Piers Torday

@pierstorday

**UPDATES ONLY - find me on Bluesky or Instagram.** Writer of books and plays. Can also be found @thenovelry and @domestika 🏳️‍🌈

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BookTrust

@booktrust

We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age. Discover our work 👇

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Emma Read | The Housetrap out now | she/her

@emmydee73

Author of The Housetrap & Milton The Mighty /Megastar🕷 @chickenhsebooks | Rep @laurieEmTweets | SL @BathNovelAward | #WriteMentor @scbwi @em_editorial 🖊

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Louie Stowell

@louiestowell

Author/illustrator (double threat) 🌈 Kirkus * #thedragoninthelibrary series, #Otherland and #BeLessLoki. She/her. Agent: @mollykh. Pic (c) Robin Christian

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James " J.D." Oswald

@sirbenfro

Unable to sum myself up in so few words he/him wer-man

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Sarah McIntyre

@jabberworks

Meet the Adventuremice! My new highly-illustrated series for young readers with @philipreeve1. Visit the website for activities & resources! Rep: @JodieHodges31

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Linen Press

@linenpressbooks

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Kael Tudor

@kaeltudor

I write books for kids. Represented by @EmilyKTalbot at @UnitedAgents. Pronounced ‘Kyle’ 🌱 linktr.ee/kaeltudor

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Jake Hope 💙

@jake_hope

Reading development & children's book consultant, critic, author, blog editor Youth Libraries Group, Chair YOTO Carnegies Working Party.

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Amber Caraveo 🌻😻🌻

@ambercaraveo

Literary agent & co-founder: @SkylarkLit. Loves sunny days, myths & mysteries, children's books, YA books, all books! (She/her) #XDissenter

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JKP Books

@jkpbooks

📚 Books that make a difference ✉️ Get in touch: [email protected] 💻 Head over to jkp.com 🌳 Linktree: linktr.ee/jkpbooks

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Singing Dragon Books

@singing_dragon_

We publish authoritative books on yoga and yoga therapy, Chinese Medicine, complementary health and more! Also sharing books from our imprint @HandspringBooks

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Charlie Castelletti 🏳️‍🌈 (he/they)

@charlieofcastle

Author ♒ Anthologist 📚 Authenticity Reader 📚 Commissioning Editor @MacmillanKidsUK / @firstinkbooks 🏳️‍🌈 Rep: @CarolineMEisen

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Maisie Chan - BLUESKY @maisiechanwrites

@maisiewrites

Multi-award-winning author (Danny Chung)/Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu @kirkusreviews Best Books of 2023/Tiger Warrior/Lit rep: @chloeseager /BBC Scottish Voices

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The AOI

@theaoi

Non-profit championing Illustrators every stage worldwide with business advice, resources, events, promotion and more. Supported by our members, join today!

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Alex Atkinson

@alatkinson

Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman out now. Spooksmiths Investigate: The Circus of Shadows out Oct 2025. Rep’d by @linalanglee. Mostly on Instagram

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Eva Wong Nava (Author)

@evawongnava

Children's Books. Sensitivity Editor. Educator: Multiple Reflections. Multiple Selves #12x12PB #SCBWI_BI. Mentor: @WriteMentor. Agent: @LydiaRSilver

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Libby Hartwell

@libbyhartwell1

Children’s Writer. 🏆Winner of @LittleTigerUK @IAmInPrint PB PRIZE ‘23, Runner Up @writementor CB Awards ‘24, Shortlist Searchlight @WritingAwards '24

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Juliet Clare Bell

@julietclarebell

Children's author. Most recent: Benny's Hat (pic book about sibling bereavement). Also, Don't Panic, Annika!, The Unstoppable Maggie McGee...

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SCBWI British Isles

@scbwi_bi

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators – British Isles: supporting both published and unpublished creators of children's books.

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Philip Ardagh

@philipardagh

Award-winning children's author; poet Ambassador @CILIPSLG Int. Children's Lit Advisor @WritersWeek Patron @StratLitFest & @NCBFGalaDa

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A.M. Dassu BOOK UPDATES - Insta: @a.m.dassu

@a_reflective

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning, former World Book Day author. Account managed by A. M. Dassu’s VA for book updates only. Find her on Instagram or BSky

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Fleur Hitchcock = same name on all social media.

