🥤 £3 is an iced-coffee or a book for a disadvantaged family to encourage reading with their young ones. 🍕 A £15 pizza? Or you could gift 9 pre-school children living in women's refuge centres their own book pack. Set up a small monthly gift today and spread joy this Summer.

Local event news! I’ll be at the Olive Tree Cafe in Manor Garden Centre, Swindon, SN2 2QU for their Rainbow Fete at 1:00-2:30pm! Over a hundred people benefit from working or volunteering there every week, not to mention community groups that use the cafe as a safe space to meet.

Look who’s atop the charts at my local indie bookseller, Bert’s Books. It’s my first book in a cute new toddler series published by Macmillan Children's Books, Cat Nap!

For Swindon Story Shed’s first author event, I will deliver a Story Time and Draw Along in their pop-up bookshop at Freshbrook Community Centre August 1st, 1pm. Their sales help them bring their travelling bookshop to local community spaces and provide literacy workshops for all ages

Felix uses a fascinating technique called Ostranenie which fuels his work and belief in showing the strange and funny in the everyday, something he believes children revel in. It’s so good, so fresh, kids will love it. Publishers, take note! His info: goldsmithsmacbi.com/ziyu-zhang-copy

Borun’s work lends itself so well to the graphic novel format, in particular graphic novels for younger readers which we all know there’s a huge, growing demand for. Borun creates warm, expressive illustrations inspired by his life and emotions. More info: goldsmithsmacbi.com/zhuojun-liu-co…

Tomorrow at The Book Nook in Brighton & Hove 🌈🦕

Join a cute little kitten to get ready for bed with our #BookOfTheDay! #CatNap is an adorable story from Steve Antony that aims to help little ones settle down for sleep: booktrust.org.uk/book/c/cat-nap/ Macmillan Children's Books

Thank you Steve Antony for a beautiful‘Rainbowsaurus’ event and window. What a wonderful way to start off Pride week #pride #familyevents #searchingforarainbow

My UK Book Tour of Public and School Libraries and Indie Bookshops, which started in Feb, officially FINISHED at one of the word’s best indies, The Bookseller Industry multi-award winning The Book Nook in Brighton for #BrightonPride Week.

What a wonderful reel. Thank you Steve Antony . It was our pleasure and feel honoured to end your tour. We also have signed books booknookuk.com

My friend Christyne is battling stage 4 cancer. She made a wish: to publish her story as a picture book. I helped make it happen. thedotcentral.com/peterhreynolds… Proceeds benefit Dana-Farber #Cancer

Just popping on here to say that I’m taking a month-long break from socials (and events except for one late Aug) just in case you tag me and think I’m ignoring you. I’ll be back in September. Already it’s been 4 days and I’m loving not being online much (no offence!). Hugs. 😘

Join Steve Antony at 🌶️ Pickled Pepper Books 🌶️ on 7th September to hear him talk about his latest picturebook for preschoolers, Bird Bath! pickledpepperbooks.co.uk/collections/ev…

📢 The first ever Mr Dilly Meets brand-new KS1 EVENT, online, live & free with fantastic #author #illustrator guests megmclaren & Steve Antony ➡️ BOOKING NOW 18th Sept 9.15am tinyurl.com/ydrmr33u #schools #teachers #kidlit #BookTwitter #books #ks1

Beautiful #TSL School Library Association (SLA) cover by the brilliant Steve Antony of the amazing Frank Cottrell-Boyce Children's Laureate ❤️📚 It is absolute honour to write #bookreviews for TSL - I’ll catch up on sharing my most recent ones soon! #lovelibraries #schoollibraries #librarians

Don't miss this great event for KS1 teachers from Mr Dilly next Wednesday at 9.15am, featuring Steve Antony talking about his latest picture book, Bird Bath! Sign-up now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/steve-antony…

Calling all emerging children’s book illustrators!📕🎨 Our mentoring programme will give your craft a final polish and help you launch your career as a fully-fledged children’s book illustrator. (1/3)