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Liz Miles

@lizmiles.bsky.social
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Writer and children’s author. Libraries and literacy campaigner. Proud to have helped save many libraries from closure. www.liz-miles.com

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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Help keep Alfred Wallis's real story in print! #StIves #Cornwall #CornishArtists www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/alfred-wal...
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Help keep Alfred Wallis's real story in print
I would love to keep Alfred Wallis's real story in print, but I can only cover 25% of the cost of producing a second edition. Can you help?
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AL Kennedy @writereralk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
SOLE have been fighting for literacy, community and unity for years now. They are excellent, imaginative and lovely people. County Hall doesn't deserve them.
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AL Kennedy @writereralk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous - have we gone backwards a generation?! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hateful decision! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
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Essex libraries should be for everyone!
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!
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Save Our Libraries Essex @sole-essex.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Join us! #LibrariesForAll Please sign the petition if you haven’t already. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Horrible cuts to creative courses at #Exeter University announced, which will impact Cornwall. If you’re up for signing this petition please do c.org/6GKYwxS4x2 www.instagram.com/reel/DaC4WkW...
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Save Our Libraries Essex @sole-essex.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We are at #Pride in #Chelmsford today. We now have over 17,000 signatures for our #LibrariesForAll petition! A big thanks to all of you who've signed. If you haven’t yet signed, please do so here ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li... ⬅️ If you've already signed, please give this post a share.
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Essex libraries should be for everyone!
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The new Reform led Essex County Council is banning the promotion of Pride, Black History Month and other themes in its 74 public libraries across Essex. Please sign to stop this frightening censorship. tinyurl.com/4zajccuk @prideukorg.bsky.social @petertatchell.bsky.social @blackhistorymonth.org.uk
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Libraries for all!
For decades, our libraries have promoted a large range of themes and events linked to books, education, local issues, culture, and libraries themselves. As well as Pride, and Black History Month, ther...
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Save Our Libraries Essex @sole-essex.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
LIBRARIES FOR ALL - PETITION LAUNCH! SIGN HERE ➡️ tinyurl.com/4zajccuk "We the undersigned believe Essex Libraries are for all and so oppose the recent ban on Essex Libraries promoting Pride, Black History Month, and other themes/events."
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Libraries for all!
For decades, our libraries have promoted a large range of themes and events linked to books, education, local issues, culture, and libraries themselves. As well as Pride, and Black History Month, ther...
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
You can contact Essex Libraries direct with this offer :-)
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Save Our Libraries Essex @sole-essex.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
LIBRARY CAMPAIGNERS CONDEMN BAN ON LIBRARIES PROMOTING PRIDE We condemn an order by the newly elected leadership of @Essex_CC to its library service not to promote #Pride, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ identity, culture, and history. www.yourharlow.com/2026/06/02/r...
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Save Our Libraries Essex @sole-essex.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Join us on the 28th to scrap the libraries reservation charge! We now have a poster complete with a QR code that links to our petition. Please sign. The libraries charge petition will also be found here you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sc... #saveourlibraries #Essex #keepourlibrariesfree
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Scrap the fees to reserve books at Essex Libraries!
I just signed the petition calling for Essex County Council to scrap reservation charges for books in Essex libraries. 2026 is supposed to be the National Year of Reading. This will just make accessin...
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Save Our Libraries Essex @sole-essex.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Yes the people's "viral" response to its petition showed "the anger felt" because the people of Essex don’t want their library services to be diminished, undermined or threatened. #saveourlibraries #libraries #freebooks #literacy #equalopportunities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Essex library charges will penalise book lovers, says campaign
Library users across Essex will have to pay £1.15 to reserve physical books from Wednesday.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
No library service should charge for reservations - especially as individual library stocks have become so limited.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Please sign to save Essex Libraries’ use. “Between three-quarters and ninety percent of those surveyed said they would either use their library less, or stop using their library altogether” if this charge is in place! #libraries
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is very worrying - the charge should be abandoned.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I found so much admire in our remarkable pets and their ancestors while researching my latest book: a history of dogs for young readers and all curious dog owners. #dogs #whoodle #heros
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Save Our Libraries Essex @sole-essex.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Will Essex County Council's decision to impose a £1.15 charge for each adult book reservation change how you use Essex Library Service? Please complete the short survey below. #Essex #libraries @BBCEssex docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Save Our Libraries Essex (SOLE) Survey
From the 1st April 2026, Essex County Council will be introducing a £1.15 charge for reservations made by adult library cardholders. We want to gather the publics view about these changes. - From th...
