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CR Westbrook

@cazzawrites.bsky.social
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‘Bloody author’. Get your copy of dark comedy psycho-thriller romcom Troublemaker at: shorturl.at/2eCrv.

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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tonight’s #TOTP reminding me that I won a signed Captain Sensible album in a Smash Hits competition in 1982. And probably still have it stashed away somewhere. 😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Incoming date with Serbian prog metallers, me? 😁 #gig
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Appear to have removed the top layer of skin from my best typing finger with a jar opener, the very thing designed to prevent you being injured from hard-to-open jars. Guess the next book will have to wait…..😩 #booksky
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Great night at Wembley watching The Prodigy and their many lasers. 😁 #gig
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I feel like it’s going to be a good evening. 😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Right, well this made my morning :) So good to see people still enjoying Troublemaker nearly a year after it hit shelves...#booksky @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#TOTP 1999 just peaked. While reminding me that it’s 27 years old since Hey Boy Hey Girl came out *faints*
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Not sure what was weirder about today’s commute: the brave person in shorts (in anticipation of it being at least 16 degrees later) or some young ‘un offering me a seat on the bus because I am now that elderly, apparently. 😳 #wednesday #humpday
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Heading home after a bloody awesome @baytales.bsky.social festival. And as terrifying as it was Noir At The Bar was one epic night. 😁 #booksky @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A fab night talking all things Troublemaker - and spilling a few book two secrets - at Northfields Library in Ealing. Thanks to everyone who came and to the lovely folks there for having me! #booksky @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
What’s that you say? Little old me taking part in #noiratthebaybar at @baytales.bsky.social next weekend? So excited to be on the bill for this and talk all things Troublemaker. It’s going to be an awesome weekend. 😁 #booksky @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#TOTP tonight reminding me that the New Radicals had a huge hit with You Get What You Give (aka one of the best songs of the 90s), followed up with an awesome album, announced a show, cancelled the show and split up in the course of a few months. 😁 I had tickets for that gig too 😳
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
So excited to be heading to Northfields Library in Ealing next month to talk all things Troublemaker (and slip a few clues in about book two!) Ticket info is below if you want to come along and watch me in action 😁 #booksky @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Sorry but I can no longer hear Cuddly Toy by Roachford without wanting to lean out of the nearest window midway through and shout ‘YOUR FOG LAMPS ARE ON….’ #TOTP
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Meanwhile, daughter's second student mag piece of the month highlights an important, and very personal issue. ❤️ www.strandmagazine.co.uk/single-post/...
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“Every Body Knows” Highlights Why We Need To Speak Out About Women’s Reproductive Health
Writer Emily Bunder reviews the "Every Body Knows" exhibition, part of the CMCI Winter Festival 2025.
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
My daughter's latest uni mag piece confirms that your ex really DOESN'T deserve a revenge dress. 😀 www.hercampus.com/school/kcl/y...
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Your Ex Doesn’t Deserve A Revenge Dress!
Making the case to abandon the concept of revenge dressing, putting yourself first!
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
No of course I didn’t find #thetraitors finale unbearably tense, whatever gave you that idea? 😳🤣
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Vulpine Press @vulpinepress.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
2026 is the National Year of Reading. Whether you favour a paperback, ebook, audio or comic book just pick one up and give it a go. Reading has so many benefits, what do you have to lose? www.vulpine-press.com #booksky #nationalyearofreading #mentalhealth #amreading
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Last Saturday: living it up on my holidays, flying business class, staying in a lovely hotel, eating pizza and sipping cocktails and generally living it up. This Saturday: sitting at home in my pyjamas trying to guess the identity of a singing sloth. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 #maskedsinger
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Blondie’s awesome Maria on #TOTP is reminding me that it was around this period of my life that I ended up on the same flight as Deborah Harry. Would have been a better claim to fame if we’d actually spoken, mind. 😁
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Vulpine Press @vulpinepress.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New Year, New...Books! Happy New Year from all of us at Vulpine Press! We're so excited for what's to come this year, including new releases from bestsellers Jaqueline Druga, Devon C Ford, Riall Nolan, C. R. Westbrook, and SO many more! Stay tuned! #booksky #newyear #amreading #readinggoals
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Apologies for the old radio silence - been on holiday, while helping my daughter move countries (albeit temporarily). Exciting bookish things will return soon, I promise. 😁 #amediting #booksky
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Nothing says spirit of Christmas quite like trawling through four shops at 5pm on Christmas Eve for a last minute pack of mini mince pies 😁 Consider the festive season saved.
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Pop quiz, #TOTP 1990 viewers, what song knocked Cliff’s Saviour’s Day off the number one spot? It worries me a little that of all the number ones in all the world this is the one I’ve never forgotten 😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Watching #TOTP 1990’s Christmas special with some trepidation, remembering that this was the year I started work in magazines. Am elderly. 😳
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Just one of those days where I have to buy another 27 books on my Kindle because I've got a trip coming up and I'm worried the 150 or so unread ones I have on there won't be enough...😆 #booksky
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Books make great Christmas gifts. Even more so if I’ve written them 😜 #booksky
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Daughter's latest blog entry sheds light on why making the trek out to Alexandra Palace was worth it to see the blimmin' awesome Electric Callboy. 😀 #blog #review somethingem.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/e...
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Electric Callboy Can’t Play Darts, But They Slayed Ally Pally
I hate Alexandra Palace. I spent many a childhood day out there and used to love it, but when my dad stopped driving me everywhere, my trips stopped too. So, it’s in an awkward part of North London…
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The irony that I am watching Robin Beck sing Coke anthem The First Time on #TOTP 1988 while sipping my beverage of choice has not been lost on me. 😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Have an author Christmas party straight from work tonight so havedressed up, just a little. By 8.16am my belt had snapped off and had already trodden on my skirt hem approximately eight times 🤦🏻‍♀️ #authorlife
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Loving this latest review of Troublemaker 😀. Who knew I was fun, pacy and sparkling? Don't forget, you can snap up a copy at shorturl.at/2eCrv - and if you've already read it don't forget to share your thoughts too! #booksky @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Oh and The Rasmus did one of my favourite ever songs because of course they did. 😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Daughter and I wenr to see The Rasmus tonight (who were great, of course) and bumped into Lee Jennings, lead singer of support act The Funeral Portrait, by the merch stand. Photo had to be done. Right after he’d used Emily as an armrest. 😁 #gig #metal
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Just Amazon reminding me that books make great Christmas presents :) #booksky #troublemaker @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
2025. Had a book published, wrote a couple more books. Might have listened to Fannybaws a little too often. 😁 #spotifywrapped
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A #WIP you say? I couldn't possibly comment. Anyway. 6,000 words down, only another 452,675 to go :) #booksky
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Things I did in 2025: published a book, wrote books, listened to Revery by Electric Callboy once or twice.😀. #spotifywrapped
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This week’s #TOTP stack is going a long way to convincing me that the charts in late 1998 consisted of six songs. 😳
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I wrote a couple of chapters of something new this week and now I feel properly proud of myself. #WIP #amwriting
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Also tonight I FINALLY got to see #bloodywood, who I missed earlier in the year because they played the day before Troublemaker was published (so I was a little busy!). Worth the wait however 😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
#halestorm ate and left no crumbs (as the young folk say) at the O2 tonight :)
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Regrettably when I heard the opening bars of Under Pressure on #TOTP just now I did mutter ‘Ice Ice Baby’ under my breath and now fear I must retreat from public life. 😳😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Just me, realising that book two edits are now off and running. 😁 #amediting #writerslife
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
#Electriccallboy, you made the 742 mile round trip to Ally Pally and that bit where we got dumped in the middle of nowhere by that abruptly terminating bus afterwards worth every minute. One of my favourite gigs of the year 😁😁
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Daughter seems to write even more than I do these days. Here's her latest piece - for one of the university publications she now writes for - on why sewing is basically great. 😀 www.hercampus.com/school/kcl/e...
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Everyone Should Know How To Sew: Here's Why
Making the case for learning to sew in a time of climate change and moving further from handmade skills.
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
#gogolbordello were as incredible as ever. It may however take me several days to recover. 😁 #livemusic
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
#gogolbordello I am coming for ya. Let’s see if I look this tidy and pristine by the end of the gig 🤣🤣 #livemusic
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Daughter this morning: 'Right, I need to lock in, I have loads of uni work to get done, no interruptions.' One hour later she sends me this: 😂
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
So we're up to 31 Troublemaker reviews on Amazon now! Want to become reviewer number 32? If you've read it why not pop on over shorturl.at/2eCrv and share your thoughts? Us authors love reviews you know :) #booksky #bookreviews @vulpinepress.bsky.social
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CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Battle Beast were incredible at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire tonight (as were support acts Dominum and Majestica). Now wondering if I should get something like this for my work Christmas party 😁 #gig #metal
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