation. I'm going to share this one with my mum. 🇮🇪
Glad you liked it x
SCAREDY CAT, the fourth title in the Bigg School series is out TODAY! This time the year 7s of Henry Bigg Academy are off on a residential trip. Can secret ‘scaredy cat’ Ajay get through the three days unscathed? As always, my words are brilliantly brought to life by Jess’s hilarious illustrations.
Congratulations! 🥳
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! My first adult novel since the Obama administration. A love story of two men over different genres and time periods, as one refuses to accept the ending the author has written. It’s called MERIDIAN. Out early 2027. Terrible pic of me.
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⭐️MORNING WONDERS⭐️
Well, it’s book birthday EVE and I am super excited to be out and about with the marv @papercatbookshop.bsky.social to celebrate! I am super excited about this book and I really, REALLY hope you like it too…
cover of WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE shows a girl standing on a rock with the silhouette of a person standing inside the silhouette of a door to a large house in the distance with swirling blue/green/black/yellow in the sky
Just read WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE by @sarahcrossan.bsky.social, a YA historical fiction novel in verse set during the Great Famine in Ireland. Heartbreaking time period, lovely writing, important ideas, beautiful story.
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Thank you x
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Sadly, another year when @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social reads the list of women killed by men. Tragic BUT Jess now taking real tangible actions to reduce this number. No one has more passion for this challenge.
Brilliant. Well done Morven 💕 💕
Here it is ... coming soon!!!
What is it?
It's 'big, gorgeous, heartwarming' says The Bookseller.
It's the first thing I've written about the thing I do ... making movies.
It's .... very much available to pre-order
It's ...
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID will lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired Finn’s Epic Fails, a new middle-grade comedy series from bestselling, multi-award-winning author Phil Earle 👇
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So next time someone tells you these things learn like humans, either they're lying or, like generative 'AI', they don't understand human beings. 20/20
So when someone says feeding this tech the work of all the artists on the web is just like an artist learning from other artists, either they’re trying to deceive you or they don’t understand the technology they’re such huge fans of. No artist ever just scans in content and spews out a remix. 17/
There's been a lot of love for the delicious cover of my new novel #WorldOfWanda, and that's ALL thanks to illustrator #StephanieJadeHowe. Stephanie really captured the chaotic interior world of Wanda... 😍
#ADHD #backpacking #homesickness #secretfamilies
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All of which to say is thank you for the support. I felt sad about leaving my perch in a global news org but now I'm energised by the challenge ahead & the chance to respond to this extraordinary crisis with something new. Join me! THANK YOU 🙏
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Wow! Good stuff 😊
Over at the YouTube channel, Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen, we've just reached 149 million views. Here are the latest stats:
812K subscribers
564 videos
149,020,414 views
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
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The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable.
Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
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⭐️WOOOO HOOOO!⭐️
I am SO excited to be heading back to @guernseylitfest.bsky.social for not one but TWO EVENTS! Come and take a trip to HAPPY HILLS or meet the Ghosties from my brand new picture book I HATE EVERYTHING! Or both?!