Some great news on this rain-soaked day in Bronllys. My story, Perfect Day, has been shortlisted for the Bristol short story prize 2026. bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/04/04/2...

A graphic depicting the 2025 shortlist for the Rhys Davies short story competition.

📚 We are thrilled to reveal the finalists for the prestigious 2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. 🎉 Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers! www.swansea.ac.uk/cultural-ins...

2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition shortlist announced The shortlist for the prestigious Rhys Davies National Short Story Competition 2025 has been announced.

Some great news today that's making it hard to focus on software manuals (the day job). Two of my stories have been shortlisted for the prestigious Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2025. www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

..when a multicultural work in which you have genre-blended immersive travel, drama and expert discussion with thinkers like @luketurner.bsky.social @sabinastent.bsky.social @jonathanpage-bw.bsky.social is a Guardian Best Podcast: “Yes! we still want the thoughtful, provocative & beautiful!

Faber Launches 2025 FAB Prize with a Publishing Deal for the Winner Faber announces the opening of the 2025 FAB Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour, with a publishing deal for the winner.

From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner.

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Oh my goddess! Branched Out release day is almost here! 🌳
It's been a real joy audio producing this.
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My son's band, Flok, (Ambrose is bottom right), based in Manchester and Scunthorpe. Next gig is Scunthorpe. Keep an eye on them, think they'll do great things - recently chosen to support Dirty Sterling in September.

Thank you to the amazing @somaghosh.bsky.social for including me on the pilot of Branched Out, 'The Tree Men of Wales and Bengal'. It's a new podcast - already listed as a @theguardian.com Best Podcast of the Week - on the cultural history of trees, launching globally on 23 April.

It's a great book. The End of Days, which follows one woman's life (and many deaths) across the 20th century is better still I think. Kairos - angry, socialist, the fall of East Germany - is oddly inspiring in its bleakness, shows a different path than our current consumerist one.

My first tentative post on Bluesky. I've just rebuilt my writer's site - a slightly primitive, handbuilt effort - at jonathanpage.info Do you have a writer's site? Is it useful to you? Just being nosey, really. And hello Bluesky.