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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE

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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

NEW WRITERS’ RESIDENCY! We are delighted to announce six new, week-long residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig. 🔗Full details can be found on our website: irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Hi everyone ☀️ Colchester WriteNight is this coming Mon 27 April and it’s this year’s visit from Neil & Patrick at Castle Park Theatre 🎭 Expect activities, laughter and an update on how you can submit to Plays from the Park for the summer performances. Quaker Meeting House 7-9pm

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Thank you so much to our guest author @benpester.bsky.social for visiting us at Colchester WriteNight this week! Such a fascinating interview about writing, short fiction and his extraordinary debut novel #TheExpansionProject Thank you everyone who came, joined in the Big Interview & wrote with us.

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Malachi Whitaker @malachiwhitaker.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Yay! And So Did I (Boiler House Press, 2025) is now on the dedicated Malachi Whitaker stand at Waterstones, Bradford. Alongside The Journey Home & Other Stories (Persephone, 2017) and Benighted by JB Priestley (who went to the same Bradford school).

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

@benpester.bsky.social is visiting Colchester WriteNight for The Big Interview about writing, short fiction and his surreal novel, The Expansion Project, shortlisted for The Goldsmith’s Prize and the Nero Prize for Debut Fiction. We’ll all be interviewing/writing together, you’re welcome to join us

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Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Cannot wait to hear these stories!!!!

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Malachi Whitaker @malachiwhitaker.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

CALLING BOOK REVIEWERS Boiler House Press are looking for reviewers of their Recovered Books series -- including Malachi Whitaker's super-relevant 1939 memoir, "And So Did I". Interested? Message @bhousepress.bsky.social

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 10/12/2025

Best British Short Stories 2025 is here – the fifteenth volume of our landmark annual anthology. Edited by Nicholas Royle, it gathers the most exciting short fiction of 2024 from major names and brilliant new voices. A perfect festive gift for the reader in your life. #BBSS2025 #ShortFiction

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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Congratulations @benpester.bsky.social! 👏🎉👏

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...

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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

'Challenge is part of our lives, make it part of our reading lives too' @cdrose.bsky.social on winning the Goldsmiths Prize

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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

'A book with an innovative approach will ... deliver no message.... But, lord, you will have experienced something.' @cdrose.bsky.social talks to the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social's Emily Lawford about the wonderful #GP2025 shortlisted novel, We Live Here Now www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

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CD Rose Q&A: “Novels are like massive clouds which lower overhead”

The 2025 Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author on the art world, how we measure value and the role of criticism today

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Dr Alice Violett @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

October reads! Get yer October reads! Paaaahnd a bowl! See what I read and otherwise got up to last month: www.draliceviolett.com/what-i-read-… #bookstodon #BookMastodon

Book covers: The Witching Hour anthology, Dance of the Earth by Anna M Holmes, The Sad Ghost Club: Find Your Kindred Spirits by Lize Meddings, Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon, and The Whisper of Stars by Cristin Williams

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Another great Colchester WriteNight session on Symbols this week hosted by talented local writer @clareshaw.bsky.social. Thank you Clare and everyone who comes along and joins in! Next session is our pre-Christmas party on 24 November. See you there @writingcommunity.bsky.social

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

We’re meeting this evening (27 October) at Colchester WriteNight. The brilliant @clareshaw.bsky.social is leading on Symbols! Everyone is welcome to join us for writing activities and refreshments. DM for details! Pls RT? @writingcommunity.bsky.social

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Out today: BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2025, edited by... me! So so many great stories in here. I can't wait for you to discover them and their talented writers.

Copy of the Best American Short Stories 2025, edited by Celeste Ng

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 14/10/2025

Our October sale has gone EVEN deeper! 🤩 33% off selected items while stocks last! 🚀 Discount applied automatically in our checkout. Head now to: www.saltpublishing.com/collections/...

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Salt Monthly Sale

Don’t miss out! Each month we spotlight a fresh selection of Salt titles at special prices – but only for a limited time. This month there is 33% off sale items! Happy shopping.

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Malachi Whitaker @malachiwhitaker.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Last chance to sign up for the FREE Online Book Launch of Malachi Whitaker's light dark n witty 1939 memoir, 'And So Did I'. With Boiler House Press Editor, Brad Bigelow, and Malachi Whitaker's Literary Executor, Valerie Waterhouse. TONIGHT, 14/10. 7pm UK, 8pm CET Link below

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 13/10/2025

Celebration day for editor, Nicholas Royle and all the contributors of Best British Short Stories 2025! 🥳🎉🎈🥂

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Two fantastic #BMHS events this October! 🎭 📚 Archive on Show @ Lambeth Archives – Thu 9 Oct, 2pm 🎤 Kirsty Roberts Talk @ The Water Rats – Tue 21 Oct, 7pm (celebrating Black performers in Morecambe’s history) 📖 Book here: britishmusichallsociety.com/events

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Events | British Music Hall Society

Our events are sociable affairs and open to everyone, come along and join us!

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Our first guest on the new ACL Essex podcast was @drabbiecairns.bsky.social 🙌 We talked art, teaching, writing her new book pub’d by Routledge & her ice skating antics. We had a lot of fun! Link below to her book & the new podcasting course Lewis Walsh & I are running here, if you fancy having a go

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Applications now open (until 27 June 2025) for the Institute of Historical Research's non-stipendiary IHR Fellowships. Ideal for active, non-affiliated historians who would benefit from a period embedded in @ihr.bsky.social 's community of public, local & academic historians, archivists, curators.

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The IHR Fellowship

The IHR Fellowship is comprised of leading historians recognised for their research and the promotion of history.

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This weekend at Essex Book Festival is a treat!!! Saturday: Marina Warner, @poetclare.bsky.social, Holly Pester and Phil Terry at St.Leonard’s Church, The Hythe Sunday: Tony Peake, James Cahill, Maggie Hambling, Radhika Howarth and Marley Karazimba at The Minories #booksky #essexbookfestival

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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Come to this on Saturday! Going to be such a lovely afternoon #essexbookfestival

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thank you to @moniqueroffey.bsky.social for the wonderful conversation last night at Essex Book Festival. My mind was buzzing afterwards and I’m still thinking! Thanks to the Maldon Library staff who were fabulous hosts as usual 💕 Good luck with the crowd funding the Hey! Festival is going to be👌

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moniqueroffey.bsky.social @moniqueroffey.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Looking forward to chatting to you this evening, Emma at Maldon Library. #Passiontide

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Preparing to interview @moniqueroffey.bsky.social at Maldon Library for Essex Book Festival tonight (5 June) at 7pm. Thrilled to be chatting about her latest book Passiontide! What would you ask Monique? What are your favourite author interview questions? Join the conversation - link above #booksky

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

❤️ ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL has launched! 📚 Sir Ben Okri at Electric Palace Cinema with ‘Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Broken Hearted’. Inspiring thoughts - to write with lightness of touch and knowledge of darkness, continual transformation (writers! humans!) ✍🏽 with Colchester WriteNight

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

This sounds great @saltpublishing.com. On the need-to-read list!

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 24/05/2025

Tomorrow!! City of Literature Publishing Fair Sunday 25 May National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall 10.00 - 16.00 Price FREE Discover the vibrant publishing culture of the East of England at our popular biannual publishing fair! nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/city-...

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Some of my best PhD experiences @universityofessex.bsky.social included presenting and attending @ensfr.bsky.social conferences. Here is my spotlight on writing short fiction (thanks Ines Gstrein & Paul Anthony Knowles). The challenge was answering 3 questions in 75 words! ensfr.univ-angers.fr

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The European Network for Short Fiction Research was established in 2013 with the aim of fostering and promoting the study of short fiction in European universities and in interaction with short fic…

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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Thank you @livimichael.bsky.social Another great episode, this time on getting back to the source of your creativity and being realistic about the publishing world. Congrats on the publication of your next novel with @saltpublishing.com #booksky #writingandpublishing

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 15/05/2025

Dear #BookSky, Times are tough. We’re fundraising to share even MORE fabulous books and authors with the world. Can you help? Share this post, and buy ANY of our books at 20% off, using discount code TheBigSaltSale in our checkout: www.saltpublishing.com/discount/The... Offer ends May 31st.

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Listen to Carl Phillips discuss his 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize–shortlisted collection Scattered Snows, to the North on the prize’s YouTube! 'It’s one of those interviews,' Phillips says, 'where you suddenly find you're learning a lot about yourself.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJk...

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Carl Phillips interviewed by Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe

YouTube video by Griffin Poetry Prize

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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Friendly reminder: send us your poems and stories relating to the topic of the climate crisis by Thursday, 15 May, 5pm (Irish Time). more info here stingingfly.org/news/submiss...

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 10/05/2025

Delighted to announce we will be publishing Livi Michael’s extraordinary Victorian novel, Elizabeth and Ruth in 2026.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/05/2025

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

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Vesna Main @vesnamain.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

My thoughts on short stories

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