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Miranda Keeling
@mirandakeeling.com
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Author. Actor. Observer of everyday life.
https://www.mirandakeeling.com
Buy my new book: https://geni.us/ThePlaceImin
Buy my first book: https://tinyurl.com/ycz2hc94
Listen to my podcast: https://StoppingToNotice.lnk.to/podcastho
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Who wants to go to the seaside? This week's podcast is recorded in St Leonards-on-Sea! Come for a stroll with me: stoppingtonotice.lnk.to/podcastho Recorded in 3D sound, so listen with headphones if you can 😊 🎧 and please do leave a review! It gives us the chance reach more listeners like you 🩷🙏
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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I sit in a café reading #sophiefromRomania. My beautiful puppy on the floor: a newly-christened ‘dog person’ going all in.
Photo of me holding the book mentioned with my rust-coloured jack Russel cross puppy. There is pink lighting in the cafe.
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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London up-ended, pollarded trees become seaweed in clear water, buildings are square-edged limpets clinging to rock below the grey, pavement-bridge stormy sky.
My upside down photo of a street near Camden.
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Fallen leaves drawn into this drain in Mill Hill, make accidental street art. Each piece unique - a veritable gallery of seasonally coincidental creativity.
Fallen leaves pressed into a street drain made of many rectangular shapes.
December 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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December 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Wow, wow, wow! It is SO hard for one book to be noticed above the noise of the gazillion other books out there, and I've just been on Amazon and seen all your amazing reviews!! And if I ever make it to 100, the algorithm will start pushing it too! Thank you so much www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Im-Wha... 😘
A mock-up of the book in hardcover against a white background. The cover is a very light peach colour and has illustrations by Adam Beer of: a café in orange, a seagull and a girl with a kite in blue, a green pigeon, pink cow parsley and plastic bags and a yellow origami boat and leaves. The title is The place I’m in ‘WHAT I SEE WHEN I STOP TO NOTICE’ in black letters and my name is at the top in dark orange letters.
December 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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This week for Christmas, my podcast is recorded on Carnaby Street! Come for a festive 5-minute stroll with me: stoppingtonotice.lnk.to/podcastho Recorded in 3D sound, so use headphones if you can 😊 🎧 and please leave a review! It gives us the chance reach more listeners and means the world to me 🩷🙏
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Page 32: Woman on the bus: What blusher do you use? Her friend: Oh, cold air, a brisk walk, alcohol or sometimes the menopause. You? The December page, illustrations by Luci Power of a brick wall, a tree and a black and white cat in the snow. page 164: Two men sit outside a café in the dark, the last of the autumn leaves swirling around them. They are playing chess. One man rests his head in his palm. The other reaches for a piece. S Like an opening fan, five people at a bus stop lean sequentially to the left as they try to read the number of the bus coming up the road. An illustration by Luci Power of two men playing chess outside a cafe with light spilling from the window and an owl and a fox watching them.
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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It's too late to order one for Christmas Day, but if you want a beautiful gift ready to welcome someone you love into 2026, I promise they'll love this book! Illustrated by the brilliant Luci Power, and set over a year. Buy a copy for yourself too, you won't regret it 😘 Here: tinyurl.com/33z847ut
The cover of my book The Year I Stopped to Notice. Divided into squares and rectangles containing a dog, plant, notebook, van, mittens, a a girl on a bicycle and a lucky cat. Colours are yellow, orange and blues. The January page, illustrations by Luci Power of a brick wall, a tree and a black and white cat in the snow. The first page: Little girl on the bus: Nice notebook. Me: Thanks. Little girl: Is it a diary? Me: I write about things I see. Little girl: Like me? Me: Exactly. Little girl: Cool. The March intro page with illustrations by Luci Power of foxes and a fence and a blossom tree.
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Celebrating one of my loveliest cats this morning. She very much knew how good she looked against this carpet too.
#caturday
my black and white cat against a black and white carpet.
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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I notice things and I record them in little notebooks and then I post them online and I do not at any point use artificial intelligence to do that. Perhaps I am already old-fashioned but it causes me joy to make things that way.
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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My book is selling out in bookshops! This happened with my last book just before Christmas too. If you want a copy in time, do try other shops if you're local hasn't got it. There are definitely copies still available if it's sold out near you: geni.us/ThePlaceImin 📚🎁🙌
A photo of the book in hardcover against a wooden background. The cover is a very light peach colour and has illustrations by Adam Beer of: a café in orange, a seagull and a girl with a kite in blue, a green pigeon, pink cow parsley and plastic bags and a yellow origami boat and leaves. The title is The place I’m in ‘WHAT I SEE WHEN I STOP TO NOTICE’ in black letters. It has this quote at the bottom ‘This Book is lovely’ by Philip Pullman. A photo of a double-page spread from the chapter 'AT THE PARK'. The colour of the pages is pink and the text is black and illustrations are in black and white. There are observations by me (the text is too small for most people to read I this image) and a black-and-white illustration on the left-hand page by Adam Beer, of a park with runners and trees, a close-up of a bush and a bee near a lavender flower. The right hand page has illustrations of a couple walking in a park from behind, a dachshund on a lead and a woman on a bicycle - facing away from us. A photo of a double-page spread of chapter heading ‘ON THE STREET’. The colour of the pages is blue, and the book is against a pink background. There are observations by me (the black text is too small for most people to read) and black-and-white illustrations by Adam Beer of: umbrellas in the rain, a puddle, the top of a double-decker bus, the side of a building and peoples’ legs and feet waiting in a bus queue. A photo of a double-page spread from the chapter ‘ON THE STREET’. The colour of the pages is white, and the book is against a wooden background. There are observations by me (the black text is too small for most people to read) and a black-and-white illustration on the left-hand page by Adam Beer, of a tall building.
