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Lucy van Pelt has finally gone too far. But she will be brought to justice

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Are you interested in writing and illustrating your own picture book? Join the @cbcreative.bsky.social video course starting this week(!) with @davidoconnell.bsky.social and me! Browse all the courses here: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/creative-wri... ✍️

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Everyone waiting for the new pope then glass shatters BAH GAWD

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🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:

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Hey, if anybody needs to make a call, I’ve got a phone.

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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!

submitted 71 days ago • 8 comments

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid.

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I enjoyed The Book Thief, I do not enjoy Book Thieves @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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When you've been the star of one of the defining dramas of the era and you still can't escape the shadow of your brother who hit Joe pesci with a paint can in a film 35 years ago

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Definitely a review written by an actual human being

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Nine of my books have been pirated by Mark Zuckerberg, the creative visionary behind 'The Facebook', the 'Metaverse' and a website to rank the attractiveness of women. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

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Good advice here on action for authors to take - I’ll be doing this

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Men only want one thing: To be praised when they manage to fast-forward straight through the ads at x30 and stop it right as the show comes back on.

submitted 103 days ago • 4 comments

Just a thought on the subject of fellow Children's author, Xander Armstrong & private schools.

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Finished cobra Kai. What a brilliantly fun, cheesy show

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This is why I exclusively write Beef Trifles.

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crying. this is beautiful and i am in tears

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Intellectual property theft? Oh wow sounds awful mate

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Microsoft just emailed saying the price was going up on office 365 by 40% because of their daft ai crap. In the UK at least you can keep on the non AI version but you have to select cancel instead of change plans on their site.

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Happy PLR day to all who celebrate. Getting money is obviously 👍 but it's also great to see how many times your books were borrowed, especially the older ones still out there, chugging away, finding new readers.

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I'm uncomfortable with the inevitable "his work was always crap" because it seems to say "you can tell who the predators are by how well they write" and ... no no you absolutely cannot, that's the whole point.

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I knew this piece about Neil Gaiman was in the works, and still, I felt sick reading it. TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.

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Remember there's only three more days left to read your unopened tabs for the year. Any still open from the 1st of January will incur the maximum fine and possibly a prison sentence.

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I don’t like to brag, but by twenty minutes or so into any Columbo episode, I have figured out who the killer is.

submitted 186 days ago • 648 comments

Kidlit gang, a new account to follow - the shiny new Canterbury kids lit fest! #KidLitUK #UkKidlit #Childrensbooksuk

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if santa needs an elf on a shelf to report my crimes, maybe he’s not as omnipotent as he claims. maybe he can be killed

submitted 209 days ago • 68 comments

Changed my username to my domain, like a big ol' verified nerd 🤓

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Welcome to the Helensburgh Book Festival, a literary festival on the West coast of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Please give us a follow to keep up to date with all our news, we’ve got some very exciting panels to tell you about! 28th-30th March 2025 💙📚

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Hey, you. Man on the Inside on Netflix is brilliant.

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The happy #BookWeekScotland continues 🤗 All Scottish Primary 1, 2, and 3 pupils will be receiving their free book bags this week! Find out more here: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...

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I haven't seen a Temu ad in over a week. Nature is healing.

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It's BOOK WEEK SCOTLAND! I'm leading a creative writing workshop on WRITING FOR CHILDREN today! SO thankful it's not snowing! I'll be at Westerton Library near Bearsden. Link below if you want to come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...

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Good morning new followers! I'm a award-winning children's author. My first novel for children came out in 2021 and was called Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths. I also write the Tiger Warrior series and am a Murder Club author (The Super Sunny Murder Club) Here is my website www.maisiechan.com

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One of the coolest things to happen to me since becoming a childrens author is happening this week. Over 60,000 kids in Scotland will receive a free copy of my and Ross Collins' picture book There's Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah! 🧵

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MY FIRST SUBSTACK PLS SHARE IF U LIKE IT ETC -bz open.substack.com/pub/zafarcak...

submitted 222 days ago • 36 comments

Been playing this tonight. So good. If you liked Limbo and Inside I think you'll like it too. store.steampowered.com/app/1608230/...

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Hi blue skies! We're a band of transformers making music. We're pretty new here and on the lookout for fun and community! We'll be posting tales from the road, the studio, random access memories (RAM), and hot goss about what goes on in Soundwave's chest Give us a follow if u rock with robots \m/

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