Lee (Lucy) Jones

1 space left for our FREE Horror Writers' Day at Chorlton Library! 🎟️🔥

We still have places available (including bursaries) for the full short story course lead by @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social!

Learn the tricky art of terror & get published in a Comma eBook 👇

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The Broken Spine Summer Competition 2025: Submit Bold Poetry and Fearless Prose for Publication - The Broken Spine This August, The Broken Spine opens submissions for our 2025 Summer Competition. We’re seeking poetry and prose that refuses to flinch, writing that risks,

The Broken Spine isn’t just a press. It’s a challenge. And on August 1, I want your boldest response. Submissions open Aug 1–31.
👉 shorturl.at/eTSjI
👤 @AlanParry83.bsky.social

Angriffe in Budapest: Mit welchen Mitteln gegen den Faschismus? Die Studentin Hanna S. steht wegen versuchten Mordes an Neonazis vor Gericht. Statt eines Kunstpreises droht ihr nun eine lange Haftstrafe.

Hanna S. war gefeierte Kunstsstudentin in Nürnberg, sollte bald einen Bundespreis bekommen. Nun aber sitzt sie wegen versuchten Mordes vor Gericht, es droht jahrelange Haft: Sie soll Neonazis in #Budapest angegriffen haben. Der GBA hängt den Fall hoch. Die Beweise aber: vage. taz.de/Angriffe-in-...

Prize — Galley Beggar Press

Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:

www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Closing date 8 November!

It is now safe to admit the Palestinians are starving. Even the Free Press is begrudgingly admitting it. You won't lose your job or your college diploma. You're safe now, because in a lot of ways it's already too late

Berliner Senat rechnet mit deutlich steigender Zahl von Wohnungslosen In den vergangenen drei Jahren hat sich die Zahl der Menschen in Berlin, die keine Wohnung hatten und untergebracht werden mussten, verdoppelt. Für die nächste Jahre rechnet die Sozialverwaltung mit e...

„Der Berliner Senat rechnet bis zum Ende des Jahrzehnts mit einer Steigerung der Wohnungslosen-Zahl um knapp 60 Prozent - auf mehr als 85.600 Personen.“

Gegen die hohen Mieten unternehmen sie trotzdem nichts, sondern schütten den Wohnungsunternehmen Steuergelder hinterher.

North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide essential ai...

A quick and easy way to donate money to Gaza -- North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions chuffed.org/project/help...

Israel is starving Gaza. Here’s how you can help keep people alive. “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” These are the words of Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency,…

“Many of us feel paralyzed by despair, waking to images of emaciated Palestinian children on our phone screens each morning, but there are still things we can do to help.”

The year after my son died in childbirth | Poppy Noor After the tragedy, one question haunted me: how do you miss an unborn child?

I’ve tried hard to describe what it was like to lose a child in childbirth: Poppy Noor’s article gets very close to what I felt and it resonates with me deeply. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The Wandering Fascist On the New Translation of Maurizio Serra’s ‘Malaparte: A Biography’

I have a new piece up at The Metropolitan Review about a newly-translated biography of Curzio Malaparte, where I also revisited some of my earlier thoughts on said writer. www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-wander...

Israels Kriegsverbrechen in Gaza: Die Banalität des deutschen Nichtstuns Selbst der Bundeskanzler sagt inzwischen, Israels Vorgehen in Gaza sei inakzeptabel. Warum sich der deutsche Israelkurs trotzdem nicht ändert.

Selbst der Bundeskanzler sagt inzwischen, Israels Vorgehen in Gaza sei inakzeptabel. Warum sich der deutsche Israelkurs trotzdem nicht ändert.

25% cdu 25% fckafd

die cdu wird mit der afd koalieren
und sagen "das sei ja der Wählerwille".

#Spahn und #Dobrindt bereiten dies längst vor.

Faschismus wird nicht deshalb ok, nur weil ihn 25% wählen.

es ist schon fast zu spät.

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

Ich vermute, dass das noch nicht bei allen angekommen ist, die Windows benutzen: Wenn Eure Rechner nicht mehr neu sind, zwingt Euch Microsoft alle, im Herbst neue zu kaufen.

