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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Really exciting meeting with a gaming studio today! Fingers crossed!🤞🏽

Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

One of my absolute favourite reads of the year! A super inventive blend of Nigerian folklore and futurism. (And the story ‘Ganger’ is just *chef’s kiss*)

Cover of the book Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi.

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Closing out the week with not one but two exciting TV things signed!? Sometimes everything just decides to randomly align and it feels like nothing short of a SERIES of miracles 💛 I’m (exhausted but) so bloody THRILLED! 🥂

Me with champagne, so tired but so happy lol

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Woohoo! Go #Readerful series! So thrilled to have been a part of it 💛

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🎉 It’s here! Loved writing this book about a goofy dragon discovering snow, hiding (rather poorly) from nosy townsfolk, and leaving dancing, clawy snow-prints EVERYWHERE😂❄️ Thanks so much to the lovely team at Oxford and, as always, to my brilliant agent Lydia Silver @da-childrens.bsky.social!

Me holding my book 'Dragons of Moon Tail Island: Snow Problem'. The cover shows two kids making snowballs with a red and purple dragon.

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🔍Mother-daughter mystery game night 💛 (Feels ominously like the first scene of an absolutely unhinged detective show lol)

An old timey map, newspaper and case file from the Sherlock Holmes ‘Consulting Detectives’ Game

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Creepy mysteries where all the clues are in drawings?? Sign me UP! 😍

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It’s been a rough year, for personal reasons, but strange, lovely books absolutely kept me afloat💛

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood… The snow’s out of control and it don’t look good. Who you gonna call? DRAGONS! 🐉 Delighted to be part of @oxfordeducation.bsky.social's #StoriesForMaths social media celebration with this dragon-filled book of magic, maths and fiery mayhem ✨

The cover of the book 'Dragons of Moon Tail Island: Snow Problem', written by Svani Parekh, illustrated by Lisa Hunt, and published by Oxford. The cover shows a dragon making a pile of snowballs with two kids. The book cover is surrounded by white snowflakes on a blue background, a silver wind, the silhouette of someone on skis, a parrot spying on the dragon with a telescope, and a marshmellow snowman sinking into a mug of hot chocolate.

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Kat Cho @katchowrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Wanted to do something positive today, so I made a starter pack of Diverse Kidlit creators and industry professionals! #diversekidlit #starterpack #diversifyyourshelves #weneeddiversebooks go.bsky.app/Ma4TCD7

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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written. But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written. psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu... +

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We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Let me take you through the anatomy of an active protagonist, one that everyone can relate to. We’ll make our protagonist—we’ll call him John—young and healthy, male, of humble origins (perhaps he’s f...

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

My Genre Grapevine report on "AI and the Enshittification of Life" is out. I spent a year wading through the slop of generative artificial intelligence to show what happened with the programs in 2024, how they affect artists and writers, and where we go from here. 1/2 www.patreon.com/posts/ai-and...

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AI and the Enshittification of Life, or My Year Wading Through the Slop of Generative Artificial Intelligence | Jason Sanford

Get more from Jason Sanford on Patreon

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Rajani Thindiath (Ruhj-ni) @rajanithindiath.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This is BIG! What an achievement. Congratulations! And all the very best! 🥳💫

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🎉Ghee Happy has been nominated for an EMMY AWARD🏆! Congratulations to Sang Lee, Sanjay Patel & the stellar crew! The show's been through quite a journey & I'm so proud and grateful to have been part of it. We sent cool, gorgeous Indian myths into the void...and they actually found a place!💛

A still frame from the show 'Ghee Happy', which shows the four main kid characters looking up in awe and excitement at the river goddess Ganga and the words 'Emmy Nominee' written in gold.

Screenshot of this year's Emmy nominations in the category "Directing a PreSchool Animated Series". The entry for Ghee Happy is framed in bright pink with blue and yellow stars shooting from it.

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Darren Chetty @darrenchetty.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

'So yes, it is easier to sell them another book by one of those celebrities who Blacked-up on television, rather than by an unknown author who is consciously trying to avoid telling the kind of story they grew up reading.' www.thebookseller.com/comment/clpe...

