Farewell for a while, Bluesky. I'm off to walk the Ridgeway with the ghosts of Neolithic travellers. Write your hearts out while I'm gone. Meet the words that have been searching for you. Be kind, be hopeful, be loving, be open-minded. Join the Green Party. May you be well, may you be happy. ❤️

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

I'm walking the Ridgeway next week, 87 miles of trail used by traders & travellers for up to 6,000 years. They've left tombs, hill forts, chalk horses in the turf, mounds and – I hope – ghosts walk with me along the way. (My alive brother is coming too.) Can't wait. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rid...

It's Friday, buy a book

I would go.

Congratulations, Brighton and Hove! Let's do this. 💚

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Marina is a bold, brilliant socialist. She's going to be a wonderful representative for her community. She's someone who's absolutely determined to get everything done. @greenparty.org.uk is having quite the month! 💚🎉 Join.greenparty.org.uk

Better photo. Only the most important illustration of my life so far.

I've been so despondent about the inability of politicians to answer questions with integrity and clarity, and then I watch this and, be still my heart, there's hope again. @zackpolanski.bsky.social nailing it. This is the future I want. Go Green.💚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ksg...

Really really delighted to see the wonderful former MP join the Green Party! Huge welcome, Thelma. And you can follow too: Join.greenparty.org.uk

A @hookland.bsky.social story grew in my mind as I walked in the Peak District earlier - the overlap of Hookland and Derbyshire is palpable. I walked a circuit around the depleted reservoirs - Ladybower, Derwent, Howden. (1/3)

Warm your cockles on this by @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social . A glimpse of something so reasonable and so possible, because this is how people really are when they give each other a chance: mutual respect and common interest for and with each other & the land. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How do we fix this mess?

Or join the Green Party. Where these things are already policy. greenparty.org.uk

shedding light on starving children corn moon #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

I am so bored of performative cruelty and oppression.

Get in!

Wow.

ANNOUNCING: #NotJustPretty A radical open mic & showcase for women + those who've ever identified as women 🗓 Oct 4 | 20:00 GMT | 90 mins 🎟 FREE thebrokenspine.co.uk...#NotJustPretty@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

Surely they will have to admit this is untenable. Solidarity with everyone standing up against our authoritarian, genocide-enabling government.

I saw a now-deleted post about the evils of Microsoft, and want to say – LibreOffice is free, downloadable, safe, open source, recommended by Which Magazine, and compatible with Microsoft. DTMFA. That's all. I hope whoever needs to see this sees it. 💙

Here for the first @womenwritersnet.bsky.social writing chat! Bring it on. #WomenWritersNet

What a special evening - three poets and a publisher travelled all the way from Sheffield for this evening of readings in Southport, along with one from down the road in Liverpool. Thank you all and I hope you all enjoyed it too!

'Plucky little Belgium.'

According to a Flemish folktale, the Wagon from Hell was a group of stars pulled across the night sky by horses. In other tales, the wagon lived inside a giant star and flew through the night sky to terrify people. 🎨Franz von Stuck #FolkloreThursday

The first #PoetryTheme prompt is #AMPHIBIAN Nature's amphibians move across habitats. Metaphorical ones might shift in class or identity Take your time. Post a poem by the end of 30 September. Tag @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Use #PoetryTheme & #AMPHIBIAN hashtags & please say if you want DM comment

I keep being asked what my position on trans rights is. So thought I might as well share with you all...

Don’t tell me to report anything suspicious that I may see. Tell me instead how with rosy steps the morn advancing drives the shades of night away and standing barefoot on a Herdwick rug, earthfast, I’ll call to the common mind that it is needed, urgently, its common care. Peter Riley

So glad these chats will happen on Bluesky soon. A frantic hour of interesting questions, trying to add useful answers into the mix, engaging with as many of the other insightful responses as possible (which often isn't many because time RACES). Bucket-loads of wonderful women writers out there!

