Gabrielle Kent
@gabriellekent.bsky.social
Writer - Knights and Bikes, Alfie Bloom. Co-creator of Rani Reports (as Gabrielle Shewhorak) and Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch with @rhi.bsky.social. Former game developer/lecturer.
Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
This week I'm visiting three Teesside schools with National Literacy Trust to talk about writing with a Halloween twist. Popped this in for teachers as old as me and just learnt that carving turnips wasn't just a poor 80s kid thing, it's an old Celt tradition to ward off evil spirits at Samhain!
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This week I'm visiting three Teesside schools with National Literacy Trust to talk about writing with a Halloween twist. Popped this in for teachers as old as me and just learnt that carving turnips wasn't just a poor 80s kid thing, it's an old Celt tradition to ward off evil spirits at Samhain!
Launch day for Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure by @asianastroboy.bsky.social and me! Endless thanks to our brilliant illustrator Navya Raju, editor Katie Jennings at @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social and agent @hslanews.bsky.social It is a very special book, dedicated to a very special woman
July 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Launch day for Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure by @asianastroboy.bsky.social and me! Endless thanks to our brilliant illustrator Navya Raju, editor Katie Jennings at @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social and agent @hslanews.bsky.social It is a very special book, dedicated to a very special woman
The great north author tour is underway! Come meet us across the north east and Yorkshire! Times in pic and alt text!
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
June 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The great north author tour is underway! Come meet us across the north east and Yorkshire! Times in pic and alt text!
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
So this sits above my writing desk – one of my favourite Paul Kidby pieces from Tiffany Aching's Guide to being a Witch, gifted by @terryandrob.bsky.social. After a year and a half of looking at it, I've only just realised that it's not a giclee, it's the bloody original art!
June 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
So this sits above my writing desk – one of my favourite Paul Kidby pieces from Tiffany Aching's Guide to being a Witch, gifted by @terryandrob.bsky.social. After a year and a half of looking at it, I've only just realised that it's not a giclee, it's the bloody original art!
A procrastination of authors is touring Northern bookshops on Saturday 21st June, times below! Shops may have advance copies of Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure, and I'm MORE than happy to sign copies of Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch and generally geek out over Discworld!
June 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A procrastination of authors is touring Northern bookshops on Saturday 21st June, times below! Shops may have advance copies of Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure, and I'm MORE than happy to sign copies of Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch and generally geek out over Discworld!
Muchly so! His pauldrons were cool though www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/f...
June 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Muchly so! His pauldrons were cool though www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/f...
Today I'm delivering newswriting workshops for Stephenson Way Primary School in Newton Aycliffe Library. I was delighted to discover that the incredible Knife Angel is in town, right outside the library!
June 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Today I'm delivering newswriting workshops for Stephenson Way Primary School in Newton Aycliffe Library. I was delighted to discover that the incredible Knife Angel is in town, right outside the library!
This? 1995 F-150 💪
May 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This? 1995 F-150 💪
Excited to show off Navya Raju's cover of #3 in our junior journalist series, Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure. Set on Mauritius and full of facts about pirates, cryptography, colonialism +geological & evolutionary wonders. Preorders gratefully received!🙏 www.amazon.co.uk/Rani-Reports...
May 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Excited to show off Navya Raju's cover of #3 in our junior journalist series, Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure. Set on Mauritius and full of facts about pirates, cryptography, colonialism +geological & evolutionary wonders. Preorders gratefully received!🙏 www.amazon.co.uk/Rani-Reports...
The Child picked the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer as our bank holiday family movie. Amilyn’s death gets me every time 😂
May 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Child picked the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer as our bank holiday family movie. Amilyn’s death gets me every time 😂
Still lots to do, but creating a little Ghibli scene with driftwood and moss inside a dome lamp from Dunelm. Need to make a little stone Dōsojin statue and add extra fun details
April 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Still lots to do, but creating a little Ghibli scene with driftwood and moss inside a dome lamp from Dunelm. Need to make a little stone Dōsojin statue and add extra fun details
Wish I could have attended this! Just had a little chat with Llama about it all.
April 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Wish I could have attended this! Just had a little chat with Llama about it all.
My family. As themselves.
April 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My family. As themselves.
We’ll be getting a copy. We had great fun with Recipes for Wonder!
March 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We’ll be getting a copy. We had great fun with Recipes for Wonder!
Always fun to find billionaires profiting from your work when you barely make money from it yourself. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Always fun to find billionaires profiting from your work when you barely make money from it yourself. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Porting across some of my fave tweet threads. Starting with this piece of wonderful Pratchett trivia!
Discworld fans, like myself, probably know the real trade of the Seamstresses in Ankh-Morpork, but do you know where the term comes from?