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How change happens

Despite some progress, publishers are yet to show consistent support for children’s books featuring minoritised characters, or for their creators

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

As I’ve been saying for over a year: If your business model doesn’t work without violating the law, you’re not in business — you’re in organized crime. Great reporting by @elainelow.bsky.social. theankler.com/p/tv-writers...

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TV Writers Found 139,000 of Their Scripts Trained AI. Hell Broke Loose

It's 'organized crime,' says one, as scribes from Shonda Rhimes to Robert King face a system where studio policy and law remain murky

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 22/11/2024

Wanting to focus on writers who don’t have social media so far as I’m aware: I’m always baffled more SFF folk haven’t read Elwin Cotman, whose 2020 collection DANCE ON SATURDAY really blew me away. Here’s a gift link to my review of it.

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Power and Passage: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (Gift Article)

A story collection offers a cleareyed survey of the Black American experience, and a debut novel traverses hundreds of versions of Earth.

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Nicole Dubuc @nicoledubuc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm trying to build a Kids TV Animation Writer Starter Pack - here's the beginning and I'll keep adding as I find you! go.bsky.app/5UtJtqp

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Jasmine Aziz @jasmineaziz.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I have no idea if I did this correctly but I looked for a Starter Pack for South Asian writers and didn't find one - so I made one. Please share and feel free to let me know if you want to be added 🤎 #southasian #scriptsky #writersky #authorsky go.bsky.app/TTefBKP

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 11/09/2024

Just created a starter pack for writers who want to find out other SFF authors who are in Bluesky and engange with the community. This is far from complete and I intend to make other packs! go.bsky.app/RYcLDpc

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Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Hey animation people! Here's some animation writers to follow! I mostly tried to keep to people who have been active recently! I hope this is helpful. I'm not an animation writer but these are people who I've followed or connected with or recommended by writer friends. ❤️ go.bsky.app/EmUwvfL

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Go me and my skills. I’ve made a #UKKidLit starter pack for anyone looking to find the kids book chat community on here. Hope it helps. #KidsBooks #KidLitUK #BookChat go.bsky.app/LEQd4SR

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Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I have created a starter pack of (mainly) UK children’s authors - I couldn’t find one anywhere. It is a work in progress so apologies if I haven’t found you yet and do let me have any additions go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

😍 Check out Ghee Happy’s GORGEOUS Diwali colouring book! Perfect for gifting, mediation and colourful festive fun✨ Happy Diwali! gheehappy.com/test/diwali-co…

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Delighted to celebrate OUP’s super fun #readerful collection with so many brilliant authors!✨ My Readerful book's an eco-adventure about two plucky kids who crack the case of their rather "sus-fish-ous" grandma and something even *fishier* underwater🐟👀 #RaiseAReader!💛

The cover of Granphibian and the Portside Bay Mystery in an underwater graphic with a treasure chest, crab, diver, submarine and purple tentacle approaching it.

Me holding up the book and trying and epically failing to make a face like I’m investigating something

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Rajani Thindiath (Ruhj-ni) @rajanithindiath.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

Seriously lit.✨ Congratulations, Svani!

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

Have been deep in Revision Cave but look what came today! Gorgeously illustrated, with a ✨shiny✨ cover!

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Krishna tries to give his busy dad a break but winds up breaking…THE UNIVERSE! Whoops😬 Watch this magical, busy-bee episode only on Ghee Happy! ✨ (Warning: this episode contains scenes of work culture only advisable for The Major Gods. We mere mortals need, nay, proudly thrive on naps 🤘🏽)

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

🥳Woohooo!!!! Ghee Happy just WON the ANNIE AWARD for best Preschool show! ✨ This show has all of my heart and I couldn’t be happier! Congratulations, everyone! 💖

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

LOVED chatting with the fantastic Animators Guild! ✨ Check out my somewhat odd journey & writing process, cool projects & even cooler colleagues, thoughts on switching between writing scripts & books and, of course, origins in angsty adolescent poetry😏 animatorsguild.com/2024/01/25/w...

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Writing for animation with Svani Parekh - Animators Guild

I recently chanced upon the series Ghee Happy and in the initial writing credits read Svani’s name. Almost immediately I searched for her online and here we are discussing her fascinating journey.

