Lou Minns
@louminns.bsky.social
Writer. Workshop leader. YA. Gothic. ND. #WWM #Room204 #Spark lead writer
One time #Sydneysider one time #Calgirl always #Stokie Oatcakes are the food of the gods.
One time #Sydneysider one time #Calgirl always #Stokie Oatcakes are the food of the gods.
Congratulations Candy!
Happy book birthday to me and illustrator Jamie Bauza! Born today: LITTLE RHINO LOST, U.S. edition! Published by Crocodile Books @interlinkbooks.bsky.social The UK edition will be out in March, published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Congratulations Candy!
Know someone 11-16 living in Stoke? The aim in these free workshops is to write 100 words on The Places That Make Us. 100 stories will be chosen for publication in our anthology - published in 2026 to kick off the next 100 years of Stoke authorship #100Books#100Years @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Know someone 11-16 living in Stoke? The aim in these free workshops is to write 100 words on The Places That Make Us. 100 stories will be chosen for publication in our anthology - published in 2026 to kick off the next 100 years of Stoke authorship #100Books#100Years @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social
Folktales and folklore writing was so much fun on Saturday with Sparks young and teen writers, lots of physical prompts, character mapping, then writing their own #folktales #writingwestmidlands #writingworkshop #writingcommunity
February 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Folktales and folklore writing was so much fun on Saturday with Sparks young and teen writers, lots of physical prompts, character mapping, then writing their own #folktales #writingwestmidlands #writingworkshop #writingcommunity
I'm so incredibly honoured to be part of this important project #100booksinayear I'm excited to be delivering workshops in schools and libraries to inspire and encourage the next generation of #Stoke #writers with #ThePlacesThatMakeUs
@lisablowerwrite.bsky.social making this magic happen!
@lisablowerwrite.bsky.social making this magic happen!
January 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I'm so incredibly honoured to be part of this important project #100booksinayear I'm excited to be delivering workshops in schools and libraries to inspire and encourage the next generation of #Stoke #writers with #ThePlacesThatMakeUs
@lisablowerwrite.bsky.social making this magic happen!
@lisablowerwrite.bsky.social making this magic happen!
Take a listen to Lisa chat about the 100 books in 100 years Stoke Centenary project. So inspiring. Come on #Stoke! #writers #writingcommunity #voices
Pottered down to
@ACAVASpodeWorks
to chat to
@jeromecreates
about the 100 Books in a 100 Years project for
@stokeontrent100
Have a listen if you'd like to know more :
audioboom.com/posts/864233...
@English_Keele
#locallit #stoke
@ACAVASpodeWorks
to chat to
@jeromecreates
about the 100 Books in a 100 Years project for
@stokeontrent100
Have a listen if you'd like to know more :
audioboom.com/posts/864233...
@English_Keele
#locallit #stoke
100 Books in 100 Years with Lisa Blower
In this episode, I chat with Lisa Blower, award-winning author and lecturer in Creative Writing at Keele University, about her exciting project for Stoke-on-Trent's centenary year: 100 Books in 10...
audioboom.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Take a listen to Lisa chat about the 100 books in 100 years Stoke Centenary project. So inspiring. Come on #Stoke! #writers #writingcommunity #voices
Calling all Stokies! Spread the word. Can you help reach 100 books in 100 words? Celebrate Stoke's centenary by building its first literary cannon 💥🔥❤️
Officially launching '100 Books in a 100 Years' - a centenary project for Stoke-on-Trent that is hoping to recover 100 separate Potteries-born authored publications from 1925-2025 to present the first literary canon to the city.
[email protected] / www.lisablower.co.uk for all the info.
[email protected] / www.lisablower.co.uk for all the info.
January 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Calling all Stokies! Spread the word. Can you help reach 100 books in 100 words? Celebrate Stoke's centenary by building its first literary cannon 💥🔥❤️
Love love LOVE !!! Can't wait to watch this at the New Vic!
The Miner Birds is back! New longer version. Original cast. In the round. The story of the North Staffs Miners Wives Action Group. Tickets on sale right now 👇 we would LOVE to see you again xx
www.newvictheatre.org.uk/productions/...
www.newvictheatre.org.uk/productions/...
The Miner Birds - New Vic Theatre
www.newvictheatre.org.uk
January 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Love love LOVE !!! Can't wait to watch this at the New Vic!
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#ArthurBerry100 will see a series of celebration events take place throughout Stoke-on-Trent’s #SoT100 centenary year to showcase the artist, playwright and poet’s breadth of work.
@newvictheatre.bsky.social
#NorthStaffordshireLowry
daily-focus.co.uk/2024/12/cent...
@newvictheatre.bsky.social
#NorthStaffordshireLowry
daily-focus.co.uk/2024/12/cent...
Centenary of ‘North Staffordshire’s Lowry’ to be celebrated thanks to £147K lottery grant - Daily Focus
Major celebrations are set to take place in 2025 for the centenary of ‘North Staffordshire Lowry’ Arthur Berry’s birth thanks to a £147,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
daily-focus.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 3:06 PM
#ArthurBerry100 will see a series of celebration events take place throughout Stoke-on-Trent’s #SoT100 centenary year to showcase the artist, playwright and poet’s breadth of work.
@newvictheatre.bsky.social
#NorthStaffordshireLowry
daily-focus.co.uk/2024/12/cent...
@newvictheatre.bsky.social
#NorthStaffordshireLowry
daily-focus.co.uk/2024/12/cent...
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As an honorary Stokie, I loved writing this feature about Stoke-on-Trent for the Guardian, highlighting some of the places that make Stoke so special. And I can’t wait to see how the city celebrates its centenary year. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Pottering in the Potteries: exploring the museums and ceramics studios of Stoke-on-Trent
As a new series of The Great Pottery Throwdown hits the screens, an honorary Stokie explores Josiah Wedgwood’s legacy and the six towns – and gets some clay on her hands
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As an honorary Stokie, I loved writing this feature about Stoke-on-Trent for the Guardian, highlighting some of the places that make Stoke so special. And I can’t wait to see how the city celebrates its centenary year. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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Children's poets! #kidlit #kidspoetry Do follow Children's Poetry Summit - they are a UK network full of people actively interested in children's poetry, and promotion of it. @cpsummit.bsky.social They will repost your posts.
January 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Children's poets! #kidlit #kidspoetry Do follow Children's Poetry Summit - they are a UK network full of people actively interested in children's poetry, and promotion of it. @cpsummit.bsky.social They will repost your posts.
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You can now read my new book, The Best of Everything, early! I hope you enjoy it.
Available to request and review on Netgalley here:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/544489
Available to request and review on Netgalley here:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/544489
The Best of Everything
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You can now read my new book, The Best of Everything, early! I hope you enjoy it.
Available to request and review on Netgalley here:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/544489
Available to request and review on Netgalley here:
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/544489
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Chat GPT unionising and beginning strike action was the plot twist I didn't know I needed in this world.
BREAKING | ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline
ChatGPT is refusing to work
ChatGPT is offline, leaving users unable to talk to the AI chat app.
www.independent.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Chat GPT unionising and beginning strike action was the plot twist I didn't know I needed in this world.
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Hooray for libraries! Did you know that writers receive a small payment for each time their book is borrowed during the year? And we also get a big warm glow at the thought of so many people sharing our work. ❤️
#loveyourlibrary
#loveyourlibrary
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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We had such an energising time at the #ReadingRights summit and can't wait to put the conversations into action!
Watch the video Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shared at the summit to demonstrate the power of early reading here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
Watch the video Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shared at the summit to demonstrate the power of early reading here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Another #NewIllustrationoftheDay from the Inclusive Books for Children shortlist. By Anna Wilson from Until You Find the Sun, a story by Maryam Hassan about a child displaced from a warm country, who finds a new way to belong. The image of the crowd conveys cold but sun glimpsed ahead. Hodder 2024.
January 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Another #NewIllustrationoftheDay from the Inclusive Books for Children shortlist. By Anna Wilson from Until You Find the Sun, a story by Maryam Hassan about a child displaced from a warm country, who finds a new way to belong. The image of the crowd conveys cold but sun glimpsed ahead. Hodder 2024.
Open for business. Ignore the scaffolding
Well, we've flirted with it before, as have many indie retailers, but today, the day came.
We have had our first ZERO day. That's right. We sold nothing.
Scaffolding makes a difference - we ARE open and we also sell online.
#kidlituk
We have had our first ZERO day. That's right. We sold nothing.
Scaffolding makes a difference - we ARE open and we also sell online.
#kidlituk
January 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Open for business. Ignore the scaffolding
Also, the sweater ❤️💥
Hunt for the Golden Scarab is published a week today! 🪲 You may find it in your local bookshop this weekend if you’re lucky. Do post pics if you spot it! ⏳🗝️🎶
January 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Also, the sweater ❤️💥
Fantastic thread 🔥
1 like = 1 Irish children’s book I love.
