Sojung Kim-McCarthy
@creativesojung.bsky.social
Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her Agent: @agenthawk.bsky.social BINNA’S DALGONA tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3 instagram.com/creativesojung sojungkimmccarthy.art sojungkimmccarthy@gmail.com
My debut scifi/action/adventure for kids, MARTY MILAGROS DOOMS THE EARTH, is coming 9/29 to bookstores near you! It's about a kid who can't seem to stay out of trouble, accidently ending up in a mess that's out of this world. #OGN #graphicnovel #comics #kids #scifi #action #adventure #preorder
My 9th grade English teacher, Cary Woodward died last week. In 1994 he assigned us the Thom Gunn poem, “The J Car”, a poem of the AIDS crisis. What a radical thing to do at a conservative all boys school then, what a beautiful, saving thing this poem was for me.
Reminder that we published an extensive interview with a former editor at The New York Times who laid out, in detail, how the paper's pushing of anti-trans bigotry was both very intentional and directed from the very top of the organization. The NYT plays a direct and major role in trans genocide:
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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There’s a fair few sequels being published at the moment, but I confess that, whilst I often buy sequels, I don’t often get round to reading them. So for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what kids’ book sequels are well worth making the time for in and of themselves? #KidsLitUK #UKKitLit #KitLit
I got covid again back in May, and everything got messed up. Overdraft fees are 💀ing me, and I've discovered that my car has a leak that's letting water in during rainstorms. I'm embarrassed to ask for help, but an Xennial's gotta try what may keep her from missing rent. ko-fi.com/metalkatt410...
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Grammy has removed BTS performances from their channel. But Bangtan has it covered. youtu.be/HbkBVxU5K5A?...
BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ The 64th GRAMMY Awards
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#Kidlitart July chat is tomorrow! Set reminders!
KidLitArt@kidlitart.bsky.social · 2mo agoThat's a wrap!!! Thanks everyone for joining @weyakindesigns.bsky.social & Charlene Chua ! July's topic will be Getting Through Slumps and Blocks, featuring a new banner by @teted.bsky.social Join us on Jul 30, 9pm EST/6pm PST for the next chat! #KidLitArt
If pocket calculators regularly and randomly gave you incorrect answers to your queries like ChatGPT does, we would have left the technology behind, not insisted that 2+2=5 is HERE TO STAY, BABY.
Uncle Fuzzzy 🦆@unclefuzzzy.bsky.social · 4mo agoFunny, that’s what we thought about pocket calculators in 1974
Back down to 535 because my light bill was 100$ I hate this for me but I could use assistance guys. My time is almost up I’m truly facing real eviction here. I’m at the verge of losing my job that I worked so hard to get. Please don’t let me fall.
Misty (Inactive)@mikrokosmos.bsky.social · last wk.735/2936.45 Urgently pushing I have 6 days left to remedy… I really don’t want to go back to abuse because I’d rather suffer at the mercy of night than to go back to be forced to do things I don’t want to do… Please consider me… Venmo: Mikrokosmochi Cash: NamjoonMoonie
How much would you pay for these? Although my book illustration work is mostly done in digital, I can’t help going back to traditional materials for ✨feels✨ But I have no talent for pricing… Oil on canvas boards (framed size 39x49cm/ 15.5x19.25”). #ArtForSale #OilPainting
Are you an emerging BIPOC author in Canada? You have until August 3 to apply for this. https://writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect #CanLit #WritingCommunity #BIPOC
Illustrator friends, what do you do/ use for your fun art time? One thing that every panel at Illustrator’s Survival Corner said in Bologna earlier this year was that illustrators need to set aside time to play & have fun, so here’s my attempt at some mark-making fun 😳
Publishers, writers, reviewers, bilbiophiles: PLEASE mention the *illustrator/cover designers* in your posts promoting books. By properly crediting human talent, you are supporting the industry. Everyone wins! #PicturesMeanBusiness graphic by @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #KidLit #BookSky #BookPromo
OK pals IT'S HAPPENING 10% off books tmrw for Trans+ Pride marchers at the Maktaba at @ibraaz.bsky.social by @burleyfisher.bsky.social & @palfest.bsky.social Ibraaz, 93 Mortimer St: single stall & accessible loos, quiet space, a lift & a great show of protest art by Taring Padi. Free, open 11-6.
