Vicky MacKenzie
@vickymackenzie.bsky.social
Writer, cat lady, John Ruskin obsessive, wrote a novel about medieval mystics. Aspiring anchoress. https://victoriamackenzie.net/
Substack: https://victoriamackenzie.substack.com/
Substack: https://victoriamackenzie.substack.com/
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For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzie review โ a pocket epic
This electrifying debut compares the spiritual adventures of Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich
www.theguardian.com
And as always a thousand thank yous to @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social who wrote this astounding and thoughtful review of my book when it first came out, and sent it out into the world with a bang! ๐
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/j...
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New guest post ๐ฐ
Glacier โ Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
Glacier โ Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New guest post ๐ฐ
Glacier โ Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
Glacier โ Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
A 6 year old told me this joke a few years ago but adorably she forgot the punch line and said "Punch her in the face." ๐
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A 6 year old told me this joke a few years ago but adorably she forgot the punch line and said "Punch her in the face." ๐
This is awkward - no one has bid for a signed copy of my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN... yet. ๐ฌ
Go on, you can get a personalised present for someone AND help raise money for such an important cause! ๐
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Go on, you can get a personalised present for someone AND help raise money for such an important cause! ๐
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is awkward - no one has bid for a signed copy of my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN... yet. ๐ฌ
Go on, you can get a personalised present for someone AND help raise money for such an important cause! ๐
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Go on, you can get a personalised present for someone AND help raise money for such an important cause! ๐
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarรกn na hรireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarรกn na hรireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.
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This auction is now LIVE! Funds go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. I've donated a signed pb copy of my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN... and I'm happy to dedicate it if you're buying it as a present!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This auction is now LIVE! Funds go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. I've donated a signed pb copy of my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN... and I'm happy to dedicate it if you're buying it as a present!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
Just 6 days left to sign up for my 8 week online short story course and get the early bird discount: ยฃ225 instead of ยฃ250, which includes detailed feedback on a short story of your own at the end of the course (Jan - Mar 2026). โ๏ธ๐ If you're hoping to do more writing next year, come and join us!
Short story writers! I am running my 8-week online course again in 2026: 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. More details โฌ๏ธ
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just 6 days left to sign up for my 8 week online short story course and get the early bird discount: ยฃ225 instead of ยฃ250, which includes detailed feedback on a short story of your own at the end of the course (Jan - Mar 2026). โ๏ธ๐ If you're hoping to do more writing next year, come and join us!
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mixing cassis with the communion wine and calling it a kirie eleison
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
mixing cassis with the communion wine and calling it a kirie eleison
This auction is now LIVE! Funds go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. I've donated a signed pb copy of my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN... and I'm happy to dedicate it if you're buying it as a present!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This auction is now LIVE! Funds go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. I've donated a signed pb copy of my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN... and I'm happy to dedicate it if you're buying it as a present!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan
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โIโm not a serious thinker. Iโm a writer: thatโs very different. I think a writerโs intelligence has to be alive, has to be incomplete. It has to carry contradiction. It has to be sort of haphazard and amateur.โ
- Benjamรญn Labatut
- Benjamรญn Labatut
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
โIโm not a serious thinker. Iโm a writer: thatโs very different. I think a writerโs intelligence has to be alive, has to be incomplete. It has to carry contradiction. It has to be sort of haphazard and amateur.โ
- Benjamรญn Labatut
- Benjamรญn Labatut
Very pleased for you! ๐๐
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Very pleased for you! ๐๐
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Rural literature knows that silence is never empty. It holds wind through grass, a screen door slamming, the creak of a barn settling into dusk. Writers like Willa Cather and Kent Haruf turn quiet into a whole language. #BookWormSat
Art: OutdoorPainter
Art: OutdoorPainter
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Rural literature knows that silence is never empty. It holds wind through grass, a screen door slamming, the creak of a barn settling into dusk. Writers like Willa Cather and Kent Haruf turn quiet into a whole language. #BookWormSat
Art: OutdoorPainter
Art: OutdoorPainter
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A tiny bit of shameless self-promotion because the gifting season is creeping up on us. If youโre after something delicious, handcrafted, and ethical, my chocolate boxes, bars, and treats make really lovely gifts. Treat yourself, treat someone else, or both, I wonโt judge! Reshares appreciated! ๐ซโจ
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A tiny bit of shameless self-promotion because the gifting season is creeping up on us. If youโre after something delicious, handcrafted, and ethical, my chocolate boxes, bars, and treats make really lovely gifts. Treat yourself, treat someone else, or both, I wonโt judge! Reshares appreciated! ๐ซโจ
Congratulations to @seanluskauthor.bsky.social on winning Fiction Book of the Year at this year's #SaltireBookAwards! ๐ฅณโ๏ธ๐
Huge congratulations to Sean Lusk for winning the fiction prize at the Saltire Awards last night for his excellent A Woman of Opinion! #SaltireBookAwards #SeanLusk #AWomanOfOpinion #booksellerreccs #bookrecommendations #booksbooksbooks #booksky
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Congratulations to @seanluskauthor.bsky.social on winning Fiction Book of the Year at this year's #SaltireBookAwards! ๐ฅณโ๏ธ๐
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
Poet Garry MacKenzie (my husband!) has written a guest post for North Sea Poets. โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ His poem GLACIER is available as an e-pub from @windandbones.com
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Glacier
NSP guest post! Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem ...
