Joanne Harris

Really looking forward to my events at Barton Grange and Lingham's Books tomorrow. Both events are already sold out, but if you'd like to hear me talk about VIANNE and the magic of chocolate, please check out my remaining tour dates here... www.joanne-harris.co.uk/events/

I love British Library Publishing's Tales of the Weird series. As well as the excellent "Possessed" I have read "Spores of Doom - Dank Tales of the Fungal Weird" and am currently reading "Evil Roots - Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic". All brilliant books and plenty more in the series.

Yeah, I saw that...

It is, yes: but I think it has value as a recognizable statement of intent.

Authors Guild in the US did this about 18 months ago. www.instagram.com/p/DBLJvVXgIU...

Officially out tomorrow!

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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 7428:
Don’t sit at your desk all the time. Try to take regular breaks. Take a walk. Breathe fresh air. Look at trees. It helps.

Fanny Bullock Workman (1859-1925) was a geographer and cartographer, a women's rights actvist and mountaineer. She was one of the very first women to climb the Himalayan mountains, and together with her husband, she cycled through Spain, Syria and Turkey for ten years. #CelebratingWomen

Nice!

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And this morning the Shed is a tattoo of a Shed astride a flaming motorcycle...

This 18-year-old Afghan girl nearly escaped the Taliban – then we took her visa away She resisted a forced marriage and studied in secret, winning scholarships to leave Kabul and attend a British university. But now the home secretary’s ban on study visas has removed her one chance of...

This 18-year-old Afghan girl had offers from York and Reading – thanks to Shabana Mahmood, she will now never escape the Taliban | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...

This is rather lovely and somehow relaxing - an interactive map of lighthouses of the northern seas lighthouse-atlas.netlify.app#3/48/-30

Lovely audience tonight at the Northlight Gallery to help launch VIANNE in paperback - thank you, all, to Helen Bramley for the chocolates, and to Read Bookshop in Holmfirth for organising! 🍫💕

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Writing is a team sport. The idea is to go out and create more readers and get those who already do to read more. Lift all boats on a sea of words.

VERY nice.

I guess it is, unless you count the cost to the environment, the monumental water consumption, the huge demands on global energy and the people whose work it has stolen. Otherwise, completely free, yes.

You think?

It may be real, but I've seen several scams offering 'tuition' by authors who have no idea it's happening...

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions Climate breakdown is shrinking the amount of time that people can safely go about their lives, according to a study that shows a third of the world’s population now resides in areas where heat severely limits activity. Rising temperatures, driven by the continued burning of fossil fuels, are making it difficult even for many young, healthy adults to do basic physical activities, such as housework or walking up stairs during daylight hours at the height of the summer, the report warns. Continue reading...

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds

Which author?

For that I would have to be a Polite Woman. :-)

Unsolicited writing advice, no: 175:
No-one ever promised it would be easy. Anyone telling you otherwise is trying to sell you something.

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Come if you can!

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It’s time for allies in the media industry to speak up for LGBTQIA+ people We need more voices - not just in private, but in the newsrooms, speaking out in pitching meetings, and pushing back against harmful narratives.

It’s time for allies in the media industry to speak up for LGBTQIA+ people

www.wearequeeraf.com/its-time-for...

Out this week!!

You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.