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(Dr) Zosia Kuczyńska @zosiasamosia.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

🥁🎺ZINE LAUNCH at @typewronger.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 🎺🥁 Collaborating with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social on this archive-based poetry project has been a true gorgeousness, and I'm so thankful for their generosity in bringing me on board. Come help us celebrate! www.eventbrite.com/e/remember-h...

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Remember how you are liberated' Zine Launch

Join us for the launch of Writer In Residence Emeritus Éadaoín Lynch's new zine co-authored with Zosia Kuczyńska!

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(Dr) Zosia Kuczyńska @zosiasamosia.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

'Nowhere else in modern life, whether urban or rural, is there a public space where anyone can enter and remain without the expectation of payment or labour.' Check out @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social's 🔥 report on public libraries for Scottish Book Trust. www.scottishbooktrust.com/uploads/stor...

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(Dr) Zosia Kuczyńska @zosiasamosia.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Come along tomorrow & see me wax lyrical about mystery book lesbians, sparkling wine, & my recent collab with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social at the #LavenderMenace Archive! 🍾 (Also the delectable @katherinewyers.bsky.social will be showcasing her new saxophone composition, because she's fab like that.)

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eadaoinlynch.bsky.social @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This research has been my juggernaut for 1.5 years and I’m glad it’s finally out in the world. Libraries are essential!

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

If you’re an LGBTQ+ bookworker - organise with us. By building our collective power as workers, we can transfer power away from those in charge and into the hands of those working to make our industry better and safer for all. DM or email us at fossilfreebooksuk@gmail.com to get involved.

Black text on white background: If you’re an LGBTQ+ bookworker - organise with us.

We may not be able to convince those in power to change. But by building our collective power as workers, we can transfer power away from those in charge and into the hands of those working to make our industry better and safer for all.

DM or email us at fossilfreebooksuk@gmail.com to get involved.

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

Our response to fascist policies which seek to erode our rights and divide society needs to be one of collective solidarity and action.

Black text on white and pink background: The clear purpose of the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim guidance is to segregate and ostracise trans women. The policing of public spaces such as toilets and venues is harmful to all women, also impacting trans men, non-binary people, disabled people and people of colour.

Our response to fascist policies which seek to erode our rights and divide society needs to be one of collective solidarity and action.

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

Attending literary festivals this year? Then write to them asking they affirm the safety and dignity of trans guests and audiences. If you’re a member of the SoA, demand that they release both a statement of solidarity and practical guidance to support trans authors, translators and illustrators.

Black text on white background with elements highlighted: If you’re attending literary festivals this year, write to them asking that they affirm the safety and dignity of trans guests and audiences. A sample letter is in our bio.

If you’re a member of the Society of Authors, contact them and demand that they release a statement of solidarity and practical guidance to support trans authors, translators and illustrators when attending festivals or participating in book events.

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

Write to your union representatives and leaders, asking that they support their trans workers and publicly oppose the implementation of the EHRC’s interim guidance.

Black text on both white and blue background: Trade unionists: your trans and non-binary members need leadership to denounce the Supreme Court’s ruling and issue guidance for members who may now face discrimination in their places of work.

Write to your union representatives and leaders, asking that they support their trans workers and publicly oppose the implementation of the EHRC’s interim guidance.

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

So what can we do to be unequivocal in our support for trans people? Bookshops, publishers, festivals, venues and other literary spaces can make a clear public statement that you will prioritise the safety & dignity of trans writers, readers and workers, and won't adhere to the interim guidance.

Black text on white background: So what can we do to be unequivocal in our support for trans people?

Bookshops, publishers, festivals, venues and all other literary spaces: you can make a clear public statement that you will prioritise the safety and dignity of trans writers, readers and workers, and will not adhere to the interim guidance.

You can also sign the collective letter to the EHRC from cultural organisations, taking a stand against trans segregation: https://tinyurl.com/EHRCletter

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

The EHRC interim update for organisations is not legally binding. This means there’s currently no legal obligation for businesses and organisations to implement trans segregation policies. It also means we can – and must – fight for a more just interpretation of the law.

