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Very exciting news! My second novel The Wilder Path has been shortlisted for The Encore Award (alongside three very talented writers). societyofauthors.org/prizes/other...
Love Forms by Claire Adam (@faberbooks.bsky.social)
Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces (@prototypepubs.bsky.social)
Sycorax by Nydia Hetherington (Quercus)
The Wilder Path by @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social (@aurorametro.bsky.social)
Congratulations to all four shortlistees. The winner will be announced on 13 May.
The thing is, he doesn't mean to be funny, he means to be deadly serious and to be taken seriously, which somehow makes it funnier... (and deeply worrying at the same time).
Trump TS post featuring an illustration of himself as a Christian faith healer
I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help.
A lovely lovely man, so kind and supportive and a brilliant writer. He will be so much missed.
If you have any information at all on these plans, now is the time to share it. Reach me on Signal at marisakabas.04
I’m so sorry. Lorraine was a really lovely person, always warm, friendly and supportive. We will miss her.
This post, including one of her stories, Is dedicated to the memory of Lorraine Collins who came to the festival for every year since 2023 and was booked this year. Lorraine died in a car accident last week and we will miss her at the festival very much. www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/
La Terre a accumulé une chaleur record en 2025: "Soyons francs, la situation est plutôt alarmante, le chaos s'accélère"
Looking forward to meeting you - as well as hearing about the book!
I got my ticket so will be there! 😀
Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.
I have a sense that it’s always about money. Those in control want more money; those following don’t understand this, and don’t understand that they will be worse off.
This is profoundly shocking.
No one who is at all concerned with the national security of the United States can possibly support Trump. This is simply a hideous betrayal of the country and its future in exchange for a bribe.
Bristol Zoo Clifton site developers subject to Government finance warning
"You should avoid dealing with this firm and beware of scams"
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I have two I wrote! I'm very proud of them 😘. They're in my bio, published last year.
😂 Unbelievable.
When the subtitle is actually the headline:
“In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Fascinating…(as Spock would say).
Zack Polanski demands on BBC Newsnight that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir over Peter Mandelson links
Themes of #climatechange, #socialjustice, #ethics, and more...
Published in the UK as #Aerth in January 2025.
My novella #Aerth is published tomorrow (4/2/26) in Italy by @zona42.bsky.social. Wonderful translation by @madampsychosis.bsky.social Chiara Reali, beautiful cover art by Annalisa Antonini. Nota bene: No generative AI used in any part of this work.
Molte grazie, Giorgio Raffaelli & all the team!