This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

This is such an amazing team of creatives who are at the heart of our local community. Please support them to get their work on screen 😀

Joy's Place - Creative TV for Creative Families www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/joys-place...

I like this one a little better. #notoai #antiartificialintelligence #aintnothingliketherealthing #kidlitillustration #kidlitart

Watercolour painting of a person happily snuggling a huge snake-like creature that's partially wrapped around tyngden. The person has short brown hair and is wearing a loose white shirt tucked into brown shorts, as well as brown boots. The snake creatures shifts in tones of blue and purple and has branch-like antlers and a tail that also ends in branches. Pink and purple flowers and buds grow on the branches and all over the snake's body

Noodle 🌸

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. - Jane Goodall

You might say it’s still too early to think about Christmas shopping, which I think means it’s time to get looking for a Halloween book! - Michael

Just finished Jude Rossell's Midwatch. Wow! That is a middle grade book done well! So much fun. Grab it if you see it for your favourite 9-13 year old. Loved it.

picture of a cat wearing a witch hat and a red dress dancing with a pumpkin-headed guy in front of the full moon

midnight dance 🌜🌟

#art #cuteart

Not an expert in the field but I suspect teachers and schools already KNOW which students are struggling with reading. What they need are solutions. Such as funding for libraries with librarians.

Illustration of little mice surrounding a soup pot making soup! The text reads “do not disturb.. I’m busy making soup”

It’s soup season!
#art

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

started work on my comic for sbcf '25. medieval fantasy romance again... it's about ghosts haunting two weird™️ girls who work among the mass of ladies-in-waiting to an unseen princess. one of them may be psychic and the other one is definitely cursed

Watercolor painting of knight on black background knight is clad in autunum collord with cold steel scales, head of deamons as shoulderpad, autumn leaves as decoration with pumking head. Knight is holding scythe and axe and shield with sun and moon holding skelleton

Happy first day of autunm everybody! 🍁🎃!
#autumn #fall #pumpkin

An illustration of an old truck in the woods filled with pumpkins, with a pumpkin frog, several ghost frogs, and ravens about

welcome autumn! 🍂 🎃

Illustration of a little dog playing the violin on a rock next to a lake.

Concentration is key 🎻

#kidlitart #cuteart #kidlit

Valley view.

How working with an editor changed A.M. Dassu's approach to her writing YouTube video by The Curious Cat Bookshop

New podcast up! I interviewed my author, A.M. Dassu, about her wonderful books about kids who stand up for themselves and each other, kids who go through really awful experiences and come out the other end resilient and possibly even hopeful--these are just some beautiful books.

blazesong

#blazethecat #art

Comics creator pros! Vote for your favorite OGN in the 2025 Ringo Awards!

ringoawards.com

#ringoawards #ringoawards2025 #baltimorecomiccon

breezy day

Book? Buy book? Then Mark have money? And make MORE book?

A frog jumping with its eyes shut and the word “magical” written underneath with rainbow text. There are colorful stars all around

Frog sticker number two!

#frog #cuteart

fanart of Jubilee from the X-Men, roller blading, wearing jean shorts, pink bra underneath a transparent yellow crop top with stars on it, vibrant pink roller blades, pale yellow socks, yellow nail polish, her classic pink shades

jubilee ✨

Black poster with white text advertising three days until our next social on Tuesday 22nd August 7-9pm, Goose & Badger, Café &Bar. Pride flag banner in top left corner, and Pride coloured ammonite in bottom right corner with the words Jurassic Pride winding around it. Multicoloured spacers across the page going from blue to pink, and orange to green.

It's just 3 days until our next Queer Social! My does time fly. Come join us in Goose & Badger for a cuppa, pint, whatever and a blether this Tuesday. #QueerDorset #QueerSocials #Bridport

Dark grey poster with white text for Jurassic Pride's Monthly Queer Social, August Edition at 7-9pm on the 19th August 2025 in Goose & Badger on South Street Bridport. Poster contains a pride flag coloured ammonite on it along with an intersex progress pride flag overlain cliffs.

Ahoj there! We hope you've all been enjoying your summers so far. We're looking forward to our next social on Tuesday 19th August at Goose & Badger. Come join us from 7-9pm for a blether, laughs and your beverage of choice! We look forward to seeing you there! #QueerDorset #Bridport #LGBTQIASocials

Enamel pin in the shape of an ammonite with sections in progress pride colours. Pin sits on a purple gradient background.

I dusted out my 15 year old camera to take a third go at photographing our ammonite pins, anyway, I think I just about succeeded, do you agree? You can buy our pins, and patches in our online shop jurassicpride.sumupstore.com

Absolutely thrilled to reveal the cover for FLEMBER book five
💛THE GOLDEN HEART💛
publishing this November by DFB (@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social)
as we relaunch the whole series with brand new covers!
🤩 Available to preorder now (links below)!

The Caller

The front covers of Zak Monroe is Not My Friend, The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh, A History of My Weird, Go Big, New Kid, Being Miss Nobody and The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks, plus the words: "Books about starting secondary school"

The move to secondary school can be a really exciting time - but a bit nervewracking too.

Books can help children to process these emotions, so we asked Zak Monroe is (Not) My Friend author @simonpackham.bsky.social to recommend some to try:

www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...