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Claire
@theauthorslounge.bsky.social
Superstar Librarian, Author Interviewer and Author Brand Expert. F:Entrepreneur #IAlso100 2024, Award Winning Brand Photographer, London based.
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Hello all, thought I’d pop this up to show you that there are many different ways to work with me! Talk to me about your books, your images or your author brand.I’m always happy to chat so drop me a line 🤩
#authorbranding #authorinterview #authorheadshot
Lots of books discussed - a true marmite season!

#booksky # bookclub
May 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
And I’m back!
Join me on Wednesday evening on Instagram live as I talk to the brilliant @laurenbravo.bsky.social about her wonderful book Probably Nothing. See you there!

#booksky #authorinterview #authortalk #authorinterviewer #bookchat
March 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’ve always thought bookcases are better than wallpaper 😉

#booksky #bookshelves#shelfiesunday
March 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
So looking forward to welcoming the new #ialso100 cohort today!

#fentrepreneur #smallbusinessbritain #houseoflords
March 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Oooh. (Advance reading copies are here...)
www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
February 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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'Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alongside three authors, a public library district, the US writers’ body the Authors Guild, a teacher, two students and two parents.'
Publishers sue state of Idaho over library book bans
Lawsuit says its definition of ‘harmful materials’ forbidden to under 18s is ‘vague and overbroad’ and puts librarians at risk
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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I went to Peterborough Museum yesterday to help install ‘The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists’.
Tho’ on the small side and not room for everything, it’s starting to look …
February 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
In the Authors Lounge this week!
#book-sky #authorinterview
February 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Am so excited to be hosting JP Greene in his first UK interview this Thursday! We’ll be talking love poetry, writing, connection and life in his new book Meet me between breaths over on Insta Live. See you there!
#booksky #authorinterview #authortalk #lovepoem
January 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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January 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hello all, thought I’d pop this up to show you that there are many different ways to work with me! Talk to me about your books, your images or your author brand.I’m always happy to chat so drop me a line 🤩
#authorbranding #authorinterview #authorheadshot
January 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
January 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
January 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Back in 2018 on the other site, I write two verses of a poem called Libraries Need Librarians. Eve Ainsworth & John Dougherty (two phenomenal authors) liked what they read and added some extra verses. You can read the entire poem below:
December 11, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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It’s mad that Jane Austen was born 250 years ago and we still haven’t had enough
January 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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When times feel a bit grim, I like to think about the 14th Century, which featured The Great Famine (1315-1317), The Black Death (1347-1351), The Great Schism (1378) and The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). That always cheers me up
January 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So excited to be part of this amazing line up in Manchester this summer! Have you got your tickets yet?!
January 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Had the really cool pleasure of being interviewed by Jonathan Crain. Check it out.

open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Inbox | Substack
open.substack.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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A huge shout out and heartfelt thanks to Jonathan Crain for
interviewing me about my novel, Before the Shattered Gates of Heaven. I encourage you to check out his substack for this and many more great author interviews. Go to substack.com/home/post/p-...

#beforetheshatteredgatesofheaven
December 27, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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December 17, 2023 at 10:53 PM