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Rebecca • UK • Posh old bird 63 • Award winning artist • Qualified cricket umpire • Vegan 30+ years • Knitter • Kicked cancer’s butt #booksky #books
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Some of the non-book things I love are my late wonderful aged dog, my harmonicas, my young handsome dog, my awesome musician son, my art, my piano, my handsome husband, my guitars.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 AM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Old school cooking 🙂
January 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Old school cooking 🙂
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Congratulations to @ronanhession.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul is the first Bluemoose book to be selected as a national set text in secondary schools.
September this year it will be on the Irish Junior Certificate for English alongside Hemingway, Austen, Blackman.
Marvelous.
Leonard and Hungry Paul is the first Bluemoose book to be selected as a national set text in secondary schools.
September this year it will be on the Irish Junior Certificate for English alongside Hemingway, Austen, Blackman.
Marvelous.
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Congratulations to @ronanhession.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul is the first Bluemoose book to be selected as a national set text in secondary schools.
September this year it will be on the Irish Junior Certificate for English alongside Hemingway, Austen, Blackman.
Marvelous.
Leonard and Hungry Paul is the first Bluemoose book to be selected as a national set text in secondary schools.
September this year it will be on the Irish Junior Certificate for English alongside Hemingway, Austen, Blackman.
Marvelous.
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I’m keen to increase use and engagement on Instagram as I ramp up book news over there. If you feel like joining me over there I’ll follow back. Link in my profile but also 👇
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January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I’m keen to increase use and engagement on Instagram as I ramp up book news over there. If you feel like joining me over there I’ll follow back. Link in my profile but also 👇
www.instagram.com/booksbynigel...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
December 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Robin Smith was a lovely man and a fine cricketer RIP, Judge xx
#cricketsky
#cricket @hampshirecricket.bsky.social
#cricketsky
#cricket @hampshirecricket.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Robin Smith was a lovely man and a fine cricketer RIP, Judge xx
#cricketsky
#cricket @hampshirecricket.bsky.social
#cricketsky
#cricket @hampshirecricket.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s time. Nigel Slater’s The Christmas Chronicles is so, so evocative. He is a wonderful writer and this is my favourite Christmas book.
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social @nigelslater.bsky.social #booksky
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social @nigelslater.bsky.social #booksky
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It’s time. Nigel Slater’s The Christmas Chronicles is so, so evocative. He is a wonderful writer and this is my favourite Christmas book.
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social @nigelslater.bsky.social #booksky
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social @nigelslater.bsky.social #booksky
So many moaning posts the gist of which is “I’ve never claimed benefits and don’t want to pay for someone else’s”
Any NHS treatment or service you have received is a benefit in kind so yes, yes you have.
Any NHS treatment or service you have received is a benefit in kind so yes, yes you have.
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
So many moaning posts the gist of which is “I’ve never claimed benefits and don’t want to pay for someone else’s”
Any NHS treatment or service you have received is a benefit in kind so yes, yes you have.
Any NHS treatment or service you have received is a benefit in kind so yes, yes you have.
Wonderful book post today. Telenovela- Gonzalo C. Garcia from @galleybeggars.bsky.social (you should all subscribe as Book Buddies) and a proof copy of Freezing Point - Anders Bodelsen. Thank you, @faberbooks.bsky.social
#booksky #freezingpoint #telenovela
#booksky #freezingpoint #telenovela
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Wonderful book post today. Telenovela- Gonzalo C. Garcia from @galleybeggars.bsky.social (you should all subscribe as Book Buddies) and a proof copy of Freezing Point - Anders Bodelsen. Thank you, @faberbooks.bsky.social
#booksky #freezingpoint #telenovela
#booksky #freezingpoint #telenovela
@moomanda.bsky.social many happy returns xx
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@moomanda.bsky.social many happy returns xx
Absolutely this
Collective anxiety feels like a tide lately one ripple and suddenly we’re all swaying. I’m trying to stay grounded, breathe, and help the people around me steady themselves too. We can’t stop the waves, but we can keep each other from getting swept out.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Absolutely this
Ah, thank you so much to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social for this copy of Jeanette Winterson’s One Aladdin Two Lamps. I expect this to be great. (See what I did there?)
#jeanettewinterson #onealaddintwolamps
#jeanettewinterson #onealaddintwolamps
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Ah, thank you so much to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social for this copy of Jeanette Winterson’s One Aladdin Two Lamps. I expect this to be great. (See what I did there?)
#jeanettewinterson #onealaddintwolamps
#jeanettewinterson #onealaddintwolamps
I had to replace my 35 year old Magimix with this beauty. There’s a chance the thirty year guarantee will outlive me.
#magimix #foodprocessor
#magimix #foodprocessor
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I had to replace my 35 year old Magimix with this beauty. There’s a chance the thirty year guarantee will outlive me.
#magimix #foodprocessor
#magimix #foodprocessor
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For anyone looking for signed copies of Leonard and Hungry Paul, Waterstones have them available here 👇
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Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession | Waterstones
Buy Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For anyone looking for signed copies of Leonard and Hungry Paul, Waterstones have them available here 👇
www.waterstones.com/book/leonard...
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I love dark mornings in the garden 🙂
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I love dark mornings in the garden 🙂
September 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Ellie K. Role model extraordinaire 🏈
September 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ellie K. Role model extraordinaire 🏈
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🔵 ANNIVERSARY SALE 🔵
To celebrate eleven years since we published our first book, we are running a sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. BST on 30 September, with a 40 per cent discount across our website.
Use the code ‘ANNIVERSARY40’ at checkout: fitzcarraldoeditions.com
To celebrate eleven years since we published our first book, we are running a sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. BST on 30 September, with a 40 per cent discount across our website.
Use the code ‘ANNIVERSARY40’ at checkout: fitzcarraldoeditions.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🔵 ANNIVERSARY SALE 🔵
To celebrate eleven years since we published our first book, we are running a sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. BST on 30 September, with a 40 per cent discount across our website.
Use the code ‘ANNIVERSARY40’ at checkout: fitzcarraldoeditions.com
To celebrate eleven years since we published our first book, we are running a sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. BST on 30 September, with a 40 per cent discount across our website.
Use the code ‘ANNIVERSARY40’ at checkout: fitzcarraldoeditions.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Remember that bedtime prayer children were taught? I’m an atheist but here’s my version.
As I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to take.
If I should die before I wake
Hallef*ckinglujah.
As I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to take.
If I should die before I wake
Hallef*ckinglujah.
September 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Remember that bedtime prayer children were taught? I’m an atheist but here’s my version.
As I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to take.
If I should die before I wake
Hallef*ckinglujah.
As I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to take.
If I should die before I wake
Hallef*ckinglujah.