@fleurhitchcock

Writing thrillers and adventures for young teens. #MurderAtWintertide Oct 10 @nosycrow Expert kids bookseller. she/her Views expressed my own. Rep @katejshaw

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Alison Gardiner

@alisongardiner1

Co-Regional Advisor for SCBWI British Isles, doctor, mother, writer, SOA, Litopian; it's all fun.

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Emma Finlayson-Palmer 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her

@finlaysonpalmer

Autistic Working class 🏳️‍🌈 Writer, Artist, Editor, SEN TA & Tombstone Tourist 🪦 #AutumnMoonbeam #ukteenchat #SCBWI #WriteMentor @WitchesWord

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Tami Wylie: bibliophile/ book reviewer 📕

@twylie68

Former teacher of the lovely Kestrel Class, book lover, full time reader/reviewer,happy to accept and review ARCs, wife, mom, cat lover

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Lisa Clark

@lisaclarkjkp

Editorial Director at Jessica Kingsley Publishers - books that make a difference jkp.com

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Maz Evans

@mazevansauthor

Award-winning author. Just not very often. WHO LET THE GODS OUT (for kids) OVER MY DEAD BODY (for adults) + 14 other books (for tax purposes). Having fun.

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Alison Padley-Woods

@alipadleywoods

Social Media Ed, Words & Pictures, SCBWI. Ex Home SL Times/Chicken Hs, Writing Mag’s PB Prize. LL Bath Children’s Novel 2018 & 2022

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Stuart White

@stuartwhitewm

I'm just a boy, standing in front of a story, asking it to write itself… Founder @writementor | award-winning author | Jedi Knight

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ClareHelenWelsh

@clarehelenwelsh

Children’s author: @LittleTigerUK @QuartoKids @AndersenPress @MacmillanKidsUK @NosyCrow #BooksThatHelp Writing tutor: @writementor Agent: @alicelovesbooks

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Sarah Hamlin

@sarahnhamlin

✨Senior Commissioning Editor ✨ Occupational Therapy & Physio @JKPBooks @JKPHealth Yoga Teaching @Singing_Dragon_ Pilates and Movement @HandspringLtd 📚 She/her

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Forward Prizes

@forwardprizes

The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland

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Emily Bedford

@embedfd

Lit lover, travel addict, friend to all lizards and most humans. She/her. Editorial Director @canelo_co.

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Lindsay Galvin THE GREAT PHOENIX OF LONDON🐦‍🔥

@lindsaygalvin

Author 🐙🐉🚢 MG historical adventures: @chickenhsebooks chapter books: @bigcatreading and more! Rep: @litagentclare She/her

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M. G. Leonard

@mglnrd

Tweeting about Author-y stuff. Please use my website for ALL enquiries. She/Her VP @Buzz_dont_tweet Agent: @TheStormBoy

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SF Said

@whatsfsaid

Author of Varjak Paw, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, Phoenix - and now TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected to them.

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Alex Crump

@illustration_ac

Freelance illustrator. Member of @SCBWI_BI and @theaoi. Commissions welcomed.

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Kesia Lupo

@keslupo

Literary agent @MaassLitAgency. Editor. Writer rep'd @veroniquebaxter, pub’d @kidsbloomsbury. Socials @writingdaywksp. Bookseller @keplers. Brit in CA.

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Collins Primary

@collinsprimary

We publish engaging primary teaching resources. 📚 Follow us for education news, giveaways and free lesson ideas!

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Philip Kavvadias

@philipkavvadias

Award-winning author of the ground-breaking Microraptor series, dubbed “one of literature’s last hopes for winning boys back.”

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Suad Kamardeen 🇸🇩🇵🇸🇨🇩

@suadkamardeen

storyteller, writer, editor & proofreader | winner ‘22 @SILeedsLitPrize | MSt CW @UniofOxford | longlist 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

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Fiona Barker

@fi_bgb

#Audiologist bit dizzy bit deaf. More #picturebooks #pantos #plays #lessplastic rep @alicelovesbooks A Swift Return out now!

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Camilla Chester she/her

@camillacauthor

cannot officially close X account (forgotten password) but I’m not active here. Find me on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/camcau…

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Nicki Thornton

@nicki_thornton

Officially the Queen of Magical Crime - Barry Cunningham. One of the most original children's writers around - Waterstones. New book Jan 24. And now on Substack

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Poppy T Perry Books

@poppytperry

aka Natalie Perry: #SCBWI_BI YA Writer & Artist. I don’t use Twitter much… it scares me. I’m more of an Instagram bunny: poppytperrybooks 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🏴‍☠️

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Claire Lewis 📕

@claireflewis

✍🎨 PB & MG; rep'd @Tyilds; pub'd in The Toy, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press, Tyger Tyger; work @thebookeryhq; debut PB April '26

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Amy Feest

@amysfeest

Writer (CB/MG/YA) rep'd by @gemma_cooper 💚 SEN TA & School Librarian📚 She/Her

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Maggie Womersley

@maggierobb2

I write stories for YA and MG. WINNER-Cheshire Kids Prize 2024 @UVCompetition 2024-FINALIST Deputy Chair - Undiscovered Voices Competition. Flirts with cats.

