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Elise Carmichael / she/her
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Kidlit art, swords, and patterns / BFA Illustration / MSc Publishing / Tá cúpla focal agam. 🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 Illustrator and Designer Commissions closed
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sharfdoesntknow.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Super excited for this!
florisbooks.bsky.social Floris Books @florisbooks.bsky.social · 19d
Come find us at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd November!🎄

We'll have lots of fabulous books and jigsaws for you to browse! Plus, a stellar line up of creatives will be signing their books ✍️

www.publishingscotla...

@publishingscotland.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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neolithicsheep.bsky.social
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
elisecillustration.com
whooooooooaaaaahhhhhhggghhhooooooahh art !
jdebbiel.bsky.social Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 16d
new book cover for Camille Chong's debut novel at Macmillan
illustrated book cover for Love Gods and Sinners. Two women back to back brandishing daggers and swords. They're eyeing each other
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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stinasdemons.com
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy

(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
HEADLINE: CREATIVE WORKS CAN NO LONGER BE MINED BY AI WITHOUT CONSENT IN AUSTRALIA NEW REGULATIONS PROTECT ARTISTS' RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF AI
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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coreybrickley.bsky.social
If they are being honest? I cannot emphasize enough what a terrible idea it is to use "the machine that tricks people" to generate "placeholder material" you intend to replace. You are just making everyone else's job harder by effectively hiding what needs to be replaced
eurogamer.bsky.social Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 17d
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
A red circle highlights a background figure with missing limbs and a disfigured face, suggesting it's been generated by AI
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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publishingscotland.bsky.social
It's coming! The Scottish Christmas Book Fair!
Incl. @mbaillie.bsky.social @taylor-strickland.bsky.social @michlsloan.bsky.social @christinariley.bsky.social @elisecillustration.com @gillianshirreffs.bsky.social @writercatherine.bsky.social & more!

