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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My most personal post of the blog tour is being hosted by the lovely @booksuperhero2.bsky.social today. I always try and pack my books with humour. But the loss in my latest story is real too. #booksky librarygirlandbookboy.com/2026/06/10/b...

Blog tour banner with dates and bloggers’ Bluesky handles from 8 Jun - 12 Jun

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Kate Heap - Scope for Imagination @kateheap.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It's my stop on the Aliens Made Me Do It! blog tour with a brilliant guest post from author David Macphail! Discover why writing with humour is such a powerful tool. Illustrated by Rory Walker @everywithwords.bsky.social scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/10/08/a...

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Aliens Made Me Do It by David Macphail, illustrated by Rory Walker ~ Blog Tour

Aliens Made Me Do It is a hilarious story of bizarre aliens, everyday kids and saving the world! I’m delighted to welcome author David Macphail to Scope for Imagination with a guest post abou…

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Margaret Pemberton @booklib61.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Looking forward to my turn on the tour for his hilarious and heartwarming story, join me on Friday to see some of Hannah`s suggestions for some other great reads. Thank you @everywithwords.bsky.social @missdeplume.bsky.social for this opportunity.

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

No book launch is complete without a blog tour! If you want to know what my favourite cheese is, you’d better head over to Mary’s blog to find out! #EssentialInfo bookcraic.blog Thanks so much for hosting @bookcraic.bsky.social 💕🧀

Cover of HELP! ALIENS STOLE MY GRANDAD followed by Blog Tour’ and list of Bluesky accounts the blog will appear on 8-12 June

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Fancy winning a signed copy of my latest book? My local radio station has a great competition on this month! www.maritimeradio.co.uk/deals-and-co... #win #booksky #kidlit

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Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Happy Publication day Help Aliens Stole My Grandad! @missdeplume.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social @bookcraic.bsky.social One signed copy available— Follow RT by June first!

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Happy Dracula Day from the vampire dentists in Small Bites Back! #booksky #vampires #draculaday

Text: The vampire dentist will see you now….
Image: black and white illustration of a vampire dentist flapping their cloak and holding a toothbrush. The vampire is next to the blue cover of Small Bites Back

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Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Help Aliens Stole My Grandad @missdeplume.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @lib4sch.bsky.social @emmapullar.bsky.social A whimsical tale about space pirates and moon flowing with rivers of cheese!

A ship floating in the air next to a house

The surface of the moon , full of craters. A boy with an alien with one eye and hair that looks like snakes

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Mikka editor Everything with Words Books @everywithwords.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Great to see Help Aliens Stole My Grandad out in the world A fun intergalactic adventure , complete with pirates, their parrot and a moon made of cheese! @missdeplume.bsky.social @booklib61.bsky.social

Help Aliens Stole My Grandad Cover showing a rocket going into space, three bright green aliens, a pink parrot and Harrison, our ten year old hero

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I was lucky enough to bookishly burble about my stories on @maritimeradio.bsky.social on Duncan’s Greenwich Breakfast show! You can catch up here: (02:30) www.maritimeradio.co.uk/listen/liste...

Me (woman in 40s with bob cut hair and black jacket) holding a copy of Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad in front of of the fancy black doorway of Shrewsbury House (home of Maritime Radio station)

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Finally framed the Chris Riddell Little Prince sketch that came with my copy of this gorgeous hardback. I love it! 😍 #booksky

Framed sketch of a boy with curly hair, wearing a scarf and jacket. Chris Riddell’s signature is in the corner

Front cover of blue and gold hardback book called The Little Prince. There’s an illustration of a small, blonde-haired boy dressed in yellow in the middle, sitting on a rock against a backdrop of golden stars

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

And so I’m not only clogging the feed with variations of ‘please buy my book’ posts, here’s a ‘please buy my friends’ book’ post! Koalas in Capes is the first in a fast, funny, highly illustrated series. Written by @cowfishdreams.bsky.social and illustrated by @davidoconnell.bsky.social. #booksky

Cover of Koalas in Capes, featuring two dashing young koalas in superhero green and red capes

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=g6CJ... Fancy hearing the first chapter of Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad? Here I am reading it! I’ve also now loaded a full pack of chapter-by-chapter class activities on my website! #booksky #authors #kidlit

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Hear the first chapter of Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad

YouTube video by Hannah Moffatt

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

My third book - Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad is out in May. By now, you’d think I’d know what I was doing, but I still make lots of mistakes when I’m writing. I’ve blogged about three of the biggies: #authorlife #writingcommunity #kidlit hannahmoffatt.com/2026/04/26/t...

Me - woman in her 40s -
holding her 3 books in one hand: Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad; Small Bites Back and Small

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Authors, what can’t you judge about your books from their covers? I LOVE my covers (all designed by Holly Ovenden and illustrated by Rory Walker). They capture the madcap energy of the books perfectly. But there are some things you can’t see… #kidlit #books #authors

Three book covers in an L-shape against a light yellow background. SMALL! (Bright orange cover featuring a boy looking up at a giant) is top left. SMALL BITES BACK (Light blue, featuring a zombie skeleton-elephant holding a boy in his trunk) is below it. HELP! Aliens Stole My Grandad (purple, with a green, many-tentacled alien pirate captain and yellow, cratered moon) is bottom right.
Twxt on the yellow background says: I love my book covers. All three do the best job at capturing the fun, madcap energy behind every story. But here’s what you can’t see…

Same orange cover of SMALL against a light orange background. Text below it: In SMALL! you can’t see that Harvey blames himself for his parents’ divorce. He carries the belief that he’s bad news everywhere he goes, including to Madame Bogbrush’s School for Gifted Giants.

Same bright blue cover of SMALL BITES BACK against a light blue background. Text below it: In SMALL BITES BACK you can't see the pressure of other people's expectations weighing on Harvey's shoulders as he attempts to save his friends from a zombie circus in the way only a 'chosen one' can.

Same purple cover of HELP! ALIENS STOLE MY GRANDAD against light purple background. Text below:
And in HELP! ALIENS STOLE MY GRANDAD you can't see how powerless Harrison felt when his grandpa got ill, and how that motivates him to pretend to be the Earthling Prime Minister when a band of alien pirates come calling ...

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Aside from the actual writing, daft crafting has to be my favourite part of being a children’s author. This flappy friend is a prototype for the ‘speak-like-an-alien-pirate-and-make-a-lucky-parrot’ workshops I’m hoping to run when Help! Aliens Stole my Grandad comes out! #kidlit #craft

A cardboard ‘parrot’ with a tube-shaped green body and yellow breast. Orange pipe cleaner les, one red feather wing, one green feather wing. Orange head, googly eyes, yellow beak and green feather at top of head. Very much homemade looking. Sitting on green sofa against bright yellow wallpaper with spikey green plant designs

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My bookish news is out! (Details on LinkedIn and coming to my website soon.) My new book, Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad publishes on 28th May with Everything With Words. I utterly adore the cover - designed by Holly Ovenden and illustrated by Rory Walker 💕 www.linkedin.com/posts/gll-li...

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#gllliteraryfoundation | GLL Literary Foundation

🚀✨ COVER REVEAL! ✨🚀 We are over the moon to share the cover of #GLLLiteraryFoundation author Hannah Moffat’s latest laugh-out-loud adventure: 🌕 HELP! ALIENS STOLE MY GRANDAD! 👽 Published by Everything...

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Happy World Book Day one and all! Feel a bit sorry to be spending the day in an office and not a costume-filled classroom, but I’m celebrating in spirit. *And* I should be ending this week with some nice news that I’m finally allowed to share tomorrow!

Me - but mostly the top of my head - holding my books: Small (with bright orange cover) and Small Bites Back (with bright blue cover)

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Well this was a different start to a Sunday! Had a ball celebrating World Book Day and International Women’s Day as a guest on Gene Radio (a monthly 2-hour show for the girl guiding community in Chelmsford). And I left with my own guiding badge! #WorldBookDay #GirlGuides

Me beside a banner that says Live and Local CCR 104.4FM on FM, Online and On App. Download our app today! Plus some social media icons

My books, Small and Small Bites Back with a bright pink square guiding badge with I’ve been on GENE embroidered on it.