So Mayer@suchmayer.bsky.social · 2w agoARE YOU COMING TO TRANS+ PRIDE LONDON TMRW? The amazing bookstore + gallery where I work is literally steps away from Langham Place at 93 Mortimer St. @ibraaz.bsky.social Cafe opens 10 am w/ amazing homemade Tunisian cookies & cake & coffee Books from 11am–6pm Homosexual Intifada? IN STOCK
My kids have been attempting to do a learn a bit more cookery these holidays. So for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday I thought we could do books featuring/celebrating food and cooking. (Take the theme as loosely as you please). #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Requesting your library acquire copies of a book is one of the best ways to uplift the authors you love.
Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you want to read a book and your library doesn’t have it, it is truly a massive favor to an author to request that the library acquire it. It really and truly is
Well. Children's publishing in the UK has certainly had a bumpy week. But as this post says, all the issues are structural. None of them are new or surprising. The key question: "What must your part of the industry change?" #KidLitUK ://www.instagram.com/p/DbGoMFzCPxT/?img_index=1
bbbookfestival on Instagram: "This conversation may have been triggered by one festival, but blaming one organisation would let the rest of the industry off the …"
This conversation may have been triggered by one festival, but blaming one organisation would let the rest of the industry off the hook.Publishing has a structural representation problem.It determines who gets commissioned, properly funded, heavily marketed, stocked, reviewed, shortlisted, invited onto stages and treated as commercially valuable.The numbers remain stark. Only 24% of UK children’s books published in 2024 featured a racially minoritised character. That means 76% did not. The talent has never been missing.Access is restricted. Investment is unequal. Decision-making power remains concentrated.Publishers cannot blame festivals. Festivals cannot blame publishers. Booksellers cannot endlessly blame consumer demand. Every institution shaping literary culture is responsible for the choices it makes.We built the Black British Book Festival because representation should not begin after backlash. It should be present in the relationships, budgets, commissioning processes and leadership from day one.The industry does not need another promise to “do better.”It needs to do differently.What must your part of the industry change?#PublishingHasARepresentationProblem #BlackBritishBookFestival #BBBF #PublishingRepresentation #DiversityInPublishing
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I’m a trans korean American woman about to be jobless and relocating to Ohio, not an ideal situation, need to find full-time administrative/creative work in: OH, PA, Washington, IL. any leads or people willing to act as a referral would be appreciated. If so I’d share my portfolio site/CV. dm me!
Do you have #KidLit (picture bks up thru MG and YA) book recommendations? Post below in the thread! The more recently published, the better. Authors & illustrators: feel free to tell people about your latest book! Thanks to @scalzi.com & @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social for inspiring this thread.
If you ever want to give an author whose book you've loved a magical free gift, recommend their book to someone.
Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · 2w agoWord of mouth, personal recommendation, was the first and remains the best way for authors to reach new readers long-term. New readers helps us carry on writing new books for everyone.
New soup kitchen portrait 🎨 Quite a few of the guests at my local soup kitchen are accompanied by their loyal doggie friends. Mark & Trixie are the most fashionable of them all✨ Pastel on paper, 6x8”. (Finished original is framed & gifted to sitters free of charge)
I grew these garlics from last November & they didn’t last me 2 weeks. Also I grew them for scapes & turns out I had wrong varieties (soft neck instead of hard neck) 🥲
Sojung Kim-McCarthy@creativesojung.bsky.social · last mo.Harvest 🧄
Drawing the sun + (half) golden retriever + Christchurch Harbour ☀️
Still hot today ☀️ so here’s my fav beach scene from my PB Binna’s Dalgona. Binna realises that this country she recently emigrated to is her home now. She’s surrounded by her new friends who understand her struggles & know how to give her safe space when she needs✨ #KidLitArt
