Ann Cleeves
@AnnCleeves
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Award-winning author of the Shetland, Vera and Two Rivers novels. Latest Vera book is The Rising Tide.
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There is absolutely nothing better than sitting in my kitchen, drinking tea and making up stories. This morning I'm in Vera's world.
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No worries at all! I'm very happy to support Oxfam. And the only reason Vera ended up on TV was because the ITV books executive bought a copy of The Crow Trap in an Oxfam shop.
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Here it is! Found in the snow not far from where I was staying by sharp-eyed Rachel as she got off the school bus. It’s been run over so not much use, but glad to know it’s safe.
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In Whitley, putting on my mask and a car drives past, window open. Guy shouts: 'Freedom day. Get off those masks.' This is NE England, more cases than anywhere. And my daughter's doing chemo. No freedom for her!
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Lovers of
#Vera
, I'm delighted that the 50th anniversary ep on Sunday is an adaptation of my book The Darkest Evening. I've had sneak preview and love it. It's stormy and gothic and we find out more about Hector's awful family.
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For lovers of Shetland, the new series airs on Wednesday November 1st. I can’t wait!
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But wonderful to catch up with this lovely pair when the rain stopped.
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Woohoo! More Shetland.
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Of course, I’m sad Vera is coming to an end, but what a ride it’s been! Thanks so much to the magnificent
@BrendaBlethyn
and the team.
I’ve loved watching Brenda Blethyn as “Vera”, but this seems the right time to bow out with two more films still to be screened. She has put flesh on the bone of Ann Cleeves’ great character and brought a genuine humanity to a consistently good series!
@AnnCleeves
@BrendaBlethyn
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As we vaccinate our elderly and vulnerable, let's celebrate the Turkish scientists, the European manufacturer, the delivery drivers and of course our NHS: the admin staff, the cleaners who've prepared the space and all the medics who are working flat out.
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Just a little reminder that the new season of Shetland starts tomorrow on BBC 1. I've not seen scripts and have NO idea how it will end. Cannot wait.
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Today I'm jealous of the people with partners, even partners who snore and fart and drop food on their jumpers. I have a brilliant family, but it's not the same.
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I know lots of you will have been watching elsewhere last night, but do get
#Vera
on catch up if you can. Lovely writing from
@SallyAbbott3
and a great episode.
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For all lovers of
#Vera
, there's an entirely new episode on TV tonight. 8.00pm ITV. That's in the UK. Not sure when it'll hit the US or Australia.
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Sitting in bed, drinking tea and working on the copy-edits of the new Venn. In my head I'm in North Devon in the teeth of a storm.
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Look at this
@BrendaBlethyn
@kennydoughty
and the team!
#vera
seen by a British friend on a cab in NYC.
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Guess where I've been today...
Now this is very exciting! Shetland, Series 8 read through in Glasgow with Ashley Jensen and
@AtotheOD
Filming begins soon for
@BBCOne
@BBCiPlayer
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If you liked
#Shetland
6, you might be interested to know that all royalties from Blue Lightning (UK&US editions) set in Fair Isle (home to Jimmy Perez) will go to Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust rebuilding fund. Last minute pressie and a great cause!
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Is it ridiculous that I'm beyond proud to have changed the header on my twitter profile without the aid of a grandchild?
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Could we have a thought this week for the kids who didn't do well in the exams. It must be hard to watch the celebrating parents and students when, for whatever reason, you don't make it. We can't all be academic, and we need people who aren't.
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Happy new year everyone! Let's hope 2023 is brighter, kinder and full of brilliant stories, our own and other people's.
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Happy publication day to me. A busy and exciting day ahead.
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600 books out today; it's so hard for debut authors and those a little way out on the road. Please browse libraries and indie bookshops to find someone new to support!
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Just sent the first draft of my new Vera novel off to my agent. So yes, I will be celebrating tonight. With fingers crossed.
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Wow! Vera only beaten by the creations of Conan-Doyle, Christie and Dexter as the nation's favourite detective.
@BrendaBlethyn
is clearly a classic.
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At my kitchen table, listening to the rain on the window, with my second cup of tea, at the beginning of a story.
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I'm sorry Mr Raab, but Downing St staff working in 'demanding conditions' -
@BBCr4today
? And deserving a party? Surely not compared with hospital and social care staff, overwhelmed teachers, supermarket workers and bus drivers facing hostility.
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Really shabby view from my dressing room in Mareel for Shetland Noir
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A clear, sunny morning at the Bay. Best seasonal wishes to all my lovely readers. Take it easy. It’s not been a good year for everyone, but it’s getting lighter already.
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LAPTOP UPDATE. Thanks to Shetland Steve and
@CannyLtd
Ken in
@ourwhitleybay
all my data is now saved (and backed up) on my new computer. Thanks so much to you both!
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The wind’s dropped a LOT but Shetland still a bit moody and noir this morning.
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A little reminder that the Vera Christmas special will be on ITV at 8.00 tonight here in the UK.
@BrendaBlethyn
on Boxing Day. What a treat!
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Real snow in Shetland isn’t common, but yesterday there were blizzards that closed roads and caused power cuts. Might not go far today.
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Yay!
#Vera
Christmas special based on my book The Rising Tide will air on Boxing Day. Perfect timing. What better way to relax!
Vera on Boxing Day based on
@anncleeves
The Rising Tide- now that's a festive treat!
ITV confirms Christmas TV schedule including Vera and The Masked Singer
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So the government is anxious about early childhood literacy, but apparently not anxious about library closure...
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That moment of elation and terror, when a new book goes off to the publisher... I think I deserve a very special breakfast.
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Well, this is lovely news.
@BrendaBlethyn
back where she belongs, along with
@David_J_Leon
. Joe Ashworth returns to the screen and the page!
Vera returns with
@BrendaBlethyn
and a reunion with a familiar face from the past….
@David_J_Leon
@AnnCleeves
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Waiting at the bus stop this morning for Lerwick in search of errant laptop. Stayed sunny for about an hour before the snow came back. Got last bus home.
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Thanks for all the lovely words about Tim. My brave, funny, loving husband died in the early hours of Saturday morning. He was a brilliant birder but an even better friend.
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The joy of the first mug of tea of the day! Back in bed and checking page proofs of the new Matthew Venn. Good to be back in North Devon.
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I’ve had a sneaky look at this and it’s very, very good. Don’t miss it!
Vera drives into a violent storm - and her past - in The Darkest Evening on ITV1 next Sunday (Feb 19). Based on the book by
@AnnCleeves
it's the sixth and final
@BrendaBlethyn
Vera film on screen in the UK...for now.
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Well, this is a bit exciting...
TV NEWS! ITV commissions new 4-part crime drama
#TheLongCall
based on
@AnnCleeves
' novel. DI Matthew Venn returns after 20 years to live in a small, strict evangelical community in North Devon w/ husband Jonathan after his father’s death.
#Des
's Kelly Jones will write all 4 eps.
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My daughter is going through chemo. I’m helping out with childcare during school holidays. I don’t want to stop visiting bookshops. Please help by wearing a mask.
Get in touch with
@BAbooksellers
@booksaremybag
if you too would like a 'masks preferred' poster for use in your bookshop.
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Sheltland tweeps I need your help! Lost my laptop in the blizzard y’day. I’d been to
@ShetlandLibrary
&
@MareelShetland
but no sign there. Scruffy HP. Could have fallen from bag. Half novel there. Reward offered!
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My youngest daughter is running the London marathon today - but in Kielder in Northumberland. Her first marathon, so I'm very proud.
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Just sent the new Matthew Venn off to my agent. Fingers crossed everyone...
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Thanks to the readers of the
@washingtonpost
who voted Vera as their fifth favourite detective. Up there, with some brilliant characters. And the top woman! She even beat Miss Marple. Congrats to
@BrendaBlethyn
and
@SilverprintPics
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Well, this is very good news for all fans of the BBC drama. And I can't wait!
Hurrah - ‘Shetland’ is coming back to film series 6 and 7! We will likely need to maintain social distance from
@djhenshall
which no doubt will come as a great relief to him 😃
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A first visit to my ‘social bubble’ - nicking the grandkids’ scooter.
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Well, this is very lovely news.
Popular BBC crime drama
#Shetland
is set to return for two new series
The show, led by
@djhenshall
as DI Jimmy
#Perez
, is based on characters based on novels written by
@AnnCleeves
Series 6 & 7 will film in 2020 & 2021 in Shetland and locations around
#Scotland
#ScotlandIsNow
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A little reminder that another new episode of Vera will air again tonight. 8.00pm on ITV 1. Can't wait to see how Vera and Joe get on.
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Introducing DCI Vera Stanhope Northumberland & City Police
*I am well aware it is probably wholly inappropriate for your 8yr old child to go dressed as a grisly murder detective for World Book Day but mine is definately no Mary Poppins . . . & she is from a book 🕵️♀️
#WorldBookDay
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Not the best time of the year for me, so no cards posted and no decorations. But thanks to all the friends who sent cards and best wishes; they cheered me up no end. And the days are already getting lighter.
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Up early to work on the new
#Vera
. In my head I'm in snowy, wintry Northumberland. Odd to stop for breakfast and to see it's grey and rainy outside.
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OBE investiture in Gateshead. So proud to be there with the real local heroes who’ve served our community for years.
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VERY cool that the 50th episode is the adaptation of The Darkest Evening.
