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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Join us for an evening with Laline Paull, author of The Bees and Pod! She’ll discuss storytelling, transformation, and writing at the intersection of fiction and ecology—followed by an audience Q&A. Moderated by Moyette Gibbons. 🌿📚 Register here: genevawriters.org/event-6430983

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First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Congratulations to our Shortlist Prize winner, @moyetteg.bsky.social! 🌟🎉🥳

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

So delighted to have won the Shortlist Prize 2025 @firstnovelprize.bsky.social! A huge thank you to the amazing judges and The Literary Studio!📚🎉📚🎉

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

So much to say about yesterday @saloneurope.bsky.social but above all - it couldn't have happened without our Management Committee. Not just powerhouses, also standout writers & friends. So grateful 👑 @kplumhoff.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

What a wonderful reading and discussion of our weekend’s theme, Rooted/Unrooted at Full Circle in Brussels Thank you so much to our guests, @kitdewaal.com, Balsam Karam and Philippe Marczewski, for their generous, insightful answers and beautiful readings.

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

What an amazing night! Great panel w @kitdewaal.com Balsam Karam & Philippe Marczewski - so many profound and diverse answers to great questions about writing, identity, process, what unroots you and being European writers. Thanks to @deborahzafer.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social & crew ❤️

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Sad to leave Brussels after the @saloneurope.bsky.social - a whole weekend in a lovely city with a big gang of amazing writers for inspiration, talk, sharing and howls of laughter - what could be better? Bravo to @deborahzafer.bsky.social and the management team! 🙌🏽🎉✨💜

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

A fabulous weekend at the inaugural @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels. Amazing panels, readings, workshops, and writerly chat at the gorgeous Full Circle. Roll on Madrid in September 2026! 📚🇧🇪✍️📕📘📚

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First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

🎉 The 2025 First Novel Prize shortlist is here. Each of these remarkable novels-in-progress stood out for their originality and craft. Warmest congratulations to the shortlisted writers! 🌟🙌🥳

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

✨ We are excited to announce that award-winning freelance marketing consultant, podcast host and content creator Eleanor Pilcher will be joining us for the 2025 Geneva Writers conference. 📚✍️Will you be there too? Registration opens soon: genevawriters.org/gwg-conferen...

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Joining us for the 2025 Geneva Writers Conference is Nikesh Shukla! Award-winning author and founder of the Good Literary Agency. 📚✍️Will you be there too? Registration is opening soon with early access for members: genevawriters.org/gwg-conferen...

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

✨ We at GWG are excited to announce that award-winning Luxembourgish literary agent Hannah Schofield from LBA Literary Agency will be joining us for the 2025 Geneva Writers Conference. 📚✍️Will you be there too? Registration opens soon: genevawriters.org/gwg-conferen...

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Dorothy Koomson (@dorothykoomson.bsky.social) will be joining us for the 2025 Geneva Writers conference as our keynote speaker! 📚✍️Will you be there too? Registration is opening very soon with early access for members Find out more: genevawriters.org/gwg-conferen...

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First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

📣 Announcing the 2025 First Novel Prize longlist - all chosen from a dazzling field. Even with 20 places, the selection was agonising. So much amazing writing had to be left out. Thank you to all our entrants and many congratulations to the longlisted writers ✨ www.firstnovel.co.uk/first-novel-...

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

✨ We at GWG are excited to announce that writer, artist, teacher and filmmaker Douglas Beer will be joining us for the 2025 Geneva Writers Conference. 📚✍️Will you be there too? Registration is opening soon with early access for members: genevawriters.org/gwg-conferen...

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

✨ We are excited to announce that the Best Short Story Collection winner at the 2024 Cosmopolitan Book Awards, Shani Akilah, will be joining us for the 2025 Geneva Writers Conference! 📚✍️Will you be there too? Registration opens soon: genevawriters.org/gwg-conferen...

