Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 1d

writershq.co.uk/online-writi...

I’m hosting today’s retreat. It’s free and we start at 10am! Come and join me… you can wear yr jammies all day and get GOLD STARS for writing a bazillion words! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #perfectsaturday

@writershq.bsky.social

Online writing retreats

Super-productive, super-friendly, super-free online writing retreats. Write thousands of words from the comfort of your own pyjamas.

writershq.co.uk

2 4

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

The Braag | Press & Journal @thebraag.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hello, friends! The Braag is a Newcastle based small press and journal. We sell amazing speculative fiction and poetry - our vibe is weird, wild and beautifully presented! You can shop our books at thebraag.co, we also run the micro-journal Carmen et Error and work with writers across the world.

The Braag Presents

We were established in October 2020 in a moment of dazzling common sense and against government advice to retrain as something practical—such as an umbrella, or an exceptionally short lamp post.

thebraag.co

1 4 16

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 3d

My writing is all powered by spite and rage so i'm into this idea; and if anyone can teach you how to channel it it's Mark. For the uninitiated, All My Precious Madness is one of the best novels of the last coupla years, packed with splenetic vituperation. Had me howling. Check it out 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 3d

Only 5 places left for Writing From Rage with @markabowles.bsky.social!

Our events really do sell out fast, so don't delay if you want to come to this or the salon after.

(Paris and Madrid fully sold out)

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 5d

✨EWS DOUBLE BILLING✨

Writing From Rage: Turning Fury Into Form
with Mark Bowles
26 November 2025
6-7:30pm GMT

&

Pop-up Salon: London with Insurgent Press
26 November 2025
8-10pm GMT

Both at:
The Queens Larder, 1 Queen Square WC1N 3AR

🎟️Tickets together or separate – see below

4 12

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 3d

Lol it would probably be a whole lot better 🤣🤣🤣🤣

1

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 3d

Still thinkin! Maybe time to do the doin? #stopdithering

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · Jul 7

I’m thinking about sending my short story cycle ‘Sea Fret’ out on submission. It’s set in the North East, full of vivid landscapes and dialect and it’s written from the very bones of me. -just thinking about it, mind , let’s not get too carried away! ☺️

7

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 3d

writershq.co.uk/whq-event/flas…
Spooky season is upon us & I'll be hosting the Writers' HQ annual Halloween Flash Face Off open mic event. Bring your creepiest tale of up to 300 words and take part in Madame Morte's Victorian Séance! It's Free to attend! Follow the link for more details!

https://writershq.co.uk/whq-event/flas…

1 2

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · Sep 1

My debut pamphlet, The First Thirty Years EP, is out now. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

'Barrett writes with formal agility and emotional charge, drawing lines between private collapse and public failure without sacrificing lyrical control.'

Adam Barrett - The First Thirty Years EP | Broken Sleep Books

Adam Barrett’s The First Thirty Years EP is a taut, propulsive collection that fuses poetic memoir with political indictment, navigating masculinity, class, and grief through the lens of North East En...

www.brokensleepbooks.com

1 1 4

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 17d

@terryholland.bsky.social I feel like you would love this!

1 2

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 17d

Phew! Survived my third year progress review!! Celebrating with cold beer and chocolate! 🎉🎉🎉 #PhDlife

a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing in a hallway .

ALT: a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing in a hallway .

media.tenor.com

1 13

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 23d

🤣🤣🤣🤣 it’s a sure-fire recipe for disaster!!

a man in an ugly christmas sweater is holding a stuffed chicken on a string .

ALT: a man in an ugly christmas sweater is holding a stuffed chicken on a string .

media.tenor.com

1

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 24d

Guys something weird is going on. @kathyhoyle.bsky.social not only has SLIDES for her workshop tonight but she's sent them to us AHEAD OF TIME. What in the worldy world world is this timeline?!

1 1 4

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 25d

writershq.co.uk/whq-event/st...

I’m running a workshop on subverting stereotypical working-class tropes over @writershq.bsky.social this Thursday (18th September) - come and join me!

Stereotypical Tropes in Working Class Writing with Kathy Hoyle - Writers' HQ

Explore working-class stereotypes and how we can subvert the traditional tropes of poverty, misery and hopeless characters and instead write rich, vibrant stories that cover the vast breadth of the wo...

writershq.co.uk

3 7

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Writing as Resistance Festival starts today with a FREE creative writing workshop.

Join us for Writing Through The Apocalypse where we're going to explore why stories are important, how can we get deeper into our own writing practice to find deeper...

2 3 9

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · Aug 29

How did I make literary magazine rejections into a game? You can read about it here, with awesome contributions from @electrarhodes.bsky.social, @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social and @aniking.bsky.social and a cameo from @lindzmcleod.bsky.social:

tyrtle.com/2025/08/29/s...

#WritingCommunity #LitMags

How I Made Literary Magazine Rejections Into a Game - Sage Tyrtle

About a year ago I was at the best sushi restaurant in Toronto. It was my birthday. I was there with my family, and the unagi was so good my […]

tyrtle.com

12 12 52

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · Aug 27

Good luck!! 🍀🍀🍀

2

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · Aug 27

👍👍👍

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sent some writing subs out today -I’m a sucker for punishment!! 😜😜

a woman says i believe in myself in a green top

ALT: a woman says i believe in myself in a green top

media.tenor.com

2 13

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Back from holidays to find these two beauties waiting for me. Thank you Northern Gravy for featuring my stories in your gorgeous anthologies. If you’d like a copy you can order here : northerngravy.com/shop/?fbclid...

1 3

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · Aug 4

152 copies of Ghost Signs sold last year and only ONE e-book. Total royalties for 2024/5, eighty three quid 😭 anyone wants to help feed my kids and pay the mortgage, both of which are killing me, you can get it from all the usual bookshops and online outlets.

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...

Ghost Signs: Poverty and the Pandemic a book by Stu Hennigan.

"When Covid struck in early 2020, librarian Stu Hennigan volunteered to deliver food parcels to vulnerable people in Leeds who were self-isolating and had no other access to food during the savage day...

uk.bookshop.org

5 34 59

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our annual short story contest is open NOW through October 31st. Send us your best!

Find all guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

1 12 26

Reposted by Kathy Hoyle

Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · Aug 6

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

150 6.5K 18K

Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · Aug 5

Writers of speculative fiction or fiction that doesn't quite fit a 'genre', take a look at this! - An offshoot of the brilliant The Fiction Desk, Uncertain Stories now publishes gorgeous anthologies. You can submit short fiction of up to 15,000 words!
t.co/XioNfedZp0

https://www.uncertainstories.com/short-stories/

t.co

4