Maggie Brookes
@maggiebrookesbutt.bsky.social
📚Historical novelist with Penguin Random House (Maggie Brookes)
📚Poet with six published collections (Maggie Butt)
🥰 Besotted grandmother (Nanma)
📖 Eager reader
🌹Hopeful gardener
📚Poet with six published collections (Maggie Butt)
🥰 Besotted grandmother (Nanma)
📖 Eager reader
🌹Hopeful gardener
Amazing book launch at Keats House! Huge thanks to everyone who came, and to my publisher Greenwich Exchange.
January 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Amazing book launch at Keats House! Huge thanks to everyone who came, and to my publisher Greenwich Exchange.
Looking forward to a bit of a tour with my new book!!
January 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Looking forward to a bit of a tour with my new book!!
This is so vital.
Tomorrow, the Climate and Nature Bill will be debated in Parliament.
I've already spoken in depth about my support for this bill, so this time I'll keep it short and sweet:
To mitigate the worst effects of climate change, immediate action is needed – this bill is our best bet to achieve this.
I've already spoken in depth about my support for this bill, so this time I'll keep it short and sweet:
To mitigate the worst effects of climate change, immediate action is needed – this bill is our best bet to achieve this.
January 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is so vital.
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"From tender romances to sweeping historical & intergenerational sagas, these stories highlight the touching & complicated lives of those with extra years under their belts." Thanks for including Follow Me to Africa here, @booktrib.bsky.social & @womenwriters.bsky.social
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18 Novels Celebrating the Stories of Older Main Characters | BookTrib.
This month, the Women’s Fiction Writers Association puts a spotlight on stories with older narrators. So many stories are written for young people that we often forget to turn our eyes toward the enri...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"From tender romances to sweeping historical & intergenerational sagas, these stories highlight the touching & complicated lives of those with extra years under their belts." Thanks for including Follow Me to Africa here, @booktrib.bsky.social & @womenwriters.bsky.social
shorturl.at/8kYAc
shorturl.at/8kYAc
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👏 A HUGE thank you to all the MPs who have pledged to vote to progress the Climate and Nature Bill at its pivotal Second Reading this Friday, 24 January.
🐝 zerohour.uk 🧵
🐝 zerohour.uk 🧵
January 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
👏 A HUGE thank you to all the MPs who have pledged to vote to progress the Climate and Nature Bill at its pivotal Second Reading this Friday, 24 January.
🐝 zerohour.uk 🧵
🐝 zerohour.uk 🧵
Superb performance by Tracy-Ann Oberman as Shylock in this Merchant of Venice set in 1936. Timely and very moving.
. #shakespeare #merchantofvenice @tracyannoberman @trafalgartheatre
. #shakespeare #merchantofvenice @tracyannoberman @trafalgartheatre
January 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Superb performance by Tracy-Ann Oberman as Shylock in this Merchant of Venice set in 1936. Timely and very moving.
. #shakespeare #merchantofvenice @tracyannoberman @trafalgartheatre
. #shakespeare #merchantofvenice @tracyannoberman @trafalgartheatre
The indomitable and irrepressible Katherine Gallagher launched her new collection last night to a packed house. ‘Can the Dandelions Be Trusted’ (Arc Publications) is her 7th full collection, in addition to a chapbook and book of translations. The love in the room was palpable. #poetry
January 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The indomitable and irrepressible Katherine Gallagher launched her new collection last night to a packed house. ‘Can the Dandelions Be Trusted’ (Arc Publications) is her 7th full collection, in addition to a chapbook and book of translations. The love in the room was palpable. #poetry
So many issues in the world, but passing the Climate and Nature Bill into law would really make a difference to the climate crisis. Please ask your MP to vote on 24th Jan. @zero-hour.bsky.social
🐝 Thank you to the MPs who support the Climate and Nature Bill, the joined-up legislation we need to restore nature and tackle the climate crisis.
🗳️ It’s time to turn your words into action—and vote for the
#CANBill at its Second Reading on 24 January.
👉 zerohour.uk
🗳️ It’s time to turn your words into action—and vote for the
#CANBill at its Second Reading on 24 January.
👉 zerohour.uk
Thank you to the MPs who support the Climate and Nature Bill
YouTube video by Zero Hour: Climate and Nature Bill
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January 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So many issues in the world, but passing the Climate and Nature Bill into law would really make a difference to the climate crisis. Please ask your MP to vote on 24th Jan. @zero-hour.bsky.social
Acumen Literary Journal has always been very special to me. It was the first highly regarded magazine to publish a poem of mine. A few years later, Patrica Oxley published my first pamphlet, ‘Quintana Roo’.
Thank you Acumen.
Thank you Acumen.
January 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Acumen Literary Journal has always been very special to me. It was the first highly regarded magazine to publish a poem of mine. A few years later, Patrica Oxley published my first pamphlet, ‘Quintana Roo’.
Thank you Acumen.
Thank you Acumen.
It’s so amazing when a writer you really admire says something nice about your book! Thank you @tracyreesbooks.bsky.social
Latest read: Most people know that books with a war setting aren't my cup of tea but I thoroughly enjoyed this vivid, emotional tale set during the Spanish Civil War by @maggiebrookesbutt.bsky.social I loved both the beautiful writing & the gutsy, humanitarian, heart-led heroine
January 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It’s so amazing when a writer you really admire says something nice about your book! Thank you @tracyreesbooks.bsky.social
Wise, witty and consummately clever. Harriet Walter tells us what Shakespeare’s female characters might have said, if they’d been given a chance! Not just for Shakespeare fans and feminists, as you can see from these two sonnets. @viragopress #harrietwalter #shespeaks #shakespeare
January 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wise, witty and consummately clever. Harriet Walter tells us what Shakespeare’s female characters might have said, if they’d been given a chance! Not just for Shakespeare fans and feminists, as you can see from these two sonnets. @viragopress #harrietwalter #shespeaks #shakespeare
Has anyone got a better cure for the new year blues?
January 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Has anyone got a better cure for the new year blues?
Happy new year! May it bring you happiness, hope, peace and love. (This clock has chimed 248 new years!)
January 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy new year! May it bring you happiness, hope, peace and love. (This clock has chimed 248 new years!)
Some of my favourite reads from this year which sent me whizzing through space and time. Any of your top 10 here? @lizfremantle.bsky.social @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Some of my favourite reads from this year which sent me whizzing through space and time. Any of your top 10 here? @lizfremantle.bsky.social @gillpaulauthor.bsky.social
Fantastic line-up at Faversham this year! Book early because the Faversham audience is keen and events sell out!!
I will be interviewing Tasmeem Abdur Rashid on Sat 22nd Feb and reading from Wish, my New and Selected poems later in the day. @favlit.org #wishpoems
www.favershamliteraryfestival.org
I will be interviewing Tasmeem Abdur Rashid on Sat 22nd Feb and reading from Wish, my New and Selected poems later in the day. @favlit.org #wishpoems
www.favershamliteraryfestival.org
Faversham Literary Festival 2025
www.favershamliteraryfestival.org
December 28, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Fantastic line-up at Faversham this year! Book early because the Faversham audience is keen and events sell out!!
