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Cathie Kelly

@cathleenlkelly.bsky.social
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 10/07/2025
I'm nearly on 200 subscribers already 😁 Come and join us!
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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 10/07/2025
I'd love to see them recruit Regional Reading Ambassadors for this - children's authors sent to schools and libraries to host book clubs, run reading workshops and activities around books, make kids feel like reading isn't just another step in becoming a Good Little Employee once school is done
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Spongebob, doing that over-the-head rainbow thing. Beneath him is the word "Palimpsest" (google it. We had to).
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I’d almost forgotten about those packets of “gummed coloured shapes”. (1963) The next best thing if you didn’t have Fuzzy Felt (From Treasure Magazine)
A feature from the magazine for young children suggesting ways that the shaped paper pieces could be put together to make simple designs in bold primary colours
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Last night we attended @simonyabooks.bsky.social launch and were dazzled by the 💎Diamond of the Season💎 @waterstones.bsky.social YA book of the month The Wycherleys whose author @annalieseavery.bsky.social shone with all the sparkle of the new Queen of #Romantasy
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
💜✨✨When your talented writer friend’s #ROMANTASY The Wycherley’s is @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Inaugural YA BOOK OF THE MONTH CONGRATULATIONS @annalieseavery.bsky.social ✨✨ You deserve every magical thing!! 💜
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena
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The Roman Colosseum Deconstructed: 3D Animation Reveals the Hidden Technology That Powered Rome’s Great Arena
Most tourists in Rome put the Colosseum at the top of their to-see list.
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
When your amazingly talented writerly friend @annalieseavery.bsky.social new book has SPREDGES The Whycherley’s has finally arrived needless to say I’m OBSESSED! @kate.walker.author and I are honored to be the witches introducing each of the Magical Seasons! @simonandschuster.bsky.social
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social tickets are still available @kidlitchat.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Children’s authors there’s still time to find out how to make social media work for you with this @scbwi.bsky.social zoom today at 1.30 with industry professional @larakelly.bsky.social tickets are still available www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...
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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
A superb new cycle of fresco paintings has been discovered at Pompeii. #Archaeology 🏺 pompeiisites.org/en/comunicat...
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POMPEII, DISCOVERY OF A ROOM WITH FRESCOES DEPICTING THE INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES AND THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION - Pompeii Sites
AN EXTREMELY RARE “MEGALOGRAPHY” OF THE 1ST CENTURY BC, LIKE THE FAMOUS VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large … keep it going
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Nicola Kent @nicolakent.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
TWO DAYS left to respond to the UK Govt consultation on Copyright and AI. The AOI has created a brilliant guide to help with this - the consultation is onerous but their tips make completing it quick and easy for any creator, not just an illustrator. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...
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The Copyright and AI consultation - how to respond as an illustrator – The AOI
The Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation was published by in December 2024, and we are encouraging illustrators to submit a response to the consultation to demonstrate the negative affec...
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The very same. Don't judge us, but you might find this useful www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/...
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Roman Numeral Converter
Convert Roman numerals to numbers or convert numbers to Roman numerals. Find Roman numerals up to 3,999,999 using I, V, X, L, C, D and M.
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl. 🦉
A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days.
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
My top tips for #NationalStorytellingWeek: 1) Write the story YOU want to read. 2) No writer can write a perfect story in one draft. You need to write, read, edit, rewrite. Rewriting IS writing! (see art below, by Charles M Schulz) 3) Whatever happens - NEVER GIVE UP! sfsaid.com/2017/01/thre...
Cartoon showing Snoopy by Charles M Schulz writing and rewriting. Caption: "Good Writing Is Rewriting"
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Karen Bultiauw @karenbultiauw.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Currently reading The Wycherleys by @annalieseavery.bsky.social, Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan and my current craft book is Anatomy of Story by John Truby. All fantastic!!
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I think it's all about finding things that engage their interests. Whatever they love - there will be reading matter on that subject. And it's about being open to formats - comics & manga all count as reading! Here's a blog I wrote that I hope might be helpful: www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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If you want children to read, let them read what they love!
Our Writer-in-Residence, SF Said, is passionate about allowing children to choose what they read, in order to keep the love of reading alive.
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Teriterrywrites @teriterrywrites.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
It varies but chaotic plantster sounds about right!
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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 09/01/2025
Reading can have big benefits for children from vulnerable family backgrounds - including supporting emotional regulation, as Amy from Hull Children's University explains. Our #StoryExplorers programme has been designed to help families discover these benefits: www.booktrust.org.uk/story-explor...
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
January - named after Janus - the god of beginnings and endings. “He had two faces: one looked backward at the old year, and the other looked forward to the coming year.” (From ‘Stories of our Christmas Customs’) Artist: Frank Hampson
A picture of Janus viewed from below, standing near a white columned temple with a dramatic sunrise ahead of him
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Yesterday was #WinterSolstice, the shortest day of the year. Today is the 3 day of Yule! So I’m honoring my Norse ancestors and thinking about the important person I’ve lost this year.
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The Bath Novel Awards @bathnovelaward.co.uk · 19/12/2024
🎊Happy Bath Children's longlist eve! 🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈‍⬛Good luck to all!
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a close up of a golden ticket with the words golden ticket on it
ALT: a close up of a golden ticket with the words golden ticket on it
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Support independent bookshops! They are such vital spaces - places of genuine connection and humanity, increasingly rare in this world. And there is no better gift you can give to anyone of any age than BOOKS!
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Lindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Interesting that it’s the sports stars like Chris Hoy who understand the concept of fairness. They realise that readers (and the actual authors) are being cheated if a celebrity pretends to have written a book penned by somebody else. societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...
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Call to acknowledge all writers behind celebrity books - The Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
READING ALOUD CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER! Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to help them find the love of books, and become lifelong readers. So whatever else you do, always find the time to read aloud – and the more you do, the better! #literacy #reading #books
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Midlands people don’t miss out on seeing Tamsin’s original artwork of The Seamaiden’s Odyssey in Leamington next Thursday @waterstones.bsky.social Christmas signing event!
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Libraries matter more than ever now! They embody a beautiful & brilliant idea that we must never stop defending. The idea that knowledge is free & belongs to EVERYONE. We all need to support our libraries & librarians - especially when people seek to ban books & free thinking. #libraries #books
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Dive into the water depths of The Seamaiden’s Odyssey a mermaids folktale by @berliedoherty.bsky.social illustrated in breathtaking detail by @hobslantern.bsky.social 🌊 A stunningly beautiful book to gift or to treat yourself to this Christmas @uclanpublishing.bsky.social _publishing
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
With @katewalkerauthor.bsky.social my co-author of “A Magical Season, The Debutants Guide” we welcome you to Yule the season of Masked Balls, where magical match’s are made! Explore The Wycherleys by @annalieseavery.bsky.social Launching on May 22nd 2025 with @simonbooks.bsky.social 📚 l
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Artist Frida Kahlo, 1939, (photo by N. Muray)
Colour photograph of a sitting woman facing forwards with hands together on her lap,with flowers in her tied up dark hair,  wearing a black dress with small white patterns, a yellow and red top, stripe of orange across the wide flowing skirt which also has a white fringe, the figure sits against a green background with floral motifs
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
@hobslantern.bsky.social
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Tamsin Rosewell @hobslantern.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
'The shape that was Merryn became transformed into bright particles that cascased into the pool and drifted like glittering stars across the surface of the water.' Illustration from The Seamaiden's Odyssey by Berlie Doherty. Ink and gold leaf on canvas @uclanpublishing.bsky.social
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
#dogsatpollingstation Jackson is confused he brought his #VoterID but he still wasn’t allowed to #Vote
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
When children’s publishers smash #mg #booktok vm.tiktok.com/ZGehvDJCN/
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Cathie Kelly @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
BOOKAHOLICS you know who you are! vm.tiktok.com/ZGedoXSq3/
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Miranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Sending love to all who loved him. (Illustration by Lucy Claire Illustration on Instagram.) 💕 www.instagram.com/p/Cy-TrK0qmq...
A drawing of actor Matthew Perry walking away with a chick on one side of him and a white duck on the other. The caption reads: “The one where we lost a friend.”
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
I write children’s books because I believe they're the most important books of all. Yet there are so few spaces where they're taken seriously, championed & celebrated. So I was thrilled when The Week Jr started these new awards - and then Tyger won one last night!!! www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk
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