Dipika Mummery
@dipikam.bsky.social
Writing a novel. Stories pub. by Comma, Arachne, Tasavvur, Fox & Windmill, Fly on the Wall. She/her. Manchester, UK. https://linktr.ee/dipikam
Writers, sweet Baby Cthulhu, don't knock yourself out preemptively trying to prove you didn't use AI. The burden of proof is on the person who accuses you. I have a hearty 'fuck you' waiting for the first person who suggests it about my writing. My longhand first drafts are for me alone.
Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.
Lovelies, along with our judges, I’ll be hosting two online sessions to help those who want to enter The Sareeta Domingo Prize with their submissions. The first session on what the judges are looking for will be on Tuesday 21st July. Keep checking for details. Please share as widely as possible.
A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel
In the end, there were just a lot more human rights abuses than I was expecting from the human rights lawyer.
Not at all surprising, but still terrifying.
Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔴Revealed: The ‘Right-Wing Arms Race’ to Deport Non-White Britons – Backed By the Tufton Street Brexit Lobby EXCLUSIVE: A Reform UK donor is underwriting a dark money network that promotes the forced removal of ethnic-minority Britons, reports @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/18/r...
Applications OPEN for THE GENTLE APPRENTICESHIP with Leone Ross - a month of Sundays starting July 5th, ONLINE, 3-6pm BST. EMAIL leoneross@mac.com for details.
basketball’s all like gimme that pumpkin i need it and tennis is all like fuck this lemon you take it.
Years ago I was on a stag weekend in Poland. We went paintballing. We were chatting to the Polish guys who ran it over beers afterwards and one casually mentioned that British dudes were the ONLY ones who ever seemed to listen and keep their eye protection on. So we explained Byker Grove to them.
It's pretty disgraceful that there has been absolutely no mention of this from the Prime Minister. It's increasingly clear that some attacks, correctly, warrant disgust, emergency measures and days of media coverage. Others seem to be met with silence.
Manchester Evening News @manchestereveningnews.co.uk · 2mo agoBolton imam Hassan Patel, 42, lives at the property with his wife, four young children and his nephew
Join us at the Manchester Small Press Fair - A Fly on the Wall Press and Seesaw collaboration! Come and discover new books, meet publishers & writers, and explore the incredible work being produced by independent presses! #Manchestersmallpressfair #ManchesterLiterature #ManchesterEvents
So, I've finally updated my blog for the first time in over a year... Here's a big rambling writing update on The Novel, including twice being longlisted in the @mslexia.bsky.social Novel Competition! #writingcommunity dipikawrites.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/i...
In which I write about writing The Novel while trying not to write The Novel
It’s a bit dusty and neglected in here, isn’t it? My last post truly was the last bit of major writing news I had to share, but still – it would be nice to post more regularly. (I…
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Is there a word for the awful feeling you get when your 'timely' (yuck) novel-in-progress set in a historical period of rising fascism in the UK becomes even more so...?
What I read in May... Which turned out to be not much, because I was neck-deep in my own novel! But I did love The Dispossessed.
I'm on day 1 of a strict 28-day break from writing The Novel, which I've been immersed in since January. Turns out I've been very much hiding from the real world in my own fictional world for all these months... I'm not in the mood to write owt else so I suppose I'd better get back into reading, eh?
"Leone is incredible. I couldn't have got my novel to where it is now, without her.." - Nikesh Shukla THREE TIР SUNDAYS with NOVELIST, LEONE ROSS 📕READYING THE NOVEL📕 ⏰4-5.30pm GMT/UK TIME - ONLINE Start or get back to that novel! Booking link: neuroqueercreative.com/event-details/…
I made it my life mission to reference this as many times as I can
We're thrilled to share the gorgeous new cover for upcoming anthology, 'Woman, Mapped' - a partnership between Fly on the Wall Press and the Rebecca Swift Foundation. You can read this evocative collection of poems and essays from 7th July -preorder now on our website!
💼 We’re hiring! We’re looking for someone to grow our participation and deepen our connections with young people and partners across Manchester. Deadline: 12 April 2026 Apply: https://www.youngidentity.org/get-involved#vacancies
