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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I loved these books when I was little

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Another wonderful obituary for the brilliant Alex Wheatle. I'm watching CRONGTON on the iPlayer now; it's absolutely essential TV, the best thing I've seen this year. If you haven't seen it yet, you must - and you must read the books too! They are modern classics. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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Alex Wheatle obituary

Author of the Crongton novels whose stories of inner-city life give a realistic portrait of growing up in contemporary Britain

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I am often asked how to get boys into reading. I honestly don't think boys are different to anyone else. If you want them to love reading - JUST LET THEM READ THINGS THEY LOVE! Whatever those things might be, they are the things that make us all into readers. #literacy (Art: Bill Watterson)

Cartoon by Bill Watterson showing Calvin and Hobbes happily reading comics

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Chris Callaghan @chris-callaghan.com · 14/04/2025

Haway the books! Honoured to have my story - set in my hometown on Tyneside in World War II - as part of the brand new Big Cat Read On series of 20 books. They are designed to bridge the jump from banded readers to longer chapter books. @collinsbooks.bsky.social #BigCatReadOn #KidLitUK #EduSky

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Katie @scarlettstitches.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This is a friendly reminder that library cards are free, and your local public library will never make you pay extra so you don't have to watch ads.

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I volunteer at an animal sanctuary and they've just got a new rabbit called Anthony Flopkins. That name is inspired!

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a white rabbit is eating a bunch of green leaves .

ALT: a white rabbit is eating a bunch of green leaves .

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

"You are very, very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom. We will stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take."

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 01/03/2025

Keir Starmer embraces President Zelensky as he arrives at Downing St.

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Alice Nuttall @alicenuttallbooks.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Honestly, if an Old God is waking, I'm okay with it at the moment.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Authors going on socials to say thanks for their PLR statement are a reminder that - despite what the likes of Zuckerberg say - people’s work is worth something, and that if you pay micropayments to creators, it makes a huge difference to their viability. Because lots of us don’t earn all that much.

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

A huge thank you to @britishlibrary.bsky.social for PLR. It makes such a difference to authors. Readers, did you know that every time you take out a book from the library, the author gets some money? It's such a fabulous scheme. #AmWriting #PLR

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Manuscript Academy by #MSWL @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Hello Friends! You can find the #MSWL agent and editor starter pack here: go.bsky.app/52ZEfjC Our hope is that this will help rebuild the community from, well, that former place. This is brought to you by our sister company, @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social, and will continue to grow.

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#MSWL Starter Pack of Literary Agents

Join the conversation

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I used to love watching Jackanory. After the programme, my sister and I took turns being the author or the audience. www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthe...

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Jackanory first broadcast

13 December 1965

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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Join #RosebudAuthors & @thetobiasagency.bsky.social w/ our annual #SpreadTheJoy campaign. To win a query letter critique by @kellydhouse.bsky.social Follow go.bsky.app/Kvshpxt, comment below, and repost. Winners chosen at random. (Day 12)

Mostly text - SPREAD THE JOY
Rosebud Authors & The Tobias Literary Agency
"How do you spell love," Piglet asked.
"You don't spell it, you feel it," answered Pooh

Day 12 - Critique from Kelly Dyksterhouse with a photo of her

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A lovely Icelandic term for pins and needles (tingling after your foot goes numb) is stjörnur í skónum, or “stars in your shoes.” A Yoruba version is pajapaja (“kill dog kill dog”). And the best one I’ve heard in German (uttered by a friend’s child) was mein Fuß glitzert. It means “my foot twinkles”

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I am definitely in need of a hibernacle

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

a ruthless predator, alligators will sometimes use jazz hands to lure musical theatre people to their deaths

A alligator, floating in a swamp, its front legs held out over the water, appearing to be doing a "jazz hand" movement

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John Yorke Story @johnyorkestory.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Submissions for BBC Writers' annual Open Call are still open. The submission window for #scripts ends noon on Tuesday 3rd December. Accepting Drama or Comedy/Drama scripts written for Film, TV, Radio, Stage or Children’s TV/Radio scripts. 👉 bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo... #opportunities #BBC #writing

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My girls, adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions, apart from a box of books they'd each been given by @Booktrust. These books, read together, became our first shared memories. Spread the joy of reading by donating this Christmas: www.booktrust.org.uk/xmas

An illustration from 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, showing the Wild Things swinging through the trees.

Two little girls, swinging from a bar, like Wild Things!

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We had a fabulous 146th birhday party on Saturday night. The theme was movie mayhem. Please say you can work out who I am...

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Janet Emson @janetemson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Idea for a crime novel. Someone sets up a starter pack and each name on there are killed off one by one. The remaining people have to team up to work out who the killer is. 💙📚 #booksky

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

So, I have a question... Are these called tweets or is there some other Bluesky word I don't know?

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

So I've been trying to write something witty or profound as I've only just come here from the other place. But I can't think of anything - so here's a picture of my gorgeous dog.

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Sarah Ziman (aka BardyMum) - Bison Rule, OK! is out now! @bardymum.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

There are still a few days left to bid on signed books at the @ChildrenInRead auction for #ChildrenInNeed. I am posting worldwide (included in bid), as are many others. £12,000 raised so far! There are also some amazing books with no bids yet. www.jumblebee.co.uk/childreninre... #BookSky #UKKidLit

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Children in Read 2024

An annual online auction put together by some of the greatest authors and illustrators from around the globe.Click on the icon of the book that interests you and then, if you wish, you can make a bid...

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Tamsin Cooke @tamsincooke.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I've only just migrated over here and it seems such a lovely supportive place.

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