If you're looking at kids books, my son LOVES @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social and @samanthabaines.bsky.social

✨It's National Deaf Awareness Week! This week aims to raise awareness about the Deaf community, language, culture + history. Find Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness, by #ExeterUniversity graduate @samanthabaines.bsky.social in the Library wellbeing collection: libguides.exeter.ac.uk/wellbeing

Having a break in Ireland 🇮🇪

Loved going behind the scenes on #Reunion for The One Show, which aired tonight! Catch Reunioj on BBC 1 at 9pm

Great to be following @samanthabaines.bsky.social after attending an awareness session during #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek. The session was all about late diagnosed neurodiversity in women. I am a man. I am a manager. I wanted to learn more, to help my understanding. Hopefully to be better.

You can now buy my book Harriet Versus the Galaxy at NSPCC Online Shop. Pick up your copy today with a whopping 15% off all full priced products throughout the site! Just use my discount code SAMANTHA15 at checkout shop.nspcc.org.uk/products/har...

I’m part of a working group aiming to change the law around pets in divorce inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Everyone’s going to be searching for ‘Samantha Barks’ right now so I’m hoping I get some of that love if they get her surname wrong and think god she’s put on weight 😂

Hello #DisabilitySky For a piece, please share your best/worst European city break destinations, from an access perspective And please share this #journorequest

URGENT 🚨 Our UK copyright is under threat. The MOST important thing we can do is encourage every author & artist we know to respond to the consultation itself - this post breaks it down so it's easy to do! Complete before 25th Feb! againstthebox.substack.com/p/time-to-ha... #kidlit #kidlituk

Been ambassador of RNID for 5 years 😮😮😮 been sent some lovely flowers to celebrate!

I feel like Bluesky people don’t watch love island??! The drama this series is off the charts

TONIGHT on The One Show I present a piece very close to my 💜, 7pm BBC1

I’m trying Lino carving/printing … any advice?

TOMORROW 10.45am on BBC1 catch me on BBC Rip Off Britain chatting deaf accessibility in the cinema

That’s the tomato factory on the right …

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I’m just a co-host of the TOP BRITISH LGBTQIA+ PODCAST 💜

Premium Christmas

Just a reminder that my books make excellent Christmas presents 😂💜 www.samanthabaines.com/books

Dear restaurants and pubs… please heat your toilets, thank you . Love Sam (with a cold bottom)

I appreciate the warning and will make haste

Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May

Swan Lake at @sadlerswells.bsky.social was stunning!

Lovely press event with the family yesterday at Carlton Jumeriah 💜

Join me for laughs and community, hosted by me www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/samantha-b...

Sending love to all disabled people after the news yesterday 💜💜💜

Out of the house today fighting deaf discrimination with a room full of lawyers! Wish me strength and change 💜

The regents street Christmas lights are up so it’s officially the season

Lovely to celebrate the opening of the #ChooseLove store on Regents Street last night! A brilliant cause, please visit and buy things 💜

Loved talking at the Manchester Deaf Centre this weekend and practising my BSL 💜

Reminder that thanks to the efforts of the disability community use of ALT text here is higher then most social networks - but it could still be A LOT better. Community activism has pushed hard for it and many here won’t repost images that don’t have it. There’s an easy way to remember to use it:

Hello! Im deaf and proud and I write books with #deaf protagonists