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hapfairy.bsky.social
Author of SCARLET AND IVY and VIOLET VEIL (HarperCollins). Lover of symphonic metal, books and all things spooky. She/her 🎃♿🏳️‍🌈 Bath/Wiltshire
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

Paige Thomas, 29, is unsure of whether or not she would meet the criteria for an autism diagnosis, yet simply relates to a bunch of stuff autistic woman say, do, wear and refuse to eat.

Thanks for including Violet Veil! ❤️

Today is St Melangell’s Day, patron saint of hares. The 6th century Welsh saint saved a hare from hunting hounds and was granted land for sanctuary. Here are some of my hare themed stained glass panels available as prints. 💚🌿

Michael Rosen responds to Keir Starmer with a poem: My island of strangers. Powerful.

An island of strangers? Just imagine British children's books without the work of migrants & their children – all of these & more! www.sfsaid.com/2017/02/one-...

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

What I failed to mention is that this auction is in time for your name to not only be a character in my next book, but that MY NEXT BOOK IS THE CHAOS WALKING SEQUEL! So, yeah, bid, raise some money for trans causes, and I'll probably kill you horribly on paper! It's what you would have wanted.

Coming soon to Burgerly™️, the new fast food streaming service

THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.) www.32auctions.com/organization...

More news! Rob is offering up 3 signed copies of Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes (the official biography of my dad) for the Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the U.K. and SA auction www.32auctions.com/organization...

Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

Writers! If you stand in solidarity with trans people, please sign this letter about the recent supreme court judgement. Whether you write films/tv/books/journalism/poetry etc docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thanks for flagging!

Having read the article in @theguardian.com today talking about increased book censorship I recommend we all read this book by @alangratz.bsky.social to our year 6. It’s a great book about rebellion. The banned books mentioned became must reads in our Year 6 class. Best way to get kids reading ;-)

Gonna take this opportunity to say that I can personally deliver no script for as little as 7 million, and I know some other writers who can do it for as little as five million.

I was horrified to find EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY BOOKS had been plundered without my consent by the Meta AI book thieves. It's a violation & is wrong in every way. Please support us by signing this @societyofauthors.bsky.social petition and get them to #DoTheWriteThing! www.change.org/p/protect-au...

Apparently the company that owns tumblr just laid off a bunch of staff and man, I can’t handle it if tumblr goes down - it’s literally the only social media site I actively *enjoy* using

#metabookthieves #SoA Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross). Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.

Oh this is good. @societyofauthors.bsky.social is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday. Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

new video youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...

Got my ALCS statement and spotted an AuthorShare payment from World of Books who pay authors a royalty for second hand sales. My new favourite bookstore! Check it out. #booksky www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

I will die for you, A 4-Hour Long Video Essay on A Theme Park.

GNU Terry Pratchett. #Speakhisname

Happy International Women's Day! Buy books by women and/or boost the women authors we know. If you're low on funds: * Book reviews * Rave about them on social media * Ask your local library to order their books * Go over to their home & clean it so they have no excuses for not writing 🧵

Being disabled isn’t some abstract concept. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” their way out of. It’s something that can happen to anyone at any time. Once it happens to you, you will understand how little support exists. Help us & your future self will thank you.

Love this, in the graveyard of the Holy Trinity church in Stratford upon Avon is this beautiful church shaped bug hotel. All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small.

Just creating a post for Black kids book week and taking a moment to basque in how many amazing books I own centring Black kids - of all kinds. This isn’t even half of it. If anyone has a time portal I urgently need to send all these back to 1989! If you want a recommendation let me know. #kidlit

STILL TIME TO FILL THIS IN - deadline is midnight tonight!

Thanks so much to everyone who came to see me over the weekend for the 10 year anniversary of Scarlet and Ivy! It's been really cool to hear from people who've loved the series and I'm so glad it's still going strong.

Join us for a Q&A and signing with @hapfairy.bsky.social author of the fabulous Scarlet & Ivy series. This is a super special event to celebrate the tenth publication anniversary of the first book in this classic series. Free! Book tickets below👇 #kidlituk www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...

Read It Forward is GO! Buy ANY children’s book via Bookshop.org during February and we’ll donate 10% of the sale to the leading children’s reading charities, @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚 Every sale supports independent bookshops 📚 bit.ly/RIFEB25

Back in Bath on the 22nd as well with a bunch of other lovely people!

I really struggle with writing, and I have made the mistake of following all the lovely writers, and now I panic every time I open this app because I'm not writing 😅😅😅

It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek - and Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is a passionate believer that reading can help to overcome the "happiness recession" facing children today. Find out about his #ReadingRights campaign here: www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...

NEW EVENT: www.waterstones.com/events/celeb... 🎂

I'm excited to announce I'll be doing a 12-hour charity livestream of Slay The Spire this Monday on my YouTube channel to support trans rights! All proceeds will be going to the Transgender Law Center, the largest trans-led organization in the U.S. More details coming soon!

We were up until 2am after a burst pipe flooded town. Opening late today as we need to put everything back after clearing floors. Thankfully no damage. Others weren't lucky. If anyone is looking for a book you can order online at wonderlandbookshop.co.uk. Can't see what you want? Ask! #kidlituk

CW for just about everything. Jesus Christ this is horrendous.