Doyenne. Chief Rebel @LittleRebelAward 2019 @IBBYUK 2020 honour list author. Knits and watches too much TV. Rep'd by @CBTheatreFilmTV & @rcwlitagency
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Didn’t listen to the play what I wrote? It’s here… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001vt…
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We are looking forward to @DyslexiaScotlan's Education Conference this Saturday in Glasgow. Come and say hello!
Don’t miss this day of accelerated professional learning.
There will be take away actionable insights from expert in-depth workshops and seminars on dyslexia-focused teaching interventions for primary and secondary settings.
dyslexiascotland.org.uk/clos…
ALT A teacher and learner look at documents with text about an education conference on dyslexia: closing the gap.
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One of the men who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry last year was a Palestinian-American, Omar Yaghi.
Racist POS.
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JD Vance's in-laws' names are Radhakrishna Chilukuri and Lakshmi Chilukuri. I wonder if he tells them this stuff, too. To their faces. Or does he just save it for white MAGA rallies?
Truly a racist pathetic embarrassment of a son-in-law to his brown Indian immigrant in-laws.
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Our own @lindanewbery in conversation with Cindy Jefferies, talking about her excellent new novel #TheHide. Lovely cover!
At @WritersReview1 I talk to Cindy Jefferies about The Hide - its ingredients, influences & themes. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.co… #WritersReviewPublishing #TheHide #art #EgonSchiele #AnimalAdvocacy #animalrescue #secondchanceromance #familyrift #protest
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#MarkedForDeath, a new supernatural teen thriller from #MelindaSalisbury, is out January 2027! "In just 100 pages, Salisbury manages to build suspense and explore ideas of permission in the age of smartphones in this creepy cautionary tale" @thebookseller's Top Ten for January📱
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Coming up on the 5th November: The Rise of Far-Right Politics in India as a Reflection of the Steady Militarization of Indian Society
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A scholar who connects a lot of dots from India to Palestine to Brazil and more (PS full disclosure: she’s my sister 😁)
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Potters Fields with a view across the river towards the Tower of London, 1987
From a brilliant book of London photographs 1980 - 1990 by Tim Brown.
What I'd give to walk those streets again.
All shiny glass buildings across London these days but with zero character.
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The Republican candidate for Senate in Massachusetts has openly admitted to being a pedophile btw and no one cares
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Kohen Wiley's tiny coffin carried out by children at his funeral
The 1 year old was shot by police at a Walmart
The officer got away with it
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Thanks so much for your review of #MyPerfectCousin! Glad you enjoyed reading the two sides of the same story...
Interesting accessible #ya book about a teen girl who hates her 'perfect' cousin, but what will you learn when you read cousin's story?
Check out a #BookReview of #MyPerfectCousin by @KarenMcCombie & #SofiaMillerSalazar
@BarringtonStoke
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#bookblogger
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They called Jason Arday a fraud, a plagiarist
They said his work was "high school level." They published it in The Times, The Telegraph, GB News. They made him the face of "DEI mediocrity." They hunted him for weeks.
Taylor & Francis investigated twice and found no plagiarism.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Taylor & Francis cleared one paper, but in 2024 its own journal corrected another paper for text overlap, and he admitted errors in his thesis. Ohio State, Glasgow, Durham, Coventry denied he held the visiting posts he claimed. Ohio State had no record of him at all
retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/cam…
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We need these Diverse Book Awards to help young people understand themselves and others. Thanks @BooksForKeeps
🗓️ The winners of the 2026 Diverse Book Awards will be revealed tomorrow evening, Thursday 22 October. Here's a reminder of the shortlists ahead of tomorrow's announcement - congratulations to all the authors and illustrators 💐 #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/seventh-…
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#ThreeBridesForTheDevil @Sally_Nicholls A brilliantly subversive, feminist retelling of the traditional ‘Bluebeard’ legend. Nicolls’ retelling flips the narrative & gives us intelligent and capable sisters who ultimately get the upper hand. @AndersenPress #JohnBroadley
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Authors, agents, publishers: Jhalak Prize is now open for submissions. Send in those amazing books
ANNOUNCEMENT:
We start the second decade of the Jhalak Prize and open submissions today for our portfolio of three awards: the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize, the Jhalak Poetry Prize and the Jhalak Prose Prize.
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ALT Logo of Jhalak Prize with text in blue and graphic of books on top in black with words '10 years' on a blue background
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Fun fact: Despite what the $7k-per-post crowd would have you believe, NOT a single church was burnt down during the French student protests.
Meanwhile, all of Gaza’s historic churches have been bombed by Israel, including St. Porphyrius (Greek Orthodox), Holy Family (Catholic) and Gaza Baptist (Protestant).
People like Farage, Tommy Robinson and Lowe don't seem to care about those churches for some reason.
