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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson. #December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍

Illustration of figures from the Moomins book series sitting around a fire in a magical snowy forest

Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Happy holidays Bluesky folk! ✨🎄✨ Here’s some lovely snippets of inspiration from my 2025! : ) open.substack.com/pub/fionawoo...

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The Last Dispatch (of 2025)

And a reminder to PLAY!

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 06/11/2025

We’re all looking for a little magic at Christmas 💫 Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.  Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond: bit.ly/4hTWKCT

An illustration of a child wearing a woolly hat smiling as he sits on a tree stump reading a book in a snowy scene, watched by a smiling snowman in a BookTrust scarf. Plus the words "Share the magic of books this Christmas"

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I’m happy and honoured to share the news that Five Little Friends written by Sean Taylor has been nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Illustration! : ) A huge thank you to the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social judges and brilliant @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and to Sean for his unique vision! : )

A bright green Carnegie Award Nomination graphic featuring the happy cover of Five Little Friends.

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Such a playful celebration of #NationalPoetryDay at Bromley Central library! Sharing Five Little Friends! (Written by Sean Taylor) @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Thank you to @booktrust.org.uk for including Five Little Friends! : )

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I had a wonderful chat with @whackochacko.bsky.social on his Fruitful Life podcast. We had a great big natter about all sorts, inc. my early creative life, animation, picture books, and the importance of play. Available on Spotify, Apple podcast & YouTube. open.spotify.com/episode/1mHb...

A photo of Fiona Woodcock - A white woman with dark hair and glasses - surrounded by Fruitful Life Podcast colourful branding. And Fiona illustrated as a happy apple! : )

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Fiona Woodcock. From Five Little Friends, a collection of finger rhymes for the very young by Sean Taylor. Simple impact using a blow pen to show hand and arm gestures, and the ideas they signify. Walker Books 3 July. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @fionawoodcock.bsky.social

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Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July! Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Hi Bluesky! TODAY is PUBLICATION DAY for Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor and me. It's a great big interactive collection of finger rhymes and it's a fun one! : ) Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social (That's me happily painting the window of The Paper Cat Bookshop!)

A photo of the hard back UK version of FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS: A Collection of Finger Rhymes, by Sean Taylor and Fiona Woodcock. A dark orange cover with a happy girl with pink glasses holding up a hand wearing a colourful glove. Each of the five fingers of the glove has a happy smiley face on it.

Fiona Woodcock is happily working on a colourful painted bookshop window. The painting features the big hand from the front of the book cover - each finger has a happy smiley face on it.

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Kirsten Allen (@kidsstoryworld) @kidsstoryworld.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Let’s have some lovely children’s book suggestions to cheer up a grey day! What’s your feel good read read? What makes you smile? Here are a few to get started…

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Richard Jones @apaintedmouse.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Publication day for Safe at Last! x

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Kirsten Allen (@kidsstoryworld) @kidsstoryworld.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Hello all -my lovely #kidlit friends please please can you help by sharing? 🙏🙏🙏 Minty has been in our friendship group since uni (over 20 years. In Jan he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. www.gofundme.com/f/stuart-minty Please please please share (and/or donate but only if you are able to)

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Donate to Help Stuart Minty get Treatment in Germany, organized by Aileen Minty

In January of this year our world was turned completely upside down when devas… Aileen Minty needs your support for Help Stuart Minty get Treatment in Germany

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 21/05/2025

📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

The front cover of the Reading Rights report plus the words: "Reading Rights - Books build a brighter future - Read the report". The URL booktrust.org.uk/readingrights and logos for Waterstones Children's Laureate, Arts Council England, and BookTrust

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Kurt Vonnegut man

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope:
"Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man.
You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?
And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope.
I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by.
And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around
And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around.
And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🥳 TONIGHT 8pm ET is the 3rd anniversary episode of Gab 'n' Doodle with the amazing @scottlava.bsky.social on Insta Live! 🤯WOW thank u SO much to the well-wishers & thank u @mrshoffy for putting this together(Longer vid on Insta) List of these illustrators in the comments⬇️ #kidlitart #illustration

