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Joanna Lilley

@joannalilley.bsky.social
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Author of books including the extinction poetry collection Endlings and the novel Worry Stones. From the UK, now living in Yukon, Canada.

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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In memory of the elephants killed for Botswana's 60th anniversary independence celebrations that took place on 30 September. #ElephantsProtectionSociety #HumanElephantConflictEscalationDay #Stopthekilling #ChobeNationalPark
A row of elephants silhouetted by a lowering sun, the elephants to the far left and right walking in opposite directions. The photograph was taken in Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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NNELS @nnelsca.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The NNELS physical braille books are the next formats in the NNELS collection that we are highlighting. We have two types of physical braille books, available through interlibrary loan. Learn more about the NNELS Distributed Braille Collection: nnels.ca/distributed-... #AccessibleFormats #NNELS
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Hardcopy Braille with Tactiles at NNELS
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What a lovely day to donate some books to the little library by the Yukon River in Whitehorse. I love sending books on their journey downstream to find their next reader.
A small blue cupboard for books on a post at an easy height for opening. There’s a painting of a raven and the sun on the side of the cupboard, all in blue. There’s grass and a little bit of river under blue sky with a few clouds
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The online Writing As Resistance Festival starts on 1 September. 'This year’s theme is: Here Where We Live. When the world is on its knees, what does home mean, and how do we write it?' – @writershq.bsky.social More at: writershq.co.uk/festivals-ch...
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 21/08/2026
ICYMI: The physical book market in the UK has this week surpassed the £1bn point a week earlier than it ever has, according to the latest data from NielsenIQ BookScan’s Total Consumer Market (TCM). 👇
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A record year looms as print sales pass £1bn at their earliest point
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you for sharing your wisdom, @beckyblake.bsky.social, on helping us cope with the very long journey to publishing. #writingtips trulyimportant.substack.com/p/cultivatin...
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Cultivating Patience
When the journey is longer than you'd hoped
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sometimes poems don’t know where to put themselves, such as this one, #Thalidomide. Thank you to the #SouthDownsPoetryFestival, #FestivalofChichester and editor @BarrySmith for giving it a home in #PoetryandAllThatJazz.
A poem about a mother not taking the Thalidomide pills her doctor gives her for morning sickness and thereby saving her child from birth defects.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Oh, some rather wonderful #GoAllIn National Year of Reading resources here to dip into, from character writing templates to living paintings. goallin.org.uk/resources/ #amreading #amwriting
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Resources | National Year of Reading 2026 | Go All In
Find practical tools and trusted links to help support reading for pleasure at home, in schools, in communities and at work.
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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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National Year of Reading should extend to a decade, inquiry says
The education committee also proposed a National Reading Guarantee, ensuring all children have frequent opportunities to enjoy reading
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 17/07/2026
Good news 🐺🐺 According to a recent announcement from the FWS Red Wolf Recovery Program, 12 to 16 wild red #wolf pups have survived their first few months so far. We've been working to protect these #wolves for years. Our work will continue until their wild population is thriving ➡️ bit.ly/3TbamkU
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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Video: In our Meet an Editor series, @gregioannou.bsky.social advises aspiring editors to keep an open mind. Sometimes the most rewarding and engaging projects are the ones that come out of left field, broadening your horizons and giving you a much richer life.
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Meet an Editor: Greg Ioannou shares tips for writers and aspiring editors
Greg Ioannou edits everything. He shares how this requires extreme flexibility and an openness to opportunities. He has worked on love letters, Burger King giveaways, board games and many other…
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
You can still watch #FictionFest events online for a few more days. What a treat it was to be part of this celebration of Canadian books and connect with readers and writers all across the land. Thank you for making it happen, @nptwrites.bsky.social and @stevewestenra.bsky.social.
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Canada Fiction Fest @canadafictionfest.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And with that final livestream, #FictionFest comes to a close. Thank you so much to all our authors for being a part of this— it couldn't have worked without you! Thank you to anyone who tuned in to watch, and thank you to @stevewestenra.bsky.social for helping to host all these sessions! 😊
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Colorful Neon Thank You Sign
Alt: A colourful neon Thank You sign with lights streaking along the sides.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Leading social media creators are sharing tips on influencing for nonhuman animals. action.animaljustice.ca/page/194575/...
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Online Panel: Influencing for Animals
In this Animal Justice panel, we’ll share practical, real-world tips from 5 leading social media creators to help you break through the digital noise, expand your influence, & confidently move more pe...
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Canada Fiction Fest @canadafictionfest.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If you missed any of today's livestreams, you can find the limited-time replays on our YouTube channel! And tomorrow, @stevewestenra.bsky.social will be hosting two horror-themed panels, so mark your calendars! :) #BookSky #ReaderSky www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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What's On Today? - YouTube
These are the live Fiction Fest events happening today. Check out our playlists to find livestreams by genre, and head to https://FictionFest.ca/events to fi...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/06/2026
Late Windrush victim’s compensation to fund prize for British Caribbean playwrights
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Late Windrush victim’s compensation to fund prize for British Caribbean playwrights
The Windrush Prize will award £10,000 to the writer of the winning play, which will receive a run at the Arcola theatre next year The first prize dedicated to discovering and developing British Caribbean playwrights has been launched using compensation awarded to a Windrush victim who died before receiving it. The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights, believed to be the first major prize of its kind in 30 years, has been established by Shereener Browne, the founder and artistic director of Orísun Productions and a former barrister, in memory of her late father, Myron Brown. Continue reading...
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Canada Fiction Fest @canadafictionfest.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Today on #FictionFest we are starting off with a panel discussion on accuracy vs poetic license in historical fiction, starting in ten minutes at noon EDT! Catch it live at: www.youtube.com/live... Check out our full schedule at: FictionFest.ca/events #FictionFest #BookSky #ReaderSky ⏰📚
Canada Fiction Fest banner for panel discussion on Accuracy vs Poetic License in Historical Fiction featuring authors Sheila James, K.R. Wilson, J.F. Garrard, and Andrew Boden, and host Steve Hugh Westenra.
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Canada Fiction Fest @canadafictionfest.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If you've been enjoying our #FictionFest live events and want to learn more about particular books or authors, you can find purchase links for #books in our showcase, and links to author websites and social media channels in our gallery! 😀 ➡️ FictionFest.ca #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky #reading
A pink square image with a photograph of a flying Canada Goose in the foreground. Large white text above the goose reads: "Can't. Too busy checking out Fiction Fest." Smaller black text under that reads: "Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Horror, Romance, and more! Fiction Fest has books for the whole family, from picture books on up!"
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Canada Fiction Fest @canadafictionfest.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Day 6 of #FictionFest starts of with more of our #LiteraryFiction authors reading from their books! This one starts streaming in ten minutes on our YouTube channel and you can watch it (and all our streams) for FREE! youtube.com/live/SxZ... #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky ⏰📚
Canada Fiction Fest banner for Literary Fiction Author Readings featuring authors Margaret Sweatman, Sheila James, Jeff Cottrill, and host Steve Hugh Westenra.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Why sometimes, you actually don't need to follow the manual.
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Sorry, Chicago Manual of Style: I’m Not Going to Stop Capitalizing the Word “Earth”
If you are crazy enough to write a novel and lucky enough to get it published, you will, at the copy-editing stage, receive what’s called a Style Sheet. Among other things, it will list all the pro…
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It all starts tomorrow. A fortnight of celebrating Canadian fiction. What a fabulous way to greet the solstice. @canadafictionfest.bsky.social #CanadaFictionFest #booksky #Canadianbooks #wordarts fictionfest.ca
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Missing my cat chats. 'Turner also explained the behavior of women to vocalize more frequently with their cats than men do. In return, the cats vocalize with women more often than they do with men.' – Ava Portney @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Cat ladies aren’t that ‘crazy’ after all – the social science behind the stereotype
Felines have long been associated with feminine power – and these women are embracing a cliche used to bring them down
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Part one of a three-part From Canada to Here podcast, all thanks to Welsh Joshua and featuring our Portsmouth Poetry, @University of Portsmouth and @4-3-2 Nomads event that took part at the end of May. Available in your favourite podcast land! #TurnstonePress podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Canada Fiction Fest is coming up on 21 June, all thanks to @nptwrites.bsky.social. I'm delighted to be taking part in a couple of events. The schedule is at: fictionfest.ca/events/ @canadafictionfest.bsky.social #TurnstonePress #RonsdalePress @radiantpress.bsky.social #CanLit #CanadaSky #BookSky
A black square image with contrasting red and white text. Red maple leaves are scattered in the bottom right corner.
Text at the top reads: “Q: What is Canada Fiction Fest? A: An all-Canadian online book fair featuring all genres of fiction.”
