Alys Cummings
@alyseliza.bsky.social
Makes documentaries 🎥 loves crosswords 🖊️ reads novels 📚 writes ✍️ Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect 2024 🥇New Writing North Emerging Creative Associate ⬆️
Debut novel Murder Most Cryptic published October 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph 🐧
Lives North East 🌊🌅
Debut novel Murder Most Cryptic published October 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph 🐧
Lives North East 🌊🌅
I’ll just pop out quickly before it starts snowing again…. ⛄️
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I’ll just pop out quickly before it starts snowing again…. ⛄️
Well, that trip to Sunderland Empire definitely brightened up a wet Wednesday afternoon in November 🎶 🎩 💃🏻
‘Heaven, I'm in heaven. And the cares that hung around me through the week, seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak…’
‘Heaven, I'm in heaven. And the cares that hung around me through the week, seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak…’
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Well, that trip to Sunderland Empire definitely brightened up a wet Wednesday afternoon in November 🎶 🎩 💃🏻
‘Heaven, I'm in heaven. And the cares that hung around me through the week, seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak…’
‘Heaven, I'm in heaven. And the cares that hung around me through the week, seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak…’
Hanging out in Sherwood this afternoon, having a right old laugh
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hanging out in Sherwood this afternoon, having a right old laugh
Awesome night at Uncanny: Fear of the Dark with @dannyrobins.bsky.social 👻
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Awesome night at Uncanny: Fear of the Dark with @dannyrobins.bsky.social 👻
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
November 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Double Teddy post for Halloween. He arrived from the shelter two years ago today so especially thankful for my black cat today 🎃 🐈⬛
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Double Teddy post for Halloween. He arrived from the shelter two years ago today so especially thankful for my black cat today 🎃 🐈⬛
Teddy and I making some tweaks to the crosswords for Murder Most Cryptic 😊
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Teddy and I making some tweaks to the crosswords for Murder Most Cryptic 😊
Morning wave jumping 🌊 👋🏻 🌊
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Morning wave jumping 🌊 👋🏻 🌊
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day 🐈⬛
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day 🐈⬛
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
Thanks postman, thanks @unchcrosswords.com - very much looking forward to this! It looks fantastic 🙌🏻🙌🏻
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Thanks postman, thanks @unchcrosswords.com - very much looking forward to this! It looks fantastic 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Mid-week morning over the North Sea.
Light in sight.
Light in sight.
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Mid-week morning over the North Sea.
Light in sight.
Light in sight.
Up to the top of the fell, overlooking the lake, across and down through the woods (without falling and breaking my leg 🙌🏻) to catch the steamer back…steamer not running, two hour wait for a bus…and a National Trust shelf of second hand books delivered this to while away the time ❤️✍️
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Up to the top of the fell, overlooking the lake, across and down through the woods (without falling and breaking my leg 🙌🏻) to catch the steamer back…steamer not running, two hour wait for a bus…and a National Trust shelf of second hand books delivered this to while away the time ❤️✍️
Have loved being part of this New Writing North audio drama programme - going to miss our workshops and brilliant fellow writers and tutor…but thrilled to have finished my pilot MAY DAY and excited to develop more work this summer 😊 📻 🎤 ✍️ 🙌🏻🙌🏻
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March 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Have loved being part of this New Writing North audio drama programme - going to miss our workshops and brilliant fellow writers and tutor…but thrilled to have finished my pilot MAY DAY and excited to develop more work this summer 😊 📻 🎤 ✍️ 🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Having a ball at #baytales25 crime
fest - last panel before lunch had a crime solving medium, art theft and the ordered mind of a house packer… with Tracy Whitwell, Ellery Lloyd and Sarah Hilary…
plus a sneak peek of @stephmcgovern.bsky.social ‘s new thriller set live on air…
#Deadlineproof
fest - last panel before lunch had a crime solving medium, art theft and the ordered mind of a house packer… with Tracy Whitwell, Ellery Lloyd and Sarah Hilary…
plus a sneak peek of @stephmcgovern.bsky.social ‘s new thriller set live on air…
#Deadlineproof
March 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Having a ball at #baytales25 crime
fest - last panel before lunch had a crime solving medium, art theft and the ordered mind of a house packer… with Tracy Whitwell, Ellery Lloyd and Sarah Hilary…
plus a sneak peek of @stephmcgovern.bsky.social ‘s new thriller set live on air…
#Deadlineproof
fest - last panel before lunch had a crime solving medium, art theft and the ordered mind of a house packer… with Tracy Whitwell, Ellery Lloyd and Sarah Hilary…
plus a sneak peek of @stephmcgovern.bsky.social ‘s new thriller set live on air…
#Deadlineproof
How very lucky I am to have friends like who send me wonderful bookish gifts!
