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@vjs411.bsky.social

Writer of Flash, short stories and the occasional zine; lapsed photographer but thinking of getting the camera out again any day now…

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I keep meaning to go out to Holme Fen to see that post. One day.

12.10.2025 07:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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08.10.2025 07:13 — 👍 2663    🔁 1063    💬 32    📌 105

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

08.10.2025 10:51 — 👍 668    🔁 141    💬 1    📌 5
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Every copy of Magpies: Sorrow or Joy? comes with a FREE Lucky Feather™ - endorsed by Professor Margaret Pye and plucked from the streets of Penge.

To ensure great fortune forever*, grab the #zine for £4 at bit.ly/magpieszine

*Please see the disclaimer from lawyers representing Doctor James Crowe

29.09.2025 07:54 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
A young child in a bright yellow party dress with large satin bow opens the door to greet two young friends smartly dressed in their woollen coats

A young child in a bright yellow party dress with large satin bow opens the door to greet two young friends smartly dressed in their woollen coats

Party clothes, (1960)
Artist: Harry Wingfield

11.09.2025 18:47 — 👍 216    🔁 15    💬 12    📌 0
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One satisfied customer! Here's the gorgeous Esme with her Lucky Feather™, endorsed by Professor Margaret Pye.

Get yours for FREE when you buy a copy of our new #zine, Magpies: Sorrow or Joy?, at colossive.com

04.09.2025 15:25 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW LAUNCH! Magpies: Sorrow or Joy? sees all your questions answered by celebrated folklorist corvidologists Professor Margaret Pye and Doctor James Crowe.

Grab the #zine - including a FREE Lucky Feather™, endorsed by Professor Pye - for £4 at bit.ly/magpieszine (or just head to colossive.com).

04.09.2025 07:09 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Set your alarms for whatever time we roll out of bed tomorrow morning, folks.

There's a brand new #zine on its way...

03.09.2025 16:22 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Hold up - what's this?

It's a Lucky Feather™, endorsed by world-renowned folklorist corvidologist Professor Margaret Pye.

We'll be giving these good luck charms* away for FREE with our upcoming #zine, Magpies: Sorrow or Joy, which we'll be launching later this week...

01.09.2025 08:09 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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2nd September - Maud Blair - Cambridge Writers Maud Blair is a local writer although, contrastingly, her evocative memoir In Between draws richly on a life lived across continents, cultures, and generations. Maud spent her childhood in Rhodesia, m...

Join us at Cambridge Writers on Tuesday 2 Sept for an evening with local author Maud Blair.
Her powerful memoir In Between reflects on a life across continents, cultures & generations — from childhood in Rhodesia to a career in UK education.
Details: www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3629

30.08.2025 11:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
NETFLIX recommends for criminal investigation films, including Glass Onion and Naked Gun...

NETFLIX recommends for criminal investigation films, including Glass Onion and Naked Gun...

Ah, AI

28.08.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We’re making the leap! @womenwritersnet.bsky.social is officially migrating from Twitter/X to Bluesky on 1 September. We’re glad to start afresh in a space that feels better aligned with our mission to promote and support women writers. Glad to be here – and hope to see more of you soon!

18.08.2025 07:01 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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Pssst... @vjs411.bsky.social and I (Jane) have begun work on a new #zine, which may - but probably won't - include one or both of these pictures.

Still, I thought you'd like to see the kind of stuff that's been turning up during our hours and hours of painstaking research...

Watch this space! 🪶

13.08.2025 07:48 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Writing the Detectives Cambridge Core - English Literature after 1945 - Writing the Detectives

Crime Writers - Cambridge University Press is giving away free access to the following, which includes a section on writing crime fiction, for the next two weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

29.07.2025 18:25 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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5th August - James Blatch and Cara Clare - Cambridge Writers Join two powerhouse voices from the indie publishing world as they share their expertise on self-publishing success and the evolving role of AI in modern writing. James Blatch brings years of industry...

James Blatch and Cara Clare at Cambridge Writers, Tuesday week!
www.cambridgewriters.org?p=3643

28.07.2025 10:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report Lehrer, a Harvard-trained mathematician, wrote darkly humorous songs, often with political connotations.

Time to waste an evening with Tom Lehrer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.07.2025 18:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Places I could, theoretically, have got to in the four hours it took to get from King’s Cross to Cambridge today:

10.07.2025 21:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a bunch of balloons coming out of a gift box with the words party time written on the bottom ALT: a bunch of balloons coming out of a gift box with the words party time written on the bottom

Cambridge Writers Summer Social takes place this Saturday. Confirm your attendance with Harry by Friday. There will be food/drink, a cabaret, and the Steve Hammond Fantasy Fiction prize-giving! See email for details.

01.07.2025 10:29 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We had a full-house for Holly’s visit to Cambridge Writers last October. Looking forward to this!

30.06.2025 06:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Last night was more than a little overwhelming - thank you so much to everyone who played a part in it ❤️

(Huge apologies to everyone I didn’t get chance to talk to or thank personally)

And obviously it couldn’t have happened without
@goshcomics.bsky.social Will, Tom and Greg are the best! 🙏🏻

21.06.2025 08:43 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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CARTOGRAPHERS ASSEMBLE! Colossive love and thanks to everyone who joined us for last night's #ColossiveCartographies 5th Birthday Bash/Sauna @goshcomics.bsky.social - including all the creators pictured, who've contributed to the series so far.

You're all marvellous. Here's to the next five years!

21.06.2025 07:22 — 👍 28    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 5

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14.06.2025 10:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My flash has been published as part of National Flash Fiction day! Read it here.

14.06.2025 09:45 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

FlashFlood starts at just after midnight BST. Watch this space!

13.06.2025 19:48 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Looking forward to seeing my flash, Thursday the Twelfth, in the flood for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social at 10:40 a.m. (BST) on 14 June 2025!

12.06.2025 03:59 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
50th anniversary of Cambridge Poetry Festival.

The Cambridge Poetry Festival was founded in 1975 by Richard Berengarten, originally running for ten years. It will return in 2026, headed by a new team.

To mark its 50th anniversary, we wanted to highlight some of the poetry events and readings taking place in Cambridge this summer – including a special anniversary reading of work by poets who performed at the original run of festivals from 1975 
to 1985.

50th anniversary of Cambridge Poetry Festival. The Cambridge Poetry Festival was founded in 1975 by Richard Berengarten, originally running for ten years. It will return in 2026, headed by a new team. To mark its 50th anniversary, we wanted to highlight some of the poetry events and readings taking place in Cambridge this summer – including a special anniversary reading of work by poets who performed at the original run of festivals from 1975 to 1985.

The #Cambridge #Poetry Festival returns in 2026. This year it's the 50th anniversary of the original 1975 festival, so under the CPF branding, we're helping to promote a whole load of Cambridge-based poetry events over the summer.

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10.06.2025 12:36 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations to Alice, Victoria and Jane - 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Cambridge Writers Flash Fiction competition. And thanks to Quintin for reading so beautifully.

03.06.2025 19:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Even if you’re out of the country, you can be at Cambridge Writers meetings, by joining on Zoom:

03.06.2025 18:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Writing Competitions - Cambridge Writers Writing competitions with free entry for members of Cambridge Writers - we run flash fiction and short story competitions each year.

Last chance to submit your Steve Hammond Fantasy Fiction stories. Get your entry to the Chair by midnight tonight! www.cambridgewriters.org?page_id=2509

31.05.2025 12:50 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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