Lecturer at Bath Spa Uni, Freelance editor and copywriter, and author of books about fame-hungry unicorns and exploding toilets. Busy
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Congratulations to all those shortlisted in this great competition, especially the wonderful Helen Parry, who deserves all things excellent.
🎉🌟We’re delighted to reveal the shortlist for this year’s Search for a Storyteller competition in collaboration with @arvonfoundation! 🌟🎉
🥳🌟A massive congratulations to all our shortlisted storytellers! 🥳🎉
And a huge thanks to everyone who submitted 📚❤️
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If I had to pick a website that changed my worldview, it would be @OurWorldInData.
We live in an era where the headlines are filled with negativity: the loudest voices paint a picture of decline, crisis and chaos. But what if we took a step back? (1/5)
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Keep your curtains closed and do not open the door . . . The Boy at the Window is OUT TODAY 📚📚📚📚
🖌 Rohan Eason #GhostStories #Gothic
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We are delighted to share the longlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! 🏅🖋️ Highlighting empathy and diversity, these 19 works range from gripping dystopian adventures to stories about navigating grief and self-esteem. ✍️💫 #Carnegies2025 carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis…
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😮OPEN NOW! We’re ecstatic to open the doors to our storyhouse once again for our Search for a Storyteller competition with @arvonfoundation, in February!🤩
All the details can be found: davidficklingbooks.com/NewsS…
We can’t wait to read your submissions!
Had a lovely time at the 'Routledge Handbook of AI & Literature' launch. Very excited to have a chapter in it. So excited, in fact, that I forgot to take any photos except a random selfie of the lovely Jo Nadin and me standing by the SS Great Britain (launch party location)
Since everyone seems to be shifting to Blue Sky, I thought I'd follow (I'll stay here too, though - as despite the obvious issues, it makes me laugh, and there are still lots of lovely people hanging around).
If you're over there, and fancy giving me a wave, I'd love it!
Should you ever happen to be passing through Riyadh, I highly recommend taking a trip to Edge of the World and watching the sun go down
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**Book News** My new book, a herstory prequel to Jason & the Argonauts, is available from Amazon (paperback & kindle version) from Sunday 15 December, in case you're looking for last minute Christmas presents...also via publisher @b10track & indie bookstores after Christmas.
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Are there any #bookbloggers left in this twilight of twitter wilderness who'd like an epub of my new book? It's a herstory prequel to Jason and the Argonauts. I would say asking for a friend, but obvs it's me.
Results Day! Very happy to have passed my Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) with a distinction.
If you're feeling in need of any higher education, just shout!
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The 2025 Carnegies nominations are live! 🎉 Join us in celebrating the storytelling and illustration recognised this year. 🏆 See the list and get ready for an inspiring awards season! Congrats to all nominees! #Carnegies2025 #ReadingForPleasure
carnegies.co.uk/nominations-…
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I just found out that Bill Watterson (the genius behind Calvin and Hobbes) gave a commencement speech in 1990 and it's incredible
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I highly recommend “The Struggle To Be Human”, a wide-ranging article by the excellent @mrianleslie which concludes (in part) that “we should strive to be difficult to model”… ian-leslie.com/p/the-struggl…
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Andrew Garfield talks to Elmo about missing his mother after she recently passed away.
“When I miss her I remember it’s because she made me so happy, I can celebrate her & miss her at the same time”
The struggle continues for ND students trying to get advice/contacts at uni careers fairs. Messages from my youngest this morning, after deciding to brave one
