PSA!
This is going to be amazing!

The dark, wayward works of the Two Roberts | The Observer The inseparable Scottish artists and lovers are celebrated in a landmark English show at Charleston

observer.co.uk/culture/art/.... Wonderful review of the exhibition curated by @damianbarr.bsky.social

Feck! He really does know everything 😳😂
#funny

Cannot wait! This is one of my all time favourite books

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

Author talk | Damian Barr: The Two Roberts YouTube video by nationalgalleries

This happened today. I sadly was not able to go but have now caught up on you tube. Thank you @nationalgalleries.bsky.social and lovely @damianbarr.bsky.social
It was fascinating !

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The Best of Everything from @kitdewaal.com is 99p on Amazon today (kindle only)
You can thank me later 😊

😂

The Jamie Oliver Cookbook. Eat yourself healthy

Settling down with a coffee and chocolate hobnob to have a look at my new book. 😂

EXCITING!!!!

So for the next Rapture I'm going to go to the most religious town in America and leave little piles of clothes outside random houses before everyone wakes up.

Heads up - I’ll be LIVE in conversation on Substack with the one and only @kitdewaal.com next Wednesday 17th September 4:30pm. Subscribe to The Literary Obsessive for the link , or keep your eyes 👀 on Substack Notes.

‘This really put the dark in #darkacademia, I can tell you... Perfect for spooky season if you’re ready to embrace something creepy!’

Thanks @theyorkshirebookshelf for reviewing #TheseDreamingSpires - to get yours…

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The Jehovah's Witnesses now say college is OK... after decades of saying the opposite Former members are furious as they recall their wasted scholarships, lost careers, and lifelong poverty

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This makes me so cross. And sad. But happy that I’m now free of this nonsense.

Don’t grow up it’s a trap

Words To Live By Number 241

Ooh padron peppers sound great. We’ve done salmon fillets in ours and they come out perfect 👌

We got one recently and use it a LOT. Have you got any good tips or recipes?

And one beautiful photograph

RIFT Visit the post for more.

RIFT @traversetheatre.bsky.social is a riveting piece of work. Based on the playwright’s life, RIFT asks how you relate to your brother when he’s a white supremacist in jail for murder & you hold radically different views.

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#edfringe

It’s Edinburgh. Looking out to the Firth of Forth 🌈

It kinda looks hopeful to me too. Which we all need these days !

Just had to share this particularly good rainbow with you

NOVELIST starter pack featuring @kitdewaal.com @regretteruane.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @drewgum.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social @anna-orridge.bsky.social @jendiagammon.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost the pack #booksky #writingcommunity

The Crone Phase Last week I did a post about being in The Stylist Magazine which had a special edition dedicated to ageing.

Bluesky! Join me in wishing the fabulous @kitdewaal.com a very Happy Birthday 🥳 🎂🎁

If you read her latest post and subscribe to her substack you will make her very happy.
(It’s free btw)

Let’s see how many new subscribers we can get her today 😁

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An unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offer!

@kerankaur77.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a novel up to £20!

Any novel at all, not just what's on my website.

It's #buyastrangerabook day, so if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch.

UK only

As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.

Please share and support if you’re able :)

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@claremsimpson.bsky.social giving you a special tag as I think you would love this 😊

The very lovely @kitdewaal.com will be at Rare Birds Books in Edinburgh next Tuesday. It’s free but you need to email bookclub@bbc.co.uk for a ticket.
Come!

16th July 2025 20.28
The haar ready to roll in