Ngaio Marsh awards night!! Very happy to be a finalist and meet lots of Kiwi writers. #ngaiomarshawards #crimefiction

NZ author's perspective on the new strategy document - I kind of agree, having had a sharp "don't bother me" response from the Minister 'Authors need something better' newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/16/a...

Book club makes me laugh. We talk all night and then someone remembers we've got books to talk about while we're eating cake so the books get ten minutes!! But it's fun.

Taking photos of my cat because the illustrator is going to put her in my new picture book! Can't understand cat's lack of enthusiasm!!

This article about NZ having to withdraw from being the Bologna country of honour in 2027 is brilliant. It's so disheartening for Kiwi authors and illustrators to know our government doesn't give a toss about kids books, reading or literacy. thespinoff.co.nz/books/10-07-...

Lovely news today that my book "Woman, Missing" has been longlisted for the Davitts Awards - Sisters in Crime Australia. I'm in great company! #crimefiction #HQAustralia #PInovel

Trump’s Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Almost time for Crimefest to start!! #Crimefest #crimewriters #crimefiction

Travelling alone can be challenging but today it was a three hour class on wines and cheeses of France and then ice cream and another glass of wine on the way home!! #eatwhatiwant

Bit hard to see Paris this morning!!

Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts! Five #VerseNovels releasing April-May The Foal in the Wire by @robbiecoburn The Only Branch on the Family Tree by @sherrylwriter.bsky.social I can't even think straight by Dean Atta The Trouble with Heroes by @katemessner.com Neshama by @marcellapixley.bsky.social

My first review for my new children's verse novel! Lovely and insightful comments. #versenovel #childrensbooks #family #understanding #healing @UQPbooks losangzopa.blog/2025/04/15/t...

Great session online this afternoon with NZ author and illustrator Ruth Paul, talking about her writing and illustrating processes, showing us drafts and talking about 20 years of picture book creation. #scbwi #scbwi-nz #childrensbooks #kiwicreators

On my lap for a change. #catsofbluesky

Big day today. Copies of my new children's verse novel arrived - and I made a decision I have been agonising over for 12 months. (and the A key on my keyboard decided to go AWOL). #versenovel #childrensbooks #family

That moment when you were planning to make a quiche for dinner and you go to the fridge and there is ONE egg. But I did have spuds and cheese and ham and tomato stuff, so all good. #dinner #egg #spontaneous

NZ PLR is the worst in the world. Dear Brooke van Velden, please pick up newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/26/d...

Oooh, getting closer to the launch of the Bristol CrimeFest programme! Can't wait to see what is on, since I will be there. Yay! #Crimefest2025

How interesting that this podcast, which endeavours to report what is really going on, suddenly overtakes Rogan!

Finished reading the second book by Amer Anwar today - Stone Cold Trouble. So good! Very sad to know he died this year. Too young at 55. @ameranwar.com #crimefiction #Londoncrime

Writing prompts today are based on overhearing other people's words - not hard when they shout into their phones! sherrylclark.medium.com/day-3-writin...

Trump signed the trade deal with Canada in the first place.

I'm posting writing prompts every day on Medium at the moment (because I need a few for myself!). Friend link - today is about notes. sherrylclark.medium.com/take-up-the-...

Must be my week for wildlife rescue in NZ. Saved a hedgehog from being squashed on the road and today it was a baby weta carefully moved to a new home. #nz

Fancy seeing Greater Gliders and whatnot in the wild? We're holding a spotlighting night this coming Saturday, March 15 at Toolangi. All welcome! Details here. If a total fire ban (again) it won't happen, so please check the website closer to the date. kinglakefriendsoftheforest.com/events

Hi friends: I’m being impersonated on X (and maybe here) and this person is asking people to get in touch to make books. I am not on X but was sent this screenshot to my website. Can you please report this account, and spread the word? @bradfordagents.bsky.social @victoriastrauss.bsky.social

Just a reminder that Putin could end the war in Ukraine immediately by ordering his troops to return home to Russia. No one needs a Trump

I've been following Umair Haque and reading his analysis for about 18 months, and just about everything he said would happen, has happened. www.theissue.io/american-col...

The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.

NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

If ever someone needed to be kept in jail, this is it.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: a cult self-help book encourages detachment – but is that what we need? Every story is different in families. My young readers' verse novel out 1 May explores one of these stories. #UQP theconversation.com/adult-childr...

One of those days where I'm watching TV tonight and yearning for the lighthouse, the mountain house, the cottage far far away..... #stress #runningaway

Very excited to hear this morning that my crime novel, "Woman, Missing", has been shortlisted for the NZ Booklovers Award! #crimefiction #BookloversAward #NZ www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/2025-awards

If you love very short stories, try Best Small Fictions 2024 - small stories from writers around the world. altcurrentpress.com/2025/01/22/b...

I've just added @leedslitfest.bsky.social to this Starter Pack, are you a book related event, festival, or award and would like to be added?Please let me know go.bsky.app/PHw99bS

I will check this out, thanks 👍 Meanwhile, I just finished "Trust Me, I'm Dead" by @sherrylwriter.bsky.social and loved it (being set in Melbourne and so recognisable was a bonus!). Will be checking out her other crime fic books. #AusCrime #ReadingSky

Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

"Shared reading is a public health intervention that should be available to all children." We loved hosting the #ReadingRights summit with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social this month. Here's what happened - and what's next 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

An opinion piece on the changing state of publishers with mergers and buy-outs that could apply anywhere. sherrylclark.medium.com/the-publishi...

Great time with Coo Harkens (gothic mystery author) at a local book fair today!

There's something about reading a great book you loved. I like to just sit with it for a while and think about it.

Had "Locomotive Breath" as an earworm for a week and I'm over it. Suggestions on how to get rid of it? #earworm

Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc. @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social The Only Branch on the Family Tree is a poignant #MG #VerseNovel about family estrangement and reconciliation from award-winning author @sherrylwriter.bsky.social. Avail 29April.

Hardly surprising that this article was the second most read piece in the Guardian Australia today! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Everything sorted so I'm now definitely going to be at Crimefest 2025! It'll be so great to meet and listen to all the authors I've been reading for years. #Crimefest2025