A game! Find a news story about a creative achievement of a man. Count the number of women name-checked in his story* Try: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... btw, I'm not attacking DH who's just great. I am calling out exclusionary male-dominated hierarchies and career scripts. *yes, it's zero

Daniel Harding: British conductor named LA Philharmonic's music director - and keeps part-time pilot job

Daniel Harding, a conductor and Air France pilot, is named the LA Philharmonic's new music director.

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Attention all! THIS is happening, so get writing. (Also - I've come back to this place because of a conversation with @henselpushers.bsky.social - more on that in a moment!)

The Madrid Review@madridlitmag.bsky.social · 6d ago

Our Submissions are open! Theme: 'Into the night'. Guest editors @annabeerauthor.bsky.social and @roguestrands.bsky.social All the details: open.substack.com/pub/themadri... Please send us your work and repost! #subsopen #submissions #poetry #prose #writing #writers #author #poet

You want crime, wine, and conversation in a small independent bookshop in the Cotswolds? I thought so. Woodstock (Oxfordshire), Sunday 28 September, 5pm. If you've enjoyed the book (@josephinequinn.bsky.social and @drdeininger.bsky.social?) please spread the word!

Sometimes people are kind.

Loved this conversation - a real meeting of (biographical) minds!

@gabriellakd.bsky.social · last yr.

'Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature' open.substack.com/pub/gabriell... @annabeerauthor.bsky.social @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

Clock ticking (my fault entirely) - you have a couple of hours left to listen to me talking about 'Death of an Englishman' on The Book Show, Talk Radio Europe. I'm on at about 7.20pm (BST)! www.talkradioeurope.com/on-demand/

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That should have said 'no four-letter c-words here'.... Never try to be clever, Beer.

Anna Beer@annabeerauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

Audiobook - done! Death of an Englishman: an Oxford mystery available on the usual platforms. Click here for eight and counting hours of gentle, clever crime fiction. (No c-word here...) bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/cri...

Audiobook - done! Death of an Englishman: an Oxford mystery available on the usual platforms. Click here for eight and counting hours of gentle, clever crime fiction. (No c-word here...) bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/cri...

Madrid! Cirencester! My local church hall! Hitting all the big venues. (No idea whether I am reaching anybody on here, so if you want to know more about this mini author tour, throw me a like.)

If you’re in Oxford on 8 June, join us in person as we welcome @annabeerauthor.bsky.social - and otherwise join us online. This will be fun! www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sundays at Somerville: Anna Beer and The Death of an Englishman - Somerville College Oxford

We are very pleased to welcome Dr Anna Beer to Somerville. A Fellow, and formerly Director of the Creative Writing MSt at Kellogg College in Oxford, Anna has recently brought out her first book of det...

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A heads-up for anyone in the States who wants to read my new murder mystery, Death of an Englishman. Ebook isthe way to go. Here's the link for Amazon, Apple, Google and Kobo. bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/cri...

Death of an Englishman

A quest for a valuable manuscript turns into a hunt for its author’s killer. Meet Oxford’s Eve Brook, literary detective, as she tackles her first mystery....

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Josephine Quinn showing how it's done. Death of an Englishman is now required reading on any train ride, don't you know.

Josephine Quinn@josephinequinn.bsky.social · last yr.

On the train to Oxford for Eurovision & family fun, with the brilliant new crime novel from @annabeerauthor.bsky.social DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN featuring bikes, trains, the best kind of dead dons, and a LITERARY DETECTIVE. It is wonderful and hilarious and I am loving it

One of the many things to ♥️ about Caper Bookshop is it (literally) advertises Grown-up Events. So, come and hear me in conversation, in a thoroughly grown-up way*, with fellow Oxford crime writer, Simon Mason. 27th May. checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2... *no promises, there may be some giggling

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www.instagram.com/anna_beer_au... more to follow!

Anna Beer on Instagram: "Please come to this very special independent bookshop on 27th May. I'm talking with the author Simon Mason, creator of DI Wilkins, amongst many other achievements. (Wonderin...

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And while I'm here - a tactful post about the PEN awards. www.instagram.com/anna_beer_au...

Hello people of bluesky! Do you an escape from too much reality and/or some intelligent fluff? Of course you do. So, read my new murder mystery: 'Death of an Englishman'. www.instagram.com/anna_beer_au...

Anna Beer on Instagram: "Thank you to everyone who helped me celebrate Death of an Englishman last Thursday - photo courtesy of Alastair McCullough, garden courtesy of @jonathanmichie, books and Sharp...

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Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

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What makes a great writer? Great nails. Thanks to Freya at Tao Beauty in Oxford, I at least have great nails. #manicure #writer

TOMORROW!!! www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-liter...

What a longlist! Honoured to be a judge for @penamerica.bsky.social - every one of these books shines a light on lives which may have been misrepresented, misunderstood, or missed entirely. Now, more than ever, we need good biography. #biograpy #penamerica #awards

Oh. TFW you realise you are just a sheep. No spoilers, but the victim in my new murder mystery is called..... David. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...

Warning: if your name is David, you won’t survive a horror movie

A survey has revealed the most likely characters to be killed off before the end credits. Actors would be ill-advised to take on any Davids, Hollys or Dicks

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#catsofbluesky #kittens #kittensinperil #cute Yes, I will do ANYTHING to sell my book

Anna Beer@annabeerauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

You know, I think the kitten-in-peril market is HUGE, and I might have missed a trick.

You know, I think the kitten-in-peril market is HUGE, and I might have missed a trick.

Rob H&ynes@robonabike.eurosky.social · last yr.

I'll confess I initially read this as "...a hunt for its author's kitten", but nevertheless I shall be all over this.

You know when you suddenly decide to change direction, take a leap into the new, and become a beginner again? Well, I do. And it's been wonderful: challenging but oh so satisfying. The result? My first novel, out next month. More to follow, but for now - I'm just going to enjoy this moment!

The quote in my last post is from the BBC article below. See. Sources. (But now I suppose I had better check it...) #Sundaymorningfun

Tig@tigwilliams.bsky.social · last yr.

Amateurs using AI to bring history to life making inaccurate representations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AI history creator of viral content: "It would be cool to make it totally accurate using the right sources, but it's just me on my own making these videos and it takes 8 hours to make each one." Grumpy scholar: "it can take 8 years to make a book. Because accuracy and the right sources matter."

Not going to lie. A green onyx is a bit of rock. End of. But the kindness and perceptiveness of the gift? Now that is magical. Social anxiety, it's a thing. And this will help.

Kemi Badenoch speech to the culture warriors convention today in London is extraordinary. She warns of “the poisoning of minds through higher education.” What next? Struggle sessions and degree holders being sent down to the countryside? Hardly know where to start.

“Applying for Arts Council England funding” @ldcomics.bsky.social are running an online workshop tomorrow - book here. Please share. #comics #ukcomics #britishcomics #ukcomicscreators #manga ldcomics.com/product/ldco...