Ariana Philips
@arianaphilips.bsky.social
Literary Agent/Partner at JVNLA @jvnla.bsky.social https://www.jvnla.com/
🎉 Congrats to @jburbank.bsky.social on signing with her agent, @arianaphilips.bsky.social of @jvnla.bsky.social! 🎉 Her advice: “Querying is such a numbers game…when you get a pass, practice saying the phrase, ‘On to the next!’” Read more: buff.ly/Ucw2rem #kidlit #12x12PB
#kidlitartpostcard pro tip. Include key words that describe the elements in your postcard. In addition to posting open calls when I'm looking for illustrators I also sometimes search #kidlitartpostcard + key words. These posts live beyond the day they're posted.
Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m a #cartoonist & #illustrator, available for book covers, character art, #comics, or educational content. I love working with bright colors and anything spooky. 🖥️ theresachiechi.com ✉️ lafumettista@gmail.com Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social #illustration
Happy Book Birthday to MY GREEK MOM'S RECIPES: She Died. I Wrote This Cookbook by Gus Constantellis! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll definitely be full!
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! If you have an illustration project that tells a story about this world’s amazing creatures and landscapes, contact me! www.jessburbank.com Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social @jvnla #kidlitartist #picturebookillustration
Big congrats to @jburbank.bsky.social! Excited for everyone to get obsessed with MOSS just like we are!
Jess Burbank, author/illustrator@jburbank.bsky.social · 4mo agoI’m so thrilled that my debut picture book, MOSS, is @PublishersWkly official! Thanks a million to my awesome agent, @arianaphilips.bsky.social!
My DEBUT COOKBOOK Small-Batch Breads: 50 Recipes for Loaves, Buns, and Flatbreads Made with One Cup of Flour is now available for pre-order! 👉 smallbatchbreads.com Hits bookstores August 18! 🙌🎉 #breadsky #cookbooks
For #kidlitartpostcard day, I’m highlighting my work illustrating Anatomy Under the Sea: The Adventures of Luna the Loggerhead. I’d 💙to illustrate more like this! Animals, habitats, & conservation…yes please! www.jessburbank.com Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social at @jvnla.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Do you have an illustration project that celebrates nature & features an animal (or twenty)? Whether whimsical or realistic, I’m your gal! Portfolio: www.JessBurbank.com Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social @jvnla.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m Theresa, an illustrator/cartoonist. I love working with bright colors and all things horror. www.theresachiechi.com #illustrator #cartoonist #art
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I'm Theresa, an illustrator/cartoonist. I love working with bright colors and interesting shapes. www.theresachiechi.com Rep'd by Ariana Philips, @arianaphilips.bsky.social @jvnla.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #kidlitartpostcardday
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Merry #kidlitartpostcard day to all! I’m available for projects requiring vivacious, charming, painterly watercolor illustrations that bring joy, delight, & wonder to familiar subjects, fiction or nonfiction. Portfolio at www.jessburbank.com Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social @jvnla.bsky.social
Join me Thursday at Edwards Public Library southamptonlibrary.org You can get a signed copy of Daughters for that reader on your list! www.corinnedemas.com/books/daught... #booksky #newbooks @jvnla.bsky.social @arianaphilips.bsky.social
Thank you for this generous, insightful review of DAUGHTERS! www.corinnedemas.com/books/daught... #authorlife #bookclubs #writingcommunity #booksky #newbooks @jvnla.bsky.social @arianaphilips.bsky.social
Book Review: Delving into mother-daughter dynamics: Amherst author launches new book on Nov. 20 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
With apologies to Tolstoy, I’d like to say at the outset that even if all happy families are alike (and they may not be), the path to familial happiness is always different. Corinne Demas of Amherst e...
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Happy Publication Day to DAUGHTERS by @corinnedemas.bsky.social! From award-winning author Corinne Demas comes a moving story about the sometimes volatile but ultimately unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters.
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Do you have an illustration project that celebrates nature and features an animal (or twenty)? Whether whimsical or realistic, consider me! www.jessburbank.com Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social at @jvnla.bsky.social
Random House Studio has acquired world rights to School Up North, a picture book by @debrownst.bsky.social (l.), illustrated by Frank Morrison, which follows a boy's vibrant day at school where he finds community and purpose. @arianaphilips.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Rights Report: Week of October 20, 2025
New deals for Lygia Day Peñaflor, Elizabeth Foscue, Becky Dean, and others.
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Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m Theresa, illustrator/cartoonist. I design character art, posters, book covers & interiors and I’m always interested in working on anything horror-related. 🎨 www.theresachiechi.com ✉️ lafumettista@gmail.com #illustration #horrorart #bookart
Will you look at that! My first two acquisitions at Bloomsbury Archer! @callumbb.bsky.social @chasethemaren.bsky.social They're both fabulous!
Bloomsbury Archer Unveils Inaugural Titles
The publisher’s new SFF imprint, which launched in March, has acquired its first three titles, all slated for 2027.
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Delighted to discover that the cover art for my forthcoming novel DAUGHTERS is an oil on canvas,"Cherry Tree," by Russian/German artist Katharina Valeeva. www.corinnedemas.com/books/daught... #authorlife #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #newbook @arianaphilips.bsky.social @jvnla.bsky.social
Deal of the Day! So excited for this series. Congrats @callumbb.bsky.social on this fabulous new deal with @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social!
Jumping into #kidlitartpostcard day, my birthday, & the start of October! 🎉🍂 Wheee! I am an author/illustrator of nf/f pbs using traditional/digital tools to express the joy & beauty found when kids connect with nature. Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social @jvnla.bsky.social www.jessburbank.com!
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! Happy spooky season 🎃👻 I'm Theresa, an illustrator/cartoonist. I love working with bright colors and interesting shapes. www.theresachiechi.com Rep'd by Ariana Philips, @arianaphilips.bsky.social @jvnla.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #halloweenart
Woohoo! Congrats @pat-murphy.bsky.social!
JVNLA - Jennifer Weltz@jvnla.bsky.social · 11mo agoCongrats to @pat-murphy.bsky.social for winning the 2025 WSFA Small Press Award for best short fiction for her story "A Catalog of 21st Century Ghosts!" Read the story here: tinyurl.com/4dx2r4ex @lightspeedmagazine.com @johnjosephadams.com
