Okay, I’ve a bit of time between writing projects, so I’m once more offering a FREE read on your submission package. That’s a pitch letter, synopsis and first three chapters or up to 5,000 words. Any genre. Just reply below and I’ll do a random pick. Entries in by Fri 3 May 1730.

Just in case you missed my typed excitement, here's my MASSIVE FACE doing excitement right at you!
Coming 4th July 2024 🐕🎭👻
#LightsUp @puffinbooksuk

Tonight’s game has been delayed due to a bee colony forming on the protective netting behind home plate.

snow on the fields. A barn full of cows behind flapping plastic walls.
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I spoke to Books from Scotland about Only Here, Only Now..

We are currently accepting applications for our Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Writers of Colour ⬇️

Across nine-months, four aspiring authors will receive one-to-one guidance from a published author-mentor, plus a tutorial with a literary agent.

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#LondonFeedsItself has its own table at Foyles. 💫 Hard to believe I’m part of this book and that it’s published by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Thank you for the 📸 Melek Erdal, whose writing is nominated for the F&M awards this year. 💪🏽

Remembering the brilliance of Poly Styrene (Marianne Joan Elliott-Said), 3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011 🩵 🪷 🕊️ ✨
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#polystyrene #xrayspex #harekrishna #prayerforpeace

Today I'm talking to Emily Howes about The Painter's Daughters, the sometimes controversial topic of present tense in a historical novel and what theatre class taught her about writing through the body. Phoenix Books

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Finished reading Only Here, Only Now by the v talented Tom Newlands BLOWN AWAY. Connected with it so much (who knew Scots and Yorkshire folk could be so similar 😂)! You're all going to LOVE Cora and the journey she takes you on. Out 13 June. Thank you Tom for my proof! 👟

We're so excited about this lineup of special masterclasses with publishing industry experts for students on our London-based six-month Writing Your Novel course!

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I’m pretty sure that these bonsai trees being advertised on Facebook marketplace or in fact just normal twigs stuck in pots

Just one week left to listen to this wonderful reading of FOR THY GREAT PAIN HAVE MERCY ON MY LITTLE PAIN on BBC Radio 4! 🎧📻📚💙

In this extraordinary debut, Tom Newlands explores what it means to yearn for a life that feels out of reach. Vibrant and lyrical, Only Here, Only Now is a story of poverty, identity and family, shining with resilience. Join us in the Bookshop to celebrate its publication!

Jean Philippe Charbonnier

A work bag, English make, dated 1669, Marked with the initials I.S and the words 'Age 10.' (Met Museum) Linen worked with wool thread. 47 x 61 cm - excluding the cords.

Reflect on the power of music with ARTIST TAXI DRIVER as he curates #BethlemLiveLounge . Brilliant article in the Big Issue on #rsd24

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Maudsley Charity @maudsleyNHS Grayson Perry King's Culture King's SSPP

Peter Drury pre-match hype voice:

Yusuf and Zulaykha (Recto); Illustration and Text (Persian Verses) in an Anthology with some verses from Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami; The Fifth Throne clevelandart.org/art/1947.501.a

2 years since this book came out. Sounds trite, but writing it changed me, and I still think the more people know Morgan's story, the better. So here I am, wanging on about it again. Please take a look if you can.