Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Polly Halladay, Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup Polly Halladay joined Georgina Capel Associates as an assistant in 2021, and has been an agent since 2024. She is currently building a list for which she would like: * Lit

Only a few hours to go before we welcome literary agent Polly Halladay, who will be sharing the secrets of the publishing world and giving feedback on verbal pitches. Join us online for a fiver if that appeals to you:
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Would you like to learn the secrets of publishing from a literary agent? Of course you would. That's why Polly Halladay of Georgina Capel Associates will be joining us online on Wed. She'll be commenting on verbal pitches as well.

£5 cover charge.

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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Ken MacLeod An evening with science fiction novelist Ken MacLeod.

On the day we leap into the future, it feels like the right time to invite you to an evening with Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social, an author who has spent the last 30 years sharing is visions of the future.
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Free online this Wed:
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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Ken MacLeod An evening with science fiction novelist Ken MacLeod.

Would you like to you like to spend an online evening with the author who has been giving us socialist space opera for the last three decades?

Then join us online for free when we welcome Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social next Wed.
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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Sapere Books A talk and Q&A with Amy Durant of Sapere Books, a UK-based independent publisher.

An hour to go before Amy Durant @savingbooks.bsky.social tells us all about indy publisher Sapere Books @saperebooks.bsky.social . Still plenty of space to join us online for free if you want to hear her wisdom.

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Sapere Books A talk and Q&A with Amy Durant of Sapere Books, a UK-based independent publisher.

Are you a writer considering indy publishing? You might want to join us this Tue, when Amy Durant @savingbooks.bsky.social of UK-based Sapere Books
@saperebooks.bsky.social will share an insider's view. Online and free.

#writingcommunity #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Sapere Books A talk and Q&A with Amy Durant of Sapere Books, a UK-based independent publisher.

A few hours and a week from now, we'll be hosting Amy Durant @savingbooks.bsky.social of Sapere Books @saperebooks.bsky.social. Join us online for free to hear Amy tell us of the wonderful world of indy publishing.
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Chalk Scribblers talk collections: Ana Sun & Vanessa Fogg A conversation with the authors of two recently published shot story collections: Ana Sun and Vanessa Fogg.

A little over an hour before Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social and Ana Sun @singingtotigers.bsky.social join us to talk about their short story collections. Join us online for free:
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Chalk Scribblers talk collections: Ana Sun & Vanessa Fogg A conversation with the authors of two recently published shot story collections: Ana Sun and Vanessa Fogg.

How does one short story bloom into a book-length collection and what can we learn from the flowering? Join us online this Wed when Ana Sun @singingtotigers.bsky.social and Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social discuss their recent collections.
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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Hannah Schofield A talk, pitching session and Q&A with Hannah Schofield, literary agent at LBA books.

Since posting that, we've had to reschedule to Wed 25th Feb. We don't have an event on Mon 18th Mar. Event page is:
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No soon did we post this than we had to reschedule it. We'll now be hosting Hannah Schofield of LBA Books on Wednesday 25th February. Hope to see all you future bestseller authors there.
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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Hannah Schofield A talk, pitching session and Q&A with Hannah Schofield, literary agent at LBA books.

Would you like to know what a literary agent thinks of your novel? On Wed 18th Feb, Hannah Schofield of LBA has offered to comment on verbal pitches and to answer your burning questions about publishing. Join us online for £5:
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Chalk Scribblers meet the expert: Chris French An evening with Chris French, expert in anomalistic psychology and author of 'The Science of Weird Shit'.

Still a few slots left to hear Chris French @profchrisfrench.bsky.social talk about how and why we conjure ghosts and aliens with our imagination, saving them the bother of existing, aka the sceince of weird shit. Join us for free:

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Congratulations to one of our regular Scribblers! Layla Sabourian's @laylasabourian.bsky.social flash tale of judgement by music has been published by Flame Tree.

Chalk Scribblers meet the expert: Chris French An evening with Chris French, expert in anomalistic psychology and author of 'The Science of Weird Shit'.

What's behind belief in the supernatural? It's a critical question for navigating the real world or creating fictional worlds. Join us online (free) next Wed evening when Chris French @profchrisfrench.bsky.social speaks of his decades of research on the subject.

