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I am a book reading and writing obsessed mum of 3. I publish KH&MM, a parenting magazine for parents in and around Kent

South East, England
Joined November 2011
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Our bookish charity auction ends at 9pm tonight. I really want to raise as much money as possible for Bliss and also as a thanks to the generous authors who donated such amazing prizes. jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta…
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Good afternoon my office gets asked hundreds of times a month to help certain causes. We cannot highlight every single one however this one caught my eye. The Parents of Jools need your help please to gain 100,000 signatures for #JoolsLaw - a law that will help all parents protect their children. Jools (aged 14) died, the parents have NO idea why, but they fear that he viewed harmful content on social media that helped lead him down such a tragic road. As a parent & Grandparent, we should have the right to view our children's social media. Currently we don’t. All parents should have this right, whether their children are alive or dead. The tech companies don’t seem to want to do anything to stop harmful and violent content from reaching kids. So, the government must empower parents to protect them by giving us the right to see what they see. Please sign this petition to change the law to protect all living children and in Jools families case, to help them find answers as to why their precious child is no longer alive. Thank you You can sign the petition here petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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I haven’t seen her for a long time but Ellen and I went to school together. Jool’s should be the same age my son is now. I can’t imagine what she’s going through. If you’re a parent please listen to her story and sign her petition.
A bereaved mother who has "absolutely no idea" why her son took his own life aged 14 is fighting social media companies to hand over his search history Read the full story: trib.al/8idDDES
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Petition: Give parents/guardians a right to access social media accounts of their children petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Woke up yesterday to pouring rain and an awful cold so decided to stay in bed and start this (06:20). Finished it at 23:00. I cannot remember the last time I read a book in a day. Absolutely gripping. Thanks @RuthWareWriter and thanks for sending @Sabah_K
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Book bloggers! It’s your turn! You need to jump on this. I have x 30 GORGEOUS #Costanza by @rjblackmore1 PROOFS just for you. For a chance to win one you need to follow me & RT. UK only. I will pick x 30 book bloggers at 8pm on Wednesday. GO GO GO! It’s beautiful inside & out 💛
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Your @EE Rising Star winner for 2024 is Mia Mckenna-Bruce! #EEBAFTAs #EERisingStar
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V much looking forward to this!
So excited to be taking part in the Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival this May, with my new posse of Kent-based writing pals! Here we are on Page 3 of The Times (The Times of Tunbridge Wells, that is 😂) although I'm beginning to wish I'd sent a colour photo as I'm looking a little grey here! We *were* going to call ourselves the Kent Crime Collective, but decided that sounded too much like an Organised Crime Group! So maybe we'll be the Kent Crime Writers' Collective instead!! If any bookshops or other festivals are interested in our services (and frankly, we're pretty damn good - we killed it in Faversham), we do occasionally travel beyond the borders of Kent! #tunbridgewellsliteraryfestival #kentlife #literaryfestivals
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Ben & Lisa are relieved when the empty house next door finally sells, but who ARE their new neighbours and what are they hiding? Find out for only 99p on #Kindle ! UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C784JHR4 #Suspense #Drama #StrangerDanger #AmReading
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Thank you so much @CookeReads, Editor of parenting & lifestyle magazine Kings Hill Mums #KingsHill amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0C7… #Kindle & Paperback - OUT NOW! -0-
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Really, really enjoyed this Bev @BevHarvey_. My favourite of the trilogy - as it should be. Was so easy to visualise. I didn’t realise until halfway through that I’d actually picked two houses here that I was imagining to be Lisa and Brie’s!
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Books sounds great and I NEED this bag…
☀️GET READY FOR SUMMER ☀️ RT to win 1 of 3 limited edition #BadSummerPeople tote bags & an exclusive early finished copy of @EmmaRosenblum’s stunning debut ‘Delicious’ @MarianKeyes ‘Darkly hilarious’@lucyfoleytweets Entries close at midnight Monday 29th May. 18+ U.K. only.
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My #TuesNews is a #CoverReveal ! I'm excited to share the cover of Eden Unbound, Book Three in the Eden Hill Trilogy. Can't wait to introduce the mysterious new neighbours. #FeelGoodFiction #FamilyDrama #Suburbs #Secrets #Suspense FROM 20TH JUNE
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OMG This could be @lisajewelluk’s best book yet…and I don’t say that lightly. It’s probably been two years since I last read a book so fast (28 hours). Just brilliant @centurybooksuk Thanks @NetGalley
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Also could be called ‘waking me up in the morning’ 🥴🤣. Started reading at 5.30 this morning so I could finish before I needed to get up. What a wonderful book. One of my favourites in a long time. Thanks @ClaireDaverley @MichaelJBooks
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More like ‘Keeping Me Up At Night’. I’ve been saving this one. Halfway through and it’s glorious. Stopping reading to tweet to make it last longer…@ClaireDaverley @MichaelJBooks
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This book really is everything. I may be giving my age away when I say I LOVED it and all references to the Top 40, Smash Hits…The 90’s really was the best! Congratulations on publication day @EvaRiceAuthor
We can't wait to publish this beauty tomorrow. Think: Notting Hill, 1990, boys, canaries, sisters, Smash Hits, first love and…hope. Pre-order your copy of This Could Be Everything by @EvaRiceAuthor now >> simonandschuster.co.uk/books…
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Don’t hesitate to grab a copy of this gorgeous and brilliant book today.
Today is the day! The Garnett Girls is on sale in indie bookshops, Waterstones, WHSmith’s, also some Sainsbury’s and Asda stores. If anyone sees it out & about please send me pictures, I would love to see them. Thank you everyone on #BookTwitter for all the amazing support 💙🌊
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Nothing to see here, just a beluga playing fetch with a guy on a boat. [video: buff.ly/3o6qRfd] [full story: buff.ly/3oeodnD]
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