Thanks, Jonathan! Hope all is going well with you too?

Longlist for for V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2026 Announced The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short stories between 2,000 to 4,000 words in length.

Thrilled to be on the @rsliterature.bsky.social VS Pritchett prize longlist! www.alcs.co.uk/news/longlis...

We're Looking for a New Multilingual City Poet - Manchester City of Literature Manchester City of Literature are inviting poets to apply for consideration to be a new Multilingual City Poet alongside our current City Poet Nóra Blascsók. The City Poets will work together across o...

Deadline Sunday 18th January.
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Oh, I haven't read A Word Child - it's going on my list!

Gosh, that cover is certainly a... choice. I find Iris Murdoch a bit curate's egg-ish at the best of times; is this one sticking?

Very pleased to be here at @curveleicester.bsky.social on a freezing day for the warm, lovely and inspiring Platform conference! Thank you to @farhanashaikh.bsky.social and the Middle Way Mentoring scheme middlewaymentoring.co.uk/platform-con...

Image is a flyer for a writing conference and has six book covers. Text reads Platform Conference for Writers of Colour Book covers include Stitched Up, Peach Blossom Spring, The Light Between Us, Djinn Patrol, and Fragile Monsters

Happy world book day!
Join us for Platform Conference for Writers of Colour, a day-long event, which aims to support and encourage with advice and inspiration. Takes place in #Leicester on 5th April.

Check out the programme and book your ticket: middlewaymentoring.co.uk/platform-con...

Thank you, Neema! I think it's also super important for writers, because so many people don't think of creative rights as an ethical issue - but of course it absolutely is.

Super pleased to be on this podcast today talking about AI ethics and the importance of transparency, human rights, fairness and all the good crunchy things that technology often ignores. Do have a listen!

A photo of Catherine looking happy, wearing a black blazer and green earrings.

Catherine Menon (@catherinemenon.bsky.social) is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire. Her research explores the ethics and safety of intelligent systems that are used by members of the public, such as home assistance robots.

Listen to our chat: www.robottalk.org/2025/02/21/e...

First meeting of the year with The Whole Kahani. A great way to spend what was otherwise a grey and rainy Sunday working on anthology number four with these fabulous writers 😍. @catherinemenon.bsky.social Reshma Ruia, Deblina Chakrabarty, Radhika Kapur

You have EIGHT DAYS LEFT to submit your story(ies) up to 4,000 words to the Bristol Short Story Prize, full details here: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk! Please share!

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You can now read my new book, The Best of Everything, early! I hope you enjoy it.

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Oh wow, I had no idea. Khong Guan also make iced gems - which, as a kid I probably ate my entire bodyweight in - but without this picture. Amazing story behind it!

To be fair, "making giant holes in the ground" is pretty much a defining characteristic of nuclear bombs.

Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand? We are far more likely to use our hands to type or swipe than pick up a pen. But in the process we are in danger of losing cognitive skills, sensory experience – and a connection to history

Is handwriting really disappearing? Most of you on here are writers so I guess not personally - but outside that bubble? Somebody must be buying all those Moleskines, after all.
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Go you! I realised I'd forgotten to add audiobooks at all, so I'm not even getting my nuppences 😂

Very much enjoyed this @fictivedream.bsky.social story.

Bucks/Beds/Northants writers: what does 'Home' mean to you? Submissions close at 23:59 on Sun 19/1. Prizes/publication for winners.

Details: mklitfest.org/mink2025

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Congratulations, Susmita! What a punch of a story too.

Oh, thank you for the heads up! I had no idea ☺️

PLR payments always feel a bit like magic to me; lovely, but also slightly baffling.

A literary event with a writer and host sat in front of a red curtain surrounded by a diverse audience of literature lovers.

Hello writers! Hello readers! Give us a follow and together let's make 2025 the best Leeds Lit Fest yet.

This is fascinating - although I'm spending way too long trying to figure out how anyone would actually sit on that throne.

Congratulations, Emily! And what a first para - this looks so good 😊

For me it's Feb-brutality, when the reality of all of January's overly optimistic resolutions comes crashing down (do I really want to be up at 4am every day of my life to "meditate"? No, and also NO).

I love this prompt - and also the concept of Janxiety!

Our Flash Fiction, Short Story, Poetry and Novel Awards close for submissions on 31 May. Enter at bridportprize.org.uk

To listen to a little inspiration from former winners and judges 👉 bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room... 🔊

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