bluematt @bluematt.dev Enthusiastic dog dad, pixel twiddler, plant hater, pinstripe aficionado. Retro-gaming and demake nerd. Oontz liker. Sopirema esperantisto. Vociferous sceptic, secularist and humanist. Perky goff. #CommodoreForLife
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
Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social Writer and artist in Devon, UK. Inconsistent poster. Dawe is pronounced 'door'. No AI in my art or writing, ever.
Rep'd by @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social
The Stitchwort Curse published by @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com We put the "Ginger" in "Horror" 🔥
Book & movie reviews with a bite.
17 years strong. Still scared. Still reviewing.
👇 Dunk into our latest posts
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Hugh Bonneville @hughbon.bsky.social Actor
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Candy Gourlay @candygourlay.bsky.social KidLit author. Makes comics. Loves dogs.
My website: https://www.candygourlay.co.uk/
My new blog https://houseofprocrastination.substack.com/
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candygourlay/
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
Sarah Lodge @sarahjlodge.bsky.social Illustrator and printmaker
Children’s Bookseller
London, UK
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Debi @blu-kunoichi.bsky.social 
Helen Tamblyn-Saville (she/her) @helentamblyn.bsky.social Wonderland Bookshop owner (Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025), former councillor, politics nerd, tenpin bowling fanatic, researching comics, community rail. Based in North Notts. Kidlit is my bag. helentamblynsaville.com.
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Jill B @onewomanmafia.bsky.social Comms/PR pro. Travel addict/adventure fiend. Halloween queen.📍Brooklyn.✈️🚂🎃👻😺🍷
Harriet Howe @harriethowebks.bsky.social Picture book author rep’d by Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency
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Jo Lindley @jolindley.bsky.social Illustrator & Author | rep'd by The Plum Agency
(The artist formerly known as Archistrator)
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Fiona @zoo-music-girl.bsky.social Antifascist. #BlackLivesMatter Cis/she/her. 🧜🏻♀️(Trans ally, but also occasional mermaid.) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Jo @jo-sephiner.bsky.social Cats, music, art.
A quiet little space on the internet for some peace
Kitty Harris @kittyharrisillo.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator based in London repped by Claire Cartey claire@holroydecartey.com
www.kittyharris.co.uk
@grownupemma.bsky.social @grownupemma.bsky.social 
Tom Q @elrapido.bsky.social Ad tech & Computational biology (not at the same time). Some running. Quite a lot of parenting. Bass, but less than before.
Laurence Tucker @laurencetucker.bsky.social I like things to do with engineering management, photography, generative arts, climbing and shooting.
Hannah L @hanluc.bsky.social 
Radar Wash @branwynbach.bsky.social 
Sabrina Shah #kidlit author @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social #Kidlit author #PB MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS '25 with Barefoot Books
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@leonardoflondon.bsky.social @leonardoflondon.bsky.social 
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@tom-p.bsky.social @tom-p.bsky.social 
@mrjonnytuna.bsky.social @mrjonnytuna.bsky.social Telly wanker
Emily Randall-Jones @erandalljones.bsky.social Wiltshire girl. MG author of folksy horrors THE WITCHSTONE GHOSTS and THE SCREAM OF THE WHISTLE with Chicken House. Repped by Lucy Irvine, DA. Storyteller/Workshop Person. Longlisted for Branford Boase. Messy ND overthinker, big fan of tea and magic.
Bookwagon Limited @bookwagonuk.bsky.social Independent children’s bookstore sharing the reading joy with you!
www.bookwagon.co.uk
@corambeanstalk.bsky.social @corambeanstalk.bsky.social 
October Jones @octoberjonesco.bsky.social The ‘one stop spot’ for the spooky, kooky, magical, fantastical, weird and wonderful world(s) of Children’s Literature & Illustration!
https://octoberjones.co.uk/
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
Paula Bowles @paulabowlesdraws.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator, bird watcher, biscuit muncher, tea drinker.
