Reposted by Jo DuttonRuns with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Oh dear God!!! This is exactly what happens when dogs and cats lay down together. 😳 #Caturday 1794857618
Reposted by Jo DuttonCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Today I ‘interviewed’ Facebook whistleblower on stage at Hay…& she couldn’t say a word. Facebook took legal action to prevent her speaking. What pathetic, pointless vindictiveness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festivalSarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm 43881394
Reposted by Jo DuttonNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026the BBC has agreed I can post some of the full interviews from my program, Human Intelligence. These interviews are so rich & fascinating, & we only get to use maybe 5 minutes out of an hour. Here is a brilliant one about Simone Weil and the power of attention. open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...open.substack.comSimone Weil's philosophy of attention is what we all need nowattention isn't supposed to feel good all the time. but a tiny amount of true attention, wholeheartedly given, can change who you are 210726
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Had a week off from the 9 to 5. Threw a ball with my kids. Walked with them. Went on Twitter once to post a photo of a fox. I feel so much better for it. Reality again tomorrow but I wonder sometimes - is it by design we spend so much time feeling smooshed and overwhelmed? 000
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Chatsworth’s House of Stories has rare books on display. I’m a sucker for a spredge so these marbled edge 1850s editions of Shakespeare & Milton caught my eye. 100
Reposted by Jo DuttonEmma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026If you have a book out this year and would like to be a guest on #ukteenchat please do reach out and let me know 🙂media.tenor.coma woman is smiling with the words let 's talk about books behind herALT: a woman is smiling with the words let 's talk about books behind her 022
Reposted by Jo DuttonToBeBooks @tobebooks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Dear #booksky and #kidlituk #authors #illustrators this is a petition started by Paul of Excelsior comic awards to make school libraries statutory in secondary schools. It needs 10k signatures. Please sign 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Make school libraries statutory in all secondary schoolsWe think all secondary schools should have a school library with a dedicated full-time librarian, and that this needs to be compulsory for all secondary schools and not simply an optional "bolt-on" de... 285
Reposted by Jo DuttonKit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 17/11/2025www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si... Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life? Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places. I would love to see you there!gladstoneslibrary.orgThe Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's LibraryJoin Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library. 24126
Reposted by Jo DuttonFleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 17/11/2025So completely chuffed to have a brilliant review in the @scotnational.bsky.social for #MurderatChristmas I can't link to it but delighted to say that they think it's a "Young Adult Murder mystery that serves as a perfect introduction to the genre." I'll take that! 3124
Reposted by Jo DuttonWalker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Share Michael Rosen's Manifesto for Reading with pupils, parents and colleagues - expert tips to spark a love of reading in young people 📚 www.walker.co.uk/michael-rose... 124
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 11/11/202538d.gs/cicq38d.gsSign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect... 010
Reposted by Jo DuttonNational Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 10/11/2025We’re excited to announce that next year’s National Flash Fiction Day will be Saturday 13 June.media.tenor.coma dog is standing on its hind legs in a room with the words cant wait written on the floor .ALT: a dog is standing on its hind legs in a room with the words cant wait written on the floor . 0228
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 10/11/2025The book I’m querying starts on 10th November - the date I decided to follow the idea. Whatever does or doesn’t happen with the queries, I’ve absolutely loved my year with this book ✨ 020
Reposted by Jo DuttonMade of Stone @madeofstone1.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill 301307296
Reposted by Jo DuttonNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025I am trying something in November. National novel-reading month, basically. It is the PERFECT month for reading (at least in the Western hemisphere). naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...naomialderman.substack.comNovember is for readingor: a month of sheer luxurious intellectual pleasure 1818947
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 26/10/2025We’re all poorer because of the pandemic and wars and immigration* and there are far fewer billionaires now for the same reason. Wait, billionaire wealth surged last year*? www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel... *hmmmoxfam.orgBillionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990 | Oxfam International 010
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 26/10/2025The clocks changed for winter and I woke to a new hankering for slipper wearing, eating roast dinners and drinking mulled wine. Hbu? 000
Reposted by Jo Duttonbleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 25/10/2025Wait a second, so Frankenstein: • Is immortal • Sneaks into houses at night • Sometimes leaves gifts for nice people • Lives in the North Pole 🤔 5496
Reposted by Jo DuttonGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Scrolling through my 5,000 photos on my phone, trying to organise them into albums, and stumbled on this important piece of journalism from 2022 🤣🤣🤣 1539850
