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SF Layzell

@sflayzell.bsky.social

I write queer stories & edit books sometimes https://sflayzell.com/ Buy Cottonopolis, a MG set in 1840s Manchester, shortlisted for Little Rebels https://sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/ Views mine, contact via website

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TC Parker (she/her)@tcparker.bsky.social · 8h ago

This is especially true for queer writers A lot of people - a LOT of people - hate us, and won't read us, on principle Any exposure we get is a double-edged sword, because of who it brings out of the woodwork So if you want to read queer work, now or next year: please, buy our books/stories

Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · 8h ago

if there's a writer you like, and you'd like to keep reading that writer's work, *you need to pay for their work*

Letterbox Library@letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 15h ago

Primary/Early Years Teachers: IF you were following us on Insta you would have seen details of our Book Selection Service 🙂 Essentially: we can curate a class collection for you to meet your needs across age/topic/format- And because our stock is across-the-board inclusive + chosen by…

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · yesterday

In 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen. @annamerlan.bsky.social sat down with the famed writer to discuss "Cyberselfish," her book that began as an essay that ran in this magazine.

A tech prophet finally gets her second coming

In 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen.

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CLPE@theclpe.bsky.social · 3d ago

Here's John Agard bringing his award-winning poetry to life at CLiPPA 2026 with a performance of his poem titled 'Bogeyman Headmaster.' Congratulations once again to John on winning this year's CLiPPA, and to all of our shortlisted poets for sharing their fantastic work with us. 🎉

Lawrence Schimel@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 4d ago

Proud that two of my books (EARLY ONE MORNING and BEDTIME, NOT PLAYTIME!) both illustrated by Elina Braslina are included--twice! In English and in French. 😍😍🌈🌈 All four published by @orcabook.bsky.social #queerkidlit #kidlit #pride #2slgbtq #lgbtq #lgbt #canscaip #scbwi

Dr. Kristopher Wells@drkristopherwells.bsky.social · last wk.

Today, at the 40th International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) World Congress, we launched the world’s largest collection of LGBTQ+ children’s picture books spanning 50+ years with over 350 unique titles. Read our new monograph compendium at: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/08...

Matilda Fitzmaurice@matildaf.bsky.social · last wk.

Jason Okundaye has got it here. Much easier for Cambridge to tokenise a Black academic for a quick PR win than to do actual anti-racism work.

Des Fitzgerald@desfitzgerald.bsky.social · last wk.

"Arday was treated [by Cambridge] not as a scholar but as a mascot, one who was particularly expedient for an institution that had been regularly embarrassed by its historic record on race." Really good piece by Jason Okundaye. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · last wk.

Just saw this is over 60k this morning! He needs 75k so can you help push it up up up if you have anything to spare? And if you don't, please do share! #Booksky

Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · last wk.

I just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.

School Reading List@schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · last wk.

Books about AI and AI ethics for children and teens with titles by Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Peter Brown, Neal Shusterman, Philip K. Dick, Marie Lu, Hannah Fry, Cathy O’Neil, Laura Bates, and Kazuo Ishiguro. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/books...

Books about AI and AI ethics for children and teens

Books about AI and AI ethics for children & teens with titles by Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Peter Brown, Marie Lu & Hannah Fry.

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Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · last wk.

Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, all but forgotten by the 1980s.

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SF Layzell@sflayzell.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's me! I wrote an essay for @barrelhouse.bsky.social about my Gma's unconditional love and how Peppermint Patty and Maria Callas made me gay 🌈📚

Dave Housley@housleydave.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hello and reminder that the free @barrelhouse.bsky.social newsletter has a new, original, newsletter-only essay on pop culture obsessions every month, like this most recent essay by SF Layzell about Peppermint Patty (so great). You can sign up here: www.barrelhousemag.com/contact-barr...

Screen capture of the Barrelhouse newsletter, She’s a Good Skate by SF Layzell.
Simon Bisson@sbisson.com · last wk.

"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. There Will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury's melancholy obituary for a dead world, is set today.

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 2w ago

Are you interested in Ann Radcliffe? Women in Gothic and Horror? Trans horror? Writing workshops with amazing people? You can get it all for one online event. Come to as much or as little as you like! 22nd and 23rd August www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993974113...

'More Terrors Than Her Reason Could Justify': An Online Gothic Conference

On 22nd and 23rd August we celebrate 200 years of Ann Radcliffe's posthumous publications and marginalised genders in the Gothic!

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LittlePuss Press@littlepuss.net · last wk.

Finally, a book about going to the bar that you can take TO the bar 🍺 That's right Sloane Murphy's upcoming debut SHUT UP, I LOVE YOU, I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW is just the thing to keep in your back pocket to impress all the girls at the function with your cutting-edge taste in trans literature 🔮

A photograph of a woman's back pocket which has a book sticking out with just the title "Shut Up, I Love You, I'll Call You Tomorrow" visible.
Esther Alter@esther-alter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yesss @neonhemlock.bsky.social met its initial funding goal for the novella series! Another 2k and you’ll get my novella. You want to feel really uncomfortable about roommate dynamics, right? You want to process your pre 2024 election feelings, right? Well: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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