Weโre finally here! Come and visit us in the Authorsโ Lounge, with Black British Book Festival, an exclusive space for authors to network and take some time away from the show floor during #LBF25. Weโll be here from 9:00 โ 15:30 today. #LondonBookFair
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ICYMI: Major publishers, including Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers and Simon & Schuster, have filed a joint lawsuit in America challenging โbook banningโ in public and school libraries ๐ #BookSky
What did you say? The Bristol Short Story Prize has reopened and you can submit until 23:59 TONIGHT?
Go, go, go!
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
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Weโre open for submissions for Issue 5 (unthemed) and Issue 6 (roulette) until January 31. Head to our submissions page for guidelinesโand for more info/inspiration on the roulette theme!
Happy New Year, Susie!
Short reviews of new releases and bookish news always works well for me ๐
WEATHERGLASS NOVELLA PRIZE 2025
Submissions close March 1st 2025
The winner will be chosen by Ali Smith.
Gisรจle Pelicot said the most powerful four words Iโve heard this year - The Times of London
โShame must change sidesโ
Bristol Short Story Prize!
Donโt miss out on your chance to win ยฃ1,000 and publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology!
Up to 4k words.
Link below ๐
๐จLast chance to get your orders in before Christmas! ๐จ
This is maddening if you use MS word to write books. Opt out to stop them using your writing to train A.I. Please share.
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๐คฃ๐คฃ I HAVE to try this!
This is fab! An ultimate directory for Bluesky ๐
Oooh, look! A pile of signed books giveaway in the Book of the Month comp.
Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster Phonetic' is not. Abbreviation' is 12 letters. Thesaurus doesn't have a synonym. 'Monosyllabic' has five syllables. Say what you will about English. but it has a sense of humor.
Full length poetry open call โฆ
Iโm certain youโll have realised, but I meant to say the Terence Higgins Trust. Have a fab Christmas and catch up in the NY.
Hi Kat, try a book called Gay in the 80โs by Colin Clews. I can give you more info/context on Colin if youโre interested (he was involved with the Terence Trust) but donโt want to post it here as itโs sensitive, so please dm for more info.
The Edinburgh Essay Award.
Essays on any topic, up to 2k words.
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Fiction books by children's and YA writers can and should be included in Fiction of the Year lists.
Otherwise, please rename your lists as Adult Fiction of the Year.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
The End is only the beginning.
Very excited to hear Mick Herron is the 2025 Programming Chair for #TheakstonsCrime! It certainly will be an EPIC year!