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LittleCornishWriter-TracyCurran

@writercornish

Author/Librarian, PB & CB writer, rep'd @alicelovesbooks, Unicorns in Uniforms Feb 2025 @publishingUCLan, How Not To Share A Pizza with Five Quills Press

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Chrissy Sturt

@chrissysturt

winner @HistoriaHWA ‘22 | winner @writersbureau ‘22 | @reflexfiction @crankedanvil LL | @NationalFlashfd pub’d ‘21 ‘22| 2nd @WellsLitFest | LL @LucyCavColl

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OurCoronaDiary

@ourcoronadiary

An age appropriate pandemic diary for our time. Sign up, join in, be part of our archive. Let’s tell our stories! Tweets by Kathryn, Candy, Addy, Jo & Matt

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🍄 Sophie Playle | 𝙻𝙸𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 𝙿𝙰𝙶𝙴𝚂 📖

@liminal_pages

I help people bring better books into the world ➤ Freelance fiction editor ▪︎ Editorial training provider ▪︎ On maternity leave until 2024 👋 👶

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Ell Rose (fourfooteleven.illustration)

@4foot11illo

kidlit | illustrator | character design | 2D animator #illoworld pronouns: they/them

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Searchlight Writing for Children Awards

@writingawards

International Writing for Children/YA competition.

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Tierney Holm

@tierneybooks

Senior Editor @simonkids_uk (Gallery Kids & Gallery YA)

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JKP Health

@jkphealth

📚 Books that make a difference on midwifery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and more!

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Undiscovered Voices

@uvcompetition

Undiscovered Voices is an initiative by @SCBWI_BI to help find fresh, new voices in children's literature.

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Jasbinder Bilan - I'm meant to be writing...

@jasinbath

Multi Award-winning children's author - Costa winner @Guardianbooks - best books 2019 #CK2020 #WCBP2020 Royal Lit Fellow #RLF Rep @KateJShaw

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Cate Haynes

@thiscatewrites

ADHD Writer of spellbinding MG & thrilling YA #BNAkids LL ‘23 | @WriteMentor CNA winner 2023 | @scbwi-BI | speech therapist | rep; @LindsayLit

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Lydia Massiah 📕🌿🍄

@lydia_massiah

Writer 🖊 Worried about biodiversity loss. It's one big horror story. Rep'd @jslwilliamson @SCBWI_BI @WriteMentor Spark mentor⚡️ See you all on 💙🦋

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Robert Macfarlane

@robgmacfarlane

Books: Is A River Alive? (1 May 2025) | Underland | The Lost Words | The Old Ways etc … | Films: River, Mountain | Nature, climate, people | Prof @Cambridge_uni

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Illustrations by RekhaSalin

@byrekhasalin

Children Book illustrator, SCBWI member Rep'ed by @ashliterary instagram.com/illustrate_dai…

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JulianMargaretGibbs

@julianmgibbs

Historical novelist, reviewer, part-time citizen of Turin, Italy's best kept secret. SCWBI member, GEA alumnus.

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The Good Literary Agency

@thegoodagencyuk

TGLA is a social enterprise literary agency focused on representing writers of colour, disability, working class, LGBTQ+. No longer active here.

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Catherine Ward

@catherineward0

I will shortly be leaving X. You can find me on Instagram: catherineward0

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Saskia Leach

@saskialeach_

📖 Junior Literary Agent at @KNLitAgency 💬 "You chose looks. I chose books." 📚 #RespectRomFic 🩷

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Anna Gamble

@anna_gamble_

Reader, thinker, (de)caffeine drinker Taking a break from chasing dreams & just BEING in our new life. #Publishing world broke my spirit but I'm okay now

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ClaireSingingDragon

@clairesdragon

Editorial Director at Singing Dragon and Handspring. Commissioning books on acupuncture and Chinese medicine, yoga therapy, bodywork, graphic medicine

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