Mia - Book Blogger / Author
@paradiselibrary.bsky.social
📚 Award-winning #book & #theatre critic.
✍🏻 #Writer querying my first novel.
🎭 Often pretend to be someone else on stage.
💻 Day job: global #marketing.
All my links: https://linktr.ee/Paradise_Library
✍🏻 #Writer querying my first novel.
🎭 Often pretend to be someone else on stage.
💻 Day job: global #marketing.
All my links: https://linktr.ee/Paradise_Library
In case you were worried, I’m having a terrible time in Barbados…
I’ve read five books so far, and drunk several cocktails.
#Wanderlust #BookSky #BookLover
I’ve read five books so far, and drunk several cocktails.
#Wanderlust #BookSky #BookLover
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In case you were worried, I’m having a terrible time in Barbados…
I’ve read five books so far, and drunk several cocktails.
#Wanderlust #BookSky #BookLover
I’ve read five books so far, and drunk several cocktails.
#Wanderlust #BookSky #BookLover
Possibly the most impressive set I’ve ever seen in a production 🩷 Colin Richmond is a mastermind!
My review of @the-rsc.bsky.social Wendy and Peter Pan @barbican.bsky.social for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social
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theatreandtonic.co.uk/blog/wendy-and…
🎭#TheatreSkyk#TheatreReviewe#PeterPanan
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Possibly the most impressive set I’ve ever seen in a production 🩷 Colin Richmond is a mastermind!
My review of @the-rsc.bsky.social Wendy and Peter Pan @barbican.bsky.social for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
theatreandtonic.co.uk/blog/wendy-and…
🎭#TheatreSkyk#TheatreReviewe#PeterPanan
Tonight’s show was another @the-rsc.bsky.social production: Wendy & Peter Pan @barbican.bsky.social
Great concept, and the set, music and choreography are absolutely stunning 🤩
Reviewing coming soon for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social
#TheatreSky #PeterPan #PressNight
Great concept, and the set, music and choreography are absolutely stunning 🤩
Reviewing coming soon for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social
#TheatreSky #PeterPan #PressNight
October 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Tonight’s show was another @the-rsc.bsky.social production: Wendy & Peter Pan @barbican.bsky.social
Great concept, and the set, music and choreography are absolutely stunning 🤩
Reviewing coming soon for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social
#TheatreSky #PeterPan #PressNight
Great concept, and the set, music and choreography are absolutely stunning 🤩
Reviewing coming soon for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social
#TheatreSky #PeterPan #PressNight
Come with me to Stratford @The-RSC to take in a show with witchy vibes…
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Honestly one of the best plays I’ve ever seen!
#TheOtherPlace #Macbeth #Stratford #SamHeughan #Shakespeare
www.instagram.com/reel/DQSOmnN...
Honestly one of the best plays I’ve ever seen!
#TheOtherPlace #Macbeth #Stratford #SamHeughan #Shakespeare
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Come with me to Stratford @The-RSC to take in a show with witchy vibes…
www.instagram.com/reel/DQSOmnN...
Honestly one of the best plays I’ve ever seen!
#TheOtherPlace #Macbeth #Stratford #SamHeughan #Shakespeare
www.instagram.com/reel/DQSOmnN...
Honestly one of the best plays I’ve ever seen!
#TheOtherPlace #Macbeth #Stratford #SamHeughan #Shakespeare
This @the-rsc.bsky.social production of #Macbeth was exceptional.
I’m still trying to process my thoughts. On top of excellent performances there were so many little details with costumes and set.
Review for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social coming soon.
#TheatreSky #Shakespeare #ScottishPlay
I’m still trying to process my thoughts. On top of excellent performances there were so many little details with costumes and set.
Review for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social coming soon.
#TheatreSky #Shakespeare #ScottishPlay
October 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This @the-rsc.bsky.social production of #Macbeth was exceptional.
I’m still trying to process my thoughts. On top of excellent performances there were so many little details with costumes and set.
Review for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social coming soon.
#TheatreSky #Shakespeare #ScottishPlay
I’m still trying to process my thoughts. On top of excellent performances there were so many little details with costumes and set.
Review for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social coming soon.
#TheatreSky #Shakespeare #ScottishPlay
Highly anticipated bookmail has arrived… but what is it? 🤔
💚🐦⬛
Take a guess…
💙📋
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdvc297W/
Instagram version up soon… 👀
#BookSky #Books #NewBooks #SprayedEdges #AmReading
@jenniegauthor.bsky.social @penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social
💚🐦⬛
Take a guess…
💙📋
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdvc297W/
Instagram version up soon… 👀
#BookSky #Books #NewBooks #SprayedEdges #AmReading
@jenniegauthor.bsky.social @penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Highly anticipated bookmail has arrived… but what is it? 🤔
💚🐦⬛
Take a guess…
💙📋
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdvc297W/
Instagram version up soon… 👀
#BookSky #Books #NewBooks #SprayedEdges #AmReading
@jenniegauthor.bsky.social @penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social
💚🐦⬛
Take a guess…
💙📋
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdvc297W/
Instagram version up soon… 👀
#BookSky #Books #NewBooks #SprayedEdges #AmReading
@jenniegauthor.bsky.social @penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social
When autumn means you can watch Gilmore Girls again… and do some colouring by candlelight! 💙
Thanks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social and Insight Editions for these beautiful blue GG goodies! I can’t wait to open the advent calendar… 🩵
#Autumn #StarsHollow #GilmoreGirls
Thanks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social and Insight Editions for these beautiful blue GG goodies! I can’t wait to open the advent calendar… 🩵
#Autumn #StarsHollow #GilmoreGirls
October 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
When autumn means you can watch Gilmore Girls again… and do some colouring by candlelight! 💙
Thanks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social and Insight Editions for these beautiful blue GG goodies! I can’t wait to open the advent calendar… 🩵
#Autumn #StarsHollow #GilmoreGirls
Thanks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social and Insight Editions for these beautiful blue GG goodies! I can’t wait to open the advent calendar… 🩵
#Autumn #StarsHollow #GilmoreGirls
Had a pretty trying day at work and this perked us right up! 🥹
Absolutely loved the Live Aid Musical - so much so that I didn’t even mind the woman next to us singing her little heart out, living her best life 👀
Highly recommend 🎵🤘🏻and such an amazing cast!
#TheatreSky #Theatre #JustForOneDay
Absolutely loved the Live Aid Musical - so much so that I didn’t even mind the woman next to us singing her little heart out, living her best life 👀
Highly recommend 🎵🤘🏻and such an amazing cast!
#TheatreSky #Theatre #JustForOneDay
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Had a pretty trying day at work and this perked us right up! 🥹
Absolutely loved the Live Aid Musical - so much so that I didn’t even mind the woman next to us singing her little heart out, living her best life 👀
Highly recommend 🎵🤘🏻and such an amazing cast!
#TheatreSky #Theatre #JustForOneDay
Absolutely loved the Live Aid Musical - so much so that I didn’t even mind the woman next to us singing her little heart out, living her best life 👀
Highly recommend 🎵🤘🏻and such an amazing cast!
#TheatreSky #Theatre #JustForOneDay
After a(nother) week on stage I’m having a quiet night in watching the Victoria Beckham documentary. 📺
I am stanning her kitchen - at this point I’m not sure if I prefer Beckham’s or Tucci’s. 😅
Tomorrow is a @spicegirls.bsky.social day! All the music 🎵
#MusicSky #SpiceGirls
I am stanning her kitchen - at this point I’m not sure if I prefer Beckham’s or Tucci’s. 😅
Tomorrow is a @spicegirls.bsky.social day! All the music 🎵
#MusicSky #SpiceGirls
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
After a(nother) week on stage I’m having a quiet night in watching the Victoria Beckham documentary. 📺
I am stanning her kitchen - at this point I’m not sure if I prefer Beckham’s or Tucci’s. 😅
Tomorrow is a @spicegirls.bsky.social day! All the music 🎵
#MusicSky #SpiceGirls
I am stanning her kitchen - at this point I’m not sure if I prefer Beckham’s or Tucci’s. 😅
Tomorrow is a @spicegirls.bsky.social day! All the music 🎵
#MusicSky #SpiceGirls
Took on two small, contrasting roles in Edward II and somehow I look prettier as the murderer? I spent the whole time trying to look evil… 😂
Great photos though and so pleased to wear my Queenie dress again!
📷 @beccockcroft.bsky.social #ActorsLife #EdwardII #Stagey #TheatreSky
Great photos though and so pleased to wear my Queenie dress again!
