You wait for one open letter, and two come along at once! Some great names on this New Statesman statement. The support from this and the 800 who've so far signed the authors and illustrators statement is quite heartening. And it's pissing off the most unsurprising people.

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Interesting on rediscovery of neglected classics - has made me wonder what out of print children’s/YA classics might merit this treatment? AFAIK only the @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social has a children’s list. #ukkidlit #kidlituk

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I keep a stuffed eel on my desk as a reminder that our time on this planet is finite. A sort of memento moray.

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"Before Cecilia, scientists believed stars were like planets...her work rewrote the story of the cosmos" She's the subject of our new The Mystery of the Stars: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Astronomer lernerbooks.com/shop/show/26...

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I can't tell you how much I love having an office on a university campus and how much it's affected my entire personality. I'm wearing penny loafers with socks! Kilts of a slightly unflattering length! A long checked coat that flaps in the autumn wind! I'm dressing like I'm in Donna Tartt fanfic!

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