Love this vase and bookmark ❤️
And here’s me and said friend aged 14, taking a brief respite from Manics/Suede/Ash gigs to look presentable for a production of Little Women and me to give my ‘Jo’ 😊❤️ 📖
Love this vase and bookmark ❤️
And here’s me and said friend aged 14, taking a brief respite from Manics/Suede/Ash gigs to look presentable for a production of Little Women and me to give my ‘Jo’ 😊❤️ 📖
February 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How very lucky I am to have friends like who send me wonderful bookish gifts!
Love this vase and bookmark ❤️
And here’s me and said friend aged 14, taking a brief respite from Manics/Suede/Ash gigs to look presentable for a production of Little Women and me to give my ‘Jo’ 😊❤️ 📖
Love this vase and bookmark ❤️
And here’s me and said friend aged 14, taking a brief respite from Manics/Suede/Ash gigs to look presentable for a production of Little Women and me to give my ‘Jo’ 😊❤️ 📖
Lovely! This was the view this morning from a bit further south, on the coast in North Tyneside 🌅
January 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lovely! This was the view this morning from a bit further south, on the coast in North Tyneside 🌅
St Mary’s Island today. No causeway visible just a late afternoon glitter path to the lighthouse ⛅️ 🌊
January 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
St Mary’s Island today. No causeway visible just a late afternoon glitter path to the lighthouse ⛅️ 🌊
Taking my secret Santa gift to NYE drinks - it promises a game of ‘skill, laughter & interest’….so we’ll see how that pans out…
December 31, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Taking my secret Santa gift to NYE drinks - it promises a game of ‘skill, laughter & interest’….so we’ll see how that pans out…
Happy midwinter/starting date of this year’s Radio Times to all who celebrate 🥳
December 21, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Happy midwinter/starting date of this year’s Radio Times to all who celebrate 🥳
Christmas books ❤️ 📚 what have I missed??
December 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Christmas books ❤️ 📚 what have I missed??
RNLI carols down on the bay ❤️🎶 🌊
December 16, 2024 at 8:57 PM
RNLI carols down on the bay ❤️🎶 🌊
Wow. The reading room at the British Museum is like something in Lyra’s Oxford. Never seen it before til I saw the door open today and wandered in
December 13, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Wow. The reading room at the British Museum is like something in Lyra’s Oxford. Never seen it before til I saw the door open today and wandered in
Newcastle Noir was just brilliant - I finished with
@viperbooks.bsky.social proof party last night for #themidnightking which I’ll be starting as soon as I’ve tackled only the ENTIRE history of crime writing by Martin Edwards that I couldn’t resist after his talk with @anncleeves.bsky.social 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻
@viperbooks.bsky.social proof party last night for #themidnightking which I’ll be starting as soon as I’ve tackled only the ENTIRE history of crime writing by Martin Edwards that I couldn’t resist after his talk with @anncleeves.bsky.social 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻
December 7, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Newcastle Noir was just brilliant - I finished with
@viperbooks.bsky.social proof party last night for #themidnightking which I’ll be starting as soon as I’ve tackled only the ENTIRE history of crime writing by Martin Edwards that I couldn’t resist after his talk with @anncleeves.bsky.social 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻
@viperbooks.bsky.social proof party last night for #themidnightking which I’ll be starting as soon as I’ve tackled only the ENTIRE history of crime writing by Martin Edwards that I couldn’t resist after his talk with @anncleeves.bsky.social 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