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amyfleurstone.bsky.social
Sheffield Correspondent for Northern Soul. Author of YA and adult fiction. Arnold Bennet Book Prize longlist, Bridport Prize shortlist. Puschart nominee. Find me on https://www.instagram.com/a.f.stone
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So chuffed with this purchase: Dead Cats Club shirt for £8 in St Luke’s hospice charity shop 😍can’t wait to wear this for day-job meetings and grin menacingly at anyone who backs away when they inspect the print 😈

To the knobhead in Costa: being posh doesn’t give you the right to be a nasty prick to baristas or anyone else for that matter, your wife and kids are clearly scared of you as well, get some help

Went to Sheffield Cocktail Festival for Northern Soul and had a blast! www.instagram.com/reel/DJyr2FH...

This was mad good. MAD GOOD. That’s how articulate I am after a long week but if you want to read some real sentences strung together in actual paragraphs please read my review: www.northernsoul.me.uk/swan-lake-bo...

My review of Hamlet Hail to the Thief is here: www.northernsoul.me.uk/hamlet-thief... I can’t stress this enough: you have to go and see this production, it’s a masterpiece @the-rsc.bsky.social #hamlethailtothethief

This was apparently the most read article for that month and I’m really chuffed about that because I’m pretty sure it’s down to the fact I waded into a debate in the comments section of another review that completely slated the production, and the actors, in a way that made me quite quite mad

Predictably, I absolutely loved Broken Biscuits and it was so good to talk to @adamjfarrer.bsky.social today! Even though I was inarticulate and rambling as usual, it was worth it just to tell him it was a great book. Watch this space for review/interview but in the meantime: buy the book, people

Saw this last night at Factory International, absolute belter. Wrote my review on the train home but lost my programme in the process, gutted! #hamlethailtothethief #hamlet #hailtothethief @the-rsc.bsky.social #factoryinternational @northern--soul.bsky.social

Dylan (not fussed about sweet things) has kept this monstrosity intact since Easter for the sole purpose of torturing his brother Joey, who inhaled his chocolate because his sweet tooth is rivalled only by mine. D opened the box purely to make sure J can see/smell the chocolate if he’s nearby. Evil.

Proof that nothing can happen in this house without intervention from kids and cats. Can’t wait to read Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures by @adamjfarrer.bsky.social - I absolutely loved Cold Fish Soup so I’m well excited for this! Review and interview coming soon for Northern Soul ❤️

My review of a Streetcar Named Desire @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social is one of the Editor’s Picks for Northern Soul. Five stars, I loved it. www.northernsoul.me.uk/streetcar-de...

Perfect Saturday night @bookwormvaught.bsky.social ❤️

As far as I can tell, the team behind #ghoststories isn’t on Bluesky but I’d love them to see this! My review of Ghost Stories at the Lyceum in Sheffield last night, for Totalntertainment ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.totalntertainment.com/live-reviews...

What’s with the 60 second limit on videos with Bluesky? Bah. Anyway, you can see approx. 90 seconds of my trip to Lincoln to support the opening of my wonderful friend’s art exhibition ‘Scarborough Macabre’ here 🖤 www.instagram.com/reel/DFyXQ7z...

Last night I went to the housewarming party for the new location of the Botanist in Sheffield, it’s a great space! 🍃🌿🌱 www.instagram.com/reel/DFd99y8...

Unpaid carers, there are millions of you out there and this is for you! Publishers, industry people, please spread the word 🙏🏻

Major TW. Tough read but important to share - esp. in light of these women breaking their NDAs that were intended to silence. I remember being so starstruck when Neil Gaiman retweeted my review of the Ocean at the End of the Lane for Totalntertainment. archive.is/2025.01.13-1...

Thoughts and prayers for my mouldy car getting its MOT today - failed last year, pretty sure it’ll happen again. Unless they decide its ability to grow moss supersedes all the mechanical deficiencies 🙏🏻

The kids always sing to Thomas ‘Tommy, Tommy Boo’ to the tune of ‘Daddy, Daddy Cool’ and he always gives this same confused, slightly worried look in response

They’re not on Bluesky yet but I’m honestly not lying when I say I’m now officially ‘Sheffield Correspondent’ for Northern Soul ❤️ www.instagram.com/share/BBlF30...

thecuraeprize.uk The 2025 #Curae prize for writer-carers opens on New Year’s Day (GMT!) Unpaid carers UK and ROI - this one’s just for you. Everything you need is on the site and it’s free to enter - for fun and focus, or maybe for steps into industry. Prizes are amazing Please share

In all the Christmas hullabaloo I forgot to give this jumper the airtime it deserves. Only available from the menswear range at Primark, fyi. Nephew upstaged me but I’ll allow it because he’s adorable

💫 Merry Christmas 🎄 A few photos of some festive highlights 1. Blustery, beautiful York last week. One of my favourite happy places, is York ❤️ I have to give a massive thank you to @oshald87.bsky.social who is the only reason I’m sane(ish)

Northern Soul’s Best Reads for 2024 are here! Here are my grumpy cats, resentfully posing with the three books that stayed with me this year www.northernsoul.me.uk/best-reads-2...

My interview with @petemckee.bsky.social is our Editor’s Pick (top of the home page guys, just saying) I’d love you all to read this - but more importantly you must go to the exhibition. It’s one not to miss and it’s one to return to ❤️ www.northernsoul.me.uk/pete-mckee-i...