iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What a fantastic night! Thank you so much to @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social as well as everyone who attended, the lovely Waterstones staff & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

A photo of the five authors on a stage in front of an audience, in a bookshop

A photo of a table with books on: Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist, The Haunting of Avis Lovelock by MK Hardy, Splasher by Billie Host, Withered Hill by David Barnett

A photo of a table with books on: Withered Hill, Scuttler's Cove and Scratch Moss by David Barnett, Splasher by Billie Host and Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton

2217

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Absolutely brilliant event at Leeds Waterstones last night with @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social, @mkhardywrites.com and @whyiwrite.bsky.social, superbly organised by @katiebruce.bsky.social for the British Fantasy Society.

2245

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨TOMORROW!🚨 Spot three Solaris authors @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 's We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel! Leeds Waterstones, 10th Sept, 7pm Tickets: tinyurl.com/HorrorLeeds Ft: @davidmbarnett.bsky.social & @whyiwrite.bsky.social

0128

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨NEXT WEEK!🚨 Spot three Solaris authors @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 's We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel! Leeds Waterstones, 10th Sept, 7pm Tickets: tinyurl.com/HorrorLeeds Ft: @davidmbarnett.bsky.social & @whyiwrite.bsky.social

074

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just finished @whyiwrite.bsky.social 's Curdle Creek and it 100% deserved that Shirley Jackson award. #amreading

121

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Time for Cambridge University’s Centre for Creative Writing’s writing lunch. We’ll be writing on zoom til 1PM (BST). Bring your work in progress/writing appetite. Today’s prompt is seeds/the future is now. What happens when you reap what you sow? Message for the link #writer #community #amwriting

050

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We were at Barnsley Library earlier this afternoon with @whyiwrite.bsky.social talking about her career, life and books - Remembered and Curdle Creek, signed copies now in store! An interesting and engaging talk, more author visits to come in July. #choosebookshops #booksky

Photo of author Yvonne Battle-Felton near the start of the talk at Barnsley Library, seated with light wooden background walls, table and floors, with a small section of the audience in front of shot.

081

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Week Long Science Summer Camps for 'Junior Einsteins' aged 5 to 12. Lab coats on, goggles ready, big laughs, bigger wow moments. Plenty of outdoor fun Book junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com/scie… #junioreinsteins #summercamp #sciencecamp #kidscamp

151

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Darren Chetty @darrenchetty.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A few tickets left for our Community Conversation on Speculative Fiction and Colonialism in children's literature. Join the conversation along with teachers, readers, publishers and some of the finest current children's authors!

043

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

And we have one more event in Yorkshire this year! We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel Leeds Waterstones, Thursday 10th September, 7pm @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @whyiwrite.bsky.social

Shown is a black and white graphic of thorny branches. Photos: David Moss and the cover of Scratch Moss (top left), Rhiannon Grist and the cover of Home Sick (top right); the two authors that make up MK Hardy and the cover of The Haunting of Avis Lovelock (bottom left) Yvonne Battle-Felton and the cover of Curdle Creek (bottom right).

1910

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It’s time for the Centre for Creative Writing’s writing lunch. We’ll be writing on zoom from 12-1PM (BST). Bring your work in progress or your writing appetite. Today’s prompt is “oceans/water” loosely interpreted. Register here for the link: bit.ly/PACEwritingl...

bit.ly

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Creative Write-In. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Weekly writing lunch on Zoom.

000

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I love being read to. So of course I host a monthly storytelling open mic where people read from their works in progress or published pieces. Poetry, fiction, true stories, hybrid. It’s tonight 7:30-8:30 BST. If you’d like to listen or for a five-minute open mic slot, let me know.