The last episode of the current run of
#vera
is this Sunday at 8pm on
@ITV
It’s the 50th episode and an adaptation of “The Darkest Evening” by
@AnnCleeves
“An abandoned baby, a body and Vera’s estranged family…”
Enjoy, pet.
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Arrived at my friend’s house. The view from my bedroom window. So lovely to be here again after all this time.
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Reading a lot at the moment and have decided to share my faves, past and present. So, from Monday there'll be an Ann's Book of the Week. Totally subjective and generally criminal.
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New case for Vera will be coming at the end of the summer.
Lovely big blue sky walk with Ivy … but thanks to
@AnnCleeves
I can’t help thinking there’ll be a body in the hide 😬 & a new case for Vera?!
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Well tweeps, while we’re waiting for Vera on ITV, here’s some news of my own: the next Vera book - called The Darkest Evening - will be out in September.
@headcrime
@panmacmillan
@MinotaurBooks
@editorcatherine
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A beautiful Northumberland morning to welcome team
#Vera
home. Good luck to
@BrendaBlethyn
,
@kennydoughty
, and all the cast and crew.
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Very proud to be a family of girly swots. 3 generations here with our Christmas jumpers. Thanks
@stephbreakfast
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A tad embarrassing but very lovely.
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Lockdown must be getting to me; I go out each morning to talk to the tadpoles in the garden pond.
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What an honour! Just opened the magnificent new
@ShetlandLibrary
. A light and airy palace of books (with a view of Perez’s police station.)
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Hurrah! Please thank Freya. Tell her I think she looks awesome.
World Book Day and Freya is DCI Vera Stanhope
@BrendaBlethyn
@AnnCleeves
#Vera
#Worldbookday
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For fans of the magnificent
@BrendaBlethyn
and
#Vera
, there will be a feature length episode on Sunday August 29th on
@ITV
. A bank holiday treat!
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To celebrate publication of The Rising Tide, a trip to a different tidal island - Hilbre where the writing started.
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Saw these in the Prada shop in Heathrow. Who’d have thought? Prada Vera hats!
@BrendaBlethyn
sets a trend.
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My daughter will be 2 hours into her 48 mile run from Angel of the North to Amble in memory of NHS workers who died from COVID. That's 2 marathons. In a day!
#keepourNHSrunning
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Just a reminder that the new series of
#Shetland
with
@djhenshall
and
@AtotheOD
starts tonight. Can’t wait.
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Just been jabbed at the Parks GP hub in Shields. Man, so impressive! Thanks to the clinicians, the admin people and volunteers. Especially those out in the cold showing us where to park. A brilliant collaboration.
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I'm sure you don't really need reminding, but another new episode of
#Vera
on
@itv
this evening at 8.00pm. Also available through
@BritBox_US
for my friends there. And soon to be on
@BritBox_ZA
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Home and a walk to the Sluice with the girls to remember Tim. Not Shetland, but not too shabby…
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Thinking this morning about the team filming on Shetland. Good luck everyone! And thanks to all my friends whose lives will be disrupted, or who have volunteered to be extras.
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And I’m on the ferry waiting to go south tonight after another Shetland adventure.
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Well, this is a bit exciting for fans of
#Vera
Exciting news! ITV has confirmed that production on Vera's 11th series will begin later this year
@AnnCleeves
@BrendaBlethyn
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This morning, I'm not in a still, gloomy Whitley Bay. I'm in North Devon with the wind raging and singing. Writing the new Matthew Venn.
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Brenda and I accepting the Judges’ Award at the RTS in Gateshead last night on behalf of Team Vera. So proud to be a part of it.
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Here, without the fancy dress.
@ShakaHislop
and I both received honorary doctorates today from Newcastle Uni
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Easter morning and a breakthrough in the novel. At last I know where it's going. Hallelujah and love to you all!
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Lovely light on the sea this evening. A last walk at the Bay before heading inland tomorrow.
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I do feel a bit overwhelmed - both The Long Call and Shetland on this autumn. Wild Britain in all its glory from the Northern Isles to the West Country, beautifully filmed. I'm a very lucky bunny.
#thelongcall
coming soon to
#itv
directed by
@LeeHavenJones
, edited by
@davidjfisher8
&
#tomchapman
#drama
#anncleeves
#dramaeditor
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Such a special evening on stage with
@StephLunch
@BrendaBlethyn
and Jon Morrison! Thank you everyone who came to see us and
@Playhouse_WB
@panmacmillan
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Happy New Year from Vera-land to my reader and writer friends and thanks for all your support over this very tricky year.
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Thanks to
@CannyLtd
Ken in
@ourwhitleybay
for sourcing a new laptop. (He’ll also give lessons in security and back-up)… And might be up for digging into the hard drive on the damaged machine.
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What is it with people in trains who think it’s ok to watch films on their phones WITHOUT headphones??
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Delighted to be part of the team!
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