Kirstin Lamb
@kirstin-lamb.bsky.social
PR & Comms, books and art l Wrangler of two small people
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🚨Closing soon 🚨: Calling all BPOC residents of Edinburgh! Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh! Deadline: 16 November. Find out more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-con...
Call for Consultations - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Help us build justice-focused, greener futures in Edinburgh!
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨Closing soon 🚨: Calling all BPOC residents of Edinburgh! Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh! Deadline: 16 November. Find out more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-con...
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We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
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Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
August 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
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A few brief personal words from me over on my own blog regarding @404ink.bsky.social's closure next year. There's going to be a lot to say and analyse over the coming months about the state of publishing so I'm trying to pace myself...
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epitomeofvague.substack.com/p/404-ink-pu...
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2016 - 2026
epitomeofvague.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A few brief personal words from me over on my own blog regarding @404ink.bsky.social's closure next year. There's going to be a lot to say and analyse over the coming months about the state of publishing so I'm trying to pace myself...
epitomeofvague.substack.com/p/404-ink-pu...
epitomeofvague.substack.com/p/404-ink-pu...
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We're thrilled to announce our new ambassadors: Sita Brahmachari and Tom Palmer 🎉
We've worked closely with Tom and Sita for years, and we're proud to formalise our partnerships. They'll also continue the work of our much-missed patron, Alex Wheatle.
buff.ly/n3nyVT1
@tompalmerauthor.bsky.social
We've worked closely with Tom and Sita for years, and we're proud to formalise our partnerships. They'll also continue the work of our much-missed patron, Alex Wheatle.
buff.ly/n3nyVT1
@tompalmerauthor.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We're thrilled to announce our new ambassadors: Sita Brahmachari and Tom Palmer 🎉
We've worked closely with Tom and Sita for years, and we're proud to formalise our partnerships. They'll also continue the work of our much-missed patron, Alex Wheatle.
buff.ly/n3nyVT1
@tompalmerauthor.bsky.social
We've worked closely with Tom and Sita for years, and we're proud to formalise our partnerships. They'll also continue the work of our much-missed patron, Alex Wheatle.
buff.ly/n3nyVT1
@tompalmerauthor.bsky.social
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Re: The Year of Reading, had interesting conversation at @ylglondon.bsky.social meeting yesterday about importance of encouraging adults to read for pleasure for themselves & not only to read to/with children. Not only making them a reading role model for kids but also just getting them to enjoy it!
July 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Re: The Year of Reading, had interesting conversation at @ylglondon.bsky.social meeting yesterday about importance of encouraging adults to read for pleasure for themselves & not only to read to/with children. Not only making them a reading role model for kids but also just getting them to enjoy it!
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An astonishing middle grade story that swings between hope and heartbreak, #IAmSamim by Fidan Meikle is the story of refugee Samim's fight to find a place of sanctuary. Out today from @discoverkelpies.bsky.social @kirstin-lamb.bsky.social
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My Name is Samim by Fidan Meikle
Cover illustration by Zeynep Özatalay I saw a graphic on Instagram a few days ago that showed several identical skeletons, each labelled with a different minority, which I felt was a brilliant visu…
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May 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
An astonishing middle grade story that swings between hope and heartbreak, #IAmSamim by Fidan Meikle is the story of refugee Samim's fight to find a place of sanctuary. Out today from @discoverkelpies.bsky.social @kirstin-lamb.bsky.social
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worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/m...
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@scotunipress.bsky.social continues to grow and evolve, and you can now publish an #OpenAccess textbook via Scottish Universities Press, allowing your students to download and read teaching texts for free. You can find out more via our press release: www.sup.ac.uk/news/scottis...
Scottish Universities Press unveils new open access textbook programme for 2025 — Scottish Universities Press
We are proud to announce that Scottish Universities Press (SUP) is launching an open access textbook programme, commencing in May 2025. We are now open for textbook proposals from authors affiliated ...
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May 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
@scotunipress.bsky.social continues to grow and evolve, and you can now publish an #OpenAccess textbook via Scottish Universities Press, allowing your students to download and read teaching texts for free. You can find out more via our press release: www.sup.ac.uk/news/scottis...
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📢 1 May is #BookClubsInSchoolsDay🎈
It's our 10th birthday and we're celebrating a decade of supporting 40,000 young people to read and discuss books for fun.
Sign up for our free online author and illustrator events and join in the celebrations. bit.ly/4hsZkOA
#ReadingForPleasure #KidLitUK 🧵1/4
It's our 10th birthday and we're celebrating a decade of supporting 40,000 young people to read and discuss books for fun.
Sign up for our free online author and illustrator events and join in the celebrations. bit.ly/4hsZkOA
#ReadingForPleasure #KidLitUK 🧵1/4
March 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📢 1 May is #BookClubsInSchoolsDay🎈
It's our 10th birthday and we're celebrating a decade of supporting 40,000 young people to read and discuss books for fun.
Sign up for our free online author and illustrator events and join in the celebrations. bit.ly/4hsZkOA
#ReadingForPleasure #KidLitUK 🧵1/4
It's our 10th birthday and we're celebrating a decade of supporting 40,000 young people to read and discuss books for fun.
Sign up for our free online author and illustrator events and join in the celebrations. bit.ly/4hsZkOA
#ReadingForPleasure #KidLitUK 🧵1/4
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⭐ We are delighted to share that the wonderful Camilla Reid is our brand new #WriterInResidence! ⭐
Camilla will be the first Baby-and-Toddler author to take on the role - and her theme will be "books are the best start in life".
Find out more 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Camilla will be the first Baby-and-Toddler author to take on the role - and her theme will be "books are the best start in life".
Find out more 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⭐ We are delighted to share that the wonderful Camilla Reid is our brand new #WriterInResidence! ⭐
Camilla will be the first Baby-and-Toddler author to take on the role - and her theme will be "books are the best start in life".
Find out more 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Camilla will be the first Baby-and-Toddler author to take on the role - and her theme will be "books are the best start in life".
Find out more 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟
March 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟
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📣Attention all those involved in #research #coproduction #communityresearch📣
Our PhD student Helen Berry is undertaking research exploring the value and valuing of research co-production in Scotland, and we're looking for participants to get involved: edin.ac/3QeSO2B
Our PhD student Helen Berry is undertaking research exploring the value and valuing of research co-production in Scotland, and we're looking for participants to get involved: edin.ac/3QeSO2B
Exploring meanings, value and impacts of co-producing research – The Binks Hub
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March 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📣Attention all those involved in #research #coproduction #communityresearch📣
Our PhD student Helen Berry is undertaking research exploring the value and valuing of research co-production in Scotland, and we're looking for participants to get involved: edin.ac/3QeSO2B
Our PhD student Helen Berry is undertaking research exploring the value and valuing of research co-production in Scotland, and we're looking for participants to get involved: edin.ac/3QeSO2B
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Here at Kelpies, it has always been important to give new writers and illustrators here in Scotland the opportunity to tell their stories. Could the #KelpiesPrize be your next step towards a career in #ChildrensBooks?
Find out more: discoverkelpies.co.u...
Find out more: discoverkelpies.co.u...
February 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Here at Kelpies, it has always been important to give new writers and illustrators here in Scotland the opportunity to tell their stories. Could the #KelpiesPrize be your next step towards a career in #ChildrensBooks?
Find out more: discoverkelpies.co.u...
Find out more: discoverkelpies.co.u...
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Wonderful story. Deservedly on the front page.
January 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Wonderful story. Deservedly on the front page.
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Every school & every community needs a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers. Those are the books that will change their lives - and maybe even save their lives! #libraries #librarians #literacy #booksky
January 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Every school & every community needs a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers. Those are the books that will change their lives - and maybe even save their lives! #libraries #librarians #literacy #booksky
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EXTREMELY HEARTENING PUBLISHING NEWS: for the first time, the Indie Alliance (an alliance of some of the best UK Independent publishers of which we're a founding member) has landed fourth in the top 5 publishers of 2024 @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/review-...
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January 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
EXTREMELY HEARTENING PUBLISHING NEWS: for the first time, the Indie Alliance (an alliance of some of the best UK Independent publishers of which we're a founding member) has landed fourth in the top 5 publishers of 2024 @the-bookseller.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/review-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/review-...
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Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford & her editor Wendy Boase, the #BranfordBoaseAward is given annually to author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children. Discover the books up for this year's award #KidLit branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-longlist/
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford & her editor Wendy Boase, the #BranfordBoaseAward is given annually to author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children. Discover the books up for this year's award #KidLit branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2025-longlist/
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You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
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I will only accept a Minah or Alexander victory at this point #TheTraitors
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I will only accept a Minah or Alexander victory at this point #TheTraitors
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Out now! #BfK270 the first issue of the NY & a bumper one! Authorgraph interview Jamie Smart, Windows into Illustration Caroline Magerl, new Beyond the Secret Garden & bonus interview with authors, MG Leonard interview PLUS best books, key issue of 2025 💫#KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
January 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Out now! #BfK270 the first issue of the NY & a bumper one! Authorgraph interview Jamie Smart, Windows into Illustration Caroline Magerl, new Beyond the Secret Garden & bonus interview with authors, MG Leonard interview PLUS best books, key issue of 2025 💫#KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
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Starting this evening, join me for four free poetry workshops for Edinburgh residents at libraries across the city! To celebrate Edinburgh 900, we'll write about places and experiences in Edinburgh that are meaningful to you. No previous experience with poetry required; all are welcome!
January 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Starting this evening, join me for four free poetry workshops for Edinburgh residents at libraries across the city! To celebrate Edinburgh 900, we'll write about places and experiences in Edinburgh that are meaningful to you. No previous experience with poetry required; all are welcome!