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South West, England
Joined July 2018
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Beautiful Award and screen print as prizes for winning the @gdst Award! Thank you to all involved!
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Another fab @uksla committee mtg tonight. Planning the summer un-conference @Henbury_School, involvement in Bristol's 1st Children's Lit Fest & the next @BristolTeenBook award. @LibraryQeh @colstonsschool @Cotham_Library @CothamSchool @RHSPearsonLib @RedmaidsHigh
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NEWS: We are pleased to announce that Simon Armitage will become the 21st Poet Laureate gov.uk/government/news/simon…
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In this week's @guardianreview - all 10 children's laureates, including @chrisriddell50, @MichaelRosenYes and @malorieblackman, share the books that'll create lifelong readers. Plus an interview with Will Eaves and Jon Savage on the evolution of camp.
Co-author of Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ says the book should be reclassified as fiction lat.ms/2LAFAPg
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Best of luck to all our students with public exams
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'What are the things that hinder our achievements?' RSL Fellow Ben Okri delivers this year's keynote at #BareLit19
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For a list of where you can study on Monday 6 May, see the pic below or visit bris.ac.uk/library/announcem…
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What a great shortlist @WomensPrize. Love every single one of these books bit.ly/2VA5NBb
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Here are all 18 Emma Press Poetry Pamphlets, from Mar '14 to Jun '19 - and that's not even including the 10 Picks and 3 Art Squares. They are a showcase of some of the poetic voices I have found most exciting and interesting, and which I wanted to share with a wider audience.
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Great to welcome our new Prefect Team to their roles, including new Captains of School, Joe Brock and Sylvie Livingstone
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"Read these, and you, too, will understand why YA is for everyone." on.nypl.org/2Kt3DPE
'So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.' — Virginia Woolf What are your writing aspirations? Take the #UKWritersSurvey and tell us. Deadline 30 April. >> bit.ly/UKWritersSurvey
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‘Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.’ Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, who was born #onthisday in 121 AD. #FridayFeeling
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The 2019 #WomensPrize shortlist has been revealed! To celebrate, we're giving away a set of all six shortlisted books. To #win, simply follow us, retweet this post and tag a fellow fiction lover in the comments 👉
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'The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.' ― Anthony Trollope, #BOTD in 1815.
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This World Book Night, @readingagency is encouraging everyone to work more time for reading into their day, building up over two weeks to reading a chapter a day. Check out their tips at readingagency.org.uk. Why not try #AChapterADay challenge with the #CKG19 shortlists!
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The @RSLiterature are running a survey to find out what writers across the UK need today in order to work, from money to mentoring, an agent to workshops. Tell them what you need to thrive as a writer. bit.ly/UKWritersSurvey #UKWritersSurvey #ARoomOfMyOwn
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The Crossway by Guy Stagg and Happiness by @aminattaforna are both on the 2019 @RSLiterature #RSLOndaatje Prize shortlist. rsliterature.org/award/rsl-o…
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Delighted to announce the #RSLOndaatje Prize shortlist 2019 @Raniaab, No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria @AidaE, The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History @aminattaforna, Happiness Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall Guy Stagg, The Crossway @adamweymouth, Kings of the Yukon
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