📢 THE 404 INK BURSARY FOR UK-BASED SMALL PRESSES NOW OPEN
Applications are now open for our bursary to support small presses in the UK. There are 2 strands you can apply for: donating £1,000 towards creative projects, or £500 towards hosting an intern.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Important!
A live-action #LifeIsStrange TV series is in the works at Amazon.
The End Of The F***ing World's Charlie Covell will serve as writer-showrunner on the series, which will adapt the first game in Square Enix's time-rewinding franchise.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/life...
Me trying to explain time travel
Very complex very layered youtu.be/6WHy8o-Zd7M?...
Screenshot of BBC iPlayer recommendations page. It says: If you liked Tenet, you'll like Driving School.
Obsessed with this "you might also like" recommendation from iPlayer. I need to know what metadata these two share.
Thank you!
Brilliant, thank you!
Friends, what are your favourite TTRPGs that you can play solo? Just doing a bit of research...
#ttrpg #games
Almost every newspaper and broadcaster in Britain is now waging a racist 24/7 campaign of hatred against migrants on behalf of the ultra rich. In response to this, one small thing you can do is donate to the NGOs supporting refugees.
Sorry I didn't [insert thing I was supposed to do today]. The air pressure dropped and now my eyes are lead marbles, my head a sodden loaf.
Barometric migraines are fun aren't they.
"The brutality of the form grows on you" – so very true!
I don't know about you, but this year has been a whole load of dwindling freelance opps, funding rejections and job ad rebuffals coming out of my ear holes. But I do know what I'm doing, promise.
Hey pals, I'm still looking for paid work if anyone is in need of a writer/narrative designer/good egg* to fill a story-shaped hole. I'm available from August until the heat death of the universe. Here's my website: www.michellecollier.co.uk
*If I may say so myself.
I hold a spoon with my toes, cowards!
Super looking forward to chatting about worlds and stories with the mega Jazmin Morris ❤️
NO IT FUCKING ISNT ALL THE CREATIVES ARE FUCKING **BROKE**
The year is 2045, the entire population of the planet is applying to the single remaining job opening.
Stunning 👽
Ahhh thanks so much ❤️
My urgent message to Keir Starmer's Labour government about the devastating impact of cuts to #AccessToWork funding for working disabled people. wearebap.co.uk/campaign 1/4 @tomryalls.bsky.social @disabilityarts.bsky.social
Ah thanks so much! It was v unexpected but nice to be included 😄 You can get copies on their website or ebook version on Amazon I think! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/bo...
As promised, here’s a roadmap for NFFD (Saturday 14 June). Read with us, write with us or join us in person in Bath! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
Photo of my hand holding up the National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2025 book, titled: Monsoon.
Photo of the book's contents page featuring my name and story title: The Rain Brings Toads.
Today I'm celebrating #NationalFlashFictionDay by being in a book! ❤️📚 I feel so honoured to be included in this collection of wonderful writers from all across the world. Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for choosing my weird little story 🐸
In more 'What I've Been Watching' news, I'd like to thank @joebarton.bsky.social for the line: "I didn't come all this way to hide in a cupboard" (now inexplicably & indelibly etched onto my brain) & tell you all to watch The Lazarus Project – a brilliant, full-of-heart take on the time travel genre
I am very much here for this weird venn diagram
The Festival of Libraries is *such* a fantastic programme of stories and activities for everyone (and no, I'm not just saying that because I'm a trustee of Manchester City of Lit). You can see the full offer here: www.manchestercityofliterature.com/project/manc...
📣 Friends in GM – there are some fantastic events happening as part of this year's Festival of Libraries. Including this one at Levy Old Library 👇🏻
Opening tomorrow at Levenshulme Old Library - Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free, a new exhibition showcasing the powerful work of Palestinian comic artists, offering a unique perspective on everyday life in Palestine.
levenshulmeoldlibrary.org.uk/enter-the-mu...
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
