Nadia Shireen
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Author/illustrator of Grimwood, Bumblebear, Barbara Throws A Wobbler, Geoffrey Gets the Jitters. Island of Brilliant podcast. Agent: @jounwin .
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SO excited for this… come on down x
Roll up, roll up… for the fantastical, marvellous, extraordinary… Monster Funfair! Created with the wonderful
@NadiaShireen
- this immersive world of play and storytelling opens on Saturday 20 July - just in time for the summer holidays. Tickets will go on sale in April.
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This bit of the lovely McCartney piece everyone is sharing today made me weep (sorry I'm very weepy today):
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I worked in HMV and Virgin Megastore in the 90s. Loved it. Those jobs were in demand. I got the job because I name-dropped Nick Drake to try and impress the manager. Everyone loved & talked about music all the time. Not all provincial towns had a branch of Rough Trade nearby.
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This is v embarrassing, but I was asked to draw a Patronus and while all these other illustrators did beautifully crafted lyrical works of art, I drew a gormless elephant in a hat? I am mortified. Still, please bid on the others for an excellent cause!
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I keep thinking of a beautiful moment in the song Out Of Time by Blur, when Damon sings, “Feel the sunshine... on your face.” It made me want to draw this.
#illustration
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Hey! I’ve opened up a little print shop on Etsy. Limited edition 70s horror classics to start off with... hopefully more stuff later. Signed, numbered, nice paper.
#illustration
#movieposters
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So many dudes on Tinder seem to have yachts. They can’t *all* have won Bullseye?
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My little boy sent me his first email last week and it’s the best email I’ve ever had in my life.
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One evening I doodled this cat and this book title in my sketchbook. Now she’s up for the Kate Greenaway medal! Absolutely pinching myself. Huge congratulations to all the nominees, it’s a fantastic list.
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I’ll never forgive myself for how badly I got the vibe wrong for this assignment.
@LaytonNeal
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@kenwilsonmax
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@RSillustrations
– Fox
@mrjamesmayhew
– Husky
@chrisriddell50
– Ron Weasley’s Jack Russell Terrier
@NadiaShireen
– Elephant
@LizPichon
– Wolf
@DapsDraws
– King Cobra
#PatronusOnAPostcard
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Fantasy: I write 3000 words by mid-afternoon. My desk faces the sea, a cashmere blanket rests upon my knees. I make corrections with my favourite Mont Blanc pen.
Reality: 70 words shat out on laptop balanced on head of child during six episodes of Justin’s House so help me god
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My friend is drunk and has ordered takeaway for us. There are two of us.
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@KathyBurke
I am trying - and failing - to play it cool here. Thank you so much, Kathy. You are the absolute best.
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@richardosman
FYI one bag of Twirl bites = 2 Twirls, so if on offer for a pound it’s decent value.
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I have died. I am dead.
Bought this for one of my tiddler pals who (all being well) I’ll be seeing soon. It’s absolutely gorgeous, really smart and very funny.
We are all Barbara!
#BarbaraThrowsAWobbler
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@i_am_mill_i_am
Preston station was a nightmare and I left it relatively early. Immensely stressy. The staff I spoke to were all calm and lovely, but they had no information to go on whatsoever. Frustrating for them as well.
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I absolutely love peonies, and someone lovely sent me some peonies. So I thought I’d share them with you.
#peonies
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I’m delighted to share with you the cover of my next picture book with
@PuffinBooks
... it’s called ‘Barbara Throws a Wobbler.’ Out April 2021!
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Hello! If you’re an indie bookshop who’d fancy some signed ‘bad moods’ postcards to tuck into your copies of Barbara Throws A Wobbler, get in touch 👍🏾
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Judith Kerr once told me that her husband made a tiny mouse hospital for all the maimed rodents their cat dragged in.
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I have just learned that the collective noun for a group of ferrets is “a business.” A business of ferrets. I like it.
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I am going to write an English folk horror novel called There Are No Biscuits In This House.
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So chuffed that the excellent
@alex_brooker
will be reading Barbara Throws A Wobbler as the
@CBeebiesHQ
bedtime story next Monday! The best tv channel bar none. Honoured!
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@spectator
This article is mean-spirited, snobby and factually inaccurate. Shock horror, a voice on Radio 4 is northern! You should be embarrassed you’ve even published this. And the writer is the very definition of ‘lightweight and uncerebral.’
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I put my heart and soul into making picture books, but if they don’t sell enough, I’ll need to find a new job. Which would break my heart. You want diversity in publishing? Sort it out from the top down. The big guns need to invest.
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Yet another rejected children’s book idea. Honestly, what’s wrong with these people.
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To capture the mood of the nation I have drawn a desolate penguin standing on a tiny iceberg, floating slowly yet inevitably towards death.
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A very effective way of letting us know that even if you were born here, you will never, ever be truly British if you are brown.
Shamima Begum should not be allowed to return to the UK to pursue an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, the Supreme Court has ruled
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Found my school physics folder. I suppose the signs were there.
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Yesterday my kid asked if he could have a creme egg. I said no. A little girl behind us overheard, and sneakily PUT ONE IN MY BASKET, before giving my kid a sneaky smile. Children are like velociraptors.
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I am hearing reports from real-life humans that Barbara Throws A Wobbler is helping to stop *actual* wobblers in their tracks, and this makes me very happy! 🙏🏾
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Remembering the heady days of illustrating the M&S Christmas range a few years ago. Told my kid today and he didn’t believe me. “But why did they let you?” I don’t know, kid, but I’m glad they did.
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So excited to be able to share this news. New books coming soon!
