Juliet West 📚💙🌱
@julietwest.bsky.social
Author of historical novels BEFORE THE FALL and THE FAITHFUL published by Pan Macmillan. Poetry in Magma, Hippocrates Prize anthology. Books, gardening, cats. https://www.julietwest.com/
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Private Eye on the Telegraph’s oil industry stooge, Jonathan Leake. Please sign/share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
It’s a while since I read my poetry to an audience but I plucked up courage to put my name in the hat for a local open mic event. So glad I did! Thanks to Foraging Pigs organisers for a great night 💙 📚 #writingcommunity #poetry
🌱A few pics from the rewilded walled garden at Knepp this afternoon. Such a magical and inspiring space. Best of all, it rained! (About six drops) @kneppwilding.bsky.social #gardening #UKgardening
It was a treat to hear Claire Fuller talk about her latest novel Hunger & Thirst @waterstones.bsky.social Petersfield. Congrats also to first-time interviewer Ash, who smashed it! A fascinating evening discussing supernatural stories, writing routines and the editing process 📚✍️💫 #booksky
Here’s author Nicola Garrard talking about her wonderful novel On the Edge at a brilliant BilliLit event today. There were so many inspiring speakers - congrats all! #writingcommunity #amreading #booksky @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social
Pam & I have a pokey bedroom & no ladder for the top bunk, so Pam has sprouted wings – she takes off from the dressing table.
In the light of this week’s finalist announcement for the 2025 Orwell Prize, I have updated this starter pack. Some more brilliant writers and journalists in here for you to follow. Please repost the pack if you can to promote them and their great work widely #OrwellPrize #writingcommunity
Loved chatting to Lori Inglis Hall yesterday about her brilliant novel The Shock of the Light. We covered WW2 women spies, Lee Miller and Poldark! Thanks to the Steyning Bookshop and their lovely book groups for making it such a great evening 💫📚 #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #booksky #books
On Thursday I’m interviewing Lori Inglis Hall about her wonderful debut novel, The Shock of the Light. Event is organised by The Steyning Bookshop - a few tickets still available!
I have co-authored a new book alongside thousands of other writers. Wonder what the AI learning models will make of it? #DontStealThisBook @societyofauthors.bsky.social
The Society of Authors@societyofauthors.bsky.social · 8mo agoAlmost 10,000 authors have come together to publish an empty book protesting the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models. Titled Don’t Steal This Book, it is empty of text except the names of the authors involved.. 🧵
Thank you to West Sussex Libraries for choosing me as a champion in their centenary year. We are so lucky to have thriving libraries across the county, even in smaller towns and villages. Congrats on 100 years of brilliant (free) books! #amreading #libraries #writingcommunity @wsccnews.bsky.social
This is my writing space for the day. So happy to have finally made it to Gladstone’s Library. What an extraordinary place. And my room is amazing - look at the wallpaper ✨📚❤️ #amwriting #writingcommunity #libraries
What a great piece - good advice for anyone, whether you write novels or just the occasional email ☺️
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.A friend’s advice to cut my tortured prose unlocked my career as a novelist | Andrew Martin
Wow, I saw this young hobby at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and it was so bold. It flew around onto different fence posts so I could get pics at various angles ✨ #nature #birds #wildlife @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Lovely conkers on an #EastSussex lane, including doubles and triples! When I was growing up in a seaside town, the local park had a couple of horse chestnut trees and the scary big boys always got to the best conkers first. These would have been unimaginable riches 🌱 #ukgardening #nature #autumn
Happy publication day to Nicola Garrard for her stunning YA novel On the Edge! It's a heart-in-mouth read for young adults, old adults, or anyone in the middle 😊Congratulations @nmgarrard.bsky.social @oldbarnbooks.bsky.social 📚 #booksky #writingcommunity
This looks like an interesting #WritingCompetition 💜❤️😎 ... I wonder if I have a story without a home which fits this criteria 🤔😏 Anyone interested, take a look here: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2026-writing... Good luck everyone else taking part 🍀🤞😎 #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting
What a remarkable novel - As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray (seen here with sleeping cat). I had never heard of the 1919 Iolaire shipwreck. This book tells the story in beautiful, humane prose. Murray is a magnificent writer - now to seek out more of his novels📚 #writingcommunity #booksky
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