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I've just written to my MP to ask them to prevent GenAI causing irreversible damage to the UK's creative economy and cultural identity. Will you do the same? Join me to help ensure justice for creators. Click on the link below to write to your MP: justiceforcreators.eaction.org.uk/write
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Justice for creators in the age of AI
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
After many months of research and writing (and years of thinking!) my little history of dogs for children is published today! #Collins #NationalYearOfReading2026 #dogs
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A longtime wish has come true - to research and write a book about the history of dogs. I discovered many surprises, and am left with a deeper than ever respect for these remarkable creatures - their ancestors, their work, their loyalty and companionship. Published by Collins 5th February 26. #collinsbigcat #collins #dogs #kidsbooks
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality’” What a surprise! I’m astonished at how easily AI wins the trust of so many. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Petition: Defend BBC independence from Trump’s interference
Stop Trump Coalition
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
An intense, deeply personal and moving story about the role of a medical support dog. Dogs are such wonderful creatures. #LifeChanging BBC Radio 4: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Life Changing - A traumatised veteran’s unlikely saviour - BBC Sounds
Veteran Geoff was plagued by PTSD - but an unusual partnership restored his independence.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
It’s exasperating when an applaudable pro-reading campaign largely ignores the role of public libraries. Why not publicise a resource that already exists. Maybe @thetimes.com is sidestepping the politics of a diminishing statutory public service? #GetBritainReading www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...
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Join The Sunday Times Get Britain Reading campaign
Reading for fun transforms lives, but we’re losing the habit. A stellar group of authors — from Ian McEwan to Marian Keyes — agree with us: it’s time to act
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Love this from The Works: a shift to “screen-free focus”. I’m a big fan because research has shown that people absorb and recall more detail after reading print but often only get the gist when reading on screen. www.thebookseller.com/news/reconne...
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'Reconnecting in the digital age': The Works' shift to screen-free focus and front-list exclusives
A focus on front-list books, a greater number of exclusive offerings and a new mission to be a screen-free, family-favourite store are some of the ways The Works is ramping up its offering more than 4...
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I’m not embracing the digital ID cards. #NoToDigitalID #NoToOracle www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
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'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Catching up on the week's book news, this article from @thebookseller.com stands out: Inclusion: a commercial imperative’. So much to quote, e.g. "What we publish for children doesn’t just have a five-year impact, it has a generational impact." #inclusion www.thebookseller.com/comment/incl...
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Inclusion: a commercial imperative
Why representing a vast range of experiences is vital to ensuring reading for pleasure.
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AL Kennedy @writereralk.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Way more now.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Please could you save children from an increasingly authoritarian govt and lobby to halt the digital ID cards. I’m astonished that Labour are suggesting a mandatory attack on privacy - it wasn’t even in the manifesto I voted for! #LabourPartyConference petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 27/09/2025
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Perhaps conference attendees could sign this and lobby to halt the “mandatory” digital ID cards. How could Labour be so authoritarian. I’m disappointed, again. #LabourPartyConference petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Perhaps conference attendees could lobby to halt the “mandatory” digital ID cards. Labour appears to be increasingly authoritarian … bitterly disappointing. #LabourPartyConference petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Perhaps conference attendees could sign this and lobby to halt the “mandatory” from digital ID cards. How could Labour be so authoritarian … bitterly disappointing. #LabourPartyConference petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
BREAKING: The Scottish Government has confirmed it opposes Labour's plans to introduce compulsory Digital ID
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
It’s being called a ‘BritCard’.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/09/2025
Liberal Democrats cannot support mandatory digital IDs. People shouldn't be criminalised just because they don't want to hand over their private data.
“Liberal Democrats cannot support a mandatory digital ID where people are forced to turn over their private data just to go about their daily lives... People shouldn’t be turned into criminals just because they can’t have a digital ID, or choose not to.” — Victoria Collins, Liberal Democrat Science, Innovation and Technology Spokesperson.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
No to digital ID - imagine if a far right party won a general election … how they would abuse it. #liberty petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The inspirational Eva & her friend Emily from Devon are taking on an incredible challenge to raise & release 220 harvest mice this summer , reintroducing them to a suitable site near their home in collaboration with renowned ecologist Derek Gow . Do donate ! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/evaemilyha...
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
He also mentioned a Netanyahu plan to annexe part of northern Gaza - approved by the US. Presumably a first step towards Trump’s Riviera.
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
@maxjliu.bsky.social I noticed your article on Alfred Wallis’s grave and wonder if the above might be of interest to you?
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Liz Miles @lizmiles.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This fascinating and comprehensive biography of Alfred Wallis is worthy of top-end reviews. It opens the doors on the real man. Shocking facts on how badly treated he was. www.alfredwallis.co.uk
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The School Library Association @sla.org.uk · 10/07/2025
As schools prepare to break up for the #summerholiday, #BBC500Words and the #SummerReadingChallenge can help to keep children creatively engaged and enthusiastic about reading and writing over the break - and into the autumn term! Read more: bit.ly/44m32WP @readingagency.bsky.social #booksky #edusky
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Keep creative minds active this summer
Summer is almost here! Here are some ideas and initiatives for keeping children creatively engaged over the holiday
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Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk · 14/07/2025
The @readingagency.bsky.social Library Zone is a great way to find your nearest #Library authority and discover what they are offering for this year's #SummerReadingChallenge. summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/library-zone #Reading
A display in Hampshire Libraries for the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge.
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Cornwall Council @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
#NEWS: 📚 Children in Cornwall are invited to join this year’s Summer Reading Challenge with @cornwalllibraries.bsky.social! The national event encourages kids to read over the summer. The theme, Story Garden, celebrates the magic of stories and nature. 🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
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Cornwall’s libraries welcome children to take part in this year’s ‘story garden’ Summer Reading Challenge
Last year more than 8,500 children in Cornwall took part
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