Victoria M. Adams
@victoriamadams.bsky.social
Probably eats swans
Repped by Sara O’Keeffe at Nurnberg Associates.
Art above by the lovely www.sharonkingchai.com
Repped by Sara O’Keeffe at Nurnberg Associates.
Art above by the lovely www.sharonkingchai.com
I had so much fun reading Frances Hardinge's 'Fly By Night'. More enthusiasm here: www.instagram.com/p/DR7RTaWCIAU/
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I had so much fun reading Frances Hardinge's 'Fly By Night'. More enthusiasm here: www.instagram.com/p/DR7RTaWCIAU/
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The #Creatives4Sudan auction closes TODAY (saturday 6th) at midnight! Your last chance to bid on incredible things approaches. Like this one-to-one hour of comics mentoring by UK comics supremo Woodrow Phoenix aka @mrphoenix.bsky.social app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The #Creatives4Sudan auction closes TODAY (saturday 6th) at midnight! Your last chance to bid on incredible things approaches. Like this one-to-one hour of comics mentoring by UK comics supremo Woodrow Phoenix aka @mrphoenix.bsky.social app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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I don't know how to tell you it just sucks to struggle your whole life to communicate, find it in a style of art you have developed, and then knowing out there that there's someone scraping everything you did to steal your voice and put it on something you had no choice in speaking for.
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I don't know how to tell you it just sucks to struggle your whole life to communicate, find it in a style of art you have developed, and then knowing out there that there's someone scraping everything you did to steal your voice and put it on something you had no choice in speaking for.
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Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard! Oliver has been reading everything he can about giant squid while helping his dad build his costume.
The 9th in my costumed character cuties series.
I’m represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
angelamatteson.com
#KidLitArt #KidLit #CharacterDesign #illustration
The 9th in my costumed character cuties series.
I’m represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
angelamatteson.com
#KidLitArt #KidLit #CharacterDesign #illustration
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hello! #KidLitArtPostcard! Oliver has been reading everything he can about giant squid while helping his dad build his costume.
The 9th in my costumed character cuties series.
I’m represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
angelamatteson.com
#KidLitArt #KidLit #CharacterDesign #illustration
The 9th in my costumed character cuties series.
I’m represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
angelamatteson.com
#KidLitArt #KidLit #CharacterDesign #illustration
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.
🌟Interested in new book projects + other commercial, kids-related projects 🌟
Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
🌟Interested in new book projects + other commercial, kids-related projects 🌟
Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.
🌟Interested in new book projects + other commercial, kids-related projects 🌟
Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
🌟Interested in new book projects + other commercial, kids-related projects 🌟
Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! ⭐️
My name is Farah, I’m a children’s book author & illustrator and I love creating characters with their own stories to tell.
Open to work on BB, PB and fiction projects.
⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot at @unitedagents.bsky.social
View portfolio at www.fawashah.co.uk
My name is Farah, I’m a children’s book author & illustrator and I love creating characters with their own stories to tell.
Open to work on BB, PB and fiction projects.
⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot at @unitedagents.bsky.social
View portfolio at www.fawashah.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! ⭐️
My name is Farah, I’m a children’s book author & illustrator and I love creating characters with their own stories to tell.
Open to work on BB, PB and fiction projects.
⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot at @unitedagents.bsky.social
View portfolio at www.fawashah.co.uk
My name is Farah, I’m a children’s book author & illustrator and I love creating characters with their own stories to tell.
Open to work on BB, PB and fiction projects.
⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot at @unitedagents.bsky.social
View portfolio at www.fawashah.co.uk
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This Ursula K Le Guin event is happening TONIGHT 7pm @burleyfisher.bsky.social - just a few tickets left, so get yours and join us if you love her too! And what questions would you want me to ask her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin?
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/urs...
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/urs...
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This Ursula K Le Guin event is happening TONIGHT 7pm @burleyfisher.bsky.social - just a few tickets left, so get yours and join us if you love her too! And what questions would you want me to ask her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin?
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/urs...
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/urs...
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Saw this last night scrolling & was half asleep so didn’t register where.
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Saw this last night scrolling & was half asleep so didn’t register where.
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
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When there’s an article about reading, the author often focuses on the C20th as if they too don’t understand the link between not reading and not feeling represented. Thankfully, @tygertale.bsky.social put this list together
Tell me what you agree/disagree with
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
Tell me what you agree/disagree with
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
The 100 Best Children’s Books of the 21st Century
In September the Guardian published the 100 books of the 21st Century. It contained only five children’s books, two of which were published in the year 2000 – wrong century – and featur…
tygertale.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When there’s an article about reading, the author often focuses on the C20th as if they too don’t understand the link between not reading and not feeling represented. Thankfully, @tygertale.bsky.social put this list together
Tell me what you agree/disagree with
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
Tell me what you agree/disagree with
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
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When a 'bad' book does well - coping with ugly feelings
Up now on my Publishing Peptalk substack
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Up now on my Publishing Peptalk substack
open.substack.com/pub/abielong...
