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Dr Joanna Nadin

@joannanadin.bsky.social
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Former politico, now professor of writing books. Sunday Times bestseller, Essex Girl, autistic. Never knowingly underdressed. She/her. Here for ALL the witches. And the pigeons. joannanadin.com instagram.com/jonadin

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.
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The Carnegies @carnegiemedals.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📚 Be part of Carnegie history and help choose our future Medal winners! We’re recruiting 2028–29 librarian judges from 5 regions. 🗓️ Find out more + apply by 9 October: informationprofessionaljobs.com/job…
Invitation to join as a judge for the 2028-29 Carnegie awards with a bold star and torch graphic on a red background.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Really quite bored of celebrities exhorting us to go make-up free. Would that I looked like Pamela Anderson without any slap, but no, I look like a hobbit with a heroin addiction.
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 28/09/2026
Homer Simpson in Moe's bar saying "See, I got this friend named Joey Jo-Jo Junior McEnroe"
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is there any university interface less accessible than Sharepoint? (Obvs yes. They’re all fecking terrible.)
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 25/09/2026
💫 We’re hiring 💫 We’re looking for a Campaigns & Communications Manager to turn complex legal and political issues into campaigns people understand, care about, and act on. Apply here 👇 hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/ro…
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About the Role This is a role for someone who knows that great campaigns don’t just inform people, they move them. Someone who can see the bigger picture, move quickly when an opportunity emerges,
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just referred to the office landfill bin as the roadkill bin and didn’t bother to amend as figured that tracked.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My entire feed this morning is headlines about events in America that are so unhinged they read like newsflashes in a wildly improbable YA dystopia. I don’t know how anyone there can bear it.
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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There can only be 50 officially diagnosed ADHD people in a country and we must fight for a seat at the table. The table is round like in Camelot and we assemble twice a year. We don't get anything done at all.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Other uni: would you like to examine this PhD for almost no money? Me: Mm okay. Other uni: Please set up your new online portal using the username sent in another email, the name of your first pet and the blood of your firstborn. Me: … Other uni: Now set up Microsoft Authenticator. Me: Yeah, no.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions. Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Of all the remakes, "racist Passport to Pimlico" was not on my bingo card www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why is Piddington in Oxfordshire holding a referendum on leaving the UK?
Residents of Piddington, near Bicester, will vote in a symbolic referendum on Tuesday.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'll be on the panel for this excellent @societyofauthors.bsky.social event with the brilliant Rikin among others. societyofauthors.org/event/indust...
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Industry Insider – How to make a living as a children’s author and illustrator - The Society of Authors
Join Tọlá Okogwu, Joanna Nadin, Rikin Parekh and Steve Cole as they talk about income streams including making the most of both traditional publishing and self-publishing, school visits, funding oppor...
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bees buzz with the calm and harmony of a Welsh male voice choir. Wasps buzz with the frantic aggression of Year 3 let loose with the chime bars, castanets and a double time version of Go Tell It on the Mountain.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
UPDATE: It was a Sheila Lavelle Fiend book.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hive kidlit mind: a friend is trying to remember a kids book - probs from 70s. ‘It had a naughty girl in it and there was a story in the book where someone had changed a sign in a field from “pick your own roses” to “pick your own noses”. I think this may have been on the front cover.’ Any ideas?
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The sooner burrata goes the way of sundried tomatoes the better.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Things I could never buy even if I wanted / needed them because the adverts are criminal: Winalot (talking actual animals - shudder) Aussie Curls (Cyndi Lauper should sue) Tampax (again - stop letting AI ruin music with shite alt lyrics)
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you can, support the RNLI here: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Heard a BBC vox pop (truly the bottom feeding of broadcast journalism) complain that the RNLI might not be able to get to ‘genuine people’ because they were busy rescuing from small boats. ‘GENUINE PEOPLE’. Imagine being that level of soulless d**k.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
British universities are both thinner and greedier now. They’re thinner in that they’re doing less and offering less (fewer courses, fewer modules, fewer assessments, fewer staff, far less student and staff support). They’re greedier in that they demand more of both students and staff: more money…
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Many of my students work full-time and study full-time: I worried about how they could do both at all well. My university has now cut class hours to 348 across 3 years for the same fees as before. That’s both thin and greedy. A student could finish for the week by Monday afternoon, including lunch.
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Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A very quick turn around because of paperwork, but we're hiring a one year post in Modern British History! Please have a look and share widely with anyone interested! Happy to take informal queries at the email in the job posting! www.winchester.ac.uk/About-Us/Wor...
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Work with us - University of Winchester
Explore the University of Winchester and discover your new career. We have a variety of positions in academic and professional services. Work with us.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A big ask, no pressure & I know people have better things to do but if about 15-20 people buy this from Blackwell's in the next few hours it's likely I'd have the number 1 & 2 books in their chart & that might be enough to finally persuade an American publisher to get my books out over there...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Blake Morrison on what it cost him (not his publisher) to include lines from pop lyrics in his 2007 novel South of the River.
