Moira Garland
@moiragauthor.bsky.social
Short fiction writer & poet. Feminist. Socialist. Northern England.
Looking forward to reading this when it comes out in June.
Revealing the title and cover of our very first anthology!
Oaths and Offerings: A Carnyx anthology of folklore will be published this June, and will include folklore-inspired stories from writers across the North of England.
Oaths and Offerings: A Carnyx anthology of folklore will be published this June, and will include folklore-inspired stories from writers across the North of England.
January 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Looking forward to reading this when it comes out in June.
Very excited to report that a friend and I saw a starling murmuration at RSPB Fairburn Ings this afternoon. Guided by two RSPB experts. In pouring rain. Well worth it.
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Very excited to report that a friend and I saw a starling murmuration at RSPB Fairburn Ings this afternoon. Guided by two RSPB experts. In pouring rain. Well worth it.
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"The twisting wormery of noodles" by Jennifer Reid is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting
January 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"The twisting wormery of noodles" by Jennifer Reid is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting
Lovely, foggy Skipton. Great for another walk. And engaging with a BBC Look North (Yorkshire) vox pop, bigging up Skipton 😀. So my moment of fame - I might be on tonight 6.30-7 pm.
#TV
#TV
January 19, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Lovely, foggy Skipton. Great for another walk. And engaging with a BBC Look North (Yorkshire) vox pop, bigging up Skipton 😀. So my moment of fame - I might be on tonight 6.30-7 pm.
#TV
#TV
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🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads The post Drowning in Denial appeared first on Byline Times Shop.
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January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial
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Scandalous.
Water privatisation has failed
South East Water spent more on dividends than on pipes
Now the taps aren't working in Kent and Sussex
Emma Reynolds and Ofwat, bring South East Water into public ownership NOW
Sign the petition 👇 vist.ly/4m29f
South East Water spent more on dividends than on pipes
Now the taps aren't working in Kent and Sussex
Emma Reynolds and Ofwat, bring South East Water into public ownership NOW
Sign the petition 👇 vist.ly/4m29f
Take South East Water into public ownership NOW
South East Water has failed households in Kent and Sussex. It is time to bring it into public ownership.
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January 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Scandalous.
Tomorrow on Paragraph Planet 'the twisted wormery of noodles'. Despite early publishing setbacks, redolent of dark comedy, Jennifer Reid has a piece on this site tomorrow www.paragraphplanet.com
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January 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Tomorrow on Paragraph Planet 'the twisted wormery of noodles'. Despite early publishing setbacks, redolent of dark comedy, Jennifer Reid has a piece on this site tomorrow www.paragraphplanet.com
Counter the Sunday fog with this. Well, it is foggy in THIS neck of the woods 😁
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Counter the Sunday fog with this. Well, it is foggy in THIS neck of the woods 😁
And here it is. Original on www.paragraphplanet.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:11 AM
And here it is. Original on www.paragraphplanet.com
This Sunday 18th January 2026 my elegy will be published on Paragraph Planet. Only available on that day, & the following day.
The cat played no part. #womenswork
#nostalgia
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The cat played no part. #womenswork
#nostalgia
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January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This Sunday 18th January 2026 my elegy will be published on Paragraph Planet. Only available on that day, & the following day.
The cat played no part. #womenswork
#nostalgia
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The cat played no part. #womenswork
#nostalgia
paragraphplanet.com
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"The Story of Things" by Nnamani Diamond @SunshineDees is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writing #flashfiction
January 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"The Story of Things" by Nnamani Diamond @SunshineDees is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writing #flashfiction
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social Essential collection. 10 creative pieces, 10 historical. Photo essay. Also schoolchildren's project. Hoping it lands with writers, readers, academics, libraries.
Thanks for my copy.
#globalmajority
#decolonisation
Thanks for my copy.
#globalmajority
#decolonisation
January 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social Essential collection. 10 creative pieces, 10 historical. Photo essay. Also schoolchildren's project. Hoping it lands with writers, readers, academics, libraries.
Thanks for my copy.
#globalmajority
#decolonisation
Thanks for my copy.
#globalmajority
#decolonisation
So here we are again, supposedly made of paper this time - actually stronger, & definitely not cheap. Available @rspb.bsky.social Leighton Moss. @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
So here we are again, supposedly made of paper this time - actually stronger, & definitely not cheap. Available @rspb.bsky.social Leighton Moss. @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too NOW? action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too NOW? action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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I'll be updating the poetry magazines spreadsheet this coming week, so if you're not on my mailing list, join now (it's free) and you'll never be short of places to send your poems... robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magaz...
Poetry Magazines Submissions Spreadsheet
Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines What poetry magazines are there? What are their web addresses? How many poems can I send? Are they open for submissions now? You̵…
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November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I'll be updating the poetry magazines spreadsheet this coming week, so if you're not on my mailing list, join now (it's free) and you'll never be short of places to send your poems... robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magaz...
Proud to be both autumnal and a snowflake garland all in the same season @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
(autumnal goods sold in Skipton Oxfam shop)
(autumnal goods sold in Skipton Oxfam shop)
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Proud to be both autumnal and a snowflake garland all in the same season @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
(autumnal goods sold in Skipton Oxfam shop)
(autumnal goods sold in Skipton Oxfam shop)
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Shoutout if you’re up for submitting in the new year for our Christmas & winter anthology! This year’s anthology is out very soon!!! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
a christmas tree is lit up in the snow with the caption " it 's beginning to look like christmas "
ALT: a christmas tree is lit up in the snow with the caption " it 's beginning to look like christmas "
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November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Shoutout if you’re up for submitting in the new year for our Christmas & winter anthology! This year’s anthology is out very soon!!! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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📢 Migrant Workers' Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
📢 Migrant Workers' Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
Worth reading.Whitby and Hebden Bridge as models? Not sure, without more detail of their economies.
The cost of chasing capital: how our cities are forgetting their own
Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@mikechitty.bsky.social
Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@mikechitty.bsky.social
The cost of chasing capital: how our cities are forgetting their own
Focus on private foreign investment is killing local enterprise, an organic renewal of homegrown business leads the way forward
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Worth reading.Whitby and Hebden Bridge as models? Not sure, without more detail of their economies.
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Share, like, boost in whatever way if you would like another Christmas and winter anthology next year - 2026 (and therefore a submission period in the new year) 🎅 🖊️ 📑 💻 ❄️ 🦌 ⛄️ 🎄 🪵 🔥 🎁 💝
a penguin sits in a chair reading a book
ALT: a penguin sits in a chair reading a book
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November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Share, like, boost in whatever way if you would like another Christmas and winter anthology next year - 2026 (and therefore a submission period in the new year) 🎅 🖊️ 📑 💻 ❄️ 🦌 ⛄️ 🎄 🪵 🔥 🎁 💝
Just so's you know it CAN happen: 3 medical appointments this week have all had relatively positive outcomes.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just so's you know it CAN happen: 3 medical appointments this week have all had relatively positive outcomes.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
All NHS. Despite the issues, NHS, as a concept, is a zillion times better than private healthcare. Don't bother telling me otherwise.
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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The las train' by Vidyan Ravinthiran @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poems-not-opinions.bsky.social
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Poem Of The Week: <i>The Last Train</i> By Vidyan Ravinthiran
The last train
to arrive in Jaffna
during the war
30 years ago
rusts
on the tracks
the unimaginable
touch of time
has turned it
the colour, exactly
of this land’s ferrous soil
-of blood that is
fo...
yorkshiretimes.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The las train' by Vidyan Ravinthiran @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poems-not-opinions.bsky.social
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💩Thames Water wants Ofwat to let them carry on pouring sewage into our rivers beyond the next general election.
😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
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😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
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October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
💩Thames Water wants Ofwat to let them carry on pouring sewage into our rivers beyond the next general election.
😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
vist.ly/4a9yj
😡And the one after that.
😡😡And the one after that.
✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!
vist.ly/4a9yj
Solo trip to York Gate Garden, north Leeds today. A small selection of photos. Mild October day. Finished off with cream cheese & chutney & cheese scone. And lovely coffee.
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Solo trip to York Gate Garden, north Leeds today. A small selection of photos. Mild October day. Finished off with cream cheese & chutney & cheese scone. And lovely coffee.