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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve just found this and it’s made my day.

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · 15d

Oh I love this 💕 I find it very moving!

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Aug 1

Release day!!

a man in a blue shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air

media.tenor.com

Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jul 26

Why yes, that is me in The Sunday Star Times today. Oh and yes, online at The Post and The Press and the Waikato Times too.

#SoFamous

www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3607...

What I’m Reading: Annelies Judson

Children’s writer and poet Annelies Judson has a ‘terrible habit’ of taking out more library books than she can read before they’re due back.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jul 18

A new article up on The Sapling :)

The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social · Jul 16

'… the sensibilities of a British illustrator from the 1970s aren’t inherently the best choice for a book being published in Aotearoa in 2025'
@babybookdel.bsky.social looks at the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, which asks unpublished illustrators to reimagine Mahy classics
shorturl.at/6iLG2

www.thesapling.co.nz

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jun 20

Oh my gosh, how weird—one of the poems I submitted for this edition is called “The Maker-Uppers” but I hadn’t seen this when I wrote it!! 🤣

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Reposted by Annelies Judson

The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social · Jun 15

We, like readers across Aotearoa, are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Maurice Gee.
We will be compiling tributes to him and his work over the coming days – please reach out to us or email [email protected] if you would like to contribute.

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jun 13

Ah yes, nothing like being a creative and being asked to do things for “exposure”.

If I’m going to expose myself in any form, I’d like payment thanks.

Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jun 13

Try to remember to share my poems here when I share them on Substack!

#kidlit #poetry #poem #poemsforkids #childrenspoetry

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jun 11

My deepest desire is that this book gets picked up in the USA because turkeys aren’t loved over here the way that they are in the States!

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jun 11

So many turkeys.

Too many turkeys for the children in the story 🤣

An excellent amount of turkeys if you love turkeys 🦃

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Just got confirmation that my book will definitely be out in August!

#kidlit

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 30

This made me laugh out loud fr

Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 30

Here’s the website you didn’t know you needed today.

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · May 27

Omg, 😍.

“This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.”

owlsintowels.org

Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 27

Hahaha

and

Oh god

more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · May 27

but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine

Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 23

Oh oh oh, congrats!!! 🎄

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 16

For fun I might go set it in Papyrus

Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 16

Wish I could say that this was a “gotcha” but it was a genuine mistake.

Still, Arial though.

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 16

Ah yes, you’re correct. I was using Calibri for something else just before I wrote this caption 🤦‍♀️

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 15

My husband is a graphic designer who loves Scandinavian minimalism, so I suspect this advice came from him.

Please don’t tell him that I set this in Calibri.

#poetry #poetryforkids #kidlit

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 12

Yes. Interestingly, I just read an essay by Philip Pullman which was based around the question of whether it’s “allowable” to have a Christian reading of His Dark Materials, and essentially his answer was “It’s not my job to tell people how to read my book—it’s my job to write it.”

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 12

Yeah, as a kid I can see that. I remember feeling shocked to discover as an adult that I had read and loved them for years and yet no one had ever mentioned it to me. But by then I was too old to feel spring on, I think. Bemused, surprised even. But not undermined or tricked.

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 12

Oh, I can understand that if you found out as a child. I assumed you meant that you’d discovered it as an adult (as I did).

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 12

Do you really feel like Jesus was sprung on you? I don’t feel they’re written to convert people. The fact that they allegorical doesn’t detract in my mind from the stories themselves.

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Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social · May 9

Excited to have an Honourable Mention in PBParty. It’s the reassurance I needed that it works for an overseas audience (and that it works in general 🤣). I have all fingers crossed that this story will be picked up one day. Thanks to the judges for all the effort and time they put into this!

Mindy Alyse Weiss @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social · May 7

2025 #PBParty honorable mentions are up. Congrats everyone! 🎉

I'm happy dancing for those on the list & sending hugs & cyber chocolate to those who didn't make it in this year. 🍫 Keep working and putting yourself out there & I know your YES will come.

mindyalyseweiss.com/...

2025 PBParty Honorable Mentions ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland

Huge congrats to the 2025 PBParty Honorable Mentions. I'm happy dancing for you. :) Let's get all of you prepared for the next contest!

mindyalyseweiss.com

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