Writers including David Nicholls, Katherine Rundell, Katherine Webber and Monisha Rajesh are among those donating pledges for the Creatives4Sudan auction, co-organised by Louie Stowell 👇 #BookSky

David Nicholls and Katherine Rundell offer prizes for Creatives4Sudan auction

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Them: write a normal-ass argumentative essay Me: ok i'll argue that fiction can sometimes be fact and i'll do it by using a ghost story as an example

some of these philosophers were doing too much / missives from the essay-writing trenches

Speaking of Substack, I've been pretty shit at sharing my newsletters on here - so here's the most recent one which I eked out of myself over the course of a month and a half: on feelings, digital overwhelm, reading and writing (or not) deskdespatches.substack.com/p/autumn-des...

Autumn Desk Despatches

writing, reading, thinking, feeling, remembering

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I am simply begging writers to stop referring to Substack as SS, thanks!

I did just write 'it's giving Derrida' in my pre-seminar notes, so I think I'm making sense of how all of the theory I've read over the last month interconnects (side note: studying on sundays kinda sucks)

Voting for the Society of Authors Management Committee elections is NOW OPEN until Wednesday 22 October! 🗳️ Here's some more info on the four amazing candidates Fossil Free Books organisers have decided to collectively endorse 👉

Book Fringe Round up! There's a lot of noise & creative chaos in Edinburgh during the festivals, so the latest newsletter has a wee recap of Book Fringe delights incl: @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social Rosie Day Randa Jarrar Daniel Harding @vashtiharrison.bsky.social & more! 👇 tinyurl.com/mtuea5fk

I wasn't expecting such a big part of writing a novel draft set in rural early 20th century Sweden to be pausing to check, for example, the material a cowbell would have been tied with

Keir Starmer must act to secure the release from prison in Egypt of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah. #FreeAlaa Time is pressing as his mother, Laila Soueif's health is deteriorating.

English PEN@englishpen.bsky.social · last yr.

We join 20 orgs in a letter to PM Keir Starmer to urgently raise concerns about the ongoing detention of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, as well as the rapidly deteriorating health of his mother, Laila Soueif. #FreeAlaa Read the letter ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

Artists/Illustrators/Designers! We need YOU! Edinburgh’s Radical Book Fair returns 6-9th of November 2025 : we need a poster! This year’s theme is ‘Ecosystems of change’ or ‘Constellations of Change’. As an artist, we invite you to respond to whichever of the two speaks to you most. 1/2

We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update. Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life. Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.

My debut novel These Mortal Bodies comes out in July and I'm running a workshop about writing friendship as the light and dark of friendship is at the heart of the book. To join you can just DM or email me with proof of purchase in any form - I'd love to see you there ❤️ #Writing #BookSky

BRISTOL: COME SEE FADY JOUDAH ON 7 JUNE www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...

A conversation with Fady Joudah at Bristol Folk House

Join us for an evening of poetry reading and a conversation with Palestinian-American poet, Fady Joudah. Fady will read from his poetry, and talk about writing and being Palestinian in a time of genoc...

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NEW REWARD ON THE CROWDFUNDER. Famously T. S. Eliot said that a cat should have three different names. For £40 you can choose a new middle name for Sam and for Alfie www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-a-gra...

historical fiction writers, how do you do it? I can barely get through a sentence in this draft without being dragged into a research hole about, say, which alcoholic beverages farmers drank in the early 1900s

Consider donating to Words Without Borders here: secure.givelively.org/donate/words... Subscribe to our newsletters: wordswithoutborders.org/subscribe/

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus@wwborders.bsky.social · last yr.

For most of our existence, WWB has received funding from the NEA. Now, like many others, we must chart a path forward without it. But our readers still deserve access to dazzling global writing. Please donate or share our work to support our mission of bringing the world close through literature.

Since we are back at work in the UK today - it's a GREAT time to email your MP about the Supreme Court ruling and the threats to trans people as a result. I used this helpful guide to write to my MP. You should too. www.translegalproject.org/post/urgent-...

Every writer against genocide belongs in their union. The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet. Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]

first outing of the year today for my ripped jeans / this is a spell I am casting for no further snowfall, thank you

📣PSA: translations, authors, illustrators 📣 Have you joined your union, the @societyofauthors.bsky.social? Join before weds 30th April to vote in this year's elections. Claim £50 towards membership from @fossilfreebooks.org's mutual aid fund: opencollective.com/fossil-free-...

Fossil Free Books@fossilfreebooks.org · 2y ago

The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you. Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections. Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)

I'm doing that editing thing where I'm adding (SOMETHING ELSE HERE) in the middle of drafts / on the plus side, the draft I dragged out of my 2023 folder this morning isn't as bad as I thought it might be

If you're a writer, translator or illustrator, now's the time to join the UK's biggest union for authors! It's far from perfect, has lots of potential - but won't change unless you join and help to fix it.

Fossil Free Books@fossilfreebooks.org · 2y ago

The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you. Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections. Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)

We're not applying for an NEA grant due to their anti-trans requirements. Stand with us and help us replace our annual grant by making a donation today. buff.ly/7bmxm3J

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Finished my latest knit, got some good writing news, and saw an enormous eagle in the forest from our porch - a pretty solid weekend overall.

friends fear she's writing about cows again!

This was fun to put together for IG so I thought I'd share here, too. My 'lore' is still evolving and I love that! Have you read any of these?