The London Library Emerging Writers Programme opens for submissions today! The Programme is geared towards supporting writers at the start of their careers✍️ Applications close at 11am on 28 February 2024. Find out more and how to apply: londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-em…

Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.

Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for Underrepresented Writers is officially open! ✨ It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £23k of prizes. The theme this year is Reveal. #WritingCommunity – send us your best work! Bit.ly/CFWA2024

Amazing news! My first script "Beau the Beautiful" was just selected by Sunday Shorts Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!

Britain summed up in one headline. It has everything: passive aggression, pettiness, mild protest, humour and overrunning roadworks. There’s even a grey sky. Bravo.

📚 Start the week with some Orwell inspiration for writing about 'Home'! 🏡 ✍️Try starting from a particular place, as Orwell does – what kind of characters call this place home? What might their lives be like? 💫Enter by 1st April for FEEDBACK - head to orwellyouthprize.co.uk

Ooh, one of my wee stories is on here 🥳🙌 📝

Ah well mine has dropped off from long to shortlist. But congratulations to everyone who moved forward, I look forward to reading them! 📚📚📚📝📝📝😍😍😍

I just supported Save OFMD on Ko-fi! ❤️ Ko-fi.com/home/coffeesho… Best tv show ever - save it!!

Yas 👏 this! All reading is good. I say this constantly at work - all reading is good reading 📚📚📚

Really chuffed to have a flash make the shortlist of 10 - out of nearly 700 entries!! 📚 📝 thank you New Writers for a big boost to the writing confidence 😘

Am excellent article ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩷💜 africanactivities.org.uk/blog/lgbtq-his…

Oooooooh new subscription alert. So pretty 🤩 and full of good stuff. It’s been a week - so looking forward to sitting down with this later 🍷 📖 Backstory | London bookshop

The longlist for our 2024 short story competition is now up on the website. Congratulations to all the writers who made it this far. Feel free to celebrate on here, but please don't identify your story yet, as judging is anonymous: exeterwriters.org.uk/p/short-story-…

25 years since this League of Gentlemen was first on TV; 30 years since since we started writing together. A toast to Mark Gatiss 💙 This is NOT and Jeremy Dyson 🥂 I can I can’t ❤️

Oh wow - I skived off school aged 16 (25 years ago!) to meet these people wonderful guys in Borders, Glasgow. I used to tape the radio show, then the tv series was my first big tv love. And now I’m enjoying the new number 9 series with my 13 year old! 😍 I can I can’t 🥤

Was a bit too keen to get this new book by atie (brilliant podcast) that I pre ordered it twice 😳 😣 But now I have a thoughtful gift for my writer friend/her new house along with the usual plant or bottle 🥳👍

Most useful thing I’ve seen. writers - take notes!

My other half is a The Rest Is Politics fan. The boys hate it being on the tv every day but they were happy to become Rory Stewart to surprise the birthday boy. It’s amazing what you can get a mask of with 24 hours notice 😆