Heather Belmonte
@heatherbelmonte.bsky.social
Organising Supremo - Virtual Assistant. My job is to make your job easier.
PA to @kitdewaal.com & @simonjamesgreen
Life support to @PaulBelmonte.bsky.social 😉
http://www.hbva.co.uk
💙Edinburgh
💜Books
🧡Cake
💛Travel
PA to @kitdewaal.com & @simonjamesgreen
Life support to @PaulBelmonte.bsky.social 😉
http://www.hbva.co.uk
💙Edinburgh
💜Books
🧡Cake
💛Travel
PSA!
This is going to be amazing!
This is going to be amazing!
www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si...
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
The Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's Library
Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
PSA!
This is going to be amazing!
This is going to be amazing!
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
observer.co.uk/culture/art/.... Wonderful review of the exhibition curated by @damianbarr.bsky.social
The dark, wayward works of the Two Roberts | The Observer
The inseparable Scottish artists and lovers are celebrated in a landmark English show at Charleston
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
observer.co.uk/culture/art/.... Wonderful review of the exhibition curated by @damianbarr.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
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.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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.”
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...
It was fascinating !
www.youtube.com/live/T44S_tn...
Author talk | Damian Barr: The Two Roberts
YouTube video by nationalgalleries
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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...
It was fascinating !
www.youtube.com/live/T44S_tn...
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+best...
The Best of Everything from @kitdewaal.com is 99p on Amazon today (kindle only)
You can thank me later 😊
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
www.amazon.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+best...
The Best of Everything from @kitdewaal.com is 99p on Amazon today (kindle only)
You can thank me later 😊
The Best of Everything from @kitdewaal.com is 99p on Amazon today (kindle only)
You can thank me later 😊
Settling down with a coffee and chocolate hobnob to have a look at my new book. 😂
September 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Settling down with a coffee and chocolate hobnob to have a look at my new book. 😂
EXCITING!!!!
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.
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
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
EXCITING!!!!
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
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.
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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.
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
September 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
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.
September 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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.
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
‘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…
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
Thanks @theyorkshirebookshelf for reviewing #TheseDreamingSpires - to get yours…
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‘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…
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
Thanks @theyorkshirebookshelf for reviewing #TheseDreamingSpires - to get yours…
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...
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This makes me so cross. And sad. But happy that I’m now free of this nonsense.
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
open.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This makes me so cross. And sad. But happy that I’m now free of this nonsense.
This makes me so cross. And sad. But happy that I’m now free of this nonsense.
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
Words To Live By Number 241
August 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Words To Live By Number 241
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
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
fringereview.co.uk/review/edinb...
#edfringe
RIFT
Visit the post for more.
fringereview.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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
fringereview.co.uk/review/edinb...
#edfringe
Just had to share this particularly good rainbow with you
August 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just had to share this particularly good rainbow with you
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
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
July 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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
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 😁
open.substack.com/pub/kitdewaa...
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 😁
open.substack.com/pub/kitdewaa...
The Crone Phase
Last week I did a post about being in The Stylist Magazine which had a special edition dedicated to ageing.
open.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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 😁
open.substack.com/pub/kitdewaa...
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 😁
open.substack.com/pub/kitdewaa...
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
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
@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
Hi Simon. 👋🏽 I would like to #buyastrangerabook that is fiction and costs up to £20 including p+p.
July 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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
@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
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
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
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
The very lovely @kitdewaal.com will be at Rare Birds Books in Edinburgh next Tuesday. It’s free but you need to email bookclub@bbc.co.uk for a ticket.
Come!
Come!
July 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The very lovely @kitdewaal.com will be at Rare Birds Books in Edinburgh next Tuesday. It’s free but you need to email bookclub@bbc.co.uk for a ticket.
Come!
Come!
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
16th July 2025 20.28
The haar ready to roll in
The haar ready to roll in
July 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
16th July 2025 20.28
The haar ready to roll in
The haar ready to roll in
Reposted by Heather Belmonte
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
July 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Notifying all book lovers!
#booksky
#booksky
Hello writers and readers! I'm thrilled to announce my new Substack: "The Writing Kit." 🖋️
It's a friendly space packed with tools, tips, and tricks for your writing journey.
Join me for thoughts on fiction, good prose, and the writing life. Subscribe for free!
substack.com/@kitdewaal?u...
It's a friendly space packed with tools, tips, and tricks for your writing journey.
Join me for thoughts on fiction, good prose, and the writing life. Subscribe for free!
substack.com/@kitdewaal?u...
Kit de Waal | Substack
Writer, professor, foodie, swearer, common person
substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Notifying all book lovers!
#booksky
#booksky