Great day with the @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social at the Cabaret day at the British library! Had the chance to chat to some lovely fellow publishers like @claretpress.bsky.social @indienovella.bsky.social @aurorametro.bsky.social and many more ❤️

✨Looking for a thought-provoking read this autumn? Incel: The Weaponisation of Misogyny is out at the end of the month & available on pre-order from @aurorametro.bsky.social ✨ www.aurorametro.com/product/ince...

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Nice to read this review by Sophia Rose of the forthcoming @aurorametro.bsky.social anthology Encounters with Jane Austen. My Secret Sisterhood coauthor, Emma Claire Sweeney, & I were pleased to be contributors - & to see our essay given a particular mention here. www.thequillink.com/post/guest-r...

Was Jane Austen gay? A great discussion about the legacy of Jane Austen last weekend @battleofideas. For more read our book ‘Encounters with Jane Austen’ #academyofideas #janeausten250 #newbooks

Very pleased that my poem is with cavorting with such esteemed company! @aurorametro.bsky.social @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social

A cave, a cormorant, a climate reckoning. Recent #fiction from @aurorametro.bsky.social and me... #booksky 📚 🌎 #climate #eco-anxiety #Nature The Wilder Path, available in any bookstore. Original art by @michellehughes.bsky.social

Wonderful evening at @booksontherise.bsky.social for the launch of @aurorametro.bsky.social ‘Encounters with Jane Austen’ which I’m delighted to have a poem included. Available now! www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...

Want to know more about the Incel community? Pre-order the first book to dive deeper into the manosphere! #toxicmasculinity#misogynyawarenesd #sexism #Adolescence

Available now from bookshops and online -see more reviews on NetGalley for this great celebration of Jane Austen 250. #janesusten #Austenites #mrdarcy #janeites

To read Deborah's moving tale of climate fiction go to www.aurorametro.com/product/the-... #clifi #awardwinningbooks #literaryfiction #psychologicalfiction

Thanks so much for your fab introduction @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social Looking forward to our upcoming event too! Thanks also to contributors @juliamiller.bsky.social @aprildeangelis.bsky.social @zitaholbourne.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social #janeausten #englishliterature bit.ly/42vsQyk

✨Exciting news! I’m finally able to tell you that, on October 31st, my first book will be published with River Light Press. Taking a new, in-depth look at Incel culture it challenges existing misinformation while advocating for positive change. ✨ @aurorametro.bsky.social

Get your frock on and celebrate with us Oct 2nd 7pm @booksontherise.bsky.social bit.ly/42vsQyk #JaneAusten #englishliterature #authorevents #writingcommunity #booklaunch #janeausten250 #greatwriters #janeaustenfestival #mrdarcy #romance

Our author Sarah Tucker with a natty poem about the need to think differently - read her biography of Edward de Bono for more. #poetry #writingcommunity#biography #thinking

Delighted to be part of this Jane Austen anthology, with fabulous authors writing prose, essays and poetry, coming this October from @aurorametro.bsky.social. Pre orders available now ! www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...

Great review for our new book on the work of film director Steve McQueen here. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #stevemcqueen #BlackBritish #filmmakers #filmstudies #mediastudies

Chatting to #VirginiaWoolf yesterday, before reading from and discussing my novel #TheWilderPath, winner of the #VirginiaPrizeforFiction! A memorable evening! @booksontherise.bsky.social @aurorametro.bsky.social

This is such a beautiful cover! I am so proud every time I see it. @michellehughes.bsky.social @aurorametro.bsky.social Also very proud to have won the Virginia Prize for Fiction with this novel. #booksky #virginiaprizeforfiction

Submission window open for children’s books for 5 - 12 years. Details in link. Please share :)

Aurora Metro Books Collection 2 is now live, offering a thought-provoking range of contemporary plays featuring writers of colour, women playwrights, and other traditionally underrepresented writers. Explore the collection now: bit.ly/40Ki4mb

An amazing opportunity for 10 writers to spend up to a month for free at seaside cottage to write. All details in the link below. Please share :)

Are you an experienced... ✂️ editor 🎨 colour grader 🎼 composer 🎧 sound designer/mixer 💻 VFX artist ...looking to give back? Volunteer with #MediaTrustFilms and use your skills to support impactful short films for charities! 📨 Email [email protected] to get involved.

Babe wake up, applications for the 503Five are open!! 🎉 We are so excited to be reopening submissions for our 2026-27 writer's residency, and to begin this new journey with FIVE talented writers who are eager to take their career to the next level.

On 20th July at 4pm the Sensible Shoes Comedy Tour will be coming to Cambridge with me, Hannah Brackenbury, Julie Jepson and Lara A.King. Spread the word! www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Cam...

