Steve Cole
@stevecolewriter.bsky.social
Writer of children’s books, salsa instructor, Doctor Who book editor, frustrated pop star at facesfall.com
You are never alone at dinner with a good book. Not even in Swindon!
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You are never alone at dinner with a good book. Not even in Swindon!
I love toast, so I’m happy to find it’s mutual! But what topping to place upon its buttered self?
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I love toast, so I’m happy to find it’s mutual! But what topping to place upon its buttered self?
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Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Astrosaurs: Mission to Infinity - Stroud Book Festival
Blast off with the Astrosaurs! Young Stegosaurus Teggs is the new captain of the DSS Sauropod, a spaceship designed to defend the Jurassic Quadrant from evil, carnivorous dinosaurs looking for their n...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Lovely afternoon catching up with that @gossjam.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Lovely afternoon catching up with that @gossjam.bsky.social
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Gripping new dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is @thebookseller.com's Children's Book of the Month for January! Congratulations Steve ⚡️
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Gripping new dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is @thebookseller.com's Children's Book of the Month for January! Congratulations Steve ⚡️
Play... sing... Don't look at the wine... Don't think about alllllll that wine behind you. Wine. Oh! Wine! Forget all that lovely wine! SO MUCH BLOODY LOVELY BLOODY WINE...!
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Play... sing... Don't look at the wine... Don't think about alllllll that wine behind you. Wine. Oh! Wine! Forget all that lovely wine! SO MUCH BLOODY LOVELY BLOODY WINE...!
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
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I am being interviewed by @cbnnetwork.bsky.social as part of a day of events for those interested in children’s publishing. There are portfolio sessions and workshops - a rare opportunity in the North to have so many experts on hand. Grimm & Co, Rotherham. Tickets on Eventbrite. 29th November ✍️🎨
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I am being interviewed by @cbnnetwork.bsky.social as part of a day of events for those interested in children’s publishing. There are portfolio sessions and workshops - a rare opportunity in the North to have so many experts on hand. Grimm & Co, Rotherham. Tickets on Eventbrite. 29th November ✍️🎨
On my way to a school event my tyre blew on the M40. Standing on the hard shoulder as the artics thundered by, I considered the state of the tyre. 'The task is not impossible,' Optimism cried. 'Maybe you can do it!' 'Possibly,' said Realism hesitantly, 'if by "do it" you mean "call the AA".'
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On my way to a school event my tyre blew on the M40. Standing on the hard shoulder as the artics thundered by, I considered the state of the tyre. 'The task is not impossible,' Optimism cried. 'Maybe you can do it!' 'Possibly,' said Realism hesitantly, 'if by "do it" you mean "call the AA".'
Excited that my new book got into this Waterstones promotion. 25% off til midnight tonight. www.waterstones.com/book/new-you...
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Excited that my new book got into this Waterstones promotion. 25% off til midnight tonight. www.waterstones.com/book/new-you...
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🌸NEW EPISODE!🌸
At last! @cybermatt.bsky.social and I discuss #DoctorWho - The Ancestor Cell, to finish season 8 of Pieces of Eighth!
Authors @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and @anghelides.bsky.social share their memories.
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At last! @cybermatt.bsky.social and I discuss #DoctorWho - The Ancestor Cell, to finish season 8 of Pieces of Eighth!
Authors @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and @anghelides.bsky.social share their memories.
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Doctor Who - Pieces of Eighth • A podcast on Spotify for Creators
Rebecca Chapman and Kenny Smith travel through time, space, comics, audios, books, records and more, as they chat about everything and anything to do with Paul McGann's eighth incarnation of Doctor Wh...
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October 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🌸NEW EPISODE!🌸
At last! @cybermatt.bsky.social and I discuss #DoctorWho - The Ancestor Cell, to finish season 8 of Pieces of Eighth!
Authors @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and @anghelides.bsky.social share their memories.
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At last! @cybermatt.bsky.social and I discuss #DoctorWho - The Ancestor Cell, to finish season 8 of Pieces of Eighth!
Authors @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and @anghelides.bsky.social share their memories.
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The Astrosaurs and I were on BBC Look East last night! A sweet report on the Milton Keynes Literary Festival.
October 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Astrosaurs and I were on BBC Look East last night! A sweet report on the Milton Keynes Literary Festival.
Basil nails it, as he so often does...
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Basil nails it, as he so often does...
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This book by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and @paulmagrs.bsky.social reimagines #DoctorWho stories.
Not traditional “novelisation” versions; each of 22 tales offers unexpected, delightful new insights and perspectives on moments and characters from the show.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470292...
Not traditional “novelisation” versions; each of 22 tales offers unexpected, delightful new insights and perspectives on moments and characters from the show.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470292...
October 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This book by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and @paulmagrs.bsky.social reimagines #DoctorWho stories.
Not traditional “novelisation” versions; each of 22 tales offers unexpected, delightful new insights and perspectives on moments and characters from the show.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470292...
Not traditional “novelisation” versions; each of 22 tales offers unexpected, delightful new insights and perspectives on moments and characters from the show.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470292...
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🤖NEW EPISODE!🤖
We chat to the fab @unamccormack.bsky.social about writing her first Target novelisation, with #DoctorWho - The Robot Revolution. Featuring MC @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and guest vocals from Varada Sethu.
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We chat to the fab @unamccormack.bsky.social about writing her first Target novelisation, with #DoctorWho - The Robot Revolution. Featuring MC @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and guest vocals from Varada Sethu.
