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Lovely news today that my book "Woman, Missing" has been longlisted for the Davitts Awards - Sisters in Crime Australia. I'm in great company! #crimefiction #HQAustralia #PInovel

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Trump’s Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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Almost time for Crimefest to start!! #Crimefest #crimewriters #crimefiction

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Travelling alone can be challenging but today it was a three hour class on wines and cheeses of France and then ice cream and another glass of wine on the way home!! #eatwhatiwant

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Bit hard to see Paris this morning!!

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Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts! Five #VerseNovels releasing April-May The Foal in the Wire by @robbiecoburn The Only Branch on the Family Tree by @sherrylwriter.bsky.social I can't even think straight by Dean Atta The Trouble with Heroes by @katemessner.com Neshama by @marcellapixley.bsky.social

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My first review for my new children's verse novel! Lovely and insightful comments. #versenovel #childrensbooks #family #understanding #healing @UQPbooks losangzopa.blog/2025/04/15/t...

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Great session online this afternoon with NZ author and illustrator Ruth Paul, talking about her writing and illustrating processes, showing us drafts and talking about 20 years of picture book creation. #scbwi #scbwi-nz #childrensbooks #kiwicreators

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On my lap for a change. #catsofbluesky

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Big day today. Copies of my new children's verse novel arrived - and I made a decision I have been agonising over for 12 months. (and the A key on my keyboard decided to go AWOL). #versenovel #childrensbooks #family

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That moment when you were planning to make a quiche for dinner and you go to the fridge and there is ONE egg. But I did have spuds and cheese and ham and tomato stuff, so all good. #dinner #egg #spontaneous

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NZ PLR is the worst in the world. Dear Brooke van Velden, please pick up newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/26/d...

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Oooh, getting closer to the launch of the Bristol CrimeFest programme! Can't wait to see what is on, since I will be there. Yay! #Crimefest2025

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How interesting that this podcast, which endeavours to report what is really going on, suddenly overtakes Rogan!

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Finished reading the second book by Amer Anwar today - Stone Cold Trouble. So good! Very sad to know he died this year. Too young at 55. @ameranwar.com #crimefiction #Londoncrime

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Writing prompts today are based on overhearing other people's words - not hard when they shout into their phones! sherrylclark.medium.com/day-3-writin...

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Trump signed the trade deal with Canada in the first place.

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I'm posting writing prompts every day on Medium at the moment (because I need a few for myself!). Friend link - today is about notes. sherrylclark.medium.com/take-up-the-...

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Must be my week for wildlife rescue in NZ. Saved a hedgehog from being squashed on the road and today it was a baby weta carefully moved to a new home. #nz

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Fancy seeing Greater Gliders and whatnot in the wild? We're holding a spotlighting night this coming Saturday, March 15 at Toolangi. All welcome! Details here. If a total fire ban (again) it won't happen, so please check the website closer to the date. kinglakefriendsoftheforest.com/events

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Hi friends: I’m being impersonated on X (and maybe here) and this person is asking people to get in touch to make books. I am not on X but was sent this screenshot to my website. Can you please report this account, and spread the word? @bradfordagents.bsky.social @victoriastrauss.bsky.social

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Just a reminder that Putin could end the war in Ukraine immediately by ordering his troops to return home to Russia. No one needs a Trump

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I've been following Umair Haque and reading his analysis for about 18 months, and just about everything he said would happen, has happened. www.theissue.io/american-col...

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The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.

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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

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If ever someone needed to be kept in jail, this is it.

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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: a cult self-help book encourages detachment – but is that what we need? Every story is different in families. My young readers' verse novel out 1 May explores one of these stories. #UQP theconversation.com/adult-childr...

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One of those days where I'm watching TV tonight and yearning for the lighthouse, the mountain house, the cottage far far away..... #stress #runningaway

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Very excited to hear this morning that my crime novel, "Woman, Missing", has been shortlisted for the NZ Booklovers Award! #crimefiction #BookloversAward #NZ www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/2025-awards

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If you love very short stories, try Best Small Fictions 2024 - small stories from writers around the world. altcurrentpress.com/2025/01/22/b...

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I've just added @leedslitfest.bsky.social to this Starter Pack, are you a book related event, festival, or award and would like to be added?Please let me know go.bsky.app/PHw99bS

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Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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"Shared reading is a public health intervention that should be available to all children." We loved hosting the #ReadingRights summit with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social this month. Here's what happened - and what's next 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

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An opinion piece on the changing state of publishers with mergers and buy-outs that could apply anywhere. sherrylclark.medium.com/the-publishi...

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Great time with Coo Harkens (gothic mystery author) at a local book fair today!

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There's something about reading a great book you loved. I like to just sit with it for a while and think about it.

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Had "Locomotive Breath" as an earworm for a week and I'm over it. Suggestions on how to get rid of it? #earworm

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Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc. @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social The Only Branch on the Family Tree is a poignant #MG #VerseNovel about family estrangement and reconciliation from award-winning author @sherrylwriter.bsky.social. Avail 29April.

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