Heads up Louder Lovers! Our Early Bird Weekend Passes inc single or double accommodation at our 4* venue 'The Innside' Manchester are now on sale! Join us 13-15 Nov for an unforgettable weekend of music, books, conversations and more! All Passes here: tinyurl.com/2tr7a5c8

What a wonderful time I had interviewing Jay Glennie about his magnificent book at the PlazaCinema thanks for popping along and listening. The Farm Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Huge Thank You #Libraries for your support!😊📚 Here’s a list of my top ten most borrowed books from libraries: 1. Save Us - A lovely rescue story addressing plastic pollution. 2. Felicity Fly in the Garden - A story that explores friendship, empathy, kindness, pollination, and

We’ve started to receive some brilliant entries for this initiative already. If you are in an educational setting, please share the link below.⬇️

Congratulations to all the authors & publishers on the long list for this year’s #PenderynMusicBookPrize. What an honour to have featured a number at last year’s Louder Than Words Festival. We have our favourites, which are yours? 👏👏x

Happy HAPPY Birthday to the fabulous John Cooper Clarke - generous, hilarious, outstandingly talented and a wonderful guy to spend time with! 🎉🎂🥂 (should be a mojito!) ❤️❤️

Celebrate #NationalYearofReading with us! The legendary Colin West , collaborated with Christina Gabbitas to produce & donate copies of Nutty Nonsense for our cause. 🌟 We have 5 copies to give away! Want one? Like & RT for a chance to win! Winners announced 28/01 #poetry

Come and join us to celebrate 50 years of The Fall at Band on the Wall, Manchester, 5-7 June. What a weekend we have in store for sure! If you’ve been ‘Waitin’ for the Worm’ fear not, our Early Bird Weekend Passes are available NOW! Get yours here: tinyurl.com/y7xexv9s

Heads up Louder Lovers! Our Weekend Pass and Accommodation Combo options are now on sale for 13-15 November! Get yours in here: tinyurl.com/2ttdb255 Our weekend is already shaping up to be the highlight of our year - join us and make it yours too! xx

Attention all educators and mentors! We have an exciting initiative for your students aged 12-21 to celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek. Encourage students to write lyrics or a poem for a chance to win cash or voucher prizes of £500, £250, or £150, along with the opportunity to

It was a pleasure to present at the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU)) conference yesterday, alongside a brilliant mix of partners dedicated to safeguarding, protection, and the vital role of early intervention.

Today marks the start of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek and the launch of my newest title, ‘Wellbean Friends,’ a children’s poetry and activity book - the poems are brought to life with lively illustrations by Ursula Hurst. RT/Like to receive a signed copy. The book offers a

True kindness doesn't take sides when it's called upon. It doesn't shun, cancel or abandon someone because of their beliefs. True kindness is a love that we have for life. Anyone's life. All life. “We're not just here for us, we're here for others.”

.Good Morning Britain Just watching your program. From my experiences visiting various schools, it’s unfortunate that not all schools have a dedicated safer schools officer. Whenever I’m asked to conduct a session at a school, I make it a point to reach out to the local policing team, as I

BGA celebrated #NumberDay in style, raising £2,500+ for NSPCC & the Y11 Leavers’ Party! 🧮✨ Winning entries included a 3D Harry Potter World, a stunning crochet binary design & a brilliant maths rap. An incredible effort all round – well done, BGA! #ProudToBeBronte #Community

150 copies of my story No More Knives or County Lines have been dispatched to Derbyshire Police to help educate children about the consequences of carrying knives. #NationalYearOfReading Here’s the animation: youtu.be/wXNVQ4VcBts?si… ExploitedCountyLines #education

'I hear far too many sad and horrific stories' - North Yorkshire campaigner ift.tt/26CSbxZ

Another brilliant show from Dave Monks BBC Music Introducing featuring a great interview with drum and bass genius Charlie Power. Fascinating young man. BBC Radio 1

At Gibson Mick Ronson. I was reminded He left his gold guitar at midge ure💙 for 6 months. Then Midge joined Thin Lizzy in USA with Phil I joined The Skids with Stuart. My song Forever in Homage remembers them all open.spotify.com/track/3SIpZOVO…

Perfect view before morning run. #TreeClub 🌳🤗 I’m running 40 x 10k’s throughout 2026 for #Childline’s 40th Birthday NSPCC Join our team, or donate?💚🤗 justgiving.com/team/listenupa… #running