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Alexandra Dawe

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Writer and artist in Devon, UK. Inconsistent poster. Dawe is pronounced 'door'. No AI in my art or writing, ever. Rep'd by @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social The Stitchwort Curse published by @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/alexandradawe

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 26d

The Children in Read auction is now live!
Please share if you can, to help raise money for this wonderful charity.

www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

#childreninread #childreninneed #charity #bookauction

Children in Read 2025

'The Largest Signed Book Auction In The World'Authors and Illustrators around the globe, sign, dedicate, and send their books to their successful bidders.All Postage & Packaging is free.All proceeds a...

www.jumblebee.co.uk

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Gareth P Jones @garethpjones.bsky.social · 22h

Next year's Summer Reading Challenge theme is music & I'll soon be contacting librarians to talk about bringing my mini picture book musicals into libraries all over the UK. If you're a librarian, please do get in contact to discuss possibilities.

Bring stories to life with music.

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 21h

As soon as I spot AI I go and buy something elsewhere 🤷🏻‍♀️

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frank: print witch @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 21h

lil reminder that I have seasonal cards available! gold! (always believe in your soul!) recycled! staggy!

shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/gold...

some christmas cards, with a gold-inked stag surrounded by oak leaves

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 4d

This feels very 'Feed me, Seymour. Feed me now.'
#blackcat #bskycats

My dining table, which cats are NOT allowed on. There's a cat sitting on it. The table is covered in a plain greyish cloth, with a black table runner on. The table runner has a pattern of green leaves on it. In the middle of the table is an arrangement of pumpkins, because I'm not ready to say goodbye to Halloween yet. The kitchen is out of focus in the background. In the foreground is my black cat, Finn. She's sitting at the edge of the table, staring down at me. She's very beautiful ❤️

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 4d

What a delight to see so many of our #kidsbook friends recognized with these nominations including @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social @scallywagpress.bsky.social Congratulations all! carnegies.co.uk/nominations-...

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Isabell Bartnicki @isabellbartnicki.bsky.social · 4d

I've started reading Hazelthorn yesterday and what a delicious book 🖤

Not done yet but still recommend to anyone who wants to read some gothic botanical body horror.

Also the cover art is absolutely beautiful 🖤

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Snarhooked @snarhooked.bsky.social · Oct 5

I was fortunate to get hold of a copy of Uncle Zeedie by Colm Field via Toppsta. It's a short, fast-paced horror story which could be especially good for teens who lack reading stamina. Read my review here:
snarhookedonbooks.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/u...
#Horror #KidLitUK #BookSky

Uncle Zeedie by Colm Field

This is a short, fast-paced horror story which could be especially good for teens who lack reading stamina.The story opens with teenager Lacey and her younger brother George in the car with their d…

snarhookedonbooks.wordpress.com

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Snarhooked @snarhooked.bsky.social · 7d

Chris Priestley has written some fabulous scary stories. Seven Ghosts, Still Water and Freeze are all short enough to be achievable reads for reluctant readers and are also dyslexic-friendly. The Tales of Terror series is great too. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 5d

I haven't seen Fledgling before, I'll check it out!

Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 5d

Lockwood & Co is a top favourite in our house, and I love Lucy Strange! I have Dracula and Daughter's but haven't read it yet, this week hopefully!

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve discovered I quite like a bit of gentle scariness! Lucy Strange does it really well and would recommend any of her books. Lockwood & Co is a brilliant series that Netflix sadly cancelled. For gothic horror, loved the quirky Fledgling and most recently Dracula & Daughters. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

Cover of Sisters of the Lost Marsh by Lucy Strange

Cover of The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

Cover of Dracula & Daughters by Emma Carroll

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 6d

"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 5d

A last picture of my derpy pumpkin, as it’s starting to decay. Soon it’ll be gone forever. RIP.
#kpopdemonhunters

A pumpkin carved as a demon tiger (Derpy from Kpop demon hunters). A smaller pumpkin on its head with a demon crow carved in it (sussie)

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 5d

Libraries are amazing!

Request my debut novel A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE at your local library and read it for free while supporting both your library and the author! (yes, we get paid)

#Fantasy #BookSky #Library

A visual showing a library and the cover of the book A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE and text above reading "Libraries are great, request A Legacy of BLood and Bone at your local library and read it for free! (yes, libraries do ebooks)"

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 5d

Watched it again last week, love it!

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 6d

3. Utter Horror!

Halloween horror!

Horrifying:
1. Floating skull
2. Evil fog
3.Slime fiend

Utterly horrifying:
1. Floating skull who borrows books and never returns them.
2. Evil fog with some really awful opinions (it is saying we've got the internet so we don't need libraries")
3. Slime fiend who browses bookshops then buys online

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 6d

That aged well...
#hocuspocus #halloweenmovie

A photo of my TV, I'm watching Hocus Pocus. Two teenagers are in a graveyard. One with long blonde hair wearing a leather jacket is pointing at the other, who has his back to the viewer. He's wearing a hat and ICE has been shaved into his hair, just under the hat brim, above his collar.

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Yulia Zhuchkova @avalach.bsky.social · 7d

On the night before Halloween, Jack brews something special… 🎃

A pinch of golden leaves, a spoonful of cold wind and a few drops of rain, a spark of candlelight, and the laughter of ghosts whispering among the trees 👻

But be careful, the old books say this potion may wake the spirits of autumn...

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Hatwolf @hatwolf.bsky.social · 7d

He comes draped in dying leaves, a crown of horns above the withering world. The Autumn Cloak, they call him. The harvest’s weary demigod, tending to his diligent little children.

#Art #AfterSilence #Fantasy #Autumn #Halloween

A tall, eerie forest creature stands in an autumn woodland bathed in warm red and gold light. It has a goat skull for a head with large, spiraling horns adorned with small golden bells, and hollow, glowing eyes. Its long, thin arms end in dark, clawed hands, and it wears a cloak made entirely of layered brown leaves that drape to the ground. A spiked, vine-like tail curls behind it. The forest around it glows softly in orange hues, with trees bearing red leaves and fallen foliage carpeting the forest floor. The image has an otherworldly, mystical atmosphere, signed “Hatwolf 2025” and labeled “After Silence” in the bottom corners.

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 7d

It's Children in Read time! I've donated a copy of The Stitchwort Curse to this amazing charity auction. If you win I'll sign and dedicate the book for you, and draw a fluffy little spider too! There's loads of other brilliant books and prizes too!

www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

Children in Read 2025

Authors and Illustrators around the globe, sign & dedicate their books for the biggest online signed book auction in the world.All Postage & Packaging is free.All proceeds are in aid of the B....

www.jumblebee.co.uk

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bone temple pilot @deadspiderhands.bsky.social · 8d

they see you

digital drawing of a lady leaning against a stone wall surrounded by jack o’ lanterns that are looking at her

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote the alt text. I wrote it 4 times. The window kept closing, and it never saved a draft. I've spent 15 minutes trying to write the alt text and it just isn't posting it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 9d

TW- SPIDER!

Made a new friend.

#spider #housespider #crochet

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Folkloring Podcast @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

We are getting close and today's vintage cards is a bonus with lots of fun cards! #samhain #folklore #halloween #folkloring #vintagecards

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 9d

That's inaccurate, Trump would never draw a cat. He'd use AI to generate a cat for him, from the image banks his billionaire tech buddies stole from the original creators. And proudly proclaim 'it's all computer.'

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