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Gita Ralleigh
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doctor. Kids: The Destiny of Minou Moonshine 🐘 The Voyage of Sam Singh 🦜 @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Poetry: Siren 🧜🏽‍♀️ @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social A Terrible Thing 🧝🏽‍♀️ (Bad Betty Press)
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First post! I'm a poet, writer and ex-doctor born to Indian immigrant parents in London. More: gitaralleighauthor.wordpress.com
Here mostly to check in on the world without being sucked into a vortex of despair and to post my daily word count for accountability. ⌨️
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Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!

My gratitude is so deep this morning.

lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have read four of these - always do much better in the children’s #bestbooksof2025 than the adults!
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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✨SchoolBookFlod is our festive book-gifting campaign ✨

Inspired by the Icelandic tradition of gifting books, Jólabókaflóð, we’ve created our own version - and we’d love you to be part of it.

#SchoolBookFlod #NationalYearOfReading 🧵1/3
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Just finished a proof of @rashmiwriting.bsky.social's new book and it is a marvel! Witty, cleverly-observed, with a charming main character who is also a massive doofus. I love a massive doofus! (Don't tell Hari I think he's a doofus)
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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What are your beloved seasonal reads? My regulars include The Hogfather (Terry Pratchett) The Dark is Rising (Susan Cooper) & The Beautiful Christmas Tree (Charlotte Zolotow, Yan Nascimbene) I've acquired a few more favourites recently, all gorgeous! Authors, illustrators & titles in alt. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.
African nations push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations
African leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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On with the #nonfictionnovember spotlights, this thread highlights #culture essays and articles I'm particularly proud of, starting with this article for @artreview.bsky.social on the contributions of female writers to contemporary wuxia fiction, both literary and perspectives. #nonfiction 1/
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Writers recommend, one new and one old - love this idea! #booksky observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Writers recommend: the best books of 2025 | The Observer
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“All I do from morning to night is judge.” 😍 🤣#franlebowitz
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Fran Lebowitz: ‘Hiking is the most stupid thing I could ever imagine’
The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Spread the Word has rebranded as the London Writers Centre, after 30 years 👇 #BookSky
Spread the Word rebrands as London Writers Centre
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November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Prince
Gil Scott-Heron
PJ Harvey
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Last Poets
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.

Toots and the Maytals
PJ Harvey
Patti Smith
Mark Lanegan
The Brian Jonestown Massacre

#MusicSky
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The Bloomsbury kids sale is on until Monday 1st December! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/gi...
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Excessive viewing of TikTok and Instagram Reels is damaging cognitive performance, according to this American Psychological Association study:

www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
TikTok and Instagram usage leading to brain rot, says APA study
The more short-form content a person watches on social media, the poorer their cognitive performance, the study found
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Boosting! #KidLitUK #EduSky
1/2 ⭐️SCHOOLS!

⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway

Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.

TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers

CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What are your beloved seasonal reads? My regulars include The Hogfather (Terry Pratchett) The Dark is Rising (Susan Cooper) & The Beautiful Christmas Tree (Charlotte Zolotow, Yan Nascimbene) I've acquired a few more favourites recently, all gorgeous! Authors, illustrators & titles in alt. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
wow, this recap of the peak years of literary discourse on twitter is something...victory for #joycecarolGOAT
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The most recent @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference centred on what histories children are traditionally told and how these can be resisted, expanded, interrupted.

A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM