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23 Jan

In case you missed the news last week, my next book is something new set in the world of Brightstorm!
There’s a new lead for this story - the reluctant princess, Gan of Nadvaaryn. She’s ready for an adventure of a lifetime - are you? 🐍 🏜️⏳ Publishing May UK
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25 Jan

@Inkpots1 Thank you for inviting me😸

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Thank you to wonderful @ThomasHTaylor for visiting us today. We loved hearing about the inspirations behind the Malamander series. Thanks again Thomas!

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Thanks you @LittleTigerUK for our #bookpost. Very excited to start reading! @perditact @HonorCargillM @SJOHart

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This is very much a note to myself. Over the Chri

This is very much a note to myself.

Over the Christmas break, I really like to take time to review the past year and then plan out the coming months. This year, we’ll be celebrating our 10th birthday and I have so many ideas. And so many lists.

Last week I felt overwhelmed with it all - plus the whole New Year New Start vibes. But, Inkpots is ten for the whole of the year.

I also know after this number of years too, that building anything substantial takes time and consistency. So not doing everything in the first month isn’t going to hurt.

We can take it a bit more slowly.

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The January edition of our newsletter is going out

The January edition of our newsletter is going out next week. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to welcome you!

New for this year - and to celebrate our tenth birthday - we’re opening up our very popular author sessions to everyone. And they’re free!

The best way to get the very first news is to be on the newsletter list. Sign up via the link in our bio or pip me a DM and I’ll do the rest.

**Our author visit for January is from @thomskagram author of ‘Malamander’. Wednesday 25 January at 4pm.**

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Inkpots is ten years old in 2023! Ten years ago,

Inkpots is ten years old in 2023!

Ten years ago, I had just bought the domain name for Inkpots.org and had so many plans. Ten years on, I’m about to start on a while new phase.

Throughout the year, we’ll be sharing celebration plans too. I have some ideas but everything will be discussed with our wonderful members too. More news to come!

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Happy new year to all you lovely people. I hope 20

Happy new year to all you lovely people. I hope 2023 brings you much joy and happiness. Enjoy this evening if you celebrate. I’ll be curling up with the cat and one of my books. 🧡🧡🧡

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I love this time between Christmas and the New Yea

I love this time between Christmas and the New Year as it’s when I tend to do a lot of thinking and planning. Ideas have been brewing for a while and this morning I took myself off for a coffee and properly reviewed the past 12 months.

Back home this afternoon, I’ve got the stick-it notes and Sharpies out to plan out some of those ideas for 2023. I’m planning more free sessions, the development of the mentoring programme and some more training opportunities.

Inkpots will also be celebrating 10 years next year - and there’s a whole other plan for activities around that too. Watch out for announcements soon.

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Happy Christmas! Wishing you all a very lovely day

Happy Christmas! Wishing you all a very lovely day and a special holiday time.⁠
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Gill x⁠
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It’s time to pull up the drawbridge and get read

It’s time to pull up the drawbridge and get ready for Christmas.

Thank you so much for being on these little squares with me. I wish you a very lovely Christmas and plenty of chances to find pockets of stillness to nourish and calm.

Gill x

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Our mentoring programme has five steps which I go

Our mentoring programme has five steps which I go through with every student.

The first essential step is ensuring that a young person feels safe. This includes being clear about boundaries of course. But it’s also about listening carefully and allowing plenty of space to relax into the process.

Only then can we work together to explore the myriad of possibilities for a young person.

We take our time because every young person deserves a chance to find themselves.

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It’s time. Every year around this time, I retur

It’s time.

Every year around this time, I return to the Inkpots Photo Vault and scroll right to the bottom to find some old Christmas favourites.

And here they are again which must mean that Christmas is nearly here.

A stock photo and one that was taken in Geneva IRL and feels like it’s from another pre-Covid world.

Happy before Christmas weekend!

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Our #mentoring sessions within schools have finish

Our #mentoring sessions within schools have finished now for the term. Over the past 12 weeks I have worked with a number of students in receipt of Pupil Premium - all are 13 and 14 years old. They have a number of challenges and all of them have been quite amazing. It’s a real privilege to do this work.

I gathered some feedback in the last couple of weeks and it’s been great to hear how valuable the sessions are.

But - as always - there are ways that the service can be improved and I’ve got a list of jobs to do before we return in January. Hot chocolate on tap was one request!!

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Our final reel about books we have loved at Inkpot

Our final reel about books we have loved at Inkpots this year - our members are 10 - 16 years old. We could have chosen many more because there are so many amazing books for children and young people. Thank you to all the amazing authors!

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@vashtihardybooks
@tamsinmori
@ellemcnicollofficial
@aliceoseman
@lizziebooks17

We have read some brilliant books this year. Here’s another reel sharing some more we’ve loved. Our members are age 10 - 16 years.

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@perditacargill @honorcargill
@sophieandersonauthor
@tracydarnton
@kieranlarwood
@binboytom

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Between our various group members age 10 - 16 year

Between our various group members age 10 - 16 years, we read a lot of books.

These are just some of our favourites of 2022.

@timbertilleytales @merrowchild @nicolapenfoldauthor rickriordan @thomskagram

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I’m visiting #Maastricht in The Netherlands for

I’m visiting #Maastricht in The Netherlands for the weekend and the city centre is filled with beautiful lights, music and the smell of hot chocolate and waffles. It’s a great way to welcome in the winter season.

The #magicalmaastricht market with the Ferris wheel and skating rink, and the different stalls is also a celebration of friends coming together and sharing good food and conversation.

You can’t help but smile too.

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In a world full of noise and confusion, small pock

In a world full of noise and confusion, small pockets of quiet can be so helpful for young people. A chance to re-calibrate and balance helps to re-set frayed minds and calms nerves.

Some of our Year 11s are doing mock GCSEs at the moment and popping into our room at school or having a quick chat has helped this week.

I hope that whatever the weekend brings you, there’ll be a few pockets of quiet to help you too.

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