www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...
List of times and author signings on a yellow christmassy background. Friday's authors at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair are Cynthia Rogerson, Duncan Simpson, Tom Wright, David Maule, Donald Smith, Clare Coghill, Stuart Campbell, Mark Baillie, Taylor Strickland, Jean Findlay, Hamish MacDonald, Claudia Esnouf, Mike Nicholson, Rachel Plummer, Jean-Luc Barbanneau, May Hooper, Matthew Land, Michelle Sloan, Keith Broomfield, Caroline Young & Christina Riley List of times and author signings on a yellow christmassy background. Saturday's authors at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair are: Olga Wojtas, Stewart Conn, Lari Don with Elise Carmichael, Christopher Rush, Anna Marshall, Sarah Rankin, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Catherine Simpson, Natalie Jayne Clark, Maggie Ritchie, Lyndsey Croal, Bruce Peter, Alistair Chisholm, Johnnie Gallacher, Stewart Sanderson, Iliyana Nedkova, Gillebride Mac 'IlleMhaoil, Janis McKay, George Paterson & Gillian Sherriffs.
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I can't edit my website to update the fact that I did a whole book 😟
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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davis.social
10/10 take. No notes.
divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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pubspotlight.bsky.social
Storytime with author @laridonwriter.bsky.social featuring a tale from one of her wonderful @florisbooks.bsky.social collections youtu.be/wv6NhdtnPVk?...
Lari Don tells the story of How to Escape a Waterhorse, from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales
YouTube video by FlorisBooks
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November 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Pop into these Edinburgh bookshops this Thursday to meet @laridonwriter.bsky.social and @elisecillustration.com!
Approx times:
9:30 @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
10:00 Blackwell's South Bridge
10:30 Waterstones Edinburgh
11:00 @goldenharebooks.bsky.social
11:30 Ginger & Pickles
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Looking for something fun to brighten up a bedroom, classroom or library? (Or, like us, an office!)
Don't miss your free pdf poster featuring @elisecillustration.com's beautifully dramatic waterhorse and selkie king from the cover of #CelticFolkAndFairyTales!
discoverkelpies.co.u...
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Travel to the Celtic lands with stories of magic, myth and mischief retold by @laridonwriter.bsky.social illustrated by @elisecillustration.com. Discover tales linked to each location on our interactive map, and read Lari's guest post on what we mean by 'Celtic'! discoverkelpies.co.uk/news-features/
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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laridonwriter.bsky.social
I’m excited about sharing this book (published today!) with you. It contains so many of my favourite things: untrustworthy fairies, battling dragons, shapeshifting magic & strong clever girls who defeat their own monsters. And amazing art by @elisecillustration.com #Celtictales #storytelling #kidlit
a hardback book laid flat on a wooden table. The title of the book, in shiny green foil in the centre of the cover, is Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, and two names at the bottom left are: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael. The cover art is a black horse with wild mane and sharp teeth leaping across the top, a seal wearing a pointy gold crown swimming at the bottom, and a wave of blue and white curving up the left side of the cover, linking them. There is a subtitle in smaller font reading: Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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nneezz.bsky.social
Winter comes. Persephone and Demeter
October 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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laridonwriter.bsky.social
I love telling trad tales out loud! So @florisbooks.bsky.social created a video of me telling the first tale in our Celtic Folk And Fairy Tales collection. Here’s our 12 min 'How To Escape a Waterhorse' with magical artwork by @elisecillustration.com #storytelling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv6N...
Lari Don tells the story of How to Escape a Waterhorse, from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales
YouTube video by FlorisBooks
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October 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Omg I love it!!
laridonwriter.bsky.social Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · Oct 8
I've turned my writing shed into a studio so I can film wee clips about my new book Celtic Folk And Fairy Tales to share with you. I've even filmed a full-length telling of one Celtic tale! Doesn't @elisecillustration.com artwork look splendid on the walls? @discoverkelpies.bsky.social #storytelling
corner of a small white room, with printed A3 artwork stuck on walls, including cover image of a book called Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, a map of the British Isles and Brittany, several illustrations including a selkie, 2 dragons, a herd of cows, and a water monster floating on a lake surrounded by mountains. Also visible are a hand-drawn picture of a market stall, a red and black poster for a book series called Spellchasers, and a black phone tripod
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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discoverkelpies.bsky.social
"The fanged and furry monster looked ferocious, but it didn’t eat people very often. The Afanc only ate people if they annoyed it.
However, it was quite easy to annoy the Afanc..."
How do you annoy this Welsh monster?
@laridonwriter.bsky.social @elisecillustration.com
#CelticFolkAndFairyTales
October 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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laridonwriter.bsky.social
Balor is not a friendly-looking giant, is he? And the pulley to lift his drooping eyelid is a complex mix of physics and magic (which, to be fair, is one of my favourite story mixtures!) Very impressed that @elisecillustration.com and the folk at @florisbooks.bsky.social got it right! #kidlitart
discoverkelpies.bsky.social DiscoverKelpies @discoverkelpies.bsky.social · Oct 2
"Balor was huge, twice the size of any other giant. He had one eye much bigger than the other, with a massive heavy dropping eyelid pierced by an ivory ring, linked by ropes to ten more rings in his bristly eyebrow..."
@laridonwriter.bsky.social @elisecillustration.com
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October 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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"Balor was huge, twice the size of any other giant. He had one eye much bigger than the other, with a massive heavy dropping eyelid pierced by an ivory ring, linked by ropes to ten more rings in his bristly eyebrow..."
@laridonwriter.bsky.social @elisecillustration.com
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October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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discoverkelpies.bsky.social
From first rough to final illustration! We love @elisecillustration.com interpretation of the selkie princess in @laridonwriter.bsky.social retelling of The Selkie Hunter in Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales. What differences can you spot between the first sketch and the final artwork?
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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laridonwriter.bsky.social
This is gorgeous! Fascinating to see how the #selkie girl changed over time. (I only met the final version...) What wonderful work by @elisecillustration.com and indeed the fabulously creative folk of @florisbooks.bsky.social #theevolutionofaselkie #kidlitart #celticfolkandfairytales
discoverkelpies.bsky.social DiscoverKelpies @discoverkelpies.bsky.social · Sep 26
From first rough to final illustration! We love @elisecillustration.com interpretation of the selkie princess in @laridonwriter.bsky.social retelling of The Selkie Hunter in Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales. What differences can you spot between the first sketch and the final artwork?
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Travel to the magical Celtic lands to meet shapeshifting selkies, duelling dragons, and a terrifying waterhorse...
Thanks to @sophieanderson.bsky.social for this brilliant review of Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by @laridonwriter.bsky.social & @elisecillustration.com
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September 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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laridonwriter.bsky.social
I've never taken so long to research and write a book (due to #longcovid) so I've never been so delighted to hold a new book in my hands! I can't wait to share these #CelticTales, and @elisecillustration.com's stunning illustrations, with everyone! I don't have to wait long, it's published on 16 Oct
Shiny book on wooden table, black horse leaping across top of cover, seal wearing golden crown at bottom, wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael
September 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM