Jodie Hodges
@jodiehodges.bsky.social
Children’s Literary Agent at United Agents
This is Henry who has chosen to go to school dressed as me for #WorldBookDay. Good luck, Henry! Do send me any pictures of your charges dressed as my characters (or me). I hope that everyone has fun.
Iconic Barbara being iconic with her happy-making sausage. 🌭
#NewIllustrationoftheDay. Tomorrow, 6 March, is World Book Day so this spread is from one of the collection of eleven World Book Day mini-books, priced at £1: Nadia Shireen's Barbara's Very Useful Guide to Moods. From @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @nadiashireen.bsky.social @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social
shorturl.at/YA2bR Do I think these tech bros care about reading? I do not. Do these tech bros have $16m? They do. Do I think incredible work could be done if even a 20th of that sum were invested in marketing *the act of reading* as an essential wellbeing and self improvement tool. I know it. 💔
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
thebookseller.com
Feels like one's first post should be super profound. No such luck from me. Nice to be here, though. 👋