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Philippa East (Author)
@philippaeast.bsky.social
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Novelist, rep’d by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social. Thrillers: #LittleWhiteLies💛 #SafeAndSound❤️ #IllNeverTell💗 #AGuiltySecret🧡 Lives in Lincolnshire, has a cat. Clinical Psychologist by day.
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Nov 10
Hi everyone! I’m a fiction author with HQStories/HarperCollins and my books (psychological thrillers) are #LittleWhiteLies, #SafeAndSound #IllNeverTell #AGuiltySecret. I’m also a clinical psychologist 🤓 and trans ally 🏳️‍⚧️ Looking forward to joining you all!
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Phili...
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My #RecentRead*
#Stake by #KevinJAnderson

*books I’ve really liked/loved
Book cover showing the silhouette of a person in a threatening looking wood at night. The letter T in the title word “stake” is a bloody wooden stake
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Um, did you guys know about this? 😧

thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
Screen shot of the above webpage that reads: During the past year, developments in four areas of the life sciences have increased potentially catastrophic risks. In December 2024, scientists from nine countries announced the recognition of a potentially existential threat to all life on Earth: the laboratory synthesis of so-called “mirror life.” Those scientists urged that mirror bacteria and other mirror cells—composed of chemically-synthesized molecules that are mirror-images of those found on Earth, much as a left hand mirrors a right hand—not be created, because a self-replicating mirror cell could plausibly evade normal controls on growth, spread throughout all ecosystems, and eventually cause the widespread death of humans, other animals, and plants, potentially disrupting all life on Earth. So far, however, the international community has not arrived at a plan to address this risk.
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Whaaaaaat?
tooriekep.bsky.social Hannah Nicholson 🦭 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social · 15h
Looking at that scheme in Ireland for paying creatives and we definitely need it here. They get €1300 a month (about £1130 / $1556) to live on so they can create work without worrying about bill payment and that's honestly a great idea.
January 28, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚

ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
cover for an ebook titled BY YOU, HOPE STANDS; it shows two wolves (one golden, one black) howling underneath an arch with the phases of the moon above, and a starry sky in the background; the text is white with the subtitle "stories of hope and resistance"
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Woke up to find a huge and beautiful butterfly *in our house*!
In January! 🦋🦋🦋
Is this a good omen?
Close-up of a beautiful red admiral butterfly on the window pane bathed in sunlight
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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ginamurrell1.bsky.social
Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
From Black Zine Fair and Sojourners 4 Justice on Instagram: post featuring old-school computer graphics of books on a bookcase. Text says: “Black Zine Fair. Save the date: May 9, 2026. Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until February 9, 2026.”
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Good way of putting it 👍
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
This sounds like a great “meet cute” for a romance book, BTW
jworrellwrites.bsky.social Jennifer Worrell @jworrellwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Went to pick up my books at the library. As I turned to leave, slipped on the marble floors and wiped out right there in front of a guy studying.

Classy. Better yet though, this is the book I came to retrieve.

"Seriously! You can start right now!"

#readmorebooks
bookshop.org/a/100722/978...
Even the Stiffest People Can Do the Splits: A 4-Week Stretching Plan to Achieve Amazing Health
A 4-Week Stretching Plan to Achieve Amazing Health
bookshop.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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hleehurley.com
Could I ask you all to be my research monkeys and reply to this with all books you know by and about trans men.

Thanks you 😘
January 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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See also 😡
hyphenonline.com/2026/01/26/t...
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 AM
philippaeast.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
EHRC’s guidance on single-sex spaces being adapted under ‘constructive’ new chair
Exclusive: Mary-Ann Stephenson said to have more pragmatic approach in trying to limit impact on trans people and on businesses
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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acwise.bsky.social
I'm absolutely thrilled and extra delighted to be in such good company! If you're so inclined, you can read my novelette here: reactormag.com/wolf-moon-an...
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d
Reactor is proud to have 3 works of short fiction on the Bram Stoker Awards' preliminary ballot!

- "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon" by @acwise.bsky.social
- "The Nölmyna" by @dave0com.bsky.social
- "Squid Teeth" by Sarah Langan!

Congratulations!!
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Grrrr 😡
emmabmusic.bsky.social Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 5d
Missed this news in December, but pretty shocked to read that most of 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat' is completely made up. 🤯
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Ooo, this was a great podcast episode, and now I’ve got all these horror books to look forward to in 2026!

www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
2026 Horror Preview pt 1
featuring Emily Hughes nad Becky Spratford
www.thearcparty.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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😆
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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sutrscotland.bsky.social
🚨EMERGENCY PROTEST

Mon 26 Jan 5:30pm
📍Buchanan Steps, Glasgow

Yesterday ICE shot & killed Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse. People are rising up across the US in response. Stand in solidarity with them, against deportations everywhere & to fight Farage’s Trumpism in Britain
Solidarity with Minneapolis: stop ICE murders, no deportations. Monday 26 Jan 5.30pm Buchanan steps glasgow
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Congratulations! 🥳🥳🥳
louiestowell.bsky.social Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 4d
Absolutely made up to be nominated for the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist. As someone writing funny fantasy for kids, you dont often get considered as an SFF writer so this is an honour and a delight. www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
www.bsfa.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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🥰🥰🥰🥰
nywolforg.bsky.social Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 3d
Sometimes all you need is a relaxing mid-day nap.😴

🎥Watch our Red Wolf pack live on our webcams: https://nywolf.org/meet-our-wolves/webcams/
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
Happy Burns’ Night! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
a painting of a man with a plaid background behind him
ALT: a painting of a man with a plaid background behind him
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January 25, 2026 at 8:47 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
I do hope this catches on 😆
karenkisreading.bsky.social KarenKisreading @karenkisreading.bsky.social · 3d
Match your dinner to your current book!
Looking forward to reading debut novel The Pie and Mash Detective Agency by JD Brinkworth. Will be published 26 February in the UK
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#RunTime by # #CatherineRyanHoward.

*books I’ve really liked/loved
Picture of the book cover showing an old-fashioned film reel and film spotted with blood against a white background
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
I’ve been really enjoying #TheDiplomat on @netflix.com, created by #WestWing writer Debora Cahn.
It feels very timely, but not so close to the bone that you can’t watch 😆
A picture of the TV shows poster, showing the female American ambassador to the UK sitting in a chair with British and American flags in the background looking frustrated and exhausted but strong
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is consulting on what topics should be included in the 2031 Census.
@transactualuk.bsky.social have produced this really helpful guidance, and are encouraging both organisations & individuals to respond.
Deadline 4 Feb 2026.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Census topic consultation response guide for trans community and advocacy groups
Census topic consultation Response guidance for the trans community and advocacy groups Background The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is consulting on what topics should be included in the UK’s ...
docs.google.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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imagine2create.bsky.social
Flash Fiction February last year was how I got my start on Substack. It was my first-ever writing challenge, and the first of many successful ones over last year.

Tomorrow...

I'll be posting details on this year's event! Stay tuned...

#writingcommunity #writesky #flashfictionfebruary
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
philippaeast.bsky.social
My #RecentRead*
#Mongrel by #HanakoFootman

*books I’ve really liked/loved
Book cover showing the black and white fragmented photos of three Japanese women with coloured daubs in blue, yellow and orange
January 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM