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Philippa East (Author)

@philippaeast.bsky.social

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Novelist, rep’d by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social. Thrillers: #LittleWhiteLies💛 #SafeAndSound❤️ #IllNeverTell💗 #AGuiltySecret🧡 Lives in Lincolnshire, has a cat. Clinical Psychologist by day.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hi everyone! I’m a fiction author with HQStories/HarperCollins and my books (psychological thrillers) are #LittleWhiteLies, #SafeAndSound #IllNeverTell #AGuiltySecret. I’m also a clinical psychologist 🤓 and trans ally 🏳️‍⚧️ Looking forward to joining you all!
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Phili...

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 2h

Yes!

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Sean Duffy @profduff.bsky.social · 22h

Discovered there is a cat park in Philly! How did I not know this existed? 😹😹😹

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 11h

To clarify:

This survey is for those aged 18-25 + family members, friends, carers & colleagues; health, social care or education professionals: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

And this one is for those under 18, + parents, carers, friends: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

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@mimmymum.bsky.social @emiliab.bsky.social
@whatthetrans.com

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 11h

If you can, please fill this out.

It’s for trans/gender-diverse people under 18 +/or parents/carers/family/friends.

Its part of the larger research project into CYP GI care that includes the PB trial.
(It’s the “priority setting” partnership mentioned here: www.england.nhs.uk/commissionin...)

TACC @tacc.org.uk · 14h

If you can find the time, please share and fill out this survey for the James Lind Alliance. Mumsnet goons are apparently bombarding it with nonsense responses:

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

Let's improve care for young gender diverse people

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 11h

But I guess we can express a lot of irritation and frustration and hold Streeting’s feet to the fire.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 11h

Bingo

Scott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Gerwig: "Whenever I have trouble writing, I think about the pace of baseball. It’s slow, just grinding out another play. You strike out a lot. This, for me, is very helpful to have in my mind while writing.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you!

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 19h

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Where does your MC live at the beginning of the story?

These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...

Fall forest scene overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall - October - Planning
Where does your MC live at the beginning of the story? What does their life look like?

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 15h

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror
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Why Didn't You Just Leave paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14h

Oh no! I’m so sorry.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14h

Going to start working on a new book soon… 🤓🤓🤓

a group of children are sitting at desks in a classroom writing on paper .

Alt: Young boys sitting at a desk taking a test. He looks up and thinks pensively for a while before returning to his writing.

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Based on a Book Podcast @basedonabook.bsky.social · 18h

👁️✨ Spooky Month has officially begun & we’re kicking it off with The Watchers! 🌲🕯️

Hosted by Keri, we dive deep into the eerie world of A.M. Shine’s novel & its chilling film adaptation.

🎧 Tune in now and join us as we unravel the secrets hidden beneath the trees.

#booksky #filmsky #movies

New episode announcement for based on a book podcast.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14h

Love this guy

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14h

I mean, they’re actually on Bluesky for one thing 🤣

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14h

🤗🤗🤗
If you’ve been thinking about it and on the fence, maybe now is the time to sign up to @greenparty.org.uk.
I have, and I’ve also joined @feministgreens.bsky.social and @lgbtiqagreens.bsky.social.

Sign up here. 95,000 members and growing. It’s only £5 a month👍
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LGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqagreens.bsky.social · 15h

In the spirit of #AbolishBadThings
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💚

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14h

Love this! I have just signed up with you 🤗🤗🤗

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 18h

You know how you really know you made it in publishing???

People can get your books in Large Print.

Just a librarian observation :)

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 1d

👏👏👏

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Must-read report from @blackvotersmatterfund.org and @fairfightaction.bsky.social lays out the absolutely enormous stakes of the redistricting case that could destroy the remaining provisions of the Voting Rights Act bit.ly/VRA-under-at...

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Based on a Book Podcast @basedonabook.bsky.social · 1d

💙📚 Many of the books we've discussed on our podcast aren't exactly kid friendly. That said, we firmly believe that books are a tool to help open discussions with not only kids but anyone trying to process big concepts & feelings.

Check out our episodes covering these removed/restricted* YA titles.

Image of YA Banned Books we’ve covered on our podcast.

Uglies
Beastly
Percy Jackson series
His Dark Materials
Hunger Games
The Martian

Common sense, age appropriate restrictions (no Fifty Shades of Anything in elementary school libraries, duh!) make sense. But censorship over beliefs or "politicized" content simply isn't our jam. We'll read what we want and we encourage you to do the same.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 1d

Fun prompt 🤗

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 1d

Submit to gooseberry-pie.com

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 1d

The UK is currently at an all time low on the ILGA-Europe Map thanks to your input, so I don’t think that’s much of a milestone.

www.ilga-europe.org/files/upload...

On 16 April 2025, the UK Supreme Court released its judgment in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd finding, in brief, that in the UK 2010 Equalities Act, the terms “woman”, “man”, and “sex” are based on “biological sex” and are immutable, including for those who have a Gender GRC, the UK’s version of legal gender recognition (LGR). This means that for the purpose of equality law in the UK, trans men are considered “biological women” and trans women are “biological men”. Further, holders of GRCs are legally unable to avail themselves of sex-based protections in the UK 2010 Equalities Act.
This ruling was followed by an interim update to guidance issued by the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission on 25 April, which clarified that the judgment means that trans people should not be allowed to use single-sex facilities that align with their gender identities and in some cases should also not be allowed to use the facilities that align with their sex assigned at birth (termed “biological sex” in the interim update).
ILGA-Europe consider the judgment and resulting interim update to indicate that a person’s GRC no longer functions in all areas of life, undermining the coherence of legal gender recognition in the UK. Legislative or administrative frameworks for LGR presume, in alignment with Goodwin (ECtHR no. 28957/95), that once a person’s documents are changed, the change shall have universal impact, meaning that a trans woman is a woman for all legal purposes and a trans man is a man for all legal purposes, including access to spaces and services. Thus, with the judgment and interim update in place, LGR in the UK does not and cannot meet this functional definition. It is in fact impossible for a trans person to be fully legally recognised in their gender identity within the legal framework created by the judgment and interim update.
As such, ILGA-Europe has removed all legal gender recognition-related points from the UK in the 2025 Rainbow Europe package.

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 1d

Useful refs:

transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-t...

www.equality-network.org/wp-content/u...

goodlawproject.org/update/updat...