Karon Alderman
@karonalderman.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, living in hope. Winner of NWN Hachette Prize 2022, Dark Flood published 2024. Seeking representation. I love mystery, history and wild places… I value friendship and light in the dark.
This week is Deaf Awareness Week. Public libraries play a significant role in helping those with D/deafness. They offer books for children and adults in which D/deafness is represented alongside BSL lessons and braille books and much else besides. Find out more:
Deaf Awareness Week 2026 | National Deaf Children's Society
Learn about Deaf Awareness Week 2026 and find free deaf awareness resources to share at work or school.
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Dark times. I am still standing on hills, hoping for better.
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Joe Lillington. One of his straightforward illustrations in black & orange for A M Dassu’s Wild Journey, 5 stories about kids in 5 countries who see starlings flock & begin their own journeys. @headofzeus.bsky.social 6 Nov @joelillington.bsky.social @amdassu.bsky.social
Because sometimes you have to stand on a hill and hope. X
Tomorrow it’s go slow on 6+so we ask how cheese types emerged from different places.We also hear about Caedmons Hymn+ Chaucer’s Alison-a great new history book-Catherine Clarke. @bbcradio6 . ps rajars were magnificent for both my shows bbc 6music and radio 2 blues. Thank you so much 4 yr company x
October Monster 5: The Don’t Don’t The murmuring spirit of a long dead bird. “Don’t,” it whispers. “Don’t”. Sure, you could try to draw a picture, or write a story, or make a film, or write a song. But why bother? You’re going to be extinct soon anyway. Sadly, the bird is very persuasive.
Seeking refuge in 1914: "They came in fishing boats, coalers (coal ships), and anything that could float..." #Folkestone #Belgium #migration #refugee #history #heritage #asylum #WW1 🎨 learn.folkestonemuseum.co.uk/objects/oil-...
Oil painting - Landing of the Belgium Refugees - Folkestone Museum Learn with Objects
Landing of the Belgium Refugees 1914. Oil painting by Belgian refugee Fredo Franzoni. Presented to the town of Folkestone in 1916 in thanks for their kindness
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To be a writer, you only have to do one thing: write. Not break into a big magazine. Not publish a bestseller. Not get an extravagant book tour. Struggling with discouragement? Rejection? Bad reviews? These are normal. They don't disqualify us. If you put words to the page, then we are peers.
A week of writing, swimming, watching the rain… and picking blackberries.
Last July my first novel was published and was in Waterstones window… a year later, no agent, no deal but I have finished the last chapter of a new novel about women who sea swim. We write because we write. Finding the final words that are just right has been very satisfying.
One year ago today, @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social became our Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate. Since then, he hasn't stopped fighting passionately for all children to experience the transformative benefits of reading. Find out more about the #ReadingRights campaign: bit.ly/4evFTo7
‘A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.’ — David Almond writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
A beautiful account of one of our summer evening nightjar walks from @cduigan.bsky.social - one of our wonderful trustees. nation.cymru/feature/lett... Head up to our Cors Bodgynydd Nature Reserve, near Capel Curig, and you might just hear one for yourself!
Letter from Cors Bodgynydd
Catherine Duigan The car shuddered violently as each vehicle sped past the deeply pot-holed Felin Hen layby. It was a relief when Dwynwen appeared for our latest adventure in Gwydir Forest, an ancient...
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Catherine Duigan@cduigan.bsky.social · last yr.#Nightjars are mysterious birds and it was such a privilege to hear and see one in #Wales with @northwaleswt.bsky.social - read my account of the adventure @nation.cymru #nature #conservation #Gwydir #ornithology #Cymru #naturewriting #placewriting #nonfiction #placeandbirds #Eryri #birds #wildlife
This afternoon I’m working on my novel about four women who swim, set on Ynys Mon, Anglesey. Cold water, another chapter, nearly there.
Because sometimes you need to look at the small things and hope that the grass will grow and the flowers will be allowed to set seed.
The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...
Welcoming refugees with respect and kindness: 80 years of the Moomins
by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp This year is the 80th anniversary of The Moomins and the Great Flood, originally published in Swedish in 1945 by Finnish artist, illustrator, and writer Tove Jansson. And this…
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This. My mum left school at 14. Reading changed her life. Her grandma always gave her a pfennig to borrow a book from the library. It made a difference. All children having reading as part of their lives is not something we should need to fight for. But we do. #readingforpleasure #kidlit
SF Said@whatsfsaid.bsky.social · last yr.READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So whatever else you do, please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. Never stop helping them find books to read and love. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #books
It’s nearly the end of term and Dorothy has definitely left the building…
I had the nicest rejection this week. It almost felt as good as a yes.
All green fields should be yellow in June… this is what a lawn can be!
Storm clouds, a safe harbour, the sea. Cullercoats last Friday.
Living only a mile from the sea, I felt obliged to write something for @worldoceanday.bsky.social #whitleybay #Cullercoats #seaside #tynemouth
On the blog today is my book list of 10 books I want to read in June. #authors @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @asakoyuzuki.bsky.social @pamlecky.bsky.social @karonalderman.bsky.social and more.
10 Ten Books I Want to Read in June 2025
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
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Yesterday I walked at the mouth of the Ouseburn. Crowds were gathering for the Late Shows, a festival of creativity in Newcastle. But the river ran smoothly, a silver path from past to future.
