Lovely to see this out - an ebook release of all the short stories shortlisted for the Dinesh Allirajah Short Fiction Prize. Check it out and read my short story 'Stranger' which came second and all the other great fiction that's in there. Is up for only 99p right now.

If there is such a thing in poetry as a blind date where you meet for the first time but feel as if you've known each other for ages, this must be what my 'Smile' felt when it met 'Do you really think I look like an old crone' by @lauratheis.bsky.social. www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/do-you-...

Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis

Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? I guess that’s what I must be, because I couldnot walk across a graveyard without being assailed by old dead friendswanting to tell me their latest gossip...

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Thank you so much @fracturedlit.bsky.social and @wigleaf.bsky.social

"I selected this piece from my call “unlikely magic,” partly because I can relate to Gretel and mostly because it's so beautifully written. It collects inner thoughts like a cookie jar and tosses them back to you as breadcrumbs and empathy." larinawrites.substack.com/p/larinas-li... Thanks Larina!

Larina's Lit Lounge Vol 2 Issue 13

The Marketability Decision, a story by Laura Theis, and a new writing prompt

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Over the moon to find myself on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List!! Thank you so much!

Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷

Grateful to be longlisted - thank you so much @rialtopoetry.bsky.social @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social and congratulations to all the winners...⭐

The Rialto@rialtopoetry.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Announcement on results, winners, highly commended, and shortlist for the competition. Thanks to everyone who entered. www.therialto.co.uk/pages/2026/0...

Thank you so much @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social !!

Jumping Jules Poetry@jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Shining a light on these fab books received today from @theemmapress.bsky.social. Congratulations to @lauratheis.bsky.social and @vickygwriter.bsky.social. Can’t wait to read! 🙂🌟

I love you so much @kellylink.bsky.social

Thank you Verve Poetry! vervepoetry.substack.com/p/imagine-wh...

Imagine, What If… Laura Theis on dreams, language, prose poems and being runner-up in VERVE’s Poem of the Festival.

"Because I’m writing in a language that isn’t my mother tongue, I also enjoy playing with translation, experimenting with idioms and looking at language from slightly unusual angles."

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Congratulations to my publishers Broken Sleep Books!!

Broken Sleep Books@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We've won Small Press of the Year for Wales! It's great to be recognised for our work degentrifying the arts, platforming low socio-economic writers, & without grants or institutional support! To celebrate, everything is 10% off on our website with code 'WINNERS2026' www.brokensleepbooks.com/books

TOMORROW! (magical) Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social will be the featured poet for the Drafting Table Sunday session. Join us at OPL from 1 – 3pm for another wonderful, interactive workshop. Email opldraftingtable@gmail.com with any queries. See you there!

So proud of my wonderful publisher @theemmapress.bsky.social !!✨

The Emma Press@theemmapress.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are beyond thrilled to announce that The Emma Press has been chosen as a Midlands Regional & Country Finalist for The British Book Awards Small Press of the Year!🎊 🎉 It's such a huge honour to be nominated - Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us!!✨ #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies

Very excited for this!!

@robinrvw.bsky.social · 8mo ago

CHANGE IN PROGRAMME: We'll now be joined on 9 February by the wonderful @lauratheis.bsky.social who will be reading alongside @matriches.bsky.social and poets from the floor at Art & Talking #ChippingNorton.

Here are our favourite moments of 2025! James ~ Launching Rachel Spence's Daughter of the Sun! Georgia ~ PARABLES, FABLES, NIGHTMARES winning the Edge Hill Debut prize! Emma ~ Please Don't Read the Footnotes Please nominated for the Carnegie Medal! Ella ~ Creating an interactive Instagram post!

A huge thank you to Children's Books Ireland for this lovely review of my @theemmapress.bsky.social book... childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...

'We started with themed anthologies and sourced poems through an open call because I’m always trying to push against cliques.' A new blog by Emma, up on the Children's Poetry Summit website! 'How I Started Publishing Poetry for Children': buff.ly/k2N0P3u

Really looking forward to this showcase event on Sunday November 30th for all the shortlisted authors in @walklistencreate.org’s Walking in the Dark competition (supporting the great Women Walking, the City, at Night campaign). Tickets available in the link below #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky

Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase

Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase event introduces new writing from 11 shortlisted authors of the walk · listen · create annual writing competition and includes readings of their poetry and pro...

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Today at 5pm we'll be celebrating this beautiful little anthology of stories and poems about Walking in the Dark And if you can't make today's online reading, you can also listen to an audio version of the poem performed by the actress Mel Sutton here: write.walklistencreate.org/.../moonligh...

The Broken Sleep Books Anthology 2025 gathers standout, risk-taking writing from every publication of the year, spanning poetry, non-fiction and fiction. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

A Broken Sleep review special now live on my blog @alecfinlay.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @alkinsel.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social #poetry ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/r...

Very grateful to Books For Keeps for recommending my book in this lovely review: booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/poet...

Long list of our #Walking #InTheDark competition announced - terrific poems and stories beautifully penned - read them here wlc.zone/ark

👆Fine work from among others: @alicestainer.bsky.social @jenratcliffe.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @walklistencreate.org’s comp supports a great cause, Women walking, the City, at Night

I was so honoured to be the runner-up!

Live Canon@livecanon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Honorary mentions: “The Cows on Testing Day” by Ilse Pedler “The Final Foley Session: Climate Emergency” by Jane Thomas “How Fungi Unmake and Remake the World and it’s Holy” by Anne Cooper @anne_enith Runner up: “We never found the river” by Laura Theis

Ohhh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social this is amazing!! So happy to spot my book in this lovely pile!!

Gita Ralleigh@gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Slightly in love with my current #bookstack #booksky #autumnreads #kidlituk #ukkidlit

This window is one of the coolest things that ever happened to me I love it so much!! Thank you!!!

The Emma Press@theemmapress.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Head down to How Brave is the Wren to see the window design proposed by the Young Editorial Professionals from Ark Kings Secondary using illustrations by Kate Lucy Foster & 'Hibernation Spell' from POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET by Laura Theis & painted by Sian! Laura's event at MAC: buff.ly/buOAY5U

@victoriaspires.bsky.social thank you so much for this kind review of my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book Introduction To Cloud Care ☁️

Victoria Spires@victoriaspires.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New review up on my Substack of the brilliant Rhian Elizabeth & @lauratheis.bsky.social 🥳 @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/victoria...

New review up on my Substack of the brilliant Rhian Elizabeth & @lauratheis.bsky.social 🥳 @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/victoria...

Excited to see my review of @lauratheis.bsky.social & Rhian Elizabeth's books (published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social) in Dave's excellent digest 😁

Dave Bonta@davebonta.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Fluff under pressure, a man in a shattered house & more with @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @dharmabam.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/10/poet...

The Oxford Book Launch for 'Poems from a Witch’s Pocket' at the magical Caper Bookshop has sneakily snuck up on us, it's only one week from now, on Sunday the 26th of October at 2pm... Tickets here: square.link/u/bTrnfFun #poetsonbluesky

Kids Book Launch & Workshop: Poems from a Witch's Pocket with Laura Theis (Ages 8-14) - Caper

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