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 π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@leoneross.bsky.social
Author. Writing coach. Latest: THIS ONE SKY DAY/POPISHO. Pointillist. Joyfully maximalist. Jamaican/British π―π². Black, FYI. Goldsmiths, Edge Hill, Ondjaate & Womenβs Prize noms. Won Manchester Prize for Fiction. Rep: Nicola Chang, DHA.
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 π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cover post β 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 βMouth Mek Fi Nyam Anthologyβ and beneath that reads βLeone Ross.β 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 βFamily Heart Troublesβ and beneath is βby Leone Ross.β There is a yellow line and two paragraphs from Leoneβs 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 βAnthology out online nowβ and there is a link to the spread the word website.
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Read commissioned piece βFamily Heart Troublesβ 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...
25 yrs ago, I was, for a very short while, the only contemporary Black British author pubβd 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 π
07.11.2025 11:22 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On 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 π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Restaurant offered it in South Korea βΊοΈ
23.10.2025 16:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Explain what? βΊοΈIt made my lips sting and yet its texture was insubstantial.
23.10.2025 13:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0So. Much. Winning.
22.10.2025 22:28 β π 1 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Diced 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 π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Jellyfish. Stingy yetβ¦lacking substance.
22.10.2025 20:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 2You are badly activating my need to answer questions/quizzes π
22.10.2025 20:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lamb 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 π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Guineps.
22.10.2025 20:39 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Flour. Garlic. Sugar. Oil. Potatoes.
22.10.2025 20:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And solidifying whatβs wonderful βΊοΈ
22.10.2025 20:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congrats, 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₯οΈ
22.10.2025 19:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0CONSIDER THIS THE SIGN YOU NEEDED! LAST CALL for The Novel Surgery! Online! Starts Sunday Oct 26.
π₯DONβT FORGET THE FREEBIE - for 1 great novelist short on funds.
π₯Deadlineβs Today: Oct 20th, midnight (in your country).
πEmail for application form - leoneross@mac.com
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βShe has the poetβs eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelistβs understanding of narrative.β - Patience Agbabi
THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.
Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form
Writers may pay the full fee, or in instalments.
Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form. You can apply up to October 20th.
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+βyearsβ¦
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
Friends, please repost π₯
βShe has the poetβs eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelistβs understanding of narrative.β - Patience Agbabi
THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.
Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form
Weβre 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 π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0π― 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 π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0A 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 π₯
βShe has the poetβs eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelistβs understanding of narrative.β - Patience Agbabi
THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.
Writers may pay the full fee, or in instalments.
Contact leoneross@mac.com for an application form. You can apply up to October 20th.
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+βyearsβ¦
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
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 π₯
βShe has the poetβs eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelistβs understanding of narrative.β - Patience Agbabi
THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time. Oct 26 - Nov 30.