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God I cannot *bear* her attempting to chummily tell me what I want. What I want is her to fuck off back to being the much-hated Deputy Head of a rural girls school.
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In a personal context I have been told that ‘We’re absolutely saturated by brown faces in this country.’ And in a professional context, someone very senior in kids books told me (in sotto voice) ‘Yes, but black children just don’t read.’ This problem isn’t going anywhere, sadly.
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Utterly in love with the work of Leslie Wood. Punch cover from 1959.
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If only someone was making picture books featuring a BAME female lead character… AAARGh! *tears hair out*
(Clue. I am! Please buy.)
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I swear, there is no review on earth better than photos like this. ❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️
The mark of a reader is when the book has to go too... Fat cat's off, beyond the Deep Dark Forest, to London Zoo
#BillyandtheDragon
@NadiaShireen
@penguinrandom
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I have never been number 1 for anything ever, so I am going to celebrate being the number 1 ‘Hot New Release’ in ‘Children’s Books about Emotions and Feelings’. What do you mean it’s an extremely niche category? How dare you!
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Exciting news! I am delighted to announce that the audiobook of Grimwood will be read by none other than... ADAM BUXTON! He has done lots of silly voices, and some of them have made me cry laughing. Wahoo! Pre-order the book if you want to read along:
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Johnson trying to get “Captain Hindisight” to stick reminds me of when I tried to get the other neighbourhood kids to call me “Ace”
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If you’re feeling a little blue or unsettled for whatever reason, I can recommend listening to Bernard Cribbins reading Winnie The Pooh and Derek Jacobi reading The Wind in the Willows. Comfort blankets.
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@caitlinmoran
Baloo the bear, Atticus Finch, the dad from Johnny Briggs, Hazel from Watership Down, Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec, basically someone hairy who could build me a table
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Blackadder’s reading The Bumblebear!
Bee ready for
#RowanAtkinson
’s Bedtime Story! 🐝🐝
He’ll be reading The Bumblebear by
@NadiaShireen
, 24 Jun at 6:50pm.
#CBeebiesBedtimeStories
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I’ve drawn a bear with nowhere to go, so you can have him.
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Anybody else feel like screaming? My new picture book Barbara Throws A Wobbler is out tomorrow and my 8 year old has made this mildly disturbing trailer! I am very proud of him.
#ThrowAWobbler
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*parps horn* My new picture book, Billy and the Beast, is out today. I really hope you (or any little people you know) enjoy it. I’m proud of her 💪🏾
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Fuming at the *ridiculous* casting in the new Famous Five adaptation. Everyone knows that Timmy is a Welsh border collie, not a bearded collie cross. More senseless wokery from the PC brigade
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Cute animals in terrifying films alert! Shipping the first batch of prints next week. Take a look at my shop if you fancy one or know a movie nut who might...
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As this Insta post from April 2019 proves... follow your dreams, guys!
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Like so many innocents before him, my child asked to try marmalade on toast. He now feels utterly betrayed by Big Paddington.
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Seeing as Barbara Throws A Wobbler has been included in the
@EmpathyLabUK
reading list, I thought it might be a good time to revisit the last page…
#EmpathyDay
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I haven’t been a sub-editor for 10 years, but I still can’t help but feel a bit tribally defensive when writers slag off ‘the subs.’ Generally we are a breed of quiet, attentive word-crafters and turd-polishers. Our best work is invisible.
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Please ensure you put your Easter eggs in the fridge so you can enjoy snappy shards. I’m upset at the thought of warm, squashy chocolate eggs, messily torn. Thank you.
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Aaaargh! I’m GIDDY to be children's book of the week in today’s
@TheTimesBooks
! Grimwood is out really soon and this has made my day/month/year 😭 🥰
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I actually won something! Thank you so much all at
@The_UKLA
. Delighted that Babs has resonated in classrooms around the country, also v honoured to share the award with the amazing
@TomPercivalsays
.
Last evening saw the announcement of the UKLA Book Awards!
“For the first time in the history of the awards the judges felt
compelled to award joint winners In the 3-6+ age category.”
Congratulations to these two wonderful,powerful books!
@The_UKLA
@TomPercivalsays
@NadiaShireen
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How do we break the news to Robert
Word of the day: "jizz" - the sum or gist of a bird's characteristics – form, plumage, flight, call – that allow its instant identification.
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So
@SmritiPH
,
@SwapnaHaddow
and I are forming a band called “Three middle-aged middle-class brown children’s book authors who will at least visibly improve your diversity quotas even though systemically nothing may change.”
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I’ll be honest. I already have a yellow mac and red wellies, and mainly drew Billy like this so I could have a low effort World Book Day costume.
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Sometimes I just want to do a picture book of meaningless chit-chat.
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Absolutely *cursing* the author who has casually demanded I illustrate “a deer riding a bike, with a Victoria sponge cake in the basket, also balancing pot of tea and two china cups.” (Yes, the author is also me 😞)
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Did a Grimwood event at a school today, and a pigeon flew into the assembly hall. The kids went utterly bananas. The pigeon shat on a light fitting and had to be lured outside with biscuits.
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📣 My next picture book, Geoffrey Gets The Jitters, is out with
@PuffinBooks
on August 3rd. It’s about a little dog with some big worries… and here’s the cover! Also, here is an extremely official and useful Guide To Worries. Feel free to tag yourself. Thank you x
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Literally don’t give a fuck who wins the ‘race’ to declare. It’s not fuxking Comic Relief.
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Imagine if Danny Boyle had to do an Opening Ceremony *now*
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