Rob Walton @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/
www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk
“playful, zingy and warm”.
Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages.
@robwaltonwriter on other places.
Sarah Lodge @sarahjlodge.bsky.social Illustrator and printmaker
Children’s Bookseller
London, UK
sarahlodge.com
Vincent X. Kirsch @vincentxkirsch.bsky.social Author/Artist/Playwright… known for my award-winning picture books. Living in California. www.vincentxkirsch.com
Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Andrew Hacket @andrewchacket.bsky.social Picture book author & elementary educator
Up next:
IN THIS CLASSROOM (Spring 2026)
SQUIRREL & TURTLE: THIS BOOK HAS BIG WORDS (Fall 2027)
https://t.co/YSBfW8Jq3
Philippa Leathley @prleathley.bsky.social Author of INKBOUND, publishing January 2025 with HarperCollins. Represented by Hannah Sheppard at HS-LA
JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social JCSP Demonstration Library Project. School library project supporting literacy and learning in Irish schools.
Info@jcsplibraries.ie
jcsplibraries.com
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social Celebrating books for children and teens since 2006.
https://linktr.ee/CybilsAwards
Michelle Robinson @micherobinson.bsky.social Picture book author. Books include
How To Wash a Woolly Mammoth 🦣
Ten Fat Sausages 🌭
Goodnight Tractor 🚜
Brit in Canada. She/her. www.michellerobinson.co.uk
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
@deedot11.bsky.social @deedot11.bsky.social 
Picture Books Productions @picture-books.bsky.social The value of a comic is not determined by where its supply and demand curves meet.
That just sets the price.
#indiecomics
Emma Reynard @reynardfox72.bsky.social Artist & Illustrator based in Derbyshire, UK
Likes Natural History, black and white films, explorers, sniffing books, and foggy forests.
Valéry Goulet - Illustration & Design @valerydesignwrks.bsky.social French Canadian Designer, Illustrator & Design Instructor located in Edmonton, AB, Canada.
https://www.valerydesignwrks.ca/links
Stephanie Cowburn @stephaniecowburn.bsky.social Artist, teacher and animal lover. Often found covered in dog hair.
Clair Sullivan @clairsullivan.bsky.social Artist & Illustrator living in Greater Manchester, UK
- looking for representation 🔭🖐
clairsullivan.co.uk
Gerald Kelley // aka EG Keller @geraldkelley.bsky.social Jobbing illustrator ✍️ // open for work // Rep’d by Lori Nowicki @ Painted Words
Things 🖥️:: egkellerdraws.com/links
Annette Demetriou, 3 Little Buttons @3littlebuttonsblog.bsky.social - Children’s author
- WILD & Me, in the Middle (Owlet Press)
- Golden Egg Academy alumni 💛
- Blogging about London, family & books
www.3littlebuttons.com 📚
Hilary Hawkes - author @hilarymhawkes.bsky.social Children's author. Writing picture books and Middle Grade. Repd for foreign rights by Wellread and Boekenreis. Also lover of nature, gardens, mugs of tea and peaceful places. GEA, Scattered Authors, CWIG
Dylan Teut @dylan-teut.bsky.social K-5 Music Educator. Children's Literature Fanatic and Enthusiast. PhD in Education: Reading Assessment & Intervention. Husband. Uncle. Rotarian. Kiwanian. Organist. Local Dolly Parton Imagination Library Director. Adjunct Children's Literature Prof.
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify
- Find our podcast on YouTube and Buzzsprout 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Emerald Create @emeraldcreate.bsky.social 💚 Brand World Design & Story Strategy for Kids & Family IP | Multisensory Worlds shaped by √EC⁺∞ EurekaSenses™
Brian Frederick @brianfredauthor.bsky.social Haigh a chairde! Siggy the Sausage Dog series coming soon @tinytreebooks.bsky.social
Dreamer and Seeker of Kindness.
#siggythesausagedog
PEACE✌️☮️ #mufc #Gaeilge #kidlit #ADHD #GráMór
Live Bristol, from Belfast. Sláinte💜 www.brianfrederickauthor.com
Leonie Roberts @leonieroberts.bsky.social Children's Author and EYFS Teacher.
