So excited that this is now announced. Tell It To The Bees, standalone sequel to Garden of Her Heart, comes out in August published by uclan publishing 🤩

📖 On this day in 1813 Pride and Prejudice was published whilst Jane Austen was living in this very House. 🎉 We now know this day as #PrideandPrejudiceDay, and celebrate this globally beloved novel!

In all the Ilkley excitement of yesterday I didn’t get to post to say that #TheListofSuspiciousThings will be number 3 in the Sunday Times chart this week, which makes a whole month in the top 10 😍 thank you! 🙏 #booktwitter

It’s the last day of #TheListofSuspiciousThings being Waterstones fiction book of the month & I can’t tell you what a JOY the experience has been. Every shop I’ve visited has been so warm & welcoming & I’ve loved seeing all the displays. It’s been a total privilege #booktwitter

‘Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in your head.’ Paul Auster was born on this day in 1947.

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One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.

Today marks *TEN YEARS* since I got my first book deal! Eleven books, ten years. What a journey. Such a tough industry. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does, NEVER give up. Thank you every blogger, reader, librarian, publisher, and my agent(s) who supported me.

I'm *giving away* a signed copy of THE MAGIC WORDS to help someone out there unlock the creative voice within. To enter the drawing, just leave a comment or like/share this post so I know you're real. ❤️ I hope these poetry prompts help you! (I'll enter your name twice if you

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English was my favorite subject in school (duh), but it also taught me some terrible writing habits I'm now having to unlearn. Here are 5 things your English class drilled into you that might be hurting your creative writing. 🧵

For more tips on leveraging the power of the reverse outline, check out my full breakdown here! youtu.be/O9RFPR38SYs

Have you seen the latest edition of Good Housekeeping UK yet? As well as the always excellent book recommendations from Jo Finney there is an opportunity for you to submit your own writing, with the chance of being published in the magazine #writingcommunity

Today we are celebrating sixty years since the publication of Sylvia Plath’s Ariel, a collection written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before Plath’s death in 1963. Ariel established Plath as one of the most original and gifted poets of the twentieth century.

Our new bench is in place! 😍

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"Education isn't something you can finish." -- Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

This was a hard piece to write, so I'm moved to hear that it has been nominated for Best of the Net by ONE ART.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. — Charles Bukowski