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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 9d

Joan Aiken was famous for haunting stories...and inspired some fantastic book covers...
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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 8d

I'm always revisiting...

LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 8d

Ah, that would be magical...

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 9d

All the Mortimer & Arabel stories you ever wanted...
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - Arabel and Mortimer Series

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 9d

One of Joan Aiken's most gloriously crazy gothic novels...where the heroine of course falls for the most dangerous man on the island...
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - The Butterfly Picnic

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 9d

Joan Aiken was famous for haunting stories...and inspired some fantastic book covers...
www.joanaiken.com/books/the-gr...

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 9d

Carrying the torch for Joan Aiken, so much to discover and enjoy...
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken

Official website of the Joan Aiken Estate

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 9d

Joan Aiken still very much loved, and available, come and visit:
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken

Official website of the Joan Aiken Estate

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 9d

Two fat @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social now out in the UK, audio & other editions in the US! Mortimer forever!!!
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - Arabel and Mortimer Series

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 15d

Autumn leaves and old friends...Joan Aiken & Quentin Blake brought us Arabel & Mortimer stories...still as funny as ever... @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 17d

Huzzah! Of course...

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 17d

I can't believe it's been a year since this came out... @manderleypress.bsky.social glorious Joan Aiken collection now seen in all the best bookshops... funny, scary AND with literary references!!! Tales of london Town
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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 25d

Always remembering Joan Aiken...here in her garden at The Hermitage, in Sussex, surrounded by windfalls...

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Why do we want to have alternate worlds? It's a way of making progress. You have to imagine something before you do it."

✒ Remembering #JoanAiken, English author, who was #BOTD 4 September 1924. #Literature

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 26d

Nooooooooo.....!!!
But where to begin?
The Wonderful World of Joan Aiken awaits...
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken -

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 27d

...mein happy place too 😌
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken

Official website of the Joan Aiken Estate

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 28d

Joan Aiken spooky stories...great for school reading...
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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 28d

Hey there...only available here, or OOP Chilling Christmas Tales.
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - The Snow Horse

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 11

Also here:
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - Jane Austen Sequels

Jane Austen was possibly Joan Aiken’s favorite author for the extraordinary skill and wit with which she condensed so much experience into such an apparently small compass. Joan Aiken was very well in...

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 11

No no...here you go:
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - Jane Austen Sequels

Jane Austen was possibly Joan Aiken’s favorite author for the extraordinary skill and wit with which she condensed so much experience into such an apparently small compass. Joan Aiken was very well in...

www.joanaiken.com

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you thank you thank you!!!
There are updated publications and EBooks too:
www.joanaiken.com/book_categor...

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - Jane Austen Sequels

Jane Austen was possibly Joan Aiken’s favorite author for the extraordinary skill and wit with which she condensed so much experience into such an apparently small compass. Joan Aiken was very well in...

www.joanaiken.com

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 11

Looking for Joan Aiken Austen sequels?
EBooks now available too, and some nice new paperbacks from @panmacmillan.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Joan Aiken - Jane Austen Sequels

Jane Austen was possibly Joan Aiken’s favorite author for the extraordinary skill and wit with which she condensed so much experience into such an apparently small compass. Joan Aiken was very well in...

www.joanaiken.com

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 11

Joan Aiken believed in the healing power of stories, and after an alarming week I can attest to the power of her own...
Comfort reading, inspiration and hope right here...
Collections from Small Beer Press @gavingrant.bsky.social

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Hope, Joan Aiken’s greatest gift to us?

Joan Aiken brought her own voice to her stories, she believed absolutely in the saving power of reading, and in her short stories she often seems to be speaking directly to us, saying these stories…

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 9

Don't you wish you had one of these?
A Gift from Joan Aiken...
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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · Sep 9

"For that matter the dragon himself was made of glass: stretched out in the sun or coiled round the great ilex tree in front of his museum he made a stunning spectacle, each feather and scale flashing like a frozen waterfall, his three heads keeping a sharp lookout for customers in every direction."

A photo of a copy of the 2016 Virago edition of The Gift of Giving by Joan Aiken. The cover art is by Peter Bailey.

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LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 7

....sadly all they want is money...the books are the real treasure ⚓

LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · Sep 6

just crazy, always believe what you read...

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