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Leone Ross

@leoneross.bsky.social

Author. Writing coach. Latest: THIS ONE SKY DAY/POPISHO. Pointillist. Joyfully maximalist. Jamaican/British πŸ‡―πŸ‡². Black, FYI. Goldsmiths, Edge Hill, Ondjaate & Women’s Prize noms. Won Manchester Prize for Fiction. Rep: Nicola Chang, DHA.

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Faber & Faber republishes my second novel, Orange Laughter in e-book and audio, voiced by Bahni Turpin and Jamal Henderson. Paperback due in February.

07.11.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover post – Blue background with yellow dots in the top left corner border and bottom right corner boarder. In the top left is the black spread the word logo. Beneath in bold, black text reads β€˜Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthology’ and beneath that reads β€˜Leone Ross.’ There is a picture of Leone. She is a black woman with blonde-brown hair and is wearing red glasses.

Cover post – Blue background with yellow dots in the top left corner border and bottom right corner boarder. In the top left is the black spread the word logo. Beneath in bold, black text reads β€˜Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthology’ and beneath that reads β€˜Leone Ross.’ There is a picture of Leone. She is a black woman with blonde-brown hair and is wearing red glasses.

Post 2- A blue background. In the top left is the black spread the word logo. At the top reads β€˜Family Heart Troubles’ and beneath is β€˜by Leone Ross.’ There is a yellow line and two paragraphs from Leone’s story.

Post 2- A blue background. In the top left is the black spread the word logo. At the top reads β€˜Family Heart Troubles’ and beneath is β€˜by Leone Ross.’ There is a yellow line and two paragraphs from Leone’s story.

 
Post 3 - A blue background. In the top left is the black spread the word logo. There is a picture of the Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthology in the centre. Beneath it reads β€˜Anthology out online now’ and there is a link to the spread the word website.

Post 3 - A blue background. In the top left is the black spread the word logo. There is a picture of the Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthology in the centre. Beneath it reads β€˜Anthology out online now’ and there is a link to the spread the word website.

πŸ‘€ ✨ Short Story Preview

Read commissioned piece β€˜Family Heart Troubles’ by Leone Ross (@leoneross.bsky.social) in the Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthology.

The anthology is available to collect from Lewisham borough Libraries this October, and a digital version: www.spreadtheword.org.uk/read-the-mou...

29.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

25 yrs ago, I was, for a very short while, the only contemporary Black British author pub’d in the US. True &mind blowing story. And it was this book, #orangelaughter, 1st published by ARP, then Anchor, then FSG, then Picador. @faberbooks.bsky.social now republish. Hi, book! Out in the world again 😊

07.11.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On my way home I saw the #hero we all need on his way to Waterloo or Charing Cross... #london #londonlife

29.10.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Restaurant offered it in South Korea ☺️

23.10.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Explain what? ☺️It made my lips sting and yet its texture was insubstantial.

23.10.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So. Much. Winning.

22.10.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Diced sausages, baked beans, variety of veggies - sweet pepper, tomatoes, onions, all stew down in hot sauce and a tups of BBQ sauce. Add toast, or potato waffles! I do it in batches. Protein and fibre boost and yummy. I alternate this and mango spinach smoothies.

22.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jellyfish. Stingy yet…lacking substance.

22.10.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

You are badly activating my need to answer questions/quizzes πŸ˜‚

22.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lamb stew and macaroni cheese. Add fried plantain, cavolo Nero in garlic and cornbread if feeling extra fancy/less tired.

22.10.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Guineps.

22.10.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Flour. Garlic. Sugar. Oil. Potatoes.

22.10.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And solidifying what’s wonderful ☺️

22.10.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats, Hette!! I am always so happy to give free places to talented writers and in the end I could give two this year. See you on Sunday to start pulling that novel apart β™₯️

22.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

CONSIDER THIS THE SIGN YOU NEEDED! LAST CALL for The Novel Surgery! Online! Starts Sunday Oct 26.

πŸ”₯DON’T FORGET THE FREEBIE - for 1 great novelist short on funds.

πŸ”₯Deadline’s Today: Oct 20th, midnight (in your country).
🎁Email for application form - leoneross@mac.com

πŸ”₯Friends, please repost.

20.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends, please repost πŸ”₯

β€œShe has the poet’s eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelist’s understanding of narrative.” - Patience Agbabi

THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.

Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form

24.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Writers may pay the full fee, or in instalments.

Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form. You can apply up to October 20th.

24.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Novel Surgery writers
- Are ready for a five week commitment to an online course, including recorded lectures to keep, one 40-minute individual tutorial and lots of tips, tricks and techniques from a writer who has also been a teacher and editor for 30+’years…

24.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Novel Surgery is for fiction writers who:
- Have written at least 5,000 words of a novel/novella
- Are, variously: blocked or stuck; just fine, but in need of an objective way to assess the work in progress; wanting to work with the support of other writers

24.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends, please repost πŸ”₯

β€œShe has the poet’s eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelist’s understanding of narrative.” - Patience Agbabi

THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.

Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form

24.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re creeping closer to my latest Novel Surgery Course. For all novelists with min. 5000 words. Designed to stress-test your work in progress - and to ask the right questions. Oct 26 for 5 wks. Online. For writers anywhere in the world. Earlybird discount ends Sept 30. Email: leoneross@mac.com

21.09.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’― Our workshop series will close with @leoneross.bsky.social teaching a class on planning a short story in just 60 minutes. Perfect for those who are time-poor, this session will take you through all you need to plan and plot, from beginning to end.

12.09.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Black woman writer called Leone Ross advertising a course for novel writers called the novel Surgery. Runs October 26 to November 30.

A Black woman writer called Leone Ross advertising a course for novel writers called the novel Surgery. Runs October 26 to November 30.

Friends, please repost πŸ”₯

β€œShe has the poet’s eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelist’s understanding of narrative.” - Patience Agbabi

THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.

06.09.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Writers may pay the full fee, or in instalments.

Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form. You can apply up to October 20th.

06.09.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Novel Surgery writers
- Are ready for a five week commitment to an online course, including recorded lectures to keep, one 40-minute individual tutorial and lots of tips, tricks and techniques from a writer who has also been a teacher and editor for 30+’years…

06.09.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Novel Surgery is for fiction writers who:
- Have written at least 5,000 words of a novel/novella
- Are, variously: blocked or stuck; just fine, but in need of an objective way to assess the work in progress; wanting to work with the support of other writers

06.09.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Black woman writer called Leone Ross advertising a course for novel writers called the novel Surgery. Runs October 26 to November 30.

A Black woman writer called Leone Ross advertising a course for novel writers called the novel Surgery. Runs October 26 to November 30.

Friends, please repost πŸ”₯

β€œShe has the poet’s eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelist’s understanding of narrative.” - Patience Agbabi

THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.

06.09.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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