Writer, teacher, sea swimmer
Joined July 2022
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Finding the right book, for the right reader can be the key that unlocks a love for reading and literacy skills for life.
We believe that *all* reading is valid. Comic books and graphic novels can be especially powerful for reluctant readers. #GrowAGenerationOfReaders
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We're really pleased to be shortlisted for Best Arts & Education Partnership in the #NECultureAwards for our Careers in Publishing Roadshows with @HachetteUK!
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A lovely autumny #Orkney sunrise taken from the ferry as #BookyMcBookface sails north to Eday this morning. 🌅❤️
ALT The sunrise in Orkney this morning. The sun rising over a strip of land on the horizon. The sky is orange. In the foreground is the deck and structure of the ferry.
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Look at that screen - "Let's hold hands and take a wee bow".
Right on. Still pinching myself. I feel so lucky to have chaired my first ever event with the unstoppable talent and utter gorgeousness that is @JackieKayPoet.
All the wows!
“As if you’re saying what was my life
What did it really mean”
- Jackie Kay brings her brilliant reading to a close with ‘Lights Out’. Thanks so much to @durhambookfest, Jo Clement, Romalyn Ante and Jackie Kay for such a heartwarming and moving evening @_dodo 🥰👏
Karon Alderman retweeted
🧡TODAY!!🧡
🍁 3 bookshops
🍁15 writers & illustrators
🍁 10 beers + books pairings
🍁 12th Oct
Happy #BookshopDay !!
🍁ONE WEEK!!!🍁to go!!🍁
🧡#BookshopDay Sat 12th Oct🧡
🍁 Fall into bookshop & meet …
@TrevorWoodWrite @OskarCoxJensen @Jane_Lovett @paulanthjones Mike & Becca Poremba @naomikelsey_ Ian Kerr @EyebrightChris @davidjalmond @JGreenAuthor @Pensandpizza @itsmetawseef Dan Spencer!
ALT Bookshop Day Sat Oct 12
Karon Alderman retweeted
Today is #BookshopDay, celebrating bookshops and all they do and stand for. Between Sheffield and Shetland, I’ve got to know all 180 of them: tiny island general stores; carefully-curated and vibrant indies; chains who know and cherish their customers just as much; all of them centres and facilitators of community, run with knowledge and love.
I’ll be in @thebookcircleselby, 1-3pm, signing special editions of ‘Wicked’, but today, please drop in to any bookshop. Browse, pick something you don’t know, talk to a bookseller - you may even meet an author and I’m sure that you’ll take home a great new book. Pictured: local favourites @ForumBooks @FoxedBerwick @WedaleBookshop
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Happy #BookshopDay!
Today is a chance to celebrate bookshops and all the brilliant work they do to bring fantastic books and stories to our homes & schools 📚🧑🤝🧑🧡
#BookshopDay #BooksAreMyBag @booksaremybag
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Happy #BookshopDay
Today we are celebrating two fantastic bookshops in Whitley Bay @ForumBooks and @keelrowbookshop both of which are on Park View.
Shop local folks.
Karon Alderman retweeted
Happy #BookshopDay! 📚So why not visit one of our amazing local bookshops:
✨ @dormousebelper
✨ @scarthinbooks
✨ Eagle Books
✨ @FiveLeavesBooks
✨ @WaterstonesDerby
✨ @WaterstonesNG
Fantastic graphic designed by the one and only @sophyhenn! @@booksaremybag
Karon Alderman retweeted
It’s bookshop day! We love this annual celebration of bookshops and hope to see you in the shop today! Thanks to everyone who joins to celebrate with us and to our wonderful team for all their hard work! #choosebookshops #booksaremybag
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It's #NationalComicBookDay, so we've picked a very tender and emotive graphic novel as our #BookOfTheDay.
#TheMemoryKey by @NigelBaines explores memory loss in a special story about a grandfather and granddaughter:
booktrust.org.uk/book/t/the-… @HachetteKids
ALT The front cover of The Memory Key and a quote from our review: 'Incredibly poignant... celebrates memories, shared stories and empathy'
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🫶 !!
Been nominated for Heart of the Community at #NTBusinessAwards2024 - thank you to whoever took the time to recognise the work we do to support our community in #WhitleyBay
This is the second year in a row we’ve received a nomination and we’re so grateful! 🥰
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Congratulations @Grace_Quantock on the publication of Living Well with Chronic Illness! 👏🎉
Grace was a member of our first #AWritingChance cohort in 2021-22, and we're delighted to see her voice reaching more and more people ✨
Karon Alderman retweeted
One of the most beautiful libraries in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧: the Literature and Philosophy Library in Newcastle @litandphil . #newcastle #litandphil #library #books #societies #paradise #livros #bibliotecas #literature #literatura
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Would you like to win a copy of this book for yourself or a younger friend or family member? It’s by local author @KaronJAlderman and is set in and around Heaton today and around the time of the Heaton mining disaster.
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‘Talent is classless’ ✍🏻 📺 🎥 🎶
NEW bid launched to create centre for writing in #Newcastle through a dynamic cross sector consortia from @NewWritingNorth @NorthumbriaUni @NorthEast_ca
So proud of a vital new partnership 💪🏻 theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…
Karon Alderman retweeted
I didn’t know anyone working in a creative job when I was growing up (I went to a comprehensive in Newcastle)
And it held me back. I internalised a belief that “people like me” don’t become writers.
It’s really important that kids see “people like them” making art and stories.