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Poet Garry MacKenzie (my husband!) has written a guest post for North Sea Poets. โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ His poem GLACIER is available as an e-pub from @windandbones.com
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
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In case you missed it:
Here are the winners of the National Book Awards, including Rabih Alameddine and Omar El Akkad.
The winners of this yearโs National Book Awards have just been announced at a ritzy gala in downtown Manhattan. Rabih Alameddineโs The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) won the โฆ
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November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In case you missed it:
That is so kind of you, Valeria - thank you! ๐๐๐
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
That is so kind of you, Valeria - thank you! ๐๐๐
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It's world philosophy day and my biography of French philosopher Henri Bergson is RIGHT THERE!
In my book you will find out about Bergson's philosophy of durรฉe, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, and why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway!
linktr.ee/eherring
In my book you will find out about Bergson's philosophy of durรฉe, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, and why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway!
linktr.ee/eherring
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It's world philosophy day and my biography of French philosopher Henri Bergson is RIGHT THERE!
In my book you will find out about Bergson's philosophy of durรฉe, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, and why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway!
linktr.ee/eherring
In my book you will find out about Bergson's philosophy of durรฉe, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, and why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway!
linktr.ee/eherring
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My latest essay in @poetrybrum.bsky.social on nightingales in poetry and life and learning Russian. With disconnected footnotes on interpreting in Russian for Ukrainian refugees.
May 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My latest essay in @poetrybrum.bsky.social on nightingales in poetry and life and learning Russian. With disconnected footnotes on interpreting in Russian for Ukrainian refugees.
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Write what you know or write what you don't? On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast Caroline Clark tells us she's certain of one thing โ she's making it up
Catch it at www.fictionable.world/podcasts/car...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
Catch it at www.fictionable.world/podcasts/car...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Write what you know or write what you don't? On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast Caroline Clark tells us she's certain of one thing โ she's making it up
Catch it at www.fictionable.world/podcasts/car...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
Catch it at www.fictionable.world/podcasts/car...
#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog
Thank you! ๐
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thank you! ๐
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Good Morning!
Weโve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clareโs We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. Itโs a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
Weโve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clareโs We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. Itโs a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Good Morning!
Weโve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clareโs We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. Itโs a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
Weโve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clareโs We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. Itโs a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
That's so good to hear! It's called EACH LEAF, EACH CURVE OF STEM and will be pub by Bloomsbury, hopefully early 2027 โ๏ธ๐๐
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
That's so good to hear! It's called EACH LEAF, EACH CURVE OF STEM and will be pub by Bloomsbury, hopefully early 2027 โ๏ธ๐๐
Signed up! I'm working on a novel about St Francis so this is great timing. Even if there's not much Francis specific content, I'm really looking forward to thinking about representations of saints in art more generally...
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Signed up! I'm working on a novel about St Francis so this is great timing. Even if there's not much Francis specific content, I'm really looking forward to thinking about representations of saints in art more generally...