SO PROUD of my talented sister – one of 10 commended finalists in this prestigious poetry competition, which had more than 21,000 entries! Many, many congratulations, @jadeafitton.bsky.social xx

Thank you!!!! Xxx

A rather nice surprise when you wake up to find one of your poems highly commended in the National Poetry Competition!

Yeup. Defo would have nabbed that too. Good thing I didn’t come, would have had added quite a few jackets to my wrap sheet.

Bloody brilliant. So proud of you!! (Love that jacket.) xx

It really will. I’m still determined to try and make a (financially viable, maybe even profitable) event happen in SW. in the meantime go blow them away xx

Loads of love to you, babe ;)

Truly rather heartbroken I can’t make it tonight for this masterpiece with the legendary, whip-smart @stuhennigan.bsky.social and @judecook.bsky.social. If you’re free and in town: go! You will not be disappointed, I promise.

www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

Lookin so damn fine!

I’m still not home yet but CANNOT WAIT for my copy!

Thanks so much Stu! (Isn’t it your day today??)

Night is the vault of moths, moons and meteors, and I’ve been spending a lot of time there recently putting together a new book with @batsfordbooks.bsky.social
exploring how shooting stars have shaped our understanding of the universe and our place in it!

www.waterstones.com/book/when-th...

This v early proof. It’ll be out beginning of September but pre-orders available before too long, I hope!

You beauty. Have a great time xx

Sneak peak!

Thanks, Stu :)

Short-Arseing Around the Picasso Venturing to the King’s Road in 2025 is to enjoy the kind of ambience one might experience from a 3D render of Godalming High Street. But this lacuna of good taste was once a heady stretch of…

I wrote about the coolest cafe no longer in existence (and spoke to Petula Clark about it) for The Fence

www.the-fence.com/short-arsein...

Before the year is out two non-fic books I loved this year but haven’t posted about. One a dive into another world entirely, the other an entirely original, whip-smart road trip across America…

For the greatest book ever published about pubs—brought to you by The Fence—
I wrote about (arguably) the greatest pub - the Duke of York in Devon has seen some heavyweights through its doors. The Pub has some fun and fascinating pieces…

www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...

Stu! ❤️

A couple of pages from my travelogue from my time in Cuba back in 2022 and everything I saw, heard and learned for Lunate journal, which has now closed shop. But if you’d like a copy, let me know.

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, The Sounder by Jade Angeles Fitton An original short work for Radio 4 by Jade Angeles Fitton

If you’re anything like us and Radio 4 is the background soundtrack to your existence, listen in at 3.45 today. I wrote a short story for Short Works about a wild boar release, rural ideologies and searching for balance in an environment that is intrinsically off-kilter
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Best time to read about England is when you’re not there

Of owning and being owned Jade Angeles Fitton writes about Devon as part of our series 'There's a street in my neighbourhood', which has taken us so far from Suffolk to Minneapolis

I was delighted to write about the circuit I walk every night and what it means to me for @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social

www.boundlessmagazine.com/p/of-owning-...

If anything were to make me believe in a god, it would be watching a heron fly over.

I didn’t see them but I heard them. The swallows are back.

I finally sorted out my ALCS profile last year and…if you haven’t…do. You might get a very nice little surprise in your bank!

www.alcs.co.uk

Thank you so.

Ha! Personally, my aim is limited to writing as everything else went to shit a long time ago..

I reference this quote often. Always worth repeating, like a mantra