I totally agree! So pleased you enjoyed this gem and thank you for reading @livimichael.bsky.social‬ @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

ICYMI today we're featuring Tumbling by Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/03/t...

On not attaining residency in the citadel of publishing.

I left Twitter/X because of the torrents of abuse, including antisemitic abuse. I've been on a few Palestine solidarity marches and I didn't experience any abuse at all, even when carrying a sign that mentions I'm Jewish. Remind me where antisemitism is breeding.

🌟 Publication day 🌟 Today we publish Something Might Fall by David Flusfeder – a shimmering novella set in 1970s New York. 'Precise, sophisticated and shattering – this is Flusfeder's masterpiece.' – Julie Myerson 'One of the reading pleasures of the year.' – Linda Grant bit.ly/4u7lOMd

terrific!

I mean, frankly, this sounds like just another day in Northern Ontario. But I can see how it would be disconcerting... #MicroMonday #microfiction by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social this morning in @fictivedream.bsky.social ! fictivedream.com/2026/05/04/m...

Some more book recommendations: livimichael.co.uk/2026/05/01/1... @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social @polyscribe70.bsky.social @robertjrp.bsky.social

Some more book recommendations: livimichael.co.uk/2026/05/01/1... @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com

Thank you Laura!

Thank you so much Gillian!

A fascinating insight. So pleased you enjoyed The Last Shaman, Claudia and thank you for reading @claudiamonpere.bsky.social‬ @livimichael.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

Thank you Michael!

Great short fiction from Claudia Monpere! fictivedream.com/2026/04/03/u...

Thank you!

ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring The Last Shaman by Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy

No way! What was that like?

A great story by Linda Bayley also in Fictive Dream! fictivedream.com/2026/04/10/w... @lmbayley.bsky.social

Ray Holt launders money for a Manchester gang. He's also stealing from them – and has convinced himself that makes him the good guy. Darker With the Day by Trevor Mark Thomas: Northern Noir at its sharpest. Coming soon from Salt. 🖤

So delighted to be published in Fictive Dream! fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/m... @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social

Sorry Linda!

So pleased to be published in this great magazine!

Thank you Mike!

'Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty and the well-meaning outsiders who seek to end it.'

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

In which @kaggsy59.bsky.social makes my jour.

Huge thanks to Houman Barekat for this terrific review of Tibor Fischer’s new novel, My Bags Are Big, in The Guardian. #booksky #litfiction

Private water companies have been dumping sewage and letting infrastructure crumble for over 30 years. Sign the petition to bring water into public ownership #WeOwnIt weownit.org.uk/act-now/lets... @weownit.org.uk

8 new historical novels to read in February Antonia Senior reviews ‘Elizabeth and Ruth’ by Livi Michael in The Times today. “Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty.” #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #LiteraryFiction

Delighted to be mentioned in this round-up in The Times: smry.ai/proxy?url=ht...

Thank you so much!

🚨 25% OFF PRE-ORDERS 🚨 The February pre-order offer is LIVE at @waterstones.com! Get 25% OFF RRP on these 8 incredible upcoming titles. 🎟️ Use code: FEB26 🛒 Shop here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb... ⏳ Offer ends Friday 23.59. (1/2) #WPreorder #Books #NewBooks

Thank you!

Congratulations Livi! Looking forward to the launch @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social

thank you!

Whoa! First review of Elizabeth and Ruth by Livi Michael — "Michael’s prose has a vividness one can smell and touch... This novel is both readable and not an ‘easy’ read, and I thoroughly recommend it." — Historical Novel Society

being a cool book shop, we have this one in stock

Have great weekends everyone! Happy reading! #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Publication Day! livimichael.co.uk/2026/02/08/p... @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social @polyscribe70.bsky.social

It's a splendid book, Livi!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

This makes me think of a great story by @writemeave.bsky.social and a wonderful novel by @livimichael.bsky.social both of which I highly recommend. Also stories by Christopher Burns and David Constantine.

Manchester, 1849. Elizabeth Gaskell visits a young girl in prison and begins a fight against the hypocrisy of the day. Based on real letters between Gaskell & Dickens, Elizabeth and Ruth by Livi Michael is a fierce story of censorship and grit. Out Feb 9! 📖🔥 #BookSky

Our 2026 Historical Fiction guide is here. 🏛️📖 10 essential novels – from Tudor England and 1830s Siberia to the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. See the full list and find your next obsession: 🔗 www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-... #BookSky #HistoricalFiction

livimichael.co.uk/2026/01/20/w... @onpolitics.news @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social

New year, new book, new blog post! livimichael.co.uk/2026/01/11/e... @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social

Looking gorgeous! Not long now!

a small toast to my new books! @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social

More about #Elizabeth Gaskell # Charles Dickens # Ruth livimichael.co.uk/2025/12/21/m... @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social