📷 @beccockcroft.bsky.social #ActorsLife #EdwardII #Stagey #TheatreSky
October 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Took on two small, contrasting roles in Edward II and somehow I look prettier as the murderer? I spent the whole time trying to look evil… 😂
Great photos though and so pleased to wear my Queenie dress again!
📷 @beccockcroft.bsky.social #ActorsLife #EdwardII #Stagey #TheatreSky
Great photos though and so pleased to wear my Queenie dress again!
📷 @beccockcroft.bsky.social #ActorsLife #EdwardII #Stagey #TheatreSky
New review: Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson is ‘gross, creepy and believable…’ 🪦
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/10/09/b...
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
@blackcrowbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #HorrorBooks #BookTour
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/10/09/b...
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@blackcrowbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #HorrorBooks #BookTour
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New review: Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson is ‘gross, creepy and believable…’ 🪦
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/10/09/b...
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
@blackcrowbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #HorrorBooks #BookTour
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/10/09/b...
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
@blackcrowbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #HorrorBooks #BookTour
You don’t know the life of a showgirl… ❤️🔥
Actually, I do! 🎭
Cheeky little bit of Marlowe this week 📜
#ActorLife #ShowgirlLife #EdwardII #TLOAS
Actually, I do! 🎭
Cheeky little bit of Marlowe this week 📜
#ActorLife #ShowgirlLife #EdwardII #TLOAS
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
You don’t know the life of a showgirl… ❤️🔥
Actually, I do! 🎭
Cheeky little bit of Marlowe this week 📜
#ActorLife #ShowgirlLife #EdwardII #TLOAS
Actually, I do! 🎭
Cheeky little bit of Marlowe this week 📜
#ActorLife #ShowgirlLife #EdwardII #TLOAS
Apparently I’m now writing a book in a book… whose mad idea was that? 😅
Loving writing this high concept thriller about influencers & diet culture though.
My two protagonists are vile, loathsome creatures and yet you can’t help but relate to them! 🩷
#AmWriting #AmQuerying
Loving writing this high concept thriller about influencers & diet culture though.
My two protagonists are vile, loathsome creatures and yet you can’t help but relate to them! 🩷
#AmWriting #AmQuerying
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Apparently I’m now writing a book in a book… whose mad idea was that? 😅
Loving writing this high concept thriller about influencers & diet culture though.
My two protagonists are vile, loathsome creatures and yet you can’t help but relate to them! 🩷
#AmWriting #AmQuerying
Loving writing this high concept thriller about influencers & diet culture though.
My two protagonists are vile, loathsome creatures and yet you can’t help but relate to them! 🩷
#AmWriting #AmQuerying
Happy publication to the latest book in the series that got me back into fantasy! ❤️🔥
I’m still in awe of the covers which are so pretty. 🐉
Among the Burning Flowers by @samanthashannon.bsky.social is out today from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
#BookSky #PrettyBooks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social
I’m still in awe of the covers which are so pretty. 🐉
Among the Burning Flowers by @samanthashannon.bsky.social is out today from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
#BookSky #PrettyBooks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy publication to the latest book in the series that got me back into fantasy! ❤️🔥
I’m still in awe of the covers which are so pretty. 🐉
Among the Burning Flowers by @samanthashannon.bsky.social is out today from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
#BookSky #PrettyBooks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social
I’m still in awe of the covers which are so pretty. 🐉
Among the Burning Flowers by @samanthashannon.bsky.social is out today from @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
#BookSky #PrettyBooks @rachelmayquin.bsky.social
Current read… 🎡
I know it’s going to be dark and mysterious from the prologue! 👀
#TheMidnightCarousel by @fizalovesbooks.bsky.social is out now from #MichaelJoseph & matches my @capitalcrime.bsky.social bag 😂
Well aware that I should be learning lines but hey…🤫
💙📚
#BookSky #Books #prettybooks
I know it’s going to be dark and mysterious from the prologue! 👀
#TheMidnightCarousel by @fizalovesbooks.bsky.social is out now from #MichaelJoseph & matches my @capitalcrime.bsky.social bag 😂
Well aware that I should be learning lines but hey…🤫
💙📚
#BookSky #Books #prettybooks
September 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Current read… 🎡
I know it’s going to be dark and mysterious from the prologue! 👀
#TheMidnightCarousel by @fizalovesbooks.bsky.social is out now from #MichaelJoseph & matches my @capitalcrime.bsky.social bag 😂
Well aware that I should be learning lines but hey…🤫
💙📚
#BookSky #Books #prettybooks
I know it’s going to be dark and mysterious from the prologue! 👀
#TheMidnightCarousel by @fizalovesbooks.bsky.social is out now from #MichaelJoseph & matches my @capitalcrime.bsky.social bag 😂
Well aware that I should be learning lines but hey…🤫
💙📚
#BookSky #Books #prettybooks
New review: Sound Advice by Alan Green is ‘a fascinating idea’ full of timeless life lessons linked to musical hits of the 1980s. 🎵
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/08/28/b...
