Gareth Hopkins

My mum’s no.1 children’s author | Rep’d by @jodiehodges31 @unitedagents

[Gareth Hopkins @GarethHopkins]

Over the moon to have signed with @JodieHodges31 and @UnitedAgents. Someone who loves picture books AT LEAST as much as I do. Can’t wait to get going.

[Gareth Hopkins @GarethHopkins]

More Bumble & Snug brilliance from @markbradleyart 👌🏻

[Mark Bradley - No longer on X, find me on Bluesky @markbradleyart]

Bumble & Snug & The Jealous Giants is out today!
Bumble & Snug are playing in the Bugbop Ball World Cup, however one of the teams aren’t too happy about losing! There’s custard floods, snowball fights and chaos!
You can order your copy here:
https://t.co/bbKAAyRZBG

[Gareth Hopkins @GarethHopkins]

Still over a year until my first books publish, but thought I’d set up
an Insta page for my future #kidlit spam. Went for a name I didn’t think ChatGPT would come up with, hence the totally impractical garethhopkinsbookstuffyeah

[Matthew Highton @MattHighton]

When people say things were better in the past they mean this advert from the 80s for the Telford Shopping Centre. I am obsessed. The song alone is high art.

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@HarrietHoweBks @jamiesmart Haha! Top work 🏆

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@LHL1618 Cheeeers Lindsay! Hope all’s good with you 👍🏻

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My non-picture-book thing is heading out on submission this week. They say write from experience, so this is based on my life as a fishmonger’s daughter in medieval times. Go well, fair Word document.

[I Am In Print @IAmInPrint]

And here they are! The 2024 #iamwriting Competition Shortlists!

Well done to all who were brave enough to enter. Three cheers for our 21 shortlistees!

If you are sharing the happy news, don’t declare the title of your entry (or the judge may identify you!).

🥁

1/9

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@LHL1618 This is VERY EXCITING!

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@Louiestowell And I thought ‘Nether Wallop’ would never be beaten.

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@LHL1618 We’ve just finished the first and I was FUMING when she read a few chapters without me 😂

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Bagged herself the sequel at the school book fair. She is so invested in this series, despite murdering every house plant we’ve ever bought her. #Greenwild

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Out today, looks another classic from a top team.

[Susannah Lloyd @Susannah_Lloyd]

WHO ATE STEVE by me and the hilarious Kate Hindley is out TODAAAYYY!!!!! I am so excited!

Published by @nosycrow ❤️

Welcome to this extremely interesting book about size.

Marcel is a bird. He is big.

Steve is a worm, and he is . . . Wait a minute!

Steve has DISAPPEARED!

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@MeredithVigh @OceanHughesArt @jellycatlondon Mahoosive congrats, Meredith!

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New from @misspowellpeeps and the rhyme Queen, Cath. Read it in the bath. Or on a giraffe.

[Catherine Emmett @Emmett_Cath]

The Rainbow Flamingo is out TODAY!

This was the book that I wrote for my Mam.

It’s based on the message she always gave me - be proud to be who you are.

Sadly she isn’t here to see it published. 💔🌈🦩

But, like she was, it’s full of joy!

Illo’s by the fab @misspowellpeeps

[Gareth Hopkins @GarethHopkins]

Huge congrats to mole pun maestro @_BethanClarke, @andersfrang and team. We love this book.

[Little Tiger Books @LittleTigerUK]

We are super excited to share that Holey Moley by Bethan Clarke and Anders Frang has won the Fiction 4-7 category in the 2024 English Association 4-11 Picture Book Awards! Congratulations to Team #HoleyMoley! 🎉

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@_BethanClarke @andersfrang @LittleTigerUK Congrats, Bethan! I have no adequate mole puns.

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@Sue_N_Meikle @FizOsborne @Creative_Roots_ The HUGEST congrats, Sue! Look forward to reading your stories!

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Yesterday I learned that in the 1980s a dominant female orca started wearing a dead salmon as a hat. Soon the entire pod was wearing dead salmon hats. And other pods joined in too. Then a few weeks later they were totally over it and stopped. The ‘80s was some decade.

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Love Brian and his unicorn bonce / @yaytime #comics

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@PariThomson @Waterstones @MacmillanKidsUK @elisaupsidedown The hugest of congrats, Pari. A winner in our house too!