RofC co-opting WG again. The Rofc partnered up, rebranded, and submissions are now open. Go here: www.republicofconsciousness.com/prize-submis... @galleybeggars.bsky.social @influxpress.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social @cbeditions.bsky.social @charcopress.com

Please join us in Deptford on Thursday for readings of this years Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. Support literary events outside city centres. @bullaunpress.bsky.social @cbeditions.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @dividedpublishing

Haven't had access to Blue Sky for 3 days so here's our first shout out to @saraiddesilva.bsky.social for the @womensprize.bsky.social long listing of AMMA. Congratulations. We're thrilled.

A fabulously varied longlist for the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for fiction, inc Amma by Saraid de Silva, Somewhere Else by Jenni Daiches & Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings (longlisted for the RoC Prize). A good day for small presses! @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @hollandhousebooks.bsky.social

'Amma' by Saraid de Silva Three generations, Three continents, Three sexualities published by @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social and longlisted for the @womensprize.bsky.social for fiction! #womensfiction 📖 sample to peek inside and share www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

Today's book post 😍📖 @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social #womensprize

Congratulations to @glenjamesbrown.bsky.social for “Set in the fifth century and narrated by an irrepressible bard called Mother Naked, this novel is bawdy, funny and tragic. The voice of Mother Naked is entirely authentic. Both an entertaining read and a serious work of historical fiction.”

Congratulations to @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social for “Celina is a quiet book, written with great integrity. It tells the story of a young woman, born into poverty, who works as a maid in the household of Victor Hugo. In restrained and unsentimental prose it illuminates lives forgotten by history.”

Congratulations to @dividedpublishing for “An urgent, bleakly funny, fragmentary account of displacement, queer desire, and finding a place in the world. Using a collage technique, Bakhti has produced an outstanding novel about identity and endurance.”

Congratulations to @cbeditions.bsky.social for “Offbeat, elegantly written tale about two authors marooned an exchange programme in an unnamed totalitarian country. The narrative voice is great company, by turns droll, plaintive and ruminative.Surprisingly compulsive for a largely plotless novel.”

Congratulations for @bullaunpress.bsky.social for their shortlisting for: “A rollicking, sardonic picaresque set on the French outpost of La Réunion in the. 1980s. The novel has important things to say about colonialism and society, but it’s also tremendous fun — darkly funny, acerbic, energetic.”

Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses 2025 taking over Weatherglass Books once more. Announcing the Short List here: therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/short-list...

Thank you @publicistkelly.bsky.social @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social for sending the intriguing sounding #WeHexedTheMoon by #MollyHallSeeley ♥️ Billed as ‘Pitch Perfect meets The Craft’ 👏🏽 Coming April 🙌🏽

For one day only The Republic of Consciousness is taking over Weatherglass Books to announce 2025 Long List. Take a look here: therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/announcing...

New book in from @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social! Deborah Tompkins’ Aerth is their second book chosen by Ali Smith for their novella prize.

Wonderful to see Weatherglass Novella Prize winner Aerth getting such rave reviews. Congrats @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social

Another great review of Aerth by @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social This time @guardianbooks.bsky.social Thank you. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Rave review of our latest book from Telegraph. Thank you! @lukekennard.bsky.social @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...

Today’s book post from @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social - novella Aerth by Deborah Tomkins

Hello, Please do spread the word about our novella prize, judged by Ali Smith. We're publishing 3 of the first year's shortlist, so odds are better than most prizes. weatherglassbooks.com/novella-priz...

We have just joined. Took a while, but very pleased to be away from X. Hope all is good out there. Neil & Damian