@saltpublishing.com
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#BookSky #Booksta #BookReview #SoundAdvice
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/08/28/b...
@saltpublishing.com
📚 💙
#BookSky #Booksta #BookReview #SoundAdvice
August 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New review: Sound Advice by Alan Green is ‘a fascinating idea’ full of timeless life lessons linked to musical hits of the 1980s. 🎵
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/08/28/b...
@saltpublishing.com
📚 💙
#BookSky #Booksta #BookReview #SoundAdvice
paradise-is-a-library.com/2025/08/28/b...
@saltpublishing.com
📚 💙
#BookSky #Booksta #BookReview #SoundAdvice
Preparing to query my high-concept thriller whilst working on a second, and just found a book I wrote in my teens 😅
It hits different (cringe) but actually has a lot of the same themes as my current WIP but sad…😭
Better handwriting though!
#AmQuerying #PastWriting #WriterSky #ThrowbackThursday
It hits different (cringe) but actually has a lot of the same themes as my current WIP but sad…😭
Better handwriting though!
#AmQuerying #PastWriting #WriterSky #ThrowbackThursday
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Preparing to query my high-concept thriller whilst working on a second, and just found a book I wrote in my teens 😅
It hits different (cringe) but actually has a lot of the same themes as my current WIP but sad…😭
Better handwriting though!
#AmQuerying #PastWriting #WriterSky #ThrowbackThursday
It hits different (cringe) but actually has a lot of the same themes as my current WIP but sad…😭
Better handwriting though!
#AmQuerying #PastWriting #WriterSky #ThrowbackThursday
Perfect Friday night - book, bubbles and some theatre! 🥂
Reviewing tonight for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
Book and theatre about remarkable women so feels appropriate! 🎪
@emmacowing.bsky.social @swkplay.bsky.social
#BookSky #TheatreSky #TheAnimator #TheShowwoman @hodderfiction.bsky.social
Reviewing tonight for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
Book and theatre about remarkable women so feels appropriate! 🎪
@emmacowing.bsky.social @swkplay.bsky.social
#BookSky #TheatreSky #TheAnimator #TheShowwoman @hodderfiction.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Perfect Friday night - book, bubbles and some theatre! 🥂
Reviewing tonight for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
Book and theatre about remarkable women so feels appropriate! 🎪
@emmacowing.bsky.social @swkplay.bsky.social
#BookSky #TheatreSky #TheAnimator #TheShowwoman @hodderfiction.bsky.social
Reviewing tonight for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
Book and theatre about remarkable women so feels appropriate! 🎪
@emmacowing.bsky.social @swkplay.bsky.social
#BookSky #TheatreSky #TheAnimator #TheShowwoman @hodderfiction.bsky.social
Anyone else’s pets keep them accountable when writing? 😅
Get back to it hooman… ✍🏻
I’ve made a spreadsheet to organise my chapters - worked really well for book one so let’s see 🤔
How’s your writing going?
💙📚
#CatSky #WriterSky #AmWriting #Cats #BookSky #AuthorSky
Get back to it hooman… ✍🏻
I’ve made a spreadsheet to organise my chapters - worked really well for book one so let’s see 🤔
How’s your writing going?
💙📚
#CatSky #WriterSky #AmWriting #Cats #BookSky #AuthorSky
August 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Anyone else’s pets keep them accountable when writing? 😅
Get back to it hooman… ✍🏻
I’ve made a spreadsheet to organise my chapters - worked really well for book one so let’s see 🤔
How’s your writing going?
💙📚
#CatSky #WriterSky #AmWriting #Cats #BookSky #AuthorSky
Get back to it hooman… ✍🏻
I’ve made a spreadsheet to organise my chapters - worked really well for book one so let’s see 🤔
How’s your writing going?
