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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 21h

Meet the #HAUNTEDANDhunted #Halloween Talent 3!
Kate Griffiths-Lambeth's INTEGRATED is read by Gloria Sanders TOMORROW, Tue 14 Oct at The Phoenix, W1

Leo & Clara's futuristic home is the perfect servant - till it starts to take control ...

Info & £5 tickets here: liarsleague.com/2025/10/03/n...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 1d

Meet the #HAUNTEDandHUNTED #Halloween #Shortstories Talent 2: Katty Pearce's Victorian #ArcticHorror MAGNITUDE is read by @timlarkfield.bsky.social this Tue 14 Oct at The Phoenix, W1.

"The ice is full of horrors ... God help you if you find ..."

More info & £5 tix: liarsleague.com/2025/10/03/n...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 2d

Meet the #HAUNTEDandHUNTED #Halloween Talent 1! LL debutante author Lily Mac's techno-terror tale THE KEY is read by @carriecohen01.bsky.social Tue 14 Oct at The Phoenix W1

*When your smart doorbell senses motion, but nobody's there - DON'T go out to look*

£5 TIX: liarsleague.com/2025/10/03/n...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 3d

🎃We're thrilled & chilled to reveal the ghastly CAST, sinister SHORTLIST & loathsome LONGLIST for #HAUNTEDandHUNTED, our #Halloween spookstravaganza (not a word/now a word) THIS Tue 14 Oct @The Phoenix, W1 🎃
liarsleague.com/2025/10/03/n...

Hurrah @timlarkfield.bsky.social @carriecohen01.bsky.social

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 6d

More info & £5 tickets here:
liarsleague.com/2025/10/03/nex…

NB the event page isn’t yet updated to include INTEGRATED but we SWEAR we’re gonna read it

NB2 @DaveMcgrath1’s story is actually called “So I take the bus up to Drogheda” but who can fit that in a post?!

🎉CONGRATS ALL!!!🎃

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 6d

🥁DRUMROLL PLEASE!🥁

The WINNING STORIES

for the #HAUNTEDandHUNTED #Halloween SPECIAL

Next Tue Oct 14

at The Phoenix

are:

MAGNITUDE- Katty Pearce
DROGHEDA- David McGrath
THE KEY- Lily Mac
THE BEAR-SKIN- David Klotzkin
INTEGRATED- Kate Griffiths-Lambeth

liarsleague.com/2025/10/03/n...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 19d

LL UPDATE: Our terrified judges are hiding behind the sofa reading stories for our next event, #HauntedAndHunted, on Tue 14 Oct at The Phoenix, W1.

We'll announce the winning stories, longlist & shortlist next week on our BRAND NEW WORDPRESS WEBSITE & can't wait to scare your pants off!

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Sep 7

Last story from our #JaneAusten show & LAST CALL for our #HAUNTEDandHUNTED theme: 800-2000w, deadline 11.59pm UK time TONIGHT Sun 7 Sep! www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

Need inspiration? Aïsha Kent reads SHOTS & SHAMELESSNESS by @donnatracywriter.bsky.social www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Sep 5

Friday's #JaneAusten inspired fiction is the awardwinning
@clairelouiseamias.bsky.social reading Lauren Van Schaik's snappy satire ABDUCTIONS & ADAPTATIONS liarsleague.co.uk/2025/08/25/a...
PLUS our #HAUNTEDandHUNTED theme deadline is THIS SUN 7 Sep: submit here liarsleague.co.uk/2008/04/03/f...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 31

More #JaneAusten inspired goodness! Lucy Mabbitt reads @hannahahahah.bsky.social TO KEEP YOU AS MY OWN: desire vs duty in Georgian England.
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

PLUS submissions for our next theme #HAUNTEDandHUNTED close next Sun 7th Sep: submit here
liarsleague.com/liars_league...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 30

Another #JaneAusten inspired story is up! @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social's DICTIONARY OF DAYS, read by @margaretashleyvo.bsky.social
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

ALSO subs for our next theme, #HAUNTEDandHUNTED, close next Sunday 7th September - submit here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 28

READERS REJOICE!
SHOTS & SHAMELESSNESS by @donnatracywriter.bsky.social read by Aisha Kent at our #JaneAusten special is online here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

WRITERS WRESPOND!
Subs for next theme, HAUNTED & HUNTED, close next Sun 7 Sep - more here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hey reader! SUITORS & SUITABILITY by Amy Eddings, read by @clairelacey.bsky.social at our #JaneAusten special is now online here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

Hey writer! Submissions for our next theme, HAUNTED & HUNTED, close next Sun 7 Sept - more here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 25

Relax into your Bank Holiday evening with a sweet sextet of #JaneAusten inspired stories: www.liarsleague.com/liars_league... Feat.
@donnatracywriter.bsky.social @clairelacey.bsky.social @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social @margaretashleyvo.bsky.social @hannahahahah.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 25

Relax into your Bank Holiday evening with a sweet sextet of #JaneAusten inspired stories: www.liarsleague.com/liars_league... Feat.
@donnatracywriter.bsky.social @clairelacey.bsky.social @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social @margaretashleyvo.bsky.social @hannahahahah.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 21

A modern mum rereading #PrideAndPrejudice realises with horror she's the same age as Lizzie's mother. Is she becoming ... Mrs Bennet?!

