Steve Cole
@stevecolewriter.bsky.social
Writer of children’s books, salsa instructor, Doctor Who book editor, frustrated pop star at facesfall.com
You are never alone at dinner with a good book. Not even in Swindon!
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You are never alone at dinner with a good book. Not even in Swindon!
I love toast, so I’m happy to find it’s mutual! But what topping to place upon its buttered self?
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I love toast, so I’m happy to find it’s mutual! But what topping to place upon its buttered self?
Lovely afternoon catching up with that @gossjam.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Lovely afternoon catching up with that @gossjam.bsky.social
Play... sing... Don't look at the wine... Don't think about alllllll that wine behind you. Wine. Oh! Wine! Forget all that lovely wine! SO MUCH BLOODY LOVELY BLOODY WINE...!
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Play... sing... Don't look at the wine... Don't think about alllllll that wine behind you. Wine. Oh! Wine! Forget all that lovely wine! SO MUCH BLOODY LOVELY BLOODY WINE...!
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
And the song is called 'Take What You Want' 🤯
On my way to a school event my tyre blew on the M40. Standing on the hard shoulder as the artics thundered by, I considered the state of the tyre. 'The task is not impossible,' Optimism cried. 'Maybe you can do it!' 'Possibly,' said Realism hesitantly, 'if by "do it" you mean "call the AA".'
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On my way to a school event my tyre blew on the M40. Standing on the hard shoulder as the artics thundered by, I considered the state of the tyre. 'The task is not impossible,' Optimism cried. 'Maybe you can do it!' 'Possibly,' said Realism hesitantly, 'if by "do it" you mean "call the AA".'
Excited that my new book got into this Waterstones promotion. 25% off til midnight tonight. www.waterstones.com/book/new-you...
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Excited that my new book got into this Waterstones promotion. 25% off til midnight tonight. www.waterstones.com/book/new-you...
The Astrosaurs and I were on BBC Look East last night! A sweet report on the Milton Keynes Literary Festival.
October 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Astrosaurs and I were on BBC Look East last night! A sweet report on the Milton Keynes Literary Festival.
Basil nails it, as he so often does...
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Basil nails it, as he so often does...
Honestly, the research I have to do for these Astrosaurs books... Fun with old friends at the Beyond the Stars exhibition at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury. Run finishes early October!
September 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Honestly, the research I have to do for these Astrosaurs books... Fun with old friends at the Beyond the Stars exhibition at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury. Run finishes early October!
Having my son help me write the new Astrosaurs graphic novel has been a lot of fun. Those revamped dinosaurs land at a bookshop near you TODAY! (Carnage two seconds later as dog pounced not pictured)
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Having my son help me write the new Astrosaurs graphic novel has been a lot of fun. Those revamped dinosaurs land at a bookshop near you TODAY! (Carnage two seconds later as dog pounced not pictured)
A hand-made poster on the quayside in Prague. I love translation apps.
September 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A hand-made poster on the quayside in Prague. I love translation apps.
Storm over Prague ❤️
August 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Storm over Prague ❤️
This was a treat to work on. @paulmagrs.bsky.social and I looked to tell aspects of the TV stories from unusual perspectives. With @anghelides.bsky.social editing it was like Doctor Who should always be – having fun with friends old and new. I only wish I could draw like Paul! It's out Sept 18th.
August 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This was a treat to work on. @paulmagrs.bsky.social and I looked to tell aspects of the TV stories from unusual perspectives. With @anghelides.bsky.social editing it was like Doctor Who should always be – having fun with friends old and new. I only wish I could draw like Paul! It's out Sept 18th.
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More sunny melancholia from my band! Wrote the song 25 years ago but it does have a gorgeous new trumpet solo from @garethpjones.bsky.social
More sunny melancholia from my band! Wrote the song 25 years ago but it does have a gorgeous new trumpet solo from @garethpjones.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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More sunny melancholia from my band! Wrote the song 25 years ago but it does have a gorgeous new trumpet solo from @garethpjones.bsky.social
More sunny melancholia from my band! Wrote the song 25 years ago but it does have a gorgeous new trumpet solo from @garethpjones.bsky.social
I used to read Astrosaurs to my son at bedtime. Now he’s helping to write them while I go to bed!
25% off RRP with #Wpreorder
25% off RRP with #Wpreorder
July 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I used to read Astrosaurs to my son at bedtime. Now he’s helping to write them while I go to bed!
