@lizzaaiken.bsky.social
Sharing all things Aiken...books, thoughts, memories... https://www.joanaiken.com/
Letters to a favourite author, who loved writing back, is one of these from you...?
02.11.2025 12:23 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Aaaah, good to meet you too! Yes Dido is a one off, lots about her on the blog you might enjoy...
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Joan Aiken loved getting letters from readers, sometimes continuing to
write back for years..see her website:
www.joanaiken.com/resources/le...
Joan Aiken's picture of a haunted couch and the story she wrote aged five...
Joan Aiken adored ghost stories, and wrote this one aged five: 'Demens were said to come forth (from the haunted couch!) and waill and scream all night...'
Read some of her tips here on how to write a really creepy story:
joanaiken.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a...
Time for spooky stories...?Joan Aiken does the trick...
30.10.2025 10:30 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Worth staying awake for...? Always Joan Aiken...find her chez @gavingrant.bsky.social
27.10.2025 16:38 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0...would love to read but can't open... I have a letter from him I must post one day...
26.10.2025 11:51 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0...absolutely extraordinary. Thanks for sharing this, Joan Aiken is also interviewed in The Pied Pipers, a totally fascinating collection of golden age authors..
26.10.2025 11:49 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Excellent advice...and something for every occasion!
www.joanaiken.com/books/
...a very handsome collection!
24.10.2025 13:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Sadly one did...and the movie was much more terrifying than the book, and sank without trace, although it had a tremendous cast, so unfortunately a good opportunity was lost...
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Oh for the good old days of Nuisance Callers... the world is a much more terrifying place now, but Joan Aiken's Arabel could probably handle it...after all she lived with Mortimer...
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Joan Aiken was famous for haunting stories...and inspired some fantastic book covers...
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I'm always revisiting...
05.10.2025 07:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ah, that would be magical...
05.10.2025 07:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
All the Mortimer & Arabel stories you ever wanted...
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One of Joan Aiken's most gloriously crazy gothic novels...where the heroine of course falls for the most dangerous man on the island...
www.joanaiken.com/books/the-bu...
Joan Aiken was famous for haunting stories...and inspired some fantastic book covers...
www.joanaiken.com/books/the-gr...
Carrying the torch for Joan Aiken, so much to discover and enjoy...
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Joan Aiken still very much loved, and available, come and visit:
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Two fat @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social now out in the UK, audio & other editions in the US! Mortimer forever!!!
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Autumn leaves and old friends...Joan Aiken & Quentin Blake brought us Arabel & Mortimer stories...still as funny as ever... @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
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Huzzah! Of course...
26.09.2025 08:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I can't believe it's been a year since this came out... @manderleypress.bsky.social glorious Joan Aiken collection now seen in all the best bookshops... funny, scary AND with literary references!!! Tales of london Town
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Always remembering Joan Aiken...here in her garden at The Hermitage, in Sussex, surrounded by windfalls...
17.09.2025 14:11 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Nooooooooo.....!!!
But where to begin?
The Wonderful World of Joan Aiken awaits...
www.joanaiken.com/books/
...mein happy place too ๐
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Joan Aiken spooky stories...great for school reading...
www.joanaiken.com/books/the-sn...
Hey there...only available here, or OOP Chilling Christmas Tales.
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