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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It is the first day of November— Throwback to this 2011 trailer I animated and composed for The Scorpio Races. (Notice the paint is still wet on a bunch of slides because I was so behind on a bunch of real deadlines while I was playing around with this).

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Fraer Stevenson @fraerstevenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I’ve spent the morning dancing about in my socks 💃 and (happy) weeping 😭, after finding out my novel made the longlist for this beauty of a prize! Top 30 out of 22k entries is 🤯😍🙏and means so so much! ❤️ Huge congrats to all the listees ❤️And massive thank yous to the fabulous folk at The Novelry ❤️🙏❤️

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Roc83 @roc83.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Uh oh!

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

With one of the year's best and most successful movies centring around vampires, we've been discussing all things creatures in SFFH, folklore and myth this month. What we didn't bank on was the extreme outpouring of love for dragons... britishfantasysociety.org/the-best-cre...

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

My cartoon for this week’s Books pages in @theguardian.com

Image: A small, pretty English village. A girl with a bag on her shoulder runs towards a van on the other side of the village green. She says to herself "I've got to follow my heart and leave this sleepy village behind. A new life awaits on the open road, touring from town to town in a merry band of brilliant eccentrics!"

Title: “Rebecca runs away to join the travelling library”

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 24/06/2025

This is Shadow and Ollie. Shadow can be seen here attempting to eat his brother. And based on Ollie's reaction, this is not the first time. 13/10 for both

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Goodnight. #FrogForFriday 🖼️ Toot, Catherine G McElroy.

Crescent moon and night sky, a frog under a large lit mushroom, playing a horn while sitting on a log in the water. There’s a little blue flower growing from one end of the log, mop and frog scene reflected in the water. Painting.

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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

'Saved by bats' postcards are back in my shop! joncarling.bigcartel.com

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Habon Jama @habonjama.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The lovely Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social who was my creative writing tutor @ Goldsmiths university is running a workshop on editing your novel! Sara is extremely knowledgeable and I learned a lot from her. This is a great opportunity! #Writingcommunity #novel #Amwriting

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Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Writing-to-editing ratio. I tracked my time when writing a 100-page MG novel. So far I’ve worked 220 hours on the book. Approximately 30% of that time was spent writing the 1st draft, but 70% was editing. The difference between a good novel & a publishable one is a rigorous revision process.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

David Attenborough [whispering]: “The dual-finned Canadian land shark surfaces briefly, scouting the area for signs of potential prey.”

A pair of dog ears surface from deep snow.

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Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Lois Lane interviews Superman and world powers reject the Man of Steel in the emotional new trailer for James Gunn's Superman.

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SUPERMAN Trailer Emotionally Devestates Us as Hero Fights for Thankless World

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Jon Lock @jonlock.com · 15/05/2025

A National Lottery Project Grant from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social gave me the incredible opportunity to produce an original 160-page graphic novel and deliver free comic-making workshops for children aged 8 to 11 in Gloucester. #ACESupported Find out more: 👉 www.jonlock.com/arts-council

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 15/05/2025

Dear #BookSky, Times are tough. We’re fundraising to share even MORE fabulous books and authors with the world. Can you help? Share this post, and buy ANY of our books at 20% off, using discount code TheBigSaltSale in our checkout: www.saltpublishing.com/discount/The... Offer ends May 31st.

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Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Ryan Kiera Armstrong will star in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.

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The BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Reboot Has Found Its New Chosen One

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

BFS Online is excited to announce our next ‘After Dark’ event, Through Shadows: The Allure of Darkness. Thursday 8th May 2025, 9pm (BST). Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall #BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky

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Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

‘PRACTICAL MAGIC 2’ will be released in theaters on September 18, 2026. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock will return.

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Happy Star Wars Day. May the force be with you on May the 4th and also every day. #StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 01/05/2025

The Novelry, the online fiction writing school, will award £75,000 to one aspiring author based on the first three pages of a potential novel 👇 #BookSky

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The Novelry to award £75k to an aspiring author as part of The Next Big Story writing competition

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Goodnight. 🖼️ Riddaren Rider, John Bauer, 1914.

