Stephen Baird

all fancy

ONE LEFT!

Frank, a white nonbinary person wearing a black woolly hat, is smiling at the camera and holding a small square linoprint of a stylised tree in their hand

here's another limited-edition lino print I created the other day - "both" - signed, numbered, stamped, v cute deckled edges. World tree vibes

shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/both... #art #printmaking #pagan #witchsky

now I want eccles cakes 😂

Well hopefully it doesn't take me a year and a half for my next playthrough of Final Girl from @vanrydergames.bsky.social

#BoardGames #SoloBoardGame #SoloGaming #SoloGame

A copy of the book The Unfinished Business, showing a night-time cityscape with glowing windows. A girl looks out one up at three ghosts floating overhead. Next to the book is a wind-up ghost with "boo" on its chest.

I write kidlit and romcoms, and my new middle grade novel The Unfinished Business launched yesterday!

www.stephaniecampisi.com/the-unfinish...

couple of eccles cakes from Thomas the baker and your sorted with loads of money left over for books

£25 for a cookie? What the baffling luxury bakery boom tells us about Britain Amid a cost of living crisis, pricey patisserie is all the rage – and not just in London. Our reporter goes on a crawl to find out if a tart can really be worth £45

Alternatively, you could buy a banana or an apple, and spend the rest on some Longbarrow books
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ma...

A sketch of a small pile of books with the words “Meet the Author” superimposed

Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚

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The cover for THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Two, featuring Autumn floating in the air

The cover for THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Three, featuring Autumn lying down in some leaves

THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Two comes out in May, and in October...?

Well, we've got THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Three.

That's right. October 20th, 2026. From me and @maverickogn.bsky.social!

Hello! Thank you for hosting. I am Cheyn, I mainly do arts and komiks. Sharing one of my works:
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New review for your reading pleasure.

And no that’s not me on the cover.

Got Finspan recently and I think on my next day off to myself that’s what I’m going to learn

How to Play videos seem simple

It is and I went cold turkey and was wondering why I was a bit down and irritable (well more so than usual)

and the rest are racist by association

Will have to try and get to the Tees one on my lunch

ROSE TINTED SPECTACULAR ZINE FAIR CALL OUT! If you would like to table with us contact rtszines@gmail.com/@rstzines to enquire The Rose Hill - Brighton 12-5pm Sunday 26/04/26 OPTIMISM! SOLIDARITY! ZINES!

NEWCASTLE ZINE FEST Save the date SUNDAY 3RD MAY 2026 STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA

MARGATE ZINE FAIR Marine Studios, Margate 11th & 12th April, 11am-3pm Ft zines, small press, artists, poets, makers, open min and more! Free entry

Everything £5 or less! Tees zine fest Dundas Shopping Centre Dundas Street TS11HR 28TH MARCH 2026 10AM-4PM @teeszineworks www.teeszineworks.com

I am currently updating the UK zine events calendar - take a browse, and send me any I've missed! penfightdistro.com/zine-events/

you want a blocking, that will get you a block

I'm just listing these art manifesto for reference, yes I know who and what the Futurists are, don't get your knickers in a twist in my DMs

We will glorify war—the world’s only hygiene—militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of freedom-bringers, beautiful ideas worth dying for, and scorn for woman. Marinetti “The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism” Humanity […]

Chimera & other thrillers A collection of suspense-filled thrillers from master of the genre Stephen Gallagher A listening treat for fans of gripping drama: eight thrillers, plus a bonus story, from ‘the finest British write...

My BBC audio collection now has artwork and a release date of June 18th

On the Subject in Modern Painting The new painters paint works that do not have a real subject, and from now on, the titles in catalogues will he like names that identify a man without describing […]

The new painters paint works that do not have a real subject, and from now on, the titles in catalogues will he like names that identify a man without describing […]

Cornish folklore art by Charlie Barnett

Cornish folklore art by Charlie Barnett

Cornish folklore art by Charlie Barnett

Cornish folklore art by Charlie Barnett

Charcoal artworks by number one son Charlie Barnett, part of a series he’s developing on Cornish folklore. Originals, prints and postcards soon available from Sailors Jail gallery in Falmouth.

sailorsjail.com/collections/...

Loose Ends: Explorations in Diasporic Writing Craft - "Undo me" with Olumide Popoola - Scottish BPOC Writers Network This event is open to Black writers* in Scotland at all levels of experience. All SBWN events will adhere to our Safer […]

📢Calling all Black Writers in Scotland📢

Join us for an online workshop “Undo me” – Language, Form and the Potentiality of Unsettling with Olumide Popoola curated by Martha Adonai Williams. Check out the full details & register now:

scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/loose-ends-e...

London launch of Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by @betarish.bsky.social 🌸
A gorgeous bloom of poets accompany Rishi to celebrate, hear from @eveellis14.bsky.social Maisie Lawrence, Arji Manuelpillai and more.

Upstairs at The Devereaux, Temple, WC2R 3JJ
Monday 30th March, 7.30pm

I am thanks, almost having to tighten the belt one more notch

A month ago, I released a new urban fantasy set in Australia. It features a monster that lives inside the internet, and a sarcastic and highly unwilling hero.
Link to the ebook is books2read.com/DemonInTheNe...
My website is amobst.com
I'd love more readers to discover and enjoy the story!

Prose and screen writer. Venturing out with latest book about an illiterate author. Speaking in schools which is very cool..
#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4nl...

Hares boxing Linocut, trees and birds in flight in background.

March Hares, Celia Hart.

yeah when the bloods hint at diabetes the work had to be done