Instead of expressing "concern" about the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, isn't it time we stopped supplying Israel with the weapons that have caused the catastrophe in the first place?

Goodbye, America. Never speak to Me again.

Thanks for showing your true colours, US. Great job.

It was so lovely pretending I know what I'm talking about with @JenBowden12 on the #NorthernVoices podcast yesterday. We chatted about Northern writing, blending humour with dark themes and my experience winning the New Writing North Hachette Children's Group Novel Award. Thanks, Jen!

Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…

I don't believe there's such any thing as good reading and bad reading. It's all reading, and it's all good! If we want kids to be readers, we have to respect their rights as readers. Let reading be a pleasure, and they'll be readers forever! #literacy (Art: Quentin Blake)

Behold, puny hoomanfluffs! Tremble at my magnificent tail/tale! For I am the God of Dogs. I know all, sniff all. You will love me, you will fear me, you will- Excuse me, WHAT? You want the NAME of this pawfect book? Ah, it’s Gracie, Dave and the God of Dogs. 🐕 #UnhingedPit #CB

So, I always thought that the prologue of the cinematic masterpiece that is Jurassic Park (not being sarcastic btw) was a bit of gruesome foreshadowing, but I’ve just realised it’s the inciting incident (alongside the escaping dinos, of course) 🤯 Proof that prologues can work…

Well, I had my reservations about the Wicked film (because I love the musical so bloody much)…. Turns out it’s epic.

This! 'The distance between the self and the other is never as great as we imagine it to be—the two are often twinned, and it’s this relationship that empathy reveals.' lithub.com/there-is-no-se…

If novelists can learn anything at all from musicals, it’s how to nail the midpoint. And yes, I did just watch #Wicked again.

The Assad regime will go down in history as one of the ugliest, bloodiest and most brutal regimes ever known. The post-Assad era is unknown. Everything is possible. But this is a truly historic moment of freedom that is worth celebrating, big time, regardless of what comes next

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Go on, Gavin Crippin !! 😍😍

Well, this hope-filled year has ended on an absolute high as I’m beyond excited (and incredibly grateful) to say that I’m now represented by the amazing Lucy Irvine (rarely here) at Peters Fraser+Dunlop … Wah! #WritingCommunity

CALLING ALL MURDER MYSTERY FANS! Grab the final story in the Detention Detectives series on 30th January! bit.ly/3P8j9yB PuffinBooks Thanks glenn thomas for the wonderful artwork!

Adored this episode. So much resonated, from Northernness to the feeling of not fitting in as a class chameleon. Well worth a listen!