It's Friday! A difficult week has ended calmy and happily.... oh and I decided what I'm writing is not so bad after all 😉

Waving at you from the coast across the water! 😁👋

My son received more of the brilliant Alex Rider!

A bouncer! Not sure I’d be much use 😅

El Cuento Fantasma/ The Invisible Story: on translating and inclusive books YouTube video by Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing

Listen to translator Daniel Hahn discussing the project of bringing THE INVISIBLE STORY to English language readers for @lantanapub.bsky.social youtu.be/H1-In-IKdvQ?...

Businesses have been paying for quick, bad translations for a few years now. The price /word has been driven so low.
As a result, the bar in terms of acceptable quality is low too. Who cares if it makes sense?

And AI exacerbates it.
Quality and accuracy are no longer aims.
It’s speed and money.

The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.

Sobering but hopeful…

www.wired.com/story/genera...

Thank you @catherinebruton.bsky.social - so lovely to hear you enjoyed it ❤️🍩

Sowing Seeds: Why Writing is Like Gardening | The Blog | The Novelry Writing a novel is like growing a garden: as the author, you plan, prepare, plant, nourish, water, and care for your story. The result? A beautiful book in bloom!

Writing is like gardening. Both require patience, care, and faith that growth takes time. Lovely insights from The Novelry
www.thenovelry.com/blog/why-wri...
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #Creativity #Storytelling

Politicians wringing their hands over why teachers are leaving the profession. The truth is, we'd get more people staying in teaching if our various Governments understood that the real purpose of education is *not* to build a compliant workforce, but a society of well-rounded individuals...

A wonderful article.

The semicolon had its moment; that moment is over The decline of the semicolon reflects a deeper cultural and intellectual laziness. We need to rediscover the power of punctuation.

My piece in defence of the semi-colon: www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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...

🏆I have created a new children’s Podcast My Words, My Book in Partnership with @tapestry.info & The Quick Brown Fox Video Production.

💻Please see the news section on my website for the full Press Release: www.laurahenryallain.com/news/new-pod...

#KidlitUK

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I’m so pleased with my ‘new’ old car that has a CD player! Wonderful to drive and singalong to all my faves!! So glad I kept them.

I remember hearing the authors talk about this at a SCBWI conference a few years ago, absolutely vital discussion. Thanks for sharing.

Honoured to have had an early read of this incredibly important book and be quoted on the cover.

It’s a comprehensive exploration of representation in British children’s literature and the industry around it. It’s important and vital for anyone working in or with children’s books. /1

just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.

READING ALOUD CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER! Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to help them find the love of books, and become lifelong readers. So whatever else you do, always find the time to read aloud – and the more you do, the better! #literacy #reading #books

May this ceasefire be honoured. May the peace be lasting. May there be justice. Thinking of all those who are grieving, all those looking to the future. May that future bring joy.

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

Ooh! I can imagine a lot of people are waiting for this! Wonderful 😁

What’s been your favourite YA from 2024?
📖 Us in the Before and After
📖 The List
📖 Let’s Split Up
📖 The Love Dare
📖 Northern Soul
📖 Lie or Die
📖 The Traitor in the Game
📖 Officially Losing It
📖 Different for Boys @patricknessbooks.bsky.social
📖 Catch Your Death @ravenaguron.bsky.social

Children are in a constant state of change, physically and psychologically, as they mature. It must be absolutely exhausting! Some children face even greater challenges in a society that may be less than welcoming. www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

Well, you have to start somewhere - so let's share our new logo!

Book lovers everywhere, follow and share us as we start a journey of bookish adventure!

#canterburykidslitfest coming to #canterbury in July 2025!

We close for entries to our kids’ prize in exactly one month’s time on 1st January 2025 so do enter your work if you are writing for children! Thats only 30 days to go.

www.cheshirenovelprizekids.com

Just joining this new party! Glad to be here!