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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Feb 13

Yeah I was saying to Gail it feels like blogging but with the sm notes tool like old Twitter. So I'm learning and reading atm and enjoying what's there and who is there ❤️

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Feb 13

I'm wandering around in the dark a little lol I followed you on substack too ❤️ Not posted anything yet but it looks like a nice place to be

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congratulations Candy!

Candy Gourlay @candygourlay.bsky.social · Feb 11

Happy book birthday to me and illustrator Jamie Bauza! Born today: LITTLE RHINO LOST, U.S. edition! Published by Crocodile Books @interlinkbooks.bsky.social The UK edition will be out in March, published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 such a beauty!!!

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Feb 11

Know someone 11-16 living in Stoke? The aim in these free workshops is to write 100 words on The Places That Make Us. 100 stories will be chosen for publication in our anthology - published in 2026 to kick off the next 100 years of Stoke authorship #100Books#100Years @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social

Stoke on Trent celebrates its centenary. Dr Lisa Blower has launched a project 100 books in 100 years to reStoke the local narrative. This poster is of Lou Minns a local born writer, and invites 11-16 year olds to book on to a free creative writing course. Dates: Hanley library 11/2/25 Stoke Library 19/2/25 Tunstall Library 20/2/25

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Feb 10

Folktales and folklore writing was so much fun on Saturday with Sparks young and teen writers, lots of physical prompts, character mapping, then writing their own #folktales #writingwestmidlands #writingworkshop #writingcommunity

Physical objects on the floor as writing prompts, a plant, a crow, a snake, bundles of sticks, feathers, a rock, a shell, character cards

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 28

I'm so lucky to be working with the amazing @foulkeswrites @stephaniecartyauthor and @stokeontrentcentenary #higherhorizons @keeleuniversity #locallit #writingcommunity #100books #stokeontrent

Getting namechecked in the Stoke Sentinel for writing would make childhood Lou stoked! #lifegoals

Paper copy of the same text as the previous picture

Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 28

I'm so incredibly honoured to be part of this important project #100booksinayear I'm excited to be delivering workshops in schools and libraries to inspire and encourage the next generation of #Stoke #writers with #ThePlacesThatMakeUs
@lisablowerwrite.bsky.social making this magic happen!

Stoke Centenary celebration project led by Dr Lisa Blower aims to create a literary cannon of 100 books for 100 years of Stoke born authors. As part of that project 'The Places That Make Us' takes workshops into schools and libraries to encourage the next generation of Stoke writers

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 28

Take a listen to Lisa chat about the 100 books in 100 years Stoke Centenary project. So inspiring. Come on #Stoke! #writers #writingcommunity #voices

Lisa Blower @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social · Jan 24

Pottered down to
@ACAVASpodeWorks
to chat to
@jeromecreates
about the 100 Books in a 100 Years project for
@stokeontrent100
Have a listen if you'd like to know more :

audioboom.com/posts/864233...

@English_Keele
#locallit #stoke

100 Books in 100 Years with Lisa Blower

In this episode, I chat with Lisa Blower, award-winning author and lecturer in Creative Writing at Keele University, about her exciting project for Stoke-on-Trent's centenary year: 100 Books in 10...

audioboom.com

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 28

Ah this is so SO good! You're amazing!!! #100books #stokecenenary ❤️❤️❤️

Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

Calling all Stokies! Spread the word. Can you help reach 100 books in 100 words? Celebrate Stoke's centenary by building its first literary cannon 💥🔥❤️

Lisa Blower @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social · Jan 13

Officially launching '100 Books in a 100 Years' - a centenary project for Stoke-on-Trent that is hoping to recover 100 separate Potteries-born authored publications from 1925-2025 to present the first literary canon to the city.

[email protected] / www.lisablower.co.uk for all the info.

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

Love love LOVE !!! Can't wait to watch this at the New Vic!

Lisa Blower @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social · Jan 17

The Miner Birds is back! New longer version. Original cast. In the round. The story of the North Staffs Miners Wives Action Group. Tickets on sale right now 👇 we would LOVE to see you again xx

www.newvictheatre.org.uk/productions/...

The Miner Birds - New Vic Theatre

www.newvictheatre.org.uk

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Paul Williams @paulwilliams207.bsky.social · Dec 20

#ArthurBerry100 will see a series of celebration events take place throughout Stoke-on-Trent’s #SoT100 centenary year to showcase the artist, playwright and poet’s breadth of work.

@newvictheatre.bsky.social

#NorthStaffordshireLowry

daily-focus.co.uk/2024/12/cent...

Centenary of ‘North Staffordshire’s Lowry’ to be celebrated thanks to £147K lottery grant - Daily Focus

Major celebrations are set to take place in 2025 for the centenary of ‘North Staffordshire Lowry’ Arthur Berry’s birth thanks to a £147,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

daily-focus.co.uk

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Caroline Butterwick @carolinebutterwick.bsky.social · Jan 2

As an honorary Stokie, I loved writing this feature about Stoke-on-Trent for the Guardian, highlighting some of the places that make Stoke so special. And I can’t wait to see how the city celebrates its centenary year. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Pottering in the Potteries: exploring the museums and ceramics studios of Stoke-on-Trent

As a new series of The Great Pottery Throwdown hits the screens, an honorary Stokie explores Josiah Wedgwood’s legacy and the six towns – and gets some clay on her hands

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · Jan 23

Children's poets! #kidlit #kidspoetry Do follow Children's Poetry Summit - they are a UK network full of people actively interested in children's poetry, and promotion of it. @cpsummit.bsky.social They will repost your posts.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jan 23

You can now read my new book, The Best of Everything, early! I hope you enjoy it.

Available to request and review on Netgalley here:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/544489

The Best of Everything

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

www.netgalley.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Jan 23

Chat GPT unionising and beginning strike action was the plot twist I didn't know I needed in this world.

The Independent @the-independent.com · Jan 23

BREAKING | ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline

ChatGPT is refusing to work

ChatGPT is offline, leaving users unable to talk to the AI chat app.

www.independent.co.uk

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

Did not know this. How fascinating!

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

❤️📚❤️

Jenny Moore, Author @jennywritemoore.bsky.social · Jan 23

Hooray for libraries! Did you know that writers receive a small payment for each time their book is borrowed during the year? And we also get a big warm glow at the thought of so many people sharing our work. ❤️
#loveyourlibrary

Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

❤️❤️❤️

BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · Jan 23

We had such an energising time at the #ReadingRights summit and can't wait to put the conversations into action!

Watch the video Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shared at the summit to demonstrate the power of early reading here:

www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · Jan 23

Another #NewIllustrationoftheDay from the Inclusive Books for Children shortlist. By Anna Wilson from Until You Find the Sun, a story by Maryam Hassan about a child displaced from a warm country, who finds a new way to belong. The image of the crowd conveys cold but sun glimpsed ahead. Hodder 2024.

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

Open for business. Ignore the scaffolding

Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · Jan 22

Well, we've flirted with it before, as have many indie retailers, but today, the day came.

We have had our first ZERO day. That's right. We sold nothing.

Scaffolding makes a difference - we ARE open and we also sell online.

#kidlituk

Photo of Wonderland Bookshop obstructed by scaffolding.

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

Also, the sweater ❤️💥

M. G. Leonard @mglnrd.bsky.social · Jan 23

Hunt for the Golden Scarab is published a week today! 🪲 You may find it in your local bookshop this weekend if you’re lucky. Do post pics if you spot it! ⏳🗝️🎶

M. G. Leonard sitting on a stack of books

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

Look at all those beautiful booooooks!

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Lou Minns @louminns.bsky.social · Jan 23

Fantastic thread 🔥

Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · Jan 22

1 like = 1 Irish children’s book I love.

There are over 400 Irish and Irish based children’s writers and illustrators creating incredible books for young readers. It won’t be hard!

I’ll post tomorrow! ❤️
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

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