Abi Curtis
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Professor of Creative Writing York St John University . Writer of fiction and poetry .
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Jen Bowden
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'I love writing for myself but in some ways supporting others is even better.' Professor and novelist
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
is on Northern Voices this week discussing her novel The Headland
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social
, academia, creativity and more.
on.soundcloud.com/EHaFY2uG7xsg...
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GoldSF
5 months ago
GoldSF author
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
on the IZ Pod talking about the magic of the ordinary, the power of place, writing about early parenthood, and her novel "The Headland".
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social
@unamccormack.bsky.social
@sffoundation.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdM...
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Great conversation about The Headland with Gareth
@interzone.press
. Listen to the podcast here :
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdM...
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A chat with Abi Curtis // IZ Pod, the INTERZONE show
YouTube video by INTERZONE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdMLHHhsK0
5 months ago
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A little creative critical piece I wrote about the writing workshop inspired by Nicholas Royle
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The writing workshop or deferred effects
A creative narrative which explores Nicholas Royle's expression in his work The Uncanny (MUP 2003) that ‘any reading or teaching worthy of the name does not happen when it happens: it is bound up w...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0950236X.2025.2488202
6 months ago
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Goldsmiths Press
7 months ago
Thank you to
@yorklitfest.bsky.social
for these photos from last nights panel! Celebrating
#IWD2025
, our wonderful Gold SF authors (and editor)
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
, Alexandra Grunberg,
@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
&
@unamccormack.bsky.social
discussed all things "Women in Sci-Fi"
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Great event Women in Science Fiction with
@unamccormack.bsky.social
for
@yorklitfest.bsky.social
@goldsf.bsky.social
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social
#womeninscifi
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Una McCormack
7 months ago
This was such a lovely event! Thank you
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
and Alexandra! Great audience and questions too!
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Una McCormack
7 months ago
If you're in York this Tuesday (11th), I'm part of a panel with three
@goldsf.bsky.social
authors:
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
,
@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
, and Alexandra Goldberg. Readings, chat about feminist sf, and books for sale and signing!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-liter...
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York Literature festival - Women in Science Fiction
This event is part of York Literature Festival 2025
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-literature-festival-women-in-science-fiction-tickets-1144223696879
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Kaley Kramer
8 months ago
Fantastic long list (for adding to tottering TBR stack...) - so glad to see The Headland on here by the brilliant
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
: astonishing encounter with unresolvable otherness, love, art, and strange/familiar landscapes.
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GoldSF
8 months ago
Wonderful
#GoldSF
news! 3x GoldSF titles on the
@bsfa.bsky.social
#Longlist
#BSFAAwards2024
Please vote for us!
@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
@unamccormack.bsky.social
@vondanmcintyre.bsky.social
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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Una McCormack
8 months ago
Absolutely delighted to see 3
@goldsf.bsky.social
titles on the BSFA longlist! Congrats to
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
&
@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
, and brilliant to see
@vondanmcintyre.bsky.social
’s short fiction longlisted too.
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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Vote for the BSFA Awards
https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist
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Goldsmiths Press
10 months ago
Big thanks to Naomi Booth for highlighting The Headland by
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
as one of her books of the year in
@lunatejournal.bsky.social
We are in great company with titles from Kevin Barry, Miranda July, Andrew McMillan, Kathryn Scanlan, Jacqueline Crooks and Rita Bullwinkel
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Books of the Year — Lunate
Lunate contributors and friends share their favourite books of 2024
https://www.lunate.co.uk/home/boty-2024-k4l65
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Luke Kennard
10 months ago
My new novel, Black Bag, will be published by John Murray in 2026 and I am PLEASED about this.
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Why the Dungeness landscape is so inspirational for writers and artists
Perhaps the most iconic feature of this landscape is artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage, which he bought in the late 1980s.
https://theconversation.com/why-the-dungeness-landscape-is-so-inspirational-for-writers-and-artists-243304?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=bylinefacebookbutton&fbclid=IwY2xjawG6pF5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVaC1R51pDFxt_wf5YyBfcat7GV0Iv7_EaT56noalLH49uWVf6T3g1t4Yw_aem_tPKqMjyVFbTgT3GN3_m27Q
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Una McCormack
10 months ago
Super piece by
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
on Dungeness, setting of her wonderful novel The Headland, from
@goldsf.bsky.social
.
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GoldSF
10 months ago
Why the Dungeness landscape is so inspirational for writers and artists…
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
writes about
#Dungeness
, where her new
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social
book
#TheHeadland
is set.
@unamccormack.bsky.social
t.co/XG6xuLeIZU
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https://theconversation.com/why-the-dungeness-landscape-is-so-inspirational-for-writers-and-artists-243304
https://t.co/XG6xuLeIZU
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Goldsmiths Press
11 months ago
Send your artwork to Abi at
[email protected]
by the 24th December 2024. She will pick the winner and we will post out your prize! Do share this with all the artists you know. No using AI please - that will spoil the fun!
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