We cannot allow the Epstein files narrative to just fade away. This reading room is brilliant and what they have done here ensures that. #BelieveTheSurvivors
Emma Reynolds
@emmaillustrate.bsky.social
Children's book author-illustrator #kidlit MG Graphic Novel #DrawnToChangeTheWorld Picture book #AmaraAndTheBats 🦇📚🏳️🌈♾ AuDHD Loves #Bats .She/Her. Rep'd by Thao Le Website: emmareynoldsillustration.com Links: linktree.com/emmaillustrate
I'm not going in again so yes. Bats. Normal things have been occurring in my brain for two years I swear
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🦇 The official Sunset Survey Weekend is here! Are you taking part? All you have to do is sit in your garden or local park for 1h and record any and all wildlife you see. Sign up here: www.bats.org.uk/sunset-survey .
✨🦇 My confirmed events this year so far! Next week is #Confuzzled and I’m sooo excited!! 🥰🧡 🧡 @confuzzled.org.uk Sat 23rd - Mon 25th May 🧡 On Paper Festival 20th June 🧡 MaccPow 27th June 🧡 @megaconlive.bsky.social Manchester 1st-2nd Aug 🧡 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 14th-15th Nov
Thank you so much @mariannedoherty.bsky.social for sharing our graphic anthology ‘Drawn to Change the World’ among this amazing list!
Over David Attenborough’s lifetime the natural world has become ever more eroded. On his 100th birthday let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate children’s books that carry on his environmental legacy, help us delight in nature and encourage us to protect its future. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
🔥The results of the UK Comics Creators Survey 2025 are in 🔥 STATS! Come get yer STATS! Fresh juicy STATS! ukcomicscreators.org.uk/wp-content/u...
📢 Polling stations are now open! 📢 Want to replace the failing Labour Party and defeat the hateful message of Reform? Get yourself down to your local polling station and vote Green today! Every vote counts. Make sure your voice is heard 💚 Don’t forget your Photo ID for voting in England!
For anyone who doesn’t have a subscription to the Bookseller, the article is based on this report which launched today: ukcomicscreators.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Almost 90% of comics creators who earn income from traditional publishing do not earn the national living wage from their work, with 13% relying on state benefits 👇 #BookSky
THE CROW PRINCESS, coming to shelves April 20th, 2027 from First Second!! With loose inspiration from Chinese mythology, THE CROW PRINCESS is a summery modern fairytale about what happens when you rescue an injured crow who turns out to be a princess from the mountains.
This is indeed a great read below. To add to this - Mac Barnett is speaking from a position of extreme privilege. Yes ideally less books would be published so the market is less saturated, but the rest of us need to be paid more then. Overall, a very callous and harmful thing for him to say.
If you’re seeing the Mac Barnett quote floating around, here’s the best break down I’ve seen that addresses the book as a whole in addition to the quote
Illustration I made of me as a bear for an adorable #Confuzzled stamp rally I’m taking part in! I’m so excited to be tabling there for the first time - I’ve been working hard on lots of new things for it - more soon! 🥰🐻🦇❤️ #cfz #cfz2026
People who lament that “music was just better in the 70s/80s/90s” are partially correct in that working class kids could go on the dole for a couple years and explore their creativity without it ruining their life. Most bands now come from the kind of money you’ve only ever heard of
I love this essay very much!!!!
a reminder that wholesale copying artistic photography for a painting is often still plagiarism, even though it’s two different mediums
Luxembourg Copyright Case Against Jeff Dieschburg - Jingna Zhang Fashion, Fine Art & Beauty Photography
I won. I won my appeal. The Luxembourg court has ruled that Jeff Dieschburg infringed upon my copyright when he used my work without consent. Using a different medium was irrelevant. My work being '...
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I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.
For Autism Acceptance Month, I and a few friends organised our 4th annual all-autistic Game Jam and I'm so excited to say the games are releasing NOW as a charity bundle to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. itch.io/b/3659/ach-g... Everyone's worked so hard, please check it out & share!
Are you kidding me? #KidLitArtPostcard is turning 5 this June? To celebrate, I would love for everyone to share an illustration of themselves as a kid. I'm sharing this now to give you extra time to join the fun. June 4th! Spread the word! #kidlitart #kidlit
This is one of those videos everyone needs to watch. It addresses the problems we all experience today, and the solutions to help us live healthier lives.
Modern Life Is A Disease
YouTube video by Seth Capehart MD
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“The interim report commissioned by Wes Streeting, the health secretary,found there were incentives to seek a diagnosis because it is the “gateway” to unlock access to special adjustments at school and work" Getting a cancer diagnosis as a gateway to unlock chemotherapy
"Children and young adults are “incentivised” to get an ADHD or autism diagnosis and there has been a “medicalisation of distress”, a government inquiry has concluded." [Times front page]
A cute porcelain rat bowl - this piece will be available this Sunday with the new April collection 🐀
🦇We’re very excited to let you know that the Bat Conservation Trust has been selected to participate in the Big Give’s Earth Raise 2026 campaign. That means that every donation up to £10,000 made to our campaign during 22 – 29 April, will be DOUBLED. More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-big-give
unfriendly reminder that jkr donated £70k that went towards the changing of actual law in the u.k to define what a woman is and isn't. if you're at all a harry potter fan still despite all this, then i urge you to get the fuck over it and quickly
With the HP trailer dropping tomorrow, here's the whole deal: If you watch the show, hell even just the trailer, I will think less of you. I will dislike you. I will think you don't care about trans people. That's it. It's been years. There's no wiggle room. No qualifiers. You care or you don't.
It’s FINISHED! I ended up reworking two shark knitting patterns plus learning three new kinds of decreases/increases because I wanted my shark’s head to be symmetrical, but I got there eventually. I love her. #whaleshark #marinebiology #knitting #sciart
Applications for the Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant is still open ⛪️🦇👥 If your church would benefit from a small grant to help manage bat roost-related issues, please apply! Find out more about the grant and how to apply here: shorturl.at/ArALw Applications close: 10am, 27th April 2026.
Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant - Bats and Churches - Bat Conservation Trust
Bats have always been in churches and places of worship – there are records of this dating back many hundreds of years. Even churches built in a non-tra...
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Hey everyone! Cloud Puppy book 3: The Pup Days of Summer is coming out in a few weeks (April 7th) and if you haven’t pre-ordered yet, Barnes & Noble is doing a pre-order promotion from March 24th - March 26th! Just use the code PREORDER25!
a cartoon of homer simpson pointing at marge and lisa simpson
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Disney has cancelled their deal with OpenAI. They planned to invest $1 billion into the company and let Sora have access to AI generate videos of characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...)
A certified banger!
Happy Book Day! My graphic novel Speaking in Pictures is finally out in the world! I planned this book for over 20 years and spent 7 years writing and drawing it, so I hope everyone enjoys reading it as much as I did creating it 🥳 www.visuallanguagelab.com/sip
The last episode of BatChat season 7 is out now! To finish off this series, join us for a nice gentle episode as we drift down a river in canoes with the Bedfordshire Bat Group. As dusk falls, volunteers begin to survey the bats that call the river home. Listen here: buff.ly/ifTiuPO