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Author/teacher/joker 🤪/ Christian/ #CEP r/up @PaulTordayPrize 2024 2nd novel 'Home Bird' March 25

Warwickshire, England, UK
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News 😁😁😁
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Legend Press
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Cover reveal - the gorgeous cover for HOME BIRD by @franhill123 out 20 Mar 2025 Fran brings her charming wit and beautiful writing style to her fabulous new novel. Bittersweet and funny, Home Bird draws on Fran’s own experiences as a teenager in foster care. #BookTwitter
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Tesco delivery man: Here's your 3 bottles of expensive wine, 4 fresh tuna steaks and 144 toilet rolls Me: 😲 Tesco man: This is your holding order, isn't it? Me: 😢 Tesco man: Did something go wrong when you changed the order? Me: 😭
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Feel free to rush round for one of my homemade hot cross buns
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I am LOVING this series on @BBCSounds about #writing . The latest programme on how to write convincing #dialogue is excellent - with author Anne Enright talking to presenter James Runcie.
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#Editing a draft is like ironing a linen shirt. Oops, a crease there. There's another crease. How did I not notice that crease? Dammit, I've ironed in more creases! #amwriting #amediting #drafts #writingcommunity
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I put raisins in with my Weetabix this morning because it's not every day you turn 60.
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8 months
Can I big this lady up, please? Turns out I messed up an order & she's been an angel about it, going the extra ten miles. Look at these beautiful products. Writers, there are NOTEBOOKS.
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Hello! I’m Gail, a surface pattern designer & illustrator, based in #Manchester I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards Have a look I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing #illustration #supportsmallbusiness
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2 years
Genius present from my writer pal @Loverofhats !
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4 years
Brilliant ep of @BBCWomansHour with @janegarvey1 interviewing women who went back to education in later life. I started English A level at 39 & degree at 40. If I could, I'd still be there, in the library, reading & making notes & awaiting a lecture 👩‍🎓
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My favourite #HilaryMantel advice: “You can always write because you can always take your pen and write subject verb object and write really simple sentences and actually they’ll get you where you need to go." This seriously keeps me going some days
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This woman looks familiar.
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Legend Press
2 years
We are so delighted to announce that we will be publishing Fran Hill’s first full length novel, ‘Checking For Snipers’, in 2023. This funny and moving novel with stay with you long after you’ve finished reading and we cannot wait to share it! #books #checkingforsnipers
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I've dressed up as an author for #WorldBookDay and I hope everyone appreciates the huge effort.
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4 years
Just finished watching 'Anne with an E' on Netflix, based on Anne of Green Gables. So, so enchanting.
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3 years
Well, this is rather lovely news. Runner-up in a short story competition and £100 coming my way! Go here to read - mine features a vicar burying one of her parishioners but not in the way you'd think 🪦🪦🪦 #humour #shortstory #competition
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I wasn't sure how to celebrate my last day of being 59 so I plumped for a cardigan audit.
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4 years
@RevRichardColes Depends on the online ordering. 'We have replaced your boar with three packets of Ginger Nuts and a bag of mandarins.'
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It started as a twitter chat this morning about the nature of #lists , and turned into this sonnet. Thank you for the inspiration @HopeFilledLucy @BookwormVaught #poems
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I thought I had my top on back to front and that the label was scratchy but it was a lost crisp. More stories from my glamorous lifestyle soon.
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10 months
Tip for writers: If you want a tweet to go a tiny bit viral, make sure it's not about your books.
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Tesco delivery man: Here's your 3 bottles of expensive wine, 4 fresh tuna steaks and 144 toilet rolls Me: 😲 Tesco man: This is your holding order, isn't it? Me: 😢 Tesco man: Did something go wrong when you changed the order? Me: 😭
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Publication day for #CuckooInTheNest thanks to the wonderful team at @Legend_Times_ & to officially-the-best editor @cazroz 🥳🥳🥳 Catch me on @BBCWomansHour this morning!
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8 years
#oneofus finale was like looking forward to the last quarter of a cheesecake then finding mould on the top.
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9 years
You can't call this marauding screaming hooligan of a storm Imogen. Imogens wear glasses, read Dickens and give in homework. #StormImogen
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2 years
Sunny day hence the anorak 🤔 and a visit to the lovely folks at @KenilworthBook I'm going to be signing copies of #cuckoointhenest there in May!
