We’re finally here! Come and visit us in the Authors’ Lounge, with Black British Book Festival, an exclusive space for authors to network and take some time away from the show floor during #LBF25. We’ll be here from 9:00 – 15:30 today. #LondonBookFair

ICYMI: Major publishers, including Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers and Simon & Schuster, have filed a joint lawsuit in America challenging “book banning” in public and school libraries 👇 #BookSky

What did you say? The Bristol Short Story Prize has reopened and you can submit until 23:59 TONIGHT? Go, go, go! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

I’ll say. 😫

We’re open for submissions for Issue 5 (unthemed) and Issue 6 (roulette) until January 31. Head to our submissions page for guidelines—and for more info/inspiration on the roulette theme!

WEATHERGLASS NOVELLA PRIZE 2025 Submissions close March 1st 2025 The winner will be chosen by Ali Smith.

Gisèle Pelicot said the most powerful four words I’ve heard this year - The Times of London “Shame must change sides”

Bristol Short Story Prize! Don’t miss out on your chance to win £1,000 and publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology! Up to 4k words. Link below 👇

🚨Last chance to get your orders in before Christmas! 🚨

This is maddening if you use MS word to write books. Opt out to stop them using your writing to train A.I. Please share.

🤣🤣 I HAVE to try this!

This is fab! An ultimate directory for Bluesky 👇

Happy Friday! Have a great weekend! 🍺

Oooh, look! A pile of signed books giveaway in the Book of the Month comp.

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Submissions close 9th Jan 2025. £40k total prize fund.

Full length poetry open call …

The Edinburgh Essay Award. Essays on any topic, up to 2k words.

This … 👇

Empowered women empower women.” — Unknown

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Fiction books by children's and YA writers can and should be included in Fiction of the Year lists. Otherwise, please rename your lists as Adult Fiction of the Year. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

The End is only the beginning.

Very excited to hear Mick Herron is the 2025 Programming Chair for #TheakstonsCrime! It certainly will be an EPIC year!

I love how South Korea was like yeah no and ended that shit before dinner. Goals. 😂

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South Korea in under 24 hours – truly inspiring.

The antler info is factual... oh, and the ladies might very well be pregnant.

Yup, this pretty much sums it up!

IHS International Haiku Competition 2024 Competition deadline: 31st December 2024 Prizes for unpublished haiku/senryu in English. In addition, there will be up to seven Highly Commended haiku/senryu. Entrants may win more than one prize. #competitions Read more: www.writing.ie/writing-comp...

I frequently tartle.

Every complaint about people abandoning Twitter is essentially “but my mom says you have to play with me!”

How fabulous! And I’m definitely going to read The List of Suspicious Things before Christmas!

I've shared this before. Seems like a good time to share it again.

Cove Park awards residencies for writers and artists every year and you can also self fund. I’ve lusted after one of their cabins for years. Beautiful. Take a look. Please share.

C.J.Tudor is doing a giveaway. All 7 of her books to one lucky winner - what a prize! If you haven’t discovered C.J. Tudor yet, start with The Chalk Man - I read it in one sitting!

Oooh - I like the sound of this!

I love this idea ❤️ I’m going to pick a date and call it my ‘Me’ day.

Here’s another writing comp. Deadline 2nd Jan.

Five good starter packs here for publishing freelance editorial professionals. Book indexers / #IndexSky (by me) go.bsky.app/GzqinPu #CIEP members (by @geckoedit.com) go.bsky.app/9pp1tVx Editors / #Edibuddies (by @tanyagold.bsky.social) go.bsky.app/2kVHe2i go.bsky.app/LVVqPJj go.bsky.app/TN1oEYt

The ‘Bridport Never Too Late’ award. This £500 award is for the highest placed writer aged 60+ across poetry, short story, novel or flash fiction.

DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS!!!

Super useful links here, and importantly *why* these query letter worked...

For anyone #writing or looking for #writingtips we have a huge resources section with articles like - The Devil is in the Detail by @samblakebooks.bsky.social which you can read at: www.writing.ie/resources/th... Read more at: www.writing.ie/resources/ #writingcommunity #writingQ

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

Hi friends, I help to organise a book festival on the West coast of Scotland and we’ve just set up our #BlueSky profile! I’d be so grateful if you could give @hburghbookfest.bsky.social a follow and if you were able to share the post below I’ll be your best friend! ⬇️ #BookSky 💙📚

The Shakespeare & Company Bookstore in Paris (France) allows you to sleep in the store for free, in exchange for 2 hours of work in the bookstore and a one-page biography of your life. www.shakespeareandcompany.com

Next year, Murder Squad will be 25 years old. To celebrate this friendship, we’re running a short story competition. There will be prizes and the chance to join us at our birthday party. Details here: murdersquad.co.uk Please spread the word.