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Chalk Scribblers | Meetup Welcome to the Chalk Scribblers. We’re an international online group, and occasionally a rabble, of writers working on improving our skills. We run two types of activity to help each other achieve tha...

Happy 2026 to all lovers of the written word.

Scribblers' successes of 2025:
- 10 stories published by 5 Scribblers.
- 1 story collection published.
- 1 novel contracted for publication this year.
- 1 agent signing.

Here's to even more Scribbler success in 2026!

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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Lauren Grodstein A reading and conversation with New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein.

How does a New York Times bestselling author approach their craft? Join us online for free on Wed 5th Nov when Lauren Grodstein @laurengrodstein.bsky.social, literary novelist and creative writing professor, answers that question.
#writingcommunity #amwriting

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See you on Friday!

Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Sheyla Knigge A talk, pitching session and Q&A with Sheyla Knigge, a literary agent at the US-based HighLine Literary Collective.

Only two days before US-based literary agent Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social joins us to comment on pitches and answer questions. Join us online this Friday if you have one of those pitches or questions. Cover charge £5.
#amwriting #amquerying

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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Sheyla Knigge A talk, pitching session and Q&A with Sheyla Knigge, a literary agent at the US-based HighLine Literary Collective.

Would you like to pick the brain of a US-based literary agent? Join us online on Fri 17th Oct when Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social of HighLine Literary brings the brain and you bring the pitches and questions. Cover charge £5.
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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Samar Hammam A talk, Q&A and pitching session with literary agent Samar Hammam of Rocking Chair Books.

Would you like to hear the tricks of the trade from a literary agent, including what she thinks of your pitch? If that's you, join us online 7pm this Wed when we host Samar Hammam of Rocking Chair Books. £5 cover charge.
#writingcommunity #amquerying

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A couple of days to go before we meet Will Evans of the Dallas-based independent publisher Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social. Join us online for free to find out what they’re all about.
#writingcommunity #getpublished #amwriting

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Would anyone like to know how Will Evans made Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social a centre for independent publishing? Join us online for free next Wed when Will joins us from Dallas:
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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: NewCon Press A talk and Q&A with Ian Whates, founder and director of NewCon Press and award-winning science fiction author.

Not long to go before we welcome Ian Whates to tell us all about NewCon press in particular and what writers need to know about independent publishing more generally. Join us online for free at 7pm (UK time).
#writingcommunity #getpublished #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: NewCon Press A talk and Q&A with Ian Whates, founder and director of NewCon Press and award-winning science fiction author.

Would you like to hear some insights from one of Britain's leading independent publishers? Join us online for free at 7pn (UK time) tomorrow when Ian Whates of NewCon Press will share them with us.
#writingcommunity #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Jaded Ibis A evening with Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley, published authors and staff members at independent publisher Jaded Ibis.

Just over an hour and a half to go before we meet Elizabeth and Carmen from Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social. Join us online for free to find out what they're all about.
#writerscommunity #amwriting #getpublished

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Jaded Ibis A evening with Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley, published authors and staff members at independent publisher Jaded Ibis.

Two days to go before Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley of Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social share their experience as both authors and publishers in the world of independent publishing.

Join us online for free 7pm (UK time) this Wed.
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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Jaded Ibis A evening with Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley, published authors and staff members at independent publisher Jaded Ibis.

Two authors who run an indy press keen on social justice walk into our virtual bar. Not a joke.

The publisher is Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social and it's going to happen at 7pm (UK time) on Wed 20th Aug. Free to join.
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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Peadar Ó Guilín, Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish author of short and long-form fiction. The first of his five YA novels, *The Inferior*, was published in 2007 and the most recent, *The Invasion

Only a fee hours to go before Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social talks about his YA novels full of really, really nasty sidhe. Join us online for free.
#writingcommunity #WritersLife #YAfantasy

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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Peadar Ó Guilín, Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish author of short and long-form fiction. The first of his five YA novels, *The Inferior*, was published in 2007 and the most recent, *The Invasion

A very hot summer is when the sidhe slide out from under their rocks. Join us online for free this Wed when novelist Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social tells us how he writes about them.
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