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Nikki Dudley

@nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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#Thriller Volta / Poetry (KFS & Hem & BSB) / @streetcakemag editor / loves travel. Views my own.. www.nikkidudleywriter.com

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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Interesting to see this. In my new pamphlet, I talk about how The Fawcett Society reports one in ten women, aged between 40 and 55, working through menopause, have left a job because of their symptoms and a further 13% reported that they had considered leaving (2022). #menopausethreads
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My latest newsletter has gone out. If you'd like to sample it and perhaps get yourself signed up, here it is: mailchi.mp/1a8ab44fef11... #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writingnewsletters
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It's poetry pamphlet launch day!
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's National Poetry Day and my new pamphlet is officially out! Please support poetry, and give mine a try if you fancy something very visceral and very hopeful! Signed copies on my site or from my press: vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is... #poetrycommunity #perimenopause #PoetsOfBluesky
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I’m just working differently. Like a toaster that makes tea or a kettle that gives compliments.” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“[…] This is a fierce and compassionate collection of poems, one that explores women’s health, societal experience and survival. [...]” JP Seabright on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Leaden tiredness: my chest crushed by a felled tree or two, mind too weak to ask for help.” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“confessing to the person I love most feeling like I’m held together by masking tape” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BOOK LAUNCH! Join me, Laura Besley, Diane Simmons and Claire Booker for an evening of readings on Oct 16th! We'll be launching my new pamphlet, My Body is a Stranger, but also have poetry & fiction readings from V Press writers. Zoom 8pm Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“[…] These poems are deeply moving and beautifully arranged and ultimately – in a world that so desperately needs it – hopeful.” Laura Besley on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“I’m flailing like an animal who forgot how to make sounds and no one looks back, no one calls for me” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“everything being a symptom not being believed” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Their face was a charcoal drawing without any colour, empty spaces which taunted me. An outline of a person.” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“You meet others outside the school gates, drawn together like animals sniffing out a prize but the prize is a mirage” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
An autumn update -- exciting news, reviews & coming soon! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com @jennyhope.bsky.social @clairebooker.bsky.social @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social @bethosmond.bsky.social & others
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now in stock & available to pre-order: My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social – a chapbook of poetry that is very visceral and very hopeful! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
COVER REVEAL! My Body is a Stranger, my pamphlet with @vpresslit.bsky.social is available for pre-order! My Body is a Stranger is very visceral and very hopeful. Thanks to Laura Besley and JP Seabright for the endorsements. Pre-order: vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is... #poetsofbluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Got my first feedback from one of the people I asked to blurb my forthcoming chapbook and they loved it! Hopefully the second person will like it too! #PoetsOfBluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Please check out my poem, One in Ten, in @acropolisjournal.bsky.social, and also give the whole issue some love! #PoetsOfBluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I had the pleasure of attending an event run by one of Rebecca Swift Foundation's Creative Associates, Kuli Kohli and it makes me so happy to see poetry communities coming together to show support for one another and poetry in general. #PoetsOfBluesky unite!
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
What happens when someone doesn't remember committing a crime? What if it brings up the trauma you've tried to forget? Volta - out everywhere now. WINNER OF THE VIRGINIA PRIZE 📎https://share.google/JOPNRKu51Mwur5Io9 #Thrillers #ThrillerBooks
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Happy Christmas all! Enjoy getting more books on top of the books you haven't managed to read yet. I know I will. 🎄🎁 #Christmas #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I want to bring out a new thriller & since I've had no luck with publishers, I think it'll have to be all me. Will you support me?! I also need maybe 1 more reader after making some changes. Any takers? Would love someone who loves or writes thrillers. #WritingCommunity #ThrillerWriters
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I was re-reading this book and love this poem by Lucy Dawkins. #PoetryCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
No matter how many years you write, it's still scary sending your work to someone to read! #WritersOfBlusky #WritingCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
What a lovely time sharing a workshop space with some writers for my Fahmidan Education workshop! Always nice to help others see their writing in a new way. #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🔥My workshop has been rescheduled for this Sunday - 2nd November at 4pm UK time! If you want to re-invent a piece of writing you're not that keen on and play around with your words, sign up now! #WritingWorkshops #PoetryCommunity Sign up: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I'm so sorry to ppl trying to access my workshop on Reinvention & iterations! There are some tech issues & I can't start the workshop! 😕 I was so excited to run this & I'm sorry to let people down. Hopefully we can re-schedule or pls contact Fahmidan Education re: a refund. #PoetryCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I'm running a workshop tomorrow #PoetryCommunity - are you coming along? 👀 #PoetsOfBluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#PoetsOfBluesky - don't forget to join me for a workshop this Sunday! It's going to be lots of fun! #poetrycommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Come join me this Sunday to rewrite a poem You're not so keen on and make something new! #PoetsOfBluesky #PoetryCommunity
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streetcake magazine @streetcakemag.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Don't forget to join our editor, Nikki, for a workshop on Sunday 26th Oct! #poetrycommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Want a unique Christmas present? Why not buy a signed copy of a book with a personal message? 📚 Grab a copy on my site and let me know the message you want. Grab yours here 👉 nikkidudleywriter.com
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Felt reckless this morning. Entered the National Poetry Competition. #PoetsOfBluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
OMG my website just renewed and I am poor. Please buy a book 📚 #ReadingCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Sadly a rejection for my collection from Broken Sleep but really pleased to be shortlisted! #PoetryCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Come join me on Oct 26th for a fun workshop, re-inventing a piece of writing you don't like as much! #poetrycommunity #writingworkshops
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I'll be running a workshop with @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social (Fahmidan Education) on Oct 26th on iterations and re-invetions. Bring a draft you don't like and let's have some fun! fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888... #PoetsOfBluesky #PoetryCommunity
Graphic with coloured boxes. Iterations & reinventions: a generative workshop - bring a poem you want to re-invent. Oct 26th 12pm EST / 5pm CET with Nikki Dudley. Image of a smiling woman in a dark dress.
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Just finished reading The Drift by CJ Tudor. Highly disturbing after Covid and lock downs etc but also really interesting! Definitely echos of The Last of Us in there. 4/5 #ReadingCommunity
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streetcake magazine @streetcakemag.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Hi community. We hate to ask this but our website just came up for renewal and again and it isn't cheap! So if you can spare a few ££s to help us keep streetcake going free for writers, that would be awesome. www.paypal.me/streetcakemag No pressure and we love you regardless! #LitMags
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Always so exciting when someone reads, and enjoys, your book! #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetryCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I got shortlisted by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social! I guess there are some benefits to rage-wriring a bunch of perimenopause poems 😂 May come to nothing but glad to be in the running. It's a real compliment to be shortlisted by BSB. #PoetsOfBluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
It's the official 40th today! 🎉 Already been overwhelmed with kind messages, gifts, hugs, and a yummy breakfast! Thank you all! Pleased to have done so much and have so many great people in my life at 40 ❤️ #Birthday #40thbirthday
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Still time to make an author's day for their birthday! #readingcommunity #signedbooks
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It's my birthday next week so here's my usual post! 🎉 If you want to do something nice for my birthday, pls buy a book, request it at the library, leave a review or recommend to a friend! I also write books as Elise Kenny if you'd like to check them out. Signed books on my site 🖊📚 #authorlife
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Heads up! My mag has a new issue... Hope you enjoy it 👇 #LitMags #WritingCommunity
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My son asked what my favourite place was as a kid and quickly added, "Don't say the library!" Sorry buddy, it was the library... #AuthorLife #Libraries
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Sometimes for a thriller writer, true crime stories really do act as a good muse 😂 It's frightening really. #Thrillers #AuthorsOfBluesky
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Editing: I love sending my works in progress to my e-reader and reading it like an already published book. Have you tried it? Helps me spot loads of errors 😂 #Writing #AuthorsOfBluesky #Editing
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Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Go see @jpseabright.bsky.social perform! They're very talented! #PoetsOfBlueSky
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