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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reading of submissions for 'Someday Pure Slush Vol. 25' have resumed (after a travel hiatus) ... ... and submissions for 'Rome Great Cities Vol. 4' have opened. (They will close 30th November 2026.) For more info about 'Rome', click here: pureslush.com/submissions/...

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Rome Great Cities Vol. 4

Submissions for Rome Great Cities Vol. 4 OPENED 1st October 2026. We are currently accepting submissions of poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) for Rome. (Submissions WILL CLOSE 30th Novembe…

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

Submissions for 'Someday Pure Slush Vol. 25' have closed. All submission reading will hopefully be completed by 30th September 2026.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Submissions for 'Someday Pure Slush Vol. 25' are OPEN. They close 31st August. Pure Slush is looking for stories, essays and poems about hope, plans, the future ... For more submission info, click here: pureslush.com/submissions/...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

... Sylvia Petter, Martin Phillips, Kay Ritchie, Alex Robertson, Chris Rogers, Elliot Rubin, Gerard Sarnat, Stephanie Satie, Marguerite Schneider, Monica Sharp, Richard A. Shury, Katherine Simmons, Steven Ray Smith, Amy Soricelli, Margaret Sullivan, Marianne Szlyk, Susan Tally ...

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

... Tim Jarvis, Lorraine Jeffery, Lilith Coryell Jenkins, Kelley Jhung, Peter Kaczmarczyk, Kenneth M. Kapp, Carl Landauer, Angie Lem, Joyce Loh, Fabiana Elisa Martínez, Pat Murphy McClelland, Rob McKinnon, Keith Melton, Remngton Murphy, James B. Nicola, Howard Osborne, Alexander Pepple ...

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

... Marvin Garbeh Davis Sr., Mark Donnelly, PM Flynn, Karel Fontaine, Lara Frankena, Linda McCauley Freeman, Cynthia Gallaher, Julia Galosy, Flemming George, Joe Giordano, John Grey, Karen Grove, Ronald T. Hardwick, Mark Heathcote, Matthew Hisbent, Mark Hudson, GP Hyde, Robert Iulo, Marc Janssen ..

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

‘New York’ features the poetry and prose of 74 writers including Carol Adams, Joy Nevin Axelson, Meryl Baer, Linda Barrett, James Bates, Roberta Batorsky, Karen Beatty, Faith-Anne Bell, Sandy Bexon, Henry Bladon, Richard Braco, William Butler, Mary Ann Carrasco, Jan Chronister, Anita Davie ...

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

As the ‘Great Cities’ series unfolds, ‘New York’ joins ‘Paris Vol. 1’ and ‘London Vol. 2’. Find more about them here – pureslush.com/submissions/... For a taste of ‘New York’, click here – pureslush.com/store/anthol... Submissions for ‘Rome Great Cities Vol. 4’ open 1st October 2026.

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

‘New York Great Cities Vol. 3’ has now been released in paperback and 2 eBook versions – Kindle and ePub. Click for • paperback – www.lulu.com/shop/pure-slush/new-york-great-cities-vol-3/paperback/product-q6qnnq6.html • ePub – www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl... • Kindle – www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5WQY2J8/

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Find previous 'Great Cities' volumes below: • 'Paris Vol. 1' - pureslush.com/store/anthol... • 'London Vol. 2' - pureslush.com/store/anthol...

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Pure Slush's 'New York Great Cities Vol. 3' is now released in paperback, with eBook versions to follow soon. Purchase the book by clicking here: www.lulu.com/shop/pure-slush/new-york-great-cities-vol-3/paperback/product-q6qnnq6.html And use this case-sensitive discount code for 15% OFF - MYBOOKS15

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

74 writers take on the Big Apple ... #3 in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Submissions for 'Someday Pure Slush Vol. 25' are NOW OPEN. Pure Slush is looking for stories, essays and poems about hope, plans, the future ... For more submission info, click here: pureslush.com/submissions/...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

'Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24' celebrates 15 years of Pure Slush publishing. Click below for: • paperback - www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl... • ePub eBook - www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl... • Kindle eBook - www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1GSD1LF/ Find random tastes of 'Fifteen' - pureslush.com/store/anthol...

