Rob Walton
@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/ www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk “playful, zingy and warm”. Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages. @robwaltonwriter on other places.
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Protect our sea life - make polluters clean up their act
Sign the petition David Attenborough's Blue Planet III reminds us just how incredible life in our seas is. But sewage and toxic pollution are putting precious marine life at risk. Seals, whales, dolph...
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Post-Whitley Bay parkrun. Think this was my 300th. Rendezvous Café looking splendid. Bought thirty reduced price pumpkins to sell at a big profit next year. #parkrun #whitleybay
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun. Quite cold, but not as bad as I expected, although there were some chills on the way home. #parkrun #whitleybay
You can order this right now! I have! Can’t wait to see what’s inside @lottieiowart ‘s lovely cover. I’ve a feeling there might be some words and they might be chosen and arranged in a good/ridiculous/lemony/crispy way. BUY NOW before AI ruins Christmas and poetry and everything else.
This collection of “poetic poisons” is out now. Contains two of my slightly less kind things and lots of other gems. Worth buying for the cover alone. Many thanks to Macmillan and editor Deb Alma. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/debo...
#NationalPoetryDay theme is Wonder.Golden Wonder crisps, now part of Tayto Group, were started by William Alexander, in an Edinburgh factory in 1947. They invented - if that’s the right word - ready salted crisps in the space race era. They had their priorities right.
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun. Seems it was my 200th there. Think I’ve probably enjoyed about 198 of them. Another stunning coastal morning. #whitleybay #parkrun
Top Poetry Post Day.I pop out for a fight in the crisp aisle,and find these 2 corkers on the mat when I return. Thanks to @attielime.bsky.social and @afharrold.com whose prompt posting panache is on a par with their wonderful wordy ways. @troikabooks.bsky.social @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
Win one of five copies of POEMS ON TOAST by @attielime.bsky.social, illustrations by Emily Ford. Write a poem that would fit on a piece of toast! Don't overthink it - it's just for fun. Post it in the comments, or attach a picture of it spread on toast. Tag, share and enjoy. Ends Friday 25th
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun. The warmth and sunshine forced me to run along more of the coast, checking it was still as horrible as I thought. @parkrunandphotos.bsky.social #parkrun #whitleybay
A box arrived - protective packaging - Reena Makwana’s lovely cover - my words & more of Reena’s lovely illustrations. Ten tiny illustrated food-related tales. Some serious. Some not. If you want one send £6 inc p&p and I’ll send you one. I’ll write more nonsense inside. If you want.
Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...
Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Can’t wait to be part of this in September. I’ll be running a lovely event for local schools and then having fun with another writing workshop on Saturday 12th. Many thanks to the Imaginarium and National Trust and ACE.
Many thanks to Lottie at Lemon Jelly Press for choosing this collection of poems for children. Out in November. Between now and then I may bang on a little bit about it being the perfect Christmas present for the bairns. And the grown-ups. And the pets, sideboards, cheese boards, billboards, etc.
Make a band bigger: The Ink Splats
Rob Walton@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social · 2mo agoMake a band bigger: The Big Faces
Make a band bigger: Humble Pie and Chips
Rob Walton@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social · 2mo agoMake a band bigger: The Big Faces
Make a band bigger: Whipped Cream
Rob Walton@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social · 2mo agoMake a band bigger: The Big Faces
Make abandon bigger: Mid-twenties Fanclub
Rob Walton@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social · 2mo agoMake a band bigger: The Big Faces
Make a band bigger: The Beastie Men
Rob Walton@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social · 2mo agoMake a band bigger: The Big Faces
Apparently August 18th is always National Bad Poetry Day, which is music and words to my ears. And eyes. And the other senses. #narionalbadpoetryday #poetry
Always good to take flight with captain Jonathan Humble and the rest of the Dirigible Balloon crew. This one of mine and loads more free poems at dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Flight-...
Home from a week of hard graft - with bonus family and friends socialising - to this treat from the fantastic @bardymum.bsky.social and @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social illustrated by Nia Haviliard WITH BONUS PENCIL! Can’t wait to dive in.
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun. A magazine morning. Also pre-parkrun, when I wasn’t quite so knackered. #parkrun #whitleybay