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4 years
Let's hear it for #busdrivers who can make such a difference to someone's day. I love (most of) them. @StagecoachMids
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My bus driver just looked me straight in the eyes and said, "I cant let you on without a mask, sorry love" and is still giggling to himself as he drives. God bless ya you little bus driving comedian
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Took my daughter on this morning's author-visits-bookshop mission as unofficial PR assistant. She's way better at this stuff than I am!
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Good to hear @MichaelRosenYes back on @BBCRadio4 'Word of Mouth' with a really thoughtful discussion about the language we use around disability. I listened with it turned up to Really Really Loud while I vacuumed the house.
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Great to see my #memoir on the shelves at @WaterstonesLeam !
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1 year
So, I change my profile picture on #Instagram from my face to my book cover and, overnight, all the stubbly grey-haired Americans in vests stop asking me for romance. They're not keen readers, then.
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Giving up on the BBC's #GreatExpectations & I never thought I'd say that about anything Olivia Colman starred in. It's a favourite novel of mine & I'd rather it stayed that way.
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Fran Hill
1 year
Huge thanks to everyone at @warwick_books for hosting such a great public launch event for #CuckooInTheNest at @hillclosegarden tonight @Legend_Times_
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My most popular tweet ever. Successful baking is so last year.
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Feel free to rush round for one of my homemade hot cross buns
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@franquinn This has a parody Ladybird book vibe to it.
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4 years
Why have I not been informed about this collection of Classic Stories on @BBCSounds ? Stories & novels & you can even choose children's stories, funny stories, stories for summer. #NooneTellsMeAnything
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Huge thankyous to Judy owner of @KenilworthBook . I picked an unusually quiet day for bookshop customers because I'm clever like that but it means plenty of signed copies are available at the shop! Shout-out to @scskillman and @RawlinsonJulia for authorly support.
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4 years
@samuel_mcqueen Reply: 'War and Peace'
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2 years
Final #authorcopies in my Actual House! Thank you @Legend_Times_ 😍😍😍 #CuckooInTheNest
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Google says that 'Cuckoo in the Nest' is available in libraries in the East Riding of Yorkshire and in Toronto. It's also buyable in Singapore (shipped from the US) and being recommended on Mumsnet in the UK. I am very happy about all this.
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Two days running I've sat in a cafe and written 1000 good words straight off. At home, I'll clean the oven & dust the tops of wardrobes rather than write. What is this madness? #authorlife
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If you know anyone training to teach English, sit them down with 'What Matters in English Teaching' by @BarbaraBleiman and don't let them get up again until they're done. Available from @EngMediaCentre in paperback or on Amazon Kindle. #EnglishTeacher
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With thanks to @BBCWomansHour for the opportunity and for such a lovely interview with @BBCNuala who puts you at your ease.
@BBCWomansHour
BBC Woman's Hour
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On @bbcwomanshour now: Author @franhill123 speaks to @bbcnuala about her new book Cuckoo in the Nest, which draws on her own experiences in foster care and the impact it can have not only on children but the foster families too. Listen here ⬇️
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I do really like @JasonManford 's comedy. This stand-up show was a lot of fun but so full of truth & humanity
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That awkward few seconds when your husband offers you the box of After Eights and you know there are only two in there plus 104 empty wrappers.
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2 years
Well, this is just a tiny bit exciting. Temporary cover for now but Jackie Chadwick and her story are off on their journey! #novels #reading #proofs
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Cari Rosen
2 years
Proofs just landed! Funny and poignant, #CheckingforSnipers is inspired by author @franhill123 ’s own experience of being fostered as a young teen. A must-read for anyone who grew up in the 70s
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Before I was an author, I thought I shouldn't 'trouble' authors to say I'd enjoyed their books. Hm. Funny how opinions can change. I now know these bits of feedback are like little pearls, each one.
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It’s such a lovely thing when someone bothers to tell you they liked their book. If you’ve enjoyed a book lately, go on, make an author’s day
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@MooseAllain My daughter's name is Anna and if you're not careful it autocorrects to 'bomb'. So I sent a text to family saying 'Off to London with bomb on train' which took some explaining.
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2 years
My husband officially became a pensioner today. We celebrated in style.
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I love round numbers!
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3 years
Another super episode of @BBCRadio4 Word of Mouth with @MichaelRosenYes this time about medical language. I learned anatomy & physiology to become a medical secretary. Then I switched to English teaching & now writing too, so I loved this!