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Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24

73 writers mull over the true significance of '15' ... celebrating 15 years of Pure Slush publishing.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The first print proof copy of 'Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24' has now been proof-read, edits made, and the second print proof copy ordered. Unfortunately, the first print proof copy arrived a few days later than expected, so the final book will probably now be released early May, not late April.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

All submissions for Pure Slush's 'New York Great Cities Vol. 3' have now been read and all submitters have been notified ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

SAVE on all Bequem Publishing print books ... That includes any book published by Pure Slush, Truth Serum Press and Everytime Press ... find them all here: bequempublishing.com/shop/ Buy at LULU and use the code NARRATIVE15.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Submissions for 'New York Great Cities Vol. 3' are slowly (and methodically) now being read ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Coming in April ... celebrating Pure Slush's 15 years of publishing ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

All submissions for 'Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24' have now been read and all submitters have been contacted. Thanks for your patience.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

‘London Great Cities Vol. 2’ is now available for purchase in 2 eBook formats ... as well paperback. • paperback – www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl... • ePub eBook – www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl... • Kindle eBook – www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRSLZ792/ Find tastes of ‘London’ here: pureslush.com/store/anthol...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

... Lisa Wiley, Melissa E. Wong, Souad Zakarani and James Ziersch-O’Connor. Purchase the paperback here: www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

... Christine Reeves, Kay Ritchie, Alex Robertson, JA Rose, Stephanie Russell, Sue Sesnon Salt, Jeff Santosuosso, Pat Saunders, Monica Sharp, Amy Soricelli, Betty Stanton, Ann Starr, Lyndall Thomas, Tim Thompson, Townsend Walker, Tricia Lloyd Waller, Tony Warner, Trevor Webb ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

... Mandy Toczek McPeake, Karuna Mistry, Julianne Munro, Sharon Lask Munson, Remngton Murphy, Lawrence Needham, James B. Nicola, Mary Ann Noe, John Notley, Howard Osborne, Shirley Pendlebury, Michelle Penn, Alexander Pepple, Darrell Petska, Sylvia Petter, Martin Phillips, CJ Rakay ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

... Kathryn Glasgow, Ronald T. Hardwick, Liddie Harper, Matthew Hisbent, Mark Hudson, GP Hyde, Susan Israel, Tim Jarvis, rani Jayakumar, J. Khan, Len Kuntz, Carl Landauer, Tim Law, Cathy Joyce Lee, Mike Lewis-Beck, Joyce Loh, Gabrielle Macdonald, Clare Marsh, Rob McKinnon, Gina McKnight ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

... Ken Cohen, Timothy Collyer, Ellie Cottrell, Niall Crowley, Jeni Curtis, Sarah Das Gupta, Anita Davie, Susan Delgado-Watts, William Derge, Jane Downing, Dorit d’Scarlett, Michael Durack, Steve Evans, Louis Faber, Tom Fegan, Karel Fontaine, Lara Frankena, Cynthia Gallaher, Flemming George ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

‘London’ features the work of Carol Adams, Benedicta Kyeremaa Addai, Allen Ashley, David Atkinson, Linda Barrett, James Bates, Sarah Beckett, Dev Berger, Sandy Bexon, Henry Bladon, Rose Mary Boehm, William Butler, Philip Byrne, Nayma Chamchoun, Ane Christensen, Jan Chronister, Dave Clark ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

‘London Great Cities Vol. 2’ is now available for purchase in paperback. Find the ‘London’ paperback here: www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl... Find the ‘London’ webpage here: pureslush.com/store/anthol... Find tastes of ‘London’ here: pureslush.com/store/anthol...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

LONDON Update: • awaiting print proof copy #2 ... hope to have the paperback available by the end of the week. (eBook versions to follow.) FIFTEEN Update: • submission reading has started ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

2nd (and final) proof copy of Pure Slush's 'London Great Cities Vol. 2' has just been ordered ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

THEN: announce it is available for purchase as a paperback, ePub and Kindle MEANWHILE: contributors will be emailed their author agreements. And thank you for your endless patience.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

'London', the 2nd volume in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series has FINALLY been completed. Yep that's compiled, edited and formatted. NEXT: wait for the 1st proof copy to arrive ... THEN: proof read it ... THEN: order the 2nd (and usually final) proof copy ... THEN: check any changes ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

45°C is expected in Adelaide today, and final editing, collating and formatting of Pure Slush's 'London Great Cities Vol. 2' has recommenced. It's hoped it will be completed in the next couple of days ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Pure Slush anthology updates: • 'London' - submissions are being finalised, writers who have submitted edits will soon be contacted again and the book (after some delay) is being formatted; • '15' - no reading of these submissions has yet been undertaken and won't be until January 2026 at least;

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

For those who are interested, all submissions for Pure Slush's 'London Great Cities Vol. 2' have now been read and responded to ... yay!

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The latest at Pure Slush ... • submission reading for 'London' is 66.666% complete. • submissions for 'Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24' have closed ... • so ... submissions for 'New York Great Cities Vol. 3' have now opened. For more info, click here: pureslush.com/submissions/...

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New York Great Cities Vol. 3

Submissions for New York Great Cities Vol. 3 are OPEN. We are accepting submissions of poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) for New York. (Submissions will close 31st January 2026.) Your subm…

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

A great review of Lewis Woolston's 'The Everlasting and Other Stories', out now from Truth Serum Press. "I’m not ashamed to say I shed a tear or two while reading this collection." substack.com/@kami666/not... Purchase copies (paperback and eBook) here: truthserumpress.net/catalogue/fi...

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I’m not ashamed to say I shed a tear or two while reading this collection

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

If you can't make the launch, feel free to purchase a book online in one or more of its various formats, all listed below. • paperback www.lulu.com/shop/nod-ghosh/how-to-bake-a-book/paperback/product-2mwqy84.html • ePub eBook www.lulu.com/shop/nod-gho... • Kindle eBook www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBJVX3HB/

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Hope you can make it ... R.S.V.P. to Nod so she knows how many potatoes and bars of chocolate to buy. (Yes, it's a chocolatey sort of book!) And if you can't make the launch, then feel more than free to purchase a book online in one or more of its various formats, all listed below.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

... to experience her mother’s rather excellent potato curry. Then she might read a bit from the book. Maybe you can all do one of the fun exercises from the book together. If you want to, wear red to match the cover. If you really want to look like the book, attach a couple of spoons to your body!

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

... where she always worries someone will spill red wine on the stock, and there’s a ton of street parking at Nod's place, too. Plus, she has enough space for a fun launch. Nod's mates suggested a cooking demonstration, since there are actual recipes in the book, so guests will get ...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The book - a practical, fun, funny, how-to guide about writing, drafting, redrafting, editing, marketing, and getting your work published and out there to be read - will be launched at Nod's home. (Contact Nod for the address.) As Nod notes, a "home birth" is a lot less hassle than a bookshop launch

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Do you live in or near Christchurch, New Zealand? Will you be travelling there soon, and in the vicinity on Sunday 6th July, at 5.30pm? If you are, then make a note in your travel diary, as Nod Ghosh will be launching her new book 'How to Bake a Book', at that very time on that very date.

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Click below for ‘Rejection Letters’ in: paperback: www.lulu.com/shop/edward-... ePub eBook: www.lulu.com/shop/edward-odwyer/rejection-letters/ebook/product-45yr495.html Kindle eBook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9WL53KJ For a taste of ‘Rejection Letters’, click here: truthserumpress.net/tastesof/a-t...

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