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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 4h

I see the UK has now made the plot of Some Like It Hot illegal.

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 4h

I think letting children make books together gets them thinking in a lot of ways that inevitably lead to increased media literacy. Telling stories helps you to recognise stories elsewhere. Who is telling them? How are they being told? And why are they being told this way?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3h

YES.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3h

Really looking forward to @claphambookfest.bsky.social tonight - hope to see some of you there!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 4h

Goodbye to the lovely Isle of Wight and thank you to everyone at the LitFest for making my stay such fun!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 4h

😂

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 1d

More evidence of what i had to report to the @bsfa.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social this year - that publishers made a lot of noise about inclusion but have largely, in my experience, stopped working on this.

As you might imagine i have opinions.

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 6h

And this morning the Shed is a coat of arms, depicting two sheds, to the dexter…

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 21h

This 👇👇👇is happening tomorrow at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social in Clapham. @claphambookfest.bsky.social has a great line-up this year. Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her new book, Joanne Harris talks about the prequel to 'Chocolat' and Time Tate and Gavin Esler dissect the Spycatcher affair.

Poster showing Oyinkan Braithwaite, Joanne Harris, Michele Roberts, Elizabeth Buchan, Julie Anderson, Tim Tate and Gavin Esler.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 14h

😂

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23h

I’m really looking forward to this!

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 1d

It's just 28 days to WFC. PR3 has gone out and with it the news about our new MC. We are very sorry to lose Sarah Pinborough but delighted to welcome Joanne Harris.
Joanne Harris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has written over 20 novels, published in over 50 countries.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s antique shop find: a bottle of Guerlain’s Eau Imperiale AND WITH SOME STILL LEFT INSIDE. And the shopkeeper let me dab some! The 19th century, stored in scent…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

AT ANY TIME. 😂

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

And this morning the Shed is a battleship, with cannons at the ready…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so glad you liked it! I'm having a lovely time here...

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

Another lovely full house at the Isle of Wight Litfest today: thanks to everyone who was there!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

If your aim in writing the story wasn't to sell it, why do you count not selling it as a failure?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 259:
Failure is nothing to be ashamed of. It means you tried something. No-one succeeds without failures: it’s a necessary part of the process.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

And this morning the Shed is a mirror maze, with faces turning like autumn leaves…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

Such a fun event this evening at the Isle of Wight Litfest! Thank you so much to Jack Thompson, our sponsor, and to Helena Nicklin and Chantal Coady for their insights on wine and chocolate - and to our lovely audience for all their laughter and applause!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

You have to know what the pitfalls are in order to avoid them…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely. No point copying what has been done…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely. But looking at other people’s phones tends to come across as rude…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

The multi-billion pound arts industry might beg to differ.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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