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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

So excited that my Dido story has been shortlisted in the Historical Novel Society's 2026 First Chapters Competition in the Ancient to 10th Century category. Thank you @hns2026.bsky.social and congratulations to all listed authors. #HistoricalFiction #BookSky #HNS2026 #HistoricalNovelSociety

Certificate showing Dido, Fugitive Queen by Marianne Holmes shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society 2026 First Chapters Competition in the Ancient to 10th Century Short List

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Joyous day on Saturday celebrating @MindFoodCIO.bsky.social receiving The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. It's a real delight and privilege to be involved with this amazing team. Thanks to Waveney Patel & Rebecca Neville for the photos! #MindFood #MentalHealth #Ealing #Charity

Image of sign in the garden saying 'Take Notice, Connect, Be Active, Learn, Give'

Image of Ealing's Deputy Lieutenant, Richard Kornicki, presenting the King's Award

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Huge crowds in London yesterday protesting for trans rights❤️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Image of crowds in Parliament Square protesting for trans rights

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 20/04/2025

If you’re a creative and want to fight back against big tech mining your work for their AIs, please register below – and then share with your community. And, if we get enough people, we believe we’ll be able to sue – and hold them to account. goodlawproject.org/authorsai/?u...

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Stop AI giants stealing our work | Good Law Project

Use the form and let us know the nature of your enquiry, so we can pass it to the relevant team as quickly as possible.

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Happy 'first bin day of the year' to those who celebrate! And farewell to 2024's recycled wreath, design courtesy of second child's sweet tooth😂

Wreath made from empty plastic coca cola bottles

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

"Kings hammer mistrust into swords, demand battle songs, and the world deafens with terror of one's neighbour. I turn to words. Their little lamps will outlive my flicker, that of lords, and of this current fear. [...]" - by Rosie Garland - @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social

Bede writes a history of the English people
Rosie Garland

Ask, why I carve feathers to the spike of knives
when men are too busy to read. I should be bricking
windows into arrow-slots; should be bending
yew to longbows. The year roars with blood,
the murder of faith, and enemies close, closer.
Kings hammer mistrust into swords, demand
battle songs, and the world deafens with terror
of one's neighbour. I turn to words.
Their little lamps will outlive my flicker,
that of lords, and of this current fear. I grind
gall, vinegar, hone my quill. Feed the dark age with light.

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This is called tackling draft number *ahem* or, more accurately, writing lots of notes I'll never read again😂

Image of a table with a manuscript, notebook, scraps of paper and pens.

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Anne Corlett @annecorlett.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Both author starter packs are now full. I cannot currently imagine any circumstances in which there will be a third. Off to lie down. Maybe with wine. Do follow and share - there are so many lovely authors in these packs. go.bsky.app/YB4F8q - Authors Part 1 go.bsky.app/JjSBXRK - Authors Part 2

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

📚We're reopening to unagented manuscripts in January. We really encourage LGBTQ+ folk, marginalised and underrepresented writers, disabled, non-London based authors, authors over 40, and writers from working class backgrounds to submit to us.

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My teenager is reading For Whom The Bell Tolls so I asked him what he thinks about it. 'Well, the dialogue reads like Duolingo.' Ouch!

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Thrilled to share the news that MindFood CIO have received The King’s Award today. MindFood is a small charity that has a big impact. Our fabulous team help rebuild lives after a mental health crisis with holistic support and mindful activities in nature. #MentalHealth #Ealing #KingsAward

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Claire Allan Author @claireallan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

It's Transgender Awareness Week - try to be kind. It takes so much bravery for a trans person to live their authentic life in this world. The damage caused to trans people in suppressing their deeply felt identity can be overwhelming. The vast majority of trans people just want to live their lives.

A graphic including the Transgender flag highlighting that it is Transgender Awareness Week.

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Signals by Thomas J Price 2021 in front of Samson Slaying A Philistine by Giambologna 1562 V&A Museum, London

A photo of Signals, a sculpture of a man taking a selfie by Thomas J Price in from of Samson Slaying A Philistine in the V & A Museum London

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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

A little intro! I'm the author of All Your Little Lies www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BF1Y1MYQ & A Little Bird Told Me www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BF2TBG3H/. I love stories with secrets, imperfect characters and complicated relationships. Here for posts about books, inclusion, mental health and chaotic dogs😀.

Image shows paperback and kindle versions of the books All Your Little Lies and A Little Bird Told Me by Marianne Holmes on a background of autumn leaves

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