📢BBC reports 41% of Ukrainians in Britain lost job opportunities, while 26% faced tenancy issues due to visa uncertainty. 💬 “I can’t sleep at night… I don’t know where we will go.” – Mila, a mother denied a tenancy. At Settled, we help Ukrainians secure their rights. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4kdscks3

We're aware that some of our members have found that their work has been used without consent in LibGen, a pirated books database Meta has used to train AI We've put together advice for those affected + you can also find out about our campaigning work 🔽 writersguild.org.uk/libgen-datab...

This a reminder that we have a call for papers for this year's Romancing the Gothic conference and we're interested in people working on Short, Weird, Ghostly and Fantastic fiction to mark an MR James anniversary! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/...

Thank you, @othersidelitmag ❤️ I won't lie, it was really hard to try and summarise my relationship with writing in just a few words, but I did my best. Why do *you* write? #writingbeyondborders #writer #migrantwriters

🪡 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀. We would be delighted to publish reviews of these books in @asiancha.bsky.social this year. If any of these titles intrigue you and you would like to explore them further, please email [email protected] to discuss. We look forward to hearing from you!

Why We Write—To process, reflect & make sense of the world. For Temitayo Olofinlua, writing was a way to express emotions. Now, her piece Cat-a-stro-phe! is in the other side of hope (Vol. 4.1). Why do you write? Submit your story ⬇️ othersideofhope.com/submissions-... #WhyWeWrite #RefugeeVoices

If you have witnessed/experienced an immigration raid since July 2024, please get in touch via [email protected], 07534 488696 (Whatsapp/Signal) or buff.ly/0LChXnx (fill in our reporting tool) Please get in touch by 28 March. #Raids #ImmigrationRaids #Asylum #Migration

These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? @asiancha.bsky.social continues to accept submissions of poems for our ongoing series “Write to Power”.We welcome Asia-focused poems—original or newly translated into English. chajournal.blog/2021/09/28/write

Spot on, with the caveat that any attempt to challenge the narrative coming from the person being thus targeted usually results in repercussions. That is why privileged peers should speak out and advocate more but perhaps that's too much to hope for. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/dive...

GIVEAWAY ALERT! Attention all schools and libraries! For World Book Week I have five (yes 5!) signed copies of Rebel Skies to giveaway including bookmarks! To enter, please like and comment. Open to all schools and libraries in the UK and Ireland. Ends midnight 10th March

Just in case you missed it, here’s the CFP for the terrific CFP on Alice in Wonderland which, if it’s anything like the previous volume on Through the Looking Glass, will be amazing. Do get in touch. For inquiries email: [email protected]

Found this today in the local @amnestyuk.bsky.social bookshop, and I had to get it. How many decades so you think it'll take me to get anywhere close to figuring it out? 🥲 #puzzle #mysterybook #cainsjawbone #experimentalwriting

Resharing an older blog post because this is not the time for mindless gratitude. The world is on fire, it has been for a long time, and that fire is expanding. Be loud and lean into your anger. Do not self-silence, there are too many of those that would silence us anyway.

As the #measles outbreak continues, and has now unfortunately resulted in the death of a child, I see a lot of posts along the lines of: "I had measles as a child and I'm fine". Let me tell you a different version of that story: 🧵1/11 🧪 #medsky

Wow. This poem had me undone. 💔 "She spent hours by the roadside, pulling weeds, waiting for a car that wouldn’t bring him back. I think she wanted a new boy to bury, something fresh to grieve."

Today marks the anniversary of the abolition of Roma slavery on territories of present-day Romania. It’s an overlooked aspect of history. I consider this in my book, The Roma: A Travelling History, which I’m very glad to say will be out in May. www.penguin.co.uk/books/456889...

Hey @theguardian.com, if you want to report on #Romania and #Moldova, you may also like to get the presidents right. Getting them mixed up on national media is a sign of, oh, I don't know, huge disrespect? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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🚨BREAKING: From today people who entered the UK by irregular routes will "normally be refused" citizenship, regardless of how many years they've built their lives, raised families & called this country home. A heartless attack on people seeking safety. rb.gy/gt8hf7

All about Hong Kong! We'd love to publish reviews of these titles in @asiancha.bsky.social . If you'd like to read and review any of these titles, please send an email to me ([email protected]) for more discussion. More information about these books: www.facebook.com/AsianCha.Jou...

Absolutely, that is a fantastic anthology!

I've just finished reading all the poems & translations submitted by the original deadline (31 January 2025). I'd like to extend the submission window until 15 February. Perhaps those who are meant to see this (small) announcement will,& they will send us their work? www.facebook.com/100064077820...

The Creative Future Writers’ Award is the only free to enter national poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction competition for all underrepresented writers. The optional theme is ‘Wild’. Fifteen winners (5 winners in each category). Please share :)

Hella important work being made here. Make contact below!

Woooooooo ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Someone’s done it - archived the entire datasets of the US CDC before the orange toddler could destroy them. #episky #medsky #academicsky

Make no mistake: this is the real censorship. This, not petty squabbles on social media, is what it means to cancel people. May we raise our voices louder than ever and uplift each other. Now is not the time to stay silent. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Where can you get Tudor Gothic, Women's apocalyptic writing, monster-f**king, deadly dance, folklore and landscape, doppelgangers, horror theatre, grave-diggers, horror-making on a budget, Poe and Mesmerism, Gothic tourism and more all in one place? romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/20/g...

