Come along to the Arts, Crafts & Books Fair at the Mini Arts Festival on Sun 31 May, Robinson Institute, Glaisdale. There'll be a bookstall from Jenna Warren of Saltburn's Book Corner, author talks & open mic, and a talk about Dancing in Heaven at 2.15pm. 3-minutearts.uk/maf-weekend/

Looking forward to running Writing the Bay - a two-hour creative writing workshop prompted by Robin Hood's Bay. Saturday 23 May 2026, 5.30-7.30 pm in Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire. Part of the 3-Minute Arts Mini Arts Festival. More details here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/the-writers-...

The Best Lovers Are Good With Their Hands - a story of a young Deaf gay man with AIDS and the sign language interpreter who befriends him. BSL interpreted performance at the Stephen Joseph Theatre as part of The Scarborough Playwrights’ Room Showcase, 6 May, 7.45 pm sjt.uk.com/events/the-s...

A wonderful and moving review of Dancing in Heaven from a reader reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/dih/

I'm writing a book about boobies, a word I have never used this often before. Blame Stranger Things. It will sit between fact & fiction, be bittersweet & hopefully be a performance too. I’m looking for stories. Have a read of the blog & get in touch. www.thehouseofcorrection.com/the-writers-...

Boobies

See, I knew that would attract your attention. I'm working on a book with the working title 'Breasting Boobily', and it's about boobies. ​

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I'm trusting it, ok? 😬

A great workshop in York on Saturday. The next one will be Writing the Bay, a two-hour creative writing workshop prompted by Robin Hood'sBay, 5.30-7.30 pm on Saturday 23 May. Booking essential - more details: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/writing...

Wonderful time at the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival yesterday in York. For anyone who missed my talk on Dancing in Heaven, here it is (Thank you to @kestr.al of @reconnectingrainbo.ws for the recording) www.youtube.com/shorts/5nQFp...

My talk on Dancing in Heaven at Jupiter Cloud Book Festival, York, 28 February 2026

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For LGBT+ History Month (#LGBTplusHM), Jo Sedley-Burke & I chatted about the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS crisis, grief, queer widowhood & my book Dancing in Heaven, interspersed by the barks of my born-deaf show cocker spaniel. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xz...

There's a fabulous lineup of writers at the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival coming up this Saturday in York - find out more about the talks and workshops here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter... And PS - get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jupiter-cl...

Reconnecting Rainbows Press will be at the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival in York - come along to see their range of amazing books from #LGBTQ authors, as well as 29 other amazing authors, presses and bookish vendors 28 February 2026, 11am-5pm, ​St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ @reconnectingrainbo.ws

'By using words well, writers strengthen their souls... And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.’ — Ursula K. Le Guin youtube.com/shorts/ePEpI...

Twenty-Eight by Kestral Gaian (@kestr.al) and published by Reconnecting Rainbows Press (@reconnectingrainbo.ws) is on my TBR pile - an anthology of works by the survivors of the Section 28 era. The don't say gay law affects the #LGBTQIA community still reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/twentye...

Lizzie Blackwood@lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#TBRuary Day 19: Indie Pub It's indie day! Celebrate the little guys with a pick from your TBR that's self-published or from a small press and tell us what excites you about it. Definitely ask for recs, too! Share your pick with a quote post. #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity

Clue number two...

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Who wants a hint of something #Welkin I'm tentatively planning for later in the year? This is clue number one...

Bum in chair. Cuppa in hand. Words out of brain. Stop wafting around waiting for inspiration. Just sit your arse down and write. (We've got just the thing for that. Low-cost, one-day, procrastination-busting writing retreats across the UK every single month. writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...)

I'm off to York on 28 February to have a stall at a book festival for the first time. Come along to Jupiter Cloud Book Festival, run by the amazing Romy Morgan, to hear talks, attend workshops & buy books from me & a lot of other amazing authors. www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...

Jupiter Cloud Book Festival - Workshops, talks and performaNces

Jupiter Cloud Book Festival: 28 February 2026, 11am to 5pm. St Saviourgate Venue, Central Methodist Church, St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ Find out more on the Jupiter Cloud website and book your...

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Awww yeah!

The Jupiter Cloud Book Festival is happening soon! More details here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...

It's LGBT+ History Month! @lgbthm.bsky.social With the theme of science & innovation, we'll reflect on how the LGBT+ community has fought long and hard to ensure that those living with #HIV can access treatment and live well without fear of discrimination or stigma. #LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26

We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

Mass Observation Archive@massobsarchive.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day? #lgbtqhistory

The theme for LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is ‘Science and Innovation’. The new badge is available from our website (lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/shop/). Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history... #LGBTQIA #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

I'm a science writer as well as a fiction writer. I'm researching queer people in history for a book in between writing articles for clients. The theme for this year's #LGBTplusHM26 has brought both sides of my writing life together & it has made me happy lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...

LGBT+ History Month 2026 - LGBT+ History Month

If you’d like to donate to support our work, click here to donate via PayPal. Free Schools Presentation For 2026 we are able to offer free LGBT+ History Month presentations for secondary schools, prid...

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Sorting out my ppt for my public talk at the University of Leicester School of Heritage and Culture's Wednesday Seminar Series on the 11th of this month at 16:30. If you'd like to attend either in person or online, then you can email the organisers for all the info: shac-wedseminar@leicester.ac.uk

Next Thursday I shall be at The Writing Shed in Hornsey with the fabulous Clara-Laeila Laudette. Hope to see some of you there! Info and tickets here and in bio www.outsavvy.com/event/32841/...

Wait, Be Sure by Makenzie Copeland #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/wait...

Wait, Be Sure – Free Flash Fiction

Sara had walked a hundred people to the edge. She held their hands. Adjusted their pillows. She even smoothed their sheets so nothing caught on fragile skin. But now it was her father’s pillow she flu...

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Who needs weekends? Who needs to spend time with other human beings? Weaklings, that's who. If you need me, you'll find me bashing through a script: nycmidnight.com/scc

The Screenwriting Challenge — nycmidnight

The Screenwriting Challenge is an annual screenplay competition that challenges writers around the world to create short screenplays based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...

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Stunned, really. I'm so glad that the story is resonating with people! I love my gay little book.

Reconnecting Rainbows Press@reconnectingrainbo.ws · 7mo ago

Early reviews for The Boy From Elsewhere by @kestr.al are blowing us away!

You won't believe this technique for getting your novel written ➡️

In 1981, the medical journal The Lancet reported the first case of AIDS in the UK. By the end of the decade, hundreds were dead: mostly young, mostly gay, mostly men. www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...