Steve Cole
@stevecolewriter.bsky.social
Writer of children’s books, salsa instructor, Doctor Who book editor, frustrated pop star at facesfall.com
Just heard that my latest @barringtonstoke.bsky.social novella got Children's Book of the Week in The Times! Blimey.
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Just heard that my latest @barringtonstoke.bsky.social novella got Children's Book of the Week in The Times! Blimey.
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🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
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We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
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490: Catastrophea
Under the microscope today is a novel by the godfather of Doctor Who fiction, Mr Terrance Dicks.
Today, Catastrophea, his Third Doctor and Jo Past Doctor Adventure for BBC Books, is examined.
We're de
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January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
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We bring you an exclusive on #DoctorWho - Catastrophea, by Terrance Dicks.
Courtesy of his widow Elsa, and @0tralala.bsky.social, we share early draft details of this book - with its working title too. @stevecolewriter.bsky.social joins us too.
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Always good to see new Targets fast approaching… and these three make an excellent set!
Covers for the new Targets revealed by Amazon
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Covers for 2026’s Targets revealed
Amazon has released the covers and blurbs for the new Target books, coming in March. Joseph Lidster has written Aliens of London The Doctor brings Rose home a year after she left… to find London in…
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January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Always good to see new Targets fast approaching… and these three make an excellent set!
I was going to post about my new book coming out today, but then I found out my mum is in the local press! 💟
January 15, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I was going to post about my new book coming out today, but then I found out my mum is in the local press! 💟
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We travel back to the 60s with the First Doctor, Steven and Dodo - will they find Salvation in New York?
Author Steve Lyons and editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social join us.
#DoctorWho
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We travel back to the 60s with the First Doctor, Steven and Dodo - will they find Salvation in New York?
Author Steve Lyons and editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social join us.
#DoctorWho
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486 Salvation
What's that you say, child? You need to know about Damnation, erm, Salvation?
Well, my boy, it's a good job the Power of Four podcast is here, is it not?
They're bringing you a look at the creation o
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January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨
We travel back to the 60s with the First Doctor, Steven and Dodo - will they find Salvation in New York?
Author Steve Lyons and editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social join us.
#DoctorWho
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We travel back to the 60s with the First Doctor, Steven and Dodo - will they find Salvation in New York?
Author Steve Lyons and editor @stevecolewriter.bsky.social join us.
#DoctorWho
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Astrosaurs: Mission To Infinity - @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, Tobey Cole & Alex Lopez (pub. @piccadilly-press.bsky.social)
Originally in chapter books in 2005, we’re so happy to see the Astrosaurs back in graphic form! We just know these new adaptations will be as beloved as the original series.
Originally in chapter books in 2005, we’re so happy to see the Astrosaurs back in graphic form! We just know these new adaptations will be as beloved as the original series.
January 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Astrosaurs: Mission To Infinity - @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, Tobey Cole & Alex Lopez (pub. @piccadilly-press.bsky.social)
Originally in chapter books in 2005, we’re so happy to see the Astrosaurs back in graphic form! We just know these new adaptations will be as beloved as the original series.
Originally in chapter books in 2005, we’re so happy to see the Astrosaurs back in graphic form! We just know these new adaptations will be as beloved as the original series.
The Sainsbury’s emulation of Spotify Wrapped is going to ignite social media
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The Sainsbury’s emulation of Spotify Wrapped is going to ignite social media
A gold variant US edition publishes April 28th across the pond.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A gold variant US edition publishes April 28th across the pond.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818935...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818935...
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The lovely #DoctorWho 1001 Nights in Time & Space book by @paulmagrs.bsky.social and @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is currently a bargain half-price £11 at Foyles, Waterstones and Amazon.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The lovely #DoctorWho 1001 Nights in Time & Space book by @paulmagrs.bsky.social and @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is currently a bargain half-price £11 at Foyles, Waterstones and Amazon.
And a merry Christmas to all of you at home!
🕛NEW EPISODE!🕛
For Christmas Eve, we're delighted to welcome Rob Shearman and @stevecolewriter.bsky.social to discuss the new novelisations of @bigfinish.bsky.social #DoctorWho classics The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee.
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For Christmas Eve, we're delighted to welcome Rob Shearman and @stevecolewriter.bsky.social to discuss the new novelisations of @bigfinish.bsky.social #DoctorWho classics The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee.
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480 : The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without The Chimes of Midnight, if you ask any Big Finish fan.
And Eighth Dcotor tale Chimes has been given a 2025 makeover in print form by author Robert Shearman, who
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December 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
And a merry Christmas to all of you at home!
I’m excited to kick off the New Year with my New You
Can you save the world by living for ever? We can't wait to publish @stevecolewriter.bsky.social's gripping dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver in January. Take a look at these great early reviews from #ChrisBradford, @thebookseller.com and @netgalley.bsky.social!
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m excited to kick off the New Year with my New You
Blankety Blank in March 1979: "Doctor Who rewards his robot dog K9 by giving him BLANK." Your answers, please! Find out if you match with celebrities like Faith Brown, June Whitfield and Windsor Davies!
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Blankety Blank in March 1979: "Doctor Who rewards his robot dog K9 by giving him BLANK." Your answers, please! Find out if you match with celebrities like Faith Brown, June Whitfield and Windsor Davies!
That moment you go to your tool box and find a sonic screwdriver there. That additional moment when you realise the sonic screwdriver is the only tool you can honestly say you’ve used in the last five years
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
That moment you go to your tool box and find a sonic screwdriver there. That additional moment when you realise the sonic screwdriver is the only tool you can honestly say you’ve used in the last five years
Today I received a Blue Peter badge through the post. But why? There was no note with it. It must be the Christmas miracle.
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today I received a Blue Peter badge through the post. But why? There was no note with it. It must be the Christmas miracle.
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A review of the utterly beautiful The Butterfly Who Became a Caterpillar from 1001 Nights in Time and Space #DoctorWho. A lovely retelling of the under-appreciated The Web Planet.
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Review of The Butterfly Who Became a Caterpillar by deltaandthebannermen
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December 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A review of the utterly beautiful The Butterfly Who Became a Caterpillar from 1001 Nights in Time and Space #DoctorWho. A lovely retelling of the under-appreciated The Web Planet.
@paulmagrs.bsky.social @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
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@paulmagrs.bsky.social @stevecolewriter.bsky.social
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Lovely to listen to nice people talking so warmly about this book, which was one of my especial favourites and a proper labour of love. @paulmagrs.bsky.social @anghelides.bsky.social
On the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast @joshort.bsky.social, @markdodyk.bsky.social, @docoho44.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social gather round the campfire for a discussion on 1001 Nights in Time & Space:
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November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Lovely to listen to nice people talking so warmly about this book, which was one of my especial favourites and a proper labour of love. @paulmagrs.bsky.social @anghelides.bsky.social
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@appletonacademy.bsky.social secondary book group ate enjoying their proof copies of #NewYouForever by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social .Thanks @readingagency.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@appletonacademy.bsky.social secondary book group ate enjoying their proof copies of #NewYouForever by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social .Thanks @readingagency.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social
You are never alone at dinner with a good book. Not even in Swindon!
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You are never alone at dinner with a good book. Not even in Swindon!
I love toast, so I’m happy to find it’s mutual! But what topping to place upon its buttered self?
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I love toast, so I’m happy to find it’s mutual! But what topping to place upon its buttered self?
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Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Astrosaurs: Mission to Infinity - Stroud Book Festival
Blast off with the Astrosaurs! Young Stegosaurus Teggs is the new captain of the DSS Sauropod, a spaceship designed to defend the Jurassic Quadrant from evil, carnivorous dinosaurs looking for their n...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Just remembered I’m talking in Stroud tomorrow lunchtime! Eek.
Lovely afternoon catching up with that @gossjam.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Lovely afternoon catching up with that @gossjam.bsky.social
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Gripping new dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is @thebookseller.com's Children's Book of the Month for January! Congratulations Steve ⚡️
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Gripping new dystopian thriller #NewYouForEver by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social is @thebookseller.com's Children's Book of the Month for January! Congratulations Steve ⚡️
Play... sing... Don't look at the wine... Don't think about alllllll that wine behind you. Wine. Oh! Wine! Forget all that lovely wine! SO MUCH BLOODY LOVELY BLOODY WINE...!
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Play... sing... Don't look at the wine... Don't think about alllllll that wine behind you. Wine. Oh! Wine! Forget all that lovely wine! SO MUCH BLOODY LOVELY BLOODY WINE...!
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
On my way to a school event my tyre blew on the M40. Standing on the hard shoulder as the artics thundered by, I considered the state of the tyre. 'The task is not impossible,' Optimism cried. 'Maybe you can do it!' 'Possibly,' said Realism hesitantly, 'if by "do it" you mean "call the AA".'
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On my way to a school event my tyre blew on the M40. Standing on the hard shoulder as the artics thundered by, I considered the state of the tyre. 'The task is not impossible,' Optimism cried. 'Maybe you can do it!' 'Possibly,' said Realism hesitantly, 'if by "do it" you mean "call the AA".'