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The Edge Hill Prize ceremony last night, 6 books: David Frankel, Forgetting is How We Survive; Tessa Hadley, After the Funeral; Charlie Hill, Encounters with Everyday Madness; Abi Haynes, Monstrous Longings; Malachi McIntosh, Parables, Fables, Nightmares; CD Rose, Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea.

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Please join me & Sam Mills Fri 28/03 7.30pm at the brilliant Bookseller Crow for a night of non-fiction/ethics/truth. I'll be discussing my memoir, Home Is Where We Start, about growing up in a utopian commune & Sam will be talking about her excellent book, Uneven, a cultural history of bisexuality.

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The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

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Congratulations to the twelve authors longlisted for this year's Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Especially delighted to see WCLF2024 author Kevin Barry and WCLF2025 author Ferdia Lennon on the list 💚📚 #HistoricalFiction www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2025-wal...

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‘Clear’ by Carys Davies is on the long list for this prize. It is such a beautiful book, set in the 19th c. on a remote Hebridean island. Humane & surprising. www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2025-pri...

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A rare chance to meet @berniemcgill.bsky.social this side of the Irish Sea. www.edgehill.ac.uk/event/bernie...

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I might read a novel now and then and it might be by one of the short story writers from @edgehillprize.bsky.social

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One month until we open submissions to Scratch ‘A4… A perennially exciting short short story competition. No theme this year - just be brilliant!

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I've just updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @vickygrut.bsky.social's anthology - her pick and introduction of a dozen favourite short stories. Her selection joins over 3,000 other short story recommendations on the archive site. Check them out here!

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There's still time to sign up for @vickygrut.bsky.social's Personal Anthology - a dozen favourite short stories handpicked and introduced for your reading pleasure Hitting inboxes just after 3pm. Sign up here / RT if you already subscribe! apersonalanthology.substack.com/about

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This time tomorrow you'll have the first Personal Anthology of 2025 in your inbox – a weekly mail in which a guest editor picks and introduces a dozen favourite short stories. This week it's @vickygrut.bsky.social, author of the Edge Hill-shortlisted Live Show, Drink Included. Subscribe here 👇

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It's Wednesday evening and so officially NEARLY the weekend, and the return of A Personal Anthology! This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite #shortstories is @vickygrut.bsky.social. Sign up here to get her picks in your inbox Friday: apersonalanthology.substack.com/about

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thelonelycrowd.org/submissions/

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‘Eastmouth and Other Stories’ is Alison Moore’s second collection, featuring stories published in the subsequent decade, including stories that have appeared in Best British Short Stories, Best British Horror and Best New Horror, as well as new, unpublished work.

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Last few days of our winter sale – don't miss out! #BookSky

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South-African writer S.J. Naudé abandoned corporate law in London & NYC to return home and write fiction. In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee inspired his career change. Join us 10 Feb @hatchardspiccadilly at 6pm to discuss Fathers and Fugitives. Tickets via linktree in bio.

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www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12806 Domestic Gothic Stories where the sinister behind the everyday is centre stage Paul Anthony Knowles Reviews Ailsa Cox's Precipitations @ailsacox.bsky.social

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The deadline for the Harvard Review nonfiction chapbook contest has been extended until 31 January. Details below.

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Word Space is our annual talent development programme for emerging writers in the South West who are ready for a year of mentoring, support and connection. Applications will be open throughout December and January - you can book a place on a free online open briefing session to learn more.

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Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in January 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

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I haven’t used Amazon for books for a long time. They honestly have enough money. Books direct from publisher or www.hive.co.uk Ebooks from kobo.

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For anyone doing a City Lit course this year:

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This was one of Laurie Anderson’s choices on Desert Island Discs, Triakel, ‘Tusen Tankar’, an old Swedish folksong. Hypnotic. www.google.com/imgres?imgur...

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I watched this & found it v interesting. Sad that just 13 hours after it, the ceasefire deal already sounds shaky. (I prefer this format btw to the sound-bite interviews you see on cable news, though even here I wished the speakers were able to complete their nuanced answers without interruption.)

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Here's an interview I did a couple days ago with @suzannerent.bsky.social of the Halifax Examiner about universal basic income. Note: you'll need to scroll down the page a bit to read it. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

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Great to see this. Thank you x

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Leeds loves, I can’t wait for this & it would be great to see you there please

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Laurie Anderson! What a beautiful person, so playful and curious about the world. She shares a quirky selection of music here and talks about her life: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Vital reading for the government with its current obsession with growth at all costs (growth of what and for whom is never spelt out). A commitment to restore nature was conspicuous by its absence from PM’s Plan for Change, launched last month - that urgently needs to change 👇

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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Nasra. Prior to the war Nasra was a journalism student. She lost her husband in an air strike and became a single mother to her two children Judy and Jawad. Nasra has struggled to ask for support but she definitely needs it if you can help ❤️

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Flash and short story writers, get in! The prize is open for entries until the end of the month, and everyone on the shortlist is published in our beautiful anthology! Please share! bsky.app/profile/bris...

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This time of year can be tricky... ❄️ With winter blues and Spring ahead, it’s easy to feel low. At City Lit, we offer vibrant art and wellbeing courses to lift your spirits this January! Discover more: www.citylit.ac.uk/art-wellbeing

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This is an incredible opportunity. WHB is doing such great work.

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It's here, it's here, and it's beautiful! Copies of the 75 numbered run are available from me or from the publisher here: www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page... . Special thanks to @ianseedauthor.bsky.social, @andythatcher.bsky.social, Izzy Thompson, and editor Mark Cobley!

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I'm very much looking forward to this!

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Currently we're featuring Working on the Ward by British novelist Tim Pears. ICYMI here's another chance (please follow the link and enjoy) #shortstory #fiction fictivedream.com/2025/01/12/w...

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In case you are interested, there is A Dance to the Music of Time online reading group tackling one volume in the sequence each month this year, followed by a Zoom chat. I have not read them in 20+ years so am taking this opportunity to revisit them. #MusicofTime

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Madrid has finally joined the ranks of European capitals with a literary journal in English, and it's already an exciting and essential read, including great poets with a Spanish connection like @fiddes.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/madr...

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Wow. Prisoner firefighters are described as the backbone of firefighting in California. They're cutting lines by hand to break fires, where bulldozers can't go. They're paid $1 an hour, often doing 20+ hour shifts, in extreme cases 3 days straight, saving the state tens to hundreds of millions.

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