Hannah Loy

An A-Z of 1,000 women artists represented on Art UK: Aaerens to Ayrton | Art UK Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 500,000 artworks by over 55,000 artists.

Women artists have been overlooked throughout history.

Our A-Z resource highlights 1,000 women artists, giving you a place to start exploring their work. #WomensHistoryMonth

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'Bubbles' by Amy B. Atkinson (1859–1916) 📷 Manchester Art Gallery

NEWS! We're delighted to be publishing @carogileswrites.bsky.social new memoir Unschooled this August. A necessary book about how the school system lets down some kids. Pre-order available soon!

February 2025 - FIVE good things Four if you understandably don't count running

Read the Room Newsletter! ✉️

In this one there’s a podcast, my love for libraries, a 90’s way of waking up, the motivation of fear and an action log! ✨

I hope you enjoy 😊

‘Our industry should be appalled’: Brassic creator laments lack of working class people in TV and film Danny Brocklehurst’s much loved comedy drama raised the bar – now he is calling for greater representation across the industry Leaning on the bar of The Crow’s Nest pub in the northern town of Hawley, Danny Brocklehurst has something to say. “I think…

‘Our industry should be appalled’: Brassic creator laments lack of working class people in TV and film

January 2025 FIVE good things despite the judder

In 2024 I left the BBC (after nearly 18 years!) and learnt how to be on the ‘outside’, how to set up my own production company, how to think like a freelancer.

This newsletter talks about FIVE small things that have helped me each month.

I hope it’s useful x

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NEW! Never Too Late 60+ award - Bridport Prize

Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60.

Please share :)

Some of the best #podcasts I’ve listened to recently… 🎧

• TAPE LETTERS - Beautiful oral history project

• THE TELEPATHY TAPES - explores telepathy in non-speaking individuals

• THE FIELD - Intriguing & unique mystery set in Wales

• HOW TO FAIL: Stephen Merchant - A fun insight into his life

Read the Room Reflections ✨ | Hannah Loy | Substack For freelancers, career pivoters, writers and dreamers. 5 good things every month that might help you because they've helped me... Click to read Read the Room Reflections ✨, by Hannah Loy, a Substack ...

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For freelancers, career pivoted, writers and dreamers, I’ve just started this over on Substack.

If you subscribe you’ll receive the newsletter in your inbox on the last day of every month.

January 2025 also includes some bonus podcast recommendations. ✨ 💛

Perfect Pitch — ERIC SMITH

Pinned resources post! 📌

📝 20 successful queries.
📚 6 nonfiction proposals.
🦸🏽‍♀️ A guide to writing IP!
🔎 A guide to finding agents.

All free. Though coffee is welcome! www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch

And a starter pack for finding literary agents who are here on BlueSky. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo

Picture of Curae prize anthology 2023 published by Renard Press in aid of carers’ charities

On the 1st of January, the #Curae prize for writer-carers opens for a second time. The demise of twitter is making it harder to get the word out, so do share! thecuraeprize.uk There are around 7 million unpaid carers in the UK alone & Curae shines a light on the role & much more. #carers #writing

As a writer this is what I really want for Christmas Time

I’ve written about the thing I really want for Christmas, the thing I think most other writers I know want too. Includes a list of writerly gifts that are really just the gift of time ❤️

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and / or Aberystwyth! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Discoveries 2025 Calling all unpublished women writers! The Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative have partnered to run the Discoveries novel-writing development prog...

The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis

I commission stories about drawings for @artukdotorg.bsky.social and I'm always looking for pitches! Some fun stories I've published recently: 🧵

I’m in! @bsky.app
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