Published and unpublished writers come together to create an anthology of stories about what ‘home’ means. 55 writers are included in a second charity anthology that brings issues around housing, poverty and crisis to life through the power of storytelling. Volume One of the Stories for Homes Project raised over £3K for housing charity Shelter … Continue reading Stories for Homes book tour
Happiness. Doing something I love doing. Books. Texts from friends. People saying lovely things. Being helpful and being helped. My family. Running in to the twiglets. My job. Working hard. Chasing your dreams. Battling demons. Moana. More books. Friends. Stupid pictures from the twiglets on Snapchat. Laughter. New friends. Old friends. Colourful pens. Bullet journaling. Chocolate. Watching … Continue reading Gratefulness
It's that time of week again! TIME TO FLY SOMEONE TO MY DESERT ISLAND AND MAKE THEM MAKE TOUGH CHOICES. Today's victim is my lovely friend Lucinda (@lktomlinson on twitter, go follow her, she's awesome!) RULES: My bags are packed and I've got my books, music, and unlimited Yorkshire tea and Bourbon biscuits! First, vaguely in … Continue reading Desert Island Books: lktomlinson
Letters From the Lighthouse: spies, sea and secrets "February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Emma Carroll
Hello! Welcome back to #DesertIslandBooks! Today the inhabitant of our island is one of my favourite authors. She is probably one of the people I know who could get off this island alive! She would survive! I can guarantee it! Today's post comes courtesy of the gorgeous Abi Elphinstone! If you don't know Abi, then … Continue reading Desert Island Books: Abi Elphinstone
It's Monday again! As this post goes live, I am back in school, after 2.5 weeks of training at university and the training centre who are running my SCITT. If I'm being honest I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. My block training weeks were incredible and intense and overwhelming - I learned a lot … Continue reading SCITT update – week 3
Hello! Today I have the absolute joy of being part of the 'Operation Clean Up' blog tour! I think I am even kicking it off! How exciting! I am hosting the gorgeous author, Jason Tucker, and he is sharing his thoughts on something very close to my own heart - the importance of bed time … Continue reading Operation Clean Up – blog tour
Hello! So... I am inviting you all to join in #SixforSunday by giving ALL of the themes for the rest of the Sundays until the end of the year! (Of course if you want to do your own theme, then feel free! This is just the list I will be posting!) I would love to … Continue reading SixForSunday: You Join In!
In the Little People, Big Dreams series, you can discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things, yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. There are some incredible lives pictured in this series and I was … Continue reading Little People, Big Dreams
A recent trend in books is 'search and find' books and 'Look for Ladybird in Plant City' is a brilliant example of these gorgeous books. Look for Ladybird tells the story of Basil and Daisy who are looking for Ladybird in Plant City. This book is a brilliant fusion of story and search and find! … Continue reading Look for Ladybird
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