Miranda Moore ☀️
@sparewriter.bsky.social
YA debut A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social Oct 25 . writer & editor . fiction & nonfiction . lover of wilderness, kindness & sunshine . winner DFB Search for a Storyteller 24 & Wells Fest of Lit Book for Children 23 . RLF Fellow 24-26
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In this Northern Highlight, we interview Miranda Moore, an author based in the Scottish Borders. Miranda tells us a bit about her second novel that she has recently been working on. Miranda’s debut YA novel, A Beautiful, Terrible Thing, published earlier this month! Link in bio 📚
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In this Northern Highlight, we interview Miranda Moore, an author based in the Scottish Borders. Miranda tells us a bit about her second novel that she has recently been working on. Miranda’s debut YA novel, A Beautiful, Terrible Thing, published earlier this month! Link in bio 📚
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Miranda Moore's debut Young Adult novel A Beautiful, Terrible Thing packs an emotional punch.
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Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social
@sparewriter.bsky.social
#MichelleBrackenborough
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
#ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters
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Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social
@sparewriter.bsky.social
#MichelleBrackenborough
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
#ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Miranda Moore's debut Young Adult novel A Beautiful, Terrible Thing packs an emotional punch.
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Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social
@sparewriter.bsky.social
#MichelleBrackenborough
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
#ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters
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Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social
@sparewriter.bsky.social
#MichelleBrackenborough
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
#ya#yabooks#bookrecommendations#reading#fiction#yalit#yaliterature#yawriters
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Applications for the Reading School Fund are now open!
We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of:
📚Books
📚Reading materials
📚Furnishings for reading spaces
www.readingschools.scot/funding
We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of:
📚Books
📚Reading materials
📚Furnishings for reading spaces
www.readingschools.scot/funding
Reading Schools
An accreditation programme for schools that are committed to building a culture of reading for their learners and communities.
www.readingschools.scot
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Applications for the Reading School Fund are now open!
We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of:
📚Books
📚Reading materials
📚Furnishings for reading spaces
www.readingschools.scot/funding
We're awarding grants of up to £500 to help your setting and learners achieve Reading School accreditation, with the purchase of:
📚Books
📚Reading materials
📚Furnishings for reading spaces
www.readingschools.scot/funding
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Happy World Literacy Day! 🎉Like any other, a great day to celebrate the magic of reading. 📚✨
September 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy World Literacy Day! 🎉Like any other, a great day to celebrate the magic of reading. 📚✨
Juicy plums! 🍑
Planted plum tree 10y ago 🌳
Years 1-7: zero plums
Year 8: one plum
Year 9: handful of plums
Year 10: 180 or so ripe, juicy Victoria plums! 🍑🍑🍑
Planted plum tree 10y ago 🌳
Years 1-7: zero plums
Year 8: one plum
Year 9: handful of plums
Year 10: 180 or so ripe, juicy Victoria plums! 🍑🍑🍑
September 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Juicy plums! 🍑
Planted plum tree 10y ago 🌳
Years 1-7: zero plums
Year 8: one plum
Year 9: handful of plums
Year 10: 180 or so ripe, juicy Victoria plums! 🍑🍑🍑
Planted plum tree 10y ago 🌳
Years 1-7: zero plums
Year 8: one plum
Year 9: handful of plums
Year 10: 180 or so ripe, juicy Victoria plums! 🍑🍑🍑
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Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out during the Autumn term 2025 and available to buy or preorder in August, September, October, November and December 2025.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025
Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out during the Autumn term 2025 and available to buy or preorder in August, September, October, November and December 2025.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...
Good lord! My debut book launch at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social seems to be sold out already! Thank you those who have booked – see you on 9 Oct – and apols to anyone who's missed the boat! You can still pre-order the book though 😏
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mir...
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mir...
www.edinburghbookshop.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good lord! My debut book launch at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social seems to be sold out already! Thank you those who have booked – see you on 9 Oct – and apols to anyone who's missed the boat! You can still pre-order the book though 😏
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mir...
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/mir...
Just brilliant 🙌
*****
*****
August 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Just brilliant 🙌
*****
*****
A gem of a book. 💎 Spare and lyrical at the same time. Humanity and wilderness sculpted into just 146 pages. Love an author with the skill and self-control to give the reader only what is essential. Ivar is tremendous. 💛 Sublime.
August 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A gem of a book. 💎 Spare and lyrical at the same time. Humanity and wilderness sculpted into just 146 pages. Love an author with the skill and self-control to give the reader only what is essential. Ivar is tremendous. 💛 Sublime.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no: 1276:
The secret to writing success is *to make the reader feel something.* It doesn't matter how beautiful your prose is, or how clever your premise is if the reader feels nothing for your characters or your story.
The secret to writing success is *to make the reader feel something.* It doesn't matter how beautiful your prose is, or how clever your premise is if the reader feels nothing for your characters or your story.
July 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 1276:
The secret to writing success is *to make the reader feel something.* It doesn't matter how beautiful your prose is, or how clever your premise is if the reader feels nothing for your characters or your story.
The secret to writing success is *to make the reader feel something.* It doesn't matter how beautiful your prose is, or how clever your premise is if the reader feels nothing for your characters or your story.
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Getting spoiled by the dolphins putting on a great show on the Clyde heading to Kilcreggan & Gourock 🐬
Filmed at 11.26am 🎥
#Dolphins #Scotland #StormHour
Filmed at 11.26am 🎥
#Dolphins #Scotland #StormHour
July 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Getting spoiled by the dolphins putting on a great show on the Clyde heading to Kilcreggan & Gourock 🐬
Filmed at 11.26am 🎥
#Dolphins #Scotland #StormHour
Filmed at 11.26am 🎥
#Dolphins #Scotland #StormHour
Weeds and wildflowers
So purty!
