1 Husband, 5 Kids (aged 4-20), 1 Cat, 1 Dog. Read quite a lot, sometimes. Love westerns, Metallica, & musicals.
Joined January 2016
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27 Jun 2018
A tiny piece of writing, all about the love of books and reading ...from my sonโs homework when he was six.
#NationalWritingDay
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โWhen I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.โ C. S. Lewis
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These last two years I've been all over the UK - seen things that would scald your heart and things that would make it soar. I've got stories. Come and listen here ..
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The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Mon 1 Jun is
Birdlands by Anthony McGowan @anthony_mcgowan ill. Keith Robinson @RobinsonKH from @OneworldNews
achuka.co.uk/blog/birdlands-โฆ
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Jun 1
On #DinosaurDay, read abour 'Dead Dinosaurs'
brian-moses.blogspot.com/202โฆ
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Roger McGough is taking a mobile National Poetry Library to 11 coastal towns. At each port, there will be events, workshops, readings a studio in which to record your own poetry. Inspired by the travelling exhibitions of the Festival of Britain in 1951
bigissue.com/culture/books/rโฆ
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This week in the UK it's #LibrariesWeek. The theme is Libraries Change Lives, something we wholeheartedly agree with. Find out about the libraries we support across the globe -large public libraries, small community libraries and those that run on wheels๐
bookaid.org/what-we-do/suppoโฆ
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they put me in the oven, france, ca. 1350
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I think itโs a crisis that kids are growing up with no knowledge of Robin Hood & Merlin, Charlotte and Babar, Ratty and Badger and Long John Silver. In the words of Katherine Rundell, โWe need to be infinitely more furious that there are children without books.โ
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Jun 1
I drew a picture of our bell tower here in Bovey Tracey! โฆ Because if we canโt raise money to fix our tower, weโll have to sell the bells and replace them with a recording of bells. As you can imagine, Iโm gutted about this๐ณ
Can you donate to #SaveBoveyBells?
Link in next post
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"Peruse the plentiful offerings from the dyslexia-friendly Barrington Stoke, a small publisher with a mighty shelf โ Calling the Whales by @jasinbath is thrilling."
We adore this fab piece from the amazing @chitabds and @KatEllenFidler in @thetimes! ๐
thetimes.com/uk/get-britain-โฆ
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Next stops with my NICE show are:
Brighton Dome June 7
Southport Atkinson June 13
Rugby, Temple Speech Room, June 20
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Wonderful to see #DanceOfResistance by @catwrote and #BecomingGrace by @hilary_mckay shortlisted for the Young Quills 2026! The award celebrates the best historical fiction for young people. Thank you @histassoc and congratulations Catherine and Hilary! history.org.uk/secondary/catโฆ
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No one believes me when I say this, but the decline in reading is already having dire consequences for art & culture. The media you loved in your youthโshows, albums, filmsโwas made by artists who were widely read. You will not have that quality of art in a post-literate world.
May 19
basically every form of anything has that problem, the simpsons is now written by people whose only background is in watching the simpsons, snl with snl, star wars with star wars, pop music with pop music
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Kate Lewis - In the Company of Color, 2025
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May 19
I participated as an author in @Bloomsbury_News & @Literacy_Trust #LitUpHastings and it is wonderful to see the difference it has made for bucking the national trend of reading decline #readingforpleasure... ๐ bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/laโฆ
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Apr 9
Today's Read to the Beat! recommendation is one of my favourite verse novels of recent years, In the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido. Emmy has moved to a new school, and starts to connect through coding and music.
I love how it champions girls in STEM. Recommended for Years 5-7.
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May 19
Dadโs back-to-front shirt as art apron
Artist: Harry Wingfield (1972)
Learning with Mother, Book 5
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๐พ HOLLY WEBB BOOK GIVEAWAY ๐พ
Weโre giving away three heartwarming animal stories from Holly Webb!
Perfect for readers aged 6 , these gentle stories combine friendship, kindness and adorable animals with short chapters and illustrations that help build reading confidence.
To enter to win a copy: LIKE, RT and COMMENT below telling us what's your favourite animal?
1 copy available. UK only. Ends midnight 25/05 #bookrecommendations #storytime #hollywebb #sophywilliams @littletigeruk
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May 18
Delighted to be one of the judges for the 2026 Lollies. I've loved reading all the longlisted titles over the past few weeks, and am looking forward to the shortlisting meeting in London on Friday. @MichaelRosenYes @AlexFKoya #KatieAbey @scholasticuk
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