Meredith Vigh Author
@meredithvighauthor.bsky.social
Picture Books in rhyme and prose. Agent: @ichristmasbell @DHAchildrens. Proud Kiwi. She/Her. Picture Book Critiques at https://www.fiverr.com/merypink33/critique-and-help-edit-your-c
This is out today with the latest Jellycat Christmas drop! Ocean Hughes has outdone herself with these gorgeous, wintry illustrations.
Odell is here at last! Available now on the Jellycat website and official Jellycat stockists
Sometimes I’m asked ‘why do you care?’ ‘Swifts are one of the oldest species on earth. They spend more time airborne than any other bird yet when they come home they come home to us. They’re on the brink. They just need a brick with a hole in it.’
"I hope readers think I have provided Pax with a fitting finale to his adventures" —@bluegold201 looks back on Pax as he gears up for the final part of the trilogy. Pax and the Secret Swarm arrives October 9th 2025. Click here to read more 👉 tinytreebooks.com/2025/05/27/p... #kidlit
Super excited to see this up on the Jellycat website at last! It’s illustrated by the super talented Clair Rossiter and is available to buy from July 15th
Parents/teachers/anyone who's interested in children's books: would you help Marianne out by filling this in?
Marianne Doherty@mariannedoherty.bsky.social · last yr.I work for Scottish Book Trust and we’re running a survey for parents/teachers/kids book enthusiasts about how they find books for kids. I’d be enormously grateful if anyone can spare 5-10 mins to share their thoughts. #KidLitUK forms.office.com/e/EdVhWA0T0n
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 5: Much of writing is memory. Memory of places, of feelings, of dreams, of experience, of sensations. Anything you can do to enhance your memory can help you as a writer: keeping notebooks, diaries, being conscious of life as it unfolds; noticing details. Remembering.
Hugely excited to get my hands on a copy of I'M GOING TO MAKE A FRIEND - the debut picture book from the brilliant @darrenchetty.bsky.social, beautifully illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat - coming in May from @littletigeruk.bsky.social! littletiger.co.uk/product/im-g...
It's so amazing, thank you. We love your books. My two year old is a huge fan of the Bear series and Lights on Cotton Rock. The piano is bringing a lot of joy to the shop! Coincidentally I dressed as the Bear for WBD this year. One to repeat next year I think.
David Litchfield@dc-litchfield.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social who won the @quartokids.bsky.social competition and are now the proud owners of this hand painted (by me) mini piano to celebrate the release of the 10 Year Anniversary Edition of ‘The Bear & The Piano’ ….🐻🎹
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by debut illustrator Scott Wilson. Lively, loosely-drawn caricature from I’m Gonna Eat a Monster! by Kael Tudor. Puffin paperback 6 March. Gruffalo-influenced story about a rabbit outwitting a predatory wolf using the threat of a monster #booksky @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
Here’s my new book announcement! I didn’t dare to dream I’d be able to write my very own story collection until my dear agent Julia and the brilliant team at Zephyr, Head of Zeus (part of Bloomsbury) suggested it. These timeless stories are unlike anything I’ve written;they’ve stretched my writing/1
Revealing the 2025 Carnegie Medal longlistees joining Joseph Coelho for a FREE event celebrating storytelling! 📖🌟 Featuring Mariajo Ilustrajo, Yuval Zommer, Danielle Jawando, C. G. Moore and Margaret McDonald! 📚🎨 #Carnegies2025 #BookTownTakeover Secure your group's spot here: https://buff.ly/4i4Fo4Z
If the world could just stop sliding into utter dystopian darkness and madness that’d be great
Also re-sharing this article from a couple of years ago, where I and a few other authors/illustrators inc. @robbiddulph.bsky.social, @dapsdraws.bsky.social shared our views re. AI: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘It’s the opposite of art’: why illustrators are furious about AI
AI art generators may provide five minutes of fun for most users, but the blurring of creative and ethical boundaries is leaving many artists raging against the machine
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Horrified by news of our friend & fellow bookseller Mahmoud being arrested by Israeli forces alongside his nephew. A tireless campaigner for the power of literature, Mahmoud was in Edinburgh with us just months ago - please join call for their release! #Booksky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Raid on Educational Bookstore branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals
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Saqi Books@saqibooks.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop. Please share our statement below widely.
This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this. www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...
AI and copyright - blog - Chris Haughton - AI and copyright
The blog of designer and author Chris Haughton. Chris was listed in Time magazine's DESIGN 100 for his fair trade design work for PEOPLE TREE.
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Spotted today at Webbs of Tenterden, our favourite bedtime story! Debut picture book by @meredithvighauthor.bsky.social
Message from another Fiverr seller asking me to share my work/clients with them as they aren’t making much money and want to boost their own profile. Ummm… no… Why would I do that?