Children's drawings of Leonora Bolt characters and inventions

Thanks to the brilliant pupils at Ghyllgrove Primary School for these fabulous #LeonoraBolt pictures & inventions. Happy World Book Day! ⚒️🦦📚

Baroness Kidron calls for justice in her foreword to our ‘Brave New World?’ report on GenAI

Stand up for creators and write to your MP today - you'll find a link to the report, and how to write to your MP ihttps://buff.ly/HLhczJy

#JusticeForCreators

Late to the party. Here's my #cartoonistsforg4za contribution

Please share this fundraiser far and wide; help us to raise much-needed funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians. If you have any questions, please do get in touch with the email on our website.

2,300 crochet squares - each representing ten children killed in Gaza. Created by Craftivism for Palestine and hosted by the Bloody Sunday Trust, the Gaza Quilt will be displayed on the banking in the Bogside, Derry, 29 July, 1-3pm.

Stand with us in remembrance, resistance, and hope for Palestine.

As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.

Please share and support if you’re able :)

www.bookbanks.co.uk

Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing

SoA day of action following allegations of Meta’s mass theft of authors’ work  – The Society of Authors On Thursday 20 March, The Atlantic broke the story of how Meta has used the Library Genesis (LIbGen) dataset, which is full of pirated material, to develop their AI systems.

On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇

societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

Cover illustration for Wild Magic with twins Misha & Ziggy in a jungle surrounded by bright animals and with a silhouette of a mysterious Black Lion.

We've loved this brilliant new series for younger readers from Abiola Bello! Wild Magic is out now and packed with fun, adventure & plenty of animal magic ✨

Glorious illustrations by Emma McCann too. Thanks to @simonandschuster.bsky.social 📚🎉

LIVE EVENT
⏰ 11AM today!
Join us for an exciting #WorldBookDay BBC Live Lesson with @bbc_teach with World Book Day author Joseph Coelho, this session will encourage 7-11 year-olds to read for fun.

Find out more - buff.ly/2ZHbSMs

Read It Forward is GO!

Buy ANY children’s book via Bookshop.org during February and we’ll donate 10% of the sale to the leading children’s reading charities, @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚 Every sale supports independent bookshops 📚 bit.ly/RIFEB25

Once more, but with make up.

PEOPLE LIKE STARS, my new middle grade contemporary mystery is out today.

Three young people.
A stolen baby.
A family secret.
A grumpy tattooed woman of a certain age who definitely bears absolutely no resemblance to anyone I know. Or am.

Cover #michellebrackenborough

Ahh this is fantastic news, Tasha!! 🙌🏻

The cover of Unicorns in Uniforms in front of a colourful bookshelf.

We've totally loved this magical & mischievous new chapter book series from @writercornish.bsky.social & @uclanpublishing.bsky.social!

Unicorns in Uniforms (Dragon Inferno) is out 6th Feb, stunning artwork by Steve Wood 🦄💥🔥

Gollancz snaps up three-book deal from Finn Longman in six-figure pre-empt Gollancz has snapped up The Wolf and His King, a "luscious" queer medieval retelling, as part of a six-figure pre-empt for three books from medievalist Finn Longman.

Just slipping in before the end of LGBTQ+ History Month with NEWS, HUGE NEWS, news I have been sitting on since May last year -- which is that I HAVE 3 ADULT FANTASY BOOKS COMING and they're weird and queer and medieval!

www.thebookseller.com/rights/golla...

Letters from school pupils about Leonora Bolt books

Selfie with pupils letters & books in office

Thanks to Cedar & Rowan classes at Keep Hatch Primary for all these fantastic Leonora Bolt letters, I read and treasure every single one ❤️📚🛠️

Orange, pink and red sunrise above Brighton rooftops

Beautiful #Brighton sunrise today ✨🧡

Black and white cat staring into space

Deep in thought.... 🐈‍⬛❤️

Can't wait to meet all the budding comic writers and octopus fans in #Crawley this Saturday!!

*Saturday 11th Nov, 11:30am, @waterstones.bsky.social Crawley*

If you're anywhere nearby, please drop in and say hi! Most suitable for age 6-12!

To celebrate the publication of #LibbyandtheManhattanMystery
in 2 months, I'm running a giveaway over on Instagram. You can win a signed & dedicated copy of #LibbyAndTheHighlandHeist & a Jellycat snowball.
www.instagram.com/p/CzLtrVyqgc...

Text for this header image reads: "Updated Nov/2023: Starter Thread for Bluesky newbies, by Debbie Ridpath Ohi (@DebbieOhi). Illustration shows figure holding up pointer in one hand, hugging a book in the other hand. A small pink heart float's above the smiling face.

(*Updated Nov/2023*) Do you know a kidlit/YA person new to Bluesky? Here are starting resources that might help, pls see full thread 👇🏼

My take on social media
Quick tips + templates
My Bluesky how-to videos
KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky
Kate Messner's KidLit Community list

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Selfie at my desk holding four books & taking part in a virtual author visit.

I love doing virtual author visits and this week Leonora Bolt and I set sail from Old Crabby Island to Wells Primary School. So many great questions from the book clubbers about writing inspiration & how to create artwork like Gladys Jose ❤️📚😃🛠️

I'm completely thrilled that The Book of Secrets has been nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing! Massive thank you to all the librarians who have read and recommended the book - we kidlit authors would be lost without you! 💚📗 #YotoCarnegies24

Congratulations!! 🥳🎉

Stormy blue skies and white seas along the promenade in Hove

A bit late to the party, but here's my first Bluesky post of post-storm blue skies in #Brighton. Love this beautiful light on the sea 💙🌊

Just working it all out - nice to be over here!