Karon Alderman
@karonalderman.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, living in hope.
Winner of NWN Hachette Prize 2022, Dark Flood published 2024. Seeking representation. I love mystery, history and wild places… I value friendship and light in the dark.
Winner of NWN Hachette Prize 2022, Dark Flood published 2024. Seeking representation. I love mystery, history and wild places… I value friendship and light in the dark.
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Joe Lillington. One of his straightforward illustrations in black & orange for A M Dassu’s Wild Journey, 5 stories about kids in 5 countries who see starlings flock & begin their own journeys. @headofzeus.bsky.social 6 Nov @joelillington.bsky.social @amdassu.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Joe Lillington. One of his straightforward illustrations in black & orange for A M Dassu’s Wild Journey, 5 stories about kids in 5 countries who see starlings flock & begin their own journeys. @headofzeus.bsky.social 6 Nov @joelillington.bsky.social @amdassu.bsky.social
Because sometimes you have to stand on a hill and hope. X
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Because sometimes you have to stand on a hill and hope. X
So autumn crept up on me.
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So autumn crept up on me.
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Tomorrow it’s go slow on 6+so we ask how cheese types emerged from different places.We also hear about Caedmons Hymn+ Chaucer’s Alison-a great new history book-Catherine Clarke. @bbcradio6 . ps rajars were magnificent for both my shows bbc 6music and radio 2 blues. Thank you so much 4 yr company x
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tomorrow it’s go slow on 6+so we ask how cheese types emerged from different places.We also hear about Caedmons Hymn+ Chaucer’s Alison-a great new history book-Catherine Clarke. @bbcradio6 . ps rajars were magnificent for both my shows bbc 6music and radio 2 blues. Thank you so much 4 yr company x
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October Monster 5: The Don’t Don’t
The murmuring spirit of a long dead bird. “Don’t,” it whispers. “Don’t”. Sure, you could try to draw a picture, or write a story, or make a film, or write a song. But why bother? You’re going to be extinct soon anyway. Sadly, the bird is very persuasive.
The murmuring spirit of a long dead bird. “Don’t,” it whispers. “Don’t”. Sure, you could try to draw a picture, or write a story, or make a film, or write a song. But why bother? You’re going to be extinct soon anyway. Sadly, the bird is very persuasive.
October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
October Monster 5: The Don’t Don’t
The murmuring spirit of a long dead bird. “Don’t,” it whispers. “Don’t”. Sure, you could try to draw a picture, or write a story, or make a film, or write a song. But why bother? You’re going to be extinct soon anyway. Sadly, the bird is very persuasive.
The murmuring spirit of a long dead bird. “Don’t,” it whispers. “Don’t”. Sure, you could try to draw a picture, or write a story, or make a film, or write a song. But why bother? You’re going to be extinct soon anyway. Sadly, the bird is very persuasive.
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Seeking refuge in 1914: "They came in fishing boats, coalers (coal ships), and anything that could float..."
#Folkestone #Belgium #migration #refugee #history #heritage #asylum #WW1 🎨
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#Folkestone #Belgium #migration #refugee #history #heritage #asylum #WW1 🎨
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Oil painting - Landing of the Belgium Refugees - Folkestone Museum Learn with Objects
Landing of the Belgium Refugees 1914. Oil painting by Belgian refugee Fredo Franzoni. Presented to the town of Folkestone in 1916 in thanks for their kindness
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September 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Seeking refuge in 1914: "They came in fishing boats, coalers (coal ships), and anything that could float..."
#Folkestone #Belgium #migration #refugee #history #heritage #asylum #WW1 🎨
learn.folkestonemuseum.co.uk/objects/oil-...
#Folkestone #Belgium #migration #refugee #history #heritage #asylum #WW1 🎨
learn.folkestonemuseum.co.uk/objects/oil-...
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To be a writer, you only have to do one thing: write.
Not break into a big magazine. Not publish a bestseller. Not get an extravagant book tour.
Struggling with discouragement? Rejection? Bad reviews? These are normal. They don't disqualify us.
If you put words to the page, then we are peers.
Not break into a big magazine. Not publish a bestseller. Not get an extravagant book tour.
Struggling with discouragement? Rejection? Bad reviews? These are normal. They don't disqualify us.
If you put words to the page, then we are peers.
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
To be a writer, you only have to do one thing: write.
Not break into a big magazine. Not publish a bestseller. Not get an extravagant book tour.
Struggling with discouragement? Rejection? Bad reviews? These are normal. They don't disqualify us.
If you put words to the page, then we are peers.
Not break into a big magazine. Not publish a bestseller. Not get an extravagant book tour.
Struggling with discouragement? Rejection? Bad reviews? These are normal. They don't disqualify us.
If you put words to the page, then we are peers.
A week of writing, swimming, watching the rain… and picking blackberries.
August 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A week of writing, swimming, watching the rain… and picking blackberries.
Last July my first novel was published and was in Waterstones window… a year later, no agent, no deal but I have finished the last chapter of a new novel about women who sea swim. We write because we write. Finding the final words that are just right has been very satisfying.
July 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Last July my first novel was published and was in Waterstones window… a year later, no agent, no deal but I have finished the last chapter of a new novel about women who sea swim. We write because we write. Finding the final words that are just right has been very satisfying.
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One year ago today, @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social became our Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate.
Since then, he hasn't stopped fighting passionately for all children to experience the transformative benefits of reading.
Find out more about the #ReadingRights campaign:
bit.ly/4evFTo7
Since then, he hasn't stopped fighting passionately for all children to experience the transformative benefits of reading.
Find out more about the #ReadingRights campaign:
bit.ly/4evFTo7
July 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
One year ago today, @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social became our Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate.
Since then, he hasn't stopped fighting passionately for all children to experience the transformative benefits of reading.
Find out more about the #ReadingRights campaign:
bit.ly/4evFTo7
Since then, he hasn't stopped fighting passionately for all children to experience the transformative benefits of reading.
Find out more about the #ReadingRights campaign:
bit.ly/4evFTo7
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‘A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.’
— David Almond
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
— David Almond
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
July 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
‘A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.’
— David Almond
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
— David Almond
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
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A beautiful account of one of our summer evening nightjar walks from @cduigan.bsky.social - one of our wonderful trustees.
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Head up to our Cors Bodgynydd Nature Reserve, near Capel Curig, and you might just hear one for yourself!
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Head up to our Cors Bodgynydd Nature Reserve, near Capel Curig, and you might just hear one for yourself!
June 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A beautiful account of one of our summer evening nightjar walks from @cduigan.bsky.social - one of our wonderful trustees.
nation.cymru/feature/lett...
Head up to our Cors Bodgynydd Nature Reserve, near Capel Curig, and you might just hear one for yourself!
nation.cymru/feature/lett...
Head up to our Cors Bodgynydd Nature Reserve, near Capel Curig, and you might just hear one for yourself!
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After last week I needed this 💙
This is where I am. New book in the making. Thousand words a day if I can. They don’t have to be good words.
June 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
After last week I needed this 💙
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This afternoon I’m working on my novel about four women who swim, set on Ynys Mon, Anglesey. Cold water, another chapter, nearly there.
June 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This afternoon I’m working on my novel about four women who swim, set on Ynys Mon, Anglesey. Cold water, another chapter, nearly there.
Because sometimes you need to look at the small things and hope that the grass will grow and the flowers will be allowed to set seed.
June 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Because sometimes you need to look at the small things and hope that the grass will grow and the flowers will be allowed to set seed.
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The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit
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Welcoming refugees with respect and kindness: 80 years of the Moomins
by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp This year is the 80th anniversary of The Moomins and the Great Flood, originally published in Swedish in 1945 by Finnish artist, illustrator, and writer Tove Jansson. And this…
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June 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...
worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...
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This. My mum left school at 14. Reading changed her life. Her grandma always gave her a pfennig to borrow a book from the library.
It made a difference.
All children having reading as part of their lives is not something we should need to fight for. But we do.
#readingforpleasure
#kidlit
It made a difference.
All children having reading as part of their lives is not something we should need to fight for. But we do.
#readingforpleasure
#kidlit
June 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This. My mum left school at 14. Reading changed her life. Her grandma always gave her a pfennig to borrow a book from the library.
It made a difference.
All children having reading as part of their lives is not something we should need to fight for. But we do.
#readingforpleasure
#kidlit
It made a difference.
All children having reading as part of their lives is not something we should need to fight for. But we do.
#readingforpleasure
#kidlit
It’s nearly the end of term and Dorothy has definitely left the building…
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s nearly the end of term and Dorothy has definitely left the building…
I had the nicest rejection this week. It almost felt as good as a yes.
June 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I had the nicest rejection this week. It almost felt as good as a yes.
All green fields should be yellow in June… this is what a lawn can be!
June 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
All green fields should be yellow in June… this is what a lawn can be!
Storm clouds, a safe harbour, the sea.
Cullercoats last Friday.
Cullercoats last Friday.
June 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Storm clouds, a safe harbour, the sea.
Cullercoats last Friday.
Cullercoats last Friday.
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Living only a mile from the sea, I felt obliged to write something for @worldoceanday.bsky.social #whitleybay #Cullercoats #seaside #tynemouth
June 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Living only a mile from the sea, I felt obliged to write something for @worldoceanday.bsky.social #whitleybay #Cullercoats #seaside #tynemouth
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On the blog today is my book list of 10 books I want to read in June.
#authors @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @asakoyuzuki.bsky.social @pamlecky.bsky.social @karonalderman.bsky.social and more.
#authors @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @asakoyuzuki.bsky.social @pamlecky.bsky.social @karonalderman.bsky.social and more.
10 Ten Books I Want to Read in June 2025
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
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June 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On the blog today is my book list of 10 books I want to read in June.
#authors @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @asakoyuzuki.bsky.social @pamlecky.bsky.social @karonalderman.bsky.social and more.
#authors @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @asakoyuzuki.bsky.social @pamlecky.bsky.social @karonalderman.bsky.social and more.
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Spirit animal
May 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Spirit animal