Discworld fans, like myself, probably know the real trade of the Seamstresses in Ankh-Morpork, but do you know where the term comes from?
March 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Porting across some of my fave tweet threads. Starting with this piece of wonderful Pratchett trivia!
Discworld fans, like myself, probably know the real trade of the Seamstresses in Ankh-Morpork, but do you know where the term comes from?
Discworld fans, like myself, probably know the real trade of the Seamstresses in Ankh-Morpork, but do you know where the term comes from?
It’s a very proud day for an author when your little one wants to dress as your character! Meet Rani Ramgoolam from Rani Reports! When I suggested outfit tweaks she said ‘You said the character is based a bit on me, remember? So, whatever I choose is exactly what Rani would wear!’
March 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It’s a very proud day for an author when your little one wants to dress as your character! Meet Rani Ramgoolam from Rani Reports! When I suggested outfit tweaks she said ‘You said the character is based a bit on me, remember? So, whatever I choose is exactly what Rani would wear!’
How did I not remember the glorious Miriam (Nanny Ogg) Margoyles was in Blackadder, and as three different characters?!
March 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
How did I not remember the glorious Miriam (Nanny Ogg) Margoyles was in Blackadder, and as three different characters?!
Rani Ramgoolam- roving reporter from Rani Reports.
Clothes: T-shirt and shorts, or a dress and stripy tights.
Props: hair clips, a camera - make one from a little box
Pencil + spiral notebook with paperclips attached, and if you can find one- a grey (or any!) toy parrot for your shoulder!
Clothes: T-shirt and shorts, or a dress and stripy tights.
Props: hair clips, a camera - make one from a little box
Pencil + spiral notebook with paperclips attached, and if you can find one- a grey (or any!) toy parrot for your shoulder!
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Rani Ramgoolam- roving reporter from Rani Reports.
Clothes: T-shirt and shorts, or a dress and stripy tights.
Props: hair clips, a camera - make one from a little box
Pencil + spiral notebook with paperclips attached, and if you can find one- a grey (or any!) toy parrot for your shoulder!
Clothes: T-shirt and shorts, or a dress and stripy tights.
Props: hair clips, a camera - make one from a little box
Pencil + spiral notebook with paperclips attached, and if you can find one- a grey (or any!) toy parrot for your shoulder!
I always think of seals as cats who have decided that life really is better down where it's wetter and have asked Ursula for the Little Mermaid spell in reverse.
March 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I always think of seals as cats who have decided that life really is better down where it's wetter and have asked Ursula for the Little Mermaid spell in reverse.
Look at this BEAUT Rani Reports 3 cover by Navya Raju! Me and @asianastroboy.bsky.social are EXTRA excited as this one is set entirely in MAURITIUS! Expect real pirate facts, codes and treasure, a tour of the island's weird and wonderful places and history+Nani's coconut ladoo recipe!
bit.ly/4gKPl6B
bit.ly/4gKPl6B
February 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Look at this BEAUT Rani Reports 3 cover by Navya Raju! Me and @asianastroboy.bsky.social are EXTRA excited as this one is set entirely in MAURITIUS! Expect real pirate facts, codes and treasure, a tour of the island's weird and wonderful places and history+Nani's coconut ladoo recipe!
bit.ly/4gKPl6B
bit.ly/4gKPl6B
Guys! I was cleaning recycling for the bins tomorrow and just had a revelation that may change cat owners lives forever… Empty Nutella jars for your bedtime water. You’re welcome!
February 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Guys! I was cleaning recycling for the bins tomorrow and just had a revelation that may change cat owners lives forever… Empty Nutella jars for your bedtime water. You’re welcome!
We're reading the wee one my old copy of James and the Giant peach. She was HIGHLY amused by this pic, and insisted we replace the word 'peach' with 'butt'. Which made the start of chapter ten especially disturbing!
February 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We're reading the wee one my old copy of James and the Giant peach. She was HIGHLY amused by this pic, and insisted we replace the word 'peach' with 'butt'. Which made the start of chapter ten especially disturbing!
It’s nearly Caturday! What felines have made you happy this week?
Kali, age 17
Kali, age 17
February 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It’s nearly Caturday! What felines have made you happy this week?
Kali, age 17
Kali, age 17
I'd be really grateful if folks could share this brilliant games conference @asianastroboy.bsky.social has set up and curated in Manchester. Just look at that line-up of incredible speakers and the work and projects they'll be discussing!
January 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'd be really grateful if folks could share this brilliant games conference @asianastroboy.bsky.social has set up and curated in Manchester. Just look at that line-up of incredible speakers and the work and projects they'll be discussing!