Miranda Moore ☀️
@sparewriter.bsky.social
YA debut A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social Oct 25 . writer & editor . fiction & nonfiction . lover of wilderness, kindness & sunshine . winner DFB Search for a Storyteller 24 & Wells Fest of Lit Book for Children 23 . RLF Fellow 24-26
Applications to become a Teacher Judge for the UKLA 2027 Book Awards are now open! This year we're looking for teachers within travelling distance of MANCHESTER! Interested? Follow the link to find out more. ukla.org/ukla-book-aw...
Becoming a Teacher Judge - UK Literacy Association
UKLA are now looking for Teacher Judges for the 2027 Book Awards in Manchester!
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23. A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by @sparewriter.bsky.social Hugely compelling and emotionally intense YA novel from the #BranfordBoase Award longlist about the relationship between two teenagers, each with a secret. @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social
In this Northern Highlight, we interview Miranda Moore, an author based in the Scottish Borders. Miranda tells us a bit about her second novel that she has recently been working on. Miranda’s debut YA novel, A Beautiful, Terrible Thing, published earlier this month! Link in bio 📚
Miranda Moore's debut Young Adult novel A Beautiful, Terrible Thing packs an emotional punch. 📚📚📚 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @sparewriter.bsky.social #MichelleBrackenborough @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social #ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters
Applications for the Reading School Fund are now open! We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of: 📚Books 📚Reading materials 📚Furnishings for reading spaces www.readingschools.scot/funding
Reading Schools
An accreditation programme for schools that are committed to building a culture of reading for their learners and communities.
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Happy World Literacy Day! 🎉Like any other, a great day to celebrate the magic of reading. 📚✨
Juicy plums! 🍑 Planted plum tree 10y ago 🌳 Years 1-7: zero plums Year 8: one plum Year 9: handful of plums Year 10: 180 or so ripe, juicy Victoria plums! 🍑🍑🍑
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out during the Autumn term 2025 and available to buy or preorder in August, September, October, November and December 2025. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025
Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.
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Good lord! My debut book launch at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social seems to be sold out already! Thank you those who have booked – see you on 9 Oct – and apols to anyone who's missed the boat! You can still pre-order the book though 😏 www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mir...
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A gem of a book. 💎 Spare and lyrical at the same time. Humanity and wilderness sculpted into just 146 pages. Love an author with the skill and self-control to give the reader only what is essential. Ivar is tremendous. 💛 Sublime.
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 1276: The secret to writing success is *to make the reader feel something.* It doesn't matter how beautiful your prose is, or how clever your premise is if the reader feels nothing for your characters or your story.
Getting spoiled by the dolphins putting on a great show on the Clyde heading to Kilcreggan & Gourock 🐬 Filmed at 11.26am 🎥 #Dolphins #Scotland #StormHour
Please do support your local bookshops. They are esential for independent publishers and have been the patron saints of my writing career through their word-of-mouth support.
Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · last yr.We don’t just keep saying this because it affects us and we love working in a bookshop, living, breathing, talking, lugging books - www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
The World Economic Forum argues that essential skills needed today are creative and critical thinking. I agree, and would add imagination, curiosity, empathy, compassion, care and collaboration (with the many more than human worlds ;) 💚
Excellent. A former palliative care consultant on living, dying and the immeasurable importance of talking openly about death and dying and treating every patient/person with respect and care. @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social *****
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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The Examiner ran a lovely piece on our Dublin Unesco City of Literature director! Thanks 😊 Read the full article here: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Children don’t need aggressive gatekeeping by adults. They need positive enthusiasm, encouragement and discovery. What matters isn’t whether a book is old or new – it’s that it sparks joy, confidence and curiosity. That’s how lifelong readers are born. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Children’s reading enjoyment falls to lowest recorded level in UK
Annual survey of young people’s reading habits which began two decades ago shows its lowest-ever result, most pronounced among boys aged 11 to 16
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Hearty congratulations to the stellar @brunadeluca.bsky.social on the launch of #LiviainRome last night at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social! Isn't it lush? Can't wait to read. 🤩😍🎉🍰📚
Published today the Edinburgh Art Festival Programme #EAF25 returns from 7-24 August 2025. The UK's largest visual art festival - with over 80 programmed events everyone can feast their eyes! www.edinburghartfestival.com/about/
About EAF - Edinburgh Art Festival
EAF (Edinburgh Art Festival) was founded in 2004 to provide a dedicated platform for the visual arts at the heart of Edinburgh’s summer festivals. This year, we return for EAF25, from 7–24 August 2025...
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When your first reader-reviewer is just The Lovliest person 🥹❤️
Rashmi Sirdeshpande@rashmiwriting.bsky.social · last yr.LOVED this. Enchanting. Irresistible. And just so funny! A story of family, friendship and belonging to two worlds with a side of simmering enemies-to-lovers, Livia in Rome by @brunadeluca.bsky.social is THE clean teen read of the summer. Out 3rd July. You HAVE to preorder!
Miranda Moore (@sparewriter.bsky.social) winner of the first Search for a Storyteller prize with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social & Arvon, shares how an Arvon at Home course helped shape her next novel and why breakthroughs often come in unexpected moments. www.arvon.org/a-storytelle...
A Storyteller’s Journey with Arvon at Home | Arvon
Arvon spoke with Miranda Moore, the winner of the inaugural Search for a Storyteller competition run by DFB and...
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I love an author who has the courage to tackle complex issues and the skill to pull it off with sensitivity and insight, while maintaining pace and tension. A masterclass in characterisation. Absolutely brilliant ***** @elenikwriter.bsky.social 🙌🏼
🌟 We’re so excited to be revealing the gorgeous cover for DFB and Arvon’s 2024 Search for a Storyteller winner! 🎉🤩 'A Beautiful, Terrible Thing', from the incredible debut novelist Miranda Moore is a compulsively readable story about how grief, love and the poignant beauty of life intertwine!
CBNN Reveals 📘✨ A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by our very own CBNN member Miranda Moore is coming this October from @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social.
