Happy birthday to The Truth Has Arms & Legs - two years old today! Massive thanks to everyone who’s helped this little book on its way 🎉 #writingcommunity @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social #shortstories #debut

A fabulous evening, thank you!#shortstories

A fantastic competition to enter #writingcommunity ⬇️

📚💙 Join us at Waterstones Sauchiehall St, Glasgow on Wed evening for launch of The Devil's Draper by @badsvillebroad.bsky.social. We have a great evening of 1920s characters, music and fun planned. Donna will be in conversation with @liambellwrites.bsky.social. www.waterstones.com/events/donna...

We’re trying to start a UK #IndiePressDay too on May 1st - Could you give it a boost? Thanks

I was privileged to be on the judging panel for the nonfiction award last year, and it was great fun as well as being an honour. Get your entries in; you've nothing to lose!

It's no secret I love #libraries - so I'm delighted to be giving author talks at Frimley Green Library and Camberley Library this summer. Join us for two Q&A events, on June 3 & July 1, talking all things #shortstories. Booking links in bio. #Frimley #camberley #surrey @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

Morning mist with blackthorn #merrowdowns #guildford #spring

Happy to receive my copy of 'Bring Me Gold', 50 Poems for Palestine. Thanks to publisher @farhanashaikh.bsky.social at Dahlia Books, all the £10 cover price goes to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social. Includes my #SWWJ prize-winning poem, 'You're Breaking Up'. Buy link in bio 💛 #poetry #palestine

Today is a day of protest against META stealing our work to train AI. “If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything“. Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social authors as they march to Meta’s offices. The meeting point is Granary Square, London N1C 4DQ at 12.45pm. #makeitfair

'The Others': A sweeping love story set against the fall of the Berlin Wall – where love, lies, and revolution collide. The fourth moving novel by Sheena Kalayil, out June 19. Avail for preorder from all bookshops now! www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #books📚💙 @inpressbooks.bsky.social

Where there's a patch of sun... #celandines #spring

From the archive: "different ways it is (sometimes, sort-of) possible to make a living, at least for a while, as a professional writer" buff.ly/FCXwnYK

Aaaaand we just hit 2,000 followers on Bluesky! 🫶 Help spread the word to fellow writers!

Such a wonderful audience for my Cranleigh Library talk - biggest thanks to interviewer David and everyone who came along #shortstories @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social #TheTruthHasArmsAndLegs #writingcommunity

@CranleighLibrary is the only #library I know where the #creativewriting section is the first thing you see when you walk in... Just one of the reasons I'm excited to be giving a talk there this evening! #WritingCommunity #authortalk #shortstories @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social ✍️📚

Happy #SpringEquinox! #prunus #cherryplum #hedgerows

This week! Booking link in bio 📚✍️ #authortalk #shortstories #library #cranleigh #surrey

NEW EVENT! Acclaimed novelist Sheena Kalayil will be in conversation at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of her novel THE OTHERS, where a love triangle plays out against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall. With live music! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-others... 📚💙#books

So many talented writers in the Basingstoke Music & Arts Festival. It was a pleasure to read your entries - congrats to everyone who took part #writingcommunity #creativewriting #basingstoke

Big thanks to @isabellekenyon.bsky.social for featuring my Cranleigh Library talk in this week's @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social newsletter! In good company with @katiescribbles.bsky.social & @johnironmonger.bsky.social too. This Thursday, 20 March, 6-7pm - booking link in bio 📚✍️ #shortstories

Still so cross about wasting nearly 3 hours of my life in the #Odeon watching #Anora that I’ve written a #blog about it: sarahhegarty.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/a... Might TM #Asnora 😴🤪

Only in #Cornwall #Porthcothan 🌊

It's an unprecedented occasion: we're off to London AGAIN for #LondonBookFair - wish us safe and hopefully calm travels this week! We will be discussing lots of upcoming titles... #booksky

Happy World Book Day! #amreading #amwriting #amsorting #worldbookday

I'm very grateful to Round&About mag for featuring my talk this month at Cranleigh Library on their website. Thursday March 20th, 6-7pm. Tickets just £3, booking link in bio. A Q&A evening discussing all things #shortstories. @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social #Cranleigh #Surrey #thetruthhasarmsandlegs

Just sayin’

1.3.25. A frozen morning that feels full of metaphors

Did you know there is no dedicated team or person in Defra for grasslands, despite them covering 40% of England? 🤯 We're joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social & partners in calling for the Gov to establish a Grassland Taskforce to unlock their value 🌱 Learn more: www.plantlife.org.uk/our-work/the...

The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity. Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright. Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

Signs of spring? I'll take them #crocus #merrowdown

Are book reviewers doing enough to challenge facts in non-fiction? Quibbling reviews can be annoying, but they are also important.

A powerful, heartbreaking piece, brilliantly written ⬇️

Fabulous interview with @sarahhegarty.bsky.social #shortstories ✍️

So happy to see @norfolklibrariesuk.bsky.social here. HUGE congratulations to them and all the brilliant #libraries 💙👏📚👏💙 #books #booksky #Nibbies #LoveLibraries @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Great interview @farhanashaikh.bsky.social - and best of luck @afahynes.bsky.social @edgehillprize.bsky.social #shortstories

Congratulations to our Small Press of the Year Finalists: North England 🤩 Saraband, Peepal Tree Press, Carcanet Press, UCLan Publishing, Bluemoose Books, Dead Ink Books, Fly On The Wall Press and Comma Press! #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

Fantastic support from the wonderful Oxfam Books in Cranleigh for my author talk in March at Cranleigh library. Flyers on the counter ready to pick up! Tickets booking at the library now. #shortstories #localauthor @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social #librarytalk

THIS WED @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social With lyrical prose and depth, @bradleybooks.bsky.social illuminates the quiet heroism pulsing through seemingly ordinary lives. Bower’s debut fuses violence and hope – celebrating the power of women when they work together www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/s-j-bradle...

Bridport is LOVELY.

I'm excited to be talking at Cranleigh Library next month, March 20th, 6pm. I'll be reading from my collection of #shortstories, The Truth Has Arms & Legs, discussing #inspiration and my path to publication. Tickets £3 from #Cranleigh library. #Surrey #librarytalk @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

Very excited that Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social is joining the Fly On The Wall Press #shortstory crew! @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 🎉

Well how lovely is this! #shelfbuddy with @neilhegarty.bsky.social in #Guildford @waterstones.bsky.social Looking forward to reading #TheJewel - I think our #ancestors would be proud of us!

Yes the Northern Publishers' Fair is back for 2025!! Our popular networking format takes place on Sat 26 April 11am - 3.30pm at the beautiful performance space Central Library Manchester Grab a friend, a coffee & an excellent book Tickets and more info: www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/northern-pub...

Need a #Valentine's gift idea? "Short stories with hope, even happiness"; "depth, meaning and beauty"; "incredible humanity...luminous brilliance". #Shortstories that cover the whole gamut of emotions, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social #valentinesgift #mustread

What a boost to receive my first Public Lending Right statement and learn how often my book's been borrowed from libraries (ebooks just outstripping print books, fascinating!) Thank you to #libraries, #librarians and #readers, you've made my day🙏 #debut #shortstories @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

#BookSky 📚💙

Fantastic to see The Truth Has Arms and Legs as a 'staff pick' at Woking Library. "Precious and thought-provoking, exquisitely crafted" - thank you! Copies on the shelf #WokingLibrary #SurreyLibraries (and at good #bookshops too 😊) #shortstories @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

It's not #bluemonday when you buy a blue book 👀 Novels The Unpicking, The Dark Within Them & The Sleepless Short story collection Maps of Imaginary Towns Poetry And I Will Make of You a Vowel Sound @moraganderson.bsky.social Cheer yourself or a friend up #books💙📚 www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk