📚This week at Midas📚

📚This week at Midas📚

📚This week at Midas📚

The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize has announced the 2026 shortlist for its prestigious literary award, highlighting works with LGBTQ+ themes. www.attitude.co.uk/culture/lgbt...

2026 International Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist locusmag.com/2026/03...

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A new start after 60: I went on 75 first dates – and wrote a book of Kama Sutra-inspired poetry Zack Rogow thought he was ready for love after the end of a long relationship – but not everyone agreed. How did he get over the rejections? When Zack Rogow’s relationship ended, he joined an...

Zack Rogow, 66, navigated 75 first dates over 18 months after a breakup, seeking companionship and understanding modern dating etiquette.

Delighted to see this lovely feature finally run in @theguardian.com! Zack is a talented poet and a wonderful human being – it was a pleasure working with him on his latest collection, The Kama Sutra for Senior Citizens, out now from Valley Press ✒️ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Huge congrats to acclaimed writer Seán Hewitt on his shortlisting this week for the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize! Seán's other accolades include a Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a Laurel Prize. He joins us online on April 28th for a poetry masterclass. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/a-po...

Finding Albion is out TODAY! Discover the books that inspired Zakia Sewell's contemporary exploration of this ancient land, and support independent bookshops with us 💚 uk.bookshop.org/lists/findin...

The shortlist for the world’s largest and most prestigious literary prize for young writers – the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize – has been announced today

⭐️Congratulations to Seán Hewitt who has been shortlisted for the £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize!⭐️ @swanseauni.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/sean-hewitt-...

We're thrilled to share the news that Derek Owusu's staggering novel exploring masculinity, love and mental health, BORDERLINE FICTION has been shortlisted for the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bord...

WORLD’S LARGEST PRIZE FOR YOUNG WRITERS: SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2026 ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST #SUDTP26 @swanseauni @dylanthomprize lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/03/19/w...

The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize is proud to announce its 2026 shortlist. Read more at the link: www.swansea.ac.uk/dylan-thomas...

WORLD’S LARGEST PRIZE FOR YOUNG WRITERS: SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2026 ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST #SUDTP26 @swanseauni @dylanthomprize lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/03/19/w... > via @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social

We are delighted that JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME by Sasha Debevec-McKenney has been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Many congratulations to Harriet Armstrong, who age 25 is the youngest author on the shortlist of this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel To Rest Our Minds and Bodies, joining fellow novelists Colwill Brown, Seán Hewitt, Derek Owusu, and poets Sasha Debevec-McKenney and Suzannah V Evans.

Poet Seán Hewitt has been shortlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his LGBTQ+ novel Open, Heaven www.attitude.co.uk/culture/lgbt...

Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt have been shortlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2026, alongside Harriet Armstrong, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, Colwill Brown and Suzannah V Evans 👇 #BookSky

Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize

Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 Shortlist Announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/swansea-univ...

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize. lithub.com/heres-the-sh... #booksky #bookprize

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize.: Today, the finalists for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, which aims to encourage “raw creative talent worldwide,” were announced. The prize, which is worth £20,000, is open to works of fiction, poetry, and… #BookNews #NewsandCulture

Seán Hewitt on Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist

Thanks to @wwnortonuk.bsky.social for my copy of What Remains After A Fire: Stories by Kanza Javed, longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2026. Look out for my review as part of the longlist blog tour starting next week #SUDTP26 #DylanThomasPrize #books #shortstories #booksky 💙📚

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The deadline for the @privateeyenews.bsky.social Paul Foot Award is fast approaching! Journalist, you have until Tuesday 17th March (noon) to submit their entries. ➡️ Find out more and apply: www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw... ↪️ Any queries, please email: [email protected]

Only two weeks remain to apply for the Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism. Submit your entry by noon, Tuesday 17th March 2026. ➡️ Find out more and apply: private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

Hacks! You have TWO WEEKS left to enter the Paul Foot Award! Subtacks etc welcome! The prize money is REALLY GOOD! Any questions give me a shout www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

VERY IMPORTANT. The Paul Foot Award is free to enter, insanely credible and career-enhancing and judged impeccably fairly and on merit. This is how to enter www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/pau...

Celebrate bookshops with us! Buy ANY book site-wide and you could WIN a £250 gift card, every sale supports indie booksellers 💥

The London Book Fair director, Emma Lowe, talks to Tom Tivnan about making big moves, building relationships and how human connection can help to sell books 👇 #BookSky

📣 One week to go! Join us at the London Book Fair on 10 March, 15:15 (Author HQ) as we announce the #Carnegies2026 Medals for Writing and Illustration shortlists. 🎤 With Jake Hope, Stella Hine, Nathanael Lessore & Mariajo Ilustrajo. Don’t miss it 📚✨ https://ow.ly/ro5v50Y1lrI

Visiting the London Book Fair (10-12 Mar)? Don't miss the new Disability Inclusion & Accessibility hub hosted by @alexstrick.bsky.social & Beth Cox. Authors/illustrators, book a consultation offering inclusion/accessibility advice on a published or forthcoming title. #KidLitUK bit.ly/3Nh0vr9

The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist is OUT! Discover this incredible list and support indie bookshops: @womensprize.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-20...

Mother's Day is coming up on March 15th, and (we may be biased) but books make EXCELLENT presents for the mothers in your life. Bag a book and support independent bookshops!

Only TWO WEEKS left to enter the @privateeyenews.bsky.social Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism! Deadline for submission is 12pm on Tuesday 17th March. Find out more and apply here: www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

Last chance to support #ReadItForward today! Stock up on great books and support @booktrust.org.uk & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social with @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social 📚#booksky

Last few days! There's still time to READ IT FORWARD! Buy any children's or YA book in February and we'll donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, plus EVERY sale supports indie bookshops 📚 uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-i...

*KLAXON:* It's the last week of Read It Forward! If you buy my WWI children's novel MY FAMILY THE ENEMY through Bookshop.org, 10% goes to independent bookshops, and a further 10% goes to the fabulous BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust: bit.ly/4rDN9UX

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📣Final call for Read It Forward! Throughout February, the wonderful @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% of all children’s book sales to Scottish Book Trust and @booktrust.org.uk Here's where to shop 👉 uk.bookshop.org/lists/about-...

Last few days! I’m supporting #ReadItForward! Buy my book, The Night I Borrowed Time, during February and @bookshop.org will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Buy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Just a few days left of the excellent #ReadItForward scheme: buy any children's books via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social including the #BranfordBoaseAward longlist and 10% will go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚🛒📚

3 days left to buy books and feel properly 💞good💞 and purposeful about your book buying choices😄 @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social #ReadItForward

Looking for history book recommendations from your favourite historians? Our @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page has over 30 lists curated by some of the UK's best authors of history. Happy reading.⬇️ uk.bookshop.org/shop/wolfson...

I am proud to support #readitforward2026 Buy RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP in February and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social