25% off RRP with #Wpreorder
25% off RRP with #Wpreorder
Waterstones are giving a quarter off the RRP of the new #Astrosaurs graphic novel when you order online and enter “SUMMER25” at the checkout. This offer finishes tomorrow! Please repost and pass on the savings. #WPreorder
July 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Waterstones are giving a quarter off the RRP of the new #Astrosaurs graphic novel when you order online and enter “SUMMER25” at the checkout. This offer finishes tomorrow! Please repost and pass on the savings. #WPreorder
Up in Beverley for library events and found haul of 80s 200ADs in the charity shop. Proper Proustian rush of discovery!
July 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Up in Beverley for library events and found haul of 80s 200ADs in the charity shop. Proper Proustian rush of discovery!
There comes a time in everyone's life when they must seek out the filming locations for Inferno. Thus, @jasonloborik.bsky.social and I journeyed to Kent's Kingsnorth Industrial Estate and learned that only this small building, driven past by Bessie in ep 1, still survives. No gasometers. Rubbish!
July 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
There comes a time in everyone's life when they must seek out the filming locations for Inferno. Thus, @jasonloborik.bsky.social and I journeyed to Kent's Kingsnorth Industrial Estate and learned that only this small building, driven past by Bessie in ep 1, still survives. No gasometers. Rubbish!
Played a covers set in the heat at Berkhamsted Beer Fest last night. Closed on Love Will Tear Us Apart (but the sweat held us together)
July 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Played a covers set in the heat at Berkhamsted Beer Fest last night. Closed on Love Will Tear Us Apart (but the sweat held us together)
New Target Doctor Who novelisations wot I edited! You’ll need just 5.4cm of shelf space for fresh trips in time and space.
June 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New Target Doctor Who novelisations wot I edited! You’ll need just 5.4cm of shelf space for fresh trips in time and space.
60 years ago, Maureen O'Brien was playing Vicki in Doctor Who – and she's still involved today, most recently reading stories for the audio version of my book with @paulmagrs.bsky.social '1001 Nights in Time and Space', out in September. A treat to meet her and a treat to listen in!
June 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
60 years ago, Maureen O'Brien was playing Vicki in Doctor Who – and she's still involved today, most recently reading stories for the audio version of my book with @paulmagrs.bsky.social '1001 Nights in Time and Space', out in September. A treat to meet her and a treat to listen in!
I really regret buying a Sad Daddy scrub thing. The regular Scrub Daddy looked too happy to be where he was, it felt like abuse. But the Sad Daddy has turned washing up, already a rubbish experience, into a poignant and slightly distressing one. Especially when air fryers are involved.
June 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I really regret buying a Sad Daddy scrub thing. The regular Scrub Daddy looked too happy to be where he was, it felt like abuse. But the Sad Daddy has turned washing up, already a rubbish experience, into a poignant and slightly distressing one. Especially when air fryers are involved.
I’ve been taking a loved one into hospital for daily radiotherapy. There’s a jigsaw in the waiting room and each day I see how it’s progressed and add a few more pieces. All these strangers working together, and each day the jigsaw nudges closer to being made whole. I find it oddly moving.
June 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve been taking a loved one into hospital for daily radiotherapy. There’s a jigsaw in the waiting room and each day I see how it’s progressed and add a few more pieces. All these strangers working together, and each day the jigsaw nudges closer to being made whole. I find it oddly moving.
I'm doing a children's author talk for @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social Festival in Reading this Saturday! 2.30pm on 17th May at Caversham Baptist Church. So no need to send prayers.
www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
May 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I'm doing a children's author talk for @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social Festival in Reading this Saturday! 2.30pm on 17th May at Caversham Baptist Church. So no need to send prayers.
www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
I love that Doctor Who is a shared universe across its tie-ins. We referenced the Lucky Day episode almost a year ahead of transmission with this mention in the novel CAGED from @unamccormack.bsky.social and name-checked Think Tank in last November's in-world UNIT dossier The Gold Archive
May 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I love that Doctor Who is a shared universe across its tie-ins. We referenced the Lucky Day episode almost a year ahead of transmission with this mention in the novel CAGED from @unamccormack.bsky.social and name-checked Think Tank in last November's in-world UNIT dossier The Gold Archive