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
When a 'bad' book does well - coping with ugly feelings
Up now on my Publishing Peptalk substack
open.substack.com/pub/abielong...
Up now on my Publishing Peptalk substack
open.substack.com/pub/abielong...
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This book is fantastic if you like easy crafts and science combined. My daughter and I have spent many happy hours making and exploring scientific ideas. Highly recommend for schools, as a beautiful gift that's sure to be used, or just for fun
Science Teachers! Planning end-of-term lessons and want to avoid showing films? Try making these simple toys which work on scientific principles! The "Balancing Bird" is probably the easiest but there are a whole load more, all made with easily resourced materials. FREE videos here
Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines
Hello! This is where I’ll be putting links to FREE resources to accompany my book Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines, including videos of the activities and any templates or other informati…
alomshaha.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This book is fantastic if you like easy crafts and science combined. My daughter and I have spent many happy hours making and exploring scientific ideas. Highly recommend for schools, as a beautiful gift that's sure to be used, or just for fun
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This fight over “should authors get paid for their work” debate boils down to this: many, MANY people do not see art as labor.
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!
March 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This fight over “should authors get paid for their work” debate boils down to this: many, MANY people do not see art as labor.
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!
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Meet two heroes of our times.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meet two heroes of our times.
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Great new - from my old homeland!!
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
u.afp.com/Sha2
u.afp.com/Sha2
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Great new - from my old homeland!!
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A reminder this holiday season and always
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A reminder this holiday season and always
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A powerful post worth reading all the way through.
“It was AIDS that killed those men, but it was homophobia that allowed it to happen – & that led to so many men dying alone.
Homophobia killed us then.
Worldwide, it remains the cause of thousands of deaths, through violence & neglect, even today."
“It was AIDS that killed those men, but it was homophobia that allowed it to happen – & that led to so many men dying alone.
Homophobia killed us then.
Worldwide, it remains the cause of thousands of deaths, through violence & neglect, even today."
A 🧵 on #AIDS in the 80s/90s:
I was 15 when I first had sex with a man.
I’d snuck off to London’s Heaven nightclub with the express intent of ridding myself of my ‘gay virginity’, a goal I achieved easily with a visiting American photographer.
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I was 15 when I first had sex with a man.
I’d snuck off to London’s Heaven nightclub with the express intent of ridding myself of my ‘gay virginity’, a goal I achieved easily with a visiting American photographer.
1/13
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A powerful post worth reading all the way through.
“It was AIDS that killed those men, but it was homophobia that allowed it to happen – & that led to so many men dying alone.
Homophobia killed us then.
Worldwide, it remains the cause of thousands of deaths, through violence & neglect, even today."
“It was AIDS that killed those men, but it was homophobia that allowed it to happen – & that led to so many men dying alone.
Homophobia killed us then.
Worldwide, it remains the cause of thousands of deaths, through violence & neglect, even today."
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my favorite passage of his
We shed as we pick up.
[farewell to the master]
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
my favorite passage of his
She sees all. She knows all.
And she doesn't forget.
And she doesn't forget.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
She sees all. She knows all.
And she doesn't forget.
And she doesn't forget.
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“Our people should be citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.”
― Clement Attlee
― Clement Attlee
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Our people should be citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.”
― Clement Attlee
― Clement Attlee
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Being a writer is like surfing. Always hoping to catch the perfect wave, but most of your time will be spent paddling against the tide or just floating, waiting, eyes on the horizon while you watch other people riding their highs into the sunset. But you have to love the work more than the ride.
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Being a writer is like surfing. Always hoping to catch the perfect wave, but most of your time will be spent paddling against the tide or just floating, waiting, eyes on the horizon while you watch other people riding their highs into the sunset. But you have to love the work more than the ride.
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So, if you're in a similar boat:
* you are not alone
* publishing is harder than it used to be
* people are only showing their highlight reels; you don't see all their disappointments
* fomo is baked into the internet
* art will save you when nothing else will
* WRITING IS REBELLION
/fin
* you are not alone
* publishing is harder than it used to be
* people are only showing their highlight reels; you don't see all their disappointments
* fomo is baked into the internet
* art will save you when nothing else will
* WRITING IS REBELLION
/fin
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So, if you're in a similar boat:
* you are not alone
* publishing is harder than it used to be
* people are only showing their highlight reels; you don't see all their disappointments
* fomo is baked into the internet
* art will save you when nothing else will
* WRITING IS REBELLION
/fin
* you are not alone
* publishing is harder than it used to be
* people are only showing their highlight reels; you don't see all their disappointments
* fomo is baked into the internet
* art will save you when nothing else will
* WRITING IS REBELLION
/fin