There are over 400 Irish and Irish based children’s writers and illustrators creating incredible books for young readers. It won’t be hard!
I’ll post tomorrow! ❤️
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
There are over 400 Irish and Irish based children’s writers and illustrators creating incredible books for young readers. It won’t be hard!
I’ll post tomorrow! ❤️
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
January 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Fantastic thread 🔥
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Today I will mostly be thinking and talking about author income and ghostwriting. SoA CWIG committee up first then BBC Front Row tonight (7.15, Radio
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January 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Today I will mostly be thinking and talking about author income and ghostwriting. SoA CWIG committee up first then BBC Front Row tonight (7.15, Radio
4)
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🌟 Registration for the #Carnegies2025 Shadowing Scheme is now open! 🌍📚 Group leaders, bring the world’s best book club to your students—read, review, and cast votes on the shortlisted books together this spring!
Sign up your group today 👉 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/
@cilip.bsky.social
Sign up your group today 👉 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/
@cilip.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🌟 Registration for the #Carnegies2025 Shadowing Scheme is now open! 🌍📚 Group leaders, bring the world’s best book club to your students—read, review, and cast votes on the shortlisted books together this spring!
Sign up your group today 👉 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/
@cilip.bsky.social
Sign up your group today 👉 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/
@cilip.bsky.social
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We only have a limited number of #SparkReading packs available - don't miss out!
Sign up and you'll get 40 carefully selected books and supporting resources to help you inspire your Key Stage 3 students to get reading:
www.booktrust.org.uk/spark-readin...
Sign up and you'll get 40 carefully selected books and supporting resources to help you inspire your Key Stage 3 students to get reading:
www.booktrust.org.uk/spark-readin...
January 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We only have a limited number of #SparkReading packs available - don't miss out!
Sign up and you'll get 40 carefully selected books and supporting resources to help you inspire your Key Stage 3 students to get reading:
www.booktrust.org.uk/spark-readin...
Sign up and you'll get 40 carefully selected books and supporting resources to help you inspire your Key Stage 3 students to get reading:
www.booktrust.org.uk/spark-readin...
Finally took the Christmas tree down in my office. Daughter sees my pile of decorations and says, a murder of a murder, nice.
January 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Finally took the Christmas tree down in my office. Daughter sees my pile of decorations and says, a murder of a murder, nice.
Our lovely doggo snapped his cruciate ligament and the clever vets are hoping to replace with an implanted version that hopefully the body will accept and build scar tissue around
Today I'll be #writing to escape into another world whilst we wait for news in this one 🐾❤️🤞🐶 #doglove
Today I'll be #writing to escape into another world whilst we wait for news in this one 🐾❤️🤞🐶 #doglove
January 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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For the first time in its history, the annual CLPE #ReflectingRealities survey, funded by Arts Council England, reports an overall drop in the percentage of racially minoritised characters featured in published children’s books reviewed – from 30% in 2022 to 17% in 2023
November 29, 2024 at 8:03 AM
For the first time in its history, the annual CLPE #ReflectingRealities survey, funded by Arts Council England, reports an overall drop in the percentage of racially minoritised characters featured in published children’s books reviewed – from 30% in 2022 to 17% in 2023
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The rules are simple:
• set a timer for 15 minutes. Work for this set time.
•when alarm goes off, get up, leave your desk and set timer for another 15 minutes. Now, do a DIFFERENT task. Cleaning, bird watching, laundry, whatever, but must be a Task
•when alarm goes off, return to your desk. Repeat
• set a timer for 15 minutes. Work for this set time.
•when alarm goes off, get up, leave your desk and set timer for another 15 minutes. Now, do a DIFFERENT task. Cleaning, bird watching, laundry, whatever, but must be a Task
•when alarm goes off, return to your desk. Repeat
Absolutely furious to report that @ldlapinski.bsky.social’s 15 minutes work /15 minutes rest timer idea led me to finish my edits one entire day early. My ADHD brain is just a stupid dog looking for rewards.
November 28, 2024 at 9:06 PM
The rules are simple:
• set a timer for 15 minutes. Work for this set time.
•when alarm goes off, get up, leave your desk and set timer for another 15 minutes. Now, do a DIFFERENT task. Cleaning, bird watching, laundry, whatever, but must be a Task
•when alarm goes off, return to your desk. Repeat
• set a timer for 15 minutes. Work for this set time.
•when alarm goes off, get up, leave your desk and set timer for another 15 minutes. Now, do a DIFFERENT task. Cleaning, bird watching, laundry, whatever, but must be a Task
•when alarm goes off, return to your desk. Repeat