Calico cat resting on an open book staring into the distance in “this is a comfy spot”

012

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

In the latest episode of Bookable Space with Yvonne Battle-Felton we're joined by Robbie Bach reading The Blockchain Syndicate. Listen to the full podcast shows.acast.com/bookable-spa... (video made with headliner.) #amwriting #reading #books

shows.acast.com

Bookable Space with Robbie Bach | Bookable Space: A Space to Launch (and re-launch) Books

The Block Chain Syndicate

010

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I’m reading an arc of Good Good Loving by Yvvette Edwards for today’s Every Other Sunday book club. It’s a read your own book club where everyone reads what they want for two hours wherever they are. I’d love to read with you for the next hour and a half and then talk books here #amreading

010

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The Cambridge University Centre for Creative Writing's In Your Own Words Storytelling Open Mic is back. Join us as we shelter from the storms with a night of stories in all of their forms. Readers might share poetry, true stories, fiction, scripts, or anything in between.

emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: In Your Own Words Storytelling Open Mic . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

A monthly storytelling open mic hosted by the Creative Writing Centre at Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education

010

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing, taking place Saturday 10th January 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings. Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social

1106

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Write with me! I’m hosting a 12-hour online NYE writing party from 12PM-Midnight (GMT) and a midnight open mic. It’s on zoom. You can be anywhere. This is a year of some of my favorite videos. Let me know if you’d like the zoom link.

110

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The auction ends tonight. I'd love to help you celebrate your book. Don't have a book to celebrate? It's holiday season. The gift of a book launch could be just what the writer in your life needs. You can support a good cause and celebrate your own or someone else's writing.

020

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

It's Small Business Saturday! We know Amazon serves up irresistible deals, but a closer look at the label reveals unsavoury ingredients - including tax avoidance, worker mistreatment, and a deeply corrosive impact on our community shops. Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

01912

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Creatives have donated books, yoga, mentoring, editing, photoshoots, and more to raise funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. I donated support for your launch or post-publication book party. Help organizing, marketing, hosting, and celebrating. Bid here app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

042

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Did you know I host a bi-weekly online book club where readers read what ever book they want to read and then talk about it (or not)? I’ll be reading from 6-8 PM. I hope you’ll join me for two hours wherever (and whenever) you are #books #reading #bookclub

030

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It's time for Season IV of Bookable Space! We're talking about spaces and places. Check out the latest episode of Bookable Space with Wendy Pratt. Wendy reads to us from The Ghost Lake. Listen to the full podcast here #books #reading shows.acast.com/bookable-spa...

020

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Read with me! I'll be reading Black Wood Women by Michael Stewart. If you'd like to join me for some quiet reading, I'll be reading in Zoom from 6-8 PM (GMT). If you'd like to join me, let me know. Whether you join me in zoom or read later, what are you reading? #readers #bookclub

bit.ly

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.

010

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’m throwing a birthday party with a ghost story open mic for myself and for Curdle Creek on Halloween. It’s in Leeds. If you’d like to help us celebrate, order your free ticket(s) on Eventbrite.

031

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Do I know any cover singers near Leeds? I’m throwing myself a birthday party/book party on Halloween with readings and a ghost story open mic. My budget is £150. I’d like jazz and R&B music. If you’d like to share a 3-5 minute ghost story, let me know #birthday #leeds #party

021

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

For as long as I can remember I’ve told myself I am not a 5 AM writer. I’m challenging myself to break this myth or to see if it’s true. I’m writing from 5:05 (or so)-6 AM (BST/GMT). You can join me in zoom or write with me from wherever/whenever you are. If you'd like the link, let me know #Writers

030

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Crime Writers of Color @crimewoc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Happy release day to @shellystrattonbook.bsky.social for IN DEADLY COMPANY! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-deadly-...

Happy release day on brick background. Book cover of IN DEADLY COMPANY by L.S. Stratton with a woman opening a red envelope with palm trees behind her. Crime Writers of Color in magnifying glass.

152

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Crime Writers of Color @crimewoc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Happy release day to @cindyfazzi.bsky.social for DOMINGO THE BOUNTY HUNTER (2 book series) DANGER NO PROBLEM and SUNDAY OR THE HIGHWAY! www.amazon.com/Domingo-the-...

Danger No Problem and Sunday or the Highway book covers on brick b/g with Crime Writers of Color in magnifying glass.

083

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Crime Writers of Color @crimewoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Happy release day to Lisa Siefert for THE WITCH WEARS PRADA! www.amazon.com/Witch-Wears-...

Happy release day on brick b/g with book cover for THE WITCH WEARS PRADA by Lisa Siefert of a cat, cupcake, and candles. Crime Writers of Color in magnifying glass.

163

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Crime Writers of Color @crimewoc.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Happy release day to Michelle Corbier for MURDER AT THE WRITERS CONFERENCE! michellecorbier.com/books/write-...

Happy release day on brick b/g with book cover of group of people for MURDER AT THE WRITERS CONFERENCE by Michelle Corbier. Crime Writers of Color in magnifying glass.

162

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Busy for the next 15 hours or so? Check this out!

121

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Write with us! We're celebrating 20 years of BBC Short Story Awards with 20 Prompts and 20 Hours of Writing. We're in number 5. It's a drop-in session on zoom. Write for a while, write for a little. Bring a work in progress or use our writing prompts. #WritingCommunity bit.ly/20Hours20Pro...

bit.ly

Events

040

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

HarperStacks @harperstacks.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

ANOTHER by @paultremblay.bsky.social is officially a New York Times bestseller! 🥳📚

1104

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

It's time for Every Other Sunday book club. A book club where we read what ever book we want on Sundays from 6-8 PM (BST) and then talk about them. I'm reading Give Him to Me by Dorothy Koomson. If you're reading today, what are you reading? #books

020

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

tonight, 7:30-8:30 PM (BST). Join us for a night of stories (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry at In Your Own Words storytelling open mic. All are welcome to listen. To join us in zoom, please register in advance: bit.ly/CentreforCWS...

bit.ly

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: In Your Own Words Storytelling Open Mic . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

A monthly storytelling open mic hosted by the Creative Writing Centre at Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education

010

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

There’s still time to join us. Bring your writing appetite and your work in progress. Don’t have something to work on? Today’s prompt is “kindness”. We’ll be writing in zoom until 1 PM (BST). I hope you can join us. #amwriting bit.ly/creativewrit...

040

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Nora Glass @noraglass.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Congratulations on winning the Shirley Jackson Award! Well deserved! Curdle Creek was definitely creepy, and the story was unique! It's a wonderful book, well worth re-reading.

111

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

@Loudmouthkid62 @loudmouthkid62.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Congratulations @whyiwrite.bsky.social!! #CurdleCreek won #BestNovel at the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards! #Horror #Gothic For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way. Purchase: bit.ly/3GS3nYn

us.macmillan.com

Curdle Creek

Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chillin...

131

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This is your invitation to join the Centre for Creative Writing at Cambridge Uni for an hour of lunchtime writing. We’ll be writing from 12PM-1PM BST on zoom. Don’t have anything to work on? Today’s prompt is “Instincts” (loosely interpreted). Msg me if you would like the zoom link.

0145

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

It's Every Other Sunday, my day for quiet reading. I'm reading from 6-8 PM (BST). Feel free to join me when and where you are. Today, I'm reading The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien. What are you reading?

020

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Inkfish Magazine @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

"Yvonne Battle-Felton’s Curdle Creek is a fever-dream odyssey that begins in an all-Black town governed by nightmarish traditions and spirals into something far more expansive and terrifying." Read our Review of Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social buff.ly/TpVNzQu

122

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Curdle Creek has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson awards and I’m just going to sit this beautiful graphic right here to celebrate.

2161

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I’m reading from 6-8 PM (BST) on Zoom. It’s quiet reading where we read the book of our choice and then have a short chat about it. If you’d like to join me, message me for the link. Whether you read with me or not, if you're reading today, I'd love to know what you're reading.

253

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This #30DaysWild, discover the incredible world of insects, why they matter and how you can help them thrive. 👉 Get your FREE Action for Insects guide: buff.ly/sm2BpMN buff.ly/sm2BpMN

1143

Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Write with @litandcw_ice! We’ll be writing from 12PM-1PM BST. Bring your work in progress and your writing appetite. Don’t have anything to work on? Today’s prompt is Summer. To join us on zoom, please register in advance for the link bit.ly/creativewrit... #amwriting #Writer

bit.ly

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Creative Write-In. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Weekly writing lunch on Zoom.

010

Reposted by Yvonne Battle-Felton

Sandra, present perfect @sgwong.com · 15/06/2025

Here’s a nifty thing: I have “an airport book”! 🤓 A friend snapped this at #YVR yesterday to show my book displayed prominently (!!) in a promo and in fine company too (Book details: sgwong.com/books/in-the...)

Photo of a bookshelf at Vancouver International Airport with my novel IN THE DARK WE FORGET among others such as SONG OF ACHILLES, FIVE LITTLE INDIANS, and THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, all with stickers that read “2 for $40”

5273