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Winner Bath Novel Award 2023. 2nd place Bath & Bridport Novel Award 2014. Flash in short & longlists (Bridport, Edinburgh, Lett Review, Scratch A4). I also teach writing. I live in the Tory-free UK. Photo: Martin Figura.

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submitted 70 days ago • 783 comments

I'm reading this superb anthology at the moment. Every short story is followed by an interview with the writer, looking at how the story was formed. And the stories are excellent. It's a brilliant insight into the writing process.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

SUBMISSIONS CALL✨ The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and is open until 31 May. The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and is open until 30 Nov. Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇 bathnovelaward.co.uk

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

📖In our latest literary agent Q&A, 2025 judge Laura Williams explains why potential is more important than perfection, plus what she will be looking for in the opening 5,000 words and synopsis of novel submissions. bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Dylan Thomas reading a poem I hadn’t heard. Excited to find this. #poetry #aloud #audio #spoken #mad

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

For the science fiction writers out there: My first publication was a novelette published in an anthology called Angles, about a secret war and an imminent visitation from space. I'm now working on a kind of post-apocalyptic novel. How about you?

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

Just two weeks left to submit! Deadline 1st April We’d love to see more: -Nonfiction ✍️ -Plays 🎭 -Art 🖼 -Photography 📸 Link in bio

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Two weeks PAID work experience working at The Guardian’s London Headquarters for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic aspiring journalists. Closes 30th March. Details in link. Please share :) workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Well I never felt more like singin' the blues, 'Cus I never thought that I'd ever lose Your lovin'. Why'd you do me this way?

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

My spirits are knocked today. Nothing major, but sometimes the journey seems to be going nowhere. Any other writers out there who feel this way, you're not alone.

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

This is for anyone who is struggling with world events. My youngest draw this a year or so ago, when she was ten. Just like her older sister, she puts a pen on the page and magic happens. This is what I'll focus on this morning. The ability to create beautiful things.

submitted 116 days ago • 1 comment

You really can't blame them!!

submitted 116 days ago • 2292 comments

That’s right. 🇺🇦

submitted 116 days ago • 329 comments

It’s horrifying that it’s come to this, but as someone with a deep affinity for Europe I feel moved seeing that continent come together to try to save itself in the absence of any meaningful aid from the totalitarian regime that’s in the midst of taking over the United States through an illegal coup

submitted 120 days ago • 1351 comments

It surprises me that Andrew Tate - charged with sex trafficking, sexual exploitation and rape and a big Trump supporter - has been allowed to fly to the US after 'an official in the new Trump administration' expressed interest in their case. In other news, birds of a feather have been seen...