Our final #JaneAusten inspired #WomenAndGirls vid is WHICH PRIDE & PREJUDICE CHARACTER ARE YOU? by Sarah Courtauld, read by Katy Darby youtu.be/USq7745iz_w

WHICH PRIDE & PREJUDICE CHARACTER ARE YOU? A Jane Austen inspired short story by Sarah Courtauld

YouTube video by Liars' League

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 19

5th video from the SOLD OUT #WomenAndGirls x #JaneAusten show at The Phoenix is ABDUCTIONS & ADAPTATIONS by Lauren Van Schaik, read by awardwinning actress Claire Louise Amias. A desperate Assistant Director turns criminal to find the perfect Darcy for her #PrideAndPrejudice
youtu.be/tXbVCSfterk?...

ABDUCTIONS & ADAPTATIONS, an Austen inspired story by Lauren Van Schaik, read by Claire Louise Amias

YouTube video by Liars' League

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our 4th video from #WomenAndGirls x #JaneAusten at The Phoenix is actress Margaret Ashley reading @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social's moving #flashfiction DICTIONARY OF DAYS, charting a life (& the leaving of it) through an #Austen lens.
youtu.be/af1XLadXnhM
#liarsleague #austen250 #Austen

DICTIONARY OF DAYS - a Jane Austen inspired short story by Rosaleen Lynch, read by Margaret Ashley

YouTube video by Liars' League

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sunday's video (#3!) from #WomenAndGirls x #JaneAusten at The Phoenix is TO KEEP YOU AS MY OWN by @hannahahahah.bsky.social read by Lucy Mabbitt. Loneliness & unspoken love bind companion Saffy & her mistress together: will duty tear them apart? youtu.be/_OSBxYXoUvQ?...
#liarsleague #Austen250

TO KEEP YOU AS MY OWN Jane Austen inspired short story by Hannah Allies Minford read by Lucy Mabbitt

YouTube video by Liars' League

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 15

Video 2 from #WomenAndGirls x #JaneAusten is SUITORS & SUITABILITY by Amy Eddings read by @clairelacey.bsky.social Husband-hunting is a serious business, so why won't Regency belle Lucia take it seriously? Quadrilles, family secrets, unsuitable French novels & swooning at balls.
youtu.be/o1_ri4ine30

SUITORS & SUITABILITY - a Jane Austen inspired short story by Amy Eddings, read by Claire Lacey

YouTube video by Liars' League

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 14

SHE'S HERE!
Lyds Bennet for GenZ slays at the Netherfield Ball in the #JaneAusten inspired short story SHOTS & SHAMELESSNESS by @donnatracywriter.bsky.social read by amazing #LiarsLeague actress Aïsha Kent. No cap, it's dope. youtu.be/S0j34vbwunc
#WomenAndGirls #Austen250

SHOTS & SHAMELESSNESS - a Jane Austen inspired short story by Donna Tracy, read by Aïsha Kent

YouTube video by Liars' League

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 13

📸 Photos from last night’s SOLD OUT #LiarsLeague #WomenAndGirls x #JaneAusten show of readings by our amazing actresses! 📚6 Austen-inspired #shortstories by authors including @hannahahahah.bsky.social @donnatracywriter.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social - check out story videos on YouTube soon!

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 11

(2/2) She is a graduate of Kent Uni & also top UK drama school Rose Bruford (taking the MA in Collaborative Theatre Making), where she won the Change Maker Award from Bernadine Evaristo for being an exemplar in inclusion and diversity. #liarsleague #JaneAusten

NEXT EVENT: Women & Girls - Jane Austen Special on Tue 12 August

2025 is Jane Austen's 250th birthday, & our 9th annual Women & Girls event is celebrating with 6 original Austen-inspired stories. WINNING STORIES "To Keep You As My Own" by Hannah Allies Minford, rea...

www.liarsleague.com

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Liars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · Aug 11

BIO: London-based actor & theatre-maker Aïsha Kent’s theatrical roles include Ariel, Lady Macbeth & the Cat in the Hat. She’s a Creative producer of the Poetry Brothel, where she performs as Sauvage de Sade. She’s a graduate of Kent Uni (1/2).

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