So purty!
July 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Weeds and wildflowers
So purty!
So purty!
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Please do support your local bookshops. They are esential for independent publishers and have been the patron saints of my writing career through their word-of-mouth support.
We don’t just keep saying this because it affects us and we love working in a bookshop, living, breathing, talking, lugging books -
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Why supporting indie Irish bookshops matters in the age of Amazon
The message was stark but indisputable. "Irish businesses will struggle to compete with Amazon.ie, both online and in the high street," said Kenny's bookshop on Instagram.
www.rte.ie
July 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Please do support your local bookshops. They are esential for independent publishers and have been the patron saints of my writing career through their word-of-mouth support.
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The World Economic Forum argues that essential skills needed today are creative and critical thinking. I agree, and would add imagination, curiosity, empathy, compassion, care and collaboration (with the many more than human worlds ;) 💚
July 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The World Economic Forum argues that essential skills needed today are creative and critical thinking. I agree, and would add imagination, curiosity, empathy, compassion, care and collaboration (with the many more than human worlds ;) 💚
Excellent. A former palliative care consultant on living, dying and the immeasurable importance of talking openly about death and dying and treating every patient/person with respect and care. @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social *****
July 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Excellent. A former palliative care consultant on living, dying and the immeasurable importance of talking openly about death and dying and treating every patient/person with respect and care. @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social *****
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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The Examiner ran a lovely piece on our Dublin Unesco City of Literature director!
Thanks 😊
Read the full article here:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Thanks 😊
Read the full article here:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
July 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Examiner ran a lovely piece on our Dublin Unesco City of Literature director!
Thanks 😊
Read the full article here:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Thanks 😊
Read the full article here:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Children don’t need aggressive gatekeeping by adults. They need positive enthusiasm, encouragement and discovery.
What matters isn’t whether a book is old or new – it’s that it sparks joy, confidence and curiosity. That’s how lifelong readers are born.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
What matters isn’t whether a book is old or new – it’s that it sparks joy, confidence and curiosity. That’s how lifelong readers are born.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Children’s reading enjoyment falls to lowest recorded level in UK
Annual survey of young people’s reading habits which began two decades ago shows its lowest-ever result, most pronounced among boys aged 11 to 16
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Children don’t need aggressive gatekeeping by adults. They need positive enthusiasm, encouragement and discovery.
What matters isn’t whether a book is old or new – it’s that it sparks joy, confidence and curiosity. That’s how lifelong readers are born.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
What matters isn’t whether a book is old or new – it’s that it sparks joy, confidence and curiosity. That’s how lifelong readers are born.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Hearty congratulations to the stellar @brunadeluca.bsky.social on the launch of #LiviainRome last night at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social! Isn't it lush? Can't wait to read. 🤩😍🎉🍰📚
July 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hearty congratulations to the stellar @brunadeluca.bsky.social on the launch of #LiviainRome last night at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social! Isn't it lush? Can't wait to read. 🤩😍🎉🍰📚
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Published today the Edinburgh Art Festival Programme #EAF25 returns from 7-24 August 2025. The UK's largest visual art festival - with over 80 programmed events everyone can feast their eyes! www.edinburghartfestival.com/about/
About EAF - Edinburgh Art Festival
EAF (Edinburgh Art Festival) was founded in 2004 to provide a dedicated platform for the visual arts at the heart of Edinburgh’s summer festivals. This year, we return for EAF25, from 7–24 August 2025...
www.edinburghartfestival.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Published today the Edinburgh Art Festival Programme #EAF25 returns from 7-24 August 2025. The UK's largest visual art festival - with over 80 programmed events everyone can feast their eyes! www.edinburghartfestival.com/about/
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When your first reader-reviewer is just The Lovliest person 🥹❤️
LOVED this. Enchanting. Irresistible. And just so funny! A story of family, friendship and belonging to two worlds with a side of simmering enemies-to-lovers, Livia in Rome by @brunadeluca.bsky.social is THE clean teen read of the summer. Out 3rd July. You HAVE to preorder!
May 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
When your first reader-reviewer is just The Lovliest person 🥹❤️
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Miranda Moore (@sparewriter.bsky.social) winner of the first Search for a Storyteller prize with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social & Arvon, shares how an Arvon at Home course helped shape her next novel and why breakthroughs often come in unexpected moments.
www.arvon.org/a-storytelle...
www.arvon.org/a-storytelle...
A Storyteller’s Journey with Arvon at Home | Arvon
Arvon spoke with Miranda Moore, the winner of the inaugural Search for a Storyteller competition run by DFB and...
www.arvon.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Miranda Moore (@sparewriter.bsky.social) winner of the first Search for a Storyteller prize with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social & Arvon, shares how an Arvon at Home course helped shape her next novel and why breakthroughs often come in unexpected moments.
www.arvon.org/a-storytelle...
www.arvon.org/a-storytelle...
Lovely bumble, buzzing away happily, visiting every flower. This is our wild (neglected) patch beside our house. So cheering to just sit there and watch #bees, bumblebees, butterflies and a dragonfly dawdling about, paying a visit. Sustenance for them and sustenance for me! 🌼🐝😊 #nature
May 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I love an author who has the courage to tackle complex issues and the skill to pull it off with sensitivity and insight, while maintaining pace and tension. A masterclass in characterisation. Absolutely brilliant ***** @elenikwriter.bsky.social 🙌🏼
May 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I love an author who has the courage to tackle complex issues and the skill to pull it off with sensitivity and insight, while maintaining pace and tension. A masterclass in characterisation. Absolutely brilliant ***** @elenikwriter.bsky.social 🙌🏼