The rail strike isn’t only about rail workers. This strike is coming first because the RMT is the frontline of the organised working class. If they win, millions of workers will feel emboldened to fight for a pay rise. And the establishment knows it.

Book an #agent121 with Steven Evans from Eve White for feedback on your letter, synopsis and chapters 10 July He likes historical, thrillers, autofiction dealing with contemporary socio-political issues, detective series, literary fiction and cosy crime iaminprint.co.uk

#COVID I'm sorry, but "people don't like being told what to do" re. wearing a mask is not exactly an argument from an evidence based approach to mitigating a highly infectious mass-disabling disease that's crippling our health system #nswpol #Omicron

📣 Looking for #VSPritchett #ShortStory Prize inspiration? 🏆Past winners: Leeor Ohayon, 'Gahnun on Shabbat' bit.ly/RSLVSP21 Kate Lockwood Jefford, 'Picasso's Face' bit.ly/RSLVSP20 Ursula Brunetti, 'Beetleboy' bit.ly/RSLVSP19 📩Enter now: bit.ly/VSP_Prize

I just signed the petition calling on Boris Johnson's resignation honours to be blocked. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bloc… via 38 Degrees

“People are getting poorer every day. They can’t pay their bills, they’re being treated despicably in the workplace. There is a massive response coming.” - RMT’s Mick Lynch #EnoughlsEnough

Yes of course, mothers?

Protect The Jago & other Grassroots venues against rising noise complaints in Hackney chng.it/KxQWR2cb via Change.org UK

Learning to use left hand after losing the use of dominant R hand post fall and surgery. Pin oak leaf #HaringeyTrees #LordshipRec

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🏆 Thrilled to reveal the longlist for Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 2023! 📖🎉 These 12 remarkable authors have truly nailed the art of short storytelling. 📚✨ Stay tuned for more updates on this literary journey. Congrats to our longlist stars! 🌟🖋️

Tim Lott & Lucy Caldwell: How (not) to Write creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/tim-l… via Creative Folkestone

Delighted to be on this longlist and in such fantastic company, thanks to all

The rental market is even tougher than I thought

It's 15:00, 26 January 2024 - and with thanks to our clever, attentive and generous judges (Alex Clark, Tomiwa Owolade, Susan Tomaselli 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ and Chigozie Obioma), as well as to all of those writers who submitted this year – we’re delighted to announce the 2023/24 Short Story Prize longlist:

"What has not helped me is the notion of the primacy of plot." Read our Q&A with GBP Short Story Prize longlistee K Lockwood Jefford - with some wonderful recommendations and thoughts on the writing life: galleybeggar.co.uk/ssp-qa-jefford…

Just an hour to go before we announce the shortlist of the 2023/24 Short Story Prize! Before we do, please join us in raising a cheer for all of the exceptional writers, and glorious stories, on the longlist - which are all available to read at Galleybeggar.co.uk/prize.

It's been a wonderful year, and we're grateful to every single writer who submitted.