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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 23/09/2025

The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app. The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books. Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.

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The Uncultured @the-uncultured.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Thoughts and tips on the seemingly unnamed ACE under £30k application portal...

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Check out this sweet new young picture book from @darrenchetty.bsky.social and Sandhya Prabat. Having spent a lot of time with a three year old lately the accidental violence of young friendships really spoke to me!

My hand holding a hardback picture book against wallpaper showing lush trees. The title is I'm going to make a friend and it's shown in a thought bubble full of stars and purple. A young boy with brown skin is carrying a big cardboard box of art equipment and random bits and pieces like spanners. The background of the cover is white and the author and illustrator names are in yellow flashes: Darren Chetty and Sandhya Prabhat.

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Professor Karen Sands-O’Connor @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

@darrenchetty.bsky.social and I are at the Brixton Library on Tuesday evening talking about our new book, Beyond the Secret Garden. Join us!

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/03/2025

At least 200 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its war on the enclave this week, says UNICEF's Gaza spokesperson Rosalia Paulin. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u6c13s

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I’m afraid I’m already closed, but best of luck!

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Generally both, but I’m afraid I’m now closed to submissions due to upcoming maternity leave - so sorry to disappoint, and best of luck!

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Hi there - not as a rule, but I’m afraid my submissions are now closed for 2025 in advance of my maternity leave. Best of luck to you!

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Darren Chetty @darrenchetty.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The amazing @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social interviewed @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and me for the latest issue- we talked about writing Beyond the Secret Garden. booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/movi...

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Moving Beyond the Secret Garden – Books For Keeps

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City Lit @citylit.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

📣 We are accepting applications until 2 FEBRUARY for City Lit's 2025-26 Malorie Blackman Scholarships for Unheard Voices. Winners will be selected by acclaimed writer @malorieblackman.bsky.social Learn more: www.citylit.ac.uk/malorie-blac... #CityLit #Writing #MalorieBlackman

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This Black Friday you can support independent bookshops online through Bookshop.org with free shipping on orders all weekend. Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now: go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Not for submission, but it will need to be ready if we call it in, yes!

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Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Looking for picture books or young adult stories about Palestine? Check out this selection published by @arablit.bsky.social!

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I should think soon after Christmas.

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I’m afraid not - we have brilliant colleagues in the New York office who sell US rights as primary agents.

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This list is not exhaustive, but hopefully helpful & indicative. CAA does now have a writer facing website, so we welcome your submissions here: www.caa.com/entertainmen... And, as I said on The Other Place, thank you for indulging my whims - it’s a privilege to be a professional treasure-hunter

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Based in the London office, Rachel Mann represents a broad range of work – largely fiction, with some non-fiction—from commercial to literary, in adult, young adult, and middle-grade markets.<br><br>H...

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The formally interesting too - Benjamin Zephaniah, Ursula LeGuin or David Almond-esque. I published MG & YA for 10 years and it will always have my heart - the market’s tough but the readers are still there! I don’t tend to rep picture books or fiction younger than 7+

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I feel very strongly that we need to focus on literary quality as well as accessibility in our books for children. Anything YA or MG that does any of the above, ideally with hook & humour, I’d love to see.

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

…returning to nature & to ourselves. I will always be drawn to international stories and settings - what is unfamiliar (& uncomfortable!) to a Western reader. I don’t tend to rep high fantasy, but love magic & a speculative hook. Every kind of love, please.

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Themes: always, always work that in some way acknowledges the ecological crisis in which we now & will always exist. Radical reimaginings of how we might live, in terms of collective care, eradicating borders, tearing down capitalist, colonialist & imperialist structures…

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Commercial-literary fiction in general: Bunny,Tender is the Flesh & Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl are all good examples. I’m also looking for something big - perhaps a family drama, perhaps multi-generational - still with voice. I love Iris Murdoch, Toni Morrison & Barbara Kingsolver.

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Literary / commercial-literary horror - see above… Graphic novels across the market, but see 🧵 for general themes that I’m interested in. Literary / commercial-literary romance. Especially if bi / pan / queer. I’m looking for both something sweeping & epic, & something more contemporary.

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Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Writers of this better place: I’m closing submissions soon but before I do, I’d love some final books to sell! Here’s my #mswl: High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better YA horror - ALL OF IT

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers. Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be. go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

NORTHERN FICTION ALLIANCE STARTER PACK 📣 People and presses that make up the NFA - supporting the publishing industry in the North. Let me know if I've missed anyone including any NFA authors who are over here - will update regularly! ✍️ Shares appreciated! go.bsky.app/6RGYudb

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

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Kishani Widyaratna @kishani.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

We are hiring! 4th Estate Books is recruiting for a talented Assistant Editor to work across a global list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Come join our team 👩🏾‍💻 Closes 24 Nov, vacancy here: app.beapplied.com/apply/ruxf4x...

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