Tara King 📝
@taraking
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Paid social strategist. Mum, bookworm, writer. London. MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths Uni ⭐️⚡️
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Joined February 2009
i have never read such an accurate description of rooney's writing. THIS is exactly how i feel. happy intermezzo day 💌
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Five of the best Alice Munro short stories
theguardian.com
The greatest examples of the late writer’s uncanny ability to capture the many complexities of life range from stories of sex to loneliness
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We are saddened to hear of Alice Munro’s death. In memory of her life and work, four of her stories have been unlocked from behind the paywall and are free for all to read.
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🎉 Congratulations to Impossible Creatures 🐉📚🎉
Winner of Book of the Year: Children's Fiction (supported by @theweekjunior), Katherine Rundell, collects the Nibbie live on stage for IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES! #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies @KidsBloomsbury
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It’s not everyday you see a magical grilk in the window! 🐚🪄 Thanks to @BooksGreenwich for the wonderful window to celebrate the launch of Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit @clareharlow, illustrated by Karl James Mountford.
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Possibly my favourite tweet ever! So much magical fun last night at @BooksGreenwich celebrating the amazing launch of Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by @clareharlow 🐚🪄 The grilk will be on the move again soon....
The grilk was in the window but has now moved upstairs for the launch of #Tidemagic @clareharlow @PuffinBooks
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Congratulations @clareharlow. 🐚🌊🐚 This magical new middle-grade will be landing in bookstores this week!
BLACKWELL'S CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH Meet Ista Flit. Daughter. Face-changer. Thief... Be swept away by an unforgettable adventure by @clareharlow, a stunning new talent in children's storytelling. 📘 TIDEMAGIC: THE MANY FACES OF ISTA FLIT https://t.co/x3PSwMgvz3
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The prize is open to anyone between the ages of 11 and 14 living in the UK, and this year’s theme is: 🔮 ‘A Secret’ 🔮 And joining the judging panel for 2024 is @PhilipPullman! Find out more about the prize and how to enter here:
londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
The Martha Mills Prize 2024 is now closed for entries. We were delighted to receive so many; we’re sorry we couldn’t acknowledge them all individually. The judging…
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Announcing the second year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize! Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the prize seeks to give young people a chance to explore new themes in their writing and to get their work published https://t.co/qB0osA3wxQ
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Can’t wait to see this wonderful, magical middle-grade book land in just 2 weeks!!!
✨ ‘On the misty streets of Shelwich, a strange magic rises and falls with the Tide…’✨ 📚 You can read an extract from the magical new middle-grade, Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit by @clareharlow on @lovereadingkids now! 👉 https://t.co/ed0kATGpUv
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Absolutely loved this 🥊 knockout book - HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel about teen girl boxers. the most energetic, sparing and excellent sentences I’ve read since my other fave book Kick the Latch @DauntBooksPub great cover too.
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Such an unusual and brilliant book 📖 💙
📘 'Electrifying ... A pocket epic' GUARDIAN For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzie, publishing in paperback tomorrow!
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💙💙💙 Tomorrow! It's out in electric blue paperback tomorrow! 💙💙💙 #ForThyGreatPain
📘 'Electrifying ... A pocket epic' GUARDIAN For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzie, publishing in paperback tomorrow!
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So utterly thrilled that my novel, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain, will be read on @BBCRadio4 on Sat 30th March 2.45 to 4pm! 📻🎧📚 https://t.co/5ebLW4hCQ6
#JulianofNorwich #MargeryKempe
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The opening lines from Intermezzo, the new novel from Sally Rooney. Coming September 2024.
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My amazing friend Gina North is on the shortlist 👏👏👏 congratulations 🥂
We are thrilled to share with you excerpts from this year's Pat Kavanagh Prize shortlist - we hope you'll join us next Wednesday when we announce the winner. Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers! More info below. @GoldsmithsUoL @GoldsmithsEng https://t.co/EPn6DDWLbU
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So thrilled with this - go @GenevieveRsanna! Massive shout out to superstars @georgiaahenry @taraking and @EMDigiContent too, as well as our incredible content creators - all an absolute dream to work with 💜
And congratulations to @BookwormSquares @GenevieveRsanna! Winners of the Multi-Title Award, for their strategic and fun As Seen On TikTok campaign @simonschusterUK #BMSAwards
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