Yvonne Battle-Felton
@whyiwrite.bsky.social
Author of Remembered and Curdle Creek, former editor at John Murray, Academic at Cambridge Uni, event host and podcaster. I also write kidlit, short scripts, nonfiction essays, poems
🎤 Meet Dr Maisha Wester at #DVRS2026! Scholar of race and horror, and creator of Coded Black, a social justice walking simulator bringing her research into interactive storytelling! 📅 26–27 Nov | Manchester 🎟️ Book now for early bird rates! www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-...
What a fantastic night! Thank you so much to @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social as well as everyone who attended, the lovely Waterstones staff & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!
Absolutely brilliant event at Leeds Waterstones last night with @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social, @mkhardywrites.com and @whyiwrite.bsky.social, superbly organised by @katiebruce.bsky.social for the British Fantasy Society.
🚨TOMORROW!🚨 Spot three Solaris authors @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 's We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel! Leeds Waterstones, 10th Sept, 7pm Tickets: tinyurl.com/HorrorLeeds Ft: @davidmbarnett.bsky.social & @whyiwrite.bsky.social
Join us to discuss all things folk horror and gothic horror! Waterstones Leeds, Thurs 10th September, 7pm Tickets: tinyurl.com/HorrorLeeds
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🚨NEXT WEEK!🚨 Spot three Solaris authors @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 's We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel! Leeds Waterstones, 10th Sept, 7pm Tickets: tinyurl.com/HorrorLeeds Ft: @davidmbarnett.bsky.social & @whyiwrite.bsky.social
Just finished @whyiwrite.bsky.social 's Curdle Creek and it 100% deserved that Shirley Jackson award. #amreading
Time for Cambridge University’s Centre for Creative Writing’s writing lunch. We’ll be writing on zoom til 1PM (BST). Bring your work in progress/writing appetite. Today’s prompt is seeds/the future is now. What happens when you reap what you sow? Message for the link #writer #community #amwriting
We were at Barnsley Library earlier this afternoon with @whyiwrite.bsky.social talking about her career, life and books - Remembered and Curdle Creek, signed copies now in store! An interesting and engaging talk, more author visits to come in July. #choosebookshops #booksky
Who wants to come and see me, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social, and @mkhardywrites.com in conversation about folk horror with @whyiwrite.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones on September 10? That's right -- you do! www.waterstones.com/events/we-ar...
We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel today.
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Week Long Science Summer Camps for 'Junior Einsteins' aged 5 to 12. Lab coats on, goggles ready, big laughs, bigger wow moments. Plenty of outdoor fun Book https://junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com/science-camps-list-kids-childrens-camp/ #junioreinsteins #summercamp #sciencecamp #kidscamp
A few tickets left for our Community Conversation on Speculative Fiction and Colonialism in children's literature. Join the conversation along with teachers, readers, publishers and some of the finest current children's authors!
Gita Ralleigh@gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe full lineup for this event on June 2nd now includes @candygourlay.bsky.social @nazneenahmed.bsky.social @clairelinney.bsky.social JT Williams plus organisers @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @louiestowell.bsky.social It will be a great discussion - come join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/childrens-...
And we have one more event in Yorkshire this year! We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel Leeds Waterstones, Thursday 10th September, 7pm @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @whyiwrite.bsky.social
It’s time for the Centre for Creative Writing’s writing lunch. We’ll be writing on zoom from 12-1PM (BST). Bring your work in progress or your writing appetite. Today’s prompt is “oceans/water” loosely interpreted. Register here for the link: bit.ly/PACEwritingl...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Creative Write-In. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Weekly writing lunch on Zoom.
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I love being read to. So of course I host a monthly storytelling open mic where people read from their works in progress or published pieces. Poetry, fiction, true stories, hybrid. It’s tonight 7:30-8:30 BST. If you’d like to listen or for a five-minute open mic slot, let me know.
In the latest episode of Bookable Space with Yvonne Battle-Felton we're joined by Robbie Bach reading The Blockchain Syndicate. Listen to the full podcast shows.acast.com/bookable-spa... (video made with headliner.) #amwriting #reading #books
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I’m reading an arc of Good Good Loving by Yvvette Edwards for today’s Every Other Sunday book club. It’s a read your own book club where everyone reads what they want for two hours wherever they are. I’d love to read with you for the next hour and a half and then talk books here #amreading
The Cambridge University Centre for Creative Writing's In Your Own Words Storytelling Open Mic is back. Join us as we shelter from the storms with a night of stories in all of their forms. Readers might share poetry, true stories, fiction, scripts, or anything in between.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: In Your Own Words Storytelling Open Mic . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
A monthly storytelling open mic hosted by the Creative Writing Centre at Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education
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BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing, taking place Saturday 10th January 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings. Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social
Write with me! I’m hosting a 12-hour online NYE writing party from 12PM-Midnight (GMT) and a midnight open mic. It’s on zoom. You can be anywhere. This is a year of some of my favorite videos. Let me know if you’d like the zoom link.
The auction ends tonight. I'd love to help you celebrate your book. Don't have a book to celebrate? It's holiday season. The gift of a book launch could be just what the writer in your life needs. You can support a good cause and celebrate your own or someone else's writing.
Yvonne Battle-Felton@whyiwrite.bsky.social · 11mo agoCreatives have donated books, yoga, mentoring, editing, photoshoots, and more to raise funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. I donated support for your launch or post-publication book party. Help organizing, marketing, hosting, and celebrating. Bid here app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
It's Small Business Saturday! We know Amazon serves up irresistible deals, but a closer look at the label reveals unsavoury ingredients - including tax avoidance, worker mistreatment, and a deeply corrosive impact on our community shops. Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
Creatives have donated books, yoga, mentoring, editing, photoshoots, and more to raise funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. I donated support for your launch or post-publication book party. Help organizing, marketing, hosting, and celebrating. Bid here app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
It's time for Season IV of Bookable Space! We're talking about spaces and places. Check out the latest episode of Bookable Space with Wendy Pratt. Wendy reads to us from The Ghost Lake. Listen to the full podcast here #books #reading shows.acast.com/bookable-spa...
Read with me! I'll be reading Black Wood Women by Michael Stewart. If you'd like to join me for some quiet reading, I'll be reading in Zoom from 6-8 PM (GMT). If you'd like to join me, let me know. Whether you join me in zoom or read later, what are you reading? #readers #bookclub
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I’m throwing a birthday party with a ghost story open mic for myself and for Curdle Creek on Halloween. It’s in Leeds. If you’d like to help us celebrate, order your free ticket(s) on Eventbrite.
For as long as I can remember I’ve told myself I am not a 5 AM writer. I’m challenging myself to break this myth or to see if it’s true. I’m writing from 5:05 (or so)-6 AM (BST/GMT). You can join me in zoom or write with me from wherever/whenever you are. If you'd like the link, let me know #Writers
Happy release day to @shellystrattonbook.bsky.social for IN DEADLY COMPANY! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-deadly-...