Books 📚 Dogs🐕 Gardening 🌸 Cake 🎂
Seeking representation 👋
Debut book, "My Colourful Chameleon" 🦎
zy @zyflyyy.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@zyflyyy?si=PJV1oziqI4vL5n4e
artist🧑🏾🎨🎨
he/him
21
PA📍
♏️
Tim Hannan @timhannan.bsky.social New Yorker. Anti-fascist.
https://x.com/timhannan
Willy Brauner @willybrauner.com Front-end developer, driven by design.
Former lead front-end @ cher-ami.tv.
Musician, drummer.
Based in Lyon, France.
Freelancer
↳ https://willybrauner.com
↳ https://github.com/willybrauner
cdi_lva @cdi-lva.bsky.social Compte officiel du CDI du Lycée Vincent Auriol, Revel, France. Conseils & suggestions lecture, culture, ressources...
Le CDI ne suit pas les élèves.
Josh Adams @joshadams.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winning comic artist/AD with Business Insider. Doing my own thing now. Son of the late Neal Adams. Way cool.
Booking: josh@whatwouldjoshdo.com
Website: www.whatwouldjoshdo.com
Children’s Bookshelf @childrensbookshelf.bsky.social Small collective of passionate teachers promoting literacy and a love for books. In support of Authors, Teachers and Parents bringing the magic of reading to our youth.
📖For a book review send us a message here!
https://www.cbookshelf.com
Sharon Hopwood @sharonhopwood.bsky.social Children’s author. Award Winning Martial arts & anti-bullying coach. Debut picture book LITTLE MOUSE IS ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY, TOTALLY FINE!
Rep: Becky Bagnell
Insta: @sharonhopwood_author
Arena Illustration @arenaillustration.bsky.social Arena Illustration has become a well-respected go-to agency for the country's most talented creatives. Home to an enviable and carefully crafted list of illustrators alongside an interstellar cast of award-winners and best-sellers.
Children's Books North Network @cbnnetwork.bsky.social Children’s Books North Network connects and supports published children’s writers, illustrators and publishing professionals living in the North and Scotland.
Co-leads Emma Layfield, Beatrice Cross & Bethany Sparks
www.linktr.ee/childrensbooksnorth
Primary Nonfiction Book Club @primarynonfiction.bsky.social Championing high-quality writing, illustration and design of children's nonfiction.
If you have a passion for children's nonfiction, join the conversation.
Exciting news to come.
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
comedianww @comedianww.bsky.social https://t.crdtg2.com/331727/5165?aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Only Picture Books @onlypicturebooks.bsky.social OPB is where picture books, authors, and illustrators go to thrive. Writers, readers, and PB fans of all ages--be part of the weekly rumpus! www.OnlyPictureBooks.com
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
Bonnie Adamson @bonnieadamson.com Illustrator; writer of various things;
former #SCBWI IC and ARA; #pbparty26 Illustration Showcase;
co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P;
art and books at bonnieadamson.com
Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com Author/illustrator of humorous stories for kids.
https://briankirbystudio.com
SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster
Represented by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at
@Bradfordagents.bsky.social
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Sep 24, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Sep topic - Back To School
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Canazin @canazin.bsky.social Imperfectly perfect Woman. Fuelled by insulin & righteous indignation. Despise Brexit, Farage & Trump. Left leaning thanks to 14 years of Tory corruption.
Immigrant in EU #Rejoiner #FBPE
Unsolicited DMs or asking for money, will be ignored or blocked 🚫
Elizabeth Tracy @drliztracy.bsky.social Science Journalist | Children’s Author | MYSTERY DRIVER (@candlewickpress 2025)| Rep'd by Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary
Bruna De Luca @brunadeluca.bsky.social Teen fiction author | LIVIA IN ROME | EVIE IN VENICE (July ‘26) @chickenhousebooks
🏴🇮🇹Scotalian
❤️ in my romance era
The Book Sniffer @thebooksniffer.bsky.social Reviewer, working in publishing, illustrator, PR and Marketing - picture books, graphic novels, comics and illustrated fiction. Rocket Bird Books, WRD Magazine, SHELF magazine
Pippa Goodhart @pippagoodhart.bsky.social Children’s author - You Choose picture books, and many more.
iancul @iancul.bsky.social Graphic artist — inform, delight, inspire — more projects and details on http://iancul.com
Tristen Grant @tristengrant.com I draw a webcomic called Cat and Bot and make electronic music. Quietly living in a small town in Manitoba, Canada. He/Him
Anti-AI/NFT/Crypto.
