UK authors! If you haven't done it yet (I haven't) it's time to update your PLR account! The deadline is June 30th!
Tom Nicoll
@tomnicoll.uk
Award Winning Children's Author (Little Tiger and Macmillan) There's Nothing Faster than a Cheetah out now. Agent: Jodie Hodges (United Agents)
Got to see one of my favourite bands ever play tonight at the London Palladium - Black Box Recorder. Never thought I'd get to see them. Was everything I hoped it would be.
This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already
a woman in a blue jacket is jogging in the park
Alt: Rachel from TV show friends in a blue jacket is jogging in the park and Phoebe runs past her but her run is weird
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CNN@cnn.com · 5mo agoLightning, a running robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, finished a 21-kilometer (13 mile) run in Beijing in a stunning 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by more than six minutes. https://cnn.it/4mLRxQ8
ANNOUNCEMENT: Autistic Women Oversharing is back! We're returning for a second series of our podcast with a raft of hilarious guest hosts from the Daily Tism team. Join us on your favourite podcast platform for Episode 1 next Thursday the 15th of January!
Yesterday I attended the Laugh out loud children's book awards at the Southbank centre. Myself and Ross Collins won funniest picture book for our book There's nothing faster than a cheetah! Such a fun event, was lovely meeting everyone.
What a ridiculous game of football that was. I need a lie down now 🏴🏴🏴
The Art of War by Sun Tzu and the Hey Duggee Christmas Annual 2023.
Nikki McCann Ramírez@nikkimcr.bsky.social · 11mo agoPrompt: if you had to performatively display two books that you wanted the NYT writer profiling you about your career ending scandal to notice, what would they be?
Hapworth commented: “Who the fuck left this here? What if I hadn’t seen it? And on our anniversary!” Help fund our work AND find out if her boyfriend still lives, by reading the full article on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/139179...
Number 6 is an organisation for autistic adults and it's been an absolute lifeline for me over the past year. Edinburgh council are taking away its funding so it'll have to close, please sign this petition to help keep it open!! chng.it/vJDYwT4L4J
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Save Number 6 One Stop Shop- Tell City of Edinburgh Council No funding cuts
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Love that she looks like she's about to team up with Johnny Lawrence to go kick Larusso's ass
The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · last yr.Hodder & Stoughton has triumphed in a 10-publisher auction for Liza Minnelli’s first memoir, Kids, Wait Til You Hear This! The memoir will be published on 12th March 2026 – Minelli’s 80th birthday 👇 #BookSky
Brilliant news announced today that Ross Collins and I have been shortlisted in this year's Laugh Out Loud Book Awards in the picture book category! Congrats to all the other nominees @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social 🐆🐌🎉
Lucy van Pelt has finally gone too far. But she will be brought to justice
Are you interested in writing and illustrating your own picture book? Join the @cbcreative.bsky.social video course starting this week(!) with @davidoconnell.bsky.social and me! Browse all the courses here: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/creative-wri... ✍️
🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:
Writers! If you stand in solidarity with trans people, please sign this letter about the recent supreme court judgement. Whether you write films/tv/books/journalism/poetry etc docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Thanks for flagging!
An Open Letter of Solidarity With the Trans Community from UK Writers
The UK Supreme Court ruling of 17th April 2025 was the result of a coordinated and privately funded attack on the human rights and dignity of trans and non-binary people in the UK. We call upon our in...
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Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid.
two transformers are standing next to each other and one says i have nothing but contempt for this court
Alt: two transformers are standing next to each other and one says i have nothing but contempt for this court
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Tisiphone@tisiphone.bsky.social · last yr.Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid.
When you've been the star of one of the defining dramas of the era and you still can't escape the shadow of your brother who hit Joe pesci with a paint can in a film 35 years ago
Nine of my books have been pirated by Mark Zuckerberg, the creative visionary behind 'The Facebook', the 'Metaverse' and a website to rank the attractiveness of women. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
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Good advice here on action for authors to take - I’ll be doing this
The Society of Authors@societyofauthors.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
Men only want one thing: To be praised when they manage to fast-forward straight through the ads at x30 and stop it right as the show comes back on.
Just a thought on the subject of fellow Children's author, Xander Armstrong & private schools.
