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Sara Sheridan

@sarasheridan.bsky.social
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Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan All links: linktr.ee/sarasheridanwriter

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John Breslin @cloud.eurosky.social · 9h
Arya Satheesh, an 18-year-old student from Letterkenny in County Donegal, Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/t...
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This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades
Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 21h
Had fun last night at Central Library doing a sneaky wee pre-event for Edin Women's Fiction Fest. The fest programme is here: www.edwomensficfest.co.uk/our-panels & there's an ask. Pls make a wee donation cos they have match-funding & every fiver counts. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/recording-... Thanks!
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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The window for action is narrowing, and delayed or poorly designed restoration will increase long-term costs, exacerbate inequalities and risk locking landscapes into unsustainable trajectories." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We didn't let Dotty drive. 😂
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Autumn book festival season kicked off yesterday in Irvine. www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
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Gothiron @gothiron.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And this was this week's glorious read. Library hold notification in on Monday, finished last night - a gleaming bit of writing. And now it travels back to it's home library after a jaunt to me. @sarasheridan.bsky.social
A luxurious covered book of entwined leaves flowers and a crown. The Jewell Keepers
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tidelines bookfest here I come ...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Spotted in the wild @goldenharebooks.bsky.social by a pal. Hi 👋
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Rights Of The Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake. #books #reading #literacy #edchat #English #language
The Rights Of The Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
1. The right not to read.
2. The right to skip.
3. The right not to finish a book.
4. The right to read it again.
5. The right to read anything.
6. The right to mistake a book for real life.
7. The right to read anywhere.
8. The right to dip in.
9. The right to read out loud.
10. The right to be quiet.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
HISTORIANS CONFIRM GRAVITY. Seriously even NPR can’t be bothered to be educated about the now-decades state of knowledge never mind what historians can do v science.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are the monument. Yes. #Glasgow
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My own small contribution to the Ed Sheeran controversy. This, from 2022:
BBC: Ed Sheeran Cardiff concert causes major delays on M4
Me: In which direction?
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Do this folks. It takes two minutes to put in a complaint about Farage on GB News to Ofcom
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Studio development for the ballet adaptation of my novel, The Ice Maiden. The skinny here: www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 17/09/2026
@sarasheridan.bsky.social has actually been on my podcast! youtu.be/A8_UPplO-HI?... Oh, speaking of - I have an archaeology playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... (only three videos so far, but let me know if you or @prehistorian.bsky.social would like to help grow it by joining me for a chat!)
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Sara Sheridan on Maria Graham and creative memorialization
YouTube video by Infinite Women
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Edinburgh Libraries @edinburghlibraries.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival taster sessions are coming to Central Library on Tues 29 Sept 3pm - writing workshop with Angela Jackson 4.45pm – author talk with Heather Darwent 6.15pm – author talk with @sarasheridan.bsky.social Don't miss out - book your place at zurl.co/72lkU
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm doing this free event at Central Library as part of the Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival. Sign up to come along... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sara-sheri...
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Sara Sheridan - Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival Taster Sessions
Hear Sara Sheridan, Glasgow-based writer of over 20 books including a cosy crime noir mystery series set all over 1950s Britain.
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Jennifer Findlay @jenniferfindlay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A webinar about the conservation and stabilisation of Anne Lister's ('Gentleman Jack') diaries, with all proceeds going to Lavender Menace Queer Books in Edinburgh to support their work preserving LGBTQ+ books? What a combination. Book up!! www.icon.org.uk/events/conse...
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Conserving LGBT+ History Webinar: Anne Lister’s Journals
Learn all about the conservation of the diaries of “the first modern lesbian”!
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
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Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Such a laugh launching Feminist Nation last night. Hooray for all the contributors. Now ... you can download the ebook free here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/... because we want everyone to be able to read it! Up for some radical ideas about a better world? Walk this way 👍
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Proud today for the launch of Building A Feminist Nation. I'm putting an amazon link here but you can find/order it in bookshops and libraries too. I was so happy when I was asked to write the foreword to this venerable publication. What an honour. www.amazon.co.uk/Building-fem...?
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As an antidote to the poison being thrown at the RNLI, I give you Bill Bryson:
“I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary
thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about
it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people — teachers,
plumbers, the guy who runs the pub — drop everything and put
to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling
their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more
brave and noble than that?”

