It's Issue 111 launch day! ✨ Our autumn issue is out now, with the usual sprinkling of writerly advice, new fiction and poetry, and all the tips and tricks you need to take your writing career to the next level.
Nastasya Parker
@nastasyaparker.bsky.social
Writer with stories in The Phare, Funny Pearls, and featured in Stroud and Bristol Short Story Anthologies. Immigrated from New England to Old. I work in secondary education. Inexplicably drawn to not entirely pleasant characters.
#BookSky I just finished this book, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. I really liked this multigenerational epic about Koreans in Japan, because it illuminated immigrant life with nuance, and it's also a beautiful story of family love. Have you read it? What did you think? #WritingCommunity #amreading
The issue is coming 2nd September, here's two more tempting titbits 🦝 In Pirates, @jessebinger.bsky.social takes us underground for a story of tenacity and friendship 🔦 In What Lies Beneath, @chrisdotydunn.com takes un underwater for a tense tale of loss, survival and science 🦠
This Thursday, from 6pm BST, join us on #WomenWritersNet to hear @lesleyjayneb.bsky.social discuss her debut novel, A Year Without a Summer. Lesley has a great Substack about her stories and her publishing journey, so I'm looking forward to her thoughts. #BookSky #WritingCommunity
This was, as the kids say, hecking delightful. From the effortless readings and smorgasbord of accents to the solid banter and carefully rationed swearing. Couldn't make it? You can still read the whole charity anthology online: trashcatlit.com/read-what-co...
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 4d agoTonight we celebrate our 2025 print anthology - What Comes to Light - with a two hour evening of readings. Ten wonderful writers will share their gorgeous stories about finding treasure in unexpected places. You can still register to join us up until 4pm today (BST). forms.gle/y9Z4ekenXA7f...
For #Caturday, it is finally getting cool enough for little Oberon to fold himself into his favourite chunky knit blankie.
Women on Writing’s quarterly flash fiction contest is open until 31 August for entries 250-750 words long. Open to any style and genre! All the details are here → https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php#FlashFictionContest #WoW #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS
WOW! Women on Writing Contests: Flash Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Contest
We have two writing contests! A Flash Fiction Contest and a Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest. WOW's Summer 2026 Flash Fiction Contest awards $1350 in cash prizes. Our guest judge is Literary Agent Susan C. Ingram. Deadline: August 31, 2026. Also, WOW's Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest with $1250 in cash prizes is open with a deadline of October 31, 2026.
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This is the part where I gush about my son, his bride, and their wedding. Although I also try to connect it to history and balance the scales of karma. Am I overthinking this, or is happiness objectively a bit scary? #WritingCommunity #WritersLife nastasyaparker.com/current-even...
Reader, I Cried
This Month’s Bit of String: Black and white schoolhouse portraits Located at the gateway to the grandest peaks of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the hotel leans into a a rustic theme in its main …
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Hey writers, my lil fortnightly "In the Writing Trenches" online hangout is tonight at 6.30pm BST if you fancy chatting about your WIP wth a bunch of truly lovely writerly folk: luma.com/fixioning
The Joy of Fixion Workshops & Hangouts · Events Calendar
View and follow events from The Joy of Fixion Workshops & Hangouts on Luma. Workshops and hangouts for creatives who want to find their flow, follow the joy, and 'fix' their fiction.
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An online, chatty, Author Salon this Thursday evening with Wild Women Writers. Join @beewyld.bsky.social @rainegeoghegan.bsky.social Rebecca Beattie, Sophie Pierce & me talking about connections with the land. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
Has our 2026 Fiction Contest deadline snuck up on you as much as it has snuck up on us?! The deadline to submit is just one week and a day away! Don't miss out on your chance to win $2000 and be published in The Fiddlehead. Our judge is Kirti Bhadresa. Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...
SO EXCITED for this online event! If you love Georgiana Darcy like we do, here's your chance to ask us burning questions and grab a signed copy of one of our books (while tickets last)!
Emma Butler-Marr@19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 2w ago@lindzmcleod.bsky.social and I have been planning an event! Wednesday 16th September 2026 - 6pm BST Along with Erin Edwards, we're talking queer Austen sequels & Miss Darcy's sapphic HEA! Tickets are free (unless you'd like a signed book!) Link to sign up here 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/queering-g...
This is the part where I gush about my son, his bride, and their wedding. Although I also try to connect it to history and balance the scales of karma. Am I overthinking this, or is happiness objectively a bit scary? #WritingCommunity #WritersLife nastasyaparker.com/current-even...
Reader, I Cried
This Month’s Bit of String: Black and white schoolhouse portraits Located at the gateway to the grandest peaks of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the hotel leans into a a rustic theme in its main …
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Last week I recorded an interview with the wonderful Anna Burtt for the Brighton Bookclub Podcast, talking about my debut novel A Year Without A Summer and the inspiration for setting it in and around Brighton. It aired on Saturday and you can listen here: www.radioreverb.com/show/brighto...
Brighton Book Club on RadioReverb
Anna Burtt interviews emerging authors and independent publishers, gets recommendations from local booksellers, and shares the best events in the city.
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Where have you been able to pause lately and notice what your senses take in? May your hikes be baggage-free May the wildlife cavort in front of you as if you were a Disney princess... Read on for more summer benedictions. #WritingCommunity #Travel #BookSky nastasyaparker.com/current-even...
Summer Wishes
This Week’s Bit of String: This Week’s Bit of String: Cinnamon and wintergreen, train whistles and toll bridges Have you noticed how, if you only visit a place on certain occasions, it seems …
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Rebecca Klassen on what she wishes writers knew about the behind-scenes at the journal, a story that exemplifies the goals of the journal, advice to submitters and a lot more. Here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/102708...
My poems are published every week on Substack and are free to read for one week Sign up for a free subscription and get access to my poetry as well as interviews with amazing authors, chapters of the book I'm publishing on Substack and inspirational quotes for Monday mornings! #poetrysky #booksky
Q6 Which women writers excel at writing about summer holidays? Tell us who your favourites are and why you love them. Bonus points if you've brought their books along on holiday! #WomenWritersNet
Welcome to Women Writers Chat! Please use the hashtag #WomenWritersNet in each of your posts so everyone can see your contributions.
Get your diaries out #WomenWritersNet and save a hour this Thursday, 6pm GMT, for our monthly #SkyChat. Join in and share what writing in the summer holidays means to you #writercommunity #authorchat #goldenhour
What are your writing goals during the summer holidays? I often find inspiration, no matter how busy (or ready for a break). We'd love to hear more about you and your summer writing, on Thursday at 6 p.m. BST. Join our chat at #WomenWritersNet! #WritingCommunity #SummerHolidays
Summer Thrillers For A Reading Escape: Escape into universities with serial killer programs, dangerous obsessions, and disappeared wives who reappear in these thrillers this summer.
Summer Thrillers For A Reading Escape
Escape into universities with serial killer programs, dangerous obsessions, and disappeared wives who reappear in these thrillers this summer.
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Want a gentle push towards creating a short story in just 5 weeks? This fun and friendly #WritingWorkshop starts July 15 and works for all levels. Join a cohort of people who are also striving to create their short story here: www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p1096/...
ONLINE Write a Fictional Short Story in 5 Weeks
Write a 2k short story in 5 weeks. This generative workshop provides the tools to go from idea to finished story in just a few weeks, moving from start to end without procrastination. Every week you'l...
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Many congratulations, @nastasyaparker.bsky.social! #shortstory #shortstories #womenwriters @womenwritersnet.bsky.social
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday's summer spotlight is from @nastasyaparker.bsky.social and her storyful triptych. We loved the settings, the raw coming of age story, and love for lesser plantlife. Leigh: "Moving and deeply satisfying as it wraps itself around a full life" Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/the-flora-of...
Reading builds our empathy muscles, but we can also let ourselves detest a character the way we wouldn't a real human being. Are there characters you love to hate? #BookSky #WritingCommunity nastasyaparker.com/art-and-lite...
Love to Hate
This Week’s Bit of String: On the bad list Year 10s strike again, keeping us extra busy now exams are finally done and the Year 11s have mostly left. There are the usual tousles: squirting water bo…
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Thank you, @trashcatlit.bsky.social! I'm so happy you and my story found each other. #WritingCommunity #ShortStories #BookSky
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday's summer spotlight is from @nastasyaparker.bsky.social and her storyful triptych. We loved the settings, the raw coming of age story, and love for lesser plantlife. Leigh: "Moving and deeply satisfying as it wraps itself around a full life" Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/the-flora-of...
Reading builds our empathy muscles, but we can also let ourselves detest a character the way we wouldn't a real human being. Are there characters you love to hate? #BookSky #WritingCommunity nastasyaparker.com/art-and-lite...
Love to Hate
This Week’s Bit of String: On the bad list Year 10s strike again, keeping us extra busy now exams are finally done and the Year 11s have mostly left. There are the usual tousles: squirting water bo…
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#6Degrees of Separation - A book chain from Yesteryear to The Psychology of Time Travel #books #bookreviews #booksky
#6Degrees of Separation – A book chain from Yesteryear to The Psychology of Time Travel
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for 6 Degrees of Separation. Here’s how it works: a book is chosen as a starting point by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book.
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Delighted to see (& be part of) this scheme being spearheaded by @justmarvewrites.bsky.social 🖤
British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 2mo agoUPDATED ADVISORS LIST: The First Ten Pages Programme The BFS is offering BIPOC members anonymous feedback from industry professionals on the first ten pages of speculative fiction novels. To submit your work as a writer, you can sign up here: british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome