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Lambda Award finalist. Illustrator, author ✏️ they/she. rep Mandy Suhr at Storywise. 📍 Belfast Portfolio → kipalizadeh.net ✍︎ [email protected] Links → https://linktr.ee/kipalizadeh #KidLitArt

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · Feb 11

Bun #watercolour #KidLitArt

A painting by Kip Alizadeh of a baby rabbit sitting in wild flower long grass looking at the big crescent moon in a dusky sky

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Rikin Parekh (Mr Rik) @rikinparekh.bsky.social · 44m

STICKY MILDRED, illustrated by me and written by the FAB @alastairc.com is coming SOON!
Pre-order and get 25% off from Waterstones with code OCTOBER25 👉
tinyurl.com/Pre-order-St...
#WPreorder #picturebook #funnybook
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
#KidLitUk #StickyMildred

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 1h

Delighted to say that from the 14th-17th Oct you can get 25% off pre-orders of the paperback edition of I Am Strong Just Being Me, due out next year 🥳 🤩

www.waterstones.com/book/i-am-st...

@littletigeruk.bsky.social

#KidLit

A graphic promoting 25 percent off the paperback edition of I Am Strong Just Being Me by Laura Dockrill and Kip Alizadeh

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alex - illario apologist @hightowerqueen.bsky.social · Aug 1

AI art is not "a tool for disabled people", it's harmful to disabled artists who depend on digital commissions to afford basic necessities.

stop using disabled people as a shield for your lack of ethics.

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“Surely, she dies first” Jackson @lioninthetrees.bsky.social · 20h

Reduction block print inspired by the California Gull! 🐦🍟✨
This is the very last print for my Printmaking Pals as the club is now coming to an end.

#art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking

Relief linoblock print featuring a California Gull standing in the center. There are Sego Lillies around the four corners of the piece, as well as bee hives at the top and below the bird serving as iconography representing the state of Utah.

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 2d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 21h

Moved to Apple Music recently for the same reasons after having Spotify for ages, with collaborative playlists with friends and all. Felt wrong to keep it in the end.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social · 2d

Last night I attended the 2025 Utah Book Awards. @kipalizadeh.net & I are honored our LGBTQ+ inclusive picture book, THE WISHING FLOWER, was selected as a finalist! All children deserve to see themselves in books. All children deserve to feel seen, safe, and loved. 💜 #kidlit #booksky

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 3d

my cat drinks from muddy puddles even though he has an actual water fountain 😭

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 6d

Thread of available #septempera originals! Email [email protected] to claim.

These tiny paintings are 65x95mm, 75 euros each.
Shipping included. Customs/taxes/etc are the buyer's responsibility.
IMPORTANT: I'll ONLY ship these four to the US right now due to tariffs, might offer more later.

Four tiny paintings: A- fish with hat. B- Dog napping. C- Wood mouse on an apple. D- Lizard on a mossy stone.

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 4d

This report kinda confirms a bad vibe I’d been sensing and I wish it was just me having a rough time in publishing of late, but it seems like a more institutional problem. Bad times.

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 4d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 4d

There are always gay people in your phone or computer if you know where to look

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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social · 6d

✨ The Excluded Voices 2025 report is here!

We’ve updated last year’s findings on children’s books (ages 1–9) by British creators from marginalised communities — showing where progress is happening & where it’s still not.

https://ow.ly/G5Hq50X8fph

#IBCExcludedVoicesReport

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 4d

its true, I started playing the video game Destiny 2 and now I'm in an entire Discord server of gay ppl who play it lol

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

thank you so much!

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · Jul 16

Cover illustration what I did for Philip Reeve’s ‘Here Lies Arthur’. AD/design by Jamie Gregory

Digital painting, cover art for ‘Here Lies Arthur’ by Philip Reeve

Book cover, ‘Here Lies Arthur’ by Philip Reeve

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

think I'll do this one as a Christmas card ☺︎

kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

sketch 🐻 #KidLitArt

A sketch by kip alizadeh of a grown up bear carrying a baby bear on their back

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Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · 8d

Cover reveal - So proud to be paired with the amazing Nakul P for our new picture book SUPER UMA, a story about sensory overload, teamwork and empathy. Out in April 2026 with @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social

Cover of picture book Super Uma. Features a little South Asian girl, a small unicorn doing a flying kick and a South Asian grandma figure with a helmet and motorbike with fire motifs, all set against the sparkly colourful background of a magical world.

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 6d

O - Fancy goat.
162x230mm paper size (125x190mm painted). 220 euros.

P - Gardening.
157x200mm illustration board size. 240 euros.

Q - Comfier bed.
A5 paper size (148x210mm). 240 euros.

EU shipping included in the price. Not shipping to the US.
Email [email protected] to claim.

#septempera

Painting of a goat wearing a yellow dress and umbrella on a bridge in a garden.

Painting by Victoria Maderna, a mole with a straw hat carrying a rake, a wooden shed behind.

Painting of a hedgehog gathering leaves, there's a camp behind with a fire and a hollow log lined with some leaves.

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

I think about this a lot, thank you for putting it into succinct words

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

that means so much, really appreciate it, thank you 🥰

kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

thanks so much Kel!!

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kip alizadeh @kipalizadeh.net · 5d

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