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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Yayyyy!!! I’m beyond excited to win #Hashtag2025! Im looking forward to introducing a whole new type of genie into the world.🧞‍♂️😍🥰🎉🎉🎉🎉. Thanks to Helen and Abiola @hashtag_press for this fantastic opportunity.

#writing #mgwriter #mgbookstagram #booksforchildren

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · 8d

#nationalpoetryday #poetry

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · 9d

Aw… I’m sure the wind will change! 🤞🏼🤞🏼xx

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · 10d

So chuffed to be on this longlist! Thank you! 🎉🎉 #writing #writingpoetry #poetry

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Sep 3

The books for this month:
Northern Boy
Secrets on the Shore is the MG read
The Count of Monte cristo - part research and part classic read
#amrreading
#books

Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s a good start!

Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Sep 2

This months’s poetry read #poetry #reading #writing

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’m writing something new and someone said it had a feel of Bel Canto so it is my current read.
#wip #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #Reading

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Aug 16

No idea what Alexa translated as cockerel 😂🤨 #writingcommunity #writing #alexa #writingprompts

Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Aug 15

Picnic and foraging in between editing/reading/writing. #writing #reading #foraging

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Jul 30

The #MerkyBooks New Writers’ Prize is back for another year 🎉🙌

Open to all Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic writers, aged 18-35, un-agented and unpublished.

🗓️ Submissions close on 26 August. Apply now: www.penguin.co.uk/about/publis...

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jul 26

The poetry read for this month #poetry

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Roxie Key #TheDeadlySpark 🔥 @roxiekey.bsky.social · Jul 17

You probably haven't heard of me, right? So, why hire me? Great customer feedback speaks volumes! I may be new to freelance copywriting (also editing and designing!), but I have very happy clientsIf you need a copywriter (and published author) ready to impress, I'm your gal! #FreelanceCopywriter

Five stars on a yellow background, with the testimonial: "I was impressed by the level of detail and care Roxie took."

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jul 17

Super proud to be on the #hashtag2025 shortlist #writing #writingcommunity

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 29

Congratulations!

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 28

More for the TBR pile! 🙈☺️

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Poltergeist Halloweezou 🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · Jun 28

Tonight! Can't wait to get spooky.

Poltergeist Halloweezou 🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · Jun 7

This'll be a fun summer evening: telling spooky folktales with Laura Sampson at All Good Bookshop, along with live sounds and theremin accompaniment from Sam Enthoven plus a rakugo performance from Ben Sohawon. Come along to The Candle Game on Sat 28th June!

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THE CANDLE GAME, Sat 28th June 2025, TICKET

This is a ticket for THE CANDLE GAME, an evening of storytelling with Laura Sampson, Polis Loizou, Ben Sohawon and Sam Enthoven, on Saturday 28th June. Doors 7pm for a 7.30pm start . In Japan the seas...

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 21

Privileged to have read this. Highly recommend B’s book.

B Wheeler @bwheelerbooks.bsky.social · Jun 19

✨COVER REVEAL!✨
Delighted to share the cover of my debut novel, How NOT To Kiss A Prince. A YA romcom with queer romance that flips fairytale tropes on their heads. Coming November 2025 #Booksky #CoverReveal #Debutauthor2025 #YA #LGBTQ+

Legs of two teen girls, one carrying a necklace, the other a crown.
Text ‘Break the spell or break your heart?’
Title How Not To Kiss A Prince
Author B Wheeler

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 21

This middle-son memory still makes me laugh! 😂 #writingprompts #writingcommunity

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jun 21

Competitions open in several different categories for women writers.

Link below.

Please share :)

Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

mslexia.co.uk

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 20

Fab author talk with Trevor Wood at Bolton library #amreading #books #writingcommunity #crimebooks

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jun 13

The Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 has been awarded to Yael Van Der Wouden for her “unsettling, tightly-plotted” debut, The Safe Keep. The Women’s Prize for Non-fiction was awarded to Dr Rachel Clarke for The Story of a Heart 👇

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Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke named Women's Prize 2025 winners

The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 has been awarded to Yael van der Wouden for her “unsettling, tightly-plotted” debut, The SafeKeep (Viking). Meanwhile, The Women’s Prize for Non-fiction was awarded...

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jun 14

Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers' Prize now open for horror writers from underrepresented backgrounds. The winner will receive a publishing contract with a £10,000 advance, and representation by an agent

Link here www.penguin.co.uk/about/publis...

Please share :)

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Jun 13

Are you writing historical fiction and feel like you're wading through tedious facts and dates of battles without ever really getting anywhere? 🏰

Prize-winning novelist Leila Aboulela shares her 7 tips on researching and writing historical fiction:

7 tips on researching and writing historical fiction

Award-winning author Leila Aboulela on how to approach historical research for a novel. Leila draws on her own experience of writing River Spirit, which is set in 1880s Sudan.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · May 30

The Bolton Children's Fiction Award shortlist

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Bolton Children’s Fiction Award 2025

The Bolton Children’s Fiction Award is an annual event organised by Bolton School for young people in Bolton and the surrounding area. Pupils take part by reading and voting for their favouri…

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