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Heather Belmonte

@heatherbelmonte.bsky.social

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Organising Supremo - Virtual Assistant. My job is to make your job easier. PA to @kitdewaal.com Life support to @PaulBelmonte.bsky.social 😉 http://www.hbva.co.uk 💙Edinburgh 💜Books 🧡Cake 💛Travel

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 23h

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · 1d

This happened today. I sadly was not able to go but have now caught up on you tube. Thank you @nationalgalleries.bsky.social and lovely @damianbarr.bsky.social
It was fascinating !

www.youtube.com/live/T44S_tn...

Author talk | Damian Barr: The Two Roberts

YouTube video by nationalgalleries

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · 5d

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The Best of Everything from @kitdewaal.com is 99p on Amazon today (kindle only)
You can thank me later 😊

Amazon.co.uk : the best of everything kit de waal

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · 12d

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · 12d

Settling down with a coffee and chocolate hobnob to have a look at my new book. 😂

The Jamie Oliver Cookbook. Eat yourself healthy

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · 12d

EXCITING!!!!

Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 13d

I’m adapting my debut novel My Name is Leon for the stage. It will be on in 2027 - can’t wait but alot to do before then.

Chuffed.

Birmingham Rep announces new 2026 to 2027 season including Sweeney Todd and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time revivals

Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd! Raving Shakespeare! And much more!

www.whatsonstage.com

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 15d

So for the next Rapture I'm going to go to the most religious town in America and leave little piles of clothes outside random houses before everyone wakes up.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 22d

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 23d

Happy National Stepfamily Day!

A man poses with his arm around a stepladder. The caption reads "This is my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder" (apparently the last he heard of his real ladder he was in a 12-step program)

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Eleanor Anstruther @eanstruther.bsky.social · 26d

Heads up - I’ll be LIVE in conversation on Substack with the one and only @kitdewaal.com next Wednesday 17th September 4:30pm. Subscribe to The Literary Obsessive for the link , or keep your eyes 👀 on Substack Notes.

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · 25d

‘This really put the dark in #darkacademia, I can tell you... Perfect for spooky season if you’re ready to embrace something creepy!’

Thanks @theyorkshirebookshelf for reviewing #TheseDreamingSpires - to get yours…

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Aug 26

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This makes me so cross. And sad. But happy that I’m now free of this nonsense.

The Jehovah's Witnesses now say college is OK... after decades of saying the opposite

Former members are furious as they recall their wasted scholarships, lost careers, and lifelong poverty

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Aug 14

Words To Live By Number 241

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ooh padron peppers sound great. We’ve done salmon fillets in ours and they come out perfect 👌

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Aug 6

We got one recently and use it a LOT. Have you got any good tips or recipes?

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Aug 5

And one beautiful photograph

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Clare Simpson @claremsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 4

RIFT @traversetheatre.bsky.social is a riveting piece of work. Based on the playwright’s life, RIFT asks how you relate to your brother when he’s a white supremacist in jail for murder & you hold radically different views.

fringereview.co.uk/review/edinb...

#edfringe

RIFT

Visit the post for more.

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Aug 4

It’s Edinburgh. Looking out to the Firth of Forth 🌈

Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Aug 4

It kinda looks hopeful to me too. Which we all need these days !

Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Aug 4

Just had to share this particularly good rainbow with you

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · Jul 31

NOVELIST starter pack featuring @kitdewaal.com @regretteruane.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @drewgum.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social @anna-orridge.bsky.social @jendiagammon.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost the pack #booksky #writingcommunity

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Jul 26

Bluesky! Join me in wishing the fabulous @kitdewaal.com a very Happy Birthday 🥳 🎂🎁

If you read her latest post and subscribe to her substack you will make her very happy.
(It’s free btw)

Let’s see how many new subscribers we can get her today 😁

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The Crone Phase

Last week I did a post about being in The Stylist Magazine which had a special edition dedicated to ageing.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · Jul 23

An unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offer!

@kerankaur77.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a novel up to £20!

Any novel at all, not just what's on my website.

It's #buyastrangerabook day, so if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch.

UK only

Keranjit Kaur @kerankaur77.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hi Simon. 👋🏽 I would like to #buyastrangerabook that is fiction and costs up to £20 including p+p.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jul 20

As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.

Please share and support if you’re able :)

www.bookbanks.co.uk

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Jul 19

@claremsimpson.bsky.social giving you a special tag as I think you would love this 😊

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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social · Jul 19

The very lovely @kitdewaal.com will be at Rare Birds Books in Edinburgh next Tuesday. It’s free but you need to email [email protected] for a ticket.
Come!

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