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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 17m

I have trans women friends who’ve been living authentically for decades - how are they going to start using the gents?
I have a tall cis female friend who’s now scared to use ladies loos because she’s been harassed several times.
This code is both cruel and unworkable.
Please write to your MP.

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 46m

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a flashing red siren. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban This is an emergency. Tell your MP to say no to segregation. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2h

Enjoy! X

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2h

Here’s Phobos, the Hyperactive Cat.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3h

I'll be signing and dedicating a copy of VIANNE in aid of this year's Children In Read. Interested? Bid here. www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

www.jumblebee.co.uk

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 5h

And this morning the Shed is a house in a tree, all lined with dry leaves and thistledown...

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 14h

A pizza and a favourite movie with my kid and his three cats. The cure I didn’t know I needed…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

Just heading off to the Cocoa Runners Chocolate Fair in Farringdon, where at 11.15 I'll be joined by @sarahmccartney.bsky.social to talk about VIANNE and the scent we created together, as well as tasting lots of chocolate. Want to join us? Details here. cocoarunners.com/event/chocol...

Chocolat & Perfume: Joanne Harris on Chocolat and Vianne

Experience a multi-sensory tasting with Joanne Harris, Sarah McCartney & Cocoa Runners, blending chocolate, perfume, story, aroma, and flavour.

cocoarunners.com

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World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 3d

It's just 28 days to WFC. PR3 has gone out and with it the news about our new MC. We are very sorry to lose Sarah Pinborough but delighted to welcome Joanne Harris.
Joanne Harris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has written over 20 novels, published in over 50 countries.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

And this morning the Shed is a folly, built at the heart of an intricate maze of neat box hedges, filled with birds…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

So glad you liked it!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

What a delightful, engaged audience at the @claphambookfest.bsky.social today - thanks for all your questions and comments, and I’m so sorry the books ran out!

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Zodidog / Kimbers @zodidog.bsky.social · 1d

The hope for hedgehogs #hogdoodle charity auction is live. Take a peek you might see something you like. New doodles yer to be added so keep checking in www.jumblebee.co.uk/Hogdoodle25

#Hogdoodle 2025

#hogdoodle is a collection of hedgehog doodles including some drawn by well known authors, illustrators, comedians, musicians and celebrities. Each #hogdoodle is in itself a bespoke one off piece of a...

www.jumblebee.co.uk

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

My room at the Villa Rothsay…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely!

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 2d

I see the UK has now made the plot of Some Like It Hot illegal.

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 2d

I think letting children make books together gets them thinking in a lot of ways that inevitably lead to increased media literacy. Telling stories helps you to recognise stories elsewhere. Who is telling them? How are they being told? And why are they being told this way?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

YES.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

Really looking forward to @claphambookfest.bsky.social tonight - hope to see some of you there!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

Goodbye to the lovely Isle of Wight and thank you to everyone at the LitFest for making my stay such fun!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

😂

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 3d

More evidence of what i had to report to the @bsfa.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social this year - that publishers made a lot of noise about inclusion but have largely, in my experience, stopped working on this.

As you might imagine i have opinions.

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 3d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

And this morning the Shed is a coat of arms, depicting two sheds, to the dexter…

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 2d

This 👇👇👇is happening tomorrow at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social in Clapham. @claphambookfest.bsky.social has a great line-up this year. Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her new book, Joanne Harris talks about the prequel to 'Chocolat' and Time Tate and Gavin Esler dissect the Spycatcher affair.

Poster showing Oyinkan Braithwaite, Joanne Harris, Michele Roberts, Elizabeth Buchan, Julie Anderson, Tim Tate and Gavin Esler.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

😂

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3d

I’m really looking forward to this!

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 3d

It's just 28 days to WFC. PR3 has gone out and with it the news about our new MC. We are very sorry to lose Sarah Pinborough but delighted to welcome Joanne Harris.
Joanne Harris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has written over 20 novels, published in over 50 countries.

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