—Bill Bryson
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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 08/09/2026
Glasgow! Come celebrate Sapphic September with two boat lesbians talking about their lesbian boat book at Waterstones Argyle Street on Tuesday September 22nd! It's going to be chaired by Meg McDonald and she does the BEST questions! Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/spiri...
A social media graphic. Text reads: Glasgow Waterstones Argyle Street September 22nd BOOK LAUNCH! There is a picture of a book underneath (The Haunting of Avis Lovelock) and a picture of two gormless women by a really big ship.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 06/09/2026
I Love You, Mr Demille by @sarasheridan.bsky.social Currently on BBC Sounds: A silent movie writer finds her voice – inspired by the true story of Lorna Moon & her close friendship with darling of the silver screen, Mary Pickford #NationalCinemaWeekend #filmsky www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, I Love You, Mr Demille
Original short works for radio.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Railway nerd. #Glasgow
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
OMG George Square is part open. #Glaagow
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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I love this book. Dive in!
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
High excitement today to discover that The Fair Botanists is only 99c (WHAT?) for US #kindle readers all this month. Run don't walk etc... www.amazon.com/s?k=the+fair... Pls share.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is the last week of The Jewel Keepers being 99p on UK Kindle. Do or die. (Do, obvs) : www.amazon.co.uk/Jewel-Keeper...?
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I've had a terrible cold all week so it was fab yesterday to get up to Dundee to see the Catwalk exhibition and recuperate by the silvery Tay.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
warning.
WARNING
Pushing this device through a city will radicalize you.
The total imbalance that we have normalized on our streets prioritizing the automobile will become crystal clear.
You will never be the same again after this experience.
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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Delighted to see a whole page devoted to ‘The British Women’s Suffrage in 100 Objects: a material history’ in the current issue of History Today. For details of the book - pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social - see link in bio #womenshistory #suffragettes #votesforwomen
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is the last week of The Jewel Keepers being 99p on UK Kindle. Do or die. (Do, obvs) : www.amazon.co.uk/Jewel-Keeper...?
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Mael Brigde - 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘺 🇨🇦 @maelbrigde.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yummy thread if you are looking for good Irish books. 🇮🇪📚💖
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gotham City police cars, fake snow and the level of detail is amazing on this Batman set - they even have Gotham's bus timetable up at the stops. 🦇
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Edinburgh I can't keep up with you! Yesterday: 15/10 to Cathy at Traverse with Elaine C Smith followed by a party with @jennybrownagency.bsky.social at the book festl. I got stranded in Leith after Gridiron's production of Mayflies (How do you get out of Leith these days?) it's been a 5⭐ weekend.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/02/2026
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions. Then covered it up again when caught. Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Just a thought, BBC Scotland - but perhaps continually and relentlessly telling Scottish folk that they and the country in which they live are shite isn't a particularly effective marketing strategy. Hope this helps. dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2023/07/bbc-...
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BBC Scotland suffers plunge in viewing figures – Daily Business
BBC Scotland is facing new questions over the quality of its content as new data shows viewing figures have fallen sharply.
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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
*ahem*…is this thing on? 🎙️ The Portobello Bookshop Podcast is now available to listen wherever you get your podcasts. See you on the morning commute?
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My Jewel Keepers event @edbookfest is available to view online here: www.edbookfest.co.uk/on-demand/sa... You're welcome. X
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Sara Sheridan: The Jewel Keepers | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It shouldn’t yet be hot chocolate season but Edinburgh festival rains might disagree - would strongly recommend a pairing with @sarasheridan.bsky.social’s On Starlit Seas
A copy of the book On Starlit Seas by Sara Sheridan with a ginger cat and the bars of a metal balcony and flowers behind
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It's going to rain again today and I'm speaking at an event and I MAY decide to do that in wellies. GAWD. Hi there August.
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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If it's not one thing, it's the otter. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What a day @edbookfest.bsky.social - a fab sold out audience, one of my favourite people as my chair and nothing but great vibes all round. Hooray.
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LiberalDespot @druidic.org · 18/08/2026
At @sarasheridan.bsky.social 's sold out event with @ashleydouglas.bsky.social at the Edinburgh Book Festival.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Book fest queue. My first of the festival. ❤️❤️
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