There's one day left to support the #WomensPrize Trust's Big Give #ChristmasChallenge! The #BigGive doubles your donation so £5 becomes £10, or £50 becomes £100. That £100 could fund ten free workshop tickets for the Agathas, Mayas and Tonis of tomorrow. bit.ly/WomensPrizeDon…

I love this. I hope I am told if anyone actually goes on the run. Faber Books

And in my last duty before I shut up shop for the break, I'll be teaching a masterclass in plot and narrative structure, online for the Arvon Tues 17th, 7-9pm. Sign up here. arvon.org/writing-course…

My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) is chosen by InsideTime as one of their recommended reads from 2024. “One of the most important books to have been published this year,” writes Louise Doughty insidetime.org/jailbreak/find…

After he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, Albert Camus wrote a letter of thanks to his favorite childhood teacher, whom he'd never forgotten. It's beautiful.

Save Audio Drama at the BBC - Sign the Petition! chng.it/ssXRKp9Zc5 via Change.org UK

I await this longlist every bit as eagerly as Women's Prize fiction list, what terrific range is here, congratulations to all the authors.

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Arvon and Lumb Bank in particular, which I visited in the very early days of my career. Do support this appeal if you can. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lumbbank crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lumbbank?utm…

This is very important, and the deadline for filling in the form for the government consultation is today (25th Feb). If you're an author, or if you feel that creators should not be robbed of control over their own copyright, please consider filling this form.

Excited & oof yes, apprehensive, of taking part in T'Articulation's Romany & Traveller Poetry & Prose event in one of the places I'm from, that's at the heart of my piece in #KIN. Sunday, with the fabulous Raine Geoghegan, MA Louise Doughty & Amanda Garrie! eventbrite.co.uk/e/kin-and-the-…

Thank you Five Leaves Bookshop and NTU for hosting, this was a terrific event - and wonderful to hear from the students in creative writing, literary stars in the making.

Phoenix to publish a 'heartbreaking and revelatory' memoir from Louise Doughty thebookseller.com/rights/phoenix…

I am desperate for an epic, all consuming love story. So submissions please think of me - any genre, as long as it is Adult Fiction. [email protected]

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/the…

I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not have the right to use my work. Use the @authorsguild's letter template to send your own: actionnetwork.org/letters/author…

Look at all these great names in one place (although not necessarily at the same time)! Get booking! John Suchet Adele Parks Otto English A.A. Chaudhuri Sarah Clarke #TheNightSheDies Nikki Smith Paul Waters Lisa Brace SWIM The Tale of Lucy Morton Matt Graydon Louise Doughty Joelle Tamraz | Author Speaker Coach Lucy Weldon

Emma and Jonathan are lovely people and great enthusiasts for new writing, so if you're looking for a writing retreat then this one will be very good indeed.

Unmissable opportunity at Arvon for this incredible course: Non-fiction: The Techniques Behind the Story, taught by award-winning writer and Jhalak Prose Prize 2025 judge #TaranNKhan: arvon.org/writing-course… Sign up asap.

A terrific new initiative from the wonderful New Writing North theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

Popping up on here with my regular reminder of the importance of National Literacy Trust. It's vital that children and young people from all backgrounds read for pleasure, do support them if you can.