Write with me! I’m hosting a 12-hour online NYE writing party from 12PM-Midnight (GMT) and a midnight open mic. It’s on zoom. You can be anywhere. This is a year of some of my favorite videos. Let me know if you’d like the zoom link.

The auction ends tonight. I'd love to help you celebrate your book. Don't have a book to celebrate? It's holiday season. The gift of a book launch could be just what the writer in your life needs. You can support a good cause and celebrate your own or someone else's writing.

It's Small Business Saturday! We know Amazon serves up irresistible deals, but a closer look at the label reveals unsavoury ingredients - including tax avoidance, worker mistreatment, and a deeply corrosive impact on our community shops. Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

Creatives have donated books, yoga, mentoring, editing, photoshoots, and more to raise funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. I donated support for your launch or post-publication book party. Help organizing, marketing, hosting, and celebrating. Bid here app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

Did you know I host a bi-weekly online book club where readers read what ever book they want to read and then talk about it (or not)? I’ll be reading from 6-8 PM. I hope you’ll join me for two hours wherever (and whenever) you are #books #reading #bookclub

It's time for Season IV of Bookable Space! We're talking about spaces and places. Check out the latest episode of Bookable Space with Wendy Pratt. Wendy reads to us from The Ghost Lake. Listen to the full podcast here #books #reading shows.acast.com/bookable-spa...

Read with me! I'll be reading Black Wood Women by Michael Stewart. If you'd like to join me for some quiet reading, I'll be reading in Zoom from 6-8 PM (GMT). If you'd like to join me, let me know. Whether you join me in zoom or read later, what are you reading? #readers #bookclub

I’m throwing a birthday party with a ghost story open mic for myself and for Curdle Creek on Halloween. It’s in Leeds. If you’d like to help us celebrate, order your free ticket(s) on Eventbrite.

Do I know any cover singers near Leeds? I’m throwing myself a birthday party/book party on Halloween with readings and a ghost story open mic. My budget is £150. I’d like jazz and R&B music. If you’d like to share a 3-5 minute ghost story, let me know #birthday #leeds #party

For as long as I can remember I’ve told myself I am not a 5 AM writer. I’m challenging myself to break this myth or to see if it’s true. I’m writing from 5:05 (or so)-6 AM (BST/GMT). You can join me in zoom or write with me from wherever/whenever you are. If you'd like the link, let me know #Writers

Happy release day to @shellystrattonbook.bsky.social for IN DEADLY COMPANY! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-deadly-...

Happy release day to @cindyfazzi.bsky.social for DOMINGO THE BOUNTY HUNTER (2 book series) DANGER NO PROBLEM and SUNDAY OR THE HIGHWAY! www.amazon.com/Domingo-the-...

Happy release day to Lisa Siefert for THE WITCH WEARS PRADA! www.amazon.com/Witch-Wears-...

Happy release day to Michelle Corbier for MURDER AT THE WRITERS CONFERENCE! michellecorbier.com/books/write-...

Busy for the next 15 hours or so? Check this out!

Write with us! We're celebrating 20 years of BBC Short Story Awards with 20 Prompts and 20 Hours of Writing. We're in number 5. It's a drop-in session on zoom. Write for a while, write for a little. Bring a work in progress or use our writing prompts. #WritingCommunity bit.ly/20Hours20Pro...

ANOTHER by @paultremblay.bsky.social is officially a New York Times bestseller! 🥳📚

It's time for Every Other Sunday book club. A book club where we read what ever book we want on Sundays from 6-8 PM (BST) and then talk about them. I'm reading Give Him to Me by Dorothy Koomson. If you're reading today, what are you reading? #books

tonight, 7:30-8:30 PM (BST). Join us for a night of stories (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry at In Your Own Words storytelling open mic. All are welcome to listen. To join us in zoom, please register in advance: bit.ly/CentreforCWS...

There’s still time to join us. Bring your writing appetite and your work in progress. Don’t have something to work on? Today’s prompt is “kindness”. We’ll be writing in zoom until 1 PM (BST). I hope you can join us. #amwriting bit.ly/creativewrit...

Congratulations to this years Shirley Jackson Award Winners! @edenroyce.bsky.social @kfawver.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social @omgjulia.bsky.social @byzantienne.bsky.social @nadiabulkin.bsky.social

Congratulations on winning the Shirley Jackson Award! Well deserved! Curdle Creek was definitely creepy, and the story was unique! It's a wonderful book, well worth re-reading.

Congratulations @whyiwrite.bsky.social!! #CurdleCreek won #BestNovel at the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards! #Horror #Gothic For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way. Purchase: bit.ly/3GS3nYn

This is your invitation to join the Centre for Creative Writing at Cambridge Uni for an hour of lunchtime writing. We’ll be writing from 12PM-1PM BST on zoom. Don’t have anything to work on? Today’s prompt is “Instincts” (loosely interpreted). Msg me if you would like the zoom link.

It's Every Other Sunday, my day for quiet reading. I'm reading from 6-8 PM (BST). Feel free to join me when and where you are. Today, I'm reading The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien. What are you reading?

"Yvonne Battle-Felton’s Curdle Creek is a fever-dream odyssey that begins in an all-Black town governed by nightmarish traditions and spirals into something far more expansive and terrifying." Read our Review of Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social buff.ly/TpVNzQu

Curdle Creek has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson awards and I’m just going to sit this beautiful graphic right here to celebrate.

If you're writing something and would like to read it at tonight's open mic, we'd love to hear it. As always, all are welcome to listen as well. 7:30-8:30 PM (BST). To join us in zoom, please register in advance: bit.ly/CentreforCWS...

I’m reading from 6-8 PM (BST) on Zoom. It’s quiet reading where we read the book of our choice and then have a short chat about it. If you’d like to join me, message me for the link. Whether you read with me or not, if you're reading today, I'd love to know what you're reading.

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Write with @litandcw_ice! We’ll be writing from 12PM-1PM BST. Bring your work in progress and your writing appetite. Don’t have anything to work on? Today’s prompt is Summer. To join us on zoom, please register in advance for the link bit.ly/creativewrit... #amwriting #Writer

Here’s a nifty thing: I have “an airport book”! 🤓 A friend snapped this at #YVR yesterday to show my book displayed prominently (!!) in a promo and in fine company too (Book details: sgwong.com/books/in-the...)

Celebrate Carers Week with an online writing retreat by University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education Centre for Creative Writing this Sunday. We'll be writing, reflecting, and discussing what we write. Free for carers. #writing #community #carer bit.ly/3HD5P53

Next was Dark Traditions with @whyiwrite.bsky.social and Andrew Michael Hurley. Their thoughts on how communities cling to harmful traditions in the name of civilization and how memorializing wars has been warped for nationalist ends are a terrifying contemporary issues. (8/17)

Bookmail pt. 4 of 5: Curdle Creek by @whyiwrite.bsky.social -Graham got this for me while at Cymera & I see @tananarivedue.bsky.social enjoyed it, so I’m very excited. www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

We’ve just started writing. Bring your writing appetite and your work in progress. Don’t have something to work on? Today’s prompt is journey, travel, or secret. We’ll be writing in zoom until 1 PM (BST). I hope you can join us. #amwriting bit.ly/creativewrit...

WHAT A NIGHT!! We just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone involved in making It's Strange Up North 2025 such an incredible success! The authors, the attendees, the publishers, the waterstones staff, the organisers, we could not be more grateful for all you've done!

@emmanewman.bsky.social @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @starkholborn.bsky.social @danhanks.bsky.social @gen-dimova.bsky.social @genevievecogman.bsky.social @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @bingewriting.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social

It’s just about time for my Every Other Sunday quiet reading for pleasure book club. I’m reading Awakened by Kelechi Okafor. What are you reading? I’m reading from 6-8 PM (BST). Read what you want, when you want or join me in zoom and read what you want there. #amreading #books

So much to look forward to!!

@bingewriting.bsky.social @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social A Y Chao #ItsStrangeUpNorth #StrangeUpNorth #Bookstagram #BookishEvents #Leeds #LeedsBookEvents #Fantasy #SciFi #Horror #scienceFiction #ISUN #waterstones #authorEvent #fantasyBooks #SciFiBooks #HorrorBooks

We’re thrilled to be back at @huddlitfest.bsky.social today! Join us for a spine-tingling session with @whyiwrite.bsky.social and #LisaRookes as they dive into their chilling novels: Curdle Creek and The Village📚✨ #BookSky💙📚 #SpookyStories #LiteraryFestival #ThrillerReads #AuthorTalks

I’m hosting a book club party with readings, a DJ, free snacks, a cash (or credit basically you pay for your own drinks) bar. And, I have comp tickets to give away. Let me know if you’d like one. I’d love to do more events. Please share and come by if you can. Friday evening in Manchester.

This is going to be a spectacular event! I hope you can come out and join us.

Write with us! It's nearly time for lunch. I hope you'll join us. We'll be writing from 12-1 PM (BST) on zoom. Whether you're writing something new, working on a piece you've already started, or need a bit of writing inspiration, we hope to see you there #amwriting bit.ly/creativewrit...

There's gonna freebies, there's gonna be food and drink, there's gonna books galore! Don't forget, £5 of your ticket price is redeemable against any books bought on the night, so that's £5 for three hours with 15 authors! We do like a bargain in Yorkshire

THREE WEEKS TO GO!! Three weeks until 15 wonderful sci fi, fantasy and horror authors descend on Leeds to hang out with all you fabulous readers! Have you got your ticket yet? They're selling fast and you don't want to miss out on this amazing event! www.waterstones.com/events/its-s...

I’ve recently found out the money I was expecting to be “paid on advance” isn’t paid on advance to me. So I may not be able to go to my first reading in the US. Do you use Patreon? If so, does it work for you? Also looking for writer in res opportunities

There’s still time to join us! Have lunch with Cambridge University Centre for Creative Writing. We'll be writing from 12-1PM (BST) today in Zoom. Bring your work in progress and your writing appetite. bit.ly/creativewrit...

We’ll be writing from 12PM-1PM BST. Bring your work in progress and your writing appetite. Don’t have anything to work on? Today’s prompt is Love or Loss. To join us in zoom, please register in advance for the link: bit.ly/creativewrit... #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #poetry