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Miranda Moore ☀️

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YA debut A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social Oct 25 . writer & editor . fiction & nonfiction . lover of wilderness, kindness & sunshine . winner DFB Search for a Storyteller 24 & Wells Fest of Lit Book for Children 23 . RLF Fellow 24-26

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Sarah 🙏

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · 7d

Miranda Moore's debut Young Adult novel A Beautiful, Terrible Thing packs an emotional punch.

📚📚📚

Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social

@sparewriter.bsky.social
#MichelleBrackenborough
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

#ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters

Picture shows the front cover of the book A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · Sep 10

Applications for the Reading School Fund are now open!

We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of:
📚Books
📚Reading materials
📚Furnishings for reading spaces

www.readingschools.scot/funding

Reading Schools

An accreditation programme for schools that are committed to building a culture of reading for their learners and communities.

www.readingschools.scot

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sounds brilliant 🙌

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Sep 10

Ooh! Fab. 🎭👏

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Sep 10

Good work Charlie. Best of luck with the book.

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · Sep 8

Happy World Literacy Day! 🎉Like any other, a great day to celebrate the magic of reading. 📚✨

A poster detailing all the many benefits of reading from improved literacy and communication skills, to improved sleep, better mental health and feeling less lonely.

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Sep 10

You'll be brill. What role are you auditioning for?

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Sep 10

Good luck!

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Juicy plums! 🍑
Planted plum tree 10y ago 🌳
Years 1-7: zero plums
Year 8: one plum
Year 9: handful of plums
Year 10: 180 or so ripe, juicy Victoria plums! 🍑🍑🍑

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Rosehip tea 👌

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 30

You could write both? The detective one for sales/income/profile, the literary one for your own soul's satisfaction?

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 29

Perfect protein substitute apparently (just been reading that human skin is ~25% protein and, whoda thunk it, cheddar is ~25% protein too)

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Aug 14

Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out during the Autumn term 2025 and available to buy or preorder in August, September, October, November and December 2025.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...

Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025

Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 28

In Thailand, it's already the year 2568 so only 73 mental years to jump! 😉

Yes, archives, museums, libraries 🙌🙏💎

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 25

Good lord! My debut book launch at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social seems to be sold out already! Thank you those who have booked – see you on 9 Oct – and apols to anyone who's missed the boat! You can still pre-order the book though 😏
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mir...

www.edinburghbookshop.com

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 14

Looks fab. Congrats! ✨

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 12

Just brilliant 🙌
*****

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Oh, this looks brill. Thanks Juliet.

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Aug 10

A gem of a book. 💎 Spare and lyrical at the same time. Humanity and wilderness sculpted into just 146 pages. Love an author with the skill and self-control to give the reader only what is essential. Ivar is tremendous. 💛 Sublime.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Jul 31

Unsolicited writing advice, no: 1276:
The secret to writing success is *to make the reader feel something.* It doesn't matter how beautiful your prose is, or how clever your premise is if the reader feels nothing for your characters or your story.

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Jul 30

Barga is STUNNING. Love it! 😍

Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Jul 29

So beautiful to see 😌

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Argyllseaglass @argyllseaglass.bsky.social · Jul 29

Getting spoiled by the dolphins putting on a great show on the Clyde heading to Kilcreggan & Gourock 🐬

Filmed at 11.26am 🎥

#Dolphins #Scotland #StormHour

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Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social · Jul 28

Very good. Here's another one that also invites reflection (literally).

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