Co-Founder of ICAN

ICAN is the Indie Children's Author Network — a network for children's authors and illustrators, created to connect, support and champion people working within children's books.

About ICAN

A network for children's books

Co-founded by Hannah Welch and Leanne Beardsley, ICAN provides a supportive creative community alongside opportunities, resources, events and industry connections for children's authors and illustrators.

ICAN also produces the weekly We Wrote a Book, Now What? podcast, sharing conversations and insight from the world of children's books — one part of a much wider network.