Richard Pickard

The best night 🪩💎👯‍♂️

Before Demi: every lead actress who has ever been nominated for a horror film For her turn in The Substance, Demi Moore is only the 10th actress ever to be nominated for the Oscar for best actress in a horror movie. But the three before her all won – could Demi too?

Loved writing this BFI feature on the ten horror performances that were Oscar-nominated for Leading Actress. I’ve everything crossed that icon and legend Demi Moore can continue the streak of horror wins! www.bfi.org.uk/lists/before...

It would be great to be added to these, thank you :D

Would be fab if you can add me :D

Happy first birthday to my second child, Son of the Sea 📚💦 Thank you to everyone who has read or bought a copy this year, I am so grateful! If you have, please consider dropping an Amazon review – we’re inching ever closer to the magic number ✨🥹

The best weekend book post in the form of my fave Alastair Chisholm’s new MG sci fi adventure. Already hooked after an incredible prologue! Thanks @nosycrow.bsky.social 🐺📚🐦‍⬛

I’ve written a feature for the BFI on movies based on musicals based on movies, marking the release of Mean Girls aka the event of the century.

It was massive fun revisiting these classics and their inspirations! 📽️🎶🎭🍿

Have a read: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/movies...

Loved Mean Girls. Reneé Rapp and Auli’i Cravalho EAT. I was so into what they did with I’d Rather Be Me that I fully jumped from my seat at the end… Between that, Sexy, Revenge Party and World Burn, most of the adaptation is a total home run that honours both versions. 🍿👠📕💄

Son of the Sea has made it to the shortlist of the JRLT Hull Children’s Book Award! Thrilled for my little book and looking forward to meeting these wonderful authors in Hull this summer ☀️📚🥳

Thrilled to have this gorgeous proof of Jennifer Bell’s newest wonder MAGICALIA! Instantly sold on the hamstoceros in chapter one… 🐹🦏📚

If you’re in need of a gift for a young person this Christmas, here are some suggestions 😉 though if you’d like to give me an amazing gift for free, drop a quick review on Amazon - they help so much! Thank you for everyone’s support this year 💕🎁🎄📚

A brilliant day exploring one of the world’s largest collections of film and TV at the BFI National Archive, and meeting some of the team working hard to develop, preserve and restore film for future generations 📽️🎞️📼🎥

Lovely night at the UK premiere of Disney’s Wish. A suitably magical story to mark the centenary of the studio, with some great songs. Certain to be a big hit with the kids!

I absolutely loved the Disney100  exhibition at ExCel. Some of my highlights included Steamboat Willie storyboards, Mary Blair concept artwork, Snow White sheet music, the multi plane camera, and props used to create sound effects (with accompanying audio clips)! So fun.

I read it last year and it is AMAZING 💥

IT’S HERE!!! I’m so excited for this to reach young readers everywhere. It’s a nonstop thrill ride filled with timey wimey intrigue and a mystery at the heart of the Houses of Parliament. I think it’s Sam’s best yet ⏰📚🎊

Thrilled that SON OF THE SEA has been longlisted for the JRT Hull Children’s Book Award - and alongside so many friends and faves 🎊🌈

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A brilliant day at the Dorchester Literary Festival, speaking to lots of young readers as part of their wonderful schools programme! 📚👨🏻‍🏫🐙

For all the TENTACLE BOY readers out there, a gigantic Big Mouth Billy Bass has only popped up at Waterloo station where it’s singing it’s fishy heart out 🎶🐟