New radio feature! This Saturday, from 2 pm, tune into Hannah's Bookshelf Imbolc Special on North Manchester FM, featuring a selection of end-of-winter flash fics, including my story, "Spring Harvest". My partner lovingly described it as "apocalyptic". 😆 hannahkate.net/north-manche...

We're inviting those with lived experience of #migration to feedback on our #KnowYourRights Guide. This will help us to tailor our Guide so we can more effectively provide you with accessible information surrounding your rights! Please complete the survey by 9am 12 Feb: https://buff.ly/4jCvvgs

I'd very much like people to stop using the terms "X/Tiktok refugee". Moving social media platforms, even being forced to move platforms doesn't equate to being a refugee of any kind. It seems to me this usage is diluting the meaning of the term and obscuring the reality of being an actual refugee.

Writers, how many flash fics would you say are needed for a flash fiction pamphlet? #writingcommunity

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

The world needs your work and we want to read it! Apply today for the 2025 #THSW. In addition to our General Scholarships, we offer many community-focused awards such as the Scholarship for Palestine. Fee waivers are available for those who need them. Apply here: https://buff.ly/2LgFf2w

📣 Calling all early-career translators! 📣 The Momentum Grant is now open for applications over at @wwborders.bsky.social. This is such a great opportunity: a $3,000 grant for working on your #translation sample. Plus, it's judged by none other than literary superstar Julia Sanches. Apply by 2/28!

We've taken a unanimous decision today to move away from using Twitter/X on ethical grounds. Please help us to retain connections with as many important colleagues as possible by following us here and sharing this message. Many thanks from the Settled team.

With impeccable timing, @othersidelitmag.bsky.social have now made volume 4 available to read online. Featuring my poem dedicated to my refugee grandmother, and excellent works by many talented writers of migrant backgrounds. othersideofhope.com/vol-41-onlin... #writingbeyondborders #migrantwriters

Thinking of friends based in the US, or with US ties. I fear awful times ahead, and struggle with the thought that we're moving decidedly backwards. I hope that those of us who haven't completely lost it continue to fight hate, bigotry, climate collapse, and the collapse of hard-fought-for rights.

❄️ Winter tales wanted! Submit your literary, gothic, or speculative fiction to our hardcover anthology. Open March 1–April 30. Info: shorturl.at/e3Qwr #SootAndBoots #Festive #ShortFiction #SubmissionWindow

Fun fact about me: I adore invertebrates, and am currently proud mother to various Giant African Land Snails and Giant African Millipedes. 🐛🐌 Madagascar hissing cockroaches also used to be part of my family, but the last one, Stoker (pictured), passed away last year. I really miss hissers though!

Today's the last day we're accepting pitches on essays for THE HORROR EVOLUTION WILL BE COLORIZED: A Compendium of Perspectives on Blackness in Horror. Would you like to join the discussion of its powerful influence on horror? Pitch us here: forms.gle/AsoNpCsvqLin... 👻📽️ #filmsky #horrorsky

We're interested in publishing poems & stories set in Asia or by self-identified Asian writers that employ "reverse" chronology. An example is Alexandra Chang's "Li Fan" (read it to the end!). Email submissions to [email protected] with the subject line "Reverse: [your initials]". No deadline.

If you don't wake up at 4 am with a poem pounding in your head and you can't go back to sleep until you've written it down, for fear it might otherwise be lost forever, are you even alive?

Giveaway Alert! This is my first time trying to do a giveaway on Bluesky. Not sure how it will go! I'm giving away copies of Rebel Dawn, plus a bookmark for the Rebel Skies trilogy. To enter, please comment on this post. Giveaway open to UK and Europe only. Ends midnight 14 Jan.

My detailed review of Robert Eggers' Nosferatu remake is up on my blog. Please do be aware that it is filled with spoilers. encyclopaediavanitatum.org/2025/01/04/s... #filmreview #nosferatu

New blog post up! First one of 2025 My top reads of 2024... and the book that was a major letdown. Have you read any of these? And any recommendations for 2025? #bookreviews #readinglist #fiction #nonfiction #poetry encyclopaediavanitatum.org/2025/01/03/a...

Travelling home for Christmas?... Settled explains changes that will affect you and provides tools for self-help in case of issues when travelling back to the UK. Please visit our website for more info, leaflets and useful guides by clicking here: settled.org.uk/travelling-t...

This Saturday, 14th December, tune into Hannah's Bookshelf on North Manchester FM from 2 p.m. to listen to "3-minute Santas", including my new flash story, "The Vigil".

Writers! Looking for a fresh batch of opportunities to get your work out there? Last week's Five Things Friday now available to free subscribers! @grantamag.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social halekatie.substack.com/p/five-thing...

Galley Beggar Press is hiring! We need a reliable, book-loving, Norwich-based administrative assistant for six months - starting January, 10 hours a week, and with the possibility of extending: Closing date: 13 December 2024 Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/new-page-34 (Please do share!)