Portals to Brussels opening around Paris. Insurgent cartograohers know no borders. @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social

@Insurgebt Press was amazing helping edit my poem. Thank you.

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 Exciting news! 📢 Last summer in Brussels, a group of EWS writers roamed the streets of Brussels mapping them in their own unique ways. The results are now available as a beautiful illustrated book www.insurgentpress.co.uk/shop/p/of863...

A huge thank you to @saloneurope.bsky.social and the American Book Center in Amsterdam for having me. Such an honour to read at one of my very favourite bookshops ever.

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Next up @dilyswt.bsky.social ❤️

Next up @dilyswt.bsky.social ❤️

Excited to see you @dilyswt.bsky.social, @kplumhoff.bsky.social, @terryholland.bsky.social, @amadolaila.bsky.social, @cariwriting.bsky.social, @amalkc.bsky.social, @misdonnacolta.bsky.social & everyone else I've forgotten to tag My EWS family 🧡❤️🧡

‪For anyone just joining us, here's a roundup of our values, community and plans✨ Although we value meeting in person, we also host quarterly online open mics so anyone can take part, wherever they are💛 #writingcommunity #europe

Here we are in our online salon again and our first reader is @dilyswt.bsky.social

Last call for our online salon tomorrow. Come for fantastic readers including @susannacrossman.bsky.social, @dilyswt.bsky.social @nancyfreund.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social and many more Stay for the super serious quiz....

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Join us for a night of literature and community with our FREE quarterly Online Open Mic Salon with host @kiklodge.bsky.social. As usual, it will feature excellent readings and a highly competitive quiz. Reading spots are limited, so sign up soon!

After spending most of winter dealing with some health issues, I'll be coming out of my creative hibernation by reading a few poems and a flash piece at the next @saloneurope.bsky.social Online salon, run by @kiklodge.bsky.social. Book a spot at l1nq.com/p3ujhqq

I'll be reading at Published! Online alongside nine other writers from Women Who Submit, including writer friends from the WWS Europe chapter, Barbara Diggs (@bdiggswrites.bsky.social) and Augustine Blaisdell. Use the QR code below for info and tickets. Hope to see you there.

Thank you to @xraylitmag.bsky.social for giving "Bellybutton Baby" such a great home! I was told not to start a story with a dream sequence, so naturally, the contrarian in me had to give it a go. "Bellybutton" was also a winner of the Summer 2025 City Writes competition (@citystgeorges.bsky.social)

X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag.bsky.social · 12mo ago

today we have a story by Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social ! it’s about a woman traveling, spending nights with different men while haunted by a recurring nightmare of a lost baby. great sentences, a great mood -- read this wonderful story !! xraylitmag.com/bellybutton-...

Thank you @chestnutreview.bsky.social for publishing my poem "a museum of waxwings." I am told all poets have a poem about birds, and this is mine. It's also a poem for my mother, who has dementia. Working with @michaelimossan.bsky.social on edits was a joy. chestnutreview.com/dilys-wyndha...

Thank you @mlmcguinness.bsky.social‬ for sharing this poem. You are all kinds of wonderful.

Marie-louise McGuinness@mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 12mo ago

"and dove hides in the freezer still awaiting resurrection" Read "A Museum of Waxwings" by @dilyswt.bsky.social in @chestnutreview.bsky.social chestnutreview.com/dilys-wyndha...

Little poems to start the day at the @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels 😊 This was such a fun, nourishing session. Thank you @dilyswt.bsky.social 🙏

Someone needs to start a literary prize for short story collections. It seems really odd to me that we don’t have one in Ireland or the UK. Before everyone shouts about the Edgehill Prize, it doesn’t seem to be happening this year.

I'm so grateful that my golden shovel, “Titan[ic),” appears in issue 107 of @mslexia.bsky.social. It's an elegy to the victims of the Titanic and Titan, and I hope reads as a tribute to lives lost at sea. I also found out that today marks forty years since the wreck of the Titanic was discovered.

A huge thank you to the team over @chestnutreview.bsky.social for making my Monday brighter, and accepting one of my poems for their upcoming Autumn Issue. The poem is a favourite of mine, so I'm beyond grateful and excited! I'll share more once the issue comes out in October.