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Yesterday was a good day! Thank you @jennyhawke.bsky.social , the Bromley Libraries team and all the little roaring lions who came along! : ) Always a joy reading Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social 🦁💛

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Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

There's a tiny secret detail in Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social that you might not know. The ever wonderful Fiona added me & my three sons into the story! Happy Mother's Day to all the caring women in our life 💗

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Thank you! @fuse8.bsky.social for totally getting FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor and me. : ) This Review of the Day gives such a great insight into what this book is all about and a few sneak peeks too! 👀 Out in the summer with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

👋 COVER REVEAL! 👋 FIVE LITTLE FRIENDS by Sean Taylor is unlike any book I’ve worked on before. It’s a great big book of interactive Finger Rhymes. : ) Out in the UK in July with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social And out in US in August with @candlewickpress.bsky.social Available for pre-order! 👍💛

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Libraries are so important for ALL children to have access to. Yet Lambeth council are about to cut £1M from the budgets of the libraries in their borough. We need your help to STOP this. I wrote an open letter to the council to try and get them to see the error of their decision. Please repost.

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Reading for pleasure has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. And every reader is different, and enjoys reading different things in different ways. So please: let kids read for pleasure and celebrate books EVERY DAY - not just #WorldBookDay!

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Super handy tips for transforming into Little Lion Girl this @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social 🦁

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Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

A scarf, boots and some DIY lion ears, and hey presto you can be a lion for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social inspired by the Leonie from Little Lion Girl by myself and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Prepare to ROAR, pounce and get lost in some brilliant books this year!

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Nicola Kent @nicolakent.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Up the road from me today - what an amazing expression of unity in the face of a grave threat to our creative industries. 💙 #HandsOffOurCopyright

Display of newspapers in shop, all sharing the heading MAKE IT FAIR with the AI in fair highlighted in white.

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It’s time to #MakeItFair Today is your last chance to fill in the UK government’s Consultation on AI and Copyright. If you haven't already, please make time to fill it in by the end of today! ALL links up in my bio 👆 Please help the UK government get this right! #MakeItFair #handsoffourcopyright

Big bold black lettering (on a turquoise background) that says 'make it fair'. The 'A' and 'I' of fair is in white to highlight the issue with generative AI impacting the UK creative industries. Smaller text below says 'The government is siding with big tech over British creativity'.

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Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy US release of Little Lion Girl by me and the ever fantastic @fionawoodcock.bsky.social with @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Here’s to bold girls in cities!* “[A] tale of a metropolitan outing that becomes a wild, mettle-testing adventure.” —Publishers Weekly (*and the power of books ❤️🦁)

Orange hued cover of a picturebook, a girl with yellow curly hair runs and her shadow is a giant roaring lion.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I drew the cover for this week's @newyorker.com

A cover of the New Yorker magazine for February 10th 2025. The image is of a dark, rainy street scene. One figure shelters under an umbrella and another, wearing a large raincoat, walks a sad looking dog. A large window casts warm light onto the street. Inside a woman (wearing a bright yellow coat) and her dog, look at a summery painting of a figure basking under a hot sun.

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

What an absolute pleasure for this #playschool baby to meet @floellabenjamin.bsky.social at the fabulous reopening of Beckenham Library and to say a huge thank you for her wonderful reading of my book Hiding Heidi on CBeebies Bedtime stories. 💛 Thank you! @jennyhawke.bsky.social for the invite! : )

Two very smiley happy faces - one of Baroness Floella Benjamin in a blue suit and sparkly top on the left and Fiona Woodcock wearing a colourful scarf and red coat on the right

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I’m supporting the wonderful #ReadItForward campaign! Buy ANY children’s book during February and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social - How brilliant is that!? : ) uk.bookshop.org/contributors...

A purple Bookshop.org branded template with big white text that says READ IT FORWARD. Featuring the cover of Little Lion Girl by Olivia Hope and Fiona Woodcock and the cover of Silver Linings by Fiona Woodcock.

