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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Where I talk about invasive main characters and my ability to waste hours of writing time on "research" Really enjoyed these questions from Anna on her great new(ish) blog. Thanks for having me @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Oooooh! This is very exciting. Thank you!

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

What a lovely post and pic! Big thanks to my giveaway winner @philgroom.bsky.social for sharing this @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Ahh, what a lovely pic! Thank you for sharing. Do hope you and your wife enjoy the books. As a Halley's Comet enthusiast, I am little bit in love with the stamps from 1986 - have my own set. Happy reading

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Hi Phil, I sent you and email via your website regarding this giveaway 😀. Best, Katie

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Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I have a copy of the 1935 1st edition ('illustrated by Bip Pares'). Yet another of the writers of that era I was collecting decades ago being rediscovered and republished. www.lesleyahall.net/wmwrtrs.htm (must update the note for Ertz)

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Women Novelists

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In love with this new edition of Woman Alive by Susan Ertz - rediscovered and republished by @manderleypress.bsky.social Written in the 1930s, it's the story of the last woman left in a world of men in an imagined 1985 #BookSky

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Four days left to enter this #giveaway of books and more 🍫🧦🍬. Like, share and tag your favourite bookshop to enter (UK Only) ☄️📚🪩 @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Question: someone i know who's already a writer in another area wants to do a crime-writing course. No getting published content, they have that covered, just craft stuff. Preferably online, suitable for a UK timezone. Please do share if you don't know of one! #AuthorSky

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I have two bundles of signed books & treats to #Giveaway to celebrate #WorldBookDay For a chance to win a #HappyIsTheOne bundle or an #EverythingHappensForAReason bundle: 💙 🔄 Like and share this post 📚 Tag your favourite bookshop Closes 12th March. UK only @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Oooh, this is wonderful news. Some of us on our road have formed a poetry group and I shared Alexa, what is there to know about love? at last night's meeting. You go very well with wine and lemon drizzle. We are only 3 meetings in and we will relish your upcoming guide on how to enjoy poetry

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

If you fancy winning signed books and other treats, I'm running a #giveaway to celebrate #WorldBookDay2026

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

p.s. Inclusion of gnome, sausage dogs, glitter ball and KitKats should hopefully make more sense upon reading 🪩🍫🐾 Original 1986 Halley's Comet #stamps ☄️ Also running on my Instagram www.instagram.com/monkey_and_m... #BookSky #Fiction #Giveaways

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

For anyone who's ever hankered after a garden gnome, know that I'm offering up this little fella as part of a giveaway later this week to celebrate #WorldBookDay @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Holiday packing tip - this! I loved Anna's first book of poetry and excited to be taking this away with me on Kindle (lots of other ebook versions available - click on @annadavidson.bsky.social profile for links)

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Your message just now nudged me to click on your links and buy this ready for my summer holiday! Two clicks and it's ready to go 😀 So looking forward to it. Loved 'Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions' amzn.eu/d/amepLPV

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Oh wow and what a lovely thought to share this with me! Thank you! I hope you move up the queue soon xx

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Lovely words about Happy is the One Thank you! ☄️📘😍

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Thank you so much! Love that you enjoyed it this much x

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

My first book is just 99p on #Kobo until the end of the month! Loosely autobiographical, it's a story of grief, dogs and unexpected friendships bit.ly/3DvtJdi #booksky #babyloss #breakthesilence @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The face that says, 'Heatwave finally over.' Phew!

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Happy publication day to @annesenes.bsky.social whose beautiful Double Room comes out in English today - in a masterful translation by Alice Banks This book utterly captivated me and still lingers… #BookSky #NewFiction

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

This is such an honour & I love how @pussmilligan.bsky.social sums up Happy is the One "This story of a man unravelling - and rebuilding - reminds us that life's messiest detours often lead to its most meaningful destinations." Thank you for including it in Heat's Hot Summer Reads 🤓📘☄️ #BookSky

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Just found these in our old road map and I'm remembering how my mum would tell me directions and I'd make these notes and tape them all along the dashboard 🤣 SatNavs have to be one of the best inventions to enter my life #Y2Knostalgia

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

And of course I couldn't leave a bookshop without buying something! Picked up this for the murder mystery fan in my house. Thanks for the recommendation @villagebooks.bsky.social

The book A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Lots of signed copies of Happy is the One now available in @villagebooks.bsky.social Such a pleasure to go in and chat to Harriet and Harriet Thanks for all the support with this book and the last 😍☄️📘 @orendabooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Me signing copies of the book Happy is the One in Village Books in Dulwich, South London

Me holding a copy of the book Happy is the One outside Village Books in Dulwich, South London

The book Happy is the One with a tag saying Local Author in the window display of Village Books in Dulwich, South London

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

In the ongoing series of me dressed like my book cover and doing a daft face... all dressed up in my new charity shop find to go and sign copies of Happy is the One at @villagebooks.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social

Me in a navy jacket with gold trim and mustard yellow trousers holding a copy of the book Happy is the One and my black dog Miko sniffing the book

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Anne, I love this review so much and am so grateful to you for organising and being on this brilliant blog tour. Thank you, thank you!

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Just having a little cry at this... "As much as we (and Robin) would like to be ordered and prepared, we aren't and we can't. We have to seize the moment, we have to realise that today, here and now, is our life and we have to treasure it and try to live it to its fullest"😭

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Thanks for this beautiful pic and for posting. Love how your backgrounds match the books. A lovely pile of books. I recently read and adored Double Room by @annesenes.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Doing a daft face in Dulwich Books where their wonderful support has helped Happy is the One fly in its first week ☄️📘😀 @orendabooks.bsky.social #BookSky #HappyIsTheOne

Me smiling and pointing to Happy is the One in the bestseller spot on a shelf at Dulwich Books

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Yay! So hope you enjoy Robin and his story. Thanks for reading

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

"Living is right now!It’s not when we have money, or have lost weight, or when we have better health. It’s now, when we’re skint, fat and feeling ill. Whatever life looks like right now, we absolutely must live." This captures exactly what I was trying to say lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/05/27/h...

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Happy Is The One by Katie Allen

Robin is exactly half way through his life. Like Mark Twain before him, Robin came into the world with Halley’s Comet in 1986 and fully expects to go out again when it returns in 2061. Recently he’…

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Massive thanks to Fabulous magazine fot featuring #HappyIsTheOne today And there’s a chance to win a copy ☄️📘 #Giveaway #BookSky www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/350... @orendab.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Thank you! So happy to have your words and name on the cover

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thank you! Would have loved to have you there of course but there will be other chances to raise a glass to books together. Thank you for everything you've done to get Happy is the One out there. It's a joy working with you and I like that my silly videos make you smile 😂

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Love this so much! Look at those cakes and their amazing maker! I had the most amazing night and am so grateful to @orendabooks.bsky.social , to Dulwich Books, to everyone who came and to all who have ordered, reviewed and posted about Happy is the One. Thank you! Happy is this one 🤓

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thank you, Chris! Enjoy Robin! Xx

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Happy is the One is out today. Massive thanks to everyone who has ordered, posted about it, read early, joined the blog tour! So so appreciated #BookSky geni.us/G3otY

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Happy is the One - Katie Allen

Pre-order your copy now:

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Thank you to @jenlucas.bsky.social for this beautiful publication day review ☄️📘

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