Rashmi Sirdeshpande
@rashmiwriting.bsky.social
Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
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Hello Bluesky! I’m a neurodivergent UK children’s author who thinks and talks too much and writes a mix of picture books, poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Looking forward to connecting with people who make and love books! #KidsBooksUK
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I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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This goes for so much consumer tech, esp AI features.
I don’t need or want this! And I need to find out how to deactivate it, which is, frankly, work. Many such cases
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This goes for so much consumer tech, esp AI features.
Hari Kumar, Ultimate Superstar is in The Bookseller’s list of 10 Titles Not to Miss in February 2026! 🎉 The new Editor’s Choices. So happy! Art by Mamta Singh.
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hari Kumar, Ultimate Superstar is in The Bookseller’s list of 10 Titles Not to Miss in February 2026! 🎉 The new Editor’s Choices. So happy! Art by Mamta Singh.
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With it being #BookWeekScotland this week I want to use #KidsBookFriday to celebrate some great books by Scottish authors I’ve read recently. Can anyone else recommend some Scottish favourites? Or share some great books by authors from where you’re from.
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
With it being #BookWeekScotland this week I want to use #KidsBookFriday to celebrate some great books by Scottish authors I’ve read recently. Can anyone else recommend some Scottish favourites? Or share some great books by authors from where you’re from.
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
Love Maisie Chan’s Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past, Chae Strathie’s So You Think You’ve Got it Bad nonfiction books with Marisa Morea, Elle McNicoll’s Keedie, and Bruna de Luca’s gorgeous teen romance Livia in Rome! #KidLitUK #BookWeekScotland
With it being #BookWeekScotland this week I want to use #KidsBookFriday to celebrate some great books by Scottish authors I’ve read recently. Can anyone else recommend some Scottish favourites? Or share some great books by authors from where you’re from.
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Love Maisie Chan’s Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past, Chae Strathie’s So You Think You’ve Got it Bad nonfiction books with Marisa Morea, Elle McNicoll’s Keedie, and Bruna de Luca’s gorgeous teen romance Livia in Rome! #KidLitUK #BookWeekScotland
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What everyday action can you take to make the world a better place?
Amazing @rashmiwriting.bsky.social their own Empathy Resolution as we celebrate the #EmpathyActionMonth.
Share your Resolution with us and Do Something that Matters across November!
Amazing @rashmiwriting.bsky.social their own Empathy Resolution as we celebrate the #EmpathyActionMonth.
Share your Resolution with us and Do Something that Matters across November!
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
What everyday action can you take to make the world a better place?
Amazing @rashmiwriting.bsky.social their own Empathy Resolution as we celebrate the #EmpathyActionMonth.
Share your Resolution with us and Do Something that Matters across November!
Amazing @rashmiwriting.bsky.social their own Empathy Resolution as we celebrate the #EmpathyActionMonth.
Share your Resolution with us and Do Something that Matters across November!
Talked to a new picture book writer who is writing a lyrical pb. Friends, what are your favourite (non-rhyming) lyrical pbs? Would love to make a list for her. #kidlit
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Talked to a new picture book writer who is writing a lyrical pb. Friends, what are your favourite (non-rhyming) lyrical pbs? Would love to make a list for her. #kidlit
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Here's our big news for the National Year of Reading!
We’re 'going all in' - our book club resources will be FREE for all state schools 🎉
#NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn #ReadingForPleasure 🧵1/5
We’re 'going all in' - our book club resources will be FREE for all state schools 🎉
#NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn #ReadingForPleasure 🧵1/5
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here's our big news for the National Year of Reading!
We’re 'going all in' - our book club resources will be FREE for all state schools 🎉
#NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn #ReadingForPleasure 🧵1/5
We’re 'going all in' - our book club resources will be FREE for all state schools 🎉
#NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn #ReadingForPleasure 🧵1/5
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Yes! The Children's Book Project charity, in West London. childrensbookproject.co.uk
Home - Children's Book Project
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November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yes! The Children's Book Project charity, in West London. childrensbookproject.co.uk
Ok, I’m slowly downsizing and I have a LOT of children’s books I need to donate in spring. All brilliant books in amazing condition and a mix of ages. Thing is, postage is so expensive. Anyone know anywhere in London where I can drop books off so they can find a good home?
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ok, I’m slowly downsizing and I have a LOT of children’s books I need to donate in spring. All brilliant books in amazing condition and a mix of ages. Thing is, postage is so expensive. Anyone know anywhere in London where I can drop books off so they can find a good home?
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Honoured and delighted to draw a special Bunny Vs Monkey picture for the Scottish Book Trust Christmas Appeal Auction. If you fancy this original artwork or any of their other amazing illustrations, you can bid now!
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Honoured and delighted to draw a special Bunny Vs Monkey picture for the Scottish Book Trust Christmas Appeal Auction. If you fancy this original artwork or any of their other amazing illustrations, you can bid now!
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As an immigrant who makes children's books for a living I'm a wee bit tired of a number of things presently.
The CLPE are sound, though
clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
@theclpe.bsky.social
The CLPE are sound, though
clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
@theclpe.bsky.social
CLPE Reflecting Realities - Survey of Ethnic Representation within UK Children’s Literature (November 2025) | Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
The 8th annual Reflecting Realities Survey of Ethnic Representation within UK Children’s Literature, funded by the Arts Council England, shows a modest increa...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As an immigrant who makes children's books for a living I'm a wee bit tired of a number of things presently.
The CLPE are sound, though
clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
@theclpe.bsky.social
The CLPE are sound, though
clpe.org.uk/research/clp...
@theclpe.bsky.social
Some happy news. Bromley Council have spent £11 million revitalising their libraries. More of this please! Excited to be part of the celebrations at Mottingham Library’s reopening on Wed 26 Nov.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Some happy news. Bromley Council have spent £11 million revitalising their libraries. More of this please! Excited to be part of the celebrations at Mottingham Library’s reopening on Wed 26 Nov.
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I love that computers and phones and the whole digital revolution have made film-making and other forms of “content” production widely available and accessible. But that’s come with a de-valuing of skills like writing and producing, and AI is only making that worse.
Just turned down a video-making job because I didn't think the quality I would be happy with could be delivered in the time or for the money. If anyone would like me to write a book and work with me to produce something as good as all my other work, now would be a good time alomshaha.com
Alom Shaha
Science teacher, writer, film-maker
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November 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I love that computers and phones and the whole digital revolution have made film-making and other forms of “content” production widely available and accessible. But that’s come with a de-valuing of skills like writing and producing, and AI is only making that worse.
Ok, I love you all. This chat was so buzzy and brilliant like the old days of book chat on social media. Also, my brain wrote a keynote speech in the middle of the night and I think I love it.
Longshot but hypothetically (*cough cough*) if you’re a teacher/librarian and a children’s author was to give a speech at a literacy/reading conference, what would you like them to talk about? 👀 #kidlituk #childrensbooks #ukkidlit
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Ok, I love you all. This chat was so buzzy and brilliant like the old days of book chat on social media. Also, my brain wrote a keynote speech in the middle of the night and I think I love it.
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I would like them to encourage adults to share a love of *story* with children. If reading isn't immediately easy they need a reason to persevere.
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I would like them to encourage adults to share a love of *story* with children. If reading isn't immediately easy they need a reason to persevere.
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In that vein I think it’s great when authors talk about the books that get them excited, as well as their own work. Showing kids that they’re a reader as well as a writer and that each fuels the imagination.
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In that vein I think it’s great when authors talk about the books that get them excited, as well as their own work. Showing kids that they’re a reader as well as a writer and that each fuels the imagination.
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I would love them to emphasize to the children that what they read is their choice, that all reading is valid and good, and that it should be FUN 😊 if they're not having fun, that's not what they should be reading (barring homework ofc) 😉
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I would love them to emphasize to the children that what they read is their choice, that all reading is valid and good, and that it should be FUN 😊 if they're not having fun, that's not what they should be reading (barring homework ofc) 😉
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Yes, that reading for pleasure can include oral, whether read to them, audio books or even a video of someone sharing a book. That it doesn't matter if its non-fiction or fiction, it's about finding pleasure in it.
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yes, that reading for pleasure can include oral, whether read to them, audio books or even a video of someone sharing a book. That it doesn't matter if its non-fiction or fiction, it's about finding pleasure in it.
Longshot but hypothetically (*cough cough*) if you’re a teacher/librarian and a children’s author was to give a speech at a literacy/reading conference, what would you like them to talk about? 👀 #kidlituk #childrensbooks #ukkidlit
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Longshot but hypothetically (*cough cough*) if you’re a teacher/librarian and a children’s author was to give a speech at a literacy/reading conference, what would you like them to talk about? 👀 #kidlituk #childrensbooks #ukkidlit
Such an interesting discussion around children’s nonfiction/information books.
Read more about the @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities report and watch our conversation with authors Kim Kinloch & @rashmiwriting.bsky.social, touching on the importance of representation in information books, including the significance of accurate & thoughtful illustration: bit.ly/4nTvKVu 📚
Reflecting Realities: Survey of Ethnic Representation within UK Children’s Literature
Released this morning, the 8th annual CLPE Reflecting Realities survey shows a modest increase in minoritised characters in books published for children in the UK.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Such an interesting discussion around children’s nonfiction/information books.
The 8th Annual Reflecting Realities Report is out now, showing progress in ethnic representation in children’s books and urging publishers to keep inclusion as a standard practice. https://clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-reflecting-realities-survey-ethnic-representation-within-uk-childrens-literature-3
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Very honoured to be part of the panel of judges for this amazing award that celebrates highly illustrated early fiction for ages 6-8. These much-needed books are so important in nurturing a new generation of readers, helping them to find their confidence and discover the joy of reading. #kidlituk
We're very excited to reveal the judges for the 2026 #AlligatorsAward, in partnership with The Bright Agency and @gardnersbooks.bsky.social:
@alexlatimer.bsky.social, Alex Puddick, @rashmiwriting.bsky.social, @tibolota.bsky.social, Tọlá Okogwu, and our very own Margaret and Tony.
@alexlatimer.bsky.social, Alex Puddick, @rashmiwriting.bsky.social, @tibolota.bsky.social, Tọlá Okogwu, and our very own Margaret and Tony.
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Very honoured to be part of the panel of judges for this amazing award that celebrates highly illustrated early fiction for ages 6-8. These much-needed books are so important in nurturing a new generation of readers, helping them to find their confidence and discover the joy of reading. #kidlituk