Below that a 3-item bulleted list provides more details about what readers visiting the FictionFest.ca website can expect: “1. Showcase featuring books from all out participating authors; 2) Author Gallery you can filter by province; 3) Free author readings and discussion panels”
In the bottom right corner is the date of the event (June 21 to July 4) and a note that readers can sign up for en email reminder on the FictionFest.ca website.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Very excited and honoured to be part of #FictionFest. Love the multi-genre approach! "Because the world needs more Canadian books." – NP Thompson #CanLit #Canada #BookSky
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Massive thanks to the Touring Artist Fund for supporting my Three Pieces of Sea poetry tour in the UK and Canada. Can’t begin to describe what a difference it makes. Chichester and Portsmouth events still to come! @tourismculture.yukon.ca @turnstonepress yukon.ca/en/touring-a...
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Really appreciate that the Chichester Observer newspaper family covers poetry. Can’t wait to hear @suerose share her words on 27 May and meet the #BinstedPrize winners on 23 May. #SouthDownsPoetryFestival @TurnstonePress www.sussexexpress.co.uk/community/tw...
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Two special poetry events from the South Downs Poetry Festival
Two special poetry events from the South Downs Poetry Festival are being showcased in Chichester during May.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Oh, and after the poetry workshop tomorrow morning at Barnstaple Library I’m giving a talk about my new book, Three Pieces of Sea, a portrait of my sister the late artist Rebecca Lilley. @librariesunlimited.bsky.social #GoAllIn #NationalYearOfReading2026 www.ticketsource.com/librariesunl...
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Beginner poetry workshop tomorrow! Love helping to show how accessible poetry is and how it can help us in these troubled times. Thank you to Barnstaple Library for hosting. #GoAllIn #NationalYearOfReading2026 @librariesunlimited.bsky.social www.ticketsource.com/librariesunl...
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Such a treat to share poems with Ronna Bloom, Tom Wayman and the Planet Earth Poetry community in Victoria, BC, Canada. It takes a lot to organise such events and I’m grateful. And thank goodness for poetry in these troubled times.
Author Joanna Lilley standing at a lectern smiling and reading poems.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Really looking forward to hearing @ronnabloom.bsky.social and Tom Wayman present their poems at #PlanetEarthPoetry in Victoria, Canada, on Friday. What a treat to get to read with such fine poets. @TurnstonePress #poetry
Ronna Bloom, Joanna Lilley and Tom Wayman will be reading poems on Friday 8 May at Planet Earth Poetry, a weekly reading series that takes place at Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria, BC, Canada. Doors open at 7pm, you can sign up for the open mic in person between 7 and 7.20pm and the event begins at 7.30pm.
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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This Tuesday- Vancouver workshop led by Toronto poet and therapist @ronnabloom.bsky.social! May 5th at 6pm @ Upstart and Crow Books. upstartandcrow.com/event/postca...
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Postcards from the Edge: Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Note Form | Upstart & Crow
Perhaps you’re too overwhelmed to read this. That’s okay — this workshop was designed with you in mind. Together, we’ll address the impacts on you as someone who witnesses human ...read more
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 19/04/2026
Marion Cleland Lochhead (1902–1985) was born #OTD, 19 April, in Wishaw. A founding member of @scottishpen.bsky.social, Lochhead was a versatile figure of the 20th-century Scottish literary scene. 👇“Painted Things”, by Marion Lochhead, from Painted Things & Other Poems (Gowans & Grey, 1929) #poetry
Painted Things
Marion Lochhead

I love painted things –
Bright wooden toys and boxes, coloured beads,
Shawls like a peacock's plumage, scarves like wings
Of birds that flaunt and flutter: all that breeds
Delight and thoughts fantastic. I love glass, 
Deep-tinted, amethystine, fire-red, gold,
That throws dim, changing luminance as I pass, 
And shifts, deploys like tapestries unrolled – 
I love all these
Gay fantasies; but more I love the grey
Austere walls of cathedrals, the bare trees
That stand unmoved, with light and wing away.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Everyone loves an uplifting post like this, showing people helping out a wild animal in distress. But unless we address the practices that are causing the death of *entire ecosystems*, it's little more than making ourselves feel good. Just sharks: about 100 million are killed by humans every year.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
What a thrill to be working with @TurnstonePress again on my latest #poetry collection, Three Pieces of Sea, out this spring. It's a collection of poems inspired by the life and works of my sister, the late artist Rebecca Lilley. #amwriting #breastcancer ravenstonebooks.com/news/in-the-...
