I'm just out here . . . Making schemes for this short story collection . . . While working on the great British novel

Type Written Gallery / Akeem Balogun in your search bars. Get me up there.

One more time. I'll never leave you hanging. Even if it's beef, I'll drop you a 'take care' before the war...

I get so gassed up when I'm writing sometimes. I just want these stories read.

Really enjoyed this involving chapbook by Akeem Balogun, illustrated by Thomas Fowler. Cautionary, futurist, yet a parable for our times. And beautifully produced by intergraphia. Bravo!

Malika Booker hannahlowepoet Andre Bagoo Louise Brealey Penny Batchelor - Author Okechukwu Nzelu Zoe Norfolk Rachel Charlton-Dailey Stephanie Sy-Quia Caroline Bird Josie Giles Eric ngalle charles Dr Rosie Miles rmcfarlane63 Dr Anietie Isong Davina Hamilton Soofiya The Somerset Maugham Awards Judging Panel Akeem Balogun (©John Kamara), Sandeep Parmar, Ellen Wiles (©Emily Stein)

It's been almost 10 years, and D.o.k and Treble Clef still haven't dropped their Trumpet Boom remix, KMT. FREE IT UP!

We are so proud of them. Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq, winners of this year’s International Booker Prize. 🎉

'I'm About' Sometimes, with no witness, we’re left with the windows and walls to hold our stories. A portal fantasy, directed by me. The debut short for the Keeping the House mixtape. Song feats Kareem Parkins-Brown Produced by northsiderei Out now: youtube.com/watch?v=lzTPQ7…

Selma Dabbagh | In Gaza Nothing’s Impossible my latest blog #ceasefirenow ⁦London Review of Books⁩ lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/june…

Next up are the Somerset Maugham Awards, awarded for published works of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by writers under 30, to enable them to enrich their work by gaining experience of foreign countries Congratulations to our 2025 Somerset Maugham Award winners: 🧵

Jo Hamya for The Hypocrite (W&N) Jo Ashani Lewis for Winter Animals (@ dialoguepublishing) Jason Okundaye for Revolutionary Acts: Love & Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain (Faber Books) Charlotte Shevchenko Knight for Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape, Vintage)

Celebrating the most promising literary voices of the year - the annual Society of Authors’ Awards. Congratulations to our brilliant award winners, runners-up, and to every writer who submitted their work and shared their voice. #soawards

Another year judging the The Society of Authors' Somerset Maugham Award, alongside Ellen Wiles and Sandeep Parmer. Wonderful prize and brilliant people. Photos by Adrian Pope #SoAwards

Waiting on BOXING BEATS & RHYMES's take on the MVP card. Thought Thibeault and Cameron fought super well, and that Ali vs. Furtado fight...

Are you planning to #DownTools this summer. If you're stuck for reading ideas, we asked some of the attendees at our Awards and Summer Party for their all-time favourites. Which ones would you add to your list?

Brilliant piece.

The em dash is now associated with Ai. I used to love using it every so often, but I'm thinking twice now.

Words on Take It Personal / Angel (HF009) to celebrate its 20th anniversary today. Now Then Magazine | Toasty | @hotflushuk | Scuba

Writing a 1st draft of a story can be the best part. Enjoy those moments shamelessly. Everything afterwards might, just might, not be as fun