Richard Dufty

My story ‘Small Bad Things’ which came third in @themothmagazine.bsky.social short story prize is published in @irishtimes.com today 🎉 There is a small paywall - (£1 for first month) 👇

29.08.2025 07:05 — 👍 26    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 0

Moth Short Story Prize winner takes judge Evie Wyld ‘right back to the loneliness of having a small baby’ Clare Roche wins prize, with Martha Sprackland second and Shelley Hastings third

Nice to see @shelleyhastings.bsky.social come third in the Moth short story prize. Shelley read at an online event I did years ago and was a different class. Great things to come I'm sure.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

27.08.2025 11:20 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Photo of writer Shelley Hastings

Full shortlist of the Desperate Literature Prize

We’re so delighted to announce that we’ve chosen @desperatelit.bsky.social prize shortlistee @shelleyhastings.bsky.social’s story ‘Glimpses of Her’ for our Annual Salon prize!

Shelley will join us at next year’s Annual Salon in Madrid, where she’ll be invited to read.

19.08.2025 11:03 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 6    📌 0

Totally delighted to be shortlisted for this - and to also win the @saloneurope.bsky.social prize - I cannot wait to take part in the salon next year in Madrid 😍 you can pre order the book and order the anthology of all the brilliant stories now 👇👇

12.08.2025 17:03 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Dream Under Microscope By Shelley Hastings and Georgia Akbar (Artist) Annarita Scardamaglia (MSc/Research Technician at Department of Neuromuscular Diseases) Arbor 2025-6

Very excited about this collaboration and commission it’s been a long old process. It brings together my writing practice, obsession with ‘close looking’ & how expansive that can be - and my arts facilitation work with people living with dementia. 😎🔬

www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

23.07.2025 14:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@elliereeves.bsky.social Hi Ellie. As my MP I would really appreciate it if you could watch this video. These changes to Access to Work are resulting in people like Jess having to stop working. This can’t be justified. Please can the government you are part of urgently address this unfairness.

24.06.2025 12:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please watch this short message from @touretteshero.bsky.social Along with what’s been going on with PIP, that most of us know about, there have been changes to Access to Work that are having an immediate effect on disabled people such as Jess. This needs sorting now.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpq...

24.06.2025 12:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We still have three places left. Book now before it’s too late!

04.06.2025 06:57 — 👍 3    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

A photo of Jess Thom, a white, wheelchair using woman looking into the camera with a serious expression. She is wearing a blue and green hoodie, black padded gloves and is pictured in from of a brick wall

I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

23.05.2025 07:43 — 👍 261    🔁 195    💬 19    📌 80