Agent: The Plum Agency
www.paulabowles.co.uk
Sarah Hagger-Holt @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social Award-winning children's author and freelance writer/editor. School visits. Empathy Lab trained. She/her. www.sarahhaggerholt.com
Michael Mann @mikemannwrites.bsky.social Award winning author, teacher, 🌈 dad, half-Indian, he/him. East Sussex & Salford Children's Book Award 🏆 Rep:@StephT2000 Order: http://linktr.ee/mikebmann
Sophie Kent Illustration @sophiekent.bsky.social UK-based illustrator🌻
Represented by Nicky lander at The Bright Agency
Courtney Jefferies @courtinabook.bsky.social Press Officer at Bonnier Books UK @templarbooks
Emma Read she/her @emmaread.bsky.social Children’s author-The Housetrap & the Milton Series (Chicken House) | editor at EmDashED | WriteMentor | socially awkward weirdo science nerd
Ele Fountain @elefountain.bsky.social Royal Lit Fellow | Author: BOY 87 shortlisted Waterstones Children's Book Prize | LOST Guardian Best Books | FAKE BookTrust 'future classic' | WILD an FT Book of the Year | STORM CHILD Times Book of the Week
Rachael McLean @rachaelmarymclean.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and author.
Represented by The Bright Agency.
www.rachaelmclean.com
A.F. Harrold @afharrold.com Poet, performer, children's author.
The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others.
www.afharroldkids.com
Leonie Roberts @leonieroberts.bsky.social Children's Author and EYFS Teacher.
Books 📚 Dogs🐕 Gardening 🌸 Cake 🎂
Seeking representation 👋
Debut book, "My Colourful Chameleon" 🦎
Claire Lewis @clairelewiswrites.bsky.social Hi! I write & illustrate PBs/poems/MG & work for @thebookery.bsky.social. Words/pics in The Toy, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press & Tyger Tyger. Debut PB:The Go Away Rain Dance, HB Publishing House
https://linktr.ee/claire_f_lewis
Marie Basting Author @mariebasting.bsky.social 🚴BMX and Ancient Rome📜
Children's author #PrincessBMX #MyFamilyandOtherRomans #AuntieMedusaAndMe @chickenhsebooks
Fab school visits
Rep The Shaw Agency
she/her
www.mariebasting.com
Catherine Coe @catherinecoe.bsky.social 📚 Children's book author, editor and consultant
🖋️ Founder of @allstorieswrite.bsky.social – for writers from underrepresented groups
🧘🏼♀️ Yoga teacher
🐝 Apprentice beekeeper
🔗 https://catherine-coe.com • https://allstories.org.uk/
Rachel Lawston @rachellawston.bsky.social Book cover illustrator and freelance designer. Award-winning children’s author. Nature connection advocate.
📇 linktr.ee/Rlawston
📮 nature, illustration, books, board games and a blue cat called Moriarty.
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Kidlit author & illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, ATmosphere, book blog etc: https://debbieohi.com/links/
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY (w/ Michael Ian Black)
DebbieOhi.com
Firefly Press @fireflypress.bsky.social Independent publisher of quality fiction for children & teens. WINNER Branford Boase first children’s novel Award, Yoto Carnegie Medal, Wales Book of the Year
www.fireflypress.co.uk
Dee Stevens @deestevens.bsky.social Making TV @ Tiger Aspect Kids (Mr Bean / Charlie & Lola / Super Happy Magic Forest)
Making books @ Knights Of (Children’s Publisher of the Year 2022)
Selling books @ Round Table Books (Children’s Bookshop of the Year 2023)
Irish | they/them
Laila Rifaat @lailarifaat.bsky.social Children's author. ALIYA TO THE INFINITE CITY & ALIYA ABOARD THE TIME TRAIN out now! Repd by Lucy Irvine at PFD. Find me on insta: @lailarifaat_author
Website: lailarifaat.com
Buy my books: https://shorturl.at/bKjQi
Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking.bsky.social First, foremost and always a teacher. Also Education Consultant, including with CLPE, and Speaker. Co-creator of The Balancing Act: http://bit.ly/42D93f9. Poetry editor with Otter Barry Books. Shortlisted for Branford Boase Award 2024 for The Final Year.
Caroline Hardaker @carolinehardaker.bsky.social Author, Poet, Novelist. A bit witchy. MOTHTOWN & COMPOSITE CREATURES from Angry Robot, LITTLE QUAKES & BONE OVATION from Valley Press.
Jenny Jones @jennysarahjones.bsky.social School librarian, writer & reading enthusiast. Past Carnegie Award Judge, YLG South West Committee, Somerset FCBG, Golden Egg Academy Egg ‘21, WriteMentor Summer Mentee ‘23. Guppy Books LL ‘25. ND. jonestheschoollibrarian.com
Scott Thomson Author @scotttauthor.bsky.social I like reading things. And writing things. Mainly for children. Debut PB out 2025.
Gabriela Houston - Writer @gabrielahouston.bsky.social Writer and Artist
Author of four Slavic-folklore-inspired novels for adults and children
Host of The Gabriela Houston Project:Storytelling in all its forms
https://linktr.ee/Gabriela_Houston
Chris Lockwood @lockwoodcm.bsky.social I am a retired primary headteacher, school governor and member of UKLA. Chair of UKLA Book Awards.
Frances Tosdevin @francestosdevin.bsky.social Children's author rep'd by Lucy Irvine at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop. Picture books with UCLan Publishing, Quarto, Rocket Bird Books and Andersen Press. Website: www.francestosdevin.com
Francesca Young @francescayoung.bsky.social Childrens Publisher | DK Books
Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
https://linktr.ee/rashmiwriting
Anna Terreros-Martin @annaterreros.bsky.social Author-Illustrator of #TheFriendlyMammoth & #CanYouSeeTheStarsTonight? OUT NOW 💫 ✏️Rep’d by @BathLitAgency 🏳️🌈 She/her
Website: https://annaterrerosmartin.co.uk
Shop: https://annaterrerosmartin.co.uk/shop
Leonie Marie Lock 🦔 @leoniemarielock.bsky.social Editorial. Expert Bookseller. All round Bookie Monster.
All views mine. She/Her. 🏴
Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social Author of the Alice Éclair and Max the Detective Cat series and Arthur and Me. Loves singing, cats and guinea pigs.
Nici Gregory @nicigregory.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator, I love all the usual stuff; coffee, Scandinavian furniture, vintage knitting, rockabilly, rocket science, splitting the odd atom, dogs, cats…that sort of thing!
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
David Fickling Books @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social ✨Where good stories begin...
📚We're an independent publisher of superb books for readers of all ages. Join the adventure here!
The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
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HarperCollins @harpercollins.bsky.social Publishing great authors since 1817. 📚
Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social Award-winning children's books
📚 Stories for kids, also in ebook and audiobook
🐦 Find us at nosycrow.com or linktr.ee/nosy_crow
Pan Macmillan @panmacmillan.bsky.social We publish a broad and vibrant range of books for audiences of all ages.
Sarah Massini @sarahmassini.bsky.social Doodles and Scribbles
Children's Picture Books
https://linktr.ee/sarah_massini
https://www.instagram.com/sarah_massini/
https://www.springliterary.com/sarah-massini
Rebecca Ashdown @familyofbeasts.bsky.social Award winning children's book illustrator & author. Seeks beauty in chaos. Represented by Millie van Grutten at RCW Literary Agency.
Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social Kidlit author UK. The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat Shortlisted for THE LOLLIES! Mostly writing funny picture books and MG. Repp'd by @ambercaraveo at Skylark.
Jamie Littler @jamieillustrate.bsky.social Author illustrator. Creator of the FROSTHEART and ARKSPIRE middle grade series. ARKSPIRE 2: THE ORDER OF MISFITS is out now! Represented by Jodie Hodges at United Agents.
