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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Come along to the Arts, Crafts & Books Fair at the Mini Arts Festival on Sun 31 May, Robinson Institute, Glaisdale. There'll be a bookstall from Jenna Warren of Saltburn's Book Corner, author talks & open mic, and a talk about Dancing in Heaven at 2.15pm. 3-minutearts.uk/maf-weekend/

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Looking forward to running Writing the Bay - a two-hour creative writing workshop prompted by Robin Hood's Bay. Saturday 23 May 2026, 5.30-7.30 pm in Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire. Part of the 3-Minute Arts Mini Arts Festival. More details here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/the-writers-...

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The Best Lovers Are Good With Their Hands - a story of a young Deaf gay man with AIDS and the sign language interpreter who befriends him. BSL interpreted performance at the Stephen Joseph Theatre as part of The Scarborough Playwrights’ Room Showcase, 6 May, 7.45 pm sjt.uk.com/events/the-s...

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A wonderful and moving review of Dancing in Heaven from a reader reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/dih/

A wonderful and moving review of Dancing in Heaven from a reader:

"This is a sensitive and poignant book with a rich seam of lived experiences from different perspectives. Thank you Suzanne for publishing this beautiful book. I will take it to my bereavement cafés to share with my members to read. Keep up the good work in enabling people's stories to be told."

https://reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/dih/

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'm writing a book about boobies, a word I have never used this often before. Blame Stranger Things. It will sit between fact & fiction, be bittersweet & hopefully be a performance too. I’m looking for stories. Have a read of the blog & get in touch. www.thehouseofcorrection.com/the-writers-...

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Boobies

See, I knew that would attract your attention. I'm working on a book with the working title 'Breasting Boobily', and it's about boobies.

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I'm trusting it, ok? 😬

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A great workshop in York on Saturday. The next one will be Writing the Bay, a two-hour creative writing workshop prompted by Robin Hood'sBay, 5.30-7.30 pm on Saturday 23 May. Booking essential - more details: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/writing...

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Wonderful time at the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival yesterday in York. For anyone who missed my talk on Dancing in Heaven, here it is (Thank you to @kestr.al of @reconnectingrainbo.ws for the recording) www.youtube.com/shorts/5nQFp...

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My talk on Dancing in Heaven at Jupiter Cloud Book Festival, York, 28 February 2026

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

For LGBT+ History Month (#LGBTplusHM), Jo Sedley-Burke & I chatted about the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS crisis, grief, queer widowhood & my book Dancing in Heaven, interspersed by the barks of my born-deaf show cocker spaniel. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xz...

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

There's a fabulous lineup of writers at the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival coming up this Saturday in York - find out more about the talks and workshops here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter... And PS - get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jupiter-cl...

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Reconnecting Rainbows Press will be at the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival in York - come along to see their range of amazing books from #LGBTQ authors, as well as 29 other amazing authors, presses and bookish vendors 28 February 2026, 11am-5pm, St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ @reconnectingrainbo.ws

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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

'By using words well, writers strengthen their souls... And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.’ — Ursula K. Le Guin youtube.com/shorts/ePEpI...

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Twenty-Eight by Kestral Gaian (@kestr.al) and published by Reconnecting Rainbows Press (@reconnectingrainbo.ws) is on my TBR pile - an anthology of works by the survivors of the Section 28 era. The don't say gay law affects the #LGBTQIA community still reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/twentye...

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Twenty-Eight – Reconnecting Rainbows Press

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Clue number two...

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Bum in chair. Cuppa in hand. Words out of brain. Stop wafting around waiting for inspiration. Just sit your arse down and write. (We've got just the thing for that. Low-cost, one-day, procrastination-busting writing retreats across the UK every single month. writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...)

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I'm off to York on 28 February to have a stall at a book festival for the first time. Come along to Jupiter Cloud Book Festival, run by the amazing Romy Morgan, to hear talks, attend workshops & buy books from me & a lot of other amazing authors. www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...

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Jupiter Cloud Book Festival - Workshops, talks and performaNces

Jupiter Cloud Book Festival: 28 February 2026, 11am to 5pm. St Saviourgate Venue, Central Methodist Church, St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ Find out more on the Jupiter Cloud website and book your...

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Awww yeah!

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Jupiter Cloud Book Festival is happening soon! More details here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...

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National AIDS Trust @nat.org.uk · 03/02/2026

It's LGBT+ History Month! @lgbthm.bsky.social With the theme of science & innovation, we'll reflect on how the LGBT+ community has fought long and hard to ensure that those living with #HIV can access treatment and live well without fear of discrimination or stigma. #LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26

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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

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LGBT+ History Month UK @lgbthm.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The theme for LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is ‘Science and Innovation’. The new badge is available from our website (lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/shop/). Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history... #LGBTQIA #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

Graphic promoting the the theme of LGBT+ History Month UK 2026: Science and innovation. it includes the five figures for the year: Barbara Burford, a medical researcher who established NHS equality and diversity guidelines
Charles Beyer, a locomotive engineer and a founding member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Elke Mackenzie, a botanist who researched lichens in Antarctica
Jemma Redmond, a biotechnologist who developed 3D bioprinters to create tissues and organs
Robert Boyle, a founder of modern chemistry and of the modern scientific method

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I'm a science writer as well as a fiction writer. I'm researching queer people in history for a book in between writing articles for clients. The theme for this year's #LGBTplusHM26 has brought both sides of my writing life together & it has made me happy lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...

