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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Selling my books at the local Waipu Christmas market and it's all buzzing. So many people!! #WomanMissing #crimefiction

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Ngaio Marsh awards night!! Very happy to be a finalist and meet lots of Kiwi writers. #ngaiomarshawards #crimefiction

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

NZ author's perspective on the new strategy document - I kind of agree, having had a sharp "don't bother me" response from the Minister 'Authors need something better' newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/16/a...

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'Authors need something better'

An author despairs at the new initiative from the Coalition for NZ Books.

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Book club makes me laugh. We talk all night and then someone remembers we've got books to talk about while we're eating cake so the books get ten minutes!! But it's fun.

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Taking photos of my cat because the illustrator is going to put her in my new picture book! Can't understand cat's lack of enthusiasm!!

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

This article about NZ having to withdraw from being the Bologna country of honour in 2027 is brilliant. It's so disheartening for Kiwi authors and illustrators to know our government doesn't give a toss about kids books, reading or literacy. thespinoff.co.nz/books/10-07-...

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‘Nose stuck in a book’ and other stubborn misconceptions around kids and reading

'How dare any government department imply that our children's books are anything less than vital to Aotearoa's future?'

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Lovely news today that my book "Woman, Missing" has been longlisted for the Davitts Awards - Sisters in Crime Australia. I'm in great company! #crimefiction #HQAustralia #PInovel

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Travelling alone can be challenging but today it was a three hour class on wines and cheeses of France and then ice cream and another glass of wine on the way home!! #eatwhatiwant

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts! Five #VerseNovels releasing April-May The Foal in the Wire by @robbiecoburn The Only Branch on the Family Tree by @sherrylwriter.bsky.social I can't even think straight by Dean Atta The Trouble with Heroes by @katemessner.com Neshama by @marcellapixley.bsky.social

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Great session online this afternoon with NZ author and illustrator Ruth Paul, talking about her writing and illustrating processes, showing us drafts and talking about 20 years of picture book creation. #scbwi #scbwi-nz #childrensbooks #kiwicreators

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Big day today. Copies of my new children's verse novel arrived - and I made a decision I have been agonising over for 12 months. (and the A key on my keyboard decided to go AWOL). #versenovel #childrensbooks #family

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

That moment when you were planning to make a quiche for dinner and you go to the fridge and there is ONE egg. But I did have spuds and cheese and ham and tomato stuff, so all good. #dinner #egg #spontaneous

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Oooh, getting closer to the launch of the Bristol CrimeFest programme! Can't wait to see what is on, since I will be there. Yay! #Crimefest2025

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

How interesting that this podcast, which endeavours to report what is really going on, suddenly overtakes Rogan!

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Finished reading the second book by Amer Anwar today - Stone Cold Trouble. So good! Very sad to know he died this year. Too young at 55. @ameranwar.com #crimefiction #Londoncrime

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Writing prompts today are based on overhearing other people's words - not hard when they shout into their phones! sherrylclark.medium.com/day-3-writin...

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Day #3 Writing Prompts: Choose Your Genre and Have Fun

Remember — you’re practicing, not aiming to publish

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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Trump signed the trade deal with Canada in the first place.

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I'm posting writing prompts every day on Medium at the moment (because I need a few for myself!). Friend link - today is about notes. sherrylclark.medium.com/take-up-the-...

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Take Up the Writing Challenge: Day #2

Choose your genre and … write!

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Must be my week for wildlife rescue in NZ. Saved a hedgehog from being squashed on the road and today it was a baby weta carefully moved to a new home. #nz

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KinglakeForest @kinglakeforest.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Fancy seeing Greater Gliders and whatnot in the wild? We're holding a spotlighting night this coming Saturday, March 15 at Toolangi. All welcome! Details here. If a total fire ban (again) it won't happen, so please check the website closer to the date. kinglakefriendsoftheforest.com/events

A poster noting a spotlighting night at Toolangi this Saturday March 15, 7.00pm to 10.00pm. Poster has four animals on it: an owl, a greater glider, a possum and an echidna. None want Forest Fire Management to come and destroy their
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Rebecca Matte @rebeccamatte.com · 10/03/2025

Hi friends: I’m being impersonated on X (and maybe here) and this person is asking people to get in touch to make books. I am not on X but was sent this screenshot to my website. Can you please report this account, and spread the word? @bradfordagents.bsky.social @victoriastrauss.bsky.social

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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Just a reminder that Putin could end the war in Ukraine immediately by ordering his troops to return home to Russia. No one needs a Trump

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Tallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/03/2025

NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

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The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.

The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts...

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Julie Taylor @snarkymimi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

If ever someone needed to be kept in jail, this is it.

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: a cult self-help book encourages detachment – but is that what we need? Every story is different in families. My young readers' verse novel out 1 May explores one of these stories. #UQP theconversation.com/adult-childr...

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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: a cult self-help book encourages detachment – but is that what we need?

A 2015 book by a psychologist who works with adult children of emotionally immature parents has taken off on social media, ‘validating’ its readers. But is it any good?

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

One of those days where I'm watching TV tonight and yearning for the lighthouse, the mountain house, the cottage far far away..... #stress #runningaway

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Very excited to hear this morning that my crime novel, "Woman, Missing", has been shortlisted for the NZ Booklovers Award! #crimefiction #BookloversAward #NZ www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/2025-awards

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2025 AWARDS | nzbooklovers

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Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If you love very short stories, try Best Small Fictions 2024 - small stories from writers around the world. altcurrentpress.com/2025/01/22/b...

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Best Small Fictions 2024

102 Flash Stories by 101 Authors

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 07/02/2025

I've just added @leedslitfest.bsky.social to this Starter Pack, are you a book related event, festival, or award and would like to be added?Please let me know go.bsky.app/PHw99bS

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MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I will check this out, thanks 👍 Meanwhile, I just finished "Trust Me, I'm Dead" by @sherrylwriter.bsky.social and loved it (being set in Melbourne and so recognisable was a bonus!). Will be checking out her other crime fic books. #AusCrime #ReadingSky

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Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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Bristol Short Story Prize

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