Charlotte Guillain @cguillain.bsky.social Children's author (picture books and non-fiction)
www.adamandcharlotteguillain.co.uk
Artwork in banner by Tony Neal
Arden Jones ✨️ She/Her @ardenelizajones.bsky.social 🧙♀️👻 Witchy Boo @puffinbooksuk
Working-Class, Carer, ND/OCD Author & Podcaster rep'd Molly Jamieson @unitedagentsbooks @bookjampodcast
Ryan Hammond @hamdesign.bsky.social Author-Illustrator of Villains Academy. Art Director & designer 📚 Book, nature and dog lover. He/him🏳️🌈
Zoe Waring @zoewaring.bsky.social Children’s Book Designer, Illustrator and Author -with a silly sense of humour
Represented by The Bright Agency
Clients include, Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic…
Lucy Semple @lucysemple.bsky.social Children's book illustrator |#kidlit Loves a good brew ☕
Steve May @stevemaythe1st.bsky.social Award-winning children’s book #illustrator & #animation director - agent https://www.arenaillustration.com/artists/steve-may/
https://linktr.ee/stevemaythe1st
guitar botherer in Cult Figures https://bsky.app/profile/cultfigures.bsky.social
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
Louise Forshaw @munkeypants.bsky.social Children's illustrator & author of the GRIM FALLS ACADEMY and BAD UNITED series. Just illustrator of 100+ more! 
Sheena Dempsey @sheenadempsey.bsky.social Children's books, illustrations, comics.
Pablo and Splash Books 1 and 2 out now (Bloomsbury)
Agent: Sallyanne Sweeney
sheenadempsey.com
Catherine Emmett Author @catherineemmett.bsky.social Geordie in Essex. Children’s Author.'The Pet' Oscar’s shortlisted - Winner Coventry Book Award. 'King of the Swamp' Winner BASH'22. @MandySuhrAgent @WriteMentor Rhyming PB Course Lead.
Mo O’Hara @moohara.bsky.social Writer/ performer/ children’s author. 
Simon Philip @simonphilipauthor.bsky.social Award-winning children’s author, rep’d by Sallyanne Sweeney. 20+ books with S&S, LTP, OUP, Bloomsbury and Templar. Writer of Authorly Honest Substack
linktr.ee/simonphilipauthor
Lucy Rogers @luceillustrates.bsky.social Deaf KidLit illustrator 🎨 she/her 🏳️🌈 Repped by ASH Literary.
Clients include Scholastic, Lantana, Harper Collins, Beaming Books, Bloomsbury
Clive McFarland @clivemcf.bsky.social Picturebook maker 🏳️🌈☘️
https://www.clivemcfarland.com
Grace Sandford @gracesandford.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator, Sometimes Author, Always Left Handed. Lifts Heavy Things For Fun.
www.GraceSandford.com
Cath Howe @cathhowe.bsky.social Children's author, creative arts, London, rep'd by Anne Clark, @nosycrow, @pearson, BloomsburyEd, HachetteKids
Diane Ewen @creativedy.bsky.social Hi I’m a children’s book author and illustrator. My agent is Nicky Lander
@thebrightagency.com
Vivian French @vivianji.bsky.social Writer of children's books, co-founder of Picture Hooks. (www.picturehooks.org.uk)
Currently hosting small neurotic dog...
What's Good to Read @whatsgoodtoread.bsky.social Book reviewer. I love to read. My website features reviews of books I have read, old and new from a variety of genres. Currently reading: Strange New Moons (Various Authors)
www.whatsgoodtoread.co.uk | email: info@whatsgoodtoread.co.uk
Jane Etheridge @janesetheridge.bsky.social Vice Chair Federation of Children's Book Groups. All views my own
A. Woodley @awoodley.bsky.social Books by A. Woodley
http://author.to/AmazonUS
Crime. Murder. Ghosts. Witches. Tarot. Poetry. Children's & more. 
Bounce Sales and Marketing @bouncemarketing.bsky.social The Sales and Marketing Agency for Children's Publishers. We represent 30 children's book publishers from the UK and overseas. 
Emma Perry @emmaperry.bsky.social ▪️ Children's author writing stories & poems filled with giggles & warmth.
▪️Teacher
▪️Shortlisted for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2023
▪️www.emmaperryauthor.com she/her