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London Great Cities Vol. 2

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, submissions for 'London Great Cities Vol. 2' opened some time ago ...

... and last day for submissions is Tuesday 30th September 2025.

For more info, click here:

pureslush.com/submissions/...

Submissions for London Great Cities Vol. 1 are NOW OPEN. We are accepting submissions of poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) for London. (Submissions will close 30th September 2025.) Your su…

London Great Cities Vol. 2

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yes, submissions for 'London Great Cities Vol. 2' have opened.

Submissions close 30th September 2025.

For more info, click here: pureslush.com/submissions/...

Submissions for London Great Cities Vol. 1 are NOW OPEN. We are accepting submissions of poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) for London. (Submissions will close 30th September 2025.) Your su…

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 22

If you can't make the launch, feel free to purchase a book online in one or more of its various formats, all listed below.
• paperback www.lulu.com/shop/nod-ghosh/how-to-bake-a-book/paperback/product-2mwqy84.html
• ePub eBook www.lulu.com/shop/nod-gho...
• Kindle eBook www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBJVX3HB/

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 22

Hope you can make it ...

R.S.V.P. to Nod so she knows how many potatoes and bars of chocolate to buy. (Yes, it's a chocolatey sort of book!)

And if you can't make the launch, then feel more than free to purchase a book online in one or more of its various formats, all listed below.

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 22

... to experience her mother’s rather excellent potato curry.
Then she might read a bit from the book.
Maybe you can all do one of the fun exercises from the book together.
If you want to, wear red to match the cover.
If you really want to look like the book, attach a couple of spoons to your body!

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 22

... where she always worries someone will spill red wine on the stock, and there’s a ton of street parking at Nod's place, too. Plus, she has enough space for a fun launch. Nod's mates suggested a cooking demonstration, since there are actual recipes in the book, so guests will get ...

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 22

The book - a practical, fun, funny, how-to guide about writing, drafting, redrafting, editing, marketing, and getting your work published and out there to be read - will be launched at Nod's home. (Contact Nod for the address.) As Nod notes, a "home birth" is a lot less hassle than a bookshop launch

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 22

Do you live in or near Christchurch, New Zealand?

Will you be travelling there soon, and in the vicinity on Sunday 6th July, at 5.30pm?

If you are, then make a note in your travel diary, as Nod Ghosh will be launching her new book 'How to Bake a Book', at that very time on that very date.

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 8

Click below for ‘Rejection Letters’ in:
paperback: www.lulu.com/shop/edward-...
ePub eBook: www.lulu.com/shop/edward-odwyer/rejection-letters/ebook/product-45yr495.html
Kindle eBook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9WL53KJ

For a taste of ‘Rejection Letters’, click here: truthserumpress.net/tastesof/a-t...

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 8

“Who knew anyone could make rejection so appealing? You won’t be able to suppress a wry smile or even a guffaw as you read through the riotous reasons these cantankerous editors find to dis these hopeful Heaneys.”
~ Tanya Farrelly, author of ‘The Girl Behind the Lens’ and ‘When Black Dogs Sing’

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 8

It examines the poet / editor relationship through a darkly comic lens and, hopefully, reveals much truth in all its exaggerated humour, which there is plenty of.

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 8

‘Rejection Letters’, the new collection by Edward O’Dwyer, has now been released by Truth Serum Press, in paperback, ePub and Kindle. ‘Rejection Letters’ contains 100 letters by fictitious poetry editors to fictitious poets turning down, for varying reasons, their fictitious poetry submissions.

Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24 – celebrating 15 years of publishing

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 8

Submissions open 1st October 2025 ... celebrating 15 years of Pure Slush publishing ...

pureslush.com/submissions/...

Celebrating 15 years of Pure Slush publishing … Pure Slush turns 15 in December 2025. Submissions for Fifteen Pure Slush Vol. 24 will open 1st October 2025. We will be accepting submissions o…

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 2

Available now in 3 formats from Everytime Press:

• paperback - www.lulu.com/shop/nod-ghosh/how-to-bake-a-book/paperback/product-2mwqy84.html

• ePub eBook - www.lulu.com/shop/nod-gho...

• Kindle - www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBJVX3HB/

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 2

Seeking an accessible writing guide for students?

Find out who will publish, distribute and market your writing.

Don’t let anyone stamp on your dreams.

Read ‘How to Bake a Book’ by Nod Ghosh … a quirky, humorous, how-to guide to writing and getting your book published and out there and read!

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · Jun 2

Interested in creative writing … but don’t know where to start?
Need to hone your craft?
Looking for a book that combines elements from starting and redrafting … through to publication?

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · May 31

... from womb to tomb, and all the losses and loves along the way.

Click below for:

• paperback www.lulu.com/shop/lewis-w...

• ePub eBook www.lulu.com/shop/lewis-w...

• Kindle eBook www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB98Q39J/

For a taste of ‘The Everlasting’, click here truthserumpress.net/tastesof/a-t...

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · May 31

Childhoods marred by Christian fundamentalism … teenage hearts broken by their first experience of love … the struggles of our early 20s … the disappointments and compromises of middle age … the sad solemnity of our final years …

In this new collection, Woolston explores the great journey ...

Paris Great Cities Vol. 1

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · May 31

‘The Everlasting and Other Stories’, the 3rd volume of short stories by Lewis Woolston, has now been released by Truth Serum Press, in paperback, ePub and Kindle.

(Lewis’s first volume, ‘The Last Free Man’, was shortlisted for Best Fiction in the 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards.)

bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · May 28

• ePub – www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl...

• Kindle – www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9WRVVF3/

For a taste of ‘Paris’, click here – pureslush.com/store/anthol...

The first volume in Pure Slush's 'Great Cities' series ... 'Paris'! What's not to love about Paris?! City of Light, Romance, Love ... but with a dark underside, too. Featuring the reminiscences, rev...

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bequempublishing.bsky.social @bequempublishing.bsky.social · May 28

Oui! It’s true! ‘Paris Great Cities Vol. 1’ has now been released.

Available in 3 formats, ‘Paris’ features the work of 102 writers, in poetry and prose and all reminiscing, remembering, reminding themselves and romancing on the banks of the Seine.

• Paperback – www.lulu.com/shop/pure-sl...