Thanks all — the magic of the randomiser declares the winner to be TooCreative 🥰 Please DM and let me know where to send it (and if you’d like it signed!)

Got myself a Friday treat #oneforthemillennials JacquelineWilson

Got a short story in today’s Daily Express Saturday magazine — a fun little write 🖋️

Winter wonderland in the North East today!

It is just the right kind of day! Hope you enjoy

All going well in North Oxfordshire… #StormBert

Just finished listening to the #Haunted audiobook by Dr E. Jay Gilbert. Fascinating reflection on stories of ghosts and spirits in modern culture. Felt far too short! #MorePlease #recommended #books #nonfiction #society #culture Bonnier Books UK

Sadly lost my pretentious National Theatre tote bag due to social embarrassment as I had already put my knock-off bottle of Baileys in it when the Aldi cashier said she wouldn’t sell it to me without ID (which I didn’t have). Panicked and walked out, foolishly

Look at that cover — I’m in The Northumbrian this month talking about ghosts and #Haunted, but mostly admiring God’s Own County

Found a thing at the weekend about some award I won when I was 18 for being good at French. Where has it all gone?? I can still read French very well but producing it is much harder.

Tug of War is a no skips album for me, have to say

Happy New Year, everyone! I'll be giving an online talk drawing from #Haunted Zaffre Books on 25 Feb as part of the Curious Histories series -- tickets support the Pelican Parcels charity eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-be…

Positive culture investment news for NE writers and publishers as Newcastle to get national writing centre after Government pledges £5m support New Writing North North East Combined Authority Kim McGuinness chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

Good Squirrelvision at my parents’ house 🐿️ #squirrels

Is any character in media more relatable than Rachel Green? Anyway

Ooh I forgot today was ALCS day!! Thank you 🤩

So this year for the first time ever I got a particularly Specific ALCS statement and I cannot get my head round this...who...who has been photocopying my MEDIUM ÆVUM monograph so profligately? I'm ridiculously pleased! reveal yourself!

Hit by nostalgia at the Budgen’s yesterday…looking forward to having this classic “my grandparents grew up in the war” combo for pudding