Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡―πŸ‡² (@cdparkinson55) 's Twitter Profile
Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡―πŸ‡²

@cdparkinson55

British author with @DinosaurBooksCo
Book worm. Longlisted for Branford Boase Awards and the Little Rebel Awards 2024.
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πŸ“‰ Writing enjoyment in school drops from nearly half of 8–11s (49.5%) to just 29.4% of 14–16s. Anxiety and the fear of β€œgetting it wrong” is holding young writers back. It’s time to prioritise creative, assessment-free opportunities. Read more: literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…

πŸ“‰ Writing enjoyment in school drops from nearly half of 8–11s (49.5%) to just 29.4% of 14–16s.

Anxiety and the fear of β€œgetting it wrong” is holding young writers back. It’s time to prioritise creative, assessment-free opportunities. 

Read more: literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…
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October's #lucky13th is Roar - an empowering novel-in-verse of resistance and finding your voice, inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang, from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing, Manjeet Mann. #uklamembers RT to win a copy! #ThisIsHowIRoar

October's #lucky13th is Roar - an empowering novel-in-verse of resistance and finding your voice, inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang, from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing, Manjeet Mann. #uklamembers RT to win a copy!

#ThisIsHowIRoar
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Congratulations to our CBS Literary Festival keynote speaker Ashley Hickson-Lovence who has won the Diverse Book Award for the best young adult book, Wild East. We are delighted and could not agree more with the judging panel. #CBSLibrary #CBSTeamEnglish

Congratulations to our CBS Literary Festival keynote speaker <a href="/AHicksonLovence/">Ashley Hickson-Lovence</a> who has won the Diverse Book Award for the best young adult book, Wild East.  We are delighted and could not agree more with the judging panel.

#CBSLibrary #CBSTeamEnglish
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Teachers & school librarians! If your school is north of Nottingham or abroad, you can book an author e-visit with me! Here’s what UKLA Literacy School of the Year Sharples School said about my e-visit to talk about #OnTheEdge, protest & extremism. 😁πŸ”₯πŸ“šπŸ₯° oldbarnbooks

Teachers &amp; school librarians! If your school is north of Nottingham or abroad, you can book an author e-visit with me! 

Here’s what <a href="/The_UKLA/">UKLA</a> Literacy School of the Year <a href="/SharplesSchool/">Sharples School</a> said about my e-visit to talk about #OnTheEdge, protest &amp; extremism. 😁πŸ”₯πŸ“šπŸ₯°
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Join professor of African-American religion and humanist thought Anthony Pinn, and journalist, historian, and our patron S.I. Martin for a fascinating discussion of the history of Black humanism on both sides in the Atlantic. 6 Nov online #HumanistHeritage humanists.uk/events/black-h…

Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡―πŸ‡² (@cdparkinson55) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Throwback to when I won the UKLA's Diversity and Inclusion Award. ❀️ and met Dr Richard D'Souza, who I'm hoping to do some work with this year in Ireland!! πŸ₯³ #diversityandinclusion #representationmatters #blackhistoryisallourhistory youtube.com/shorts/9THRmrt…

Throwback to when I won the UKLA's Diversity and Inclusion Award. ❀️ and met Dr Richard D'Souza, who I'm hoping to do some work with this year in Ireland!! πŸ₯³ 
 #diversityandinclusion #representationmatters #blackhistoryisallourhistory

youtube.com/shorts/9THRmrt…
Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡―πŸ‡² (@cdparkinson55) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Throwback to June winning UKLA's Diversity and Inclusion Award ❀️ #DiversityAndInclusion #RepresentationMatters #blackhistoryisallourhistory vm.tiktok.com/ZNdcNHgPK/

Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡―πŸ‡² (@cdparkinson55) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'll be doing a full reading of this little story! πŸ“– Click on the link to find out more! #freestory #childrensbooks #Halloween2025 #readingisfun #readingcommunity #readingtime vm.tiktok.com/ZNd3huA91/

I'll be doing a full reading of this little story! πŸ“– Click on the link to find out more! #freestory #childrensbooks #Halloween2025
#readingisfun #readingcommunity #readingtime  vm.tiktok.com/ZNd3huA91/
Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡―πŸ‡² (@cdparkinson55) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Free reading of a spooky Halloween children's story! Click on the link to find out more! #spooky #Halloween #childrensbooks #freestory #illustration #Halloween2025 vm.tiktok.com/ZNd3URMgb/

Free reading of a spooky Halloween children's story! Click on the link to find out more!
#spooky #Halloween #childrensbooks #freestory #illustration #Halloween2025
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Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡―πŸ‡² (@cdparkinson55) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Well, I've been busy recording a reading of my story Melia's Magical Moggy. Look out tomorrow for the full recording! Click on the link for a sneak peek! ❀️ πŸ§™β€β™€οΈ πŸˆβ€β¬›οΈ #halloween2025https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd3xYvs #readingisforeveryone #Halloween #readingisfun #diversitymatters

Well, I've been busy recording a reading of my story Melia's Magical Moggy. Look out tomorrow for the full recording!
Click on the link for a sneak peek! 
❀️  πŸ§™β€β™€οΈ πŸˆβ€β¬›οΈ

#halloween2025https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd3xYvs #readingisforeveryone #Halloween #readingisfun #diversitymatters