Yvonne Battle-Felton
@whyiwrite.bsky.social
Author of Remembered and Curdle Creek, former editor at John Murray, Academic at Cambridge Uni, event host and podcaster. I also write kidlit, short scripts, nonfiction essays, poems
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Curdle Creek has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson awards and I’m just going to sit this beautiful graphic right here to celebrate.
The auction ends tonight. I'd love to help you celebrate your book. Don't have a book to celebrate? It's holiday season. The gift of a book launch could be just what the writer in your life needs. You can support a good cause and celebrate your own or someone else's writing.
Creatives have donated books, yoga, mentoring, editing, photoshoots, and more to raise funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. I donated support for your launch or post-publication book party. Help organizing, marketing, hosting, and celebrating. Bid here app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The auction ends tonight. I'd love to help you celebrate your book. Don't have a book to celebrate? It's holiday season. The gift of a book launch could be just what the writer in your life needs. You can support a good cause and celebrate your own or someone else's writing.
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It's Small Business Saturday!
We know Amazon serves up irresistible deals, but a closer look at the label reveals unsavoury ingredients - including tax avoidance, worker mistreatment, and a deeply corrosive impact on our community shops.
Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
We know Amazon serves up irresistible deals, but a closer look at the label reveals unsavoury ingredients - including tax avoidance, worker mistreatment, and a deeply corrosive impact on our community shops.
Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It's Small Business Saturday!
We know Amazon serves up irresistible deals, but a closer look at the label reveals unsavoury ingredients - including tax avoidance, worker mistreatment, and a deeply corrosive impact on our community shops.
Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
We know Amazon serves up irresistible deals, but a closer look at the label reveals unsavoury ingredients - including tax avoidance, worker mistreatment, and a deeply corrosive impact on our community shops.
Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
Creatives have donated books, yoga, mentoring, editing, photoshoots, and more to raise funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. I donated support for your launch or post-publication book party. Help organizing, marketing, hosting, and celebrating. Bid here app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Creatives have donated books, yoga, mentoring, editing, photoshoots, and more to raise funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. I donated support for your launch or post-publication book party. Help organizing, marketing, hosting, and celebrating. Bid here app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
It's time for Season IV of Bookable Space! We're talking about spaces and places. Check out the latest episode of Bookable Space with Wendy Pratt. Wendy reads to us from The Ghost Lake. Listen to the full podcast here #books #reading shows.acast.com/bookable-spa...
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's time for Season IV of Bookable Space! We're talking about spaces and places. Check out the latest episode of Bookable Space with Wendy Pratt. Wendy reads to us from The Ghost Lake. Listen to the full podcast here #books #reading shows.acast.com/bookable-spa...
Read with me! I'll be reading Black Wood Women by Michael Stewart. If you'd like to join me for some quiet reading, I'll be reading in Zoom from 6-8 PM (GMT). If you'd like to join me, let me know.
Whether you join me in zoom or read later, what are you reading?
#readers #bookclub
Whether you join me in zoom or read later, what are you reading?
#readers #bookclub
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November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I’m throwing a birthday party with a ghost story open mic for myself and for Curdle Creek on Halloween. It’s in Leeds. If you’d like to help us celebrate, order your free ticket(s) on Eventbrite.
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’m throwing a birthday party with a ghost story open mic for myself and for Curdle Creek on Halloween. It’s in Leeds. If you’d like to help us celebrate, order your free ticket(s) on Eventbrite.
Do I know any cover singers near Leeds? I’m throwing myself a birthday party/book party on Halloween with readings and a ghost story open mic. My budget is £150. I’d like jazz and R&B music. If you’d like to share a 3-5 minute ghost story, let me know #birthday #leeds #party
October 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
For as long as I can remember I’ve told myself I am not a 5 AM writer. I’m challenging myself to break this myth or to see if it’s true. I’m writing from 5:05 (or so)-6 AM (BST/GMT). You can join me in zoom or write with me from wherever/whenever you are. If you'd like the link, let me know #Writers
October 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
For as long as I can remember I’ve told myself I am not a 5 AM writer. I’m challenging myself to break this myth or to see if it’s true. I’m writing from 5:05 (or so)-6 AM (BST/GMT). You can join me in zoom or write with me from wherever/whenever you are. If you'd like the link, let me know #Writers
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Happy release day to @shellystrattonbook.bsky.social for IN DEADLY COMPANY! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-deadly-...
September 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Happy release day to @shellystrattonbook.bsky.social for IN DEADLY COMPANY! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-deadly-...
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Happy release day to @cindyfazzi.bsky.social for DOMINGO THE BOUNTY HUNTER (2 book series) DANGER NO PROBLEM and SUNDAY OR THE HIGHWAY! www.amazon.com/Domingo-the-...
September 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy release day to @cindyfazzi.bsky.social for DOMINGO THE BOUNTY HUNTER (2 book series) DANGER NO PROBLEM and SUNDAY OR THE HIGHWAY! www.amazon.com/Domingo-the-...
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Happy release day to Lisa Siefert for THE WITCH WEARS PRADA! www.amazon.com/Witch-Wears-...
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy release day to Lisa Siefert for THE WITCH WEARS PRADA! www.amazon.com/Witch-Wears-...
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Happy release day to Michelle Corbier for MURDER AT THE WRITERS CONFERENCE! michellecorbier.com/books/write-...
September 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy release day to Michelle Corbier for MURDER AT THE WRITERS CONFERENCE! michellecorbier.com/books/write-...
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Busy for the next 15 hours or so? Check this out!
Write with us! We're celebrating 20 years of BBC Short Story Awards with 20 Prompts and 20 Hours of Writing. We're in number 5. It's a drop-in session on zoom. Write for a while, write for a little. Bring a work in progress or use our writing prompts. #WritingCommunity
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September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Busy for the next 15 hours or so? Check this out!
Write with us! We're celebrating 20 years of BBC Short Story Awards with 20 Prompts and 20 Hours of Writing. We're in number 5. It's a drop-in session on zoom. Write for a while, write for a little. Bring a work in progress or use our writing prompts. #WritingCommunity
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Events
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September 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Write with us! We're celebrating 20 years of BBC Short Story Awards with 20 Prompts and 20 Hours of Writing. We're in number 5. It's a drop-in session on zoom. Write for a while, write for a little. Bring a work in progress or use our writing prompts. #WritingCommunity
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ANOTHER by @paultremblay.bsky.social is officially a New York Times bestseller! 🥳📚
August 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
ANOTHER by @paultremblay.bsky.social is officially a New York Times bestseller! 🥳📚
It's time for Every Other Sunday book club. A book club where we read what ever book we want on Sundays from 6-8 PM (BST) and then talk about them. I'm reading Give Him to Me by Dorothy Koomson. If you're reading today, what are you reading? #books
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's time for Every Other Sunday book club. A book club where we read what ever book we want on Sundays from 6-8 PM (BST) and then talk about them. I'm reading Give Him to Me by Dorothy Koomson. If you're reading today, what are you reading? #books
tonight, 7:30-8:30 PM (BST). Join us for a night of stories (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry at In Your Own Words storytelling open mic. All are welcome to listen.
To join us in zoom, please register in advance: bit.ly/CentreforCWS...
To join us in zoom, please register in advance: bit.ly/CentreforCWS...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: In Your Own Words Storytelling Open Mic . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
A monthly storytelling open mic hosted by the Creative Writing Centre at Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education
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July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
tonight, 7:30-8:30 PM (BST). Join us for a night of stories (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry at In Your Own Words storytelling open mic. All are welcome to listen.
To join us in zoom, please register in advance: bit.ly/CentreforCWS...
To join us in zoom, please register in advance: bit.ly/CentreforCWS...
There’s still time to join us. Bring your writing appetite and your work in progress. Don’t have something to work on? Today’s prompt is “kindness”. We’ll be writing in zoom until 1 PM (BST). I hope you can join us. #amwriting bit.ly/creativewrit...
July 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
There’s still time to join us. Bring your writing appetite and your work in progress. Don’t have something to work on? Today’s prompt is “kindness”. We’ll be writing in zoom until 1 PM (BST). I hope you can join us. #amwriting bit.ly/creativewrit...
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Congratulations to this years Shirley Jackson Award Winners!
@edenroyce.bsky.social @kfawver.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social @omgjulia.bsky.social
@byzantienne.bsky.social @nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@edenroyce.bsky.social @kfawver.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social @omgjulia.bsky.social
@byzantienne.bsky.social @nadiabulkin.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Congratulations to this years Shirley Jackson Award Winners!
@edenroyce.bsky.social @kfawver.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social @omgjulia.bsky.social
@byzantienne.bsky.social @nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@edenroyce.bsky.social @kfawver.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social @omgjulia.bsky.social
@byzantienne.bsky.social @nadiabulkin.bsky.social
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Congratulations on winning the Shirley Jackson Award!
Well deserved! Curdle Creek was definitely creepy, and the story was unique! It's a wonderful book, well worth re-reading.
Well deserved! Curdle Creek was definitely creepy, and the story was unique! It's a wonderful book, well worth re-reading.
July 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Congratulations on winning the Shirley Jackson Award!
Well deserved! Curdle Creek was definitely creepy, and the story was unique! It's a wonderful book, well worth re-reading.
Well deserved! Curdle Creek was definitely creepy, and the story was unique! It's a wonderful book, well worth re-reading.
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Congratulations @whyiwrite.bsky.social!!
#CurdleCreek won #BestNovel at the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards!
#Horror #Gothic
For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way.
Purchase: bit.ly/3GS3nYn
#CurdleCreek won #BestNovel at the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards!
#Horror #Gothic
For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way.
Purchase: bit.ly/3GS3nYn
Curdle Creek
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chillin...
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July 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Congratulations @whyiwrite.bsky.social!!
#CurdleCreek won #BestNovel at the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards!
#Horror #Gothic
For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way.
Purchase: bit.ly/3GS3nYn
#CurdleCreek won #BestNovel at the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards!
#Horror #Gothic
For fans of “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way.
Purchase: bit.ly/3GS3nYn
This is your invitation to join the Centre for Creative Writing at Cambridge Uni for an hour of lunchtime writing. We’ll be writing from 12PM-1PM BST on zoom. Don’t have anything to work on? Today’s prompt is “Instincts” (loosely interpreted).
Msg me if you would like the zoom link.
Msg me if you would like the zoom link.
July 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is your invitation to join the Centre for Creative Writing at Cambridge Uni for an hour of lunchtime writing. We’ll be writing from 12PM-1PM BST on zoom. Don’t have anything to work on? Today’s prompt is “Instincts” (loosely interpreted).
Msg me if you would like the zoom link.
Msg me if you would like the zoom link.
It's Every Other Sunday, my day for quiet reading. I'm reading from 6-8 PM (BST). Feel free to join me when and where you are. Today, I'm reading The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien. What are you reading?
July 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's Every Other Sunday, my day for quiet reading. I'm reading from 6-8 PM (BST). Feel free to join me when and where you are. Today, I'm reading The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien. What are you reading?
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"Yvonne Battle-Felton’s Curdle Creek is a fever-dream odyssey that begins in an all-Black town governed by nightmarish traditions and spirals