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My doctor just told me he thinks I have labyrinthitis. What should I have said in response had I not been overwhelmed with the options:

The teachers strike and World Book Day mash up is going to be next level.

The face of a woman thinking, ‘wait, this isn’t Legoland’ #WindsorFramework

I’m doing an author event later at my kids’ Beaver Scout Group for #WorldBookDay. My whole life has been building up to this moment. I should bring some Haribo as bribes, right?

This Wed (8 March), I'll be in conversation with Prof. Pragya Agarwal mainly elsewhere now as part of Brunel University of London Writers Talking series - discussing motherhood in the 19th and 21st centuries. You can book tickets for this online event here 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/intersection…

PSA for anyone having a tough day with a tiny baby. One day soon you’ll have a 7 year old you can play “Would You Rather…” with and all of this will be worth it.

Really looking forward to chatting with Emma Flint (flint.writes on Threads)📚💀🖤📚 next Thursday. Come and join us!

BREAKING: Kids still say ‘Made you look, made you stare, made you lose your underwear’

Watching an Easter bonnet parade in the rain has very *this is a metaphor* vibe.

Huge thanks to Day 1 of the Easter Holidays for allowing me to add ‘Can remove purple nail varnish from a 4 yr old’s eyebrows’ to my CV.

Shout out to the Google algorithm for reassuring me I’m not the first person to look up ‘How to get paint off a cat’.

I'm judging this along with my Brunel University of London colleague Daljit Nagra FRSL - what a great opportunity for a burgeoning London-based poet! Can't wait to read the applications - do share, poetry Twitter 🖊️📖 Spread the Word Poetry School National Poetry Library PoetsDirectory

I know it’s last minute, but has anyone checked if he has the blue gloves? If we get plunged into an eternal magic winter it’ll be quite the inconvenience.

That moment in a Kids vs Parents cricket match when the coach says, ‘Perhaps one of the mums would like to try bowling’ and you have to casually bear the weight of an entire gender.

Here’s a little confession, when I was a teenager I used to pretend I was listening to Jungle Mania 2 on my walkman when it was really BBC Radio 4. Now look what’s happened, I was on actual #PickOfTheWeek. I am beside myself.

BOOKS!!! BOOKS YOU CAN WIN!!!

Really excited about this conference, not least for the opportunity to speak alongside two scholars I admire so much! Send in your abstracts!

✨#LBF2024 is here ✨ We are so excited to see the magnificent international literati in London this week and talk about our wonderful authors and their incredible books. Our Spring 24 Catalogue cover is inspired by Claire Lynch's 'A Family Matter' and designed by Nathan Burton 💕