Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Signe Rudoviča @signeru.bsky.social Sharing Sensory Stories Project manager @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Love and live Edinburgh 💙
#ReadingForPleasure I read everything from picture books to YA! Interested in Additional Support Needs, education, language/s, literacy, &pugs
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
Author Gabrielle J Miller @gabthewriter.bsky.social ✍️Writer 📚 reader 💙 mother 📝 geek 🖋️ heathen 🌈 ally ⏰ advocate 🌶️
My books on Amazon:
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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social Novelist. Poet. Reader.
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Substack: Clare’s Poetry Circle
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social Creating conversation & opening children's minds to a larger world since 1995 🌎📖💡
📘 Picture books
📕 Fiction, nonfiction, & YA
📗 Award winners
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thealternative.social @creatinganewworld.bsky.social I created a social network in which 50% of the profits will be given to homeless charities. The social network is www.thealternative.social Please join and invite people to it.
Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social Author of How To Be Free, How To Be Brave & How To Be True. I also research school stories, juvenilia, and girlhood in children's literature.
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Tyler Cook @tylercookbooks.bsky.social M.Ed., Ed.S. Moonshine Press publisher & author. Education professional. 🏳️🌈 Check out my website at www.tylermcook.com.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Margaret Pemberton @booklib61.bsky.social Children’s librarian, reviewer and blogger. Past chair of Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards. Love crafts, reading and art.
ComicScene @comicscene.bsky.social News and features supporting small press, indie and comics from the UK and beyond. Follow the ComicScene Culture Review on substack https://open.substack.com/pub/comicscene
Ruth Doyle @ruthdoyle.bsky.social I’m a published writer living in England & I run @minisanctuary.bsky.social with my daughter. Nature, wildlife & animals are always my inspiration. Please check out my books in our Etsy shop:
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
Paula Harrison @paulabooks.bsky.social Bestselling children’s author with books in 30+ languages. Video series Paula Grows Authors on YouTube. Kitty series (OUP) Fairytale Ninjas (HarperCollins) The Rescue Princesses (Nosy Crow) and more! Repped by Jodie Hodges.
JK Scot @jakey-scot.bsky.social I still owe strangers now long dead for food they’ve shared & words they’ve said.
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Pep Neves @pepneves.bsky.social
Dad 😍 | Children's Book Illustrator | Educational Illustrator specializing in Early Childhood Education through High School and Teaching English as a Foreign Language 🤩 | Represented by Milan Illustration Agency 😉
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Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social Book reviews of picture books, chapter books, MG, YA and non-fiction. 📚📚📚
Delighted to take part in blog tours and spread the word about great books for children and young adults!
Find our reviews and more at www.mybookcorner.co.uk
Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social Past Carnegie Medals Judge for NI (2016,2017,2022,2023)& Kids’ Lit Quiz NI heat Co-ord (2006-2019) & Creative Book Blogger at https://goodnighttoread.wordpress.com/ Book Reviewer,Interviewer & Sch Librarian.YLG Nat Comm.Love writing book & nature haikus.
Jo Bowers @jobowers.bsky.social Children’s Book Reviews Editor for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social Book Reviewer, Children’s Literature, Reading for Pleasure, Reading, Books.
Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social 🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
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Brummie
Jim Beckett @jimbeckett.bsky.social BUZZ SAUSAGE WOLF out now! 🐾📚
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@cwality.bsky.social @cwality.bsky.social 
Terrie Chilvers @cowfishdreams.bsky.social Children's Author ⭐ MICHAEL THE AMAZING MIND-READING SAUSAGE DOG, illustrated by @mrtimdraws ⭐ KOALAS IN CAPES! illustrated by David O'Connell ⭐SNAILS OF THE UNEPECTED illusted by Brenda Figueroa
Website: terriechilvers.com
Alan Bundock @izombieeu.bsky.social A lucky man wandering through life one day at a time. RPGs, boardgames and minis keep me out of trouble. (he/him). Avatar is a toy token by @Azzyfree and banner is from @dungeonbaker1
UK, Leicestershire
Reading in the Middle @readinginthemiddle.bsky.social Annisha Jeffries, a librarian and advocate for children's literature, hosts Reading in the Middle, where each episode delves into the fascinating realm of middle-grade books.
Inspired Selection @inspiredselection.bsky.social Publishing’s No 1 Recruitment Hub! The page to follow for dream publishing jobs, industry insights, events and office dogs!
Your next chapter starts here!
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Terry Minor Art @terryminorart.bsky.social Published children’s book illustrator
TerryMinorArt.com
BooksForOurChildren @booksforourkids.bsky.social a parent's eye-view of children's literature
www.booksforourchildren.com
Karen McCombie @karenmccombie.bsky.social Children's Author.
Somewhat Scottish, London based, owned by a Westie, crisp fan, she/her.
Oh, and "one of children’s fiction’s most accomplished authors"
according to @Waterstones.
Agent: jhare@theagency.co.uk / Events: @AuthorsAloudUK
Hive.co.uk @hivestores.bsky.social Online store supporting local independent bookshops with each purchase 📚
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Julie Sargent @juliesargent.bsky.social Independent Primary English Consultant based in Oxfordshire. Co-author of Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English: Pitching high and including all.
www.innovateducation.co.uk
Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social Author of crime for kids.
#KidnapatMidnight a Malory Towers Mystery out in September with Hachette
West Country UK
- she/her.
#kidlituk
@AgentKateShaw.bsky.social
Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase, one of the founders of Walker Books, the Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children.
Niyla Farook @niylafarook.bsky.social Multi-award-winning author / currently unagented
MURÐER FOR TWO @piccadilly.press
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🎤 RIDA AND MADIYA @bloomsburychildrens
she/her | mainly on IG
KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
Jo Cummins @booksuperhero2.bsky.social ⭐️Primary advisory teacher
⭐️Children's book blogger
⭐️Former English lead
⭐️Workshop provider
⭐️Awards judge
⭐️Resource creator
😀Children's mental health advocate
www.LibraryGirlAndBookBoy.com
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
Bev Humphrey @libwithattitude65.bsky.social UK literacy, reading & digital media consultant, Canvassador, book dragon & Christmas freak