Cut it fine picking up my daughter from the airport tonight 😬

2025 took me from the south of France to the bookshops of Paris, to friends & family in London & Bristol - and finally meeting some amazing fellow writers from my online writing group IN REAL LIFE!!🤗 So many beautiful moments amongst the inevitable self doubt and still-broken boiler 🥰🥶 #booksky

What were your favourite books of 2025? Here are a few of mine: www.instagram.com/reel/DS0UCwf... #booksky #bestbooks2025 #blueskybooks

Just waved the teenager off to a 3-day New Years techno festival in Brussels. Worried? Moi?😬🫣

Christmas haul from my lovely children 🌵📚 #cacti #oliviersandco #booksky

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas - may it be as filled with joy as a mouse on skis🌟 #christmasmouse

Wrapping Christmas presents, watching French Kiss. Again 🤗 🎁💋

Decided to make our own tree this year…although looking forward to the new years game of giant Jenga when I realise the book I want to read is stuck right in the middle 🫣😅 #booktree #writingcommunity #booksky

Christmas window shopping in Bordeaux. One very cool cat 😎 #caturday

It's a win! 🎉

Boiler still on the blink after two weeks, so still no heating or hot water…and now the wifi has decided to join in the fun and disappear on us. Cuddled up under blankets, with hot water bottles and books. Could be worse 📚🙂 #booksky

The French government is considering presenting an artificial intelligence bill to parliament that would protect copyright and reward creators, while giving generative AI developers secure access to reliable data, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement 👇 #BookSky

On the latest Creative Differences @pernillehughes.bsky.social talks about her latest novel A Copenhagen Snowmance and why you should lock yourself in a room with a glass of wine when writing (and maybe a pen of some kind). LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2399041/epis... WATCH: youtu.be/NifRlwj0tfA?...

Jitterbug by Gareth L. Powell. Available now for preorder from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers

Boiler still out of action following carbon monoxide scare, so am curling up by the log fire with a book to stay warm #booksky #logfire

Trying to buy some pink weights for myself but nearly all the dumbbells over 3kg seem to only come in grey, blue, or black 🙁 What if I want to be strong and also have pretty things? And don’t get me started on hammers and screwdrivers…!

Just had the fire brigade round as our carbon monoxide detector went off. I only got it a couple of months ago, and thank goodness I did. All clear now, but if you haven’t already got one, please go get one now 🙏

Flowers from my daughter. ‘Just because’♥️🌹 #mumlife

Finally got to see this beautiful film. If you like Albert Camus, you’ll love this. And if you’ve never read his work, this is the perfect introduction. Every scene is a work of art, and the acting is esquisite. #albertcamus #skybooks #movies

Spent a few days with friends and family in Bristol, visiting old haunts - and a few new ones. #bristol #writerslife

Book browsing 📚 #bookshoplove

Don’t mistake ACTIVITY for PRODUCTIVITY. Sometimes stepping away for a while is the best way to move forward. Take a walk, read a book, have a bath, give your brain time to do its magic. #writingcommunity #amwriting

So excited for this - coming soon to the local cinema 🤗 #camus

ADCI and the SoA worked together to create the Access Form (known in some cases as an Access Rider) and designed it to provide a simple, easy to complete form to share with your publishing team to communicate your needs. You can download the form here… bit.ly/3WfXMiM /5

#booksky My favorite Sarah Anderson comic...

Found myself a lovely bundle of old books in the local charity shop 📚 #booksky #booknerd

Wearing my non-fiction hat now. All sales revenue from my book UNDER FIRE - the story of June, who drove ambulances in the London Blitz - in October will be donated to Ukraine and Gaza medical charities. Available in Ebook and paperback www.naomiclifford.com/book/under-f...

Blake Friedmann Open Week is back from 10th to 14th November. 📚🥳 Gain insight into the agenting and publishing world through Q&As, blogs, and giveaways across our social media. Follow #BFLAOpenWeek for more updates and check out our news story! blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/bfla-op...

Found a cool little English-language bookshop today🤗 #bookhaul 📚 #booksky

Have just learnt to sign ‘turtle’ in BSL and it is my new favourite thing 🐢 youtube.com/watch?v=968U...

And are you a tortured writer who would like to appear on our podcast? Do you have a problem with your book you want solving? If so, email us [email protected] and tell us your torture and we will come back to you if we can feature you.

6 weeks live teaching! We are giving away 10 places for summer school Saturday for £99 for those who cannot afford the £249- it starts this Saturday and you can find all the details herecheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school - if you are interested email us at [email protected]

Out today in the UK and US from @titanbooks.bsky.social Links: www.garethlpowell.com/who-will-you...

I’ve been deep-dive researching a bunch of cool locations for my WIP to ensure I get all the details right, and now I’m being bombarded with ads for hotels and holidays in all these locations, in ‘preparation’ for my ‘upcoming trips’ 🙄🤦‍♀️ I wish! 😆 #writingcommunity #amediting

I did this course last year and it was so incredibly useful. I’ve since applied Sara’s editing techniques to all my writing. Definitely worth the investment! Plus, I met a wonderful group of writers who’ve become great friends & trusted beta readers #WritingCommunity #amquerying

Okay @netflix.com hear me out: ‘Building the Band’ but where contestants are in little libraries, and get to share passages from their favourite books & match with others who love the same genres/characters/tropes…then they get to build a book to win a publishing deal 📚 Who’s in?🙋‍♀️ #buildingthebook

My lil’ novel has made the top 100!! Taking this as a win 😊 #writingcommunity #writerslife

Just tried to wash my face with my glasses on…yep, it’s going to be one of those days 🙄

We are delighted to announce our 2025 long-list! Congratulations to all 15 writers & thank you to everyone who entered. Feedback will go out until 1st January 2026 so please do be patient but we will be as quick as we can! Shortlist announcement will be on 1st October 2025 at 2pm!

Bit concerned about what happened to this guy 🤔

Writing this WIP feels different and I think I’ve found out why. Tolstoy said there are only two stories: a hero goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town’. My novels are all the former, but this one is the latter. Such a different writing experience without the structure of a journey #amwriting

Currently listening to this lovely writerly chat…

Started raining this afternoon after a long drought, so I ran out to wash the car to save on water. The neighbours thought I was mad. Please tell me I’m not the only person to do this?

Polari prize: Nominees and judges withdraw over inclusion of John Boyne on longlist

For all my fellow writers, I hear you and I see what you hide behind your words. #indieauthor #fantasy #authorlife #writerlife #booksky #writersky #darksky

Currently watching 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything on Apple TV. Fascinating stuff. Scary how we’re still protesting the same sh*t. Love not war. Marvin Gaye could literally have written What’s Going On? today 🤯

So excited to have made the longlist for this! Thank you @goldfinchbooks.bsky.social 🤗Good luck to all the shortlistees!! #writingcommunity #booksky www.goldfinch-books.com/novel

Got a short story? (UK residents only): nerobookawards.com/new-writers-... #writingcompetitions #writingcommunity

James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction interview. #writerslife #writingcommunity www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2...