@markillis1

Writer of adult, YA, MG fiction, short stories, radio and a load of TV. @RLFwriters Fellow. School visits: @AuthorsAloud. Agent: Colwill & Peddle

 West Yorks
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Joined June 2016
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Thanks so much @Booktrust! It’s all about teens changing in weird and unsettling ways ... xitter.cf/booktrust/status/92161…
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@Booktrust21 Oct 2017
Teen angst + genetic mutation?! Our #BookOfTheDay is #TheImpossible: booktrust.org.uk/book/t/the-… @markillis1 @wunderkammered @QuercusKids
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´He doesn’t have to act, he just slightly says a couple of things.’ @PilotTVPod
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Excellent opportunity. And bear in mind, after you've been an intern for a couple of years, you may enter the House of Lords.
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I just signed the petition calling on Boris Johnson's resignation honours to be blocked. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

Sign the petition: block Boris Johnson's honours list

I just signed the petition calling on Boris Johnson's resignation honours to be blocked. Will you sign too?

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Ask Labour peers to back the Fatal Motion in the Lords. Defend Parliamentary Democracy - Sign the Petition! chng.it/fQzX8LK9 via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

Ask Labour peers to back the Fatal Motion in the Lords: Defend Parliamentary Democracy

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Prevent Boris Johnson from having a Resignation Honours List - Sign the Petition chng.it/Ntpsj2rP via @UKChange
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STAR WARS by Wes Anderson 😮 Made by ⁦@CuriousRefuge⁩
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I just signed the petition calling on @ofcom to make sure their rules are able to hold ALL news channels to account - and properly enforce them on GB News . Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

Ofcom: Hold GB News to account

Boris Johnson has announced he is joining GB News and will be hosting a show during the UK elections. Our media regulator, Ofcom, has rules that TV stations can’t use their broadcasts to influence...

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I just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss is denied a resignation honours list. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

Liz Truss should go without an honours list or any other perks!

Liz didn't even last 3 months, there is no other occupation that would grant you anything for that, no honest one anyway. Instead she fell at the first hurdle, making huge and avoidable mistakes...

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Two kids, several novels, a lot of TV. But this jigsaw may be my finest achievement.
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I wrote a thing ...
Royal Literary Fund@royallitfund24 Feb 2023
Writer @markillis1, contemplates loneliness and the writer in our #podcast, Vox. He says,’ You don’t need to be gregarious, but you do need to be curious.’ What do you think? Do you need silence to write? Or do you go a bit Jack Torrance? bit.ly/413ONlT
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Looking forward to visiting Hathershaw!
The Hathershaw Library@Hath_Library27 Feb 2023
Lots of exciting things happening for World Book Day this week: @markillis1 is coming for a visit on Thursday, try and guess who the masked readers are in the form competition and we have a book fair running all week and other activities. #WorldBookDay2023
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Surely she should just stop in the first constituency she arrives in. thetimes.co.uk/article/ea840…
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Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying.
Sir Greg Hands@GregHands12 Feb 2023
People more likely to be victims of crime in Labour-run areas, new study shows. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02…

People more likely to be victims of crime in Labour-run areas

Labour Police and Crime Commissioners oversee double the rate of robbery offences when compared with those in Conservative control

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Hebden Bridge turning red.
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No more taxpayer money should be spent on Boris Johnson's #PartyGate legal fees. Agree? Then sign the petition now and tell Rishi to step in and stop our money paying for Boris Johnson's lies: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

The public should not have to pay for Boris Johnson's legal fees

No more taxpayer money should be spent on Boris Johnson's #PartyGate legal fees. Agree? Then sign the petition now and tell Rishi to step in and stop our money paying for Boris Johnson's lies:

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Gorgeous thread.
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@Goodable30 Jan 2023
Libraries are more than just buildings filled with books. They’re magical places that can take us anywhere. We could all use a break, so here's a look at the world's most incredible libraries. Let’s take a journey together 🧵
The handelingkamer library.

ALT The handelingkamer library.

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Johnson's legacy: he got the big calls wrong
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In a country with nurses unable to pay the bills, neglected veterans, railways that don't work, shit in the waterways and record foodbank use, more than 170 billionaires hide their transformative wealth in tax havens. Which is why we must stop the dinghies.
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Chart brings home my time in NHS. I started with long waiting lists in the 1980's - 18 months for hip. Then Thatcher night of the long knives where staff were cut. Then Blair/Brown. Those were amazing years - I did not believe we could get those waiting lists down but we did! 1/3
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Expel Michelle Mone from the Lords

The Guardian reports that Mone lobbied Ministers for contracts worth £200m for a company she was linked to - allegations she denies. If found to have profited by millions, she should be expelled from...

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