💙📚
#CatSky #WriterSky #AmWriting #Cats #BookSky #AuthorSky
August 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fab surprise from #RachelQuin and @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social yesterday - absolutely love these books by #SamShannon and am so excited to get to the new one #ATBF.
Have you read these?
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#ADOFN #FantasyBooks #ReaderSky #PrettyBooks #BookSky #BookTok
Have you read these?
💙📚
#ADOFN #FantasyBooks #ReaderSky #PrettyBooks #BookSky #BookTok
August 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Fab surprise from #RachelQuin and @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social yesterday - absolutely love these books by #SamShannon and am so excited to get to the new one #ATBF.
Have you read these?
💙📚
#ADOFN #FantasyBooks #ReaderSky #PrettyBooks #BookSky #BookTok
Have you read these?
💙📚
#ADOFN #FantasyBooks #ReaderSky #PrettyBooks #BookSky #BookTok
Who knows what I’m seeing tonight?
Beautiful venue… feels very special.
🎭💙
#TheatreSky #ClassicBooks #OpenAirTheatre #HistorySky #Ampitheatre
Beautiful venue… feels very special.
🎭💙
#TheatreSky #ClassicBooks #OpenAirTheatre #HistorySky #Ampitheatre
August 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Who knows what I’m seeing tonight?
Beautiful venue… feels very special.
🎭💙
#TheatreSky #ClassicBooks #OpenAirTheatre #HistorySky #Ampitheatre
Beautiful venue… feels very special.
🎭💙
#TheatreSky #ClassicBooks #OpenAirTheatre #HistorySky #Ampitheatre
Wrote almost three chapters of book two and then decided I needed to word-dump my plot… 💭
I mean we all know it’s going to change once I start to structure it but this has helped me to see where the story goes. ✍🏻
But it is unhinged 👀
How’s everyone else’s writing going? ☺️
#WriterSky #Writers
I mean we all know it’s going to change once I start to structure it but this has helped me to see where the story goes. ✍🏻
But it is unhinged 👀
How’s everyone else’s writing going? ☺️
#WriterSky #Writers
August 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Wrote almost three chapters of book two and then decided I needed to word-dump my plot… 💭
I mean we all know it’s going to change once I start to structure it but this has helped me to see where the story goes. ✍🏻
But it is unhinged 👀
How’s everyone else’s writing going? ☺️
#WriterSky #Writers
I mean we all know it’s going to change once I start to structure it but this has helped me to see where the story goes. ✍🏻
But it is unhinged 👀
How’s everyone else’s writing going? ☺️
#WriterSky #Writers
Made a little reel about #TheakstonsCrime last weekend and spent most of it missing everyone and being so sad that it’s over 😂 roll on next year @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social - I already can’t wait!
It’s just the most fun! 📚
www.instagram.com/reel/DMnZBHu...
#BookSky #Books @edpr.bsky.social
It’s just the most fun! 📚
www.instagram.com/reel/DMnZBHu...
#BookSky #Books @edpr.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Made a little reel about #TheakstonsCrime last weekend and spent most of it missing everyone and being so sad that it’s over 😂 roll on next year @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social - I already can’t wait!
It’s just the most fun! 📚
www.instagram.com/reel/DMnZBHu...
#BookSky #Books @edpr.bsky.social
It’s just the most fun! 📚
www.instagram.com/reel/DMnZBHu...
#BookSky #Books @edpr.bsky.social
Friday night theatre and it’s a musical version of Compton Mackenzie’s ‘joyous queer novel’ @jstheatre.bsky.social 💖
It’s a stunning cast so I’m super excited ☺️
Reviewing today for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
#PressNight #TheatreSky #Theatre #QueerTheatre #ExtraordinaryWomen
It’s a stunning cast so I’m super excited ☺️
Reviewing today for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
#PressNight #TheatreSky #Theatre #QueerTheatre #ExtraordinaryWomen
July 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Friday night theatre and it’s a musical version of Compton Mackenzie’s ‘joyous queer novel’ @jstheatre.bsky.social 💖
It’s a stunning cast so I’m super excited ☺️
Reviewing today for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
#PressNight #TheatreSky #Theatre #QueerTheatre #ExtraordinaryWomen
It’s a stunning cast so I’m super excited ☺️
Reviewing today for @theatreandtonic.bsky.social 🎭
#PressNight #TheatreSky #Theatre #QueerTheatre #ExtraordinaryWomen