Black text on background of Trans Solidarity Flag: The EHRC interim update for organisations is not legally binding. An updated code of practice is due to be submitted for ministerial approval in June, following a two-week consultation period.

This means there’s currently no legal obligation for businesses and organisations to implement trans segregation policies.

It also means we can – and must – fight for a more just interpretation of the law.

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update. Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life. Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.

Black text on background of Trans Solidarity Flag: Fossil Free Books stands in solidarity with our trans siblings. We are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC update.

Rather than providing “clarity”, this ruling and the EHRC interim update are causing confusion, uncertainty and fear.

They have also given strength to the authoritarian, sexist campaign for the persecution and ostracism of trans women.

Trans, non-binary and intersex people – including bookworkers – are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Yeah baby yeah! Blurbs are in - check this out from the multitalented Em Prendergast. Preorder here! www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/eff-able-a-spicy-anthology-of-queer-crip-poetry

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/04/2025

📢 Every poet belongs in their union! 💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales. 💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 23/04/2025

📢 Every writer of colour belongs in their union! 💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1] www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

💥FREE EBOOK!💥 This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation. Because there's no liberation without trans liberation Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...

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Porty Pride @portypride.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

IT’S ONLY 2 MONTHS UNTIL PORTY PRIDE ‘25 And we are back with… The prom dog walk, swimming, dancing, films, crafting, art, ales, books events, climbing, cycling, nature walking, the makers market, music, running and of course, THE PORTY PRIDE BALL 🪩🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Dates, times + tickets coming soon #portypride

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

“Last year was not the first time writers boycotted Hay over its sponsors. In 2019 Hay ended a five-year sponsorship with Tata after protests from writers including Arundhati Roy. In 2002 writers boycotted Hay over Nestlé’s sponsorship” www.thebookseller.com/comment/on-s...

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On sponsorship and conscience

Last year's activism against Baillie Gifford is part of a long and valuable tradition of literary protest.

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eadaoinlynch.bsky.social @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

🖋️calling all trans/nb folk who enjoy writing 🖋️ With conFAB and LGBT Youth Scotland I’m facilitating 6 *free* intergenerational writing workshops, over 6 weeks, aimed at any trans/nonbinary people in or around Edinburgh. (1/2)

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fourteen poems @fourteenpoems.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The Issue 16 deadline is fast approaching! Send us your queerest poems by Jan 12th. All details are at fourteenpoems.com/submit. Can’t wait to read your poems!

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The Edwin Morgan Trust @edmorgantrust.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Two weeks left to apply to become one of StAnza’s 2025 Poets in Residence! Full details here: bit.ly/4g0nQG4

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Hesse Phillips @hessephillips.com · 08/01/2025

Trust me, stop scrolling, click the link, go to "infinite view," and just *be* for a while.

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

As we’re all starting out, here’s a Starter Pack of LGBTQIA+ writers to enrich your life and feed. Will update as more folk arrive. 🌈 📖 ❤️ go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7Wa

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I can not stress enough that a few literary festivals losing funding has NOTHING to do with authors mostly earning terrible money. Nothing.

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Yara Rodrigues Fowler @yararf.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Cuts to local government budgets devastated festival grants as well as social services like housing benefit, making it harder to write & driving festivals into the arms of funders they didn’t want to scruntinise (Eg BG Prizes’s 2nd sponsor is run by a dude currently under sanction by Ukraine) >

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Yara Rodrigues Fowler @yararf.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Guardian has published another article today about declining author wages (true), this time blaming FFB for this trend (not true). Festivals and authors have both become poorer poorer for the same two reasons: austerity and wealth hoarding by the publishing industry. >

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Alycia Pirmohamed @alycia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I'm slowly adding to this starter pack of BIPOC poets in the UK as they join bsky / as I find them. follow & share these brilliant writers 🌱🔮 go.bsky.app/51rVEPJ

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eadaoinlynch.bsky.social @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Delighted to say I’m now listed on the Scottish Book Trust’s Author Directory 🥳 If you’re in an org that wants to book an author for a workshop, reading or anything else, you can reach out via the directory & potentially also get Live Literature funding 📚 www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/eada...

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Author: Éadaoín Lynch

Éadaoín Lynch is an Irish poet, writer & researcher based in Edinburgh. They hold an MLitt and PhD from the University of St Andrews, have worked as a mentor and freelancer since 2021, and, most

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Alycia Pirmohamed @alycia.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

“As arts organisations turn to corporate sponsorship to fill these funding gaps, more often than not, they take on the agendas of their sponsors […] This financial reliance filters out critical or risky voices who might upset funders” skindeepmag.com/articles/art...

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Why arts funding leaves artists censored and broke

If we want to inject politics into the arts, first, we need to follow the money.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 12/12/2024

New issue of TENTACULAR magazine i.m. Gboyega Odubanjo www.tentacularmag.com

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Tentacular

Tentacular is an online poetry, responses & arts magazine.

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

✨submissions are now closed✨ Thank you all for your interest and support of the eff-able project! 💜 We can’t wait to read all your gorgeous sexy queer crip poems and shortlist with our publisher fourteen poems. We’ll get back to you in the new year. Until then, stay safe and stay sexy! 😍

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 11/12/2024

5th person to be cured of HIV “Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”

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5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV

Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Friendly reminder that eff-able submissions close at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! (U.K. time) Our subs folder is running HOT with sexy poems, but we want more, so get your queer crip erotica to us NOW! effable.uk/submissions

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Submissions

Submissions for the eff-able anthology, celebrating queer disabled poetry, are open from October 17 to December 1, 2024. Poets can submit 1-3 previously unpublished poems focusing on positive aspec…

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eadaoinlynch.bsky.social @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Get your poems in! @eff-able.bsky.social is accepting submissions up until 10 December ✨

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Our free poetry workshops are now available to watch back on our website and YouTube channel effable.uk/blog/ Huge thanks to @sallrock.bsky.social & Gayathiri for delivering such warm nurturing creative spaces for our queer crip bodies.

All three of our wonderful poetry workshops : writing and editing effable poems led by @sallrockpoet Sallyanne Rock and Dear Bodies led by @unembarrassable Gayathiri Kamalakanthan are available to watch back on our website http://effable.uk/blog and on our YouTube channel @eff-able

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Peggy Hughes @hughespeg.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I am absolutely living for my poem a day in @annierutherford.bsky.social’s Poetry Advent Calendar. Such poems! All donations will go to Médecins Sans Frontières. Still time to sign up! book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...

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Peggy Hughes @hughespeg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

So pleased to see Peter Mackay announced today as Scotland’s new Makar. A brilliant choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Lewis-born Gaelic poet Peter Mackay appointed Scotland's Makar

Lewis-born Peter Mackay was named as the latest holder of the national poetry role at an Edinburgh event.

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It’s also 1 week to go to send us your sexy queer crip poems for the eff-able anthology! effable.uk/submissions Here are lines from some of our favourite queer erotic poetry to get your creative juices flowing.

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eadaoinlynch.bsky.social @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I’m so thrilled to be commencing a Typewronger residency next month 💥 Huge congrats aswell to @rakelrank.bsky.social as the other resident of the Typewronger studio!

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eadaoinlynch.bsky.social @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Get your poems in! @eff-able.bsky.social is accepting submissions up until 10 December ✨

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

MILF = Manuscript I’d Like to Finish

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Alycia Pirmohamed @alycia.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

via @pamenarpress.bsky.social On Nov 29-30, presses, poets, writers, & translators will hold a 24 hour Global Reading for Freedom of Expression & Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. Poetry knows no borders & can speak powerfully for the right to free expression. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJN...

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Global Reading for Freedom of Expression and Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon (2nd Iteration)

YouTube video by Pamenar Press

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