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Episode 4: The Best Novels Are Detective Novels In this episode we talk pit lit, portal lit, severed limbs and the 'academic's path' through the US with novelist Bryan Hurt, able supported by UK poet Penny Boxall. Featuring a reading of Bryan's sho...

Looking for something to kick back to day? Catch up with the last season of our podcast. Here's Episode 4, 'The Best Novels are #Detective Novels'. #writing

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Editorial Assistant, Tor - Pan Macmillan Are you passionate about science fiction, fantasy and romantasy? We have an exciting opportunity to join the expanding Tor team as our new editorial assistant. We are looking for someone who is con...

This one's coming up fast: editorial assistant at Tor, part of Pan MacMillan.

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Cranthorpe Millner Publishers hiring Editorial Assistant Job in Cambridge, East of England, England | Glassdoor We’re a small, independent publishing house looking for a creative, detail-oriented Editorial Assistant to join ou... See this and similar jobs on Glassdoor

Cranthorpe Millner in Cambridge are looking for a part-time Editorial Assistant on a 10-month contract, at £12.21 Per hour:

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Editorial Assistant, Children's Education The Vacancy Editorial Assistant, Children’s Education The opportunity Bloomsbury Education is looking for an enthusiastic, well-organised Editorial Assistant to join a small dynamic team publishing ex...

Bloomsbury are currently looking for a full-time editorial assistant to join their Children's Education team. London-based, salary pay point or range: £27,000

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Strange Pilgrims Submission Portal

Strange Pilgrims are currently looking for submissions of fiction and non-fiction, up till November 30th:

submissions.strangepilgrims.com

Poetry pamphlet submissions open! 1st October - 30th November brokensleepbooks.com/submissions

SUBMISSION CALL: We are open for poetry pamphlet/chapbook submissions until 30th November.

A very small percentage of people who submit actually buy a book from us. If everybody who submitted bought a book it'd be a massive boost to us.

Full guidelines here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions

Last chance to sign up for this!

YouTube video by Peepal Tree Press David Lambert reads from 'The House in Bacolet'.

My lovely friend David Lambert's first novel THE HOUSE IN BACOLET is out now from @peepaltreepress.bsky.social!

David is a former colleague from @aruwriting.bsky.social, and every summer hosts the writing retreat I run in France.

Here he is reading from the book:
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Alice Willitts and Christina Thatcher in conversation with each other at last night's Silence Speaks reading event!

Your final reminder, Cambridge! Alice Willitts and Christina Thatcher will be performing their #poetry tonight, at the Recital Hall at ARU. A conversation-led reading, with time for questions from the audience!

Free online workshop, 24th October, 4-6pm: Environmental Puzzles in Twine, an interactive story-telling tool. First hour covers the basics, then the second is a step-by-step guide to a building a simple puzzle.

More info: creativeshowcase.aru.ac.uk/events/curre...

Masterclass: Infinite Ways in to Writing Poems | Tackling big subjects with wonder | Arvon For the third year running, with all new prompts and exercises, Arvon favourite Caroline Bird returns for our final Masterclass of the year, which promises to be a bolt of creativity to kick-start som...

Are you free on the evening of December 16th? 🎄 Join me for this masterclass all about finding multiple (infinite?) ways in to the same subject matter. We’ll write a ridiculous amount of poems in 2 hours…with brand new exercises ⁦‪‬⁩
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Autumnal trees near the Alison Richard Building.

Lauren Berlant reading group 📚

Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras

From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
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An Evening with Tessa Hadley | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with Tessa Hadley today.

Join CWC's Tory Young for an interview with novelist Tessa Hadley at Waterstones, Cambridge this Wednesday, 8th October. Tickets here:

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On the 15th October, we're hosting a special performance by poets Christina Thatcher and Alice Willitts -- full details here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/silence-sp...

Communications Assistant, Bluebird and Picador - Pan Macmillan This is an exceptional opportunity to join the communications teams of two of the most exciting imprints in publishing: Picador, a literary powerhouse and home to great prize-winning authors, and B...

Pan MacMillan are currently recruiting for a Communications Assistant to work in their Bluebird and Picador imprints.

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The International Book & Pamphlet Competition - The Poetry Business The 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition is open from 1st OCTOBER 2025 The UK’s most prestigious collection competition – […]

Kim Moore is judging this year's Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. Submit 20 pages of poetry by 2nd November -- two winning entries will be selected for publication by Smith|Doorstop Books.

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Discoveries 2026 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...

Curtis Brown's Discoveries 2026 Prize for women writers is free to enter, and you only have to submit the first 10,000 words of a novel. Deadline 12th January!

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/discoveries-...

The Hilary Mantel Prize for adult longform fiction is open till the end of the year! More details: amheath.com/hilary-mante...

Reminder, especially to #Cambridge residents! Brand new poems and stories on the Major Arcana of the Tarot this Wednesday, at ARU's Recital Hall. @angliaruskin.bsky.social @anglialt.bsky.social

More info/free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-kar...

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We're getting close now...!

The Henshaw Press Writing Competition closes at midnight TOMORROW.

Now is the time to send us your most brilliant 2k-word stories - we can't wait to read them!

#writing #WritingCommunity

submit — Consilience For each issue of Consilience we invite submissions of poetry or artwork. All submissions must have a link to science, fit the theme of the upcoming issue, and also be in line with our inclusivity sta...

🧪 Open to Science Poetry Submissions 🖋️

The Consilience journal is now open for submissions of science-themed poetry and artwork! Issue 23 explores the topic of ‘Tension’.

Submit your work for free here:

www.consilience-journal.com/submit

#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry

FLASH WRITERS! I'm judging the Allingham Flash Fiction Comp and it's been extended!

The deadline extended to Sunday, 12 Oct at 23:59 / 11:59 pm. Applies to both on-line and postal submissions. All other competition rules and guidelines remain in effect; see www.allinghamfestival.com/fiction-poet...

Winners of this short fiction contest receive cash and a physical copy of the anthology they are published in! Simultaneous and multiple submissions of all genres are accepted.

Follow: @mgliterary.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #LitMag #5amWritersClub #WritersLift

On the 15th October, we're hosting a special performance by poets Christina Thatcher and Alice Willitts -- full details here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/silence-sp...

Future Karaoke: The Major Arcana New poems and stories inspired by the Tarot deck, performed live at ARU in Cambridge

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Aaaaand we're back! Tickets for the 13th Future Karaoke are available FOR FREE here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/myevent?eid=...

Poems and stories inspired by the Major Arcana. Wednesday 1st October from 6.30pm at ARU's Recital Hall in Cambridge. Attend in-person or online!

Escalator Meet the Mentor: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Discover more about the Escalator New Writing Fellowships at our friendly Q&A session with mentor Ayanna Lloyd Banwo!

Our friends at @writerscentre.bsky.social Norwich are running a FREE online drop-in next week for anyone who's interested in applying for Escalator New Writing Fellowships. A great opportunity to get advice on applying!

More details here:

nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/escal...

All of these combos are technically wrong, and yet something new emerges from them!

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