Too many amazing presenters to name, but we've got great sessions from @kitdewaal.com @desperatelit.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social & so many more.

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · last yr.

Our latest newsletter is out, featuring our big Annual Salon Programme reveal!✨ Check out the speakers, panels, workshops and events we have booked over the 3-day event PLUS a day of eating, touring and otherwise flaneuring around Brussels🧇 There are still 9 places left—join us!

I've been selected to read a new story @citystgeorgesucu.bsky.social's City Writes Summer Reading tonight. It's online. It's free. There will be some amazing writers there. Join us. blogs.city.ac.uk/cityshortcou...

There really is something in the drinking water in Haarlem. For centuries, writers, poets, painters and sculptors have gathered here. I keep bumping into the most generous, creative people. Here's a sketch of me writing in Haarlem library gifted to me this weekend by the painter Walter van Dieren.

I found out that I'll be running a haiga workshop at @saloneurope.bsky.social's annual conference this September. I'm so grateful! Haiku photography and haiga reignited my creative spark during the pandemic, and I'm hoping this fun morning workshop will help others find (even more) creative joy.

@wildroofjournal.bsky.social being one of the most supportive journals out there! Thank you.

Wild Roof Journal@wildroofjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

Every other week, we shout out writers & their recent lit mag publications: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s... @deroneckert.bsky.social @jenkabat.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @adroitjournal.bsky.social @toughpoetsreview.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone ‪@nffr.bsky.social for publishing "A Self-Portrait of Someone Else" in their Summer issue, alongside my audio. Full disclosure, the NFFR editors suggested I shorten the ending, and I think the piece is so much stronger thanks to their input. newflashfiction.com/self-portrai...

Self-Portrait of Someone Else by Dilys Wyndham Thomas | Issue #37

When Jill’s eyes adjust to the light, she comes face-to-face with a life-sized painting of a naked, spread-eagled woman. It takes her a full minute to recognise herself.

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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)@nffr.bsky.social · last yr.

And it's here! Issue 37 has wonderful stories from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social Jenna Burns, Gary Fincke, Cynthia Gordon Kaye, Jenna Grieve, Sophie Hoss, ‪@cherylmarkosky.bsky.social‬ ‪@jackmmorris.bsky.social‬ Rowan Tate & @dilyswt.bsky.social newflashfiction.com/issue-37/

Syd Shaw and I are publishing ekphrastic poems written in response to art by Andreea Ceplischi in the latest issue of Beyond Words. We only realised last week. The three of us worked together at Passengers Journal, so today feels like an unexpected reunion. www.beyondwordsmag.com/online-store...

Once more with feeling and a dollop of frustration … Taking our work without permission or payment is theft. thttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/british-novelists-criticise-government-over-ai-theft#img-1

British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’

Richard Osman and Kate Mosse say plan to mine artistic works for data would destroy creative fields

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It's been a minute since we sent these out to Wainscott, NY, but if you're snowed in today, warm yourself by the light of our 2024 Pushcart Prize nominees! (2/2) rustandmoth.com/work/4094/ rustandmoth.com/work/cabbage... rustandmoth.com/work/paper-b...

It's been a minute since we sent these out to Wainscott, NY, but if you're snowed in today, warm yourself by the light of our 2024 Pushcart Prize nominees! (1/2) rustandmoth.com/work/elegy-3/ rustandmoth.com/work/pomegra... rustandmoth.com/work/meditat...

A few more places left for our Berlin salon 27 March. Please don't feel you need to know people to come. We will create opportunities to hang out together and explore. We're a friendly bunch. 🇩🇪🧡🇩🇪 Prices from €0!

Thank you so much to the editors at @rustandmoth.bsky.social , not only for publishing "Elegy" in their 2024 spring issue, but also for nominating it for a 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social. I'm deeply touched and honoured, and I'll be crossing my fingers and toes for all the nominated poets.

The very last issue of Passengers Journal is here! Thank you to all the poets, writers, editors, readers and voice artists who have made the past 5 years so special, and happiest of pub days! www.passengersjournal.com/volume-5-iss...

Volume 5, Issue 4 — Passengers Journal

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