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Broomspring Writers @broomspringwriters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Storm Damage by Jan Vallance is now available through Amazon as a paperback. amzn.eu/d/01IIzu5K

Broomspring Writers @broomspringwriters.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The most recent publication from one of the Broomspring group... 'Storm Damage' by Jan Vallance, tells the story of Carrie Jensen, who two hours after her wedding takes the train north to find refuge with an old friend, Guy. Misunderstandings and secrets unfold in this beautifully crafted novel.

A copy of Storm Damage. The cover is a photograph of billowing waves under a grey sky.

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Broomspring Writers @broomspringwriters.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Broomspring Writers Christmas social at the Florentine. Great to see present members, alumni and one new member starting with us in January. Merry Christmas!

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Cheer for me! Have deactivated the Black Cross. (Although I believe the account starts visible for 30 days before final deletion.)

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Here's me reading a story I wrote a couple of years ago. How does a young boy make sense of things that are much too big to fully comprehend? youtu.be/uvMfBkA3XCE?...

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Tickets - a short story

YouTube video by Chris Baldwin

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NONNIE_TN @nonniebear.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

This 💟

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Christmassy.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Happy Holidays! 🤣🤣🤣

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#DailyHaikuPrompt (holly) needle crowned leaf scarlet golden berries blood on the bough

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

the next best thing is the very last slice toasted knowing that nothing has been wasted and yes more butter and sweet bitter marmalade spooned in clumps from the jar and thickly spread and yes more tea Assam or Darjeeling the crunch of the crust the appropriate applause and the dream of encores

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The best thing is the first slice cut while the bread is still warm from the oven slaked with thick slabs of cold salted butter the crust a little bitter against the softness of the crumb enjoyed in a quiet kitchen standing up at the counter with tea on a darkening afternoon that is the best thing

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Good morning! A rainy day in Sheffield.

A view from my attic window of the neighbours offshot rooftop with a chimney stack at the end, upon which is sat a wood pigeon. It is a grey rainy day. Beyond the city of Sheffield - rows of terraced houses and trees, stretching away to the horizon. Pale grey clouds fill the sky.

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

'Everything worth doing is worth doing poorly, until you can do it well.' Great advice from Zig Ziglar

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

If we were radioactive isotopes we would have half-lives and would therefore never actually die but is slow eternal decay preferable to fully living

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A poem about chance encounters and whether or not they have meaning (I'm not sure why the link has Make Your Day as a title - that's not the title of them poem...) vm.tiktok.com/ZGdjbQnMN/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Friday afternoon an elderly gentleman dressed in a charcoal suit sits at a bus stop He leans on a cane cranes forward in anticipation of the bus From the top of his breast pocket protrude half a dozen silver-topped pens that decorate his chest like a veteran's medals #poem #poetry #observation

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#FromOneLine The storm came knocking...

A poem

the storm came knocking quietish, just
fingernails on windows, just
the creak of dry eyes rolling, just
exasperated outbreaths, and
feathers plucked from bird-breasts, and
seed heads snapped out empty from
the fists of ancient summers, as
cloud-drummers playing rimshots got to
testing out the timpani, but the
thunder bred a litany, and the
wind blew up a mutiny, while the
orchestra were tuning, up
scuppering the teacups, the
candle wicks extinguished, the
squeaking of the catflaps, birds
caught in reckless hedges, on
ledges pigeons hunkered, on
the roofs the ridge tiles riddled, and
the churchyard railings rattled, down
the street the refuse slithered, and
the rain came down like penny drops, hit
the tarmac like a cannon, flooded
gutters, bollocked drainpipes, swept
the rubbish from the busstops, sent the
people running homeward, to their
kettles and their blankets.

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Last year I posted readings of my novella, 'Alec.' Here is a page with links to all the episodes. chrisbaldwinpoems.blogspot.com/2024/11/alec...

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Alec - A Novella

Last year I wrote a novella called 'Alec'. Set in Howden, East Yorkshire, it tells the story of an older man, Alec, living alone after the ...

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Today's bake... I soaked the end of my last loaf in water overnight and added the resulting mush into the mix so no food waste! It made the dough slightly more difficult to get right, and i was a little worried, but the results are very satisfactory indeed!

A round loaf of sourdough bread sitting on a wooden breadboard.

I've cut two slices of bread from the loaf to show the crumb structure which is lightly aerated.

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

wind wrings its bone hands shakes the shoulders of the tree clatters its branches tree draws in the cool fresh breath slips to sleep until springtime #tanka

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

yesterday's pristine snow now lies against the wall a dead lamb #haiku

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

At half past three the day slips between the cracks like an unfinished magazine

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Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🚨 'No anti-capitalist efforts will ever be complete without us.' Neurodiversity advocate & anti-capitalist video essayist @embergreen.bsky.social tells us about the importance of nurturing online spaces that challenge disablism & build solidarity. #disability nowthenmagazine.com/articles/emb...

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Ember Green - “Leftists need to contend better with the existence of disabled people”

Neurodiversity advocate and anti-capitalist video essayist Ember Green tells us more about the importance of nurturing online spaces that challenge disablism and build solidarity.

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Beanies, the workers' cooperative in which I have worked for the last 27 years is now in the sky! If you are interested in organic, vegetarian and vegan foods, many locally sourced... Give us a follow! bsky.app/profile/bean...

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know. Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A poem of mine from a few years back. Fly youtu.be/13KXmRKpgAM?...

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Fly

YouTube video by Chris Baldwin

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I love the smell of proper grammar and punctuation in the morning ☕️📚 #BlackBookSky #BookSky

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Broomspring Writers @broomspringwriters.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Broomspring Writers - a group of writers based in Sheffield, UK - are on Bluesky.

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Good morning Mister and Ms Blue Skies why did you have to hide away for so long? Deadline today on the submission of my novel to be published next summer, so see you all later.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Delighted to confirm that the ‘people who recommend their own books when you ask for book recommendations’ are here.

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Did you know that today marks the start of Book Week Scotland, an annual celebration of reading across the country! Here’s a stack of some amazing Scottish books, let me know if you’ve read any or what you’d add to the pile 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙📚

A stack of 11 Scottish books on a wooden bookshelf alongside a giraffe shaped vase. The books shown are Young Mungo, The Salt Flats, Home, Meredith Aline, Paper Cup, Strong Female Character, Hear No Evil, The Young Team, His Bloody Project, Dark Island and Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’m so excited that the teachers and librarians are coming over… maybe there will be interest in book giveaways again! (Yeah its a bit odd to be excited to give away something, but I’ve been giving away stuff all weekend so maybe it’s my thing at the moment 😆)

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

starter pack for writers who plan to spend their one wild and precious life posting about writing instead of writing

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AmyStery 🕵🏽‍♀️ @amystery1887.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

All I want from life is to read books, pet cats, and see some incredible sights every now and then.

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Lori C @bettertotry.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

“If Adam Picked the Apple” by Danielle Coffyn Love this. Reminds me of “If Men Could Menstruate” by Gloria Steinem

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Advice from a Literature teacher and resister: read your history, but don’t forget your literature. Resistance is woven through the words of abolitionism and feminism and anti-fascism. Read the history and the literature.

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Kelly🆘🇺🇸 @kimtopher22.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A safe place to hide from morons is a library or book store.

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Ashleigh @xashleighwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚

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