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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 17h

A bit of joy 😸

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 15h

Seriously, why would anyone want this, it's so pointless

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 19h

Lots of up to date writing competitions open to children and teens in the UK. Great ideas for in school & at home. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #ukedchat #amwriting

Children's Writing Competitions

A list of creative & non-fiction writing competitions for children in the UK, including contests for poetry, stories, handwriting & essays.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 16h

They do this to 80s kids, then they wonder why we turn out the way we do. IT'S THE FAKE CHEMICAL PICKLE

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 16h

Those scratch n'sniff books (and also the smelly markers) were made by the devil himself to torture us. Especially the pickle scratch n'sniff

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 18h

Is that Dave Barclay in one of the suits?

Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 18h

If I were them I'd take one look and stay away rn

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 23h

Good heavens, I didn't know this fabulous video is on YouTube. It's lovely to see my friends and neighbours Brian and Wendy Froud when they were still so very young! I've spent the last year helping them with a new book (we're not allowed to reveal the subject yet), which will be out in autumn 2026.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 3d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 2d

Tension is created by anticipation, juxtaposition, questions, and conflicts.

All of these things create structure.

When you use a recipe, if you understand the science behind it, you can make ingredient swaps or create something new. I think the same is true of fiction.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 2d

These are the utterly heaven-sent people who publish the historical A-Zs of London, so if you write London-set historicals, you want to follow!

London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 3d

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 5d

Not unless they're a dog and a boy in a small village in England

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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 6d

Are you interested in Writing Fiction for Children? My new 6 week online course starts on 28th Oct. Tues eve 6.30pm to 8pm. Includes a one-to-one coaching session or manuscript critique.
Get in touch to find out more: www.sarahwebb.info/contact

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 6d

Precisely. It'll bother him for years 🤣

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 6d

I adore that play but would argue that baffled frustration is the exact response required 😄

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 7d

My goal for the day is one new patron. Signing up helps support my writing, my fabric art, and me as a human being and unofficial town sorcerer.

You'll gain access to fun posts such as my weird affirmations and Mothman's monster-based etiquette advice.

www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

fabric art, weird little guys, puppets

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 7d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 7d

A true classic!! 🖤

Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 9d

Today we are discussing our fourth abecedarian picture book on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast and our second Gorey. This is a "cult classic" picture book, best beloved by older children who read it and felt like they were getting away with something. 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/10/06/f...

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey

Today we are discussing our fourth abecedarian picture book on the podcast and our second Gorey. This is a

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 7d

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I know the real Handsworth – it’s a far better place than Robert Jenrick’s toxic vision of Britain | Nazia Parveen

The shadow justice secretary complained of a lack of integration in an area that has shown, time and time again, that it is for everyone, says Nazia Parveen, an assistant managing editor at the Guardi...

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Victoria M. Adams @victoriamadams.bsky.social · 7d

Awesome!

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 7d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 7d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 8d

"A pox on him, I know him already by his damn'd tone; tis one Monsieur le Prate, a singing, dancing, talking fluttering Nothing"
"such an eternal Tongue pad, that the clack on't never ceases, no not in his sleep"

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 8d

"The printed song, “As soon as day began to peep”, was written for a character called Monsieur le Prate, a French fop, in a 1691 play titled Love for Money, which lampooned a girls’ boarding school. Its author was Thomas D’Urfey, a frequent collaborator of Purcell."

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 8d

"The beauties, the antlered, the winged ones, all awash in their sea of blue light...I thought, God help me, seven years of this, and this the first night...I tried to think of Meg and Gavin, but the blue light came between me and my image of their hearth fire, and blurred the sun on the hillside."

A photo of a copy of the 1992 Gollancz edition of Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner. The cover art is by Michael Posen.

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Ross Young @writingrocks.bsky.social · 8d

An essential report from Dr Francesca Bonafede and colleagues that deserves careful thought and reflection from everyone interested in helping children and young people become the best writers they can be — in the broadest sense! 👇

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Children and young people’s writing in school in 2025 | National Literacy Trust

This report examines children and young people's perceptions of their emotional and cognitive engagement with writing in school, and their views on and engagement with writing instruction.

literacytrust.org.uk

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