My workshop on Writing Historical Fiction is approaching! 10.00-16.00 Sat 16th May (on Zoom), £150. We'll be looking at how to seamlessly incorporate research into your story, creating convincing characters and dialogue, and how to be savvy about anachronism. Spaces still available! #CreativeWriting

Occasional reminder that my book ‘Darker With the Lights On’ is available from @transitbooks.bsky.social. My stories have been praised by Helen Garner, Claire-Louise Bennett, Max Porter, Elizabeth McCracken, Kevin Barry, Wendy Erskine & Eimear McBride, among others. www.transitbooks.org/books/darker

My workshop on Writing Historical Fiction is approaching! 10.00-16.00 Sat 16th May (on Zoom), £150. We'll be looking at how to seamlessly incorporate research into your story, creating convincing characters and dialogue, and how to be savvy about anachronism. Spaces still available! #CreativeWriting

Ah, I must read Square Haunting, it's been on my radar for a while!

Hideous. I'm so sorry.

‘Every time I write, I doubt myself’: Michael Rosen at 80 on deep grief, self-belief and chocolate cake The children’s author answers questions from readers, friends and writers on losing his son Eddie, surviving Covid, who he’d invite to his perfect birthday dinner and where he goes for inspiration

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

"It’s crucial to remember that your attention is one of the most precious capacities you possess.”" ~ Michael Taft

Elemental: Manchester Poetry Library Summer Exhibition, Curated by Jean Sprackland, 20 Apr - 31 Oct 2026 Exhibition, Manchester Poetry Library

Summer Exhibition at Manchester Poetry Library opens today - curated by Jean Sprackland.

www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...

Just finished Francesca Wade's biography of Gertrude Stein. Everything a biography should be - committed to Stein's work as well as her life; absolutely fascinating, but still leaves Stein her mystery and provocations... Feel the need for some more female modernists in my life.

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Hmm, yes - I think one could be spared for a "mega fan"... 😂😍 Will make sure one is winging its way! x

A website for recipes jenniferrecipes.com shows an ad blocking an entire process for making cream cheese at home. The ad is a lifehack that tells you to pour dish soap in your toilet.

Like this delicious recipe:

Bluebells in the village woods this evening.

Cool title! I liked the quizzical nature of the "?". It gives you mystique!

looking! 🙄

Hurray, congrats to you too! Mine is early in the year - 21st Jan. Have you got a date/title yet? Really loking forward to it!

Always a delight to get a bundle of New Naturalists in. The superb jackets often overshadow how serious the series was as genuine natural history written by top ranking experts

Aw, that's very kind! 😉

Thank you! 💚😍

Thank you! 😍

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💚 Is yours 2027 too??

☺️Thank you!

Thank you! 💚

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Ha ha, so many feelings! So glad it's reached this stage but also... 🫣

That would be amazing! 😍

Aw, thank you Peter! 💚

How a lost and forgotten LA writer is coming back into print after 36 years Boris Dralyuk, who has two new books coming out, talks about getting the poet Henri Coulette published again.

The great SoCal bookman @erikpedersen.bsky.social revisits his story about Henri Coulette, now that the poet’s work is back in print—and Alexander Voloshin makes a cameo, too.

www.ocregister.com/2026/04/17/h...

Photo of proof copy of novel, Each Leaf, Each Curve of Stem by Victoria MacKenzie. Ivy green cover with no illustrations.

Proof copies of Each Leaf, Each Curve of Stem, my second novel, have arrived! I call it my second novel, but in my heart it's my first - thirteen years in the writing, baby. Yep, feeling quite emotional! 🌱💚✒️