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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Flora is getting fed up with comments about the ridiculous boxes she squeezes herself into. #cat #CatLife #CatLovers #Meow

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I've lost count - think this may be my 37th course. www.parkwrite.com #creativewriting #writingforchildren

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A while back the BBC gave me a Talent award for a radio comedy - now the audio comedies I made over lockdown which have been so popular have a new home at audio.com/jon-blake - do have a listen.

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Jon Blake audio | Listen on audio.com

Discover and play 2 audio tracks by Jon Blake. Join audio.com community of artists, bands, DJs, audio creators, podcasters. Listen tracks or upload your own audio files and share them.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 12/12/2025

Yesterday, MPs held a 1.5 hours debate on foreign interference in Britain. Mentions: Russia - 128 China - 32 Israel - 2 in passing, one saying it is an “ally”. A quarter of MPs and a third of the Cabinet have received funding from the Israel lobby.

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Jesus: Love thy neighbour as thyself. Charlie Kirk: I can't stand the word empathy. Apparently the latter was a follower of the former. #CharlieKirk

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Increasingly confused by the world. Apparently yesterday there was a march organised by the son of a migrant where the star speaker was the USA's most famous migrant, despite having fallen out with the even more famous grandson of a migrant. The theme of this march was saving Britain from migrants.

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I have a new site which combines articles about the books I've written over the past 40 years with political comment and lots more which will be hopefully of interest to the open-minded. It's at www.leftistbooks.com. #booksky #YA #kidsbooks @findkidsbooks.com

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Leftist books

a books and politics site for left parents

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Life does not end with dialysis. Check out my interview in #kidneymatters magazine - I'm still writing, teaching, making documentaries and more! www.jonblake.co.uk #KidneyHealth #WorldKidneyDay

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Jon Blake books

News, info and free resources for schools

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Now out - signed copies available at jonblake.co.uk, ebooks for just £2.99 at the usual outlets. #booksky #socialism #climatecrisis #feminism

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

As #Trump and the rest of the Batman villains take over the USA, here's a little ammunition for the culture wars. #booksky

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Coming soon, my 65th book, written on dialysis. Open-minded teens should love it, Trump won't!

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

"The insane thing about this is that the VAST majority of people on this earth would end the genocide in Gaza immediately ... Yet, it is the handful of people on earth who DO have that power, who refuse to use it, preferring to personally enrich themselves instead" via @dailypolitik.bsky.social

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Guess who wants this photo banned from the internet? Please like and repost! 😉😘

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Festive greetings to all, I get two days off #dialysis, hope you get a longer holiday! Here's a midwinter song sung by my brilliant daughter - can't claim a credit for the words, that was Thomas Hardy! #HappyChristmas #MerryMidwinter #SuperSolstice. youtu.be/zj30oJRkma4?...

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Beautiful midwinter poem set to music

YouTube video by Jon Blake

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Common Sense @cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Here's a book that Trump and his supporters will hate even more than my award-winning YA novel The Last Free Cat. I'd be happy not to make a penny from it if it gets into the hands of as many teens as possible. Publishes on Feb 25, Facebook page at www.facebook.com/profile.php?... #SocialistSunday

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

My next novel for teens, Second Quality Dragon, a radical riposte to the far right, now has a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

My amazing son has CP and has inspired several of my stories. Check out Thimble Monkey Superstar, shortlisted for the 2017 Lollies and praised for having a disabled narrator who is simply a compelling character rather than the subject of the book. www.amazon.co.uk/Thimble-Monk... #disability

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Thimble Monkey Superstar : Jon Blake, Martin Chatterton: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

If you want to write a socialist book for kids, you don't tell them what to think, you take them on a journey. The characters have to be convincing, the storyline compelling. Have a look at The Last Free Cat, my YA novel about the privatisation of cats. feela.wordpress.com #SocialistSunday

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The Last Free Cat

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

For a quarter of a century my leftist books for kids and YA were in every high street bookstore, till the torrent of second quality ghostwritten celeb pulp fiction pushed me out. On dialysis now but still making books and looking for allies. #FollowBackFriday

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Alex White @alexwhitewrites.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Looking forward to hearing my former colleague @toddles23.bsky.social at #BBC Rethink #Disability Festival 2024 www.bbc.co.uk/academy/even... #RewindDisability #InclusiveMedia #ReclaimTheNarrative

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Rethink Disability Festival 2024

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

On this International Day for People with Disabilities - please listen to disabled people. A hashtag is well and good - but an empty gesture if you won’t address ableism and discrimination and help us get the social supports and medical care we need and deserve. 🧵

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Damien Willey @kernowdamo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Labour’s Biggest Israel Love-in In Years Goes Completely Unreported! #DamoRants #StarmerOut youtu.be/yVQ_cm1fn7Q

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Labour’s Biggest Israel Love-in In Years Goes Completely Unreported!

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Thousands of Amazon workers across 20 countries are going to protest or strike this Black Friday. Workers from the US to India to Brazil to Japan and beyond plan to take action to demand workers’ rights and climate action from the corporate giant. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday

Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I thought this was a serious contribution to the MOR yacht rock genre but apparently it's being laughed at. youtu.be/_-M5MgJN9xw?...

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Finest Moments - a yacht rock classic

YouTube video by Jon Blake

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Here's my next book, the story of a conflicted teen girl and her journey to political awareness. As I'm on dialysis now and don't want to wait two years for a traditional publisher, I'm bringing this one out in February. More details soon.

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Leftistbooks.com @jonblakeauthor.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

New on Bluesky, looking for like-minded people, eg those who do not worship Roald Dahl. Check out my documentary on Dahl and the real-life Mrs Pratchett at youtu.be/bSpWGYQJvpQ?...

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Roald Dahl and the Real Mrs Pratchett

YouTube video by Jon Blake

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