At BFI Southbank on Monday 7th July 6.30pm join us for discussion of all things Steve McQueen. Tickets tinyurl.com/y3j5d8br #BFI #cinema #talks #filmmaking

To mark 100 years of #MrsDalloway, Fiona Shaw explores Three Transformations of Virginia #Woolf 9am Tues @BBCRadio4 with Michael Cunningham, Mark Haddon @naomialderman.bsky.social Sally Potter & Alexandra Harris. Readings by Gwendoline Christie. Producer Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

"In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging." Uprooter Anjan Sundaram for Vox www.vox.com/climate/2400...

For #WorldEnvironmentDay, Centre Expert Anjan Sundaram shares what he’s uncovered in #Mexico where Indigenous communities face rising violence for defending their land. 📖 Check out our latest Q&A: www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...

My essay 'Wherefore, Nuncle?' is in the ENCOUNTERS WITH JAMES BALDWIN anthology celebrating the centenary of his birth. Edited by Kadija George Sesay and Cheryl Robson The list of other writers is on the page. I'm not worthy of Baldwin's legend, but I tried. www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...

OWAAD was founded by Stella Dadzie and Olive Morris in 1978, with the aim to bring a black feminist perspective to political action. Morris died in July 1979 of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In 2024, she was recognised for her work with a blue plaque. Dadzie attended the unveiling. 2/2

Today's book of the day is... A Kick in the Belly: women, Slavery, and resistance by Stella Dadzie

For the new folks here (so you know a bit abt what I am abt and where we connect), I am a long 18c lit scholar (esp women’s writing, periodicals and material culture). I am writing a book called The Writers Craft about women writers and making and see (a lot!). Also Head of English at Uni of York.

bookhaus - Bristol's radical home www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bookhaus--... This is an amazing bookshop - and so much more. Please consider supporting this crowdfunder.

A happy afternoon signing books (and buying some others!) in Toppings, Bath, this week.

Absolutely delighted to announce that I have just signed with independent Italian science fiction publisher #Zona42 for my novella #Aerth! To be published in Italian in 2026. www.zona42.it @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social

For #NationalPoetryWeek, I'm sharing the poem I was reciting to my 7 year old this week! I like the sentiment of it and we were talking about reading poems aloud. I'm also sharing a reminder of a few of my poetry books if you fancy picking up a new book this week. Most of all, support poetry!

Looking for a #Thriller? When Briony Campbell confesses to killing her boyfriend, a straightforward crime soon turns into a mystery. Haunted by demons from his past, lawyer SJ Robin is assigned to the case. As confusion and the body count rises, he must question who's guilty & who's innocent.

I can’t believe it was only a year ago that we were launching my debut novel Bone Rites - what a wonderful year it’s been

Look what’s arrived. My first UK book cover! The Wilder Path by Deborah Tomkins. My Port Mulgrave #linocut print has been used for the cover, plus my cormorant illustration on the back. @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social @aurorametro.bsky.social #Book #Books #BookCover #BookSky #CoverReveal #Printmaking

Have you visited the statue of Virginia Woolf in Richmond yet? If you do come along then find us @booksontherise.bsky.social where there are all sorts of books by and about Virginia. #Virginiawoolf #Richmond #bookstore #visitRichmond #Londontrips

We had a wonderful launch event last night for this book. Deborah Tomkins was talking to Green party councillor Andree Frieze @booksontherise.bsky.social in Richmond. #booklaunch #climatechange #clifi #naturewriters

And to see the cover of the book check out this link: www.aurorametro.com/product/the-...

Well, @aurorametro.bsky.social publishes plays and drama for children and some children's novels, including in translation (Plays for Young People, Tin Soldier, A Spell of Cold Weather, The Monster Under the Bed, Eric and the Gods, David's Story, ...)

Read more about our wonderful author PL Henderson and her feminist art history books here : www.ocasa.org.uk/post/women-s... #womenshistorymonth #womenartists #printmakers #feminism #arthistory #newbooks

Delighted to have this wonderful design by Michelle Hughes on the cover of forthcominig climate fiction novel 'The Wilder Path' by Deborah Tomkins. #design #womenartists #books #printmakers

Yes this is our fantastic drama list coming soon on Dramaonline with Bloomsbury. Subscribe to get access to these drama gems. #plays #playwrights #theatre #diversity

Open Clasp are also featured in our book Feminist Theatre Then and Now: celebrating 50 years’ introduction by Elaine Aston #feminism #theater #theatre #plays #womenintheatre

We have found that our titles have been used to train AI. Look for your book here. Peer inside LibGen, a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others: emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...