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LGBT+ History Month 2026 - LGBT+ History Month

If you’d like to donate to support our work, click here to donate via PayPal. Free Schools Presentation For 2026 we are able to offer free LGBT+ History Month presentations for secondary schools, prid...

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Owen Exie Hurcum 💜🤍💙🍉 @owenexiehurcum.com · 04/02/2026

Sorting out my ppt for my public talk at the University of Leicester School of Heritage and Culture's Wednesday Seminar Series on the 11th of this month at 16:30. If you'd like to attend either in person or online, then you can email the organisers for all the info: shac-wedseminar@leicester.ac.uk

Photograph of a PowerPoint Title slide. The title reads "From 'mannish houswives' and 'Honorary males' to 'non-binary' and 'intersex' - A Tumultuous Tales of Terms in Gender Archaeology" and is accompanied by a meme of three spidermen pointing at eachother each labeled with a different term from 1990s Gender Archaeology

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Next Thursday I shall be at The Writing Shed in Hornsey with the fabulous Clara-Laeila Laudette. Hope to see some of you there! Info and tickets here and in bio www.outsavvy.com/event/32841/...

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Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Who needs weekends? Who needs to spend time with other human beings? Weaklings, that's who. If you need me, you'll find me bashing through a script: nycmidnight.com/scc

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The Screenwriting Challenge — nycmidnight

The Screenwriting Challenge is an annual screenplay competition that challenges writers around the world to create short screenplays based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...

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Kestral Gaian @kestr.al · 10/02/2026

Stunned, really. I'm so glad that the story is resonating with people! I love my gay little book.

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

You won't believe this technique for getting your novel written ➡️

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

In 1981, the medical journal The Lancet reported the first case of AIDS in the UK. By the end of the decade, hundreds were dead: mostly young, mostly gay, mostly men. www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...

Text over newspaper tabloid headlines about AIDS from the 1980s

Text says "Dancing in Heaven celebrates the voices of the women who were there during the HIV/AIDS crisis."

Text over newspaper tabloid headlines about AIDS from the 1980s

Text says "While the monologues are fiction, the stories are very real."

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The last piece of writing advice you'll ever need →

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The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Send us your #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Poetry or #Novel entries by the end of May! £20K total prize pot! All entry info at bridportprize.org.uk ✍️✨

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

As well as writing fiction I also write about grief at The Widow's Handbook (@widowshandbook.bsky.social) and loved Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast

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Christopher Fielden @christopherfielden.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We Want Another World “Fight for another world, write for another world!” or “How an individual can make a change” short story competition is open until 31st May 2026. 25,000 words. Free to enter. Top prize is one year of writing guidance. wewantanotherworld.nu/short-story-...

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Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"I’d like to forget what happened to Javi but he’s more inescapable since his deportation than when he lived three miles away. Can you be haunted by someone who isn’t dead?" Ghosted, my story of infatuation, heartbreak, consequences, activism & deportation in the US forgelitmag.com/2026/01/26/g...

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Ghosted - The Forge Literary Magazine

Ghosted, a short story by Jaime Gill

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Want to know the writing industry's best kept secret that all published authors should know?

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R.N. Morris @rnmorris.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Today's tip is in answer to @markpatricklynch.bsky.social who asked "Col, I have a great idea for a novel but no time to write it. If I share the idea with you and you write it, we can share the millions it will make 50/50. How does that sound?"

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Jaimes H-Y @jaimeshy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

My new flash fiction collection, Hymn, Incantation, Lullaby, comes out this Sunday!! These twisted tales cover many of my favorite subjects: insanity, questionable life choices, the collapse of civilization, and lesbians. Stay tuned for the big drop

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

f you read that Guardian article about writing retreats, please don’t panic. You can absolutely write your novel in short snatches of time and you don’t need to bankrupt yourself going on repeated super fancy writing retreats 🧵

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

YOU WILL NEVER STOP ME

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 25/01/2026

Inspired by @garethlpowell.bsky.social, I made miniature books of my OWN books or the latest book nook. Words cannot express how enormously pleasing this is to me!!

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Today's shortlisted story is "If we'd said yes when you rang home to borrow four hundred dollars" by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social. A one-sentence marvel full of so much sadness and yearning: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

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If we'd said yes when you rang home to borrow four hundred dollars | MattKendrick.co.uk

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Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A sad & dark moment to release a story about deportations & activism (as well as infatuation & betrayal) but ‘Ghosted’ was written/scheduled 5 months ago and is still horribly pertinent. I’m so grateful to The Forge for publishing this and interviewing me. My website & newsletter: jaimegill.com

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Back in November, I performed a specially written monologue for Roots at York Theatre Royal and the Stephen Joseph theatre (@thesjt.bsky.social) for Queer Spaces: Climate Pride. It was filmed at York, and here it is. www.rootstouring.com/queer-spaces...

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Queer Spaces Climate Pride | Roots

Queer Spaces Climate Pride at York Theatre Royal and the Stephen Joseph Theatre, produced by Roots.

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Suzanne Elvidge (she/her) @suzannewriter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

3-Minute Arts is looking for original plays, stories and songs that last approximately 3 minutes. Deadline is 15 Feb 2026 Winning plays, stories & songs will receive a cash prize and be performed at the Mini Arts Festival, Glaisdale, 29–31 May 2026 3-minutearts.uk/writing-comp...

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