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Fran Benson

@FranBenson_

Freelance journalist; charity worker & writes fiction. Longlisted: #BNAKids 18, SCBWI UV24 & Searchlight Best Novel. #SCBWI #GEA #MAWFYP at BSU 21 #deaf

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Joined February 2011
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Anyone have an interesting Christmas related story to share?! # journorequest #prrequest
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I've been thrown off @DPDUK chat twice while trying to type replies to the service agent. The most user-unfriendly system ever. Waiting for my third go...
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Insight: If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t wrap my deaf child up in cotton wool (BSL) limpingchicken.com/2026/03/1…
Insight: If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t wrap my deaf child up in cotton wool (BSL)

Insight: If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t wrap my deaf child up in cotton wool (BSL)

I didn’t realise I was doing it at the time. In my mind, I felt I was protecting them by always being involved. I was worried that the world would be cruel to them and I wanted to soften everything…

limpingchicken.com
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Yay! Go CJ! Enjoy the freedom. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to next x
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Going through my notes from yesterday's brilliant workshop with #EmilyBarr @Profwriting - thank you! Some brilliant nuggets of advice in there ❤️
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Congratulations you awesome person! Love the Dr Skuse (it's so Cat in the Hat 🤣) ❤️
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Frances Hardinge (@FrancesHardinge) profile pictureFrances Hardinge@FrancesHardinge21 Mar 2025
So it looks like most of my books (and foreign editions in several languages) are among the millions that #Meta has stolen in order to train its AI. Writing those books took twenty years of my life. This is piracy and theft. theatlantic.com/technology/a… #AI #Booktheft
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

theatlantic.com
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Thrilled to be on the @BathNovelAward longlist. Just 21 listees from over 1900 entries 👀. Thank you judges for loving Luna ❤️❤️❤️ bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bat…
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2024 - Winner and Listees

The Bath Children's Novel Award 2024 - Winner and Listees

The Bath Children's Novel Award 2024 goes to Craig Pearson Fender for his thrilling and magical fantasy manuscript PANJANDRUM

bathnovelaward.co.uk
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I’m not saying it’s cold in my house but I have just put on my coat and mittens to start writing 🥶
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Hi @vintedUK, I've tried to set up an account twice in the last week and each time I get blocked. Any suggestions how I can resolve this? Thank you.
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