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

🥳Congratulations to everyone on the incredible Ghee Happy team! This show fills my heart with so much joy, and I’m beyond delighted to see this! 💖

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

🎉WOOHOO! Ghee Happy's nominated for the ✨ANNIE AWARD for Best Pre-School Series!✨ So happy I could be a part of this brilliant show. Congratulations to the incredible team! 💛

Nominees for the 2023 Annie Awards for Best Preschool series — which includes GHEE HAPPY!!!

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

Loved writing this episode about the super-aggressive god Kartikeya, his bonkers sibling rivalry with Lord Ganesha, weird celestial sports, and the infamously bitter 🥭Mango Race 👀 with a twist ✨ Watch the full episode here! m.youtube.com/watch?v=QVo5...

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

🌊YAY! 🌊Granphibian and the Portside Bay Mystery is available for ✨pre-order ✨👇🏽 amzn.eu/d/ivwE1jT So if your kid (or you!) like the sound of mysterious shipwrecks, weird fish & secret underwater cities — BOOK your copy today! (Hehe.) I hope you love it 💛

The lovely cover of Granphibian and the Portside Bay Mystery with the tags : kooky cool gran, weird lighthouse, something’s FISHY underwater, Sherlocky summers with your sib

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Ghee Happy’s in the news! I loved writing for this gorgeous series, and am so thrilled to see it featured in Mint Lounge! 💖 Full article here: lifestyle.livemint.com/amp

Still from the gorgeous animated series Ghee Happy

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Yup that tracks 😂 Thanks @publishingrodeo.bsky.social for the always brilliant, often terrifying and incredibly generous podcast! 🤍

Spotify wrapped showing I listened to Publishing Rodeo for 1314 minutes this year

Spotify wrapped also helpfully telling me that when it comes to listening, I’m a vampire that likes to embrace a little…darkness.

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Morning pages as I fly out the door 💛 I’ve never met a piece of hotel (or really any) stationery that I didn’t instantly need 😏

A sunlit desk on which wait a blank hotel notepad and pencil. The window overlooks sea and hills in the distance.

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

🎉 YAY one of my fav episodes is out! 🎉 This one’s about ✨Ravana✨— a complex mythological character. He’s a notorious 10-headed demon who’s also revered for his knowledge and refinement. So check out our version of Ravana’s obnoxious song —🎵10 heads are better than 1! 🎶 m.youtube.com/watch?v=tGGC...

Opening credits for the ‘Ravana’ episode of Ghee Happy, written by me 💛

Song credits for the Ravana episode. I’m so thrilled to have been a part of the song writing team! 💛

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

That moment when your plotting wall starts giving off proper Charlie Kelly vibes 😑

A wall of colourful post-its mapping out my plot

Charlie Kelly from It’s Always Sunny madly explaining a wall covered with papers that are connected by random lines, pure obsession in his eyes

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Svani Parekh @svaniparekh.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

I love craft books/ blogs. Sometimes you just read something random and it’s like ✨UNLOCK✨

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sunyi @sunyidean.com · 19/11/2023

I don't have fiction that is eligible for anything this year, but if you're in a position to nominate, and have enjoyed listening to @publishingrodeo.bsky.social Pub Rodeo Podcast, I think we may qualify for their podcast category 🫡 (And on that note, our final season 1 ep is recording next week!)

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Keshe @keshewrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

So excited to reveal the incredibly STUNNING cover of The Girl With No Reflection, out in August 2024 with Delacorte Press! This gorgeous cover was designed by Casey Moses & illustrated by Victo Ngai. I could not have envisioned a more beautiful or fitting cover! (Pre-orders are open - 🔗 in bío!)

A cover image of THE GIRL WITH NO REFLECTION, featuring an East Asian illustrated woman wearing a cream hanfu with red trim, standing in front of a broken mirror. In the broken mirror is an image of her reflection, who is smiling and trying to claw out of the mirror. Emerging from the mirror are broken mirror shards, a dragon, a fish, some feathers, and some flowers. Words read: Coming August 2024; pre-order now

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