Katie Allen

Question: someone i know who's already a writer in another area wants to do a crime-writing course. No getting published content, they have that covered, just craft stuff. Preferably online, suitable for a UK timezone. Please do share if you don't know of one! #AuthorSky

A prize bundle for a giveaway that include the book Happy is the One, the book Everything Happens for a Reason as well as bone-shaped paperclips, a sausage dog notepad, sausage dog socks, white choc buttons and Haribo strawberry sweets

A prize bundle for a giveaway that include the book Happy is the One, the book Everything Happens for a Reason as well as shooting star sweets, KitKats, a garden gnome, a small glitter ball and first cover Halley's Comet stamps from 1986 - when Halley's Comet last appeared in our sky

I have two bundles of signed books & treats to #Giveaway to celebrate #WorldBookDay

For a chance to win a #HappyIsTheOne bundle or an #EverythingHappensForAReason bundle:

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Closes 12th March. UK only

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Oooh, this is wonderful news. Some of us on our road have formed a poetry group and I shared Alexa, what is there to know about love? at last night's meeting. You go very well with wine and lemon drizzle.
We are only 3 meetings in and we will relish your upcoming guide on how to enjoy poetry

If you fancy winning signed books and other treats, I'm running a #giveaway to celebrate #WorldBookDay2026

Thank you! ☄️

p.s. Inclusion of gnome, sausage dogs, glitter ball and KitKats should hopefully make more sense upon reading 🪩🍫🐾

Original 1986 Halley's Comet #stamps ☄️

Also running on my Instagram
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#BookSky #Fiction #Giveaways

A prize bundle for a giveaway that include the book Happy is the One, the book Everything Happens for a Reason as well as bone-shaped paperclips, a sausage dog notepad, sausage dog socks, white choc buttons and Haribo strawberry sweets

A prize bundle for a giveaway that include the book Happy is the One, the book Everything Happens for a Reason as well as shooting star sweets, KitKats, a garden gnome, a small glitter ball and first cover Halley's Comet stamps from 1986 - when Halley's Comet last appeared in our sky

I have two bundles of signed books & treats to #Giveaway to celebrate #WorldBookDay

For a chance to win a #HappyIsTheOne bundle or an #EverythingHappensForAReason bundle:

💙 🔄 Like and share this post
📚 Tag your favourite bookshop

Closes 12th March. UK only

@orendabooks.bsky.social

For anyone who's ever hankered after a garden gnome, know that I'm offering up this little fella as part of a giveaway later this week to celebrate #WorldBookDay

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Holiday packing tip - this! I loved Anna's first book of poetry and excited to be taking this away with me on Kindle (lots of other ebook versions available - click on @annadavidson.bsky.social profile for links)

Your message just now nudged me to click on your links and buy this ready for my summer holiday! Two clicks and it's ready to go 😀 So looking forward to it. Loved 'Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions'

amzn.eu/d/amepLPV

Oh wow and what a lovely thought to share this with me! Thank you! I hope you move up the queue soon xx

Lovely words about Happy is the One

Thank you! ☄️📘😍

Thank you so much! Love that you enjoyed it this much x

My first book is just 99p on #Kobo until the end of the month! Loosely autobiographical, it's a story of grief, dogs and unexpected friendships
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#booksky #babyloss #breakthesilence
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The face that says, 'Heatwave finally over.'
Phew!

Happy publication day to @annesenes.bsky.social whose beautiful Double Room comes out in English today - in a masterful translation by Alice Banks

This book utterly captivated me and still lingers…

#BookSky #NewFiction

This is such an honour & I love how @pussmilligan.bsky.social sums up Happy is the One

"This story of a man unravelling - and rebuilding - reminds us that life's messiest detours often lead to its most meaningful destinations."

Thank you for including it in Heat's Hot Summer Reads 🤓📘☄️
#BookSky

Just found these in our old road map and I'm remembering how my mum would tell me directions and I'd make these notes and tape them all along the dashboard 🤣
SatNavs have to be one of the best inventions to enter my life

#Y2Knostalgia

The book A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith

And of course I couldn't leave a bookshop without buying something! Picked up this for the murder mystery fan in my house. Thanks for the recommendation @villagebooks.bsky.social

Me signing copies of the book Happy is the One in Village Books in Dulwich, South London

Me holding a copy of the book Happy is the One outside Village Books in Dulwich, South London

The book Happy is the One with a tag saying Local Author in the window display of Village Books in Dulwich, South London

Lots of signed copies of Happy is the One now available in @villagebooks.bsky.social

Such a pleasure to go in and chat to Harriet and Harriet
Thanks for all the support with this book and the last 😍☄️📘

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Me in a navy jacket with gold trim and mustard yellow trousers holding a copy of the book Happy is the One and my black dog Miko sniffing the book

In the ongoing series of me dressed like my book cover and doing a daft face... all dressed up in my new charity shop find to go and sign copies of Happy is the One at @villagebooks.bsky.social

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Anne, I love this review so much and am so grateful to you for organising and being on this brilliant blog tour. Thank you, thank you!

Just having a little cry at this...
"As much as we (and Robin) would like to be ordered and prepared, we aren't and we can't. We have to seize the moment, we have to realise that today, here and now, is our life and we have to treasure it and try to live it to its fullest"😭

Aha, that's the secret! Love it

Thanks for this beautiful pic and for posting. Love how your backgrounds match the books.
A lovely pile of books. I recently read and adored Double Room by @annesenes.bsky.social

Me smiling and pointing to Happy is the One in the bestseller spot on a shelf at Dulwich Books

The Bestsellers shelf at Dulwich Books

Doing a daft face in Dulwich Books where their wonderful support has helped Happy is the One fly in its first week ☄️📘😀

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Thank you @scotlandchris1.bsky.social

Yay! So hope you enjoy Robin and his story. Thanks for reading

Absolutely love this review of #HappyistheOne from The Lotus Readers

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Happy Is The One by Katie Allen Robin is exactly half way through his life. Like Mark Twain before him, Robin came into the world with Halley’s Comet in 1986 and fully expects to go out again when it returns in 2061. Recently he’…

"Living is right now!It’s not when we have money, or have lost weight, or when we have better health. It’s now, when we’re skint, fat and feeling ill. Whatever life looks like right now, we absolutely must live."

This captures exactly what I was trying to say
lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/05/27/h...