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

It’s #BackToSchool time again. #Teachers (especially years 2-4) if you read Small or Small Bites Back with your classes, I’ll gladly do free virtual Q&As with them. There are also worksheets for every chapter on my website. #Reading #PrimarySchool

Text: Head back to school with small. I’m still doing free virtual Q&As for all classes reading Small or Small Bites Back!
Image: the orange and blue covers of Small and Small Bites Back

Text: know little ones nervous about starting a new school? Harvey knows the feeling. He’s got a place at Madame Bogbrush’s School for Gifted Giants. But he’s not a giant … he’s a boy on stilts!
Image: boy looking wobbly in long blue dungarees and big rubber foot. Next to orange and blue covers of Small and Small Bites Back.

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I have 100% judged this book by its amazing cover. Can’t wait to read it this weekend! #Reading

Cover of Return to the Dallergut Dream Department Store, featuring a train of different coloured carriages going over a bridge with a rainbow and snow-topped mountains behind. It’s very colourful!

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hackenabush.bsky.social @hackenabush.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

COVER REVEAL! The aliens are coming! And they’ve brought custard! Aliens Made Me Do It by me and Rory Walker out 25th Sept. @everywithwords.bsky.social

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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Today is World Ice Cream Day, the perfect day to check out my new MG adventure set in 1899. Mason and Pa make the world’s best ice cream, but the heatwave and a sinister stranger are about to ruin everything. Can a famous wish-maker solve their problems? @everywithwords.bsky.social

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I have been attempting to learn how to garden this year. This sunflower is my greatest success so far (It’s even taller than me!). #Gardening

Sunflower with dusky pink centre and light yellow outer petals. Against a Victorian brick wall.

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Can’t wait to discover how Vivi’s story ends in #ViviConway and the Lost Hero by @littlehux.bsky.social. Out 22/05 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 😊 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

The book, matching bookmark and press release. The book’s cover shows Vivi wielding a sword, surrounded by a diverse group of people, a giant spider and a large dog.

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Update now I’ve read the proof to say it’s utterly delightful. Clever concept, great characters and and a good environmental message that isn’t too heavy handed. Also, how can you not love a character called Tuftorius Snook?& 💕 I think young readers will adore Finders of Silverthorn Forest 🌳

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Opened the loveliest book post this morning. Finders of the Silverthorn Forest looks utterly delightful. Out 1st May with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social Written by Rachel Chivers Coo and illustrated by Laura Catalan. For readers 7+ #kidlit

Proof copy of Finders of Silverthorn Forest (title in chunky red letters against a mostly green background with leaves and flowers. And the head of a grey fox-like creature with bushy eyebrows with its paw on a yo-yo). The book is in a light blue box with the gingham cloth is was wrapped in underneath and a hint of the other goodies inside the proof pack- luggage label, edge of a fruit pastels packet and corner of a packaged tea bag.

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P J Canning @pjcanningauthor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The government doesn't understand that the power, control and money in generative AI sits with who owns the numerical data, music, voices, images and text needed to train the models. AI models themselves will soon be cheap and plentiful. The way to make money is to create, own & control the content.

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

If you’re in the mood for buying children’s books (especially mine!) it’s a great time to give @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social a try. 10% of their children’s book sales in Feb go to BookTrust & Scottish Book Trust to fund early years reading support for disadvantaged and vulnerable families in UK.

Purple background of the Bookshop.org Read it Forward campaign. The orange cover of Small! middle left and the blue cover of Small Bites Back middle right. Text at the bottom reads: 10% of all children's book sales go to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust in February 2025

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P.G. Bell @pgbellwriter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We are so damned lucky to have @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social as our Children's Laureate. If things are ever going to improve, we need people addressing our politicians directly, loudly and repeatedly. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... #KidLitUK #KidLit

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Children facing a ‘happiness recession’ says laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Author will highlight the ‘enormous disadvantage’ handed to children without access to books, and call on government to improve early-years literacy

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

PLR day is always such a delight. Thank you so much to all the wonderful #libraries that have Small and Small Bites Back on their shelves … and to everyone who borrowed them 💕📚💕

Top of my head hiding behind the orange cover of Small and the blue cover of Small Bites Back

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

100% free ways to support authors you love: - share their social posts - recommend their books - leave reviews - order their books at your library - request their appearance at events - drop them an encouraging line - exhort the will of ancient gods in dark rituals to ensure their success thanks!

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

It doesn’t take a genius to see how much revenue artists and authors bring into a country, and yet here we are with a supposedly progressive government telling creatives they should let AI steal all their work 🥲

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

When you work in @britishlibrary.bsky.social they recommend taking a snap of your locker so you don’t forget it … meaning my phone is full of shots like these! Thanks a million to the staff at The British Library for making it such a joyful, peaceful place to work. #WritingCommunity

A montage of red, yellow, green and one blue locker I’ve loved and lost at The British Library. Most doors show their number and a grey number pad where you enter your code to lock/unlock the door.

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Sarah Bonner @sarahbonner.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Thrilled to share the cover of my next novel… HOW TO SLAY ON HOLIDAY ⛱️🇬🇷🔪🩸 Can’t wait for you to meet Chloe; who has plans to kill her bastard of a husband but needs to survive a villa holiday with the in-laws first… Out on the 27th Feb and available to pre-order now!

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

If you got any book tokens for Christmas, make sure you spend them at an independent bookshop. Here's a map with links to over 250 that are either children's bookshops or have very good children's sections.

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Jo Clarke @jo-clarke.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

It's 3 weeks until ##LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Thanks to Helen Peters for this fabulous endorsement Signed & dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social #TheTravellingSchoolMysteries rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Now that’s what I call a flaming Christmas pudding! Season’s greetings one and all 🎄

Very flaming Christmas pudding as a hand pours flaming brandy over it. Blue flames surround the pudding as a bright yellow/orange flame stretches to the top of the picture.

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Forgotten a gift for the author in your life? Leaving a review is free - and means the world to us. Merry Christmas! #AuthorLife

Starry top and bottom. Text in middle: Need a last-second gift for the author in your life? A lovely review will always do!

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Last commute of the year! Hooray! Feeling so ready for the festive break. Anyone else still in an office today? Sending solidarity 💪🎄

My view of the railway tracks from the station platform, heading under a bridge. Plenty of bare trees on the opposite platform but also the hint of blue sky between grey and white clouds

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Still got two days of work to go, but re-reading my favourite @matthaig.bsky.social and @chrismould.bsky.social story this morning to get in the festive spirit! I love A Boy Called Christmas so much! #kidlit Which books lift your festive spirits?

Cover of A Boy Called Christmas (the pre-film edition with gorgeous Chris Mould illustration of a boy with a long red hat riding a reindeer with a giant moon behind them and snowy skies)

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

If you’re a creator or work in the creative industries or otherwise have a heart, then please add your voice to this UK Gov consultation on AI and Copyright. I said ‘freelance’ for company and ‘unsure’ for super-granular legal stuff but made my voice heard. You can too. www.gov.uk/government/c...

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This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This has to be one of my most-anticipated #kidlit books of 2025! 🐌🐌

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Jo Clarke @jo-clarke.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It's 5 weeks until #LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes. Huge thank you to @rashmiwriting.bsky.social for this fabulous endorsement. Signed and dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/libb...

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

In case any of you are looking for a special Christmas gift for the #writer in your life, I whipped up a quick blog with three of my favourite things… What’s on your wishlist #WritingCommunity? hannahmoffatt.com/2024/12/11/g...

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Gifts for writers 2024

I’ve done a pressie post before, but as it was a few years ago and Christmas is almost here, I thought I’d do a festive update. If you’re hoping to go big and spoil the writer in …

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Hannah Moffatt @missdeplume.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Had a blast at the @da-childrens.bsky.social Christmas party tonight! Nan’s Bar in Deptford is so much fun. Didn’t take enough pics of author friends. But managed to get one with @aliceemross.bsky.social (and a YA author called Joyce who isn’t on here yet)

Party pic with the smiling faces of Joyce, Alice and me

Superstar agents Clare Wallace and Lydia Silver up on a balcony giving a speech to the authors below. The room is full of colourful fabrics and neon lettering between Clare and Lydia says Ho Ho

Auntie’s Ballroom is full of glass cabinets like this featuring all lots of childhood memorablia. This one includes a Womblw doll, playing cards, a plastic car, paper face masks, dolls, mugs…everything!

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