Hanna Nielson

Submissions for Tolka Issue Eleven close in two weeks – at midnight on 6 November.

Absolutely loved this beautiful book! Congrats on all your success 🍀

It’s free to query. Check out my MSWL on my website

hannanielson.wixsite.com/mysite

Who’s going to be the first to book up my last few Oct/Nov slots? Authors, indie journals or small presses? I’m a full service editor and work with fiction, cnf, poetry, scripts. PLUS I have special rates for N Ireland writers, since I love seeing more NI books & chapbooks in the world.

Image states: Time to get excited! One week to go to Octocon 2025. www.octocon.com. Image includes our Mascot, Octo the Octopus.

Less than a week to #Octocon2025 and it's still not too late to get your membership. Be sure not to miss out and book yours now!

https://2025.octocon.com/join-us/

#Octocon #Scifi #Fantasy #Fandom #Cosplay #scificonvention #readingcommunity

Close to Home meets The Time Traveler’s Wife - with shades of James Joyce’s Dubliners and Irish mythology 3/

“… a vivid, time-bending journey across mid-2000s Belfast.

Set during the roaring Celtic Tiger days, this gripping novel follows the struggles of a former boxer, a young American writer, and an aged piper man whose tune holds the key to redemption.” 2/

Taking selfies in coffee shops, waiting on authors to discuss edits to their books. It’s never just about editing & somehow always turns into a bit of life coaching 💚

Issues | THE BELFAST REVIEW Issues - The Belfast Review Magazine

You can have a free read of my story Outer Limit Horses in the preview of the latest issue of @thebelfastreview.bsky.social (starting on page 68) or you can support them by buying a soft or hard copy through their website.
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There are usually fewer submission opportunities in August but here's one you might like to check out:
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Some Sunday reading…

Reposting to say I’m open for bookings from end of the month. It’s always free to query me! Link in bio for more😎

About Our Feedback It's that time of year - we've reopened for submissions (1 Aug to 1 Sept), and there's already a flurry authors sending us their creations. It's as good a time as any to talk about our Feedback Option...

New post

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New blog post - we share the secrets of our Feedback Options & how it’s helped so many writers achieve their goals, the reason editing skills are so important for writers, and the realities of editing a literary journal.

Link below

Just started it & I’m hooked already:)

All of our responses have been sent for Issue 4 - check your spam folders.

Thanks to everyone who submitted for letting us read your glorious work.

We got around 400 submissions, and can only accept 10%.

The new issue is due 31 July. Cheers🍀

Lucky to get my advance copy of Wendy Erskine’s debut novel. Now to get reading…

Lovely to be recommended! 🙏 I’m a full service editor - from feedback to proofreading to developmental editing & more.

And I love 💚 to work with authors from Northern Ireland 🍀

Queries open & my next available slots start in May.

See my website for MSWL to see if I’m right for your project.

Belfast Book Festival Poetry Slam
Friday 6th June, 7:30pm, Crescent Arts Centre Belfast

Bring your best poems on the night and enter for a chance to become our Poetry Slam and win the Brian Bailey Memorial Cup!

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Speakers – MA Publishing LCC Innovation Event Co-director at Galley Beggar Press, Norwich

Website for more info

publishinginnovation2025.myblog.arts.ac.uk/speakers/

YouTube video by MA Publishing, LCC (UAL) Against the Grain: Decentralising Publishing

YouTube

youtu.be/76FWBNZLXpU

Other speakers:
-Isabelle Kenyon/Fly on the Wall Press
-Martha Williams/Glasgow Zine Library
-James Trevelyan/Emma Press
-Sam Jordison/Galley Beggar Press
-Aina Marti/Heloise Press

Here’s a link to the panel discussion I took part in the other week - re the state of the indie publishing in the UK, and the exciting changes/challenges happening in different regions

Hosted by London College of Communication at University of the Arts London

(Link below)

Against the Grain: Decentralising Publishing We invite you to join us on 24 April as we spotlight indie publishers going against the grain with a free online event.

For tickets

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/against-th...

For info

Linktr.ee/mapublishing25

I’m giving a talk on independent publishing & community building today (will be uploaded to YouTube later) - with some other amazing editors & presses. Hosted by London College of Communication

The link is below

Opportunities for Writers: April 2025 - Irish Writers Centre Check out the current opportunities available for writers. See a list below of April/May deadlines for submissions, competitions, bursaries, residencies and other opportunities. For the full list of o...

Opportunities for writers!

Read blog for a list of April/May deadlines for submissions, competitions, bursaries, residencies and other opportunities.

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Lovely to be recommended! 🙏 I’m a full service editor - from feedback to proofreading to developmental editing & more.

And I love 💚 to work with authors from Northern Ireland 🍀

Queries open & my next available slots start in May.

See my website for MSWL to see if I’m right for your project.

Aw thanks, Byddi! 💚🙏

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It all kicks off tomorrow in Armagh County Museum with the brilliantly talented Frances McKenna Irish Artist launching her exhibition of beautiful paintings, one of which is the cover of "Barren". All welcome!

s.byddi.com/barren

#artexhibition #booksky #BookRecommendations