In or near Manchester UK? Love to read? TOMORROW, Free, Northern Publishers' Fair, at the glorious Central Library, with at least 14 presses & a massive range of genres. FUN! Plus, meet agents! Bring Qs! #books #manchester #library #YA #ChildrensBooks #SciFi #Poetry #PoliticalWriting

In or near Mancs? THIS SATURDAY: the return of Northern Publishers Book fair! Free! Mancs central library, 27 Sept 11-3.30pm. This time: chat with agents! Founded & organised by amazing Bella of @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social!

The Equinox is not what it seems...! With @ruthaylett.bsky.social from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #writing #book www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/equi...

And then comes the Solstice... With @ruthaylett.bsky.social from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #writing #book www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/sols...

A poem i wrote ages ago. Poem in ALT. Image shows the twin blue beams that shine up from where the Twin Towers once stood.

Come if you can! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel...

New review out for Blackbird's Song and A Fistful of Ashes, published by Stairwell Books! @stairwellbooks.bsky.social Check it out at: www.northernbooks.org

#FF Give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community: @pointedcircle.bsky.social @pulpliterature.bsky.social @radicalcatalyst.bsky.social @smallprint.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @thesnapdragonmag.bsky.social @vestalreview.bsky.social @villaineralit.bsky.social

okay this brightened up my day by at least a thousandfold

We have just signed two amazing new poetry books for 2026! These are returning members of the Peepal Tree family, so we know you'll all be pleased to see their latest work: * Riddled by Tanya Shirley * Before the Rain by Christine Craig

Thanks to all who joined us at The Writers Centre for a lovely evening with @amandasmythstories.bsky.social, author of Look at You, who discussed her new novel-in-stories with Shivanee Ramlochan. More at: facebook.com/share/p/15wa... #bocas2025 @novelniche.bsky.social @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

This sounds brilliant AND important. You want to help? Admit we are awash in (unasked for, yet very real) privilege. Europeans & upstart Americans benefited from the horrors of enslavement. Admit it! Hey we just gotta Change The World, eh.

FT #childrensbooknorthagency @confingopublishing.bsky.social #spiltinkmagazine @commapress.bsky.social #liverpoolliteraryagency @vertebratepub.bsky.social @peepaltreepress.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #manchesteruniversitypress @northodoxpress.bsky.social

Excellent! And we love that shop!

Love and drugs and quantum physics in the Scottish Highlands and Islands - Solstice, from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social Stairwell Books! #WritingCommunity www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/sols...

Okay he miiiiight be dodgy but he's a heckuva writer. If you start Down to Earth, you won't be able to put it down til it's done.

Mission: Find Mum by Jo Somerset, and lauded by many (including *THE* Jackie Kay!), has been shortlisted for The Rubery YA Book Award! CONGRATS, Jo! Art by @dtreacher.bsky.social!

A great teaser chapter by our talented group member @evabielbyauthor.bsky.social up on the blog today. www.evabielby.co.uk/single-post/...

That moment when your book appears on Amazon and it begins to feel real! Solstice, written with @gjmichaelson.bsky.social is a follow-up to Equinox; we launch in Edinburgh on June 17th! @asls.org.uk @gsfwc.bsky.social @fantasyfaction.bsky.socal #booksky #WritingCommunity tinyurl.com/mppknhnp

Awwwww. Everyone just wants to be loved.

A zoom interview this morning for a Peterborough school podcast discussing Lost In Time and Pandemonium Of Parrots. Sharing the love of books. @tinytreebooks.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #kidslit #books #reading

@stairwellbooks.bsky.social @peepaltreepress.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social

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In or near Burnley this Saturday? Join us at Burnley Words Festival #Writing #publishing Write That Novel Now with @garethwoodwrites.bsky.social. The Authors Stage, Burnley Mechanics, Burnley. Sat 17 May 2025 1:00PM. Click link for further info & for tickets! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bur...

@ruthaylett.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @edinburghsff.com @gsfwc.bsky.social Solstice is coming! With added love, drugs and quantum futures...! www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/sols...

Delighted to again participate in this vibrant northern-based independent book fest! Saturday 26 April FREE! #IndiePress #Novels #Poetry #YA @commapress.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social @alisparkes.bsky.social @sarahwimbush.bsky.social @northodoxpress.bsky.social

Helene created legit climate refugees. Like one of my best friends is one. Conditions in rural Western NC were no longer livable, & she’d fought it out for months deep in mutual aid getting resources to people & helping with the stranded & missing, but the area is destroyed & she moved to Kentucky.

Watch this space! Our first call for poetry chapbook submissions from UK authors is coming soon!

Come on, folks--I know a lot of you believe in restoring the A Level in Creative Writing in England--sign and share now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @poetrysociety.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @kitdewaal.bsky.social

@carrieetter.bsky.social Good morning (lol for me; I'm temporarily in Trumpistan): we're receiving tons of mss. Not necessarily global majority. We're now looking at 2026/2027 publishing schedule! Lots of great poets. Too many mss; not enough time. Many from female/NB.

Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Thatcher' by Sarah Wimbush @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @sarahwimbush.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling. People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯. America, we have a problem!

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

Stairwell tends to (TRIES TO) avoid political posts but: this is true. Stairwell began in the US in 2005 & we're mighty sorry abt the pending collapse of The American Experiment. We're hopeful sane US residents can rescue the nation, but pragmatic. All humans are related. One species. #LoveEachOther

Now this is a sport I could get behind!

We adore this event. We've met brilliant authors, excellent publishing colleagues, & brought unique amazing books direct to the public. ALL the publishers at this Fair are worth a look. Join us!

Good!! Stop stealing everyone's history!

Equinox greetings! Solstice is coming...! @ruthaylett.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/equi...

📗📖📘 A warm welcome to our feed to historical fiction readers, writers and publishers across the world. Member benefits: 4 Historical Novels Review magazines a year, event discounts and access to member-only Facebook groups: historicalnovelsociety.org/members/why-...

@histnovsoc.bsky.social Are there any Historic Novel gatherings in the UK, along the lines of FantasyCon for sci-fi fantasy enthusiasts?

Not long now! Preparing for a lovely full schedule for #theballadofmarykearney #blogtour with The Coffee Pot Book Club @cathiedunn.bsky.social #historicalfiction #Ireland #Irishwriting #writingcommunity #author @historia-hwa.bsky.social @histnovsoc.bsky.social #histria

Lovely new #paperback edition of #themaidenofflorence due out 24th April - same day as US distribution. Here it is with its Italian cousin - and with Mirri, looking a bit distracted #cats #fairlight #piemme #historicalfiction @histnovsoc.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social

And now: April does her thing! Two days ago, 10 inches of heavy wet snow. Today, mud and melt and sun. :) Don't like Minnesota weather? Wait an hour!

Because we need something positive to think about. open.substack.com/pub/zoekezia...

Writing my new crime mystery in York university library and a lovely walk around the lake. #writing #crimewriting #crimefiction

What a bizarre and emblematic part of my youth: watching Evel Knievel prepare to jump, or jump, ridiculous distances.

I adore this book. Perhaps now, after a gap of years, people can face a "Covid collection" that eloquently captures the lonely awful frightening heartbreak of those long months. @bobbeagrie.bsky.social

Woo hoo! Stairwell will be at at Chorlton Library Manchester on 24 April with a panel of authors who've written everything from Middle Grade adventure, to historical fic, to NHS memoirs from Drs, Nurses, etc, to Memoirs of a Dominatrix! ECLECTIC eh? 6-7pm. FREE!! Readings, chats, book deals!

Slow burn best seller - took a mere 2000 years to reach the top! Never lose hope, people!! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...