Ruth Thomas
@ruthiesthomas.bsky.social
Writer. The Home Corner (Faber) | The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line (a BBC Book at Bedtime). New book news soon. Agent: Georgia Garrett @RCWLitAgency
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Pinned
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Today’s Puffin Post perfection
September 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today’s Puffin Post perfection
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Melinda & I stroked the stingray.
August 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Melinda & I stroked the stingray.
This makes me feel exceedingly nostalgic for Puffin Post
Gorgeous Jill MacDonald illustration from The Puffin Book of Magic
August 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This makes me feel exceedingly nostalgic for Puffin Post
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Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
🚨An important reminder of the trauma faced by asylum seekers.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
August 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
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Storyteller Joseph O'Connor raises literary ghosts - from Jennifer Johnston to Boland to Stoker to Synge - in this enthralling interview with MadeleineKeane.bluesky.social for IrishWritersCentre.bluesky.social DublinCitylibs.bluesky.social unioflimerick.bluesky.social www.writing.ie/interviews/d...
Dublin, One City, Many Stories
The Irish Writers Centre has proudly launched the first episode of its new six-part video series Dublin, One City, Many Stories.
www.writing.ie
August 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Storyteller Joseph O'Connor raises literary ghosts - from Jennifer Johnston to Boland to Stoker to Synge - in this enthralling interview with MadeleineKeane.bluesky.social for IrishWritersCentre.bluesky.social DublinCitylibs.bluesky.social unioflimerick.bluesky.social www.writing.ie/interviews/d...
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Are you writing an historical novel? Want some guidance and support this September? Still places left on my online Historical Fiction course starting Tues 2nd Sep for 4 weeks! ✒️📚
2569 Online: Moniack in a Month – Historical Fiction with Victoria MacKenzie - Moniack Mhor share.google/zvBYzjnZnOJw...
2569 Online: Moniack in a Month – Historical Fiction with Victoria MacKenzie - Moniack Mhor share.google/zvBYzjnZnOJw...
2569 Online: Moniack in a Month – Historical Fiction with Victoria MacKenzie - Moniack Mhor
Join historical novelist Victoria Mackenzie for a lively 4-week online course exploring the art of writing compelling and vivid historical fiction. Aimed at anyone interested in writing a historical n...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Are you writing an historical novel? Want some guidance and support this September? Still places left on my online Historical Fiction course starting Tues 2nd Sep for 4 weeks! ✒️📚
2569 Online: Moniack in a Month – Historical Fiction with Victoria MacKenzie - Moniack Mhor share.google/zvBYzjnZnOJw...
2569 Online: Moniack in a Month – Historical Fiction with Victoria MacKenzie - Moniack Mhor share.google/zvBYzjnZnOJw...
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Very possibly the most British road sign in Britain:
August 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Very possibly the most British road sign in Britain:
Cress had such a moment in the 70s
Everyday Ladybird things.
At home, at school, lots and lots of cress
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Talkabout Gardens, 1976
At home, at school, lots and lots of cress
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Talkabout Gardens, 1976
July 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Cress had such a moment in the 70s
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Hey have you heard that new song by
July 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Hey have you heard that new song by
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Blueprint is our brand new programme for emerging theatre-makers in Scotland (& we’re really, REALLY excited about it) 🧱🎭🏴
You may have just graduated, be considering a career change or enjoy being part of theatre projects & want to take your work to the next step 🪜
⏰ Deadline: Fri 25 July @ 10am
You may have just graduated, be considering a career change or enjoy being part of theatre projects & want to take your work to the next step 🪜
⏰ Deadline: Fri 25 July @ 10am
July 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Blueprint is our brand new programme for emerging theatre-makers in Scotland (& we’re really, REALLY excited about it) 🧱🎭🏴
You may have just graduated, be considering a career change or enjoy being part of theatre projects & want to take your work to the next step 🪜
⏰ Deadline: Fri 25 July @ 10am
You may have just graduated, be considering a career change or enjoy being part of theatre projects & want to take your work to the next step 🪜
⏰ Deadline: Fri 25 July @ 10am
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Samuel understands.
