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Darren Simpson
@darrensimpson44.bsky.social
Author of SCAVENGERS, THE MEMORY THIEVES, FURTHERMOOR and THIRST. Vivid, unruly fiction for older children and teens.
www.darrensimpsonwrites.co.uk
[3] plenty of reassurance that my #THIRST workshop works. 🎉 Thank you to @pagesofhackney.bsky.social and @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social for helping this workshop to happen. 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
[2] monsters that personify contemporary dangers. Their creations - a few of which you can see here - blew me away. They explored modern fears such as failure and online jealously - even getting trapped in toilet cubicles! - in such thoughtful, inventive and funny ways. 👏 Amazing talent, and ->
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's a very special place. 📚♥️
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Okay, this link's being temperamental, so to access this #THIRST review and excerpt, you may have to google "reading zone thirst" and access it that way. That'll sort you out. 👍
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thanks, Myfanwy! It's still being temperantal, so I'm going to have to resort to asking folk to google "reading zone thirst" to find the page (or you can find this post in my Instagram stories, where the link actually works👍). Soz for the hassle!
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
How strange that it's working on some socials but not others. 🤔 I'll re-post with a new angle. Thanks for the heads-up!
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ha!
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
An apple a day...
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
[2] part and parcel of the Aldridge School's annual Book Week. The school boasts such wonderful students and staff (along with a fab library and librarian), who together nurture a real culture of #ReadingForPleasure. Really inspiring stuff. 📚♥️
November 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM