By the author of vital biographies and memoir, a respected historian and reviewer… What We Leave We Carry Link includes a session recorded at the most recent Hay festival 🎧 💐 @colincraiggrant.bsky.social #booksky writersmosaic.org.uk/events/what-...

#BookSky. Imagine seeing your work on display with the great Mike Davis and the wvery-bit-as-great Rebecca Solnit, wow. Actually the second time my work's been snapped with hers, different book of mine each time too. It's almost like this writing thing is actually happening.

This week, our editors share some reading suggestions for the summer necessaryfiction.com/reviews/summ...

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon, France, on June 29, 1900. The Little Prince was written and illustrated by him during exile in the United States and first published there in 1943; today it is one of the most translated works of fiction in the world. ⏰📚💙 #books #writers #literature

Street of terraced houses awaiting demolition, Salford, 1979, photo by Denis Thorpe.

On the Beach, 1909 by English painter Laura Knight #WomensArt #July

Walking back from the pub. England disappointing, church tower and moon putting on a show.

SHAKESPEAREAN HAIKU Shall I compare thee To a summer’s day? Alright – Thou art very hot.

Our 2026 Short Story Competition is ✨ OPEN ✨ for entries!

I submitted an intensely personal story yesterday. The best I can hope for is to keep failing a little better all the time. 🫂 #5amwritersclub 🫂

Thrilled to know we have two writers on the 2026 Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist. Congratulations, Saraswati Nagpal and Johnny Roach! 🥂 "Woman of the House" by Saraswati Nagpal: thehooghlyreview.com/woman-of-the... "All Things Considered" by Johnny Roach: thehooghlyreview.com/all-things-c...

In case you’re wondering, that’s an angel’s wing! #5amwritersclub🪽

Good morning. I'll be chatting about 20 years of Indie publishing This Saturday 4th July at 6pm @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social It'll be fun. @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/the-po...

You never know what’s going to bound into the picture. Happy Tuesday! #5amWritersClub

Motherhood, 1893 by Finnish painter Elin Danielson-Gambogi #WomensArt

@onestorymag.bsky.social you’re here! So glad to follow you.

Applications are due July 13th for our Short Story Collection Incubator with @lenavalencia.bsky.social! This online intensive is designed to help you complete, refine, & prepare your manuscript for publication. For details visit: bit.ly/49PmXQo

Lemme see your ✨ Finding it in today’s words 💜 #5amwritersclub #booksky

Japanese artist Naomi Okubo, Camouflage #3, 2017 #womensart

Sylvia Purr-lath appreciating ‘Light Across the Plains,’ forthcoming from @sharonduggal.bsky.social and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Whistler by Ann Pattchett: Doing what she does best alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/06/whis... #BookSky

‘It is also about how art and words can keep us human and give us hope, even in the most dire of circumstances.’ And who couldn’t do with a little of that? Two charming reviews from one of the most wonderful bloggers ever. #booksky findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/2...

For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #BlueSkies a large #seagull soars over #LakeMichigan on a sunny day. #birds #wildlife #ECK #photography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography

It is baking in our town. Edits continue. The passes make for a hard climb. It’s like I’ll never get nearer the top. But if I do I hope it’s cooler there! Bon dimanche💦 #5amwritersclub

I have a story in Radio 4's new Once Upon a Time series - a week of reimagined fairytales in the Book at Bedtime slot Lineup includes Katherine Rundell, Ben Okri, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and David Almond (I KNOW!!!) My story "Kakapos" is on 30 June and then on catchup www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Let’s get 🐝-sy with those words! 💜💦 #booksky

Meeting each other halfway 💚💦

when sunrise light touches the world.

When the light arrives into ancient woodland.

An afternoon downpour yesterday. #PuddlePorn #ClassicMono Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

A desk with books reflected in a skylight. #booksky

‘decline of local government was compounding a larger problem: it was further increasing the marketisation of society & the economy, so that the public’s dominant political relationships were with profiteering private companies, impossible to hold to democratic account’ www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

It’s gonna be another hot one! Let’s acclimatize with the words… #5amwritersclub #booksky ❤️‍🔥🧊

New on my blog - Two Days in Yorkshire, Almost One in Lancashire, One in Shropshire and a Book alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/06/two-...

'Getting an agent or book deal doesn't make all the writing struggles disappear.' A special episode of Northern Voices with @louisepowell.bsky.social about the submissions process that led to her debut novel Underdogs being picked up by @johnmurrays.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/gndHwdfe4UHX...

"Everything you see in me is not mine, it's yours. Mine is what I see in you." Erich Maria Remarque (June 22, 1898 - September 25, 1970) ⏰📚💙 #reading #Remarque #books #quotes #today #onthisday #writers #literature #book #readingcommunity #bookstagram #BookTok #bookish

Sharon Weiser, contemporary US artist known for her bold and colourful paintings of the flora of Arizona and New Mexico #womensart

Early birds, rising Tho I was a night owl Beginning again, later Good luck today, 🦋 🪽 ##5amwritersclub #booksky

This Orchid mantis is at its L-2 stage, having only molted once. She is super tiny at this stage of her life. She'll be much larger as an adult. #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #prayingmantis #mantis #insects #eastcoastkin #photography

Daisies #Shetland

It’s going to be okay. Let’s gather those words. #5amwritersclub #booksky

‘The dharma keeps offering the same invitation: stay here, do less, trust this.’ ​ Alex Olshonsky

I fucking love the French. A character’s 5-year-old son described with no more than he “had a vaguely American first name.” This in chapter one; it will be very hard to not smoke while reading this novel.

We’ll leave this view this morning but it was restorative while it lasted. Have a good Sunday, #booksky #5amwritersclub