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Bardmaiden
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She/her Cis-woman - I crochet, knit, cross stitch, read and am a general sci fi geek. Also a black hole of warmth and snuggles.
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First sighting of The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder in the @portalbookshop.bsky.social Portal Bookshop York. Queer and nerdy, they are lovely and well worth a visit.

#indiebooks #indiebookshops #Yorkshire #SFF #murder #mystery #books #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Okay, deep breath.
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...

If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
Em's bad year support fund
Our dear Emma Newman is having a shite year. First she broke her ankle walking on flat pavement, now she's got breast cancer fucking up her life. The broken bone put her out of commission for almost t...
www.paypal.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Emma Newman's Planetfall series is an incredible mix of very good sci-fi, well handled portrayals of mental health issues and anti-capitalist sentiment.

Newman is going through a tough time health wise, so I highly recommend this series.
I've also written the Planetfall sequence (which was shortlisted for the Best Series Hugo Award 2020) is four interconnected standalone novels and a short story collection, available wherever you buy books. I self-pubbed the collection ebook: enewman.co.uk/before-after... (Ko-Fi shop is best for me)
Before, After, Alone – A Planetfall Universe short story collection
Before, After, Alone Acclaimed author Emma Newman returns to her Planetfall universe with a collection of ten short stories set before, during and after the four interconnected novels of the H…
enewman.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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UK people, PLEASE add your name to this open letter asking the government not to cut disability payments

action.versusarthritis.org/s/7956436/6b...
Add your name 📢
Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic
action.versusarthritis.org
March 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #858,807!
September 17, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Has Bluesky gotten the Always Reblog Tom Holland's Umbrella process underway yet?
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
Tom Holland no volará en este lipsinqueo, pero si te hará bailar con su versión de "Umbrella" de Rihanna.¡Suscríbete a Comedy Central Latinoamérica y no te p...
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September 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM
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August 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.
July 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM
So I’m now hanging out with all the cool kids 😂
September 4, 2023 at 5:33 PM