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1 year
Signed copies of Cuckoo waiting to fly off the shelf at @warwick_books !
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4 years
So weird to come across 'Miss, What Does Incomprehensible Mean?' being recommended on the @BBCR2 Book Club's Facebook page as though it were a proper book and everything! @SPCKPublishing
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2 years
I'm writing a memoir about not being rich and famous and it will be called 'Spar'
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If you'd like to try 'Cuckoo in the Nest', it's available in paperback, ebook and audiobook and, of course, when I get the call, on Netflix as a six-part award-winning series 😁
@womenwritersnet
Women Writers Network
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Looking for a nice warm summer read? @ritakitty8 reviews @franhill123 's Cuckoo in the Nest. 'As the temperature rises, Jackie, a sharp to hypervigilant observer, senses strange undercurrents in the Walls' home...' #SummerReading #BookReview #amreading
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Look at these beauties of the bookmark world! Thank you @Legend_Times_ !
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Well, hello, Cuckoo proofs!
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Cari Rosen
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A yummy mummy Colin the Caterpillar blending rather beautifully with a hot-off-the-presses proof of #CuckoointheNest - a most excellent combination
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Someone just messaged to say that my #memoir made her laugh so much she broke her sunbed. Can't help but see this as a career high.
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Re-living the day I made the Mirror with my English #Alevel . I still only have the one #adultlearner
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My daughter got married! (Picture of her dancing with the groom for clarification as to whom she married.)
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@MooseAllain A Midsummer Nike's Dream?
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Rehearsing the poem my daughter asked me to write for her wedding tomorrow: it's in the voice of her ducks, complaining about why they're not invited. They send their conquackulations, nonetheless #MotherOfTheBride #NotAskedToArrangeFlowersForGoodReason
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@OliverRMills Because someone had to save the apostrophe.
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So, I ate the first half of the Easter egg but then the other half looked lonely and then the bag of Maltesers looked lonely and now I'm not allowed to eat until May.
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I was determined to do a full and uninterrupted day's writing which is why the bathroom & kitchen now sparkle and all the cushions are fluffed up.
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My novel's had a re-brand and I love it to smithereens and back. Thank you, Legend! #books #novels #publishing #CuckooInTheNest
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Legend Press
2 years
✨Cover and title reveal✨ We are so pleased to share the final cover and tile for CUCKOO IN THE NEST by @franhill123 *originally titled ‘Checking for Snipers’* Inspired by Fran’s own experience in foster care, this moving and funny debut is for one for the TBR in 2023🎉
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Well, this has made my day @LauraPAuthor . Maybe my week. Month. Year. Decade. Cent - I'll stop there. You know what I mean!
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So, Cuckoo is now available in the US, Canada and Australia! Do you live there? Do you have booky friends or family there? Please spread the good news 🎊🎉🎆 @Legend_Times_
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Someone called Fran Hill has written a book called 'Wild Life Gardening: A Practical Handbook' and it gets listed as mine. My gardener husband thinks this hilarious, bearing in mind that I can kill a plant with a sideways glance.
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Me this morning
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Just registered on a jobs website and they're pleased to inform me that the average salary for a freelance writer is £34,358. The drinks are on me, everyone! #amwriting #WritingCommunity @Soc_of_Authors
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Has anyone else started watching #Sherwood on BBC1? Top acting and lots of tension. Ep 2 tomorrow. I really like it when it's not all streamed at once. It's like the old days when you had to wait.
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Yay! Lots of whooping and joy! My first actual @PLR_UK statement with actual money which is actual evidence that actual people have borrowed my actual book. (Other adjectives are available.)
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Two old ruins. Kenilworth. Ruby Wedding day out.
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@MichaelRosenYes It is only for this year & one unforeseen benefit might be that some teenagers will have already studied & enjoyed the wide range of poems set but won't be forced to answer an exam question on them. This could be seen as a win!
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Writing novels - so many moments of high drama and jeopardy! Just now I tried to wipe an insect off my computer screen with my finger three times then realised it was a stray apostrophe on my manuscript.
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A new cardigan to mark the end of the year, seeing as my usual nightclub crawl might not be the safest option 😜
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Jab day. In case of reaction, I have cancelled the many and varied social engagements and outings I had lined up for this weekend.
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Happy to see this in @WaterstonesLeam as I've just read French Braid and LOVED it! @Legend_Times_
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Did we look authory enough? A fun day representing @Soc_of_Authors at the #wdspark2023 symposium for the creative sector run by Warwick District Council @scskillman @RawlinsonJulia @gwynethbox Thanks to Sheila for the pics!
