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Katie Allen

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Baker, walker, animal-lover and writer who's hoping this place is kinder and wiser than the last. Books: Everything Happens for a Reason out there somewhere, Happy is the One just out and available here: https://geni.us/G3otY katieallenauthor.com

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 25

Massive thanks to Fabulous magazine fot featuring #HappyIsTheOne today
And there’s a chance to win a copy ☄️📘
#Giveaway #BookSky

www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/350...

@orendab.bsky.social

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Holiday packing tip - this! I loved Anna's first book of poetry and excited to be taking this away with me on Kindle (lots of other ebook versions available - click on @annadavidson.bsky.social profile for links)

Anna Davidson @annadavidson.bsky.social · Jun 26

We all need a boost from time to time.

If the daily grind is getting you down, try a dose of poetry. From rubbing along with colleagues to dressing for success, here are forty-five uplifting poems that shine a light on life's sunny side. Just what the doctor ordered.

Out TODAY!

Poetry for Loving Life: Energizing Short Poems by A. K. Davidson. Bright yellow, red and blue ebook cover on tablet.

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Your message just now nudged me to click on your links and buy this ready for my summer holiday! Two clicks and it's ready to go 😀 So looking forward to it. Loved 'Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions'

amzn.eu/d/amepLPV

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Oh wow and what a lovely thought to share this with me! Thank you! I hope you move up the queue soon xx

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jul 21

Lovely words about Happy is the One

Thank you! ☄️📘😍

MJKirsch @kirschmj.bsky.social · Jul 21

"Happy is the One" by @katieallenauthor.bsky.social‬

Amazing book, so much to it, friendships, looking after family, romance all wrapped into the basic premise of a misguided belief. I enjoyed it enormously.

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you so much! Love that you enjoyed it this much x

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jul 4

My first book is just 99p on #Kobo until the end of the month! Loosely autobiographical, it's a story of grief, dogs and unexpected friendships
bit.ly/3DvtJdi

#booksky #babyloss #breakthesilence
@orendabooks.bsky.social

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jul 2

The face that says, 'Heatwave finally over.'
Phew!

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jun 26

Happy publication day to @annesenes.bsky.social whose beautiful Double Room comes out in English today - in a masterful translation by Alice Banks

This book utterly captivated me and still lingers…

#BookSky #NewFiction

Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · Jun 26

📖 PUBLICATION DAY 💔

The greatest #LoveStory ever told... Then tragedy strikes💔📖

#DoubleRoom by @annesenes.bsky.social #Translated by A Banks is a beautiful, tender and haunting read - UNFORGETTABLE!

Pick up your copy today!

📖 bit.ly/4khxIOD
📱 bit.ly/4kTQcEH

#NewReleases #BookSky

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is such an honour & I love how @pussmilligan.bsky.social sums up Happy is the One

"This story of a man unravelling - and rebuilding - reminds us that life's messiest detours often lead to its most meaningful destinations."

Thank you for including it in Heat's Hot Summer Reads 🤓📘☄️
#BookSky

Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

OMG!!
LOOK!

@katieallenauthor.bsky.social's life-affirming new novel, #HappyIsTheOne, has been chosen as one of Heat's Hot #Summer Reads by @pussmilligan.bsky.social 🤩
THANK YOU!

What a cracking line-up!

Grab your copy of this beautiful #Read TODAY!
📱 geni.us/yoc4z
📖 geni.us/G3otY

#BookSky

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Jun 1

Just found these in our old road map and I'm remembering how my mum would tell me directions and I'd make these notes and tape them all along the dashboard 🤣
SatNavs have to be one of the best inventions to enter my life

#Y2Knostalgia

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 30

And of course I couldn't leave a bookshop without buying something! Picked up this for the murder mystery fan in my house. Thanks for the recommendation @villagebooks.bsky.social

The book A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 30

Lots of signed copies of Happy is the One now available in @villagebooks.bsky.social

Such a pleasure to go in and chat to Harriet and Harriet
Thanks for all the support with this book and the last 😍☄️📘

@orendabooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Me signing copies of the book Happy is the One in Village Books in Dulwich, South London

Me holding a copy of the book Happy is the One outside Village Books in Dulwich, South London

The book Happy is the One with a tag saying Local Author in the window display of Village Books in Dulwich, South London

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 30

In the ongoing series of me dressed like my book cover and doing a daft face... all dressed up in my new charity shop find to go and sign copies of Happy is the One at @villagebooks.bsky.social

@orendabooks.bsky.social

Me in a navy jacket with gold trim and mustard yellow trousers holding a copy of the book Happy is the One and my black dog Miko sniffing the book

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 29

Anne, I love this review so much and am so grateful to you for organising and being on this brilliant blog tour. Thank you, thank you!

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 29

Just having a little cry at this...
"As much as we (and Robin) would like to be ordered and prepared, we aren't and we can't. We have to seize the moment, we have to realise that today, here and now, is our life and we have to treasure it and try to live it to its fullest"😭

Anne Cater @annerandomthings.bsky.social · May 29

Happy Is The One by Katie Allen BLOG TOUR #HappyIsTheOne @katieallenauthor.bsky.social ‬‪ @orendabooks.bsky.social #BookReview

randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.com/2025/05/happ...

Happy Is The One by Katie Allen BLOG TOUR #HappyIsTheOne @KtAllenWriting @OrendaBooks @katieallenauthor.bsky.social‬‪ @orendabooks.bsky.social‬ #BookReview

What if halfway through your life was just the beginning? Robin Edmund Blake is halfway through his life. Born in 1986, when Halley’s Com...

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 28

Aha, that's the secret! Love it

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks for this beautiful pic and for posting. Love how your backgrounds match the books.
A lovely pile of books. I recently read and adored Double Room by @annesenes.bsky.social

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 28

Doing a daft face in Dulwich Books where their wonderful support has helped Happy is the One fly in its first week ☄️📘😀

@orendabooks.bsky.social #BookSky #HappyIsTheOne

Me smiling and pointing to Happy is the One in the bestseller spot on a shelf at Dulwich Books

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 28

☄️📘😀
Thank you @scotlandchris1.bsky.social

Chris Scotland @scotlandchris1.bsky.social · May 27

I'm going in... #HappyIsTheOne @katieallenauthor.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social #MeetRobin

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 28

Yay! So hope you enjoy Robin and his story. Thanks for reading

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 27

Absolutely love this review of #HappyistheOne from The Lotus Readers

@orendabooks.bsky.social #BlogTour #BookSky

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 27

"Living is right now!It’s not when we have money, or have lost weight, or when we have better health. It’s now, when we’re skint, fat and feeling ill. Whatever life looks like right now, we absolutely must live."

This captures exactly what I was trying to say
lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/05/27/h...

Happy Is The One by Katie Allen

Robin is exactly half way through his life. Like Mark Twain before him, Robin came into the world with Halley’s Comet in 1986 and fully expects to go out again when it returns in 2061. Recently he’…

lotuswritingtherapy.com

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 26

On how I met my new main man Robin and built Happy is the One around him

www.writing.ie/interviews/h...

#BookSky @orendabooks.bsky.social #HappyIsTheOne

Happy is the One by Katie Allen

Author Katie Allen on Writing Happy is the One. Asking questions in fiction . . . writing always begins with the character.

www.writing.ie

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 25

Massive thanks to Fabulous magazine fot featuring #HappyIsTheOne today
And there’s a chance to win a copy ☄️📘
#Giveaway #BookSky

www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/350...

@orendab.bsky.social

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · May 24

Thank you! So happy to have your words and name on the cover

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