I will be interviewing Tasmeem Abdur Rashid on Sat 22nd Feb and reading from Wish, my New and Selected poems later in the day. @favlit.org #wishpoems
www.favershamliteraryfestival.org
I will be interviewing Tasmeem Abdur Rashid on Sat 22nd Feb and reading from Wish, my New and Selected poems later in the day. @favlit.org #wishpoems
www.favershamliteraryfestival.org
Beautiful writing in this vivid portrayal of Calcutta. And wonderful characters. And so wise. But is it a novel if nothing really happens? Discuss. #amitchaudhuri #whatisanovel
December 28, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Beautiful writing in this vivid portrayal of Calcutta. And wonderful characters. And so wise. But is it a novel if nothing really happens? Discuss. #amitchaudhuri #whatisanovel
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Very useful list of numbers and support agencies available for anyone struggling this Christmas. This is for Ireland. ❤️ #Bluesky #Christmas #Speirgorm #Ireland
December 17, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Very useful list of numbers and support agencies available for anyone struggling this Christmas. This is for Ireland. ❤️ #Bluesky #Christmas #Speirgorm #Ireland
Look closely at my favourite Christmas card: Mary is sitting up in bed, reading, while an exhausted-looking Joseph sits on the floor, holding the baby. No, it’s not a modern meme, but a genuine 15th century image. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate it. #fitzwilliammuseum
December 24, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Look closely at my favourite Christmas card: Mary is sitting up in bed, reading, while an exhausted-looking Joseph sits on the floor, holding the baby. No, it’s not a modern meme, but a genuine 15th century image. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate it. #fitzwilliammuseum
The wonderful Renard Press produces one of these gorgeous little books each year in aid of Three Peas, a charity which helps refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. Happy Christmas @renardpress.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The wonderful Renard Press produces one of these gorgeous little books each year in aid of Three Peas, a charity which helps refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. Happy Christmas @renardpress.bsky.social
The suspense at the end of this powerful, atmospheric novel was so great that I couldn’t bear to read it at bed-time, in case the ending kept me awake all night. So I had to get up early this morning to finish it! Wrung out! @larsmytting #thebellinthelake #readers
December 9, 2024 at 9:34 AM
The suspense at the end of this powerful, atmospheric novel was so great that I couldn’t bear to read it at bed-time, in case the ending kept me awake all night. So I had to get up early this morning to finish it! Wrung out! @larsmytting #thebellinthelake #readers
Very happy that my poem Yoga has been shortlisted for Ink, Sweat and Tears poem of the month. If you like it, do feel free to vote for it!
inksweatandtears.co.uk/november-202...
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What Will You Choose as Your Pick of the Month for November 2024? | Ink Sweat and Tears
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December 8, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Very happy that my poem Yoga has been shortlisted for Ink, Sweat and Tears poem of the month. If you like it, do feel free to vote for it!
inksweatandtears.co.uk/november-202...
inksweatandtears.co.uk/november-202...
Wonderful Christmas histfic writers lunch at the Ivy.
@tracyreesbooks.bsky.social
@gillpaulauthor.bsky.social
@hazelgaynor.bsky.social
@evepollychase.bsky.social
@jennyashcroft.bsky.social
@rachelhore.bsky.social
@louisefein.bsky.social
@juliakellywrites.bsky.social
@tracyreesbooks.bsky.social
@gillpaulauthor.bsky.social
@hazelgaynor.bsky.social
@evepollychase.bsky.social
@jennyashcroft.bsky.social
@rachelhore.bsky.social
@louisefein.bsky.social
@juliakellywrites.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Wonderful Christmas histfic writers lunch at the Ivy.
@tracyreesbooks.bsky.social
@gillpaulauthor.bsky.social
@hazelgaynor.bsky.social
@evepollychase.bsky.social
@jennyashcroft.bsky.social
@rachelhore.bsky.social
@louisefein.bsky.social
@juliakellywrites.bsky.social
@tracyreesbooks.bsky.social
@gillpaulauthor.bsky.social
@hazelgaynor.bsky.social
@evepollychase.bsky.social
@jennyashcroft.bsky.social
@rachelhore.bsky.social
@louisefein.bsky.social
@juliakellywrites.bsky.social
Paperback out today! And you’ll see it in WHSmith as a Richard and Judy pick!! Congratulations @evepollychase.bsky.social
The Midnight Hour paperback is out today! And, thrillingly, a WHSmith Richard & Judy Book Club winter pick! Whether you read it on a crowded train or by the fire, I hope this story will whisk you away. Looks v pretty under the tree too :)🎄🎁 #books #richardandjudybookclub @michaeljbooks.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Paperback out today! And you’ll see it in WHSmith as a Richard and Judy pick!! Congratulations @evepollychase.bsky.social
I am so, so thrilled that @evepollychase.bsky.social ‘s amazing novel The Midnight Hour has been selected as a Richard and Judy bookclub pick! #themidnighhour
🕰️ The Midnight Hour ❄️ WHSmith Richard & Judy Book Club winter pick ❄️ Paperback out now! @michaeljbooks.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 4:33 PM
I am so, so thrilled that @evepollychase.bsky.social ‘s amazing novel The Midnight Hour has been selected as a Richard and Judy bookclub pick! #themidnighhour