Miriam Hastings
@mim-1.bsky.social
Disabled novelist and short story writer, crazy cat lover.
Please visit my website: www.miriamhastings.com
Please visit my website: www.miriamhastings.com
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
‘Remember, remember the 5th of November!’ Read Walking Shadow, a historical novel with profoundly modern themes: the fear of terrorism, political manipulation of information, and issues of intolerance.
In paperback:
www.feedaread.com/books/Walkin...
also as an e-book on Kindle.
In paperback:
www.feedaread.com/books/Walkin...
also as an e-book on Kindle.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
‘Remember, remember the 5th of November!’ Read Walking Shadow, a historical novel with profoundly modern themes: the fear of terrorism, political manipulation of information, and issues of intolerance.
In paperback:
www.feedaread.com/books/Walkin...
also as an e-book on Kindle.
In paperback:
www.feedaread.com/books/Walkin...
also as an e-book on Kindle.
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Who among us hasn’t dreamt of slowly descending down a stone spiral staircase with a torch in hand and discovering a hidden candlelit library filled with thousands of centuries-old novels and being welcomed by a cantankerous yet endearing library ghost?
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Who among us hasn’t dreamt of slowly descending down a stone spiral staircase with a torch in hand and discovering a hidden candlelit library filled with thousands of centuries-old novels and being welcomed by a cantankerous yet endearing library ghost?
After several weeks not eating, Jackie seems much better now. Fingers crossed her blood test this week will show her thyroid and her kidneys are okay! 😻
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
After several weeks not eating, Jackie seems much better now. Fingers crossed her blood test this week will show her thyroid and her kidneys are okay! 😻
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NEW ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR SALE
Title - Ellie, Mental Health Series 2025
Thank you very kindly to Ellie for this fabulous collaboration.
TW for abuse
I was born in the 1970s to unmarried parents and suffered 16 years of continuously violent physical, sexual, and psychological abuse
Title - Ellie, Mental Health Series 2025
Thank you very kindly to Ellie for this fabulous collaboration.
TW for abuse
I was born in the 1970s to unmarried parents and suffered 16 years of continuously violent physical, sexual, and psychological abuse
August 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
NEW ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR SALE
Title - Ellie, Mental Health Series 2025
Thank you very kindly to Ellie for this fabulous collaboration.
TW for abuse
I was born in the 1970s to unmarried parents and suffered 16 years of continuously violent physical, sexual, and psychological abuse
Title - Ellie, Mental Health Series 2025
Thank you very kindly to Ellie for this fabulous collaboration.
TW for abuse
I was born in the 1970s to unmarried parents and suffered 16 years of continuously violent physical, sexual, and psychological abuse
With very many thanks to Chasing Driftwood Books. My novel, The Dowager's Dream, is available in paperback from www.feedaread.com/books/The-Do...
or from amazon as an e-book on kindle.
or from amazon as an e-book on kindle.
July 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
With very many thanks to Chasing Driftwood Books. My novel, The Dowager's Dream, is available in paperback from www.feedaread.com/books/The-Do...
or from amazon as an e-book on kindle.
or from amazon as an e-book on kindle.
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NEW ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR SALE
Title - Christine Hollowell, Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Christine for this fabulous collaboration
Here is Christine's story
Title - Christine Hollowell, Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Christine for this fabulous collaboration
Here is Christine's story
July 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
NEW ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR SALE
Title - Christine Hollowell, Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Christine for this fabulous collaboration
Here is Christine's story
Title - Christine Hollowell, Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Christine for this fabulous collaboration
Here is Christine's story
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UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief
“I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action." - Volker Türk, UN human rights commissioner
#StarmersBritain 🇬🇧🤐
#InternationalLaw
#HumanRightsAct
#RightToProtest
“I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action." - Volker Türk, UN human rights commissioner
#StarmersBritain 🇬🇧🤐
#InternationalLaw
#HumanRightsAct
#RightToProtest
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief
“I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action." - Volker Türk, UN human rights commissioner
#StarmersBritain 🇬🇧🤐
#InternationalLaw
#HumanRightsAct
#RightToProtest
“I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action." - Volker Türk, UN human rights commissioner
#StarmersBritain 🇬🇧🤐
#InternationalLaw
#HumanRightsAct
#RightToProtest
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The Mad King strikes again!
June 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Mad King strikes again!
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WIP Portrait of Sarah Ismail @sarahismail2022 for my Women's Health Series.
Thank you very kindly to Sarah for this fabulous collaboration.
Here is a snippet of Sarah's story to go with her portrait.
Thank you very kindly to Sarah for this fabulous collaboration.
Here is a snippet of Sarah's story to go with her portrait.
June 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
WIP Portrait of Sarah Ismail @sarahismail2022 for my Women's Health Series.
Thank you very kindly to Sarah for this fabulous collaboration.
Here is a snippet of Sarah's story to go with her portrait.
Thank you very kindly to Sarah for this fabulous collaboration.
Here is a snippet of Sarah's story to go with her portrait.
Go to my website to read a free short story for June, 'My Fall'. This is also available to buy for £1.29 on Kindle or Kobo, as a short pamphlet of three stories, The Doll and Other Stories: Strange Tales.
www.miriamhastings.com/books/short-stories/
www.miriamhastings.com/books/short-stories/
June 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Go to my website to read a free short story for June, 'My Fall'. This is also available to buy for £1.29 on Kindle or Kobo, as a short pamphlet of three stories, The Doll and Other Stories: Strange Tales.
www.miriamhastings.com/books/short-stories/
www.miriamhastings.com/books/short-stories/
For Mental Health Awareness week, The Minotaur Hunt, a winner of the Allen Lane MIND Book of the Year Award, is available 17-19 May for 99p on kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/Minotaur-Hun...
www.amazon.co.uk/Minotaur-Hun...
