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On Thursday I got to spend a very special evening with @farhanashaikh.bsky.social and my fellow @edgehillprize.bsky.social shortlisted authors @londonreview.bsky.social. HUGE congratulations to Tessa Hadley and Malachi McIntosh who so deservingly took home prizes 👏👏

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101 Exercises for Playwrights is back! You can read and subscribe for FREE ! buttondown.com/MarkRavenhil...

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I'm having the most wonderful weekend @gladlib.bsky.social with @finonad.bsky.social, edging closer to the end of the 2nd draft of my novel which is starting to feel like a real book! ❤️

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Dear writers, don’t forget our Writers in Residence submission window opens on Monday! Gladstone’s Library’s competitive Writer in Residence programme provides space and resources for up to four writers whose work engages with liberal values. 📚 1/2

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Happy Valentine's Day! 💝 "When my husband came home, there was something different about him..." Here's a little love story about a genie from my book of monstrous love stories, which is free to read online @minorliteratures.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2016/11/04/l...

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Lovely to hear my publisher @farhanashaikh.bsky.social talking to BBC Radio Leicester so eloquently about Dahlia Books, Monstrous Longing and our @edgehillprize.bsky.social shortlisting ahead of the prize ceremony next week! You can listen from 11:00 onwards🎙 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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I love to get queries for books that fit any of these descriptors: weird, strange, odd, quirky, creepy, bizarre, peculiar. I would kill to find the next Edward Gorey. Like seriously, an author and/or illustrator with the same twisted, quirky vibe is my dream. Or the next Roald Dahl. #MSWL

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Alright folks, this is my WEEK 4 of the disgusting cough/flu/chest infection we all seem to be getting So how about a little Monday evening round of #WhatAreYouWatching 📺 to distract me?

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The Bridport Prize is offering two fully funded writer residencies in Dorset for writers from The Midlands and/or The North West of the UK who are working class and/or 60+ From Sunday 22 to Friday 27 June 2025. Writers must be available for the whole period. Details in link. Please share :)

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Hello new followers, there seem to be a lot of you this weekend! 👋 I'm a drama and fiction writer, and my collection of dark, weird, horror-tinged short stories, Monstrous Longing, is currently shortlisted for the @edgehillprize.bsky.social! If you'd like to read it, links are in my bio 🦍💚

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Looking forward to this!

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I'm thrilled that my new short story, Big Death, will be coming out later this year in the beautiful new Remains magazine - from the editor of Black Static 🖤 Issue 1 is out now and I'll be in issue 2 which is available for preorder! remains.uk

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OK I'm really enjoying The Day of the Jackal and yes I did just get to the bit where it got gay 💖🔫🌈

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Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit. Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...

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You've got til Feb 28th to send me your 300-word (or less) gems - even the strange ones in all sorts of shapes and styles that you think no-one else but you could love! #FlashFiction www.fishpublishing.com/competition/...

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This is a fascinating article and explains much of what I've never been able to about why it's always seemed essential for me to write my first drafts by hand. "Part of craft’s anchoring role is that it helps to slow down labour. Making is thinking.” www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

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🚨2 WEEK WARNING🚨 A reminder that you have until midnight on the 31st January to get those submissions in. You MUST be born or living in the north of England (judged by the below map). Due to the unprecedented number we've had so far, we are unlikely to do a window in 2026!

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The fact that the Robbie Williams monkey film is by all accounts quite good and we know that now but nobody wants to see it anyway is really cheering me up this January

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The Society of Authors, writersguildgb.bsky.social and @equityuk.bsky.social call on the BBC to reverse cuts to audio drama at Radio 3. Sign our petition to save audio drama at the BBC- www.change.org/p/save-audio...

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And also for new followers (hello! 👋), my debut short story collection, Monstrous Longing, published by Dahlia Books, is currently shortlisted for the @edgehillprize.bsky.social ✨️ Grab it here Paperback: www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/mons... E-book: www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/mons...

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Hello new followers! Just a reminder that I've got 2 starter packs you might enjoy. The first is for northern writers, publishers, producers and the like. It's full of great people ✍️📚 Well worth following if you're getting started and want some northern voices on your feed 💪 go.bsky.app/81ue7ZW

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We’re looking out for you! Just under 3 weeks until our 29th Award, judged by @sfreligh.bsky.social closes on Sunday 2nd Feb. £1460 prize fund. Results out fast. Anthology.thanks to everyone who’s entered so far bathflashfictionaward.com

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Today is your very last chance to enter the @womensprize.bsky.social Discoveries Prize! Entries close TODAY. It's completely free, so why not give it a try? www.womensprize.com/writers/disc...

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NEW YEAR GIVEWAY! Win an early signed hardback of my legal/political thriller NOTES ON A DROWNING plus a £20 Book Voucher. Just follow me and share this post. ‘Pacy, absorbing and smart, with great characters and brilliant dialogue on every page.’ - TM Logan www.waterstones.com/book/notes-o...

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Is there anything better than reading an Actually Quite Good bit of your work-in-progress?? Never mind the dog shit first chapters because that was definitley a good sentence in chapter 8, I'm a genius, all hail me

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I'm currently on a beautiful writing retreat in the Lake District with @bethunderdown.bsky.social 😍❄️ Have brought my draft of the book to read through from start to finish for the first time. Can feel the frost reaching into the story!

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Just watched Carry-On and I have QUESTIONS

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Are you a Northern writer (published or unpublished)? Have you been on Northern Voices? If not, reply/drop me a DM and we can set something up! Particularly keen to hear from anyone with a book out this year.

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