First sunlight cast along the canal represents eight Canada geese as a golden flotilla. Under their gold they worry and watch as usual. What kills me in love is when the world falls into the song and laughs itself out again. 'Truth, Justice...', Peter Riley longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

This. ✍️ 'Tell the whole truth. Don’t be lazy, don’t be afraid. Close the critic out when you are drafting something new. Take chances in the interest of clarity of emotion.' ––Jane Kenyon

My deep, heartfelt regrets to anyone who followed me to have lovely chats about writing, the nature, purpose, process and joy of writing, and instead has been peppered by my stressed-out yelps of indignation when any given politician says or does something blatantly cruel. Which is constantly.

What party says: No one is illegal Everyone has rights No one is worth more or less than another You may not harm, attempt to harm, or threaten to harm others That is illegal Until you do that, you are within your rights Demonstrate. Express yourself. Wee where you're comfortable. Be kind. ?

Twenty years ago we re-mortgaged our house to start Bluemoose and find great new writers who were being overlooked by the industry. In the last 2 years we've had 2 BBC TV series adapted from books we published. Not bad eh! www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

In the light of this, can you clarify your views, @zarahsultana.bsky.social? Transphobia is a deal breaker. Assuming that gender is binary is unscientific, transphobic, and frankly stupid. Assuming that trans people are a threat just because they are trans is transphobic. There are better ways.

The party on the left has 72 MPs - more than any liberal party has had for 100yrs. party on right has been around a tiny fraction of that time & has just 4 seats. Greens also have 4 - more than ever 72 v 4 v 4 Demand fairer coverage now Sign and pass on.. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

@sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social, this is sane, healthy and upholds basic human rights. Worth a look.

It's the year 2025 and I'm so tired of having to say: - immigration is good - racism is bad - bodily autonomy is good - policing bodies is bad - consent is good - overriding or ignoring consent is bad Why are so many people determined to ignore these demonstrable facts?

I have this deck, it's amazing and gorgeous. Powerful stuff.

This got inside my heart.

Stunning microfiction (or you could call it a prose poem, yes?) by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social. Hop on over to The Disappointed Housewife online journal to read more of his excellent work! thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/08/20/t... #microfiction #poetrysky

Oh! Oh! Oh! I have rewrites to do! I'm so excited. The best feeling in the world is opening your eyes in the morning after an unusually good night's sleep and thinking, 'I get to write today.' It's going to be brutal and exhausting and joyful. I can't wait. ✍️

I would like to be friends with this man, we need more of this. “The No 1 thing I want to show is that unregulated, brutal capitalism is not the way forward, and that we can behave another way. I would go as far as to say the future of our planet depends on it.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I support Sally Rooney. She can't publish her statement in a UK newspaper — because that would now be illegal. But you can read her message in support of Palestine Action in the Irish Times, here: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... #STOPtheGENOCIDE www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

For me, this London Trans+ Pride was about fighting back. I have been working relentlessly since the judgment in April to find ways to protect my community's human rights. I will keep fighting for our community as long as there is breath in my body. Photos by AJ Stetson outside the Supreme Court.

When someone at your work says "AI is coming" or "AI is the future", ask them why they're saying that. Show how flimsy the foundations are. Be a nuisance about it. I'm going to be using the research cited in this excellent piece to advocate against AI in my workplace and I urge you to do the same

"I realize, to the outside world, and especially our predominantly white suburb, we looked a lot alike. We functioned as a unit. The Sharp Sisters. As the littlest, the last hurrah, I had to keep up and live up to the good name my sisters made for us."

Oh god oh god oh god. Laughed till tears poured down my face.

I imagine these will be in pretty much perfect condition, and definitely in better nick than when you've read them a few times. At half price, they're an absolutely beautiful bargain too. Highly recommend Rob Hindle, Nancy Gaffield and Matthew Clegg but the others will be ace too.