Oder Ihr wechselt zu Linux: Das ist billiger und ökologischer, als wenn Millionen neuer Geräte gekauft werden.

Submissions for poetry anthology 'Woman, Mapped' A Rebecca Swift Foundation Anthology, edited by Jennifer Wong and published by Fly on the Wall Press!

"Woman, Mapped will explore the journey of becoming a woman: the joys, the pain, and the defining moments that shape. We are seeking work that speaks honestly to what it means to live as a woman — politically, bodily, emotionally — and to be seen on our own terms"

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‘It’s all a game’ to some politicians, says Labour MP suspended for rebellion over planning bill Chris Hinchliff says language used is indicative of ‘private schoolboy drinking club’ culture within government

Solidarity again with @chrishinchliff.bsky.social who - after proposing reforms to the Planning Bill - got suspended and called pathetic names by party insiders who think they’re Malcolm Tucker

Then the govt amended its Bill along the lines Chris had proposed!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Join us for our two-day open cultural data #hackathon "culture.explore(data)" @stabiberlin.bsky.social on 7&8 October 2025. Create digital projects based on #opendata and curated datasets of the @kulturspk.bsky.social and the Libraries & Museums at the @ox.ac.uk 👉 lab.sbb.berlin/culture-expl...

Wherever you are in the UK, find a way to get out with your pots and pans. Let's hope we can bang them loudly as we express our outrage over the horrific starvation which we must fight anyway we can.

Eine Häuserfront mit Balkonen. Text: Wenn der Nachbar rechtsextrem ist. Ein Mann bekommt seit Jahren rassistische Hassbotschaften in den Briefkasten gesteckt. Polizei und Vermieter sind machtlos – oder gleichgültig?

Ein Mann bekommt seit Jahren rassistische 🤬Hassbotschaften in den Briefkasten gesteckt. Polizei und Vermieter sind machtlos – oder gleichgültig? Lest den ganzen Text ohne Paywall 👉https://taz.de/Rassismus-im-Mietshaus/!6100957/

I was lucky enough to share my Hawthornden fellowship with Caroline Smith whose poetry moved me deeply. Check out her new publication 👇 She is also the best person to ever have around in a crisis as we learned !

A 2024 Russian-made film adaptation made it into the cinema here (Berlin) last year. Starred the brilliant August Diehl as the devil. The second half was a cross between The X Men and soft porn though.

What did you think of the film by the way?

Cut to the Bone: Editing Your Poetry with Alan Parry Sharpen your poems with precision and purpose. A live workshop on editing for breath, truth, and emotional impact. August 24th 2–5pm BST.

We’re bringing back Cut to the Bone
24.08.25 at 14.00 BST
Just 5 early bird tickets at £15 until 31 July
100% of poets said they would recommend
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#CutToTheBone #PoetryEditing #Workshop @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Read more about our dearest Shaimaa. 💚 One of the most active and thoughtful participants in our Gaza Literary Translation Workshop series (supported by Palestine Writes), a long-time contributor to ArabLit (starting with our SONG issue), poet, translator, brilliant person.

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As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.

Please share and support if you’re able :)

www.bookbanks.co.uk

A vivid reminder that
1) AI doesn’t understand what you’re trying to get it to do
2) it’s trained to sound plausible, not to check itself against reality. None of its explanations or promises are to be trusted.

It's not normal to be 21 months into a live streamed genocide and watch the few public objectors get attacked for it. Where is your moral compass and your courage?

✨Black Graphic Designers Matter!

Liebe Schwarze / Afrikanische / Afrikanisch-Diasporische Grafiker*innen im deutschsprachigen Raum - bitte gerne Eure Webseiten & Social-Media-Kanäle hier posten ⬇️

Liebe alle anderen,
Schaut hier bitte wenn Ihr auf der Suche nach Grafiker*innen seid. Danke schön!🫶🏾

Ein Goldbarren im Bücherhaufen: „Ich bin Özlem“, Roman von Dilek Güngör.
Leseprobe: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/ich-bin...