https://tristengrant.com
https://catandbotcomic.com
AJ Smith @ajsmith.bsky.social author / illustrator repped by @casahasegawa.bsky.social. CATNIP MOUSE hits stores 10/7: https://bookshop.org/p/books/catnip-mouse-a-j-smith/22297249?ean=9781525313530&next=t
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Anna Raff @annaraff.bsky.social Illustrator, educator, curious New Yorker. Rep’d by Wernick & Pratt. Books include:
🥳 PARTY ANIMALS, Disney-Hyperion
🚀 THE DAY THE UNIVERSE EXPLODED MY HEAD, Candlewick
🦘 IF I WERE A KANGAROO, Viking
https://linktr.ee/annaraff
Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
https://stejdesigns.wixsite.com/mysite
https://www.advocate-art.com/steve-james
Tommy Doyle @tommydoyle.bsky.social Canadian Kidlit Illustrator
Available for work
Rep by @lemonadeillustrationagency
🏳️🌈✌️- 🚫AI
Sarah Chapman-Suire @herculine-poirotte.bsky.social Book Designer, lover, sniffer.
Mike Petrik @mikepetrik.bsky.social Author and illustrator of books for kids!
One Cool Duck 4, Camp Out! Out now from Hippo Park and Astra Pub.
Currently seeking representation.
https://linktr.ee/mikepetrik
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
Ian Cunliffe @iancunliffe.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator, designer and printmaker.
Fred Blunt @fredblunt.bsky.social Picture Book illustrator/author
Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Moby-Dick podcast:
🐳 @thewhale1851.bsky.social
Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Buildner @buildner.bsky.social The world's leading #architecturecompetition organiser // buildner.com
#Architecture #Competition #Buildner
Eileen Kai Hing Kwan 🦇 @whereiseileen.bsky.social • Illustrator • Owner of The Little Mandarin in East London •
http://eileenkaihingkwan.co.uk
eileenkhkwan@hotmail.com
🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator and Art Director
represented by UsFolk and MA World Group
Let’s make something cool
They/Them ☭
📧sonnyrossillustration@gmail.com
https://www.sonnyross.com
Dan Berry inexplicably @thingsbydan.co.uk Unlikely pen manufacturer, draws comics, helps people make stuff, makes the Make It Then Tell Everybody podcast. Low effort social media presence.
shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social Illustrator & comic maker
Author of Ignatz award winning webcomic BUUZA!! & artist on Eisner & Harvey nom SAVING SUNSHINE 🌸 First Second / Hachette / Simon & Schuster/ PRH / Abrams / Bloomsbury
📍London, UK
🪷they/them
www.shazleenkhan.com
Adam Reed @hiadamreed.bsky.social I make toys and draw pictures
Meghan Lands @meghanlands.bsky.social She/Her - Comics, Storyboards, Kids illustration. Good head of hair.
Prev. WB, Nickelodeon, Penguinworks, Annick Press
https://linktr.ee/meghanlands
#sketchbook thread
Creative Boom @creativeboom.com The independent home of art & design 👀
www.creativeboom.com
ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social The innovative digital comics fair debuting all-new comics from independent artists around the world. Annually, October 1-31st.
http://shortboxcomicsfair.com
sbcomicsfair@gmail.com
carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social Carly A-F
Illustrator & author. no AI! Human idiocy only :-)
Portfolio: carlydraws.com
Freelance enquiries: carly@carlydraws.com
Kidlit Agent: Anna Olswanger anna@olswangerliterary.com
Newsletter, prints, all links:
http://linktr.ee/carlydraws
Mona Robles Corzo @monarobot.bsky.social Creature Designer and Concept Artist
www.monarobot.com
monarobot@icloud.com
Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social 🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
📚 Clients include Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins US, Beaming Books US & more.
📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
🌐 www.aishwaryatandon.com
Tristan Y. @trisketched.bsky.social 🇵🇭 | (he/they) Char/Prop Design + Illustration + Comics | ENG/FIL/日本語(勉強中)
----- @paperbeatsscissors.com 
Sam King @samcking.bsky.social Director | Storyboard Artist | Writer
Currently: Looking for Work
Prev: WB, CN, Disney TVA, Titmouse
Freelance Comic Writer for Blizzard’s Overwatch
Beekeeper 🐝
She/Her 🏳️🌈
https://www.sam-king.net
Pablo Leon @artsypabster.bsky.social Eisner nominated artist, author and filmmaker
📚Rep: Britt Siess
Film: Sam Goff
https://linktr.ee/artsypabster
Becky & Frank @beckyandfrank.com We make comics and cartoons and paintings! Becky was lead character designer on Steven Universe & Adventure Time! Frank wrote on Bee & Puppycat! Together we made Tiny Kitten Teeth, Tigerbuttah & Capture Creatures!
https://beckyandfrank.com
Chris Battle @chrisbattleart.bsky.social Animation character designer (Cartoon Network, Warner Bros, Disney, Nickelodeon, Marvel) • linktr.ee/chrisbattleart
Work/Freelance inquiries: cbillustration@gmail.com
Alleanna Harris @alleannaharris.bsky.social ✨ Picture book illustrator (she/her)
🖌️ Rep’d by Alex Gehringer at Bright Agency
📍 Philly made, Jersey raised
🌎 alleannaharris.com
Alexis May Lambert @lexlambs.bsky.social Prop/Char Designer - Available for Freelance
• Prev: WB, Nick, DW • RISD 18 • Opinions are my own • alexismaylambert@gmail.com • She/They •
🎨 https://alexismaylambert.myportfolio.com/
I made a guide on Prop Design: http://bit.ly/3osT3cY
✨Nsee @nsee.bsky.social 🇩🇯🇮🇳 • Paris 📍
Storyboarder/ illustrator/
Mostly doodles here
Open for work!
✨Prev: Titmouse/Ankama/ Gaumont
✉️asma.adenm@gmail.com
Jam Respicio @aspirinoverdose.bsky.social Storyboard artist/ Director⚡️
https://instagram.com/aspirinoverdose
Craig Knowles @knowlio.bsky.social Director of cartoons/Character Designer/Animator/Illustrator. Manchester UK.
Scott Vanden Bosch @scottvb.bsky.social Artist working in the animation industry. Currently Supervising Director on the Strange Chores.
youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@scottvb8225
insta - https://www.instagram.com/scottplop/
Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social Writes books, plays, comics, comedy, Doctor Who, plus children’s fiction for Bloomsbury as Mark Powers. Doctor Who novel “The Self-Made Man” out now. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455621/doctor-who-the-self-made-man-by-who-mark-griffiths-doctor/9781405
Sònia Albert @sonia-albert.bsky.social illustrator ✏✏ | somewhere near Barcelona
Rep. by Pickled Ink
✉sonalbert@gmail.com
http://instagram.com/sonialbert_
https://sonialbert.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/sonialbert
(she/her)
Mason London @masonlondon.bsky.social Art Director, illustrator, animator
masonlondon.com
Evan Palmer (nibuto) @evanpalmercomics.com Former Vis Dev at Netflix. Steve Urkel Saves Santa, Centaurworld, Glitch Techs, Pinky Malinky. He/Him.
Johnathan Edwards @jedwardsart.bsky.social Character Designer & Illustrator
Robin Carpenter @robino.bsky.social Artist, Game Dev, lv.100 content enjoyer.
tucker @tuckeryart.bsky.social art person
contact: tuckeryart@gmail.com
Exit 73 Games @exit73games.bsky.social EXIT 73 Games is an Animation/Game Studio, that focuses on visually compelling narratives, that blend cartoons and gaming.
Kyra Pescador @kyrartz.bsky.social Storyboard Artist on DC Superpowers
Previous: Nickelodeon, Titmouse, FlyingBark, Disney
Name pronounced as “kee•ra”
📍Hawaiʻi 🌺🤙🏼
📧 kyrap.art@gmail.com
🎨Portfolio: kyrartz.com
🔗Other Links: kyrartz.com/links
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini @astrominx.bsky.social Fueled by stories. Bionic Playwright 📝|Filmmaker 📽 |Author 📚|Creative Researcher 🔎|Olivier Award winner #Sleepova ♿ 🌈
Website: https://matildaibini.com
Other works: https://linktr.ee/Astrominx
David DePasquale 🐯 @wolfinsheeps.bsky.social Art Director/Production Designer
Prev: Art Director - GOLDEN AXE | INVINCIBLE FIGHT GIRL
Developing La Divina Commedia: Infurno
IATSE839 executive board
Mandalorian