Natalie Smillie
@natsmillie.bsky.social
Illustrator, painter, plasterboard taper
natsmillie on twitter, natsmilliedraws on insta - www.nataliesmillie.com
natsmillie on twitter, natsmilliedraws on insta - www.nataliesmillie.com
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Quick shout-out to the rats @natsmillie.bsky.social put on #THIRST's back cover. Such adorable little abominations. 👌
#THIRST is now on NetGalley for free early reads: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
#THIRST is now on NetGalley for free early reads: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Quick shout-out to the rats @natsmillie.bsky.social put on #THIRST's back cover. Such adorable little abominations. 👌
#THIRST is now on NetGalley for free early reads: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
#THIRST is now on NetGalley for free early reads: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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Here is my review of Thirst by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. Storytelling at its very best.
Dark, chilling and gruesome, this YA tale will feed your love of folklore. Out Sept ‘25. 📚💙@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social Stunning cover art by @natsmillie.bsky.social
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Dark, chilling and gruesome, this YA tale will feed your love of folklore. Out Sept ‘25. 📚💙@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social Stunning cover art by @natsmillie.bsky.social
bethsbookcase.org/2025/05/27/t...
Thirst by Darren Simpson
Cover Art by Natalie Smillie I was delighted that Pushkin Press sent me a proof copy of Thirst to read and review as I am a big Darren Simpson fan. I loved the originality of The Memory Thieves and…
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May 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Here is my review of Thirst by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. Storytelling at its very best.
Dark, chilling and gruesome, this YA tale will feed your love of folklore. Out Sept ‘25. 📚💙@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social Stunning cover art by @natsmillie.bsky.social
bethsbookcase.org/2025/05/27/t...
Dark, chilling and gruesome, this YA tale will feed your love of folklore. Out Sept ‘25. 📚💙@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social Stunning cover art by @natsmillie.bsky.social
bethsbookcase.org/2025/05/27/t...
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Thanks @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social for yesterday’s exciting #BookPost. Really looking forward to getting into Thirst by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social as I have loved his previous books. #BookSky 📚💙
Stunning cover by @natsmillie.bsky.social
Stunning cover by @natsmillie.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Thanks @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social for yesterday’s exciting #BookPost. Really looking forward to getting into Thirst by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social as I have loved his previous books. #BookSky 📚💙
Stunning cover by @natsmillie.bsky.social
Stunning cover by @natsmillie.bsky.social
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There’s been a lot of ♥️ for #THIRST’s book trailer, so I’d like to give a heartfelt shout-out to the man behind the magic, Tom Martland. Thank you, Tom, for bringing @natsmillie.bsky.social extraordinary book cover to life!
May 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There’s been a lot of ♥️ for #THIRST’s book trailer, so I’d like to give a heartfelt shout-out to the man behind the magic, Tom Martland. Thank you, Tom, for bringing @natsmillie.bsky.social extraordinary book cover to life!
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In case you missed it this morning, here's the official reveal for my new folk horror novel, #THIRST. 👇 Cover illustration by @natsmillie.bsky.social. 👌 Proofs and pre-orders available now!
An animal sacrificed every year. But this year, the river is thirsty for more.
We're thrilled to reveal the cover of THIRST – a chilling new teen novel from two-time Carnegie Medal nominee Darren Simpson @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. Coming September 2025.
Pre-order: pushkinpress.com/book/thirst
We're thrilled to reveal the cover of THIRST – a chilling new teen novel from two-time Carnegie Medal nominee Darren Simpson @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. Coming September 2025.
Pre-order: pushkinpress.com/book/thirst
May 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In case you missed it this morning, here's the official reveal for my new folk horror novel, #THIRST. 👇 Cover illustration by @natsmillie.bsky.social. 👌 Proofs and pre-orders available now!
Did JD Vance kill the Pope?
April 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Did JD Vance kill the Pope?
I’ve been excitedly telling fellow dog walkers that the forecast is for 16 degrees and sun this week. So far we haven’t got close to that and now it’s raining. The met office has made a fool out of me 😄
March 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I’ve been excitedly telling fellow dog walkers that the forecast is for 16 degrees and sun this week. So far we haven’t got close to that and now it’s raining. The met office has made a fool out of me 😄
The hedges are alive with the sound of wrens this morning. They’re absolutely everywhere on my walk, chirping away very happily
March 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The hedges are alive with the sound of wrens this morning. They’re absolutely everywhere on my walk, chirping away very happily
Just had the most intense Dobble tournament. I won about four times. Never felt so alive.
March 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Just had the most intense Dobble tournament. I won about four times. Never felt so alive.
I’ve just bought some de-icer so get ready to put your shorts on and your BBQ’s out 🙄
March 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I’ve just bought some de-icer so get ready to put your shorts on and your BBQ’s out 🙄
Happy International Women’s Day! I’m thinking about all the amazing women through history that have contributed so much to our development today. Incredible usually unrecognised until after they’ve died, but who have done so much for us.