Illustration, a knight riding a horse through a starry night.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Monday plans: 🖼️ DD McInnes

Grey mouse carrying books and a daisy, green foliage background, painting.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

News! Wee Free Men, Thief of Time and Monstrous Regiment are being adapted into graphic novels with Transworld and Puffin. I’m word wrangling on WFM, and Gary Chudleigh and Rachel Stott are adapting ToT. Exciting times! www.thebookseller.com/rights/terry...

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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to be launched as graphic-novel series by Transworld and Puffin

Transworld and Puffin have signed deals for three graphic-novel adaptations of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, marking the start of the Discworld Graphic Novel Universe.

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Felt Mistress @feltmistress.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Duffle having a jacket fitting. Duffle was commissioned by Lakes National Park and Lakes International Comic Festival a few years ago. He was part of a trail (I made 5 large pieces in total) and was based in the Windermere Jetty Museum

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born artist, known for her large scale environmentally themed murals #WomensArt

Photo of a highrise building with a mural featuring a dandelion painted on the entire front covering many storeys

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Life size driftwood horse sculptures by UK sculptor Heather Jansch #WomensArt

Photo featuring three horse sculptures grouped together on the wet sand of a beach under a blue sky, each horse is created with pieces of drift wood and stands facing right

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

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Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Title: Modern Folk horrors of the British Isles

Five images of various characters:

A coven of murderous witches...
Who play loud youtube videos on public transport.

An ancient malevolent demon...
With a three-hour podcast interviewing entrepreneurs.

A flock of bloodthirsty ravens...
Who think absolutely everything is "Woke".

A primordial shambling beast...
Wearing a "Make albion great again" baseball cap.

A mob of satanic villagers...
Who give bad reviews to books they haven't read.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 5th April 2025, 10am to 6pm (BST). BFS Online: Worldbuilding Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsworld

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

A map of procrastination' by contemporary UK illustrator, Gemma Correll #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

[animal shelter] “I see Mittens is back again?” “Yeah, third time now.” “Who dropped him off?” “Dunno, some dude with one arm.”

A tiger is curled up in a grass-filled cardboard box set down in a hallway.

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

my grandmother had the exact same house dress

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

'Pegasus', one of artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline animals #WomensArt #Monday

Photo of a clothes line with clothing hung on it to resemble the shape of a black horse facing left above a green field and under a blue sky

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Irish artist Miriam Sweeney, Subversion 2012 #WomensArt Happy #StPatricksDay ☘

Sculpture resembling a black horse emerging from fog viewed from the front

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Habon Jama @habonjama.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Fraer you are such a talented writer! So glad you are receiving the recognition you deserve! Sending huge hugs, lovely 🥰❤️🐴

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

My newest creation is Meredith, the fabric art ghost. I designed and hand-sewed her. Meredith enjoys devouring poisonous wildflowers and making her ectoplasm toxic. She tells people she's never seen the moon although this is a blatant lie. jeremycreature.etsy.com

Meredith is a tall white ghost covered with embroidered red flowers. She has a gray face with sparkly black eyes and a little frown. She has two long curly horns or wisps coming out of her head. There's green fur in the background of the photo.

Here's another photo of Meredith where she's resting on my palm.

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Fraer Stevenson @fraerstevenson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

My dark horse of a novel (YA crossover fantasy) is on this longlist! I’ve long admired this award, so it feels a bit surreal to see my name on it. Over 1900 submissions, and 21 on the longlist! Congratulations to everyone listed! 🥳 bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-chi... @bathnovelaward.co.uk

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The Bath Children's Novel Award 2024 - Winner and Listees

The Bath Children's Novel Award 2024 goes to Craig Pearson Fender for his thrilling and magical fantasy manuscript PANJANDRUM

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The Bath Novel Awards @bathnovelaward.co.uk · 25/02/2025

✨Congratulations to our 21 longlistees, whose exceptional extracts shone out in our most competitive year to date #BCNA24

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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

A dangerous nook

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Catherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Colours of the sea #Shetland

Still blue sea with pink and green seaweed visible under the water

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Panels & interview for BFS Online: Crafting Characters. This Saturday 10am to 6pm (UK). Ticket: tinyurl.com/craftingchar... BFS members, free. Non-members, £5.

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