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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · 3d

Dear airlines, please stop sending me surveys. We all know they are ignored in their entirety. Looking at you in particular, @aa.com

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 3d

“It has certainly merited its place among contemporary Jamaican classics that will be remembered in the newly defined literary scene of the 21st century”, writes Keenan Falconer in his review of @dmccaulay.bsky.social's most recent novel, A House for Miss Pauline

Full review on our website

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · 6d

Lovely to see this - one of the judges for the Wilbur Smith Prize for Adventure Writing on each of the shortlisted books, including #aHouseforMissPauline

Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · 6d

NEW: Fighter pilot Nathan Gray talks us through the six brilliant books shortlisted for this year's Wilbur Smith Prize for Adventure Writing:
fivebooks.com/best-books/a...

The Best Adventure Novels: The 2025 Wilbur Smith Prize

Adventure means something different for everyone, says Nathan Gray, former fighter pilot and a judge for this year's Wilbur Smith Prize for Adventure Writing. He talks us through the brilliant books…

fivebooks.com

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall - may her memory be a blessing and a guide...

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you. I appreciate that. I'm glad he liked the book, but gotta leave some secrets for the reader to discover...

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · 8d

Hi everyone - always happy to see attention for my book - but Keenan's review has A TON of spoilers. Not really a good idea because if a potential reader already knows what's going to happen, why read the book? Would you consider asking him to take out the spoilers?

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · 11d

A shell I saw on Piha Beach in New Zealand. Sea and sky, I thought. I left it there. #elsewhere #travelling

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · 12d

Likkl good news...

Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 12d

For roughly the price of an inner-city apartment, not-for-profit group Nooramunga Land and Sea (NL&S) has purchased multiple small islands off the coast of Gippsland, with the sole aim of protecting the environments from development forever. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Not-for-profit buys islands off Victoria to save them from development

For roughly the price of an inner-city apartment, conservationists have bought multiple small islands off the coast of Gippsland to protect their ecosystems and wildlife.

www.abc.net.au

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Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) @elaw-envirolaw.bsky.social · 26d

@jamentrust1991.bsky.social issued a fantastic new report on work to #SaveCockpitCountry.

Check it out! jamentrust.org/download/bey...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28d

Gun violence is out of control. The victims of gun violence are Republicans, Democrats, independents, and kids, who have no political affiliation whatsoever.

We need to tone down the incendiary political rhetoric, for sure, but we also need to do something about guns.
The guns!

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Sep 9

Dear boot companies- I know I made the fundamental error of glancing at a nice pair of new boots on social media- but PLEASE stop with the boot ads! I now hate all boots on principle... possibly even all shoes...

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Hamza Jahanzeb @hamzajahanzeb.co.uk · Sep 5

Go go go book on in! Leone Ross is a titan of the literary world.

If you're a fiction writer of 5,000 words I can't recommend Leone's guidance and sharp eye enough.

Leone Ross @leoneross.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tree fingers..
#LakeOntario
#soonbehome

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thoughtful review of A HOUSE FOR MISS PAULINE in Caribbean Beat thanks to Shivanee Ramlochan @novelniche.bsky.social www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-190/bo...
#grateful
#aHouseforMissPauline

Book buzz | Reviews (Sep/Oct 2025) | Caribbean Beat Magazine

This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews by Shivanee Ramlochan of A House for Miss Pauline by Diana McCaulay; The Proper Care of Knives by Anu Lakhan; Between Islands by Rhys Knowle...

www.caribbean-beat.com

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ma Kiwi tree. Puriri, or Vitex lucens..

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Aug 23

#scape
#piha
#newzealand

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Aug 14

Two of my books are there but I am outside of the US..

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Karen Lord @handle.invalid · Aug 11

Well, @dmccaulay.bsky.social wrote a book about that!

My answer: why not maximise dawn and twilight instead? Long-nap in a cool, dark room between 10 am and 2pm, and have a shorter night sleep between midnight and 4 am.

www.peepaltreepress.com/books/daylig...

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John Webb Ste Gen Mo 💙💙💙 @johnwstegenmo.bsky.social · Aug 9

'Nailed It" Mo. Dems to Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @lesliejones4mo.bsky.social @shepherdformo.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @lilithkarma.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @progressmissouri.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @casscomodems.bsky.social

John Webb Ste Gen Mo 💙💙💙 @johnwstegenmo.bsky.social · Aug 2

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Aug 7

It is a truth universally acknowledged that most people are unable to manage an email account.

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Jul 29

Dear rain, promises promises...

Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Jul 28

A true writing day..

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · Jul 21

#selfpub #writerscommunity #authorsky #writingtips #indieauthor

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 24

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Jul 23

earth.org/icj-advisory...

Climate Change an 'Existential Threat', Says World's Top Court

“The consequences of climate change...underscore the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change,” said ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa .

earth.org

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Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay.bsky.social · Jul 23

Fellow writers - my candidate for a banned phrase: 'Every fibre of my being.' Wondering if I've ever used it myself...
#writerthoughts
#amreading

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