If you don't subscribe to Kesia Lupo's newsletter, you really should. Why not do it now; I'll wait. Her latest is a doozy – so many honest truths (as is normal), a couple of links to excellent articles and some wonderful thoughts around reframing our perception of success:

I’m a bit late to the party, but oh my days what a joy this is. It is clever and silly and very, very funny. Nadia Shireen Simon & Schuster Children's Books #Grimwood

What a privilege to be included in the next anthology - and in such great company. 🎈😍🤩The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 #poetryforchildren

For a few short weeks, Isabella plantation in Richmond Park comes alive with colour. It’s absolutely magical 🌺🌸🌺

Just wondering if any children's booksellers, librarians, agents or publishers would be interested in answering a few questions to help with my MA research article Bath Spa Students' Union 'To rhyme or not to rhyme in picture books'? I'd be v grateful and it would be lovely to have your input.

It's publication day for PUPPET! Silvester's wooden boy steps bravely out into the world. Walker Books Julia Green FBA

***OUT TODAY***
The grand finale to the #HouseAtTheEdgeOfMagic series! Big thanks to Julia Churchill, all at Walker Books, Ben Mantle for the magical illustrations, Chloe Tartinville for the cover design. & everyone who has read the series ❤️🍓🫖🪄

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Loved every second of this stunning page turner by #kereengetten Pushkin Press and what a beautiful cover Bex Glendining on ig @lgions 🥭🥭🥭🌴🌴🌴This one will stay with me for a long time

OH MY CRIKEYS!

WE ARE THE WIBBLY publishes today!

I am hopeful Jane McGuinness 🦔🌳🦡 adorable illustrations will inspire a new generation of pond dippers 🐸💚🐸
#PictureBooks #newpicturebooks #publicationday

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Win a sleepover at the Natural History Museum. Does it get better than that?!

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The news is out! Fiz Osborne and I have co-founded Creative Roots Studio to help build sustainable creator careers.

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Creative Roots Studio

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So, it wasn’t perfect but our first WriteMentor IRL conference is all done!

Thanks to the team who did most of the work - Florianne Humphrey, Emily Randall-Jones 🌊 👻 and Melissa Welliver. And to volunteers for the day, Emma Finlayson-Palmer 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her and Emma Read 🧩🏚️👻 she/her.

And thank you to our speakers

Thank you so much to the brilliant team WriteMentor for putting on a great conference. What a fab line up of authors, editors and agents! Really appreciate your efforts to make everything so accessible for those who weren’t able to be there in person.🤩💖

Happy Book Birthday to ME and James Nicol!

SOULMATES is out today! My difficult 2nd book baby - one of my most action-packed adventures yet!
If you’ve read and enjoyed, a review on the river site would be boss: amzn.eu/d/fAfBRi1
Or grab a copy from your local indie TODAY!

Happy publication day to The Unbelievable James Harris and Mariajo Ilustrajo. This is such a beautiful book that celebrates the very thing we're all doing this for. Stories! Little Tiger Books United Agents Books

So wonderful to hear your candid writing journeys Lu Fraser (...will be checking in every Friday!) Helen Dineen and really grateful to Hampshire Writers for the live stream. Celebrating my brilliant critique partner Anne Wan - Querying MG and PB who won the picture book competition… it’s a fabulous story! ✨🤩💖x

I'm not normally a big fan of parents WhatsApp groups, but I've just been sent these messages from a parents WhatsApp group about a recent author visit paid for & organised by the PTA.

Calling all budding picture book writers!!!! We have a wonderful workshop for you with amazing picture book author Sarah Tagholm , FREE when you pre order this amazing picture book 🙌🏻

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Get signed up today!!!