We can't quite believe it but Dancing with Cara: The Rainbow Stories has won the gold award in the Best Children's Book 3-7 category of the Readers' Choice Book Awards 2023!! 🎉 readerschoicebookawards.com/winners-autumn… #BookTwitter #booktwt

Check out my new single, Silently Screaming. It laments the close-minded tribalism that seems to have pervaded so much of humanity and expresses a heartfelt yearning to really listen to one another, no matter what our differences. #SilentlyScreaming #listenmore #listenbetter

If "the process you use to get to the future is the future you get" (Myron Rogers), then we can stop chasing neat solutions. Instead, let's embrace that we have ourselves & each other. We have the possibility of sharing our honest thoughts & hearing each other. Let's value this.

Why is nobody listening to each other? We're all too entrenched in our own beliefs to accept any other points of view. But if we want to realise the potential of our age, then we're going to have to start celebrating diversity: aninjusticemag.com/why-is-nobody-… #listen An Injustice!

Congratulations to apollo4tet on the release of new album ‘Continuum’ today!🎷 An album of new saxophone quartets by Dani Howard @ClaireECope Jenni Watson #BillConnor #AdamCaird, as well as my ‘In the Fragrant Air,’ which you can hear on bandcamp✨ apollosaxophonequartet.bandcamp.com/album/continuum

What a fabulous album of new music for sax quartet from apollo4tet. Congratulations to all involved. So honoured to have my music included alongside works by Dani Howard Claire Cope Grace-Evangeline Mason Jenni Watson & Bill Connor. Massive thanks to @andyscottmuso & @RobBucklandSax

My new single, Think Small, challenges the assumption that in order to live a worthwhile life, we have to think big, achieve as much as we can and leave a lasting influence on the world around us. But to effect true change, we first need to look inside and transform ourselves...

We're delighted to announce that there is a new Dancing with Cara book on the way!! The Nature Stories will be published on Tues 10th September. We can't wait to share it with you all! #publicationdate #BookTwitter #kidsbooks

We need ideas. They can be where change starts, and how we continue building on good stuff already happening. We do need to share ideas, though. That means letting go, collaborating. That can feel hard. Maybe the best ideas happen in the spaces in between, beyond each one of us.

#INTERGENERATIONAL THREAD! Can't wait to support Generations Working Together in the running of their last #Intergenerational Learning Roadshow of 2024 in Aberdeen, generously hosted by Heathryburn School. To book a free place and for more info on the event, here is a link: generationsworkingtogether.org/events/interge…

Only a few days to go now until the publication of the second Dancing with Cara book! The Nature Stories is out on Tuesday 10th September. We're really proud of this one and can't wait to share it with you all. #kidsbooks #booktwt

Feeling thankful to people I know who are just quietly wise-- people who are thoughtful, who care, who listen. Amidst all the noise & attention-seeking, it's these people who give me hope.

Big newsletter going out to our mailing list today — with news of workshops, live events, new books, submissions, an imprint & more It’s raining and we stay busy. Sign up to the mailing list here to get the news in your inbox >> outspokenldn.com/subscribe

We're delighted to announce that Dancing with Cara: The Nature Stories has now been published! Join Cara as she delves deeply into the secrets of the natural world, one enchanting tale at a time. More info at: twistingtherainbow.org/#dancingwithca…

All the traditional approaches to marketing and promoting creative projects are feeling increasingly inauthentic and hollow. Do we need to find new ways of sharing and celebrating our creativity?

We're so proud to have 3 beautiful Twisting the Rainbow books! We think they look rather lovely hanging out in the garden together. #booktwt #independentpublisher

Saturday 14th September 2024 was a magical day of intentional, #intergenerational togetherness. Thank-you so much to Generations Working Together for trusting us ACE Voices and Heathryburn School to help facilitate your final Intergenerational Learning Roadshow of 2024 in Aberdeen!

Generations Working Together Heathryburn School This was followed by a beautifully emotive 'Come and Sing' event with our #intergenerationalchoir in the afternoon including the launch of a new story book and a new, annual intergenerational award; and our evening social with arts and crafts, sports and a campfire.

It's been a while since we last dusted off our performing shoes but Charlotte and I are putting on a concert & ceilidh at Clunie Hall in Perthshire on 25 Oct. Would be great to see you there if you're anywhere near that part of the world! Tickets here: buytickets.at/cluniecommunit…