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

✨ We’re thrilled to announce that Goodreads Choice Awards finalist and editor Sara Nisha Adams will be joining us for the 2025 Geneva Writers conference. 📚✍️Will you be there too? Registration is opening soon with early access for members: genevawriters.org

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Café writing session - Join fellow writers for some co-writing in a beautiful literary cafe inside Galerie Bortier, a gallery with a bookstore and lots of interesting restaurants and spaces to explore. Write, eat cakes, drink coffee. What’s not to love? Hosted by @moyetteg.bsky.social

Cafe window that reads Le Cafe Litteraire. Behind it, people having coffee at tables

Photo from inside the galerie, green bistro tables leading to glass doors

Buffet trays holding sweets, cakes, and persimmons

Full view of cafe. Large windows, persian rugs, wooden bistro tables and red high-backed chairs

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Geneva Writers Group @genevawriters.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

📚Registration is opening soon for the 2025 Geneva Writers conference and we are thrilled to announce our 18 guest instructors! GWG members will get early access to tickets and exclusive discount rates. Join as a member to take advantage too. Find out more: genevawritersgroup.wildapricot.org

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Things I’m looking forward to at our Annual Salon #2 ✨Our incredible panels✨ On Saturday, we'll be at at Full Circle. The day will include panels, workshops, readings and a catered lunch, taking place across all three floors of this beautiful, inspiring venue📔 (Sample of our panels below)

Large light-filled room with mid-century chairs set up to hear a lecture

Room with large window, midcentury style conference table and light fixtures, bookshelves and plants

Lounge with salmon walls, Persian rug, moss green velvet couch, large shining wood coffee table, and a plant

Room with piano and marble fireplace opening into a second room with large window and chairs and light fixtures in midcentury style

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Only 8 places left for our Annual Salon in September—this year in Brussels🍻 Full programme available now🕺🏻 Get ‘em while they’re hot!

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Fabulous evening yesterday listening to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie read from #DreamCount, discuss her novels, and writing in general at the Literaturfestival Zürich!🇨🇭📚📘🥂A lovely book-end to my month-long writing retreat in Schwandorf. 🇩🇪

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It’s the last full day of my residency in Schwandorf 🇩🇪 and I’m spending it in my studio and my favourite local writing cafe! #WritingResidency @VCCA international exchange scholar. Lots of work done on Book 2!📚🖊️⌨️📘📕

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

It’s open studio day at my residency in Schwandorf, Bavaria. I’ll be reading an extract from my novel and the visual artists from America will be showing their work in their studios. Afterwards, there will be a party in our honour! 🎉📚🥂📚🎉 🇩🇪 #WritingCommunity

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Another very hot start to the day at my month-long writing residency in Schwandorf, Bavaria. So, I’m writing and plotting outside in the shade in what has become my favourite local cafe before returning to work in my studio.📚🇩🇪⌨️🖊️📚#WritingCommunity #WritingResidency

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Great @CapitalCrime1 panel yesterdayon Women Behind the Uniform! Also lovely listening to their publishing journeys and writing process!📘📚📕📚📒 #BookSky

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Brilliant second panel @CapitalCrime1 with @JoCallaghanKat, Barnaby Martin, Dominic Nolan, and C.B. Everett!📚📘📕📚

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I’m really looking forward to reading this gorgeous novel #AHouseforMissPauline! It tells the story of a 99-year-old Jamaican woman reckoning with the history of a community, past crimes, and the inheritance of the past. Thanks Fane Productions for my copy!📚📘📒📚#BookSky

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Gorgeous book post waiting for me in London from the lovely people @FaneProductions. Which one should I read first? #BookSky #reading 📚📒📘

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Finding it so hard to concentrate on work this afternoon, so I’m reading novel excerpts ahead of a GenevaWriters workshop on Saturday instead! #WritingCommunity #Booksky 📚📘🖊️📒📚

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A lovely lunch and writing in one of my favourite 🇨🇭cafes! What a perfect way to spend the afternoon!🖌️📒📘📚🖊️

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Diving into @NzeluWrites wonderful #HereAgainNow ahead of his @GenevaWriters workshop next Saturday on ‘Opening A Novel’. Really looking forward to the workshop as I start Novel. 2! #BookSky #WritingCommunity📚📘📒📚

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Brighton and Sussex writers, we would love to meet you! When: 26 June Where: Afrori Books What: An evening of writing, connection and community 🖊 🍷 🍺 🍻 🖊 🤝 🌊 🖊 Please repost and join us! Full details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/literary-m...

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

So sorry to miss this! I’ll be at a writing residency in Germany. Do go if you can. It will be fabulous!⬇️⬇️

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Fabulous evening in Geneva yesterday listening to David Nicholls talking about #YouAreHere, his writing process, being a screenwriter, and his other novels. A really lovely, thoughtful author.📚📚 #WritingCommunity #Booksky

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I’m off to see David Nicholls at the Société de Lecture in Geneva tonight. He’ll be talking to journalist and author, Clare O’Dea. Really looking forward to it! I adored #OneDay!🎉📚🎉

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 06/05/2025

If publishing actually wants more working class writers, more POC writers, more trans writers, more disabled writers, more *any* marginalised writers, the solution is really simple: PAY THEM. Give writers enough money to live and they'll give you all the words you want.

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I’ve bought a ticket to see Chimananda Ngozi Adichie at the Zurich Literature Festival on July 12th! Really looking forward to it!🎉🎉🎉

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

A fabulous opportunity to win $100,000 from The Novelry online writing school for the opening three pages of a novel. A stellar line up of judges. Competition open to residents of the UK, US, Canada, and Australia only. Good luck!🤞🏽🤞🏽🔥🔥 www.thenovelry.com/prize

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Prize | The Novelry

Enter The Next Big Story prize at The Novelry for a chance to win $100,000 (£75,000 U.K.). Eight shortlisted entrants will receive The Finished Novel Course. Opens May 1, 2025. Closes July 31, 2025. T...

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Don’t forget to sign up for our FREE quarterly online salon! 🗓️ 15 July 2025, 7p CEST (that’s 6p for UK folks) Always fun, friendly and inspiring💫

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Come be beside the seaside with us in June! When: 26 June Where: Brighton! Who: Lots of friendly writers 🌊 ☀️ 🌊

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Writing this afternoon in the cafe closest to my home. It’s quiet as it’s almost the end of the working day and sensible people are outside enjoying the sun. Happy weekend! 📚☀️🖌️⌨️📚📘#WritingCommunity

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Our bursary places sold out very quickly, so we've added some more for Sat/Sun only. Take a look! We would love to meet you.

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Monday Memories! #IrishWritersRetreat at Banshee Castle in Tipperary last September. 🖊️📚✍️ #WritingCommunity #Booksky

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Happy Easter! A fabulous afternoon view from my village of Lake Geneva and the French Alps!🇨🇭☀️🇨🇭

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I’m going to spend some of the Easter holiday planning and researching my second novel. I have two lovely notebooks - gifts from writing friends- to get me started!📚🖊️📚📘📒# #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #booksky

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I met a friend here in Geneva for lunch today and I’ve discovered a new favourite writing cafe! #WritingCommunity #Booksky #amwriting 📚🖊️📚📘

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Moyette Gibbons @moyetteg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Plotting and planning my second novel in a new notebook in my favourite 🇨🇭writing cafe! #amwriting #WritingCommunity #books.

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

✨Brussels Event Details✨ 📅 12-14 September If you're on the fence about joining our Annual Salon in Brussels, or are one of the 60+ people who’ve already signed up, our latest Substack is full of details for what to expect: ✨Guest speakers ✨Planned panels ✨Dining ✨Tours ✨Writing & workshops

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What to expect at our Brussels Salon

Details of what you'll do, see, eat, drink and learn!

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