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I blithely collected people's email addresses for my mailing list at my book event on Tuesday as though I were a proper author who knew how to use her own website
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My husband has put the Bran Flakes into a Shreddies box because the Shreddies box fits in the cupboard and the Bran Flakes box doesn't and how can I sit and relax on a Sunday afternoon, knowing this terrible truth?
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The sun's very welcome in my front room but if all it's got to say is, 'Look at the state of these windows!' it can sling its hook.
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Who would I be now without wise #fosterparents in the 1970s who grounded me, prayed for me, agonised over me, sent me to school, prayed for my teachers 🤪 My experience inspired my novel #CuckoointheNest It's not my 'story' but it feels the feels #FCF23
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Fab talk by @FairlightLouise from @FairlightBooks with great tips for writers at all stages! @SouthWarksLF
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Need a marriage boost? Today we sat on the sofa to watch an HMRC webinar about self-employment & filling in tax returns & record-keeping. Next, an online shop, then heating up yesterday's leftovers. Follow me for more tips #LifeHacks
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Today's spam email: 'Fran, your prostate is the size of a lemon.' This is, it's safe to say, surprising news.
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Anyone else keep a #list combining huge tasks & tiny tasks? An extract - 'Buy three sofas. Take library book back. Kitchen repaint. Book holiday. Phone Sue. Write sequel. Make brownies. Haircut. Declutter all rooms.'
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160 ratings so far & average 4.5 for #CuckoointheNest which is something to celebrate and apparently it's #nationalfishandchipday so it would be so rude not to
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Favourite picture of 2022: my daughter on her wedding day with one of her ducks
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I love this!
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The Morecambe & Wise Archive 👓🌞♥️
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Yesterday, while I was in the shower, I had three ideas to put in my novel. They slunk down the drain with the bubbles. Does this happen to anyone else? #NeedAWaterproofNotebook #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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Dead chuffed to announce that in 2020, @SPCKPublishing will publish my book called 'Miss, What Does Incomprehensible Mean?' - a diary-memoir mash-up of Bridget Jones/Adrian Mole/Gervase Phinn and every harassed teacher ever known. Contract signed. Now, to write the book!
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For the first time ever, I stirred dried pasta into the meat & tomato sauce and cooked it all together in the oven and now I realise that during my life I've washed 17 million pasta pans unnecessarily.
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Fran Hill
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Loved chatting to my editor at Legend Press about how 'Cuckoo' got written, why it took me until 60 to write it, how a window cleaner nearly scuppered my @BBCWomansHour interview & much more! Here's one place you can listen
@Legend_Press
Legend Press
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A brand new episode of Another Book Podcast is now live ✨🎙️ The wonderful @franhill123 speaks to the lovely @cazroz all about the inspiration behind her funny, moving and fresh debut novel ‘Cuckoo in the Nest’ which is based, in part, on her own childhood in foster care 🧡
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I looked at ONE stripey cardigan on a store's website and am now being stalked everywhere online by that cardigan, like in a thriller movie but with wool.
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Fran Hill
1 year
Thank you Cari and Olivia from @Legend_Times_ for coming along and helping to make this a Very Good Night Indeed!! I had a blast. #booklaunch #newbooks #1970s
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Cari Rosen
1 year
What. A. Night. The most brilliant evening at a packed @WaterstonesLeam celebrating @franhill123 & #CuckoointheNest . Back to the 70s with vol au vents & cheese & pineapple … & an entire bookshop singing Jimmy Osmond. Perfect
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@fod3 Just this minute finished listening to this fab little episode of BBC's Word of Mouth with Michael Rosen, all about metaphor. Can you access it?
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2 years
I'll be one day shy of 61 on publication day so that's cake two days running - yay!
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Cari Rosen
2 years
Delighted to be publishing two very different but equally wonderful novels by 60-something female authors in the next couple of months. Look out for Arrested Song by Irena Karafilly (16/3) & debut Cuckoo in the Nest by ⁦ @franhill123 ⁩ (26/4) ⁦
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Delighted to be followed by Prince William but I haven't followed back because he already has 33 followers and who would hear my voice in such a crowd?
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Look at this primary school uniform cushion my daughter-in-law has made for my grandson (out of the respectable remnants!) He moves to secondary next week #sewing #cushion #primaryschool #memories #schooldays
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