Committing crimes to paper šŸ“ @wellslitfest 2nd 25, @writementor mentee 23, NID HM 22, Yeovil Children’s Book SL 22, Stafford Litfest winner 20,

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It’s not rainy and grey - it’s the height of summer ā˜€ļø I’m still here in Italy with my favourites and our roof hasn’t revealed a big, leaky hole the insurance company won’t cover. Oh look, here’s Dougray Scott at my door with a biscoff cheesecake!
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Beauty creams love advertising retinol this, hyaluronic that. Remember when they used to tout BOSWELOX? Actually seriously called it boswelox. Which turned out to do nothing, prophetically.
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Sam Matterface’s full name is Sam Matter You Hey Gotta No Respect What-a You T'ink You Do Why You Look-a So Sad It's-a Not So Bad It's-a Nice-a Place Ah Shaddap-a You Face.
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Looking for fun summer activities? šŸ„ā˜€ļø Dav Pilkey’s Epic Comic Club is the spot where kids can get creative from June through August with new updates every week! Check it out at kids.scholastic.com/kid/book… šŸ’„ @GraphixBooks @scholasticcda @ScholasticUK @ScholasticAUS
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Minimum wage in 2005 was £5.05 an hour. A Freddo cost 10p. One hour of work bought you 50 Freddos. In 2026, minimum wage is £12.71 and a Freddo is 39p. One hour of work now buys you just 32 Freddos. So despite minimum wage more than doubling, your Freddo buying power has fallen by 36%. If wages had actually kept pace with Freddo inflation, minimum wage would be £19.65 an hour today. Forget economists. Forget politicians. The Freddo has just delivered the most depressing cost of living graph you'll ever see.
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šŸ“¢Good news! šŸ“¢ Our latest research shows a modest upturn in children and young people's reading engagement in 2026. This is positive, but we must keep going to embed reading into their everyday lives. Find out more about the work we're doing: literacytrust.org.uk/reading…
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I’m often asked for a direct link to one of your stories after it’s been published. You can now search for your story by date and it will display in a similar fashion to the daily page. Copy the complete URL from the browser to share your story to others. paragraphplanet.com/searchby…
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we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through a fungal network. Where octopuses dream. Where elephants return to the bones of the deceased and stand over them in silence. Where bees use dance to communicate where to fly and where the flower is. Where crows remember the faces of people who were cruel to them and pass this memory to their children. Where ants build cities. Where cats purr at a frequency that accelerates the healing of bones. Where, after a forest fire, the first thing the earth does is grow flowers.
Daily reminder :
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The pram though? Festooned with serpents? I have questions.
As did their library. Wouldn’t mind a room like this.
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As did their library. Wouldn’t mind a room like this.
Chatsworth’s House of Stories has rare books on display. I’m a sucker for a spredge so these marbled edge 1850s editions of Shakespeare & Milton caught my eye.
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Chatsworth’s House of Stories has rare books on display. I’m a sucker for a spredge so these marbled edge 1850s editions of Shakespeare & Milton caught my eye.
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The 2026 I Am Writing Competitions are OPEN! Submit your entries across 12 categories by 14 May. Fantastic prizes - including a week’s writing retreat on a Greek island! And agent and publisher feedback. Enter here: iaminprint.co.uk #writingcommunity #writingcompetitions
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Today @SapereBooks publish the first in my salty new series of maritime adventures, Tenacious. I may have been trying to rewrite "24" set on a ship in the 1770s... For a limited time the ebook version is at a pretty nifty discount too: getbook.at/TenaciousNB
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Five episodes in with my ten-year-old and we agree - Crookhaven is by far the best thing we’ve watched in ages. Absolute ā€˜we could just not bother sleeping and watch some more’ TV šŸ™ŒšŸ» Bravo @Joelarcanjo - #Crookhaven is gripping and brilliant. We’re loving every minute!
Term at Crookhaven has started and you are invited… All 8 episodes of #Crookhaven are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer!! šŸ‘€ Also available to watch on BBC One and CBBC ā­ļø #BBC #CBBC
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They’re back! For the 5th year running! The I Am Writing Competitions open on Monday 30 March - get ready! ā° Full details: iaminprint.co.uk/competition…
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You’ve never seen a school like this… šŸ‘€ CROOKHAVEN the TV series is about to change your life 😲. Coming soon to CBBC, BBC iPlayer and BBC One. #Crookhaven #BBC #CBBC
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Tolkien’s illustrations were so diverse and imaginative. Here are 40 of his stunning pieces (link below).
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Ready for another #TheTorturedWriersPodcast with the super talented writer @LauraPAuthor about writing and breast cancer and her new book. Plus Laura will be telling us why changing agents for various reasons isn’t necessarily a bad thing! .
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Huge urge to buy a mood ring like I had in the 90s now
What kind of stone is that?
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āœšŸ» please sign
Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers: 38d.gs/8bgj
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