December 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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My book is selling out in bookshops! This happened with my last book just before Christmas too. If you want a copy in time, do try other shops if you're local hasn't got it. There are definitely copies still available if it's sold out near you 📚🎁🙌
A photo of the book in hardcover against a wooden background. The cover is a very light peach colour and has illustrations by Adam Beer of: a café in orange, a seagull and a girl with a kite in blue, a green pigeon, pink cow parsley and plastic bags and a yellow origami boat and leaves. The title is The place I’m in ‘WHAT I SEE WHEN I STOP TO NOTICE’ in black letters. It has this quote at the bottom ‘This Book is lovely’ by Philip Pullman. A photo of a double-page spread from the chapter 'AT THE PARK'. The colour of the pages is pink and the text is black and illustrations are in black and white. There are observations by me (the text is too small for most people to read I this image) and a black-and-white illustration on the left-hand page by Adam Beer, of a park with runners and trees, a close-up of a bush and a bee near a lavender flower. The right hand page has illustrations of a couple walking in a park from behind, a dachshund on a lead and a woman on a bicycle - facing away from us. A photo of a double-page spread of chapter heading ‘ON THE STREET’. The colour of the pages is blue, and the book is against a pink background. There are observations by me (the black text is too small for most people to read) and black-and-white illustrations by Adam Beer of: umbrellas in the rain, a puddle, the top of a double-decker bus, the side of a building and peoples’ legs and feet waiting in a bus queue. A photo of a double-page spread from the chapter ‘ON THE STREET’. The colour of the pages is white, and the book is against a wooden background. There are observations by me (the black text is too small for most people to read) and a black-and-white illustration on the left-hand page by Adam Beer, of a tall building.
December 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Yay! The iconic @foylesforbooks.bsky.social has copies of my book! ☺️👏

The Place I’m In: geni.us/ThePlaceImin (or link in bio)
My book The Place I'm In facing outwards in the wellbeing section of Foyles. My photo of the front of Foyles including the iconic red lettering.
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Asked my 7-year-old to build some Lego characters freestyle, and I literally couldn’t love them more.
Yellow Lego characters on a white speckled kitchen counter with plants in background: 1. Pink hair with bunches, moustache, orange trousers, stripy top, holds carrot and yellow transparent staff. 2. Wooden leg, patterned jumper, moustache and beard shadow, three-leafed plant hat. 3. Mermaid tail, blue buttoned jacket over grey waistcoat and belt, pink tree and yellow star hat. 5. Ripped shorts, silver chainmail over long-sleeved red top, portable fire retardant hat.
December 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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My hand showing my writing in my notebook: ‘As I opened my notebook to this page in order to write an observation, this large-ish piece of shiny paper blew in through the open door of the train I was on, and gifted me a secret smile.’ Including the piece of shiny copper paper in the photo.
December 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Yay! My lovely publisher @quartobooksuk.bsky.social has chosen my book to photograph this season because it's 'The perfect choice for Christmas gifting.' 🎁 Naturally, I rather agree 😉 Here's their gorgeous photo, and a peek inside too. And here's the book: geni.us/ThePlaceImin
A photo of my book The Place I'm in surrounded by items you would make a wreath with: leaves, dried fruit and berries etc. Photographed against a white-washed wooden floor. Image of a page with this observation: Woman on her phone: Ten minutes. Ten minutes’ walk in the park. I’m sure the stationery cupboard will cope, Adeeba. Next to a black and white drawing of the woman by Adam Beer. A section from In The Park - pink background, text reads: People are fascinating and familiar here. They bring picnics, books, dogs, frisbees, footballs, bunting and a circus kit. They come to bake in the sun or to think, to talk privately on the phone or to a friend or with a group to celebrate a birthday. They stay for a while or cycle through. Sometimes it’s calm and beautiful, but also edgy or a place to feel sad or lonely. It’s a space we can go without buying a coffee or knowing a code – without a ticket to get in. Our shared gardens. A woman at the entrance talks to her dachshund, who is refusing to go in, ‘You like it when you get there though, don’t you?’ With black and white illustrations by Adam Beer. Mum on the school run: Ready, spaghetti? Little boy: Just ready. This: Mum: Oh, you’ve grown out of ‘Ready, spaghetti’? Little boy: Not completely. Just this morning. Over black and white illustration of mum and boy by Adam Beer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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As if to remind me to notice my surroundings as I walk through the world, this large, lovely, autumn leaf falls from a tree above and lands squarely on my screen obscuring my view of an email.
A photo of my hand holding the yellow and green leaf. You can see my brown boots in the image.
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM