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James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hello, I’ve an event for my Muriel Spark biography next Weds (15th) at Waterstones Liverpool. We’ve sold barely any tickets, however, and it might be cancelled as a result. Please get a ticket if you’re nearby - it’ll be a lot of fun, and I’ll bring badges! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waterstone...

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The Nine Lives of Muriel Spork

5 cat-shaped badges, with text reading Muriel Spark Fan Club, pinned to a shirt

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My mother (unburdened by the limitations of conventional thinking) was worried the cat might be too hot so she gave him a slice of bread from the freezer and we shared a private, knowing look

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Stop everything and read this gorgeous essay from @aliceslater.bsky.social and then go submit the story you've been sitting on for a decade. It might change your life 😍

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The Story Submission That Changed My Life

Alice Slater's short story was rejected again and again for ten years. Then everything changed.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 09/05/2026

Enjoying this glorious afternoon with a book by @aliceslater.bsky.social and yes, I'm using the cards that came up in our recent chat as bookmarks! If you missed Alice speaking about her sharp, twisty fiction take a look at the interview here www.tarotdms.com/p/chat-28-al... #booksky #horror

A signed hardback copy of Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater lies on a green cloth beside a tarot deck in a carved wooden tray. A Rider-Waite-Smith card peeks out from behind the book, with a brass bell and wooden chest in the background.

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Polis Loizou 🐺🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I thank @aliceslater.bsky.social for mentioning it on her podcast. A truly enjoyable ride. (The book and her pod.)

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

What’s a hooba and why did it stink :(

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Doing the weapons run around the beer garden cos it’s such a glorious day

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Ami @amidanruo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Martinis, dads, cryin in the club. Read read read! (Really want to try the recipe, too. 80 stirs!)

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Hello friends. I wrote a piece about martinis and my late father for Vittles. Hope ya dig it 🍸🫀 substack.com/@vittles/not...

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Lessons in Mixology

Alice Slater on her quest to perfect her martini recipe, beginning with childhood instruction from her father

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Holly Baleen @hollybaleen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My beautiful pal Alice!! Go and get involved, her work is so great! 🖤

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Extra Teeth @extrateethmag.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This week on With Bite we spoke with the effervescent @aliceslater.bsky.social about her writing career! Alice told us about her beginnings in writing, what feeds her and what doesn't (the dreaded networking), navigating book deals and most importantly, making a living as a writer!

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Cara - The Tattooed Book @thetattooedbook.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I read #deathofabookseller by @aliceslater.bsky.social quite a while ago, but I loved it so much, I thought it deserved another look. Here are my favourite quotes and mini book review. @hodderfiction.bsky.social

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Fuck AI. Write an absolutely banging short story with your own glorious brain. The Writers' HQ Write A Short Story Festival is in April and you should definitely join us writershq.co.uk/festivals-ch... With @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @sarahkat.bsky.social @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social @aliceslat

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Alex Bertram-Powell @alexbpart.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

On this day thirty years ago, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released "Henry Lee", the second single from their ninth album "Murder Ballads" - a smouldering duet between PJ Harvey and Nick Cave

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

All vintage Humpty Dumpties fit in to one of three categories 🥚the worst little gross nightmare creep 🥚tight trousers benevolent rotund friend 🥚serving a surprising amount of cunt for an egg

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 13/02/2026

I studied in Berlin in the late 90s. One Sunday afternoon on Alexanderplatz, I encountered what can only be called a super goth—head to toe black leather, corpse makeup, thigh-high boots, *batwings*—sharing an ice cream cone with his normie girlfriend.

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My brain’s so fried, I just called a haircut “getting the trims”

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RAVioli 🥟🌿 @unravy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I'd like to share with you this perfect moss ball 🌿✨

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Audry T. ~ she/her @audryt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This is crushing. Hugs to all my queer friends. Hugs and more hugs.

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I love to see goths in the wild. Incongruous goths. Goths on the bus at 3pm. Goths in B&Q. Goths in big Tesco. I was at a farm the other day petting a goat, and a goth appeared next to me to admire the same goat. Fantastic.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

On this day, thirty years ago, "Murder Ballads" was released as the ninth studio album by #NickCaveandTheBadSeeds.

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Can’t believe we used to flit to and fro together man I hardly ever see you in the meadow anymore

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Dr Eva Burke @evab89.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I don't want to exaggerate but all of my hopes for 2026 are hanging on this novel described as "lesbian Malory Towers meets The Conjuring". It's out in March so I'll let you know.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/02/2026

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetw…

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 01/02/2026

£500 given out to a working class writer every month. Details in link. Please share :)

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The Creatives Grant

let's make art less middle class

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I can’t believe Fred Durst wrote the line “heavy is the head that wears the crown.” The man is a poet 🥀

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If you love the idea of two lady authors chatting through everything they read in January, one of whom personifies a chic LRB totebag with an iced matcha, and the other is a bag of cans from Tesco, boy do l have a podcast for YEW: open.spotify.com/episode/0IZY...

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129: The Lads' January 2026 Reading Update

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Went to the tip today and had a fucking blast. There was a whole skip for pots and pans? Never seen so many fucked up fridges. A broken Henry hoover watched everything unfold with his cheerful yet knowing smile.

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

- Six hour writing retreats! writershq.co.uk/creative-wri... - One hour write-alongs! writershq.co.uk/events-calen... - The Guide to Productivity! writershq.co.uk/the-writers-... - Flash Face Off! writershq.co.uk/flash-face-o...

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Come write with us!

Get your butt in a chair and spend the day writing. One-day procrastination-busting creative writing retreats across the UK.

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Bestselling author @alicemjslater (who also runs the Walthamstow Writers’ Retreats) says, “I wrote chunks of Death of a Bookseller on my phone on the way to work, knackered in front of the telly, in bed late at night. It wasn’t ideal, obviously, but it was an accessible way of working."

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

f you read that Guardian article about writing retreats, please don’t panic. You can absolutely write your novel in short snatches of time and you don’t need to bankrupt yourself going on repeated super fancy writing retreats 🧵

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hanne @heyitshanne.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Got a label maker today

Black greyhound resting his nose on the floor. There is a label saying “DOG” on his forehead

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Moon is a skinny white eyelash tonight

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Ooh look at me I'm the aurora borealis, I'm an enchanting natural wonder that inspires deep feelings of awe through my majestic beauty. Grow up.

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Banger 👩🏻‍⚖️ court dismissed

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

[me paying my Bills] Me: here you go Bill: thanks Bill: thanks Bill: thanks Bill: thanks

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Years ago my friend Dave’s then-four-year-old son walked into a room, looked at Dave, and said, “Well, well, well. If it isn’t Mr. Daddy.”

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RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Mrs Dalloway said she'd call Interflora herself

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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 05/01/2026

back at work and my true calling: verifying my identity

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

If your New Year’s resolution is to focus on your craft and you can easily get to Walthamstow once a month, do I have an event for YOU: writershq.co.uk/whq-event/wa...

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Walthamstow Writers’ Retreat - Writers' HQ

Come write with us! A day of uninterrupted writing, tea-drinking, and croissant eating. Set your goals, write your words, win gold stars. Bliss!

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I love a full moon cos all the astrology girlies are sharing affirmations and charging their crystals, while all the astronomy perverts are like “big girl has a full ass tonight that just won’t quit”

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