March 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Happy International Women’s Day! I’m thinking about all the amazing women through history that have contributed so much to our development today. Incredible usually unrecognised until after they’ve died, but who have done so much for us.
This morning a teabag exploded all over the kitchen. Then when I went to snap a yoghurt pot apart, it split down the side. Now I’ve come for my walk and my trainers are literally falling off my feet. I’ve only just started my walk 😂
March 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This morning a teabag exploded all over the kitchen. Then when I went to snap a yoghurt pot apart, it split down the side. Now I’ve come for my walk and my trainers are literally falling off my feet. I’ve only just started my walk 😂
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Hey it's #kidlitartpostcard day! 💌
I'm an illustrator who works primarily in kid's books and loves drawing cute animal characters.
#kidlitart #kidlit
I'm an illustrator who works primarily in kid's books and loves drawing cute animal characters.
#kidlitart #kidlit
March 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Hey it's #kidlitartpostcard day! 💌
I'm an illustrator who works primarily in kid's books and loves drawing cute animal characters.
#kidlitart #kidlit
I'm an illustrator who works primarily in kid's books and loves drawing cute animal characters.
#kidlitart #kidlit
Margaret usually comes out to the office to help me eat my lunch (very kind of her), and then goes back into the house. Today she's come out, helped me eat my lunch and farted solidly the entire time, so when she's gone back in she's left me in a cloud of stink
March 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Margaret usually comes out to the office to help me eat my lunch (very kind of her), and then goes back into the house. Today she's come out, helped me eat my lunch and farted solidly the entire time, so when she's gone back in she's left me in a cloud of stink
I am not religious but religious iconography slaps
March 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I am not religious but religious iconography slaps
I’m two minutes into Hidden Figures and I already know my blood pressure is going to be raised by the end of it 😡
March 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I’m two minutes into Hidden Figures and I already know my blood pressure is going to be raised by the end of it 😡
I’ve had to turn the size of the text up on my phone 😢 I’m getting so old 😢😢
March 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’ve had to turn the size of the text up on my phone 😢 I’m getting so old 😢😢
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March 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
WIN a home library bundle for your family! 🌟📚
We’re giving FIVE lucky families the chance to create a colourful, cosy reading corner at home! 🏠
Enter now, via buff.ly/41hKbt7. Good luck!
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Enter now, via buff.ly/41hKbt7. Good luck!
Credit where it’s due, Starmer greeting Zelenskyy like an old friend and being so welcoming to him is exactly the treatment he deserves.He looked so much happier and more relaxed in Downing Street than he did in the White House.Didn’t get told off for his clothes here did he, and we have Traditions.
March 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Credit where it’s due, Starmer greeting Zelenskyy like an old friend and being so welcoming to him is exactly the treatment he deserves.He looked so much happier and more relaxed in Downing Street than he did in the White House.Didn’t get told off for his clothes here did he, and we have Traditions.
Desperately want someone to say to Trumps face that he rambles absolute shite
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Desperately want someone to say to Trumps face that he rambles absolute shite
Not me stress eating a peach and passion fruit yoghurt in my kitchen wondering if Starmer and the EU leaders will now finally wake up to the fact that the US is no longer an ally and we need full independence from the US. We cannot have Trump here on a state visit. Let’s have Zelenskyy instead.
February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Not me stress eating a peach and passion fruit yoghurt in my kitchen wondering if Starmer and the EU leaders will now finally wake up to the fact that the US is no longer an ally and we need full independence from the US. We cannot have Trump here on a state visit. Let’s have Zelenskyy instead.
The level of disrespect the US has just shown President Zelenskyy is absolutely astounding. The US press corps were sycophantic to Trump, rude and dismissive to Zelenskyy. Trump was characteristically idiotic and JD Vance is the yapping terrier at the ankles of greater men that nobody asked for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The level of disrespect the US has just shown President Zelenskyy is absolutely astounding. The US press corps were sycophantic to Trump, rude and dismissive to Zelenskyy. Trump was characteristically idiotic and JD Vance is the yapping terrier at the ankles of greater men that nobody asked for.
I’m on my walk this morning and I’ve said hello to SO many dogs, I’m having the best time. I realised I’m a human that prefers dogs to people and I’ve got a dog that prefers humans to dogs. We’re a good mix really 😄
February 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I’m on my walk this morning and I’ve said hello to SO many dogs, I’m having the best time. I realised I’m a human that prefers dogs to people and I’ve got a dog that prefers humans to dogs. We’re a good mix really 😄
I don’t know if anyone else is watching Paradise on Disney but if you’re not you SHOULD. Sterling K Brown is incredible, the story is tense and terrifying. Time to catch up before the finale next week!
February 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I don’t know if anyone else is watching Paradise on Disney but if you’re not you SHOULD. Sterling K Brown is incredible, the story is tense and terrifying. Time to catch up before the finale next week!
Apologies for the rain everyone, I straightened my hair yesterday 🙄
February 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Apologies for the rain everyone, I straightened my hair yesterday 🙄