Writers — a small note for anyone in my orbit working on poems, stories, or a novel. I’ve opened up a handful of editorial slots this week and I’m happy to look at work-in-progress and offer detailed feedback. If you’ve got something that’s stuck, unfinished, misbehaving Feel free to DM.

Writing feedback available Poetry • fiction • novel chapters Thoughtful, supportive reads, tailored to your needs 😊 DM if useful

Huuuge thanks to @ravencrime for naming Remington Platypus the book of the year 🖤 This means so much to me. Currently 25% off with the code NORTHODOXMAS until 5th of Jan at www.northodox.co.uk/product-page... 🙏🖤🙏🖤🙏

Quite possible book of the year 🥹🥹🥹 Feeling very blessed at such high praise from someone whose opinion means so much to me 🖤🦡🖤 25% off at the moment with the code NORTHODOXMAS at Northodox press. The perfect Christmas gift for the oddball in your life 🙏🙏🙏

Lovely to see people embracing @stevenashwrites.bsky.social #RemingtonPlatypus The most refreshingly different book I have read this year.. #BeMoreBadger 🐾🐾🐾 @northodoxpress.bsky.social @tednorthodox.bsky.social #BookSky💙📚

Tonight we're in Leeds with Steve Nash for a well overdue launch event for the incredible Remington Platypus! Do come and join us if you can, and if you can't, you can grab a copy in our sale with the code NORTHODOXMAS share.google/rkkHfZEOsccJ...

Remington Platypus is many things: a badger, a detective, NOT a Platypus. But he's also the star of one of the highlights of our stacked publishing schedule this year! Grab your copy with 25% off this Christmas with the code NORTHODOXMAS www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

#NewBookDay Next up # RemingtonPlatypus @stevenashwrites.bsky.social Was instantly grabbed by the highly unusual and unique premise, as well as the brilliant cover. The fact that it has mention of a badass Raven is neither here nor there... 😉 @northodoxpress.bsky.social 💙📚

Huge thanks to the far too generous @kdsbooks.bsky.social for this 5 star review of Remington Platypus 🥺 I've only just had it brought to my attention and feel very blessed 🙏🙏🙏 www.waterstones.com/books/review...

Yes! As a lover of all things weird, it pleases me greatly that we can finally share this incredible read 😍 Grab yours now!

Tis true! Brilliant and bonkers shall be on my gravestone. Or would be were I not a vampire 🦇 🖤

The Moomins and Nordic Mythology 16 October, 7pm | Norwegian Study Centre, York. Dr Steve Nash explores how Nordic myths and traditions shaped Tove Jansson’s Moomin tales. RSVP on our website so we can plan refreshments.

It's national badger day! Huge clawfuls of joy to all who celebrate. And don't forget this summer's highest rated badger novel Remington Platypus is available now from all good book emporiums 😁🦡🦡🦡 Happy digging everyone

I am pinching myself that this day is finally here! Sound up and enjoy! And huge thanks to @northodoxpress.bsky.social

For the price of a Coffee you can get one of the most sought after books of the summer, and also contribute to the author's ability to buy coffee. Bank holiday sale at Northodox Press. www.northodox.co.uk/product-page... Just add code SUMMER25 at checkout 🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡

So lovely to pop in to the wonderful @GroveBookshop in Ilkley to sign some books this week. Nothing quite like seeing your own book on the shelves and tables at your fave book shops 🙏🦡🙏🦡 linktr.ee/steveywrites

Off the back of my own recent animal-themed novel, Remington Platypus, The Orwell Society kindly asked me to write something for the 80th anniversary of Animal Farm. So here it is ☺️🦡 orwellsociety.com/still-biting/

Who's that making YorkMix look untidy today? 🦡🖤🦡 yorkmix.com/it-sold-out-...

Big shout out to the local & online presses for the early support on the novel. You've been a huge part of Remington Platypus selling out its first print run in just over 24hrs. Signed editions still available from stevenashwrites.com Paperback and ebooks available from @northodoxpress.bsky.social

So proud to be in this amazing stack of books. Go treat yourself to a badger detective that sold out its first print run in 24hours, and then give yourself a bonus book! Come on it's the summer... Treat yoself 🦡🙌🦡 Available on the cheap as ebooks too🖤 www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

Halfway through this and it’s been a while since I’ve seen such a strong debut I don’t generally do much of this “book of the year” malarkey, but if I did, this is shaping up to be a third contender from small UK press, @northodoxpress.bsky.social

🚨Back in stock!🚨 If you'd like a signed copy of my novel which managed to pretty much sell out in just over 24hours, then please do head over to my website www.stevenashwrites.com/bookshop/rem... Thank you again for the support and for helping to make it such an initial success 🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡

Did a wee interview with @northodoxpress.bsky.social about flash and writing and Hostile Environments ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Absolutely stunned by this and the response to the book.thank you so much for the likes, shares, buys, and support 🦡🦡🦡🖤🙏🖤 Really hope you like the book 🖤

Don't mind us, just basking in the light of our June and July titles 😍 Have you read any of these beauties yet?? All of the above and more available here: share.google/1C5q6C1l1nZV...

Next week, Hostile Environments by the incredible @jankaneen1.bsky.social is out! An award winning flash fiction author and brilliant performer, Jan's collection of flash and short fiction with a dark edge is hugely recommended. Preorder here: share.google/68XyVxleBTNC...

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🚨Launch tonight... Free and online. Please come along and join us to welcome one of the weirdest books of the Summer into the world 🦡🖤🦡

Release Day! It's finally here. Huge thanks to Northodox Press for taking a chance on something so odd. Now please do the publishing world a favour and reward them for being brave and championing originality by going and buying a copy 🦡 It's simply the right thing to do 🦡🖤🦡

Thank you @jankaneen1.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏 Book launch event details below. Join us won't you. It's free. It's online. What's the worst that could happen? 🤷

Tomorrow! 👀👀👀 Eeeeep 🤘🦡🦡🦡🤘 Nervously excited for y'all to meet the badger 🖤

This is going to be a ridiculously fun one! Steve is a natural entertainer 👀

🚨Author Interview - Steve Nash🚨 share.google/4FXdUzR0Ecwd... We have a new book out this Thursday, in the form of the brilliantly odd Remington Platypus! Check out the above interview with author @stevenashwrites.bsky.social for more details!

🚨COVER REVEAL🚨 We are thrilled to share the cover for @elliotjharper.bsky.social's brand new novel, The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner! All aboard the Templewood Express for this Alice In Wonderland-esque adventure about loss and change. Preorder now: share.google/vuTyhDrfZ9SP...

I'm the featured poety-type in today's Starbeck Orion. Paul is putting together an incredible feast of art for the Summer and I'm very proud to be a wee part of it 🙌🤟🙌

3/3Tricia Osborne, Ian Tattum, Tom Priestley, Elizabeth Cusack, LB Sedlacek, @stevenashwrites.bsky.social What wonders what the second course and dessert of The Feast will taste like? Sated yet?

Cannot wait for this one to be out! Dark, gripping, funny, subversive. It's just everything you could want in a crime novel... and also lots of animals 😂😍

Just a week to go before Remington Platypus, my weird, dark, noir novel featuring an all animal cast is unleashed on the world. Available in ebook and paperback from Northodox Press, Waterstones, Amazon, Guardian Books, and signed copies still available from stevenashwrites.com #books #indieauthor

19 Days to go! Available in paperback and Kindle editions. Preorder your copy now from Northodox Press, Waterstones, Amazon, or signed copies from Stevenashwrites.com #noir #books #CrimeFiction #badgers #adhd #ndauthors

This book is going to be everywhere when it's out. Following on the coattails of The Mare, The Wicked of the Earth, Under the Bridge, and Out Of Human Sight, it's just an absolute top-tier, must-read piece of historical fiction! Cannot recommend enough 😍

Just 23 days to go (possibly... I'm an author not a mathemagician damnit). Link in bio 🦡🖤🦡 Can't wait for y'all to meet the badger. "Noir for the neurodivergent soul" as one reviewer put it. #NeurodivergentReads #NDRepresentation #CrimeFiction #NoirBook #DebutNovel #DarkFiction #IndieAuthor

Writers, poets, academics, I now have availability for proofreading and editing, so if you have a manuscript or batch of poems you'd like some professional feedback or critique on then please get in touch. I have 3 spots left 🙌 #writerthreads #proofreader

Huge thanks to Sarah Jane Nuttall for this generous and perceptive review of Remington Platypus, pointing out the significance of neurodivergence in the novel. Full review over on LinkedIn Links in bio #crimefiction #badgerdetective #remingtonplatypus #weirdfiction #neurodivergent #neurodiversity

We're kicking off the second half of 2025 with: 1. Anne Woodward's dark crime novel The Art Of Murder 2. Steve Nash's animal noir Remington Platypus 3. Jan Kaneen's flash/short fiction collection Hostile Environments 4. The long awaited sequel to Clockwork Magpies from Emma Whitehall 😍

Day 3 of the countdown 🖤 A crime in the dark. A fusion of species. What animal do you fear the most in the shadows? Preorder now from @northodoxpress.bsky.social Press, Waterstones, or Amazon: www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

30 days to go: Remington Platypus launches 31 July. A badger detective. A brutal crime. A dying world. Preorder here: www.stevenashwrites.com/bookshop/rem... #CrimeFiction #animals #animalfiction #ecofiction

Writer fact No#143 The gestation period for writers can last over two years, one of the longest among vertebrates. #themoreyouknow

Writer fact No#172 Writers use camouflage to blend into the ocean floor while they wait to ambush their prey. #themoreyouknow

Writer fact No#522 Writers don't have bones. Their skeletons are made of cartilage. #themoreyouknow

donorbox.org/northern-voi... The Northern Voices podcast is proper good. I learned so much listening to it 🥰 If you've enjoyed it too, maybe chuck Jen a few quid?