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Philippa East (Author)
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Novelist, rep’d by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social. Thrillers: #LittleWhiteLies💛 #SafeAndSound❤️ #IllNeverTell💗 #AGuiltySecret🧡 Lives in Lincolnshire, has a cat. Clinical Psychologist by day.
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Hi everyone! I’m a fiction author with HQStories/HarperCollins and my books (psychological thrillers) are #LittleWhiteLies, #SafeAndSound #IllNeverTell #AGuiltySecret. I’m also a clinical psychologist 🤓 and trans ally 🏳️‍⚧️ Looking forward to joining you all!
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I've updates my website with details of my TWO books - yes that's TWO books - out this year:

1. My 3rd poetry collection #EmergencyDream out with @serenbooks.bsky.social March 16th

2. #SwimmingTheSeasons: A freshwater Almanac, out with @saraband-books.bsky.social May 7th

#BookSky #BookNews
Publications
Swimming the Seasons: A Freshwater Almanac (Saraband, 2026) COMING MAY 7TH 2026 A little book about swimming all year round in the lakes, rivers and tarns of the English Lake District, despite not …
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February 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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The longlist for the 2025 Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd | Highland Book Prize has been announced. The Prize celebrates the talent, landscape, & cultural diversity of the Scottish Highlands & is open to works of fiction, non-fiction, & poetry
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www.highlandbookprize.org.uk/longlist/
Longlist - The Highland Book Prize | Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd
Highland Book Prize 2025 Longlist Announced The longlist for the Highland Book Prize 2025 has been announced by the Highland Society of London and Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre. Thi...
www.highlandbookprize.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Roses are red,
coats go on hooks.
We made you a love heart,
from #Library books. 📚❤️

Happy #ValentinesDay to all our followers but especially YOU because you're our favourite. ❤️
February 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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t has been a hard week. In truth, it has been a hard few years. For many trans+ people, the noise, the headlines, the debates and the hostility can feel relentless.

So this Valentine’s, we wanted to do something simple.

So we've launched our 'Letters of love to the trans community'...
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Oooo! My mum recommended this to me last night. I loved #TheDetectorists, so looking forward to trying this world out too
It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
Small Prophets | Official Trailer - BBC
YouTube video by BBC Trailers
m.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Today’s #WritingTask: more editing, but I’m meeting a writing friend in the local pub to work on it there, so that should dull the pain a little!
February 14, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I feel you, Charlie, I feel you 😆
February 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Great letter setting out the positives from today's GLP vs EHRC ruling.
Phillipson must now do what we've been asking for all along: send the draft Services Code of Practice back to the EHRC to be re-written to explain that trans inclusion in gender-aligned services remains entirely lawful.
We've written to Bridget Phillipson to point out she's legally obliged to reject the EHRC's draft guidance

The Government committed in its manifesto to “remove indignities for trans people”. We're asking that they take steps to protect the trans community & correct what the Supreme Court got wrong
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Yes, I had to treat myself to this absolutely beautiful edition of #Catherine by @essiefox.bsky.social . Will be reading this very soon for the @orendabooks.bsky.social #BlogTour after my quick speed read of #WutheringHeights!

#BookSky 💙📚
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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February 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
My #RecentRead*
#StoneYardDevotional by @charlottewood.bsky.social

*books I’ve really liked/loved
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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I put this up precisely because I thought it was fascinating and very different to when I thought - the answer is 1930
What year do you think this room design is from ? (Answer at 6pm)
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The result of the Good Law Project’s judicial review against the EHRC’s “interim update” is due at 11.00am tomorrow.
Various trans organisations will be putting out statements shortly after. No idea which way this ruling will go. Sending huge hugs to everybody.
Listing in the Administrative Court for tomorrow not before 11am: read out of the judgment in our challenge to the EHRC Interim Guidance.
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Oh my lord this book I’m reading needs MAJOR edits*

*the book is my book 🙄
a little girl is sitting on a bench with netflix written on the bottom
Alt: a little white girl smacks her hand to her forehead in frustration
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Good morning! Life is too short to spend on stories you don't love. Don't be afraid to stop reading - or stop writing - a book if you're not enjoying it
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Oh no, this is really sad. I was a huge fan of #Dawson’sCreek.
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James Van Der Beek, who has been battling cancer, has died.

He was 48.

Per TMZ.
February 11, 2026 at 8:46 PM
February 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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More #buyastrangerabook day magic!

@rejunevate.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of "The Life Inside" by Andy West.

The recent BBC series Waiting for the Out, was based on this.

If you'd like a copy, get in touch!

UK only
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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‘Four Night Seas’ is an exceptional first book of short stories. Niamh Mac Cabe takes the reader deep into the textures and instabilities of memory, desire and loss, with well-judged humour and vivid depictions of landscape and character. Published @lilliputpress.bsky.social March.
February 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Congrats all!
Congratulations to Barbara Demick, Lyse Doucet, Jenny Evans, Daisy Fancourt, Lady Hale, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, @judithmackrell.bsky.social, Deepa Paul, Sarah Perry, Harriet Rix, Jane Rogoyska, Arundhati Roy, Zakia Sewell, @gracespencegreen.bsky.social, @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social @leaypi.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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It’s time to reveal the 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist! A hopeful list, these are 16 books that reflect the belief that every woman’s voice has the power to elicit and inspire change: youtu.be/ScHiI1saMCY
The 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction longlist
YouTube video by Women's Prize
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February 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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How has women’s creativity changed, shaped, and formed the world through impacting different cultures, environments and disciplines?

If you're interested in this topic, don't miss 'Women who Create: The Feminine and the Arts' a conference organised by @labrc.bsky.social. Registration is ✨ OPEN ✨
Women who Create: The Feminine and the Arts
The London Arts-Based Research Centre Women who Create: The Feminine and the ArtsA Transdisciplinary Conference March 28-30, 2026 Where:March 28-29: In person participation at Cambridge University …
labrc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Today I managed to reread and edit 20 pages!! 😅😅😅
Arg I’m going in 🫣🫣🫣
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM