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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · Apr 21
Happy #WorldCurlewDay & happy #BookLaunch day!

Today's #MGMonday blog is a celebration of our #NewRelease about this very special bird - the ups and the downs.

WARNING! This blog is very candid!
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#NewRelease #Scotland #BookSky #Publishing #Nature #Curlew
New Release "Sir Louis Curlewy" by Susan Crow... the ups and downs of publishing a book
Today (on #MGMonday) was supposed to be a blog about creating worlds for fantasy stories, but that will have to wait, because I have some am...
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Psst! Did you see it?
The results of our 9th Ghost Story Competition are here:
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Congratulations to our winners and shortlisted writers! Their stories will be available in this year's anthology, *Apparition*, which will be published on 5th December.
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#Ghosts #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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It's #MGMonday and today our MG author is talking about mythical creatures - the pros and the cons...
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#KidLit #MGLit #WritingTips
#MGMonday Character: Writing Mythical Creatures
Fantasy books certainly don't need any mythical creatures thrown into the mix, but doesn't it make it that bit more fun? My first published...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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It's a damp old day here at Crowvus HQ. But don't fret, because here's a brilliant #HistFicThursdays blog from @fionawriter.bsky.social to lighten the day. Read about her research for "Death and The Poet" in this fabulous guest post:
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#TheCoffeePotBookClub
#HistFicThursdays - Death and The Poet by Fiona Forsyth - Guest Post
For today's #HistFicThursdays blog, I am so excited to be welcoming  Fiona Forsyth  to the blog with a guest post about her new book  Deat...
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May 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Merry Monday Morning, Book-Lovers!

Today's #MGMonday blog is Books Teachers Shouldn't be Without. Click through to see which ones our in-house MG Lit writer (and primary teacher!) recommends.
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#MGLit #KidsLit #BooksWorthReading
#MGMonday Books Teachers Shouldn't be Without
I've been clearing out my school cupboard over the last couple of weeks, and trying to clear some books. Most of them, I send my sister's w...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Today's #HistFicThursdays blog comes from @jayzedkay.bsky.social, and is all about #OurFlagMeansDeath. Read on to find out what she thought of it, and why it features in her inspirational #HistoricalFiction series of blogs...
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#Pirates #HistFic
#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series: Our Flag Means Death
I can’t quite remember what inspired me to watch Our Flag Means Death . I have a vague recollection of watching a trailer on Facebook and th...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Glasgow Through the Looking Glass
1 May–31 July, Mitchell Library, Glasgow – free

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the “Glasgow Looking-Glass”, the world’s first comic – & on 7 June, talks on the original “Glasgow Looking-Glass”, the city in 1825, & more
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Exhibition: Glasgow through the Looking-Glass - Glasgow Life
‘Glasgow through the Looking-Glass’.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
crowvuslit.bsky.social
It might be a bank holiday, but it is still a Monday! That means it is time for the #MGMonday blog!

This week, Clemency explores the pivotal role of The Mentor. With helpful hints and a few (surprisingly common) mistakes to avoid!

#BookSky #MGLit

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#MGMonday Characters: The Mentor
I'm afraid that today was another forgetting-it-was-Monday day! It's the May Day Bank Holiday, meaning I'm off work so naturally, I've been ...
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May 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
crowvuslit.bsky.social
In today's #HistFicThursdays post, @stompermcewan.com is offering a great big THANK YOU to her fellow authors of #HistoricalFiction.
Are you taking part in #HistFicMay this year?

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookSky
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#HistFicThursdays - The Historical Fiction Community (and why I'm so glad I'm a part of it!)
Today is the arrival of #HistFicMay, now in its third year. When I started it, I did it because I had really enjoyed meeting new writers th...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Drip, drip, drop Little April showers
Two felted mice sheltering under a felt stitched leaf umbrella in a bluebell wood
April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Monday morning and today I'm reading Uncredited by Allison Tyra.

What book(s) are you reading this week?

💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
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April 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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stompermcewan.com
I've been a bit useless on here recently, but here are five little mice to apologise!
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I'm now gearing up for #HistFicMay - who's with me..?

#Caithness #Scotland #Mice #Nature
April 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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“It is the foreigner within that is interesting”: Imaginations of Scottish Multicultural Identity in Jackie Kay’s Memoir RED DUST ROAD
29 April, free online

Dr Angelica Michelis examines how Jackie Kay’s memoir engages with multiracial/multicultural narratives of Scottishness. Link: t.co/dqFyZAFYf3
Reading Scotland with Angelica Michelis 'It is the foreigner within that is interesting': Imaginations of Scottish Multicultural Identity in Jackie Kay's Memoir Red Dust Road Tuesday, 29th April 2025 6–7:30 pm (German time) on MS Teams www.scotland.uni-mainz.de
April 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
crowvuslit.bsky.social
Sir Louis Curlewy is now a week old.
If you've read it, please remember to leave a review - we'd love to know what you think! If you haven't got your copy yet, you can find it here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DV4X973L/

Happy reading!

#NatureBook #NewRelease #KidLit #BookSky #Scotland
April 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
crowvuslit.bsky.social
Today's #HistFicThursdays blog is the latest post in the Inspiration Series. A fascinating look at how The Crown portrayed this historical giant.
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#HistoricalFiction #TheCrown #WinstonChurchill
#HistFicThursdays - Inspirational Series: Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill: The Roaring Lion At the moment, clips from The Crown keep coming up on my Facebook page and then, once you’ve watched a ...
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April 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Hurrah it is my birthday and the weasels are dancing! Dance like a birthday weasel you know you want to!
Had to be Stevie Wonder today. I’ll be dancing and scoffing cake.
#weaselwednesday
April 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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valelnp.bsky.social
🌍 World Curlew Day – 21 April
Join us in celebrating the iconic yet threatened Eurasian Curlew — down 80% in Wales since the 1980s.
📱 Record sightings on the LERC Wales App
📸 Share & tag #ValeNature
Photo credit - David Pritchard
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#WorldCurlewDay #Curlew
World Curlew Day | Curlew Action
What is World Curlew Day, when is it held, and why did Mary Colwell and Curlew Action set up? Learn all about this day celebrating Curlews.
www.curlewaction.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Something brilliant is happening in Stroud - the incredibly talented @ATMstreetart is immortalising a curlew just in time for #worldcurlewday 21st April!
Highlighting endangered species is something ATM is really good at - who else wants to see him paint a giant #DungBeetle next? 🙋🏻‍♀️

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April 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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We spotted a giant curlew today! Monday is #WorldCurlewDay. Matt has walked the 53 mile Nidderdale Way to raise awareness about one of our most iconic and threatened birds, the Eurasian #Curlew.

Ways you can help: @curlewaction.bsky.social
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#Nidderdale
April 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Curlew studies done recently at my local upland patch for #worldcurlewday #BirdArt #Birds #Birding Cheers
April 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Us too, Curlew… us too. 😴

#MondayMotivation #WorldCurlewDay
April 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Love a Curlew ( and their “bubbling” call) …..a few photos from my archive
#WorldCurlewDay
April 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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#WorldCurlewDay
Chalk/pastel drawing done back in December at Western Undercliff beach

#Ramsgate #birds
Chalk, charcoal and pastel drawing of a Curlew on sea defence walls at Western Undercliff beach, Ramsgate
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
crowvuslit.bsky.social
Happy #WorldCurlewDay & happy #BookLaunch day!

Today's #MGMonday blog is a celebration of our #NewRelease about this very special bird - the ups and the downs.

WARNING! This blog is very candid!
crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/new-...
#NewRelease #Scotland #BookSky #Publishing #Nature #Curlew
New Release "Sir Louis Curlewy" by Susan Crow... the ups and downs of publishing a book
Today (on #MGMonday) was supposed to be a blog about creating worlds for fantasy stories, but that will have to wait, because I have some am...
crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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In today's #HistFicThursdays blog post, @jayzedkay.bsky.social explores the uptake on reimagined fairy tales. Read on to discover her own retelling which will be included in her #GothicHorror anthology...

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#Horror #FairyTale #HistoricalFiction
#HistFicThursdays - Gothic Horror - Memories of the Grand Tour
Arthur Rackham's timeless illustration (from Wikipedia )  There was a big push a few years ago to rewrite fairy tales. Snow White and the Hu...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and looking at the beautiful artwork. It is very clever with lovely verses!"

Only one more week to go until the #BookLaunch! Our Stempster curlews have been trilling about it for the last few weeks!
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#Curlew #ComingSoon #Nature #BookSky #PictureBook #NatureBook
April 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM