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Tawazon has reported that the Taliban banned 130 local education classes for girls in Logar province, following their earlier actions in Paktika province. These classes were supported by UN agencies. The decision has deprived thousands of girls of their right to education.

National Writers Conference 2025 Saturday 31st May, 10am-4pm, University of Birmingham. Join Writing West Midlands at the National Writers Conference this May- an unmissable day of industry guidance and networking for writers at all stages. #NWC25 🧵

Why is it that the USA produces so many genuinely exceptional child actors, and ours all sound like we simply grabbed them from the local school nativity play?

Are you in the writing business but haven’t joined @SoA yet? In June they’re running events about book marketing, building your personal brand, common accounting queries, an online social, a session about sustainability in book production. And that’s just a taste of it. If you

Thousands are fleeing Darfur into Chad. Many are children arriving alone, dehydrated and malnourished. Camps are overwhelmed. Families are sleeping in extreme heat with no shelter or food. Urgent aid is needed. unh.cr/6448ccc04

Well, here it is. My tenth book. The hardest thing I’ve ever done given the circumstances. Hope you all like it - and thanks to Angus King for bringing it to life so vividly… amzn.eu/d/fsZslCY

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We are delighted to announce the launch of our free digital resource, designed for authors at all stages of their careers. The principles of good author care – transparency, support & inclusion, & respectful communication – can empower authors on their publication journey. 🧵

INCREDIBLE work from the @SoA who have today released their Author Care Toolkit. This is exactly the thing we need, especially if you’re just entering the business or in the early years. Take a look at it - see the Society of Authors website. We’re doing our best to make things

Excellent article by Christine Lamb in The Times today. WDI.Afghanistan WRN Afghanistan It is just horrifying that "the world" is prepared to accept and overlook this deliberate torture of half a population, purely because of their sex 😡😡😡 “If you want to be on the right side

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There's someone impersonating me on several writers' websites. If you receive a DM on Wattpad FanFiction.Net or Tapas purporting to be from me, it is NOT me & the email address given is not mine. You can only contact me via the email address on Hardman & Swainson website.

Ridiculous conviction in the Koran burning case #HamitCoskun, which I hope and expect will be overturned on appeal. We do not have or need a blasphemy law, for very good reasons judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

I’m trying so hard to stay hopeful while thinking of ways to support Afghan women and girls. But I’m furious. How is it in 2025 and a group of men can still decide women shouldn’t open a book? To learn? To sit in a classroom? It’s one of the greatest shames of our humanity.

To help Honest Bob Jenrick - whose video completely misrepresents the cab rank rule and the duties on barristers not to discriminate against politically unpopular clients - here’s something from last year thesecretbarrister.com/2024/03/24/is-…

Here we go again. Right on time. Altogether now. You know the tune. You know the dance routine. You know the words: Lawyers 👏 Aren’t 👏 The 👏 Same 👏 As 👏 Their 👏 Clients 👏

Photographs by Robert Capa, Omaha Beach, OTD 1944 🇺🇸

Thanks to Daniel Sellers Author - *Murder at Ardaig Castle* for alerting me to this price drop. #DeadMansShoes is currently 99p on Kindle in the UK. Book 9 in the DI Clare Mackay crime series.

Twelve books to sweep you off your feet this summer. The perfect mix of genres, all books designed for maximum emotional impact - thrills, chills, swoons, gasps, ALL the feels. Which haven't you read, what are your favourites, and which one will you try? Hx

Late posting of my #MayReads 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reads out of 12. 5 NetGalley ebooks, 2 NetGalley audiobooks, & 3 physical + 2 audio from library #ABeautifulWayToDie by Eleni Kyriacou 🍸🖤⭐️ #PerfectKill by Helen S Fields #OneForSorrow by Helen S Fields 🎧 #IntoTheFire by G. D. Wright