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Children's Books at The Agency
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Children's Books Department within The Agency (London) Ltd representing a fabulous list of authors & illustrators!

https://theagency.co.uk/childrens-books-2/
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helencooperbooks.bsky.social
Well bluesky did like the rainy cottage. Let’s see if it likes cats… it might not. But here is my cat Gorgonzola from my book ‘The Taming if the Cat’ singing a song which may or may not be tuneful. Made without AI ofcourse. #art.sky #art #cat #book.sky #catart
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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ianarchie.bsky.social
For #NationalIllustrationDay: one from my distant past (52 years and counting) Goodbye yellow Brick Road watercolour and pencil on CS2 illustration board 1973
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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ianarchie.bsky.social
The Alleyway Summer Morning Isleworth: acrylic on canvas
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas, illustrated by @lydiamonks.bsky.social and written by #JuliaDonaldson, is #24 in the Official Top 50 and #1 in the Children's Pre-School and Picture Book charts!🐞🎄

@panmacmillan.bsky.social @thebookseller.com #Christmas2026 #FestiveReads
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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finnlongman.com
Did you know... you can get my brand-new book, out today, in hardback, for £12 from the Gollancz Emporium using the code BF40? (You'll get 40% off your entire order, so a great time to stock up on hardbacks...)

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The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman, a hardback book with a brightly coloured cover featuring a wolf and crown against a background of a forest, standing on a gold background.
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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👑'Howlingly good'- The Bookseller

🐺'Filled with loyalty and betrayal, dark secrets, and oh, so much yearning'- Kimberly Bea

✨'Finn Longman is a master of their craft'- Wren James

Happy Publication Day to The Wolf and His King, @finnlongman.com's spellbinding new novel!
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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This review might be MY newest favourite thing... perhaps I shall stick it on my wall
raenbowpunk.bsky.social 🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 7d
Out this week in the UK & January in the US, 🐺 THE WOLF AND HIS KING👑 by @finnlongman.com is my newest favorite thing and you need to read it!

🐺🦽 lycanthropy as a metaphor for chronic illness
✒️ 3rd person, 2nd person, VERSE
🏳️‍🌈 uncompicatedly queer
👑every bit as gorgeous as its cover
Silken Symbolism: The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman
Retelling the poem Bisclavret, but making it queer and disabled and EVEN MORE AWESOME.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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THE WOLF AND HIS KING, a retelling of Bisclavret focused on yearning, chronic illness feelings, and the mortifying ordeal of being known, comes out tomorrow! Which is to say, in about an hour! Or in two months if you live in North America, sorry.

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lollardfish.bsky.social David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 6d
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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ianarchie.bsky.social
The Alleyway Isleworth: watercolour
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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finnlongman.com
A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!

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Copies of The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman lined up on a shelf. Some playmobil figures on horses are standing on top of the books. Mostly because I like them.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The Heart of the Storm, written by @teresaheapy.bsky.social and illustrated by #KateRead, is one of @thebookseller.com's 10 Titles Not to Miss in February!🐺🦊⛈️

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November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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"A thought-provoking, metaphysical treat"✨

Anya and the Light Above the Ocean by Amelia Giudici is one of @thebookseller.com's 10 Titles Not to Miss in February 2026!
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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The @goldsborobooks.bsky.social edition of The Wolf and His King is definitely the prettiest!

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Finn sprawled slightly awkwardly in front of a pile of copies of the Goldsboro edition of TWAHK, which has decorated sprayed edges. A stack of copies of the Goldsboro edition of TWAHK showing the top edge and the bottom edge of the pages. The top edge has blue leaves and yellow flowers and stars, while the bottom has red grass and purple bluebells. A side view of a stack of copies of the Goldsboro edition of TWAHK, showing an illustrated sprayed edge that continues the cover design, feat. grass, sky, and leaves.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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lydiamonks.bsky.social
A Christmas card for Grimm & Co. All proceeds go towards this magical place getting children excited about reading and stories. Cards can be ordered from their online shop.

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An illustration of Father Christmas flying over the Grimm & Co building delivering some books.
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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ianarchie.bsky.social
Winter Morning The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on linen
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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lydiamonks.bsky.social
What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by me, is the UK’s bestselling picture book! 🥳🐞
A picture of the front cover of What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Autumn Statue: acrylic on linen
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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"Briggs remains best known for his wordless picture book The Snowman. But The Strange House, which contains two rediscovered novellas from 1961, reminds us what a good writer he was too."

The Strange House is one of @telegraph.co.uk's greatest books of 2025!📚

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The greatest books of 2025
Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites from 2025, from fiction and crime to memoir and history
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November 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas, illustrated by @lydiamonks.bsky.social and written by #JuliaDonaldson, is #1 in the Pre-School and Picture Book charts AND has entered the Official UK Top 50 Charts this week!🐞🎄

@panmacmillan.bsky.social #Christmasread #Booksky
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Basil Dreams Big illustrated by #SarahWarburton and written by #LuFraser is the latest CBeebies Bedtime Story!

Join Big Zuu and Pudsey for a very special bedtime story for #ChildreninNeed!

#Simon&SchusterUK #BedtimeStories #CBeebies #Pudsey
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories - New and Trending: Big Zuu - Basil Dreams Big
Big Zuu and Pudsey team up for a special Children in Need story about a little bat learning to believe in himself.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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An Post Irish Book Awards and another great review.

I'm honoured and delighted to have been shortlisted for Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year in the A Post Irish Book Awards. The shortlist was announced on 22 October, and the award ceremony is on 27th November, so I'll be off to Dublin for the…
An Post Irish Book Awards and another great review.
I'm honoured and delighted to have been shortlisted for Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year in the A Post Irish Book Awards. The shortlist was announced on 22 October, and the award ceremony is on 27th November, so I'll be off to Dublin for the glitz and glamour of a night with some of the brightest and best of Ireland's writers.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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ianarchie.bsky.social
Nocturne, Night Lights In Suburbia: acrylic on canvas
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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lydiamonks.bsky.social
I will be at Waterstones Doncaster on 4th December 5.30 - 7.30, storytelling, drawing and signing. See you there! 🎄🤶
Lydia Monks holding a copy of What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Lydia
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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#PrimaryTeachers teaching #WW1 topic: Fred is an ordinary London boy, but as the First World War looms, friends, neighbours and classmates turn against his family. Their crime? Fred's father is German...
A story of othering, fear and hope.
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#PrimaryRocks #UKEdChat
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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‘The Taming of the Cat’ is out in paperback now. It has copious black and white illustrations and stars a mouse called Brie who has to tell a story to keep a murderous cat occupied. If the cat grows restive so Brie has to think if some fast action! #art #bookillustration #birds #raven #book.sky
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM