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Social Network Butterfly, Word-Dabbler, Coffee-Drinker, Rum-Imbiber, Gin-Convert. Posting Inanity since 2008. Reviewer at www.spikemikeisbreakingaleg.blogspot.com

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Author Alice Henderson @authorhenderson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The delightfully named chocolate chip lichen (Solorina saccata)! #solorinasaccata #lichen #chocolatechiplichen
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Save the date! The next NFFD will be Saturday 12 June! Exciting things being planned!
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Light cargo...
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
FlashFlood: 2026 FlashFlood: The Complete List #nffd2026
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2026 FlashFlood: The Complete List
In case you missed any of the pieces we appeared during the 2026 FlashFlood, here's an index to everything.  Sadly, the 'Blog Archive' sidebar list maxes out at 100 titles per day, so use this as your guide to the complete 2026 Flood.... Happy Reading!   2026 FlashFlood   *    *   *   *   *   *   * 'Whisper' by Karen Arnold  * 'Lunch' by Madison Ellingsworth  * 'Evergreen' by Athena Law  * Debut Flash: 'Bird Tag' by Nicole Savage  * 'Soybeans' by Jeremy Nathan Marks * 'Night Swimmers' by Karen Regen Tuero * 'Philodendron' by Emily Hall  * 'Lost Connection' by Sudha Balagopal  * 'All That Was Left to Do' by Matthew Jakubowski  * 'The Roller Derby Girls Skate Circles Around My Teenage Heart' by Travis Flatt  * 'When We Traveled 1,200 Miles for Forest Bathing' by Beth Sherman  * 'Shimmy' by Abigail Myers  * Debut Flash: 'Natural' by Leigh Ann LeBoeuf  * 'Territorial' by Shana Naugle  * 'The Hard Part' by Tatum Schad  * 'The Invisible Woman' by K.C. Selby  * '1993' by M.C. Schmidt  * 'All the Ways We Died' by Sumitra Singam  * 'Coffee Talk with Mr. Ackshually' by Jim Parisi  * 'At the Drive Thru' by Chelsea Stickle  * 'What if We All Woke Up with Amnesia?' by Corrie Haldane  * 'Denial' by Christy Hartman  * Debut Flash: 'Eight scenes of cherry blossoms' by Angeline Tyler  * 'Exposure Exhibition on Monday' by Carol Ann Parchewsky  * 'Key Finding' by Lisa Ferranti  * 'Chickenshits' by Jay Parr  * 'Cutting' by Tom Weller  * 'Thereafter' by Christine H. Chen  * 'Butt Dial' by Jan English Leary  * 'When my mother was at Lourdes' by Helen Kennedy  * 'Toaster' by Timothy C Goodwin  * 'The Question Bag' by C. Oulens  * Debut Flash: 'The Shopkeeper Who Stayed' by Vikesh Mirchandani  * 'The Pain Bar' by Sharon Hoffmann  * 'A Dance Of Dark And Light' by Jaime Gill  * 'My Miracle Boy' by Sandy Krausnick  * 'My Sister’s Body' by Finnian Burnett  * 'Terms and Conditions' by Rachel M. Hollis  * 'At the Margin' by Andrea Damic  * 'The Day I Finally Learned to Let Go' by Rathin Bhattacharjee  * 'Burying The Blue Ox' by Kellan Jansen  * Debut Flash: 'Things That Sing of Death' by E. Murray  * 'Smoke, Clacking, Bitter, Spaghetti Squash' by T.L. Tomljanovic  * 'A Fly in Amber' by Sylvia Petter  * 'How many bags of crisps for your melancholic soul' by Rachel Smith  * 'Dina in the Dusk' by Kendra Cardin  * 'A Boy, A Mother, Nature' by Mandira Pattnaik  * 'the history of truthiness' by Ben Starr  * 'Standing Still' by Laila Miller  * 'The Moment You Learned There’s No Such Thing as Grownups' by D.E. Hardy  * 'Heart' by Birgit Solvsten D'Alpoim  *  Debut Flash: 'Crusader' by Marinela Davies  *  'Star Signs' by Chloe Paige  *  'Lifting the Veil' by ME Kretschmer  *  'It was a time' by Vijayalakshmi Sridhar  *  'before the first bite' by Melissa Llanes Brownlee  *  'I’m no good with names, I tell the nice cleaner' by Sarah Masters  *  'Leopard Sightings' by Arti Jain  *  'The Guest We Never Met' by David Dumouriez  *  'The House That Called Her Mother' by Anatoly Loginov  *  Debut Flash: 'Memory is all the home you get' by Romi H.  *  'The Girl Who Found Her Feet' by Mileva Anastasiadou  *  'The Hereafter' by Sarp Sozdinler  *  'Orderings' by Hugh Behm-Steinberg  *  'All Aboard That's Getting On Board...' by Pam Martin-Lawrence  *  'It’s Time and You Know It!' by Sudha Subramanian  *  'Always the same ice-cream van' by Lesley Bungay  *  'Change' by Sukhjit Singh  *  'How I Refused to Let Your Mother and Your Cancer Ruin Our Marriage' by Sharon Boyle  *  'Act of Cleansing' by Cheryl Powell  *  Debut Flash: 'Springtime Blues' by Cameron  *  'Readying' by Kleopatra Olympiou  *  'Rescue' by Michael Pettit  *  'The Trumpeter in the Rain' by Liz Milne  *  'Open Palm' by Heather Emmanuel  *  'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones  *  'Hard Work at the Soft Play' by Kristina Thornton  *  'Down From the Door' by Sarah McPherson  *  'Paper Warrior' by Joel Bryant  *  'Sailing Ban' by Petros Isaakidis  *  Debut Flash: 'Ablution' by Atiqah Ghazali-alKashif  *  'Confirmation Class' by Joanna Campbell  *  'Wind-up Shoes' by Ali McGrane  *  'Crows Remember, Don’t They?' by Stuti Srivastava  *  'Premonition' by Thomas McColl  *  'Thank you for applying to be my courtly lover' by Chris Cottom  *  'Waxing' by Lucienne Cummings  *  'Her mother’s apple strudel recipe' by Liz Berg  *  'Queen Mary’s Marmalade' by Christine Collinson  *  Debut Flash: 'Blank' by Izelle Du Pisanie  *  'Nothing Left That Recognizes Us' by Kumar Sen  *  'Dear Bunny' by Kerry Byrne  *  'Someone in the playground' by Catherine O’Brien  *  'Making a Margarita After Filing for Divorce' by James Montgomery  *  'Bad Blood' by Alison Woodhouse  *  'Fifteen Ways to Grieve your Mother' by Lee Irving  *  'The Xylophonist’s Tune' by Sherry Morris  *  'One for sorrow, two for joy' by Harshita Nanda  *  'Dry Stone Walls' by Slawka G. Scarso  *  Debut Flash: 'Green' by Chris Hutchings  *  'The Moths Have Been At Our Love' by Abigail Williams  *  '6' by Nick Black  *  'Post Partum' by Damhnait Monaghan  *  'Stop Wave' by Rachael Dunlop  *  'Mary Randall’s Back' by Alison Wassell  *  'Good Dog Above' by Ian Johnson  *  'Revolutionaries' by Savera Zachariah  *  'The Five Stages of Ecological Grief' by Rosaleen Lynch  *  'Welcome' by Liam Hogan  *  Debut Flash: 'Reiki' by Anna Sweet  *  'Stolen moment' by Tim Love    *  'Anchor' by Rashmi Agrawal  *  'What Floated Back' by Meg Pokrass  *  'Telegraph' by Sharon Telfer  *  'The Texan' by Bronwen Griffiths  *  'Dinomum' by Zoë Davis  *  'Still Life' by Nora Nadjarian  *  'Mbele' by Anselm Eme  *  Debut Flash: 'The Visitor at Blackthorn Station' by Yolanda Lynn Sheppard  *  'Three Cows: Midsummer Reflections in the Up-Meadow' by S A Greene  *  'How to Prevent a Breakdown' by Katherine Garrison *  'Mr Shem' by Jude Mason  *  'A Brief History of Atomic Time' by Fiona McKay  *  'I Miss Smoking' by Cath Holland  *  'Fingernails' by Gessica Sakamoto Martini  *  'Talking About Potatoes' by Ronald J Greig  *  'Magnolia' by Emily Devane  *  Debut Flash: 'The New Vicar' by John Keogh  *  'The frequency of your life self-cleaning cycle depends on spillage and usage patterns' by Cole  Beauchamp  *  'Raka Is Fine Being A Flask' by Shrutidhora P Mohor  *  'Reduce by Half' by Michael Murphy  *  'Lipstick' by Sarah Freligh  *  'Final Whistle' by Madeleine Armstrong  *  '15 Days Till Day-Care' by Roberta Beary  *  'Sandcastles and Snowmen' by Foster Trecost  *  'Flight Tourism' by Catherine Marina  *  Debut Flash: 'Garage Sale' by Suvarup Saha  *  'Discernments' by J. Edward Kruft  *  'Are We Happy Now?' by Tom O'Brien  *  'On the Fifth Morning After the Timeline Rupture' by Erin Bondo  *  'Choosing the Right Kitchen Tool for the End of the World' by Sara B. Fraser  *  'Swimming Lesson' by Elena Zhang   *  'Last Date' by Niles Reddick  *  'The Real Sound of Music, Hillview Rest Home, August 1992' by Kate Axeford  *  'Cheesecake Factory' by Mandy Lange *  'Lifetime' by Lisa Thornton    *  Debut Flash: 'Photo Day' by Joy DeSomber  *  'We Stop For Turtles' by Mackenzie Kelley  *  'Out of Habit' by Garima Chhikara  *  'Gravity Run Amok' by Louella Lester  *  'Death Is Just A Point In Space' by David Luntz  *  'Nothing Bad Happens' by Emily Rinkema  *  'Milo’s On Her Way' by Sarah Lynn Hurd   *  'The Cat Ate the Strudel' by Zoé Mahfouz  *  'Spring Sightings' by Maggie G. Daly  *  Debut Flash: 'gnome' by Emily Garland  *  'Hothouse' by J.D. Strunk  *  'It's Time' by Cally Ann Kerr  *  'How to Deploy an Antimemetic Field Device: Restaurant Edition' by Chris Clemens  *  'They Were the Years of Fat Water' by Myna Chang  *  'Cloud 10' by Keith Woodruff  *  'The Day I Finally Finished Writing My Novel' by Greg Hill  *  'The Final Toll' by JP Relph  *  'The Cartographer' by Shashi Kadapa  *  Debut Flash: 'Cityshell Resonance' by Natalie Mather  *  'Brandi says the Tooth Fairy Loves Her Best' by Emma Phillips  *  'Cheese Louise' by Chaz Osburn  *  'A Guide to the Cretaceous Fossils of the East Norfolk Coast' by Jenny Hart  *  'The Cradle Will Rock' by Mollie McLean  *  'Pentecost' by Fiona J. Mackintosh  *  'Trollbooth' by Stephen Connolly  *  '2:19 p.m.' by Chris Scott  *  'Just Another Life Experience' by Jessica Klimesh  *  'To Scale' by Nathan Willis  *  Debut Flash: 'Under the Bark' by EB Converse  *  'To Lose a Body' by Thao Vu  *  'January Candy' by Eileen Frankel Tomarchio  *  'Midnight Market' by Tammy L. Evans  *  'The New Year' by Gary Fincke  *  'One Day the Horses Disappeared' by David Henson  *  'Meeting Up with My Used-to-Be Best Friend at the Apple Fair in Early September' by Dawn Miller  *  'Sweep It Under the Rug' by Rachel Weinhaus  *  'Found Scraps of Masculinity' by Mike Keller-Wilson *  Debut Flash: 'Tagalong' by L.V. Leonhard  *  'Rewind, Rewind' by Linda M. Bayley  *  'Chihuahua Cow' by Thad DeVassie  *  'Little Mama' by Nicole Brogdon  *  Debut Flash: 'Unwanted Pitch' by Christian Todd  *  '917363' by Dan Schiff  *  'Step' by Kathryn Kulpa  *  'Initial Reactions' by Jane Claire Jackson   *  'Schrödinger’s Marriage' by Melissa Flores Anderson  *  Debut Flash: 'Centaurus A' by Olivia Woodcox  *  'Thaw' by Tracy Royce  *  'My Neighbor is My Future' by Stephen D. Gibson  *  'Ọwu Mịni Rẹma' by Meredith Chiwenkpe Asuru  *  'Wrestling with Genetics' by Robert Vaughan  *  'Unerasable' by Tracie Adams  *  'My Sister Begs for a Canary She Won’t Even Love' by Debra A Daniel  *  'Big League Chew' by Jesse Binger  *  'What Is Remembered' by Patricia Bender  *  Debut Flash: 'Fortune Telling is a Union Job' by Gwendolyn Hanson  *  'I miss my family in late afternoon' by Sarah Barbo Nielsen *  'Sweet, Ugly' by Nan Wigington  *  'Organ Donor' by Peter Beynon  *  'Coriolis Effect' by Mikki Aronoff  *  'Nothing to speak of' by Jude Higgins  *  'Night Shift' by Michael J. Ciaraldi  *  'Freytag's Triangle' by Mary Guterson  *  'Influencer' by R.K. West  *  'Girl as a Found Shell on the Beach' by Shareen K. Murayama  *  Debut Flash: 'No One Will Know Unless It Takes' by Jenna Martin-Trinka  *  'Cassandra said you shouldn’t make the coffee run to Bozeman today, ’cuz zombies' by Tom Walsh  *  'What Is Left Behind' by Monique Cuillerier  *  'Beating Odds and Keeping Time on Magnolia Street' by Jen Wyrauch Edson  *  'My Absent Heart' by L. Michelle Nichols  *  'The Note My Uncle Left' by Heain Joung  *  'Gone, and All Forgotten' by Jon Fain  *  'The Surprise Party' by Karen Crawford  *  'Thank You for Calling the Thoughts and Prayers Hotline' by Shantell Powell  *  'Dragonbeasts' by Alexandra Otto   *  Debut Flash: 'Don't write about the ceiling fan' by Anya Rosensteel  *  'Barometric' by Renuka Raghavan  *  'Gestalt (noun): a theory that a whole is different from and more than its disparate parts' by Rachel Abbey McCafferty  *  'New Shores' by Alex Grehy       
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Usually my day off on a Monday, but today I am attending @cilipne.bsky.social Beyond the Horizon online conference. Three interesting presentations in the first half. Stock Mgt Training, podcasts as research tools, and making sense of data...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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Review - The Thrill of Love - People's Theatre
The Thrill of Love People's Theatre 13th April, 2026 Written by Amanda Whittington Directed by Tony Childs Cast Ruth Ellis - Emma Robson Ins...
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Susan @smocarski.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Librarians, along with nurses and teachers, are the most badass people on earth.
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Help raise £1000 to support Durham and Sunderland One Act Drama Festival – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to support Durham and Sunderland One Act Drama Festival. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand.
CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. 
RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette.

CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there

RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: 
LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters.
CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. 
RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. 
LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. 
CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits.
RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Seaweed ...like a tiny tree growing on a rock!
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This afternoon was spent at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle for "Sunday for Sammy". Fabulous show, full of singing, laughing and surprises! #SupportLocalTalent #SundayForSammy #NorthEastRocks
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under the age of 40. One in three people know someone with a brain tumour. Six years ago today my niece passed away. She was 32 years old. Please support Brain Tumour Research donate.braintumourresearch.org/page/donate-...
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As you may know, brain tumours are indiscriminate and can affect anyone at any age. One in three people know someone in the UK affected by a brain tumour and we work in the heart of the community to g...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Enquire about it ..if they know there's definite demand they might buy another copy-we usually don't realise there's a road block on requests till someone complains! Sometimes a gentle nudge brings the book back. Depends what systems are in place to chase the miscreant! Hope you get your turn soon!
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Apologies for the atrocious typing! 🤦
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
How odd that you're #1 on the queue for so long...I wonder of some miscreant has failed to return it on time? Unless your library service has extensive loan period? (We do 3 week loans).
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am reading A Day at the Beach Huts by Veronica Henry ...trying to find a bit of sunshine to counter all the rain and mizzle...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Looking very regal ..
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Review - The Mirror Crack'd - People's Theatre
The Mirror Crack'd People's Theatre 20th January, 2026 The Mirror Crack'd transports us to a changing St Mary Mead - the quaint village has ...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Panto time! spikemikeisbreakingaleg.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi... #theatresky
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Review - Wizard of Oz - People's Theatre
The Wizard of Oz People's Theatre 13th December 2025 This year's Panto at The People's Theatre is The Wizard of Oz. It's a move away from th...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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Review - Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Little Theatre
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Little Theatre 11th December, 2025 Presented by Lee Brannigan Productions Written by Philip Meeks and Lee Bra...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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Review - Bleak Expectations - People's Theatre
Bleak Expectations  People's Theatre  18th - 22nd November It has to be said that this week has been one of mixed fortunes. Lots of demands ...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
dabblewords.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/o... I found a little thing languishing in drafts ..
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Off Balance
I confess, I was waiting for you to invite me. Afraid of seeming forward, I dropped the subtlest of hints. Too subtle, it would seem now. You made polite conversation, said all the right things. Al…
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Review - Skylight - Little Theatre
Skylight  Little Theatre 10th November, 2025 Written by David Hare Directed by Tim Clark Cast:  Tom Sergeant - Mark Buckley Kyra Hollis - Su...
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Mivart @bobjim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This is excellent. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... BBC Sounds decided I might also like to listen to Greg James interviewing Taylor Swift, FFS. @katherinerundell.bsky.social #lastchancetosee #savetheanimals #douglasadams #savetheBBC
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Archive on 4 - One Last Chance to See - BBC Sounds
Katherine Rundell rediscovers Douglas Adams' epic journeys in search of threatened species
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/10/2025
Report shows UK nature bears the brunt of chaotic climate Yorkshire Wildlife Trust warns government is shockingly underprepared to deal with accelerating threat @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
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Report shows UK nature bears the brunt of chaotic climate
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust warns government is shockingly underprepared to deal with accelerating threat
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk · 15/09/2025
This year marks 175 years since the Public Libraries Act. We want to create an archive for the next 175 years. Between 6 and 12 October, we want you to photograph what your #Library service looks like today. Find out more: www.librariesconnected.org.uk/projects/lib...
A woman speaks with another woman in a library. Behind them a young man works on a laptop.
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Can fully recommend Amy's workshops!
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
"The 500 Club" update. Raising money to send loads of books to loads of schools! It was launched 5 weeks ago, but already, we have £220 raised. THANKS SO MUCH If you want to help out, here are all the details. www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
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Big Green Books 500 Club - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Not been to the Winter Gardens for years. At my last visit it was all looking a little sad and neglected. Looks like it's had some work done?
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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
North East weirdies, tickets are still available for our Folk Horror show on Wednesday 10 September, at @arcstockton.bsky.social, with @bobfischer.bsky.social and me! Everything from film & TV to comics, music, and suburban sex orgies will be covered... Tickets: bit.ly/44Jh9EJ
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Oh my! But it's grim up North! #photohour
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Live Theatre @livetheatre.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
#REMINDER ⏰ The deadline for #writers to apply for our next #LiveWrites event is Noon this coming Mon 4 Aug 2025. If you've got a short play that you'd like to see brought to life on our main stage apply asap at www.live.org.uk/live-writes
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16/07/2025
Durham Miners Gala: the past we inherit, the future we build A day at Durham Miners Gala northeastbylines.co.uk/region/count...
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Durham Miners Gala: the past we inherit, the future we build
A day at Durham Miners Gala
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Join Amy for a workshop to polish your story and make it submission ready... @crossingthetees #writingcommunity #writing @booksky #booksky #lovelibraries #festival
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Unfortunately tomorrow's zine workshop has had to be rescheduled. I'll post details of the new date and time as soon as we know.
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Join Amy for a workshop to polish your story and make it submission ready... @crossingthetees #writingcommunity #writing @booksky #booksky #lovelibraries #festival
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Two excellent creative workshops in Hartlepool at Community Hub Central and Community Hub Seaton Carew this coming week as part of @crossingthetees.bsky.social Places still available, all materials provided. Book your place at www.crossingthetees.org #BookSky #Festival #LoveLibraries
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Two very different shows at Sunderland and Gateshead this month! Wartime suspense and 80s romance - something for everyone there! spikemikeisbreakingaleg.blogspot.com/2025/06/prev... #TheatreSky
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Previews for June 2025
June 9th Progressive Players present  Pressure  by David Haig at the Little Theatre , Gateshead. The rarely told story of why D-Day happene...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Book in for a wash and set this week at the People's Theatre spikemikeisbreakingaleg.blogspot.com/2025/06/prev... #TheatreSky
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Preview - Steel Magnolias - People's Theatre
Big hair, big hearts, and timeless friendship at the People’s Theatre in Heaton next week in STEEL MAGNOLIAS ! Photo credit:Mark Burden   “I...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
#photohour #stormhour
Pale grey sky with orange light catching a line of clouds above the horizon. Trees silhouetted against the sky below the clouds.
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Crossing the Tees Book Festival @crossingthetees.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Our writer-in-residence Amy Lord has written a blog post to encourage writers to consider entering the Crossing the Tees Short Story Competition this year. Check it out on our website where you can also book a place on one of Amy's workshops. www.crossingthetees.org/writers-look...
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I see what you did there! 😆🦣
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I first saw her perform at Arts Centre Washington, then again as she supported a group of Teens performing at City Library, Sunderland. I felt her presence through other poets in the North East. She was a force to be reckoned with, I think. Find peace, Sky Hawkins. youtu.be/Okj1D4NQCrg?...
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Sky Hawkins - "Our Bodies, Our Rules"
YouTube video by Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
spikemikeisbreakingaleg.blogspot.com/2025/05/revi... #TheatreSky
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Review - Sides - People's Theatre
Sides  People's Theatre 5th May, 2025 The People's Play Award  Written by Alex Joynes Directed by Ian Willis Showing this week in the studio...
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Michelle Barker @michellebark.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Overused openings in a novel: the weather. Waking up. A fight scene. Dialogue without context. #Writers please add to the list. What have you encountered in an opening sentence one too many times? #WritingCommunity
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a spray bottle is next to a white door
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
FlashFlood is now open for submissions until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted (2022 & earlier). Debut writer spots. Free to enter. For more details see here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
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a cartoon of homer simpson in an orange raft
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 18/04/2025
The men of peace Poem for Good Friday
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The men of peace
Poem for Good Friday
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 18/04/2025
How ‘Good’ is your Friday? Amidst challenge and change in education, Tees Valley leaders choose hope - by pausing to count the flowers
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How ‘Good’ is your Friday?
Amidst challenge and change in education, Tees Valley leaders choose hope - by pausing to count the flowers
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DeniseSprrwhwk @hawksword.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Do you think he intended her to be decapitated to achieve his wish? 🫤
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