Writer, teacher, sea swimmer
Joined July 2022
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19 Nov 2024
I am moving away from this platform. Please find and follow me on @karonalderman.bsky.social
Thank you for all your kind responses to my posts over the last year.
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Karon Alderman retweeted
5 Nov 2024
Finding the right book, for the right reader can be the key that unlocks a love for reading and literacy skills for life.
We believe that *all* reading is valid. Comic books and graphic novels can be especially powerful for reluctant readers. #GrowAGenerationOfReaders
5 Nov 2024
On the topic of children's reading for pleasure, I don't think that there is any one area of publishing that is more valid/useful than any other. Serious books can be as easy to read as funny ones if you're in the right mood. The key is to access the right book at the right time
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Karon Alderman retweeted
1 Nov 2024
We're really pleased to be shortlisted for Best Arts & Education Partnership in the #NECultureAwards for our Careers in Publishing Roadshows with @HachetteUK!
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Karon Alderman retweeted
15 Oct 2024
A lovely autumny #Orkney sunrise taken from the ferry as #BookyMcBookface sails north to Eday this morning. 🌅❤️
ALT The sunrise in Orkney this morning. The sun rising over a strip of land on the horizon. The sky is orange. In the foreground is the deck and structure of the ferry.
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Karon Alderman retweeted
12 Oct 2024
Look at that screen - "Let's hold hands and take a wee bow".
Right on. Still pinching myself. I feel so lucky to have chaired my first ever event with the unstoppable talent and utter gorgeousness that is @JackieKayPoet.
All the wows!
11 Oct 2024
“As if you’re saying what was my life
What did it really mean”
- Jackie Kay brings her brilliant reading to a close with ‘Lights Out’. Thanks so much to @durhambookfest, Jo Clement, Romalyn Ante and Jackie Kay for such a heartwarming and moving evening @_dodo 🥰👏
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12 Oct 2024
Nothing nicer than spending time in a book shop… except seeing your own book in the window! Thanks Durham Waterstones.
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12 Oct 2024
The gold at the end of the rainbow is a library.
12 Oct 2024
That really is his name
ALT BookyMcBookface the Mobile Library parked in front of a rainbow
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Karon Alderman retweeted
🧡TODAY!!🧡
🍁 3 bookshops
🍁15 writers & illustrators
🍁 10 beers books pairings
🍁 12th Oct
Happy #BookshopDay !!
🍁ONE WEEK!!!🍁to go!!🍁
🧡#BookshopDay Sat 12th Oct🧡
🍁 Fall into bookshop & meet …
@TrevorWoodWrite @OskarCoxJensen @Jane_Lovett @paulanthjones Mike & Becca Poremba @naomikelsey_ Ian Kerr @EyebrightChris @davidjalmond @JGreenAuthor @Pensandpizza @itsmetawseef Dan Spencer!
ALT Bookshop Day Sat Oct 12
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Karon Alderman retweeted
12 Oct 2024
Today is #BookshopDay, celebrating bookshops and all they do and stand for. Between Sheffield and Shetland, I’ve got to know all 180 of them: tiny island general stores; carefully-curated and vibrant indies; chains who know and cherish their customers just as much; all of them centres and facilitators of community, run with knowledge and love.
I’ll be in @thebookcircleselby, 1-3pm, signing special editions of ‘Wicked’, but today, please drop in to any bookshop. Browse, pick something you don’t know, talk to a bookseller - you may even meet an author and I’m sure that you’ll take home a great new book. Pictured: local favourites @ForumBooks @FoxedBerwick @WedaleBookshop
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Karon Alderman retweeted
12 Oct 2024
Happy #BookshopDay!
Today is a chance to celebrate bookshops and all the brilliant work they do to bring fantastic books and stories to our homes & schools 📚🧑🤝🧑🧡
#BookshopDay #BooksAreMyBag @booksaremybag
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Karon Alderman retweeted
12 Oct 2024
12 Oct 2024
Happy #BookshopDay
Today we are celebrating two fantastic bookshops in Whitley Bay @ForumBooks and @keelrowbookshop both of which are on Park View.
Shop local folks.
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Karon Alderman retweeted
12 Oct 2024
Happy #BookshopDay! 📚So why not visit one of our amazing local bookshops:
✨ @dormousebelper
✨ @scarthinbooks
✨ Eagle Books
✨ @FiveLeavesBooks
✨ @WaterstonesDerby
✨ @WaterstonesNG
Fantastic graphic designed by the one and only @sophyhenn! @@booksaremybag
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Karon Alderman retweeted
12 Oct 2024
It’s bookshop day! We love this annual celebration of bookshops and hope to see you in the shop today! Thanks to everyone who joins to celebrate with us and to our wonderful team for all their hard work! #choosebookshops #booksaremybag
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Karon Alderman retweeted
12 Oct 2024
Thank you Karon, it was such a special night. I'll never forget it!
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Karon Alderman retweeted
25 Sep 2024
It's #NationalComicBookDay, so we've picked a very tender and emotive graphic novel as our #BookOfTheDay.
#TheMemoryKey by @NigelBaines explores memory loss in a special story about a grandfather and granddaughter:
booktrust.org.uk/book/t/the-… @HachetteKids
ALT The front cover of The Memory Key and a quote from our review: 'Incredibly poignant... celebrates memories, shared stories and empathy'
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