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

✏️✏️ Calling UK illustrators! ✏️✏️ A reminder that you can have your say on the UK Government Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation via the AOI survey before 31st Jan! 👉 rb.gy/hzrz6b Also this is a great resource on the subject 👉 shorturl.at/DhJt7

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Dear fellow illustrators and friends in the creative industries, this is a call to action

Let's talk about the Government's Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

'New life', 1966 by the screenprinting Pop Artist nun Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

So happy to see Little Lion Girl by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social and me in this round up by authors and illustrators - compiled by the wonderful @booktrust.bsky.social - thank you! : )

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Goodbye 2024 and Hello 2025! : ) Here's my #bestnine of a fun-packed year that was dominated by lots of Little Lion Girl fun with @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social If you fancy a more in-depth look at what I've been up to, then do have a snoop at my Woodcock Dispatch - (link in bio) HNY all! 💛

A grid of nine colourful images that represent the creative highlights of 2024 - these include a central photo of Fiona Woodcock and Olivia Hope holding their book Little Lion Girl - which features heavily in the selection. There are illustrations of Leonie who is the Little Lion Girl and an image of the cover Silver Linings by Fiona Woodcock, celebrating the shortlisting in the 2024 V&A Illustration Awards.

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Really enjoyed having a good old Gab 'n' Doodle with @studiohoffmann.bsky.social : )

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Some of the artwork from Louise Bourgeois's 'Ode à l'Oubli' - Fabric book, with hand-embroidery and lithographed cover, 2002 #womensart

A series of squares with an image inside, with four squares horizontally and three squares vertically making a total of twelve, images include simple shapes in red, orange, blue or black , including a red flower like motif in a circle and a black grid, all on a cream white background

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Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

From @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social 'Did somebody say "preorder?" 👀 Make your 2025 brighter by preordering some of our most anticipated reads! Starting with some incredible titles in January' Little Lion Girl! So excited to bring Leonie Stateide in the Spring with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 15/11/2024

No matter what’s changing for a child, the comfort of a good book is timeless. A £10 donation to our #MagicOfBooks appeal will give a child in need a gift they’ll enjoy now and long after the festive season. Donate here - and thank you ✨👇 donate.booktrust.org.uk/xmas3?utm_so...

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Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Ahead of Little Lion Girl launching in the US next February, delighted to see a review in Publishers Weekly. Love seeing Leonie makes tracks as only a little lion girl can. Hugest admiration of @fionawoodcock.bsky.social's beautiful illustration and thanks to @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

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Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

My US publisher #GreenwillowBooks (an imprint of @harperkids.bsky.social ) is celebrating fifty years of making wonderful books! I can’t be in NY for the celebration drinks today, but I had a lot of fun playing around with their iconic logo to say Happy 50th Anniversary! : )

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Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I love being part of the Irish children’s books community, and this is a great feature in the Sunday Times by @childrensbooksireland.ie & the Irish booksellers. Thanks to Joanna at @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social and as always love to @fionawoodcock.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 26/11/2024

Playtime meets art history in Kutná Hora, Czechia

a piet Mondrian painting turned into a play area

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay finally gives in to Christmassy books. This crisp and impactful caricature, part of a spread, is by Kate Hindley from The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland. Santa has to deliver to the princess of hearts. Out in paperback from Macmillan Children’s Books since October.

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Olivia Hope @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Ahead of its February release in the US, there's a Kirkus review of Little Lion Girl by me and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social (Bloomsbury) "Perfectly captures a courageous youngster's explorations of an unfamiliar setting." So flipping delighted 🦁 ❤️ www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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LITTLE LION GIRL | Kirkus Reviews

While spending the day in the city with her mother, a small child envisions herself as a big cat.

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Tim Budgen @mrtimdraws.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Here’s a starter pack for picture book and young fiction book creators in the UK - please ask to be added 😄 go.bsky.app/Eopnbgm

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