Game dev turned writer. KNIGHTS & BIKES, ALFIE BLOOM. Co-author of RANI REPORTS, TIFFANY ACHING’S GUIDE TO BEING A WITCH. Agent @hannah_litagent
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Gabrielle Kent retweeted
Happy publication day to the Discworld Bestiary! It's absolutely jam-packed with creatures and critters. Here's Discworld illustrator Paul Kidby talking about his favourite beast(s) from the book...
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I just heard that games legend @TheLevelord Richard Gray passed away. Many designers from his era had huge egos, but he was a very sweet and gentle soul, and, as a mutual friend said 'interested in everything and everyone'. Offering up a cup of Yorkshire Tea for you, Richard! ❤️
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I've always prided myself on my ability to make up a fart song at the drop of a hat... or a fart. Glad to see that my daughter values that in me 🫶
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Thrilled to share my new series with @PuffinBooks! Forgotten Gods: Girl of Fire is a Norse inspired fantasy quest which @asianastroboy summed up as Moana meets God of War. Cover by the ridiculously talented
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Coming 18th March 27 penguin.co.uk/books/474460...
ALT A snowy landscape in shades of blue and purple with tall fir trees. Three characters are making their way through the golden lit snow in the centre of the image, an older redhaired woman in a cloak, the main character, Liv, a young girl with red hair is in the middle carrying an axe, a third hooded character, possibly male, behind her. An eagle is sweeping through the air behind them. In the background, against a pink sky, looms a mountain which almost appears like a figure with their face turned down.. A blue stone shines on the book spine, in its centre is a Norse rune.
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Gabrielle Kent retweeted
It's Dyslexia Awareness Week, and my brilliant publisher @BarringtonStoke, which specialises in books for young people with dyslexia (and others who find reading challenging), have discounts on all their books, including mine!
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Gabrielle Kent retweeted
Join Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent at 5pm on the 3rd October at Questival on the Wirral for a special conversation about Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch, from finding Tiff’s voice to bringing together the wisdom of the witches of Discworld:
questival.uk/products/delvin…
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Event news! On the 3rd October I'll be in Port Sunlight on the Wirral with @rhipratchett! We'll be talking Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch at a new fantasy, comics and games festival -Questival! We'll also be on panels and signing ALL THE THINGS! questival.uk/pages/panels
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Today’s top discovery in Tokyo… just about to get out of a lukewarm bath when I realised the bath has a reheat function. I may never leave the bathroom again!
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Gabrielle Kent retweeted
Today's #DiscworldConvention newsletter has updates on this year's Programme and a very special guest: @rhipratchett!
Rhianna and @GabrielleKent will both be signing, so make sure you pre-order their book by 30 July!
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#Discworld #TerryPratchett #News
ALT Black text on a white background with a black Art Nouveau border. Text reads: "Newsletter Announcing a very special guest: Rhianna Pratchett! - Pre-order 'Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch for signing at the Convention! - Check out our other Guests, Presenters and Dealers - Find out about this year's charities and the auction - Programme going live very soon!
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I’m reading up on #PeakCluster which will impact countryside near me. In a nutshell:
Instead of forcing cement and lime producers to cut emissions, a huge pipeline will be built to transport CO₂ across the country and bury it under the Irish sea.
Basically, helping out polluters
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Construction means digging up hundreds of kilometers of countryside, damaging habitats, disrupting communities and releasing carbon in the process.
All to keep high-emitting plants running exactly as they do now.
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Gabrielle Kent retweeted
My bestselling #StarTrek novel THE LATTER FIRE celebrates its 10th anniversary & I'm posting a new Author Notes blog on all the lore appearing in this Classic Trek adventure - jswallow.com/star-trek-the-l…
Get your copy here! simonandschuster.com/books/T… 🖖
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I enjoy my visits to @highgate1565 so much! It's such an honour that this madcap 80's adventure based on the game by @rexbox & @oneofmoo has been a core text for hundreds of pupils! Loved talking about myths and legends and seeing pupils create Highgate dwelling mythical beasts!
Many thanks to children's author @GabrielleKent for leading her workshop with our Year 3 Junior School pupils who are reading her book, 'Knights & Bikes' as part of their core text. Author visits are a great way for pupils to engage with characters and bring books to life.
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This week I'm visiting three Teesside schools with @Literacy_Trust to talk about writing with a Halloween twist. Popped this in for teachers as old as me and just learnt that carving turnips wasn't just a poor 80s kid thing, it's an old Celt tradition to ward off evil at Samhain!
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Me after delivering an online session to students... 'That went well. I actually managed to sit still and not gesticulate too much THAT time!'
Me on the session recording.
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Thought Bubble is brilliant enough, but now it's even better for Northern kids authors and illustrators. Make sure to say hi to the @books_north folks and join the network if you're there!
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Gabrielle Kent retweeted
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Gabrielle Kent retweeted
A friendly reminder that ALL of my books have FREE resources created by far cleverer people than me.
Obviously, it would be amazing if my books were being read for the pure joy of it, but knowing they are popular as classroom texts is pretty cool too.
chris-callaghan.com/
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