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Greetings. Do stop by and say hello. Proud publishers of books for all audiences. We are currently closed for submissions #NewRelease: Sir Louis Curlewy 🪶

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Apr 21

Happy #WorldCurlewDay & happy #BookLaunch day!

Today's #MGMonday blog is a celebration of our #NewRelease about this very special bird - the ups and the downs.

WARNING! This blog is very candid!
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#NewRelease #Scotland #BookSky #Publishing #Nature #Curlew

New Release "Sir Louis Curlewy" by Susan Crow... the ups and downs of publishing a book

Today (on #MGMonday) was supposed to be a blog about creating worlds for fantasy stories, but that will have to wait, because I have some am...

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · 3d

Psst! Did you see it?
The results of our 9th Ghost Story Competition are here:
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Congratulations to our winners and shortlisted writers! Their stories will be available in this year's anthology, *Apparition*, which will be published on 5th December.
📚👻📚
#Ghosts #Halloween

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Jun 2

It's #MGMonday and today our MG author is talking about mythical creatures - the pros and the cons...
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#KidLit #MGLit #WritingTips

#MGMonday Character: Writing Mythical Creatures

Fantasy books certainly don't need any mythical creatures thrown into the mix, but doesn't it make it that bit more fun? My first published...

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · May 29

It's a damp old day here at Crowvus HQ. But don't fret, because here's a brilliant #HistFicThursdays blog from @fionawriter.bsky.social to lighten the day. Read about her research for "Death and The Poet" in this fabulous guest post:
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#TheCoffeePotBookClub

#HistFicThursdays - Death and The Poet by Fiona Forsyth - Guest Post

For today's #HistFicThursdays blog, I am so excited to be welcoming Fiona Forsyth to the blog with a guest post about her new book Deat...

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · May 26

Merry Monday Morning, Book-Lovers!

Today's #MGMonday blog is Books Teachers Shouldn't be Without. Click through to see which ones our in-house MG Lit writer (and primary teacher!) recommends.
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#MGLit #KidsLit #BooksWorthReading

#MGMonday Books Teachers Shouldn't be Without

I've been clearing out my school cupboard over the last couple of weeks, and trying to clear some books. Most of them, I send my sister's w...

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · May 22

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog comes from @jayzedkay.bsky.social, and is all about #OurFlagMeansDeath. Read on to find out what she thought of it, and why it features in her inspirational #HistoricalFiction series of blogs...
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🏴‍☠️
#Pirates #HistFic

#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series: Our Flag Means Death

I can’t quite remember what inspired me to watch Our Flag Means Death . I have a vague recollection of watching a trailer on Facebook and th...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · May 5

Glasgow Through the Looking Glass
1 May–31 July, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – free

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the “Glasgow Looking-Glass”, the world’s first comic – & on 7 June, talks on the original “Glasgow Looking-Glass”, the city in 1825, & more
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Exhibition: Glasgow through the Looking-Glass - Glasgow Life

‘Glasgow through the Looking-Glass’.

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · May 5

It might be a bank holiday, but it is still a Monday! That means it is time for the #MGMonday blog!

This week, Clemency explores the pivotal role of The Mentor. With helpful hints and a few (surprisingly common) mistakes to avoid!

#BookSky #MGLit

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#MGMonday Characters: The Mentor

I'm afraid that today was another forgetting-it-was-Monday day! It's the May Day Bank Holiday, meaning I'm off work so naturally, I've been ...

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · May 1

In today's #HistFicThursdays post, @stompermcewan.com is offering a great big THANK YOU to her fellow authors of #HistoricalFiction.
Are you taking part in #HistFicMay this year?

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookSky
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#HistFicThursdays - The Historical Fiction Community (and why I'm so glad I'm a part of it!)

Today is the arrival of #HistFicMay, now in its third year. When I started it, I did it because I had really enjoyed meeting new writers th...

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · Apr 28

Drip, drip, drop Little April showers

Two felted mice sheltering under a felt stitched leaf umbrella in a bluebell wood

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Stephen Baird @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · Apr 28

Monday morning and today I'm reading Uncredited by Allison Tyra.

What book(s) are you reading this week?

💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

white circle in a blue background and the words "It's Monday! What are you reading?" in the circle

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Virginia Crow @stompermcewan.com · Apr 28

I've been a bit useless on here recently, but here are five little mice to apologise!
🐁
I'm now gearing up for #HistFicMay - who's with me..?

#Caithness #Scotland #Mice #Nature

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Apr 22

“It is the foreigner within that is interesting”: Imaginations of Scottish Multicultural Identity in Jackie Kay’s Memoir RED DUST ROAD
29 April, free online

Dr Angelica Michelis examines how Jackie Kay’s memoir engages with multiracial/multicultural narratives of Scottishness. Link: t.co/dqFyZAFYf3

Reading Scotland
with Angelica Michelis

'It is the foreigner within that is interesting': Imaginations of Scottish Multicultural Identity in Jackie Kay's Memoir Red Dust Road

Tuesday, 29th April 2025
6–7:30 pm (German time) on MS Teams

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Apr 28

Sir Louis Curlewy is now a week old.
If you've read it, please remember to leave a review - we'd love to know what you think! If you haven't got your copy yet, you can find it here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DV4X973L/

Happy reading!

#NatureBook #NewRelease #KidLit #BookSky #Scotland

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is the latest post in the Inspiration Series. A fascinating look at how The Crown portrayed this historical giant.
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#HistoricalFiction #TheCrown #WinstonChurchill

#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series: Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill: The Roaring Lion At the moment, clips from The Crown keep coming up on my Facebook page and then, once you’ve watched a ...

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · Apr 23

Hurrah it is my birthday and the weasels are dancing! Dance like a birthday weasel you know you want to!
Had to be Stevie Wonder today. I’ll be dancing and scoffing cake.
#weaselwednesday

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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · Apr 17

🌍 World Curlew Day – 21 April
Join us in celebrating the iconic yet threatened Eurasian Curlew — down 80% in Wales since the 1980s.
📱 Record sightings on the LERC Wales App
📸 Share & tag #ValeNature
Photo credit - David Pritchard
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#WorldCurlewDay #Curlew

World Curlew Day | Curlew Action

What is World Curlew Day, when is it held, and why did Mary Colwell and Curlew Action set up? Learn all about this day celebrating Curlews.

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Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS @sally-annspence.bsky.social · Apr 18

Something brilliant is happening in Stroud - the incredibly talented @ATMstreetart is immortalising a curlew just in time for #worldcurlewday 21st April!
Highlighting endangered species is something ATM is really good at - who else wants to see him paint a giant #DungBeetle next? 🙋🏻‍♀️

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Michelle Hughes Printmaker @michellehughes.bsky.social · Apr 20

We spotted a giant curlew today! Monday is #WorldCurlewDay. Matt has walked the 53 mile Nidderdale Way to raise awareness about one of our most iconic and threatened birds, the Eurasian #Curlew.

Ways you can help: @curlewaction.bsky.social
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#Nidderdale

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Russ Boland @russboland.bsky.social · Apr 21

Curlew studies done recently at my local upland patch for #worldcurlewday #BirdArt #Birds #Birding Cheers

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Apr 21

Us too, Curlew… us too. 😴

#MondayMotivation #WorldCurlewDay

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Mandy @mandywest.bsky.social · Apr 21

Love a Curlew ( and their “bubbling” call) …..a few photos from my archive
#WorldCurlewDay

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Emily Tull ASGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · Apr 21

#WorldCurlewDay
Chalk/pastel drawing done back in December at Western Undercliff beach

#Ramsgate #birds

Chalk, charcoal and pastel drawing of a Curlew on sea defence walls at Western Undercliff beach, Ramsgate

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Apr 21

New Release "Sir Louis Curlewy" by Susan Crow... the ups and downs of publishing a book

Today (on #MGMonday) was supposed to be a blog about creating worlds for fantasy stories, but that will have to wait, because I have some am...

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Apr 17

In today's #HistFicThursdays blog post, @jayzedkay.bsky.social explores the uptake on reimagined fairy tales. Read on to discover her own retelling which will be included in her #GothicHorror anthology...

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#Horror #FairyTale #HistoricalFiction

#HistFicThursdays - Gothic Horror - Memories of the Grand Tour

Arthur Rackham's timeless illustration (from Wikipedia ) There was a big push a few years ago to rewrite fairy tales. Snow White and the Hu...

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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Apr 14

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and looking at the beautiful artwork. It is very clever with lovely verses!"

Only one more week to go until the #BookLaunch! Our Stempster curlews have been trilling about it for the last few weeks!
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#Curlew #ComingSoon #Nature #BookSky #PictureBook #NatureBook

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