📢 Arvon grant funding is now available 📢 We are accepting applications for residential and online courses running from October to December 2024 only. Funds are very limited, so please apply as early as possible! arvon.org/writing-course…

Nice day to do the thing

Now that the Greens have won 4 seats , can we please have endless discussions on every media outlet about the rise of progressive politics & how important saving the planet is to the UK electorate.

Lunate vol. 5, the 'Bodies' edition, is now available to pre-order - choose a single issue or save and get cool goodies with the 2 volume sub. Feat new work from: Lara Williams Noémi Kiss-Deáki Jamie Cameron HAN SMITH Heidi James lunate.co.uk/shop/p/lunate-…

Also, while we're talking print excellence, if you are a small (or not!) publisher and you need your manuscript typesetting, we will do you a luvly job. 🙂

Shortlisted for the Forward Prizes Best First Collection, Jasmine Ann Cooray's Inheritance is a profoundly moving exploration of what is passed down by our forebearers, what is left behind when we lose someone, and what we learn from being loved. Buy it here: badbettypress.com/product/inheri…

Not convinced this is your best idea, Marylebone festival🤔

These prison sentences are shameful. If you don't already know about CIVICUS Monitor, it's an excellent resource rating every country's freedoms of speech, protest, activity etc. Have a look. We are Obstructed - one step from a Repressed society. civicus.org/index.php/what…

Look we've realized that we've been making a mistake with the idea of public health all along and we've decided to replace public health WITH A MINDFULLNESS APP, please log on to your health portal to relax away your latest viral infection

For all your years

Hello #shortstory writers! If your story/draft won't behave but also won't let you go, my LondonLitLab Bootcamp course is for you. Tons of great story analysis, supportive feedback on your work & in-depth advice on how to tackle intransigent problems🛠️ tickettailor.com/events/londonl…

There are only two places left on Zoe Gilbert's online writing course, Enchantment in Fiction, starting late September. For more info and booking: londonlitlab.co.uk/course/enchant…

Coming out in October: DUETS! Eight astounding short stories co-written by sixteen authors. Lyrical and exhilarating, their brilliance formed by the harmonies and tensions in their creation. scratch-books.co.uk/product-page/d… Featuring (brace yourself)…

Giant Rat of Sumatra Nell Stevens ben pester tim macgabhann 🇵🇸 𓂆 Jon McGregor Gurnaik Johal Jo Lloyd 🌍 🐎 Adrian Duncan Zoe Gilbert Jarred McGinnis Ruby Cowling ⛅🌧⛈ Anna Wood Leila Aboulela, Lucy Durneen, Roelof Bakker, David Rose

And… come to the MEGA London launch event on 22nd October - tickets here… scratch-books.co.uk/event-details/…

All those people who've said this is very good are quite correct. Intense, unapologetic, refreshingly outward-facing stories from from 🌊🌊 that get better & better as you get deeper in. (Feel a bit bad that I once told her I hated italics... but she's redeemed them for me)

Exciting to see DUETS in this roundup of forthcoming autumn books!

We are so incredibly proud of this book being on the shortlist for the Forward Prize. It has been an honour to work with Jasmine Ann Cooray on it!