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Gave out invitations to my Rest and Reset workshop for writers on the 15th again yesterday. You can now find them all over Brighton and Hove. If you don’t have an invitation yet, let me know and I’ll send you one. Here’s another tote bag I picked up on my travels.

Me in our garden with the tote I bought at Afrori books

I went on a tour of Brighton and Hove bookshops and community hubs yesterday delivering invitations to my Midwinter Rest and Reset workshop. You can pick them up in Afrori books, City Books, Kemptown bookshop, Cornerstone Community Centre, the Queery and the Waterstones Cafe. Today the libraries.

Text reads: what a lemon can teach you about being a writer hello and welcome up my new look author newsletter with a lemon on a yellow background

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How to become a published writer Figuring out what 'published' means to you

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The Modernist in the Library

In our latest blog post, award-winning poet, scholar, and critic Sarah Barnsley on her road to writing Mary Barnard, American Imagist (SUNY, 2013) and editing the new volume Mary Barnard: Complete Poems and Selected Translations, available this month in ebook and hardcover. tinyurl.com/33accj5f

How to become a published writer Figuring out what 'published' means to you

I just started a writerly Substack. Follow along for writing tips and techniques. The first post is about how to get published.

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West Pier Brighton

Coffee cup with West Pier in the background

Welcome rain in Brighton for my walk along the beach. Just been into the Leonardo Hotel on the seafront to ask about putting on a writing event and their meeting rooms are named after writers. There’s a Shelley and Wordsworth so that’s Mary and Dorothy smiling on me. #synchronicity #writing #books

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Announcing the Michael Langan LGBTQ+ Free Reads 2025 - The Literary Consultancy TLC hosts 9th year of LGBTQ+ Free Reads for Pride 2025

LGBTQ+ writers with works in progress, you have until 2nd July to submit a short sample of writing to @tlcuk.bsky.social for the chance to win free professional feedback and 1:1 coaching. Applicants also get an invitation to an exclusive writing masterclass literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno...

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The Modernist in the Library

The Modernist in the Library: how Sarah discovered Mary Barnard sunypress.edu/Blog/2025/Th... #poetry #modernistpoetry #modernistwriters #academiclibraries

Anyone can download New Writing South’s new writing and wellbeing toolkit for free. Here’s the link: newwritingsouth.com/resources-fo... #writing

Mary Barnard Complete Poems and Selected Translations Edited and with an introduction by Sarah Barnsley

Having a rough day so sharing a collection of work by an underappreciated modernist poet, translator, & institution builder: "MARY BARNARD will help students & scholars thicken their understanding of American modernism & may even serve as inspiration to aspiring poets." sunypress.edu/Books/M/Mary...

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With many more being added in the coming weeks!

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Love these photographs – feel like I was there in spirit! Hugest congratulations to @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social for this amazing (world changing!) column & book. #kidlituk #kidlit #weneeddiversebooks

Amanda Lees on LinkedIn: In 2011 I, along with thousands of other authors, librarians, teachers… In 2011 I, along with thousands of other authors, librarians, teachers, readers and campaigners from across the country took part in the Save Our Libraries…

Love it or lose it…my rallying cry for libraries:

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Yes, exactly this. This is why I just made the Cat Pics feed my main feed. Starting with that every day is where my peace is coming from. Where is yours coming from?

Good morning! I've begun a starter pack for prose poets. go.bsky.app/EdpM3cb Please share.

Let’s do this one today. For #SixSkeets on FINDING AN AGENT, just follow the thread to collect them all!

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year

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Snowy winter sunrise with sun through trees

Moniack Mhor, a beautiful writers centre in Scotland is running a gothic writing course starting in January, all online. Lots of residential, day and online courses on their website too. Check it out.

www.moniackmhor.org.uk

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These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry? | Sophie Wilkinson As late as the 1990s, the law sided with fathers over custody on the basis of a woman’s sexuality. I detailed the scandal for Radio 4, and was shocked at the cruelty involved I am more than just aware of the faint outlines of queer history – it is…

These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry? | Sophie Wilkinson

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Have passed this thread on to my Masters students - a nicely-curated (ie short, but every link is useful) list of resources for writers looking to get published, and keep the wolf from the door in the current chilly climate.

Next year, Murder Squad will be 25 years old. To celebrate this friendship, we’re running a short story competition. There will be prizes and the chance to join us at our birthday party. Details here: murdersquad.co.uk Please spread the word.

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Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.

These look good