Up by five o’clock, and put things in my house in order to be laid up, against my workmen come on Monday to take down the top of my house, which trouble I must go through now, but it troubles me much to think of it.
July 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Samuel understands.
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Do you hate AI?
Are you an editor, proofreader, designer, illustrator, typesetter, marketer, book blogger, audio narrator, reviewer, ARC/beta reader?
WoodPig Press is creating a pool of freelancers for future paid work.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Please share:
Do you hate AI?
Are you an editor, proofreader, designer, illustrator, typesetter, marketer, book blogger, audio narrator, reviewer, ARC/beta reader?
WoodPig Press is creating a pool of freelancers for future paid work.
woodpigpress.com/call-for-pub...
#booksky #books #publishing
Do you hate AI?
Are you an editor, proofreader, designer, illustrator, typesetter, marketer, book blogger, audio narrator, reviewer, ARC/beta reader?
WoodPig Press is creating a pool of freelancers for future paid work.
woodpigpress.com/call-for-pub...
#booksky #books #publishing
Dog-sized dinosaurs that ran around the feet of bigger dinosaurs! 😍😍
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Natural History Museum to display rare dog-sized dinosaur
The dinosaur was mislabelled and misunderstood - but scientists now realise how special it is.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Dog-sized dinosaurs that ran around the feet of bigger dinosaurs! 😍😍
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Seen this twice now it's such a gorgeous film. What a funny and moving story. Great songs too!
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
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The Ballad of Wallis Island review – funny, melancholy yarn of a folk duo reunited by oddball superfan
Tim Key bring his trademark pleasant awkwardness to the island-owner who pays Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan to come and play for him
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Seen this twice now it's such a gorgeous film. What a funny and moving story. Great songs too!
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
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I've been in the entertainment industry for almost 30 years.
Everybody's so enamored at the idea that AI will make movies cost less.
The greed and bloat will come.
Someday, a filmmaker will struggle with the cost and realize it'd be cheaper to just go out and film the scene.
Trust me, it'll happen.
Everybody's so enamored at the idea that AI will make movies cost less.
The greed and bloat will come.
Someday, a filmmaker will struggle with the cost and realize it'd be cheaper to just go out and film the scene.
Trust me, it'll happen.
June 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I've been in the entertainment industry for almost 30 years.
Everybody's so enamored at the idea that AI will make movies cost less.
The greed and bloat will come.
Someday, a filmmaker will struggle with the cost and realize it'd be cheaper to just go out and film the scene.
Trust me, it'll happen.
Everybody's so enamored at the idea that AI will make movies cost less.
The greed and bloat will come.
Someday, a filmmaker will struggle with the cost and realize it'd be cheaper to just go out and film the scene.
Trust me, it'll happen.
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Ironic sloganeering in the Highlands.
June 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ironic sloganeering in the Highlands.
Bizarrely we appear to have welded a pair of scissors onto one of our oven racks
June 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Bizarrely we appear to have welded a pair of scissors onto one of our oven racks
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Here we have a senior golden living their best life and a young golden just trying to make it to the end of their shift. Both 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday
June 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Here we have a senior golden living their best life and a young golden just trying to make it to the end of their shift. Both 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday
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Good evening! This week's theme is London Transport.
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'The Tube Station', Bank Station (c.1932) by Cyril Power
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'The Tube Station', Bank Station (c.1932) by Cyril Power
June 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Good evening! This week's theme is London Transport.
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'The Tube Station', Bank Station (c.1932) by Cyril Power
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'The Tube Station', Bank Station (c.1932) by Cyril Power
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Various forms of Réglisse (Licorice) for your admiration.
May 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Various forms of Réglisse (Licorice) for your admiration.
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I am at Tiverton Parkway.
'Parkway' is an English word that means 'not very close to'.
'Parkway' is an English word that means 'not very close to'.
May 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I am at Tiverton Parkway.
'Parkway' is an English word that means 'not very close to'.
'Parkway' is an English word that means 'not very close to'.
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Hang on if the government has decided everything I do is completely worthless and anyone can help themselves to it, do I still have to pay tax????
May 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Hang on if the government has decided everything I do is completely worthless and anyone can help themselves to it, do I still have to pay tax????