it's been 84 years with this paragraph and I'm still fighting the wish to put "and her barbie" after writing "beyond her ken", please wish me luck.

Today's read (and I think for the next few days at least). #booksky

❤️delighted to be of help!!

live footage of my writing moodboard

oh thank you! good idea - I've not had one for a while but I think now we can bring it back. I've added one. Thanks for the prompt!

Daisy May Johnson Author and Academic

hello! I've done a website refresh, rehaul, [insert other word beginning with re-] and if you're looking for an author visit for your school, a creative writing tutor, fun facts for readers, or one-off talks about children's lit, then we should chat, thank you kindly! ❤️

didyoueverstoptothink.com

Enid Blyton

Hey I got my first subscribers to my podcast on spotify, thank you, this is very kind, i promise more terribly specific sporadic bookish content.

(open.spotify.com/show/3kFlg9F...)

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

The cover of Travellers in the Third Reich : The Rise of Fascism Through The Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd

Good morning! Today's read is Travellers in the Third Reich : The Rise of Fascism Through The Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd

one of the fun things about scrubbing things up is delightful connections, for example > I think Tony Curtis would very much enjoy Phoebe and Her Unicorn

(tbf everyone will enjoy Phoebe and her Unicorn).

Guiding Fiction From the earliest days of Guiding, authors were incorporating Guiding into their fiction short stories and books – and sometimes writing stories specifically about Brownies, Guides, Land…

An amazing resource on Guiding in fiction- lesliesguidinghistory.com/guiding-fict...

me, 20 mins before I have to go out: I THINK NOW IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO REDESIGN MY WEBSITE
me, 20 mins before I have to go out: are you sure you've got the time?
me, 20 mins before I have to go out: YES LOTS OF TIME OH NO IT IS ALL NOW BUST AND I HAVE TO LEAVE *exit stage right pursued by a bear*

Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' illustrations, 1959 by Finnish artist and Moomins creator Tove Jansson #WomensArt

It's SO charming, my god, it's lovely.

80s animation though! (I am still traumatised by The Return Of Tambelon, a My Little Pony cartoon...).

Of all the replies!! Oh my goodness!!! I'm so sorry for the startle then but not sorry for helping you effectively plan your travel adventures! 😊

An image of the Moomins and Snufkin with the caption 'Moomin Parade - Brussels, 9 May'

petition for us all to move to Brussels in the next week

Somehow I've never got round to them (although I'm very familiar with Follyfoot). They're an absolute delight to discover!

A copy of the house at world's end by Monica Dickens.

Good morning! Today's read is The House At World's End by Monica Dickens #booksky

A copy of The House At World's End by Monica Dickens

Good morning! Today's read is The House at World's End by Monica Dickens. #booksky

Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian

Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had mixed memories of this. I had remembered it as being a bit stiff to read and something that I was not even sure I had finished. Yet Michelle Magorian is one of my favourite writers (A…

An Occasional Podcast About Children’s Literature – Episode Two

Hello everyone. One of the things I've been working on this year is a very occasional podcast about children's literature. This is, as the title may suggest, a terribly sporadic deep dive into the world of children's literature and it…

Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian

Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had mixed memories of this. I had remembered it as being a bit stiff to read and something that I was not even sure I had finished. Yet Michelle Magorian is one of my favourite writers (A…

An Occasional Podcast About Children’s Literature – Episode Two

Hello everyone. One of the things I've been working on this year is a very occasional podcast about children's literature. This is, as the title may suggest, a terribly sporadic deep dive into the world of children's literature and it…

Introducing Episode Two of An Occasional Podcast About Children’s Literature: Enid Blyton

I was always going to end up doing a podcast episode about Enid Blyton. She is a figure that I've been fascinated with for forever and am yet to fully understand. A contradiction, a brand, an unknowable…

Good morning! Today's read is the last little bit of Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian. #booksky

Love this! (I devour your Musical recaps Quite A Lot). Thank you!

well, this is very kind of you! thank you!

This has reminded me of the time I joked about Titanic (the film) and then had to explain no, I wasn't making fun of Titanic, the maritime disaster.

*Three Year Post-Doc opportunity at Northumbria University*: 'The Horror of Place-Based Harms’

Details here:

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Deadline: 05/07/2026, 11:59 PM

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