Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @helencooperwriter.bsky.social discord.gg/MXmuGyeYP

Writeopolis@writeopolis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Season 15 speeds on with the wonderful @helencooperwriter.bsky.social up next! Described as the master of the twisty plot (a most delightful title, more of this please), Helen is a writer of psychological thrillers including The Woman In The Villa, My Darling Boy and The Couple In The Photo.

Really looking forward to this!

Writeopolis@writeopolis.bsky.social · 3w ago

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @helencooperwriter.bsky.social discord.gg/MXmuGyeYP

Season 15 speeds on with the wonderful @helencooperwriter.bsky.social up next! Described as the master of the twisty plot (a most delightful title, more of this please), Helen is a writer of psychological thrillers including The Woman In The Villa, My Darling Boy and The Couple In The Photo.

18th Oct - Helen Cooper - we're jumping across to the world of psychological thrillers next with the author of the upcoming The Woman In The Villa! Expect twists, turns, thrilling secrets and lots of Italian food! @helencooperwriter.bsky.social

The latest episode from The Good Book Life is out: Reading by the Swamp! With @helencooperwriter.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social and Melanie Bell! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0FI...

Reading by the Swamp: Alternative Summer Reads

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My current read "The Woman in the Villa" @helencooperwriter.bsky.social kept me awake till early hours with its propulsive plotting. An Italian vineyard in high summer is my idea of a nightmare holiday. So it proves. A strong whiff of closeted skeletons from its disfunctional family. 💀 📚 🌞 🍷

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @helencooperwriter.bsky.social discord.gg/tMGY2b4RP

Writeopolis@writeopolis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Season 14 speeds on with the wonderful @helencooperwriter.bsky.social up next! Described as the master of the twisty plot (a most delightful title, more of this please), Helen is a writer of psychological thrillers including The Woman In The Villa, My Darling Boy and The Couple In The Photo.

Season 14 speeds on with the wonderful @helencooperwriter.bsky.social up next! Described as the master of the twisty plot (a most delightful title, more of this please), Helen is a writer of psychological thrillers including The Woman In The Villa, My Darling Boy and The Couple In The Photo.

Some lovely early reviews on Netgalley for The Woman In The Villa - so pleased!

Season 14 is closing in fast so we'd best get announcing guests!! 26th April - Kicking things off we have @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social! A former journalist, Mahmud now writes about generation ships, sentient libraries and memory taxes instead. His debut, The Republic of Memory, comes out on 14th May

Final version of The Woman In The Villa sent off. Narrator for audio book confirmed. Launch plans underway. Next stop, publication day!

Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies. 🧵 1/3

So happy to be able to announce this properly at last! My next thriller (and possibly my favourite 👀) is out on June 25th and available for pre-order now! amzn.eu/d/05KlFOBi

Good point from my editor 🤣

Starting a new job today (just one day a week) and realising I’ve forgotten how to have a job that you can’t do in your pyjamas 😬

Four weeks left to go - we've got no less than 38 events incoming at the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL at QUAD, Derby, with an incredible array of writing and speaking talent joining us! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/ #derby #derbyshire #eastmidlands #eastmids #festival #festivals

Realising I’m not sure how I’d write a novel without my two writing groups giving me feedback (and encouragement) right from the start anymore! @leicwritersclub.bsky.social and Leicester Speculators, you rule

Love that Amazon has grouped me with two TV stars for an offer at the moment 😁. (Harriet from The Traitors is a brilliant writer, by the way - I haven’t read Louise Minchin’s book though so can’t comment!) The paperback of My Darling Boy is also on offer by itself at £3 at the moment

Very thankful for PLR payments in these times when being a self-employed writer can feel precarious! Over 12,000 people borrowed my books from libraries last year, and authors get a small payment for each loan. Thank you librarians and readers!

Enjoyed writing about this much-debated topic! (And there was a lot more I could have said!) Prologues, yes or no? Interested in your thoughts… 👀

Writers & Artists@writersandartists.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Maybe good prologues aren’t just promises, but lenses, colouring the scenes that follow." Is a prologue a tantalising promise or an annoying preamble? #Author @helencooperwriter.bsky.social explores this question. Read: www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/prolo... #writingadvice #writing

Pleased to have another short article published by Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, this time on the contentious subject of novel prologues! www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/prolo...

This is going to be a fab panel event at Leicester Writers’ Club on 22nd Jan, open to non-members too for £5 and featuring the brilliant Farhana Shaikh, Mahsuda Snaith, Jonathan Taylor and Siobhan Logan discussing the art of short story writing: leicesterwritersclub.com/2026/01/02/t...

The Subtle Art of Short Fiction – Club Event

For our next club event, we welcome Jonathan Taylor, Mahsuda Snaith and Farhana Shaikh for a panel discussion chaired by Siobhan Logan on Thursday 22nd January 2026, from 7-9pm at Phoenix Cinema an…

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Next book planning has begun

Unsolicited writing advice, no.326: Your narrative voice is a camera. Distant third person is remote, viewing from a distance. Close third person comes right up to the characters, sometimes even guessing their thoughts. First is a POV shot, watching through the eyes (and mind) of the character.

It’s tough in the writing industry at the moment but I’ve been so inspired talking to other writers who are diversifying and working their socks off to be able to keep doing it. Channeling that energy into 2026!

E-books are reading. Comics are reading. Genre is reading. Fanfic is reading. Text-based games are reading. Audiobooks are reading. Braille books are reading. Non-fiction is reading. Picture books are reading. There is no single way to read, nor is any reading style more worthy than another.

We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range. Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you. obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...

Stacks of writing goodness incoming for 2026, with a full programme of Writing the Occult along with four different writing courses for the first three months of the year! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis... #writing #writers #courses #course #fiction #authors

Alex Davis Events

Alex Davis Events

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Family walk to my granddad’s memorial bench ❤️

The UK Ghost Story Festival is back in Derby this February and March. and what a line-up we have incoming for you for three days of ghoulish goings-on! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/#derby #derbyshire #writing #writers #authors #ghoststory #ghoststories #gothic #fiction #ghosts