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08.03.2026 13:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Please put my name in the hat π
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I'm giving away 2 paperbacks (UK people only sorry) - please respond & I'll pull you out of a hat this weekend.
If you could write me a review after you've read the book that would be great.
"A haunting tale
of love, loss, and the healing power of wild
places."
Thank you!
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02.03.2026 18:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really wanted to throw my hat in this ring...and I spy my title. Delighted. Good luck for the SL all.
02.03.2026 17:35 β π 15 π 3 π¬ 6 π 0Congratulations Lynda!
24.02.2026 20:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Trophy shaped like an ewer on an engraved plinth
Very pleased to retain the Olive Lawrie for a short story for another year, at Perthshire Writers β¨π
18.02.2026 21:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Uncanny magazine. I thought of Hexagon too but think they are on hiatus.
12.02.2026 15:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ho! Ho! Ho! Sherry's Shortsπshow is here! Listen to tales of births, non-standard Xmas lights, a rowdy family meal & Winter Solstice reflection. Thanks @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @catherineogston.bsky.social Fiona Black, Mary Spence & reader @churchofben.bsky.social for these gems bit.ly/48SeACb
13.12.2025 09:38 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 0 π 2
I had a wonderful year at Stirling University 10/10, no notes. Delighted to graduate last week with my masters in Creative Writing, with distinction.
@stir.ac.uk
Thank you Denise!
12.11.2025 21:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A yellow book cover with red letterbox, against blue bookshelf. Smaller photos of a Postbox Press banner and the Mitchell Library and others.
I was delighted to be part of the launch event for Postbox magazine. A celebration of the short story!
@colettecoen.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social #postboxpress #ayewrite
Opening the door to guisers right now!
31.10.2025 19:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0These are quite terrifying π. But yes, turnips back in the day, for my Dad and a very bent spoon.
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πππΎ On the shortlist! πΎπ π
Thank you @bathflashaward.bsky.social
Thank you!
29.10.2025 22:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I know that feeling π€£
28.10.2025 23:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations Cole!
28.10.2025 23:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you Cole!
28.10.2025 23:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks James!
28.10.2025 20:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Diane!
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Hurrah, delighted to see my title here, after many a rejection recently π.
Thanks @bathflashaward.bsky.social
Had a urge to listen again to 'All the Poems Within Mean Everything to Everyone' by Joe Dunthorne and in the first five mins the story's narrator reads out October 14th. Spooky!
14.10.2025 21:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lovely to hear your voice on the radio yesterday! Enjoyed it very much.
12.10.2025 10:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Screenshot of the event on 7.11.25 at 7.45, Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
I'm delighted to be taking part in the launch event for Postbox (issue 12) magazine. Please come along if you're around in Glasgow on 7th Nov. Part of the Aye Write festival.
09.10.2025 20:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No, I bought that one there and he signed it. I have read The Forevers which I enjoyed.
14.09.2025 11:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Saw Chris 2 weeks ago at Edinburgh Book Festival. Very interesting guy to listen to!
14.09.2025 11:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0One thing to remember is if you think your footnotes will take two hours to do, then the real answer is six hours. π±
07.09.2025 14:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Had she read Jenny Valentine's YA books? Also Emily Barr. But not sure they fit the fluff criteria.
01.09.2025 19:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
It's apparently international dog day!!
Why not celebrate by pre-ordering my dog-heavy book at a discount? π₯°π
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It features a lurcher called Alfred, based on this guy. Except the Alfred in the book is less lazy, and doesn't need his dinner in bed after a walk.