Sarah Mallory
sarahmallory.bsky.social
Sarah Mallory
@sarahmallory.bsky.social
Award winning author of historical romantic adventures. Also writes as Melinda Hammond
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Out Now! Flora and Matt's story - one meeting with Matt Talacre and all Flora's future plans are in jeopardy! " #Regencyromance at its very best! " - BeingAnne #historicalfiction.
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I’m giving away 3 of these repair-shop themed tablet cases in my newsletter giveaway next week.
Sign up here: bit.ly/3MFoM4Q
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Happy 100th Birthday to the one and only Dick Van Dyke.

#DickVanDyke #DVD100
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I wanted to highlight the Department for Education’s attendance team, winners of the Prime Minister's Award for Exceptional Public Service 🏆

Working with schools and parents, the team oversaw the biggest improvement in attendance in a decade: 5 million school days gained.

Massive congrats!
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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tertio decimo die Decembris, Minimus arborem invenit. (On the 13th of December, Minimus finds a tree.)
#latinadventcalendar
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
So true
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 186:
You are never too old, too experienced, too successful to take advice. The moment you think you're beyond taking advice is the moment your work starts to suffer.
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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How to use #Canva to capture email addresses #tutorial.
youtu.be/3d-k2590AZ4

Note: This is just how to collect the email addresses. GDPR compliance is up to you.
Build a form to capture email addresses to grow your mailing list using Canva free
YouTube video by Jeevani Charika's Canva Tips For Authors
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December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Sophie Kinsella obituary
Sophie Kinsella obituary
Author whose Shopaholic series of romcom novels were global bestsellers and adapted into a Hollywood film
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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First Line Friday 12th December 2025: Christmas at Hollybush Farm by Jo Thomas  | @jo_thomas01 | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚

I'm very nearly finished my current read so today I'm sharing the first lines of the book I will be starting next, Christmas at Hollybush Farm by Jo Thomas. Jo is a firm…
First Line Friday 12th December 2025: Christmas at Hollybush Farm by Jo Thomas  | @jo_thomas01 | #FirstLineFriday #BookSky 💙📚
I'm very nearly finished my current read so today I'm sharing the first lines of the book I will be starting next, Christmas at Hollybush Farm by Jo Thomas. Jo is a firm favourite of mine and I always enjoy travelling vicariously through her books, imagining all the delicious food and of course, finding my heart warmed by romance. I believe this book will be taking me to a farm in Wales, a country I've only visited briefly but where I would love to spend more time.
portobellobookblog.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Okay, so there’s ONE acceptable reason for shelving your books spine-in.
16th century Venetian lawyer/bibliophile Odorico Pillone shelved his books spine-inward and commissioned Cesare Vecellio (Titian’s nephew) to paint their fore-edges with colourful images suggesting their subject matter. Here’s how they looked on the shelf news.yale.edu/2019/03/14/p...
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Wrote this for #BBCCountryfile Mag. Rural home-to-school transport (& public transport generally) massively disadvantages & isolates our rural youth. Higher education often not possible & buses to work/ volunteering/ events reg cancelled (35 x in under 24 months) www.countryfile.com/people/opini...
“Children young as 11 were advised to walk miles along unlit, dangerous roads.” Public transport is failing rural youth – here’s why a shake-up is long overdue | Countryfile.com
Limited public transport disadvantages rural teenagers academically and socially, says author Nicola Chester
www.countryfile.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is worrying.
This is a heads-up about fake AI accounts which have proliferated across social media.

The screenshot is from a genuine thread asking for advice on a mountain route; there are plenty of useful, real human replies.
The attempted reply (we stopped it) looks very real - but it is from an AI bot.
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Todays advent - a mini lesson on Gaelic and Scots! Rain swells the Abhainn Mhor (Big River) on a dreich (gloomy) day . #StKilda#NTS#advent
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Disinformation doesn’t exist only to fool you. It also exists to bore you, to confuse you, to befuddle you, to make you doubt yourself and everyone else. It exists to detach you from reality.
(£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
By @hugorifkind.bsky.social
Tale of cats v tigers that should worry us all
AI slop can offer a welcome diversion but the tidal wave of online disinformation is designed to detach us from reality
www.thetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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We really are on the brink of a health golden age.
Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients
Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Watch Your Back by Emma Christie | #thriller #Edinburgh #bookreview | @lovebookstours @theemmachristie @MountainLeopardPress @TheBrainTumourCharity

I'm delighted to be taking part in the book tour for Emma Christie's Watch Your Back today. This is a particularly special book tour since, as well as…
Watch Your Back by Emma Christie | #thriller #Edinburgh #bookreview | @lovebookstours @theemmachristie @MountainLeopardPress @TheBrainTumourCharity
I'm delighted to be taking part in the book tour for Emma Christie's Watch Your Back today. This is a particularly special book tour since, as well as telling you what readers thought about the book, it's also raising awareness of the work of The Brain Tumour Charity. Having lost two friends to this illness, I know just how important the work of the charity is.
portobellobookblog.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Its Sunday so it's Liberta Blog time! Take a trip with me to the beautiful West Country (but bring a raincoat!) @lizfielding.bsky.social @louiseregency.bsky.social

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Autumn in the West Country. A literary tour (sort of) - Liberta Books
Sarah loves Autumn in the West Country and this year it becomes something of a literary and historical pub crawl.
libertabooks.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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A small reminder, especially if you struggle with low mood in the winter, that this is just 8 or 9 weeks away, fewer in some cases 👇🏼🌱🌱
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Want a break from the festive preparations? Join me for a quick trip to the West Country...
libertabooks.com/a-writers-li...
Autumn in the West Country. A literary tour (sort of) - Liberta Books
Sarah loves Autumn in the West Country and this year it becomes something of a literary and historical pub crawl.
libertabooks.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.

Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Want a break from the festive preparations? Join me for a quick trip to the West Country...
libertabooks.com/a-writers-li...
Autumn in the West Country. A literary tour (sort of) - Liberta Books
Sarah loves Autumn in the West Country and this year it becomes something of a literary and historical pub crawl.
libertabooks.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Fed up with snowy Christmas reads? How about this -our feel good anthology is now available in print as well as digital! @lizfielding.bsky.social @louiseregency.bsky.social
books2read.com/BeachHutSurp...
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Beach Hut Surprise by Joanna Maitland, Louise Allen, Lesley Cookman, Joanna Maitland, Louise Allen, Lesley Cookman
books2read.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM