Author of How To Be Free, How To Be Brave & How To Be True. I also research school stories, juvenilia, and girlhood. didyoueverstoptothink.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mmgubfcsk22iWe hit another threshold today! Hurrah! Thank you for supporting this eccentric little endeavour ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgubfcsk22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mmgilsrzwc2zGood morning! A quick note to say that all the below applies at any time of the day (but not after 9pm, we all need a kip, let's not push it) and I'd love to come and do stuff with you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgilsrzwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mmenx2wjq22nI will come on your podcast very happily and nerd out with you very happily, no questions asked, let's get our nerd on 👍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmenx2wjq22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mmbfmlz3gc26Will I ever be able to cope with hotel toasters? No, I shall not.20 May 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbfmlz3gc26https://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mm75p2n2ic2iA sneaky quick trip back to familiar climes today. An absolute pleasure to meet old friends and make new!19 May 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm75p2n2ic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mm552wwxkk2o🎶 When you're in a new area, spot a second hand bookshop, swoop in, emerge at the till five seconds later with a handful of EJOS, that's amore. 🎶18 May 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm552wwxkk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlyehysxwc2oI'll caveat this by saying that I am an ancient adult type but I pick: - Millions, Frank Cottrell Boyce - A Little Love Song, Michelle Magorian - No Castanets At The Wells, Lorna Hill - The Chalet School In Exile, Elinor M. Brent-Dyer - Flambards, KM Peyton #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyehysxwc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlxgmszvmk24YOUNG HAG IS VERY VERY GOOD (Arthurian legend retelling, comic book, lady led, wry meta, I am DELIGHTED). [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxgmszvmk24https://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlxbsqortk2hThe 😍 I just made [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxbsqortk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mluvisbfvk2cGood morning! 1. If you're after a very charming, supernatural, Heartstopper meets Buffy, lyrical kind of graphic novel with witches, Arcana by Sam Prentice-Jones is a treat and 2. Today's read is Young Hag by Isabel Greenberg which I am very much looking forward to. #booksky #comics15 May 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluvisbfvk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlt5audetk26The very particular sensation of seeing a copy of [super rare EBD title] and knowing that, quite clearly, you are not brave enough to ask for the cabinet to be opened and know the price of it so instead must simply worship at a distance.14 May 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt5audetk26https://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlseqjb4ls24Good morning. Bearing in mind that I have recently watched The Longest Day, and now want to write approx fifteen million words to write about nuns in film, if the universe could commission that from me, it would be helpful, thank you kindly.14 May 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlseqjb4ls24https://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlq6mg4dfs2qGood afternoon! A reminder that I'm available for talks, lectures, school visits, teaching, writing, children's lit CPD, one-off standing in front of you and going GOD LIBRARIES ARE AMAZING, and you can find out more about all of that here, thank you! ❤️ didyoueverstoptothink.com/hire_me/ #booksky https://didyoueverstoptothink.com/hire_me/13 May 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq6mg4dfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlny3feols2eI will come to your school and set you up a library, no questions asked, just feed me and house me and- (this looks an amazing opportunity, do it educator chums!). https://www.librariesforprimaries.org.uk/schools?utm_campaign=4594557_Education%20T%26R%2012%2F05%2F26&utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20National%20Literacy%20Trust&dm_i=7RFL,2QH6L,3ILM5J,6G815,1,0,0,012 May 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlny3feols2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/chaletfan.bsky.social/post/3mlnlg6efsc24Good morning! Today's treat is from the 1891 New York Herald (London ed.) and features WOMEN writing for WOMEN about NEW AND INTERESTING THINGS FOR WOMEN (I enjoy this sort of vibe very much) (but also I wonder if the actual author of this was an actual woman so I might have to go and figure it out)12 May 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:y47zdjqj2obvpg4ud3p2xpfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnlg6efsc24