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In the Works: Three Pieces of Sea by Joanna Lilley - Turnstone Press
Turnstone Press is an award winning independent literary book publisher from Canada's prairies. We publish and sell poetry, fiction, non-fiction and under our i
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Arc Poetry Magazine @arcpoetry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Help shape Arc’s future! 📣 This National Poetry Month, share your thoughts in our community survey. Readers, writers, contributors & collaborators—your voice matters. 10-15 min: bit.ly/ArcSurvey2026 📝 Open all April. Opt in to win a $50 indie bookstore gift card! #NationalPoetryMonth #CanLit
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Applications are open for #Yukon's Story Laureate. Lots of time to prepare your application – the deadline is 2 October. You need to have lived in Yukon for five years, so best to move here sooner rather than later! More at: commissionerofyukon.ca/story-laurea...
Text from website: https://commissionerofyukon.ca/programs#StoryLaureateofYukon
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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Want to connect with hundreds of editors, writers, communication professionals and small business owners? Join us from May 21 to 23 in Halifax for Editors Canada's national conference! Learn more: editors.ca/news/registr...
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Registration for the 2026 Editors Canada conference is now open! - Editors Canada
Our next national conference, Editors26, will take place from May 21 to 23, 2026, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hear expert speakers and participate in sessions about emerging…
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Delighted by this glossary of Yorkshire terms in @JennieGodfrey's novel #TheListofSuspiciousThings. A far better idea than the criminal act of replacing British words in North American editions. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #editing #writing #publishing
Examples of Yorkshire terms with North American translations, such as "truck" for "lorry" and "to wash the dishes" for "do the washing up".
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Making a husky-line for the Yukon River. This could be my snowiest spring equinox.
A black dog ploughing alone through deep snow towards the frozen Yukon River.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Eric Wagner recommends six essential books about birds by Adam Nicolson, J.A. Baker, Helen MacDonald, and more.
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Six Essential Books About Birds
A few years ago, more or less on a whim, I started following a group of scientists who were studying a small seabird on an island off the coast of Washington State. The bird, called the rhinoceros …
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
In March 2026, the Vegan and Animal Rights Conference will open its doors in Manchester to advocates, campaigners, and movement builders for a three-day gathering. 🌱 veganfta.com/articles/2026/03/04/ve…
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The Yukon Magazine has started including poetry! Such a delight to have a poem featured in this fine publication. More about the magazine at: theyukonmagazine.com @turnstonepress
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Very grateful to be one of 18,661 creators receiving a #publiclendingright payment for having books in Canada's wonderful public libraries. Thank you, libraries, the Canada Council for the Arts' Public Lending Right Program and everyone who reads books! #bringingtheartstolife @yukonpubliclibraries
The covers of five books – The Fleece Era, Endlings, If There Were Roads, The Birthday Books and Worry Stones by Joanna Lilley, plus Writing for Animals, in which Joanna has an essay.
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This follows hot on the heels of Interpol's big wildlife trafficking sweep. Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold m...
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The BC Foundation for Non-Animal Research (BC FNAR) is now open for applications for their 2026 non-animal research grants. #nonhumananimals #morethanhuman www.bcfnar.ca
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Home - BC Foundation for Non-Animal Research
The BC Foundation for Non-Animal Research is dedicated to the support and promotion of alternative methods to the use of animals in research.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Goodness, I'm honoured to be the judge of the 2026 South Downs Poetry Festival's Binsted Prize poetry competition. It's open to everyone, wherever you live and you have until 31 March to submit your entries. I can't wait to read them. Find all the details at www.sdpf.org.uk/competition/.
The image shows green hills and a soft, cloudy sky, with the words Poetry Competition 2026. South Down Poetry Festival. Enter your original poems for the Binsted Prize.
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Such a phenomenal book by @trinamoyles.bsky.social. Had a sneak preview and can’t recommend it enough! #borealbears
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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Congratulations on the publication of Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival by Trina Moyles - out now with Knopf Canada and Pegasus Books in the US! Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/06/c...
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Congratulations on the publication of Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival by Trina Moyles!
Congratulations on the publication of Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival by Trina Moyles - out now with Knopf Canada and Pegasus Books in the US! A dazzling memoir about one woman's coexi...
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