@penofryandennis.bsky.social
Editor of @themilkhouse.bsky.social, author of novel The Beasts They Turned Away and forthcoming memoir from @IslandPress.bsky.social.
Two months left to enter the 2025 Best in Rural Writing Contest!
In partnership with @dailyyonder.bsky.social and judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social, the #writingcontest is accepting fiction and nonfiction under 7,000 words.
Deadline: September 15th
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
Recently we concluded our 10-day creatives retreat in Doolin, Ireland with 28 participants from the US and Canada. We had tracts in writing, art and photography.
And most of all, we had a good time.
DM me if interested in the Irish retreat for Summer 2026.
#writingretreat
The Milk House is excited to announce the 3rd annual #BestinRuralWriting Contest, judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social.
Fiction and nonfiction.
Deadline: Sept 15th, 2025.
Prize pool: $700.
Finalists published in the 2026 Best in Rural Writing print anthology.
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
After five years of sweat, tears and elbow grease, I'm happy to announce that my memoir, #BarnGothic, will be published by @islandpress.bsky.social on November 13th, 2025.
It's a book that I owed my family and other farmers like them.
Certainly a publisher worth supporting!
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This week on The Milk House: Billie Pritchett explores the implications of growing among the rural poor.
Read his essay "Dirty Laundry."
www.themilkhouse.org/dirty-laundr...
It's this Sunday! Significantly improve your dialogue by learning these simple but essential edits.
Sunday, April 13th, 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
Sign up here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
#writingclasses #writingdialogue #onlinewritingclasses
For adults and youth alike who have faltered on their paths to what they want, there's no better book as a companion than #solobook by @grainneobrien.bsky.social.
I hear there's still signed copies available: www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr...
Cover of The Beasts They Turned Away
Endorsement of The Beasts They Turned Away
The Beasts They Turned Away by @penofryandennis.bsky.social
‘A novel like no other…Half mad, wholly inspired and completely brilliant’
Available from your local bookshop, as ePub, audio or direct from us.
www.epoquepress.com/online-store...
#epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors
The postman just made my spring better.
Looking forward to tucking into Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social. Based on his other work, it's going to be a book like not other.
haywoodbooks.com/saltburn
The first 2-hour #writingseminar from @TheMilkHouse
in 2025 is announced:
The Ol' He Said, She Said: How to Write Stronger Dialogue
April 13th, 2025 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
$15/€15 (free for WRITER or SUPPORTER subscribers)
More info/Register here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