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432: On Target - The Robot Revolution
We're back in the territory of the Target novelistations with today's episode.
We look at the opening adventure of the Fifteenth Doctor's second and final season, as we discuss novelising The Robot Re
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September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🤖NEW EPISODE!🤖
We chat to the fab @unamccormack.bsky.social about writing her first Target novelisation, with #DoctorWho - The Robot Revolution. Featuring MC @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and guest vocals from Varada Sethu.
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We chat to the fab @unamccormack.bsky.social about writing her first Target novelisation, with #DoctorWho - The Robot Revolution. Featuring MC @stevecolewriter.bsky.social and guest vocals from Varada Sethu.
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It’s a lovely surprise when Louise Jameson and Dan Starkey join in!
Here’s a lovely reading by Susan Twist of the wonderful new #DoctorWho book by @paulmagrs.bsky.social and @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
Nice production by Michael Stevens.
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Nice production by Michael Stevens.
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Doctor Who: 1001 Nights in Time and Space: 15th… by Steve Cole · Audiobook preview
YouTube video by Google Play Books
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September 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s a lovely surprise when Louise Jameson and Dan Starkey join in!
Honestly, the research I have to do for these Astrosaurs books... Fun with old friends at the Beyond the Stars exhibition at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury. Run finishes early October!
September 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Honestly, the research I have to do for these Astrosaurs books... Fun with old friends at the Beyond the Stars exhibition at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury. Run finishes early October!
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Attention all reviewers! NEW YOU FOR EVER by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is now available to request on NetGalley. A gripping dystopian thriller about the development of artificial emotional intelligence that questions what it means to be human.
Request at: netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
Request at: netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
September 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Attention all reviewers! NEW YOU FOR EVER by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is now available to request on NetGalley. A gripping dystopian thriller about the development of artificial emotional intelligence that questions what it means to be human.
Request at: netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
Request at: netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
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Published this Thursday by Penguin Books! 'Doctor Who - 1001 Nights in Time and Space' - with illustrations by me.
September 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Published this Thursday by Penguin Books! 'Doctor Who - 1001 Nights in Time and Space' - with illustrations by me.
Paul should have done the audiobook too! I love his voice, both in the words and saying them. The book's out on Thursday.
Today's youtube video features an introduction to the book i have coming out *this* week. 'One Thousand and One Nights in Time and Space', which i wrote with my old friend, @stevecolewriter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0_C...
Here's a new book I've co authored and it's out this week!
YouTube video by The Cosy / Cozy Bookish Show with Paul Magrs
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September 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Paul should have done the audiobook too! I love his voice, both in the words and saying them. The book's out on Thursday.
Having my son help me write the new Astrosaurs graphic novel has been a lot of fun. Those revamped dinosaurs land at a bookshop near you TODAY! (Carnage two seconds later as dog pounced not pictured)
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Having my son help me write the new Astrosaurs graphic novel has been a lot of fun. Those revamped dinosaurs land at a bookshop near you TODAY! (Carnage two seconds later as dog pounced not pictured)
Watching myself on video, I find the idea of swapping my body for an artificial replica that doesn't age is actually quite appealing!
Can you save the world by living forever? Watch @stevecolewriter.bsky.social introduce his new gripping dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver: bit.ly/45WKWKA. Coming January 2026.
September 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Watching myself on video, I find the idea of swapping my body for an artificial replica that doesn't age is actually quite appealing!
A hand-made poster on the quayside in Prague. I love translation apps.
September 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A hand-made poster on the quayside in Prague. I love translation apps.
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PARTY LIKE IT'S 1998!
I wrote a Fitz thing in this charity anthology which Steve Cole was kind enough to top off with lyrics.
Buy the ebook here!:
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#DoctorWho #Whooverville #8thDoctor #EDAs #FitzKreiner @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
I wrote a Fitz thing in this charity anthology which Steve Cole was kind enough to top off with lyrics.
Buy the ebook here!:
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#DoctorWho #Whooverville #8thDoctor #EDAs #FitzKreiner @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
PARTY LIKE IT'S 1998!
I wrote a Fitz thing in this charity anthology which Steve Cole was kind enough to top off with lyrics.
Buy the ebook here!:
obversebooks.co.uk/product/part...
#DoctorWho #Whooverville #8thDoctor #EDAs #FitzKreiner @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
I wrote a Fitz thing in this charity anthology which Steve Cole was kind enough to top off with lyrics.
Buy the ebook here!:
obversebooks.co.uk/product/part...
#DoctorWho #Whooverville #8thDoctor #EDAs #FitzKreiner @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
Storm over Prague ❤️
August 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Storm over Prague ❤️
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🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
We're taking a look at one of the newest #DoctorWho novelisations from Target, with author @garethlpowell.bsky.social, plus editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, in our latest episode.
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We're taking a look at one of the newest #DoctorWho novelisations from Target, with author @garethlpowell.bsky.social, plus editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, in our latest episode.
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420: On Target - The Well
BBC Books recently released four new Target novelisations - of four stories in a row!
Today, we're joined by Gareth L Powell, who has adapted the Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda adventure The Well, for t
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August 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
We're taking a look at one of the newest #DoctorWho novelisations from Target, with author @garethlpowell.bsky.social, plus editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, in our latest episode.
soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...
We're taking a look at one of the newest #DoctorWho novelisations from Target, with author @garethlpowell.bsky.social, plus editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, in our latest episode.
soundcloud.com/powerof3pod/...