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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 17d

Two fantastic #BMHS events this October! 🎭
📚 Archive on Show @ Lambeth Archives – Thu 9 Oct, 2pm
🎤 Kirsty Roberts Talk @ The Water Rats – Tue 21 Oct, 7pm (celebrating Black performers in Morecambe’s history)
📖 Book here: britishmusichallsociety.com/events

Events | British Music Hall Society

Our events are sociable affairs and open to everyone, come along and join us!

britishmusichallsociety.com

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 9d

www.routledge.com/Exploring-yo...

Exploring your Further Education Teacher Identity: A CPD Toolkit

Offering a new approach for further education (FE) and vocational educators, this practical guide provides the tools and techniques necessary to trace and map professional identities and consider how ...

www.routledge.com

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 9d

courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetail...

ACL Essex OO2A01EC25 Podcasting For Success: Turning Passion Into Profession

courses.aclessex.com

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 9d

Our first guest on the new ACL Essex podcast was @drabbiecairns.bsky.social 🙌 We talked art, teaching, writing her new book pub’d by Routledge & her ice skating antics. We had a lot of fun!

Link below to her book & the new podcasting course Lewis Walsh & I are running here, if you fancy having a go

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 9d

courses.aclessex.com/CourseDetail...

ACL Essex OO2A01EC25 Podcasting For Success: Turning Passion Into Profession

courses.aclessex.com

Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 9d

www.routledge.com/Exploring-yo...

Exploring your Further Education Teacher Identity: A CPD Toolkit

Offering a new approach for further education (FE) and vocational educators, this practical guide provides the tools and techniques necessary to trace and map professional identities and consider how ...

www.routledge.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Applications now open (until 27 June 2025) for the Institute of Historical Research's non-stipendiary IHR Fellowships. Ideal for active, non-affiliated historians who would benefit from a period embedded in @ihr.bsky.social 's community of public, local & academic historians, archivists, curators.

The IHR Fellowship

The IHR Fellowship is comprised of leading historians recognised for their research and the promotion of history.

www.history.ac.uk

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tonight at Colchester WriteNight 7-9pm Quaker Meeting House, Colchester #booksky #writerssky

essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/colche...

Events - Essex Book Festival

Playwright Nicola Werenowska and Theatre Producer Matt Linley will be guests at Colchester WriteNight on June 23rd. Join them in conversation about a new project using Nicola's research on Katherine o...

essexbookfestival.org.uk

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 18

This weekend at Essex Book Festival is a treat!!!

Saturday: Marina Warner, @poetclare.bsky.social, Holly Pester and Phil Terry at St.Leonard’s Church, The Hythe

Sunday: Tony Peake, James Cahill, Maggie Hambling, Radhika Howarth and Marley Karazimba at The Minories

#booksky #essexbookfestival

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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · Jun 18

Come to this on Saturday! Going to be such a lovely afternoon #essexbookfestival

Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 18

essexbookfestival.org.uk/spirits-salo...

Spirits, Salons & Sanctuary - Essex Book Festival

Spirits, Salons & SanctuarySaturday 21 JuneSt Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church, Colchester An afternoon exploring Spirits, Salons and Sanctuary in the church of St Leonards through new books by poet and tr...

essexbookfestival.org.uk

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 18

essexbookfestival.org.uk/spirits-salo...

Spirits, Salons & Sanctuary - Essex Book Festival

Spirits, Salons & SanctuarySaturday 21 JuneSt Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church, Colchester An afternoon exploring Spirits, Salons and Sanctuary in the church of St Leonards through new books by poet and tr...

essexbookfestival.org.uk

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 18

This weekend at Essex Book Festival is a treat!!!

Saturday: Marina Warner, @poetclare.bsky.social, Holly Pester and Phil Terry at St.Leonard’s Church, The Hythe

Sunday: Tony Peake, James Cahill, Maggie Hambling, Radhika Howarth and Marley Karazimba at The Minories

#booksky #essexbookfestival

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you to @moniqueroffey.bsky.social for the wonderful conversation last night at Essex Book Festival. My mind was buzzing afterwards and I’m still thinking! Thanks to the Maldon Library staff who were fabulous hosts as usual 💕 Good luck with the crowd funding the Hey! Festival is going to be👌

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moniqueroffey.bsky.social @moniqueroffey.bsky.social · Jun 5

Looking forward to chatting to you this evening, Emma at Maldon Library. #Passiontide

Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 5

Preparing to interview @moniqueroffey.bsky.social at Maldon Library for Essex Book Festival tonight (5 June) at 7pm. Thrilled to be chatting about her latest book Passiontide! What would you ask Monique? What are your favourite author interview questions? Join the conversation - link above #booksky

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · Jun 5

Preparing to interview @moniqueroffey.bsky.social at Maldon Library for Essex Book Festival tonight (5 June) at 7pm. Thrilled to be chatting about her latest book Passiontide! What would you ask Monique? What are your favourite author interview questions? Join the conversation - link above #booksky

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 30

I think you’d love the new book (although I haven’t read it yet)

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 30

He chatted with everyone, very nice!

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 30

❤️ ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL has launched!

📚 Sir Ben Okri at Electric Palace Cinema with ‘Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Broken Hearted’. Inspiring thoughts - to write with lightness of touch and knowledge of darkness, continual transformation (writers! humans!)

✍🏽 with Colchester WriteNight

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 30

This sounds great @saltpublishing.com. On the need-to-read list!

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · May 30

Truly stunning review of DJ Taylor's new short story collection, Poppyland, in today's FT. Thank you Matthew Janney!

Poppyland — DJ Taylor’s wistful short stories of lives lived in the margins

A new collection of tales by this prolific author deserves praise for evoking poignancy and beauty amid nostalgia and neglect

www.ft.com

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · May 24

Tomorrow!!
City of Literature Publishing Fair
Sunday 25 May
National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall
10.00 - 16.00
Price FREE
Discover the vibrant publishing culture of the East of England at our popular biannual publishing fair!
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/city-...

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 23

Thanks Valerie! Hope to catch up soon!

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you @malachiwhitaker.bsky.social !

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 19

Some of my best PhD experiences @universityofessex.bsky.social included presenting and attending @ensfr.bsky.social conferences.

Here is my spotlight on writing short fiction (thanks Ines Gstrein & Paul Anthony Knowles). The challenge was answering 3 questions in 75 words!

ensfr.univ-angers.fr

ENSFR

The European Network for Short Fiction Research was established in 2013 with the aim of fostering and promoting the study of short fiction in European universities and in interaction with short fic…

ensfr.univ-angers.fr

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 19

Thank you @livimichael.bsky.social Another great episode, this time on getting back to the source of your creativity and being realistic about the publishing world. Congrats on the publication of your next novel with @saltpublishing.com #booksky #writingandpublishing

Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · May 19

latest episode here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOzR...
@ailsacox.bsky.social @ensfr.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com

Episode 7 Recovery

YouTube video by Writing for Life

www.youtube.com

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · May 15

Dear #BookSky,

Times are tough. We’re fundraising to share even MORE fabulous books and authors with the world. Can you help?

Share this post, and buy ANY of our books at 20% off, using discount code TheBigSaltSale in our checkout: www.saltpublishing.com/discount/The...
Offer ends May 31st.

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