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cathyfitzg.bsky.social
Makes radio documentaries for BBC (magic carpets, angry ghosts, broken hearts). Author of Pinch Perkins & the Midsummer Curse. Rep: LBA Books.
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#Art #History The War of Troy tapestry Moving Pictures Today 16:00 BBC Radio 4 Cathy FitzGerald @cathyfitzg.bsky.social invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. This episode – The War of Troy tapestry. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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We're looking forward to hearing IMEMS Co-Director @venetiabridges.bsky.social discuss the wonderful War of Troy Tapestry with @cathyfitzg.bsky.social on Moving Pictures today on @bbcradio4.bsky.social at 4pm! Missing the episode? Catch up here: 🎙️https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027lv9

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Tonight on #POTW: Clive Anderson with the week’s best #radio including reflections on 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Including @benansell.bsky.social @andyverity.bsky.social @petroctrelawny.bsky.social @cathyfitzg.bsky.social 1815, BBC R4 or on Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Please listen to BBC Radio 4’s Moving Pictures (@bbcradio4) at 4pm tomorrow: the wonderful Cathy FitzGerald (@cathyfitzg.bsky.social) has made a fantastic programme about The War of Troy tapestry featuring Penthesilea Queen of the Amazons (you can fast forward my chat!) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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A new series of Moving Pictures starts on @bbcradio4.bsky.social next week. Here’s a hint…

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Running till Dec 22 - the Christmas Carol… in VR!✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

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We are beyond thrilled to announce the reboot of our Transom Traveling Workshop on audio storytelling -- a week of intensive training for beginners in beautiful Catalina, CA March 23-30, 2025. Applications open now. Scholarships available! transom.org/2024/traveli...

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More context on Saydnaya from @amnestyuk.bsky.social Witness Podcast and Nicolette Waldman, the researcher who pieced together what was going on back in 2015. One of the most powerful interviews I’ve ever recorded. tinyurl.com/2penrp4v

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The @societyofauthors.bsky.social is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...

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Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word: We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do: forms.gle/KWf2XYgQX1cV...

submitted 195 days ago • 16 comments

I'm going to try a Bluesky giveaway. Don't know how it's going to go - but I'm giving all three of these books to a school or a family. Cozy crime for 9 - 13 year olds. One winner, UK only. To enter tell me something about Christmas that makes you happy. @nosycrow.bsky.social #Ukkidlit

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Pay heed to these genius words!👇🏻 @ibrews.bsky.social does NOT f*#k around.

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WA blog: Tove Jansson, Moomins Creator Artist & Author 💙 womensartblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/t...

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“Why the BBC is cutting it is completely beyond me.” @msmirandasawyer on Radio4’s bewildering decision to axe the wonderful Short Cuts. tinyurl.com/yeea4wt4

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By me, in @theguardian.com today www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n... << inc @dapsdraws.bsky.social @melindasalisbury.com @redbreastedbird.bsky.social @serenakpatel.bsky.social and more

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Transom’s annual gear guide. (Fetch cup of tea, put up feet, prepare for microphone envy).

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Best children’s books, old or new, with a Christmas feel? Asking for a @bbcradio4.bsky.social documentary

submitted 208 days ago • 14 comments

There aren’t many spaces for this kind of audio documentary… it’s not really safeguarded as an art form in the same way documentary film is - which means cancelling THIS space - always full of such wild love and craft - has an outsize impact and damages our medium and our community.

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Hello! I make documentaries for @bbcradio4.bsky.social about stuff like magic carpets, gravedigging & art. Author of funny, magical books for kids. Walker, gingernut-eater, semi-New Zealander.

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Listen up, Brit-dwellers. I need you to come to our new live show Souvenirs. Tour starts 25 August in Newcastle, then goes to Glasgow, Manchester, Cambridge, Bristol, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh & Oxford. The new show is really good so why hurt yourself by not going, eh? theallusionist.org/events

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