My editor was more cautious and at the last minute someone from the publishing house helpfully secured the permissions on my behalf. I still have the invoices. For one line of Jumping Jack Flash: €500. For one line of Wonderwall': €535.
For one line of 'When I'm Sixty-Four': £735. For two lines of 'I Shot the Sheriff: €1,000. Plus several more, of which only George Michael's 'Fast Love' came in under £200. Plus VAT. Total outlay: €4,401.75. A typical advance for a literary novel by a first-time author wouldn't meet the cost. And doubtless permission fees are far more expensive these days - the novel came out in 2007.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I love my brain: My head: *Struggles to hear voices in any slightly busy condition* Also my head: OMG STOP CHEWING FOOD I DON’T CARE THAT THIS RESTAURANT IS PACKED I CAN HEAR EVERY MOUTH NOISE.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My turn to curate some of my tip-top favourites at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social mrbsemporium.com/shop/book-li...
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Curated by… Joanna Nadin - Mr B's Emporium
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I had a supervision with a Masters student this week who was worried they had Oxford commas and one use of en dashes in their dissertation, and would be removing them to avoid being flagged for AI. I could not hate techknobs more right now. (My work is littered with these things and will always be.)
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Live your life in a way so it is plausible that Kermit the Frog could perform your eulogy
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I hope someone at the very least prawns his office. Seriously though, WTAF?
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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I thought toddlerdom was batshit but there is no more unhinged logic than a 23 year old in the middle of a house move trying to persuade you not to throw away two cracked and chipped Charlie Bigham pie dishes. And a water bottle that leaks and she doesn’t even like.
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Elisabeth J. Hobbes author @elisabethhobbes.co.uk · 25/08/2026
The stuff Dolly did with the Imagination Library and Covid jab showed exactly what could be done with $ billions if you weren’t a cunt. #DollyParton
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just got myself a cheese snack. Left the room and came back to find no cheese. Reader, I had already eaten the cheese. There must be a German word for this. #alreadyeatencheesesadness
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The cloud and drizzle is electrifying. Such back-to-school cardigan-wearing energy! Bring it on!
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Andy Parmo @andyparmo.co.uk · 17/08/2026
'CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT'
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TheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
UK #DEAL ALERT! One-clickers unite because AFTER DARCY @joannanadin.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle US for a limited time only! link.amazon/B009mr8j9 #AfterDarcy #ad #amazonuk
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
One of the things I love about Bath is that you can be wandering absentmindedly to the postbox and bump into Max Porter sweeping up a sea of fallen damsons and end up having a small but satisfying rant about climate change.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bristol folks, I’ll be chairing this event on the history and function of gossip at the wonderful Book Cellar on 27th August hdfst.uk/e158183
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Beyond Belief with Katie Baskerville at The BookCellar
Join us for an evening of gossip and sauvignon blanc with Katie Baskerville to discuss her book, Beyond Belief: A Defence of Gossip and the Women Who Do it. "Call it what you will: the fact rema...
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Good luck to everyone getting their A levels today and remember, if you don’t get the grades you’d hoped for, all is not lost. For example, Prince Edward got a C and 2 Ds and was immediately accepted by Cambridge University.
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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Oh Lordy, just realised I've a book out next month. If you've ever been a fan of Malory Towers, or you know a young person who is, you can pre-order it. I'm pretty darn proud of it! #ukkidlit www.waterstones.com/book/malory-...
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Malory Towers Mystery Club: Kidnap at Midnight by Fleur Hitchcock | Waterstones
Buy Malory Towers Mystery Club: Kidnap at Midnight by Fleur Hitchcock from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
'On Writing for Young People' Conference returns with a stellar line-up. The Call for Papers is open, and tickets are on sale now. 100% online, 5-6 Nov. For children's and YA writers to come together and share insights ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/conference
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Conference | Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People
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Roxanne Darling 🍁 @roxannedarling.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Take this sinking boat And point it home We've still got time Raise your hopeful voice You have a choice You've made it now Falling slowly Sing your melody I'll sing it loud Take it all I played the cards too late Now you're gone 🥲
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 27/07/2026
Five autistics walk into an autism support group - before immediately realising what a stupid fucking idea that was. And that’s before the mysterious earthquake and useless magic powers. It’s a Superpower?? Chapter One is out!! allmylinks.com/itsasuperpower
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Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I’m not saying all Tesla drivers are knobs but today I saw one parked in a disabled bay with no blue badge (but thankfully with a ticket) and another driving over Pulteney Bridge (which is a no-car zone).
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is going to turn into a handy list of transphobic MPs to campaign against isn't it? edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Amnesty International UK report on the anti-rights movement in the UK - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House expresses extreme concern at Amnesty International UK's report entitled A Growing Threat: the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK, published on 8 July; condemns its depiction and listing of...
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