Do you think you can make a difference to help nature? Do you want to? Email your MP asking them to sign the Early Day Motion for Securing cavity nesting habitat for swifts and other birds 🪶it’s v easy for any MP to do & birds really need their help edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

Save the date for Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop Romance Fiction Festival -First Date. 17-31 May 2025. lighthousebookshop.com/events/first-d…

Check out the ArtWalk Porty program for Part II of 5 Walks, 5 Trees, 5 Poems. Free workshops taking inspiration from signature trees in Craigmillar Castle Park. Drawing with Sarah Gittens, poetry with Dr Helen Boden @helenboden.bsky.social and writing with Sandy Bennett-Haber artwalkporty.co.uk/project/5-walk…

Check out the ArtWalk Porty program for Part II of 5 Walks, 5 Trees, 5 Poems. Free workshops taking inspiration from signature trees in Craigmillar Castle Park. Drawing with Sarah Gittens, poetry with Dr Helen Boden @helenboden.bsky.social and writing with me! artwalkporty.co.uk/project/5-walk…

As we prepare to welcome our swifts home, my book about the campaign to save them from national extinction, will be published on Mayday.… if you pre order now you’ll get #NatureNeedsYou before it’s out in the shops blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…

Hello, hello. Sandy Bennett-Haber here. What are your writing goals for this week? Do you have a set word count you want to reach? Let us know and we can all get our writing week of to a great start! #amwriting #womenwriters #WritingCommunity

Are you excited for this months Women Writers Network #tweetchat? We are talking about all things #Womenwriters and Contemporary Fiction on Thursday 15th May -6pm BST. Hope to see you there!

Thinking about local words today - I've exchanged my 14yr old boy for a 14yr old girl from Germany for a month and having fun explaining the Scottish "taps-aff' weather (as opposed to "taps-oan"...) #womenwriters please share your own phrases that mystify the rest of the world!

Our own Sandy Bennett-Haber is one of 22 Edinburgh writers in this multi-genre anthology created by Jeda Pearl & inspired by our iconic North Bridge: speculative, historical & contemporary fiction, poetry in Scots & English, memoir, a script & a game... payhip.com/b/BxUCD

Inspired by Edinburgh’s North Bridge- Pre-order by 2nd June for limited first print run in colour! £10 payhip.com/b/BxUCD Innovative anthology of specfic, historical & contemporary fiction, poetry in Scots & English, memoir, a script and a game from 22 writers.

So much creativity in the bothy at Bridgend Farmhouse on Monday! A few moments from the Speculative Fiction workshop I had the honor of facilitating as part of the 5 walks, 5 trees, 5 poems project for ArtWalk Porty. #amwriting

For those of you in or near Edinburgh - this sounds so interesting! #womenwriters

As #HistFicMay comes to a close, our very own Valeria Vescina is sharing the #historicalfiction reads that stood out for her over the past 12 months. ❤️📚 Check out her list! And we’d love to hear your recommendations, too! #histfic #WritingCommunity valeriavescina.com/2025/05/30/his…

My top #historicalfiction reads of the past 12 months include Rachel Seiffert's "Once The Deed Is Done" (@viragobooks), Emily Howes' "The Painter's Daughters" (Simon & Schuster), Martina Clavadetscher's "Vor Aller Augen" (Unionsverlag) and more. #books valeriavescina.com/2025/05/30/his…

ONE WEEK UNTIL #CYMERA25 🎉🎉🎉 Join us for dozens of author panels and book signings, writing workshops, our Creators Hall, our Games Space, the Cymera Quiz, live theatre performances and so much more! We can't wait to see you at the Pleasance (or online) next weekend 🤩

Who needs peace and quiet? Maybe a change can be as good as a rest. Blog post on recuperation through exploration, below. #WritingCommunity #Travel #WomenWriters

So it begins. Happy Cymera Festival everyone!

Q5 What are the challenges associated with writing about places that are not on our doorstep? What tips do you have to ensure that you write about these places authentically? #WritingTips #WomenWritersNet

✨OUT TODAY✨ We’re so thrilled to share that Letters from Elena by Anne Hamilton is officially out in the world! 💌📚 A moving, beautifully written novel of memory, mystery, and the enduring power of friendship… this is one you won’t want to miss 🌺💌🌺 #books #booklaunch

The best evening at The Edinburgh Bookshop with Olga Wojtas & Valerie Griffin Writer Thanks so much to everyone who came along. And to Cafe Grande who kindly provided us with a very late dinner