Joanne Harris
@joannechocolat.bsky.social
Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
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The tree is up…
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The tree is up…
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It's the Famous Author scam! writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's the Famous Author scam! writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
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if you genuinely want to argue that the Equality Act, when introduced, intended to make unlawful an approach to trans inclusion that has existed *since the 1970s*, I absolutely cannot take you seriously
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
if you genuinely want to argue that the Equality Act, when introduced, intended to make unlawful an approach to trans inclusion that has existed *since the 1970s*, I absolutely cannot take you seriously
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The Women's Institute has been forced into excluding trans women too
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Women's Institute has been forced into excluding trans women too
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
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It's horrific watching this play out, in exactly the same step by step way the trans community has been warning about for so many years now.
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's horrific watching this play out, in exactly the same step by step way the trans community has been warning about for so many years now.
After having put away my drawing things many years ago, I’ve slowly come to understand how much I still enjoy it. These multicoloured pastels aren’t super-easy to use, but the effect is so pretty to my neurodivergent brain…
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
After having put away my drawing things many years ago, I’ve slowly come to understand how much I still enjoy it. These multicoloured pastels aren’t super-easy to use, but the effect is so pretty to my neurodivergent brain…
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 17:
A good editor is essential. They act as your first reader, one with insights into the industry, and provide the objective overview that you, by definition, can't have. Not all editors may be suitable for you, just as all agents may not be suitable. Choose wisely.
A good editor is essential. They act as your first reader, one with insights into the industry, and provide the objective overview that you, by definition, can't have. Not all editors may be suitable for you, just as all agents may not be suitable. Choose wisely.
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 17:
A good editor is essential. They act as your first reader, one with insights into the industry, and provide the objective overview that you, by definition, can't have. Not all editors may be suitable for you, just as all agents may not be suitable. Choose wisely.
A good editor is essential. They act as your first reader, one with insights into the industry, and provide the objective overview that you, by definition, can't have. Not all editors may be suitable for you, just as all agents may not be suitable. Choose wisely.
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Dear Bluesky. I'm giving away two signed paperbacks of my novel Villager.
All you have to do to enter is share this extract from it & pop a reply below.
You also get a free map!
You might like the book if you like:
Ghosts
Social history
Folklore
Lost music
Rivers
Opinionated hills
Earth magic
All you have to do to enter is share this extract from it & pop a reply below.
You also get a free map!
You might like the book if you like:
Ghosts
Social history
Folklore
Lost music
Rivers
Opinionated hills
Earth magic
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Dear Bluesky. I'm giving away two signed paperbacks of my novel Villager.
All you have to do to enter is share this extract from it & pop a reply below.
You also get a free map!
You might like the book if you like:
Ghosts
Social history
Folklore
Lost music
Rivers
Opinionated hills
Earth magic
All you have to do to enter is share this extract from it & pop a reply below.
You also get a free map!
You might like the book if you like:
Ghosts
Social history
Folklore
Lost music
Rivers
Opinionated hills
Earth magic
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Incredibly weird behavior from a man who has previously sexually harassed me. AI makes it even easier to spread low-effort misogyny, so I'm not surprised the online right is using it so much that it's melting their brains.
Exhausting, but expected.
Exhausting, but expected.
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Incredibly weird behavior from a man who has previously sexually harassed me. AI makes it even easier to spread low-effort misogyny, so I'm not surprised the online right is using it so much that it's melting their brains.
Exhausting, but expected.
Exhausting, but expected.
Here's a #Shedvent gift for you: it's the recipe for Guy's xocolatl spice powder, from VIANNE... www.joanne-harris.co.uk/news/decembe...
December in the Shed… | Joanne Harris
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December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Here's a #Shedvent gift for you: it's the recipe for Guy's xocolatl spice powder, from VIANNE... www.joanne-harris.co.uk/news/decembe...
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 867:
Your authorial voice is the product of your background, your education, your experiences, all the books you have read. It may change with time, and depending on the narrative voice you adopt, but will keep the same range and register. Celebrate it. It's unique.
Your authorial voice is the product of your background, your education, your experiences, all the books you have read. It may change with time, and depending on the narrative voice you adopt, but will keep the same range and register. Celebrate it. It's unique.
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 867:
Your authorial voice is the product of your background, your education, your experiences, all the books you have read. It may change with time, and depending on the narrative voice you adopt, but will keep the same range and register. Celebrate it. It's unique.
Your authorial voice is the product of your background, your education, your experiences, all the books you have read. It may change with time, and depending on the narrative voice you adopt, but will keep the same range and register. Celebrate it. It's unique.
It's that time of year, in which, between now and Christmas Eve, the Shed opens a new door every day, taking you on a journey. Welcome to #Shedvent, everyone...
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's that time of year, in which, between now and Christmas Eve, the Shed opens a new door every day, taking you on a journey. Welcome to #Shedvent, everyone...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Need a gift for a tarot fan in your life? bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Art of Drawing Cards and The Tarot
Check out The Art of Drawing Cards and The Tarot - <p>There's nothing quite like this tarot book. The original editors of this curious volume threw in every method they could find for reading and play...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 180:
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 180:
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
Conversation isn't the only way in which your characters express themselves. Movements, avoidance, deflection, jokes, silence, variations in speed, changing the subject, refusal to engage - all of these can sometimes express more than mere words communicate.
And this morning the Shed is a gondola, gliding through the tall reeds…
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
And this morning the Shed is a gondola, gliding through the tall reeds…
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happy birthday to one of the best things going
The first episode of Backlisted was published on 30th November 2015, ten years ago today. @backlisted.bsky.social
‘We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours forever.’ - J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country 🙏
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/1-j...
‘We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours forever.’ - J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country 🙏
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/1-j...
1. J. L. Carr - A Month in the Countr — Backlisted
In the first episode of a new podcast about books, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by novelist Lissa Evans and Unbound's Mathew Clayton to discuss J.L. Carr's A Month In The Country. If y...
www.backlisted.fm
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
happy birthday to one of the best things going
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Backlisted: we started as we meant to go on, we couldn’t go on, we went on. Happy birthday to us. @backlisted.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Backlisted: we started as we meant to go on, we couldn’t go on, we went on. Happy birthday to us. @backlisted.bsky.social
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The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 287287:
You have the same words at your disposal as any other writer. It's what you choose to do with them that makes you unique and interesting...
You have the same words at your disposal as any other writer. It's what you choose to do with them that makes you unique and interesting...
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 287287:
You have the same words at your disposal as any other writer. It's what you choose to do with them that makes you unique and interesting...
You have the same words at your disposal as any other writer. It's what you choose to do with them that makes you unique and interesting...
And this morning the Shed is an armchair, worn perfectly to the shape of its wearer, and buffed to a gentle patina with the lustrous, leisurely hours…
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
And this morning the Shed is an armchair, worn perfectly to the shape of its wearer, and buffed to a gentle patina with the lustrous, leisurely hours…