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Should be fast asleep for work tomorrow but I’m buzzing with excitement from Wells Literature Festival. Stunning readings and a drive home past Diwali fireworks… so grateful to @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social for 2nd place & thrilled to meet Fleur, @drkshingler.bsky.social and other wonderful writers 🎉 140
Reposted by Jo DuttonBrian Moses @brianmosespoet.bsky.social · 26/07/2025New blog post - Passwords brian-moses.blogspot.com @piecorbett.bsky.social 097
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Ellie is 3 today 🥳 she’s celebrated with long walks and by inhaling peanut butter and carrot ‘pupcakes’. 020
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Found out Bring Me The Horizon and Arctic Monkeys went to the same high school, in the same year group, and now feel I owe it to my kids to move them there. 000
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Movement to BAN losing an hour’s sleep on Mother’s Day. SLEEP IS WHAT MUMS WANT MOST. 000
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This, 100% ⤵️ All the arguments of new and inflamed Twitter making me feel like a bonobo who’s strayed to the chimpanzee side of the river 🙈 000
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Anyone else looking out at blue skies, the lighter evening - daisies and daffodils - and breathing great lungfuls of sweeter air for it? I bloody love spring 💚 130
Reposted by Jo DuttonRichard Nicholls @richardnicholls.net · 05/02/2025Day 36 of #365DaysOfSmiles Break on through to the otter slide! 410115
Reposted by Jo DuttonCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/01/2025This is brilliant. A declassified World War II guide for citizen saboteurs on how to fight fascism is going viral www.404media.co/declassified...404media.coDeclassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly ViralThe World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership. 7929151319
Reposted by Jo DuttonMaisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social · 29/01/2025📣 HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! 🐍 It's COVER REVEAL TIME! I'm proud to present my new novel 🏮NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST 💥 out June 12th. The wonderful cover art is by Simone Douglas @SimsDougie Published by @PiccadillyPress 1610735
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 26/01/2025We took a walk yesterday that led us past Tolkien’s old house, “Rock Cottage”, and my eagle-eyed 9-year-old spotted something... 👀 000
Reposted by Jo DuttonScott Evans, The Reader Teacher @thereaderteacher.bsky.social · 02/01/2025👀📚Check out my JANUARY 2025 Children’s Books I’m Most Excited About video on my YouTube channel. Please subscribe! 📖🌟Each month, I put together #ComingSoon videos previewing my most anticipated children’s books releases to bump up your TBRs! ➡️ youtu.be/mDN2Kfg8k24?... 0199
Reposted by Jo DuttonJenni Spangler @jennispangler.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Tell me about the weird thing that happened to you to that you’ve never been able to rationally explain. Hauntings. Premonitions. Mysteries. Even the most level headed and skeptical people I know have a story that starts with ‘I don’t believe in that sort of thing, but…’ Pleeeease tell me yours!media.tenor.coma cartoon drawing of a ghost with wings and eyesALT: a cartoon drawing of a ghost with wings and eyes 264
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Best (ruined) Christmas song m.youtube.com/shorts/IrJh9...m.youtube.comTranscription of Mariah Carey but it’s ruined by @ThereIRuinedItYouTube video by Score Follower 000
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 16/12/2024When your phone suggests an automated ‘memories’ slideshow from your camera roll, adding sentimental music to happy, smiling photos - then randomly includes a snap you took of a gory foot injury 😂 Thanks, phone. Good to remember that! 000
Reposted by Jo DuttonSue Wallman @suewallman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024My eighth young adult thriller comes out on 13th March 2025 - whoooop 🎉 This lovely cover by Sarah Baldwin at Scholastic UK captures the suspenseful, toxic friendship mood nicely! 3125
Reposted by Jo DuttonJoanna Moult @joannamoult.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I've got some UK children's book publishers, reviewers and literary agents here, Darren: go.bsky.app/kRfNFe 153
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Anyone else send unintended stickers in WhatsApp? One of last year’s regrettables just shared with my sister 🤦♀️ 110
Reposted by Jo DuttonSteve Blackman @steveblackman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024So, I wasn't able to join #NaNoWriMo this year, but I started a new story today, and have given myself until New Year's Day to complete a first draft. (Yeah, I know.) I'm calling it #ChrimboWriMo. Hop on board if you like; there's loads of room on the magical story sleigh. 051
Reposted by Jo DuttonCheshire Novel Prize @saranaidinecox.bsky.social · 01/12/2024We close for entries to our kids’ prize in exactly one month’s time on 1st January 2025 so do enter your work if you are writing for children! Thats only 30 days to go. www.cheshirenovelprizekids.com 02617
Reposted by Jo DuttonAmanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Ryan Gosling as geese. A thread. 19385134
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024It’s pay day and I’ve booked it off work to get Christmas presents 🎁 Santa’s little helper here is supervising the online purchases. Or watching for what I’m getting her, maybe? 🤔 110
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Just earned some parental kudos getting tickets. If you’re not far from Salford, check out Olaf’s family comedy show 👀 010
Reposted by Jo DuttonBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024IT'S THE FESTIVE BIG GREEN BOOK SWAP You let me know what kinda stuff you like reading I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea!) Read & chat with your book buddy Just £15 DETAILS HERE! www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php 26139126
Jo Dutton @jodutton.bsky.social · 20/11/2024In 1916, Tolkien moved to Great Haywood with his wife Edith, to train for WW1 at Brocton camp. Between the two locations, by foot, is this wonderful, human-like oak tree planted 500 years ago, during the reign of King Henry VIII. 140