Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...

Well done to all these brilliant writers!

Curtis Brown Creative@cbcreative.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for #WriteCBC! Shout-outs go to: @michellemmcgrath.bsky.social, @judepickledplum.bsky.social‬, @katesfwriter.bsky.social‬ & @howardteece.bsky.social‬ 💐 And a special thank you to our guest @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social‬ for setting such a wonderful task!

Congratulations to the winner @kylieh31.bsky.social - you've created such intrigue in so few words ✨️

Curtis Brown Creative@cbcreative.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to our June #WriteCBC winner, @kylieh31.bsky.social‬! 🏆 You’ve won an online writing course (worth up to £230). We loved how you built suspense in this gripping scene without giving too much away. Read the winning entry here:

Go go go!

Curtis Brown Creative@cbcreative.bsky.social · last yr.

#WriteCBC task from @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social: Start with your character opening the door to a stranger. Use specific details to introduce this stranger and to hint at how their relationship might unfold. Do they trust each other? Will they fall in love? Or is disaster in their future?

#WriteCBC tip from @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social: Deftness and specificity can tell a reader more than reams of description. When you walk into a room or meet a new person, it will often be a small detail that stands out. Learn to hone in on these specifics and use them to your advantage.

I entered #WriteCBC when Greater Sins was in its very early days...delighted to be coming full circle and setting June's task!

Curtis Brown Creative@cbcreative.bsky.social · last yr.

It's time for the June #WriteCBC guest reveal 🥁 Next month's writing task comes from @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social alumna of our three-month London Writing Your Novel course and author of #GreaterSins. Join us next Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/writecb...

#GreaterSins by @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social is a darkly tense and atmospheric novel set during WWI. Lizzie finds a woman's body in the peat bog, creating a catalyst for superstition, rivalry and reflection in an isolated community. Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social and @transworldbooks.bsky.social

In fine company!

Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)@sadiehartmann.bsky.social · last yr.

My @blackwelloxford.bsky.social book haul! I'm the world's grumpiest tight-wad, shopper. I hate shopping. I hate buying things. I avoid the salon. But I will buy a shit load of books @stejhoward.bsky.social @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social #booksky

The Observer! Bit of a bucket list one, this ✨️

Lucy Popescu@lucyjpop.bsky.social · last yr.

I reviewed Greater Sins by the talented @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social for @ObserverNew Review: an atmospheric debut and affecting love story: @doubledayuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

On @tre.radio at 6pm UK time if anyone wants to hear me talking about my book!

TRE - Talk Radio Europe@tre.radio · last yr.

In the 1st hour of the #TREBookshow, with @radiohannah from 19.00CET - bestseller lists from @AmazonUK and #TheSundayTimes, Deborah Lawrenson, @samuelashworth.bsky.social , and @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social #TuneIn on https://tre.radio or @TRERadioApp

This is next on my tbr list! We also have an interview with the author in the mag this month snackmag.co.uk/read-this-mo...

SNACK magazine: April 2025 (issue 72) - SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland

Read this month's SNACK magazine. What's on in Scotland and beyond. Music | Film | Food & Drink | LGBT+ | Theatre | Books | Life

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Gabrielle Griffiths@gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social · last yr.

It is publication day for GREATER SINS ✨️ so very proud of this book and the astonishing team at @doubledayuk.bsky.social who have made it happen. Riding high today!

I just finished Greater Sins by @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social and loved every single page. An atmospheric, poignant, and beautifully written debut, set just a few miles down the road from me in The Cabrach.

Gabrielle Griffiths@gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social · last yr.

It is publication day for GREATER SINS ✨️ so very proud of this book and the astonishing team at @doubledayuk.bsky.social who have made it happen. Riding high today!

Gabrielle Griffiths: 'I love testing a reader’s sympathies towards a character' 📚 We caught up with CBC alumna @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social to discuss her debut novel #GreaterSins, out now from @doubledayuk.bsky.social

Gabrielle Griffiths: 'I love testing a reader’s sympathies towards a character'

Gabrielle Griffiths was a student on our three-month London Writing Your Novel course in 2021. We caught up to discuss her debut novel, Greater Sins.

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It is publication day for GREATER SINS ✨️ so very proud of this book and the astonishing team at @doubledayuk.bsky.social who have made it happen. Riding high today!

Open letter in response to Meta's use of pirated material to train its AI. Authors, writers, creatives, please sign & share! forms.gle/1qebKTV6o7Au...

Open letter in response to Meta's use of pirated material to train its AI

In light of the recent revelation that Meta used millions of pirated books to train its AI, we are writing to express our deep concern about this alleged unfair and unauthorised use of our copyrighted...

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More v nice press for GREATER SINS - "an atmospheric and assured debut" @dailymail.co.uk ✨️ and "compelling and powerful" @pamedia.bsky.social ✨️

You know I hate to do this (just kidding it's my favorite) but I have made a list of upcoming and anticipated Folk Horror books for myself, that I am not sharing with you. Go feral! Full list in the alt ✔️ @manylittlewords.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social

GREATER SINS in @thetimes.com. Out 27th March for those who like their fiction "striking and atmospheric" ✨️

Grateful for reviews like this 💛

George Dunn@georgesreads.bsky.social · last yr.

Elegant on the surface, with gorgeous prose, and atmosphere so thick you can smell it, at its cloying, festering core, “Greater Sins,” by @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social is dirty, rotten, and uneasy. @doubledayuk.bsky.social @lordtbrffa.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-great...

"waitrose finest Cornish mature vintage cheddar" is an anagram of "rev, the stationer's wife charmed a dancing suitor"

LRB Bookshop@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 2y ago

"waitrose finest" is an anagram of "stationer's wife"

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

Some thoughts while returning on the Eurostar from Paris. 1. It’s a cliché but nonetheless true that the intellectual culture in France reminds us what we are missing in the UK. 🧵

OpenAI are sad someone is using their IP without asking? Maybe they should ask ChatGPT for a definition of irony?

We are obsessed with the paperback cover for SPOILT CREATURES by @aetwigg.bsky.social An Observer top ten best new novelist for 2024🥀 Available to pre-order in paperback: linktr.ee/spoiltcreatures

Don't miss this chance to (literally) meet the editors! Feat. Kirsty Dunseath & Rose Green @doubledayuk.bsky.social, @finncotton.bsky.social & Lara Stevenson at Bantam @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. Ask your questions over drinks and nibbles. Tickets: www.spreadtheword.org.uk/events/londo...

Hear me out. The Traitors but everyone's a poet. The missions are all tasks from The Artist's Way. Every day someone gets a rejection. John Cooper Clarke is Claudia. The winner gets published in a print only magazine and invited to read on Guernsey. Travel will not be covered.

Grateful for recent press for GREATER SINS in @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social and @radiotimes.bsky.social ✨️

Huge thanks to @doubledayuk.bsky.social for sending me a copy of Greater Sins by @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social which is out on 27th March. Pre-order and find out more here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/grea...

It's 2025! Are you a UK based writer with your traditionally-published debut novel out this year? I'm compiling a list of potential guests for the podcast so please give me a wave if this applies to you and you'd like to be a guest! 📚🎉