“I can give a talk to an audience of hundreds at the Cheltenham Science Festival and they can all clap and cheer and go away feeling good about themselves. But… nobody will ever check to see whether they’ve understood anything” newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6260/…

🥁Drumroll please!!🥁

We have exciting news here at the Children’s Bookshop. To celebrate our 50th anniversary we’re launching a story writing competition for 8-15yos. The winner and runners-up can win fabulous book prizes.

Tell your friends and family!
childrensbookshoplondon.com/competition

“I can give a talk to an audience of hundreds at the Cheltenham Science Festival and they can all clap and cheer and go away feeling good about themselves. But… nobody will ever check to see whether they’ve understood anything” newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6260/…

Nice to see my article on video games, social harms and youth violence pop up on More Thann Robots.

Happy publication day VARAIDZO it's been a joy working on this campaign! Here's to all the success for #MannyandtheBaby #OutNow

'I would put [my 'career'] down to the fact that I kind of fucked up my physics degree' newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6260

'I would put [my 'career'] down to the fact that I kind of fucked up my physics degree' newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6260

'teaching, rather than preaching' - that Richard Smyth has done a lovely job of making me look like I'm doing something useful with my life: newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6260

'teaching, rather than preaching' - that Richard Smyth has done a lovely job of making me look like I'm doing something useful with my life: newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6260

Science teachers! Science communicators! I think some of you might find this interesting and perhaps even useful: newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6260/…

I have only an inner life, which is why I enjoy reading novels.

Have accomplished very little this week but found making these three dishes for lunch very satisfying this morning. Am very pleased with the potato curry in particular as I often struggle to get that right. Email me if you want recipes - all vegan.

If I had a pound for every author who told me they were either a little or hugely disappointed in what their publisher did for their book (usually in publicity/marketing), I’d have a large pile of pounds.

I wrote a piece for the The Guardian about the new cooperative edition of Scrabble, which, predictably, has riled up certain people who fear Scrabble has 'gone woke' & the next generation is doomed.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Parents! Carers! Anyone looking after young children! I'll be at Waterstones Bromley this afternoon from 2 pm reading from 'How to Find a Rainbow' and doing some fun rainbow related arts and crafts. waterstones.com/events/crafts-…

Parents! Carers! Anyone looking after young children! I'll be at Waterstones Bromley this afternoon from 2 pm reading from 'How to Find a Rainbow' and doing some fun rainbow related arts and crafts. waterstones.com/events/crafts-…

The brilliant, indomitable Anna Vaught set up the Curae Prize in 2022 for writers who are carers and it has achieved wonderful things already. She needs support to run it again: thebookseller.com/news/anna-vaug…

Applications are invited for our newly established Birkbeck|Bloomsbury Group Writer in Residence to celebrate our rich literary history and links to the Bloomsbury Group. For more information and to apply: bbk.ac.uk/school/creativ…