The Minotaur Hunt eBook : Hastings, Miriam: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Minotaur Hunt eBook : Hastings, Miriam: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
For Mental Health Awareness week, The Minotaur Hunt, a winner of the Allen Lane MIND Book of the Year Award, is available 17-19 May for 99p on kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/Minotaur-Hun...
www.amazon.co.uk/Minotaur-Hun...
May is Mental Health awareness month. You will find a free short story, 'The Makeover', on my website: miriamhastings.com/books/short-...
Short stories
THE MAKEOVER I won a £10.00 Boots’ token for singing at the Christmas Party; I’ve always had a good voice even when I was a child. I used to dream about being a singer when I grew up, of star…
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May 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
May is Mental Health awareness month. You will find a free short story, 'The Makeover', on my website: miriamhastings.com/books/short-...
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The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isn’t up for grabs: add your name now. 38d.gs/NoCruelBenef...
NO cruel cuts to benefits
The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts that experts say will force disabled people into poverty. Don’t think that’s right? Add your name now.
38d.gs
April 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isn’t up for grabs: add your name now. 38d.gs/NoCruelBenef...
Blackbury Camp iron age hill fort. Heavenly scent of bluebells.
May 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Blackbury Camp iron age hill fort. Heavenly scent of bluebells.
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NEW ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR SALE
Pollyanna Rose - Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Pollyanna for this wonderful collaboration.
Here is Pollyanna's story in her own words
Pollyanna Rose - Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Pollyanna for this wonderful collaboration.
Here is Pollyanna's story in her own words
May 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR SALE
Pollyanna Rose - Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Pollyanna for this wonderful collaboration.
Here is Pollyanna's story in her own words
Pollyanna Rose - Women's Health Series 2025
Thank you most kindly to Pollyanna for this wonderful collaboration.
Here is Pollyanna's story in her own words
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A new petition backed by disabled people’s organisations aims to unite opposition to the government’s “devastating” disability benefit cuts and reforms by calling for every one of the measures to be abandoned.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/petition-aim...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/petition-aim...
Petition aims to unite opposition to disability benefits green paper and force MPs to debate all cuts
A new petition backed by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) aims to unite opposition to the government’s “devastating” disability benefit cuts and reforms by calling for every one of the measur…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
A new petition backed by disabled people’s organisations aims to unite opposition to the government’s “devastating” disability benefit cuts and reforms by calling for every one of the measures to be abandoned.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/petition-aim...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/petition-aim...
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My weekly #Substack round up where I review what I've read, watched and listened to during the week plus update my writing news. #blog #WritingCommunity #SelfPublishing #Indies #indieauthor
chantelleatkins.substack.com/p/this-week-...
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This Week I... Remembered that it's okay to live a quiet little life
I'm doing what I love and that is enough
chantelleatkins.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My weekly #Substack round up where I review what I've read, watched and listened to during the week plus update my writing news. #blog #WritingCommunity #SelfPublishing #Indies #indieauthor
chantelleatkins.substack.com/p/this-week-...
chantelleatkins.substack.com/p/this-week-...
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The first book in an interconnected universe of characters, locations and stories. My last two releases are connected, and the final book is due in the autumn but this is where it started... let's go back to 1993 #bookreview #crimedrama #bookseries #WritingCommunity books2read.com/u/3nYRXR
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The first book in an interconnected universe of characters, locations and stories. My last two releases are connected, and the final book is due in the autumn but this is where it started... let's go back to 1993 #bookreview #crimedrama #bookseries #WritingCommunity books2read.com/u/3nYRXR
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It's never been about life.
Wikipedia: Since new post-Roe stringent, restrictive abortion laws have been implemented, maternal deaths nationwide rose 11%, with certain states much higher, such as Texas which had a 56% increase in maternal deaths. .
April 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's never been about life.
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Referring to a WRI report:
Forests are so much more than carbon. It is time to use them to their full climate benefit - for the benefit of the people who live and work in and near them, hundreds of kilometers away and around the world.💚🌿☘️🌱🌳🌲🍀💚
Forests are so much more than carbon. It is time to use them to their full climate benefit - for the benefit of the people who live and work in and near them, hundreds of kilometers away and around the world.💚🌿☘️🌱🌳🌲🍀💚
April 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Referring to a WRI report:
Forests are so much more than carbon. It is time to use them to their full climate benefit - for the benefit of the people who live and work in and near them, hundreds of kilometers away and around the world.💚🌿☘️🌱🌳🌲🍀💚
Forests are so much more than carbon. It is time to use them to their full climate benefit - for the benefit of the people who live and work in and near them, hundreds of kilometers away and around the world.💚🌿☘️🌱🌳🌲🍀💚
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"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
April 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
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WIP Donna Gleeson line drawing for my Womens Health Series. Thank you most kindly to Donna and her Mum Val for this fabulous collaboration. Here is a snippet of Donna's story - I will be posting her full story with her finished portrait
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
WIP Donna Gleeson line drawing for my Womens Health Series. Thank you most kindly to Donna and her Mum Val for this fabulous collaboration. Here is a snippet of Donna's story - I will be posting her full story with her finished portrait
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The Mess Of Us - Q&A with Chantelle Atkins chantelleatkins.com/2025/02/21/t... #YA #BookSky #WritingCommunity
The Mess Of Us – Q&A with Chantelle Atkins
Here’s an interview I did this week for our little indie collective Chasing Driftwood Books! A gripping sequel to her 2016 novel, The Mess of Me, this book dives back into the world of J…
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February 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Mess Of Us - Q&A with Chantelle Atkins chantelleatkins.com/2025/02/21/t... #YA #BookSky #WritingCommunity