Harriet Howe

Thank you so much @rashmiwriting.bsky.social for this wonderful review 🥰

The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity.

Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.

Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator

www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

The latest Read for Empathy collection has been launched. As always, it's full of absolutely superb books, including graphic novels, poetry, picturebooks and non-fiction. The work @empathylabuk.bsky.social are doing is incredibly important. More information here: www.empathylab.uk/rfe

Dear Mr Stride, can you please help me and other UK children’s book illustrators? The governing is considering AI policy measures that would make us, as copyright holders, ‘opt out’ if we don’t want tech companies breaching our copyright to train their systems. The big companies then use our own art in competition against us. The UK ought to be proud of its children’s book tradition. Our artwork is exported all over the world, and by giving it away free, we’re ruining the industry. Children will be poorer: there’ll get dumbed-down, mechanical books that have no real person thinking hard about each aspect of them. My colleague Steve Antony described it: “It’s like allowing someone to break into my house and steal my belongings so that they can research, recycle and resell them, unless I stick a label on each and every one of my belongings that says ‘DO NOT STEAL’, even though the objects are clearly not theirs and clearly within someone else’s house. That house bring my copyright. It’s absolutely ridiculous, makes no sense, completely destroys existing copyright laws and insults every single one of us.” Please, could you stand up for us and out copyright? If you could mention our concerns to Feryal Clark, Minister for AI & Digital Governent, and to Chris Bryant, Minister for Creative Industry, Arts & Tourism, I’d greatly appreciate it. Warmest wishes, Sarah McIntyre, Illustrator & Author, Bovey Tracey

A handwritten letter on my illustration work desk to my local MP, Mel Stride, asking him to help UK children's book illustrators keep our copyright during the current AI policy consultation ✍️

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This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this.

www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...

Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!

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Front cover of The Really Beautiful Thing picture book by Frances Tosedevin and Ali Pye.

What a really beautiful book by @francestosdevin.bsky.social and Ali Pye (pub. @andersenpress.bsky.social ) to brighten up a really grey day.

It would be great if you did want to buy any of these books if you supported an indie bookshop instead of a billionaire! Try @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social or @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social!

Image of the book cover. A colourful dino with eleven creatures on its back and a family of five on its head.

Giveaway! Repost to enter.

To celebrate Rainbowsaurus winning School Reading List’s ‘Best Picture Book of the Year’, I’m giving away a signed copy. Just repost to enter (no need to follow).

This is my first giveaway on my BlueSky account so the odds of winning will most probably be favourable! 😊