This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

In memoriam...

Quick! Rush to join my patreon this month, where you'll find a golden treasure chest of new autumnal recipes and a creaking, web-wreathed wardrobe rattling with ghost stories! Every tier receives a special card in the post from Old Fox and Wolf! patreon.com/annelouiseav...

Lots of men on this flight complaining they can’t find dinner idk

My copies of Wild Boar arrive tomorrow - in plenty of time for February’s publication date.

Here's a great pic from the day: L-R @mathjones.bsky.social, @jennyhope.bsky.social, Holly, Claire, @catherineredford.bsky.social, Kashala Abrahams, Lesley Ingram, @heatherwastie.bsky.social, Ruth!

Here it is! 🎉🎉🎉

Finally got round to detoxing my handbag - I had the grand total of nine pens - but just the one notebook.

youtu.be/D04ayybGW_Y?... windswept is a poetry film by me with Filmmaker Lewis Landini inspired by an exercise by Dance Artist Inari Hulkkonen. It comes from a residency at Wainsgate Chapel. I hope you enjoy it. #poetryfilm #poetry #poetrycommunity

Telling myself it’s ok to buy a new book ‘because it’s Christmas’ like I won’t be buying a new book ‘because it’s January/nearly Valentine’s Day/the start of spring/5 o’clock somewhere’

Moniack Mhor, a beautiful writers centre in Scotland is running a gothic writing course starting in January, all online. Lots of residential, day and online courses on their website too. Check it out. www.moniackmhor.org.uk Please share

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Morning moon surveys the carpark.

Land doesn’t vote. Stop pretending it does.

Since we’re talking about how much billionaires suck again, here’s a reminder that your local indie bookstore deserves your business this holiday season. They have gift cards and are happy to mail stuff out. Same goes for @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Buy books. Give books. Support bookstores.

To all that challenge the status quo. This is for you 🌬️💋

We're pleased to announce details of an Abridged 2025 Online Pamphlet series: Abridged 0 - 112: Don't Talk To Strangers. More news when the time comes.

Best coffee ever - Francini’s in Worcester - just add a little poetry.

I also bought myself a beautiful piece of calligraphy when I got divorced. It was this. It hangs by my front door, like he said.

Libraries are absolutely the best places on earth.

Rather than the town square, treat BlueSky like your favourite bar, pub or community. Just like you would avoid or silence snarky, argumentative fascist baiters, avoid them here. Block and don’t engage. Move on to the next cool interesting person. The trolls will eventually leave. Cheers!

Just poking our heads up to remind you that our submission windows for fiction and poetry close tomorrow!

“There’s more water carried along the roads in lorries than runs in our streams.” How has it come to this: that private companies are licensed to abstract water from aquifers below parched regions, then sell it back in bottles to those who live & struggle there? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Such beauty in the detail - this morning’s frost has given the leaves a suffragette hue.

Books. When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it. Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.

Writers! Do you have a book or short story dropping in December? Give us a title, a link, and one cool thing about your upcoming piece of fiction. This is a window when releases often get overlooked. We can help by being more curious.

Buy real books written by real writers, not books with harvested content.

This month we asked our members to share their comfort reads, those books and properties they turn to when they need a literary hug. They’re presented here in the hope they spark joy for you, too. britishfantasysociety.org/what-are-you...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.

Hey folks, our gorgeous open mic and practical chat is happening again this Sunday at 12:30pm. We welcome all women poets at any stage of their career, and this month our discussion theme is writing prompts. Find out more: www.tickettailor.com/events/rebec...