UK authors! If you haven't done it yet (I haven't) it's time to update your PLR account! The deadline is June 30th!

Got to see one of my favourite bands ever play tonight at the London Palladium - Black Box Recorder. Never thought I'd get to see them. Was everything I hoped it would be.

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

ANNOUNCEMENT: Autistic Women Oversharing is back! We're returning for a second series of our podcast with a raft of hilarious guest hosts from the Daily Tism team. Join us on your favourite podcast platform for Episode 1 next Thursday the 15th of January!

Children's publishing right now

Yesterday I attended the Laugh out loud children's book awards at the Southbank centre. Myself and Ross Collins won funniest picture book for our book There's nothing faster than a cheetah! Such a fun event, was lovely meeting everyone.

What a ridiculous game of football that was. I need a lie down now 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Art of War by Sun Tzu and the Hey Duggee Christmas Annual 2023.

Please record quick video.

Hapworth commented: “Who the fuck left this here? What if I hadn’t seen it? And on our anniversary!” Help fund our work AND find out if her boyfriend still lives, by reading the full article on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/139179...

Number 6 is an organisation for autistic adults and it's been an absolute lifeline for me over the past year. Edinburgh council are taking away its funding so it'll have to close, please sign this petition to help keep it open!! chng.it/vJDYwT4L4J

Love that she looks like she's about to team up with Johnny Lawrence to go kick Larusso's ass

Brilliant news announced today that Ross Collins and I have been shortlisted in this year's Laugh Out Loud Book Awards in the picture book category! Congrats to all the other nominees @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social 🐆🐌🎉

Norm 😢

Lucy van Pelt has finally gone too far. But she will be brought to justice

Are you interested in writing and illustrating your own picture book? Join the @cbcreative.bsky.social video course starting this week(!) with @davidoconnell.bsky.social and me! Browse all the courses here: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/creative-wri... ✍️

Everyone waiting for the new pope then *glass shatters* BAH GAWD

🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:

Hey, if anybody needs to make a call, I’ve got a phone.

Writers! If you stand in solidarity with trans people, please sign this letter about the recent supreme court judgement. Whether you write films/tv/books/journalism/poetry etc docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thanks for flagging!

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid.

I enjoyed The Book Thief, I do not enjoy Book Thieves @societyofauthors.bsky.social

When you've been the star of one of the defining dramas of the era and you still can't escape the shadow of your brother who hit Joe pesci with a paint can in a film 35 years ago

Definitely a review written by an actual human being

Nine of my books have been pirated by Mark Zuckerberg, the creative visionary behind 'The Facebook', the 'Metaverse' and a website to rank the attractiveness of women. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

Good advice here on action for authors to take - I’ll be doing this

Men only want one thing: To be praised when they manage to fast-forward straight through the ads at x30 and stop it right as the show comes back on.

Just a thought on the subject of fellow Children's author, Xander Armstrong & private schools.

Finished cobra Kai. What a brilliantly fun, cheesy show

This is why I exclusively write Beef Trifles.

Intellectual property theft? Oh wow sounds awful mate

Microsoft just emailed saying the price was going up on office 365 by 40% because of their daft ai crap. In the UK at least you can keep on the non AI version but you have to select cancel instead of change plans on their site.

Happy PLR day to all who celebrate. Getting money is obviously 👍 but it's also great to see how many times your books were borrowed, especially the older ones still out there, chugging away, finding new readers.

I'm uncomfortable with the inevitable "his work was always crap" because it seems to say "you can tell who the predators are by how well they write" and ... no no you absolutely cannot, that's the whole point.

I knew this piece about Neil Gaiman was in the works, and still, I felt sick reading it. TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.

Remember there's only three more days left to read your unopened tabs for the year. Any still open from the 1st of January will incur the maximum fine and possibly a prison sentence.

I don’t like to brag, but by twenty minutes or so into any Columbo episode, I have figured out who the killer is.

Kidlit gang, a new account to follow - the shiny new Canterbury kids lit fest! #KidLitUK #UkKidlit #Childrensbooksuk

if santa needs an elf on a shelf to report my crimes, maybe he’s not as omnipotent as he claims. maybe he can be killed

Changed my username to my domain, like a big ol' verified nerd 🤓

Welcome to the Helensburgh Book Festival, a literary festival on the West coast of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Please give us a follow to keep up to date with all our news, we’ve got some very exciting panels to tell you about! 28th-30th March 2025 💙📚

Hey, you. Man on the Inside on Netflix is brilliant.

Congratulations - your book is partnered with our title Martha Maps It Out! It’s such a fantastic initiative, so pleased to hear the children are enjoying it!

The happy #BookWeekScotland continues 🤗 All Scottish Primary 1, 2, and 3 pupils will be receiving their free book bags this week! Find out more here: www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-...

I haven't seen a Temu ad in over a week. Nature is healing.

It's BOOK WEEK SCOTLAND! I'm leading a creative writing workshop on WRITING FOR CHILDREN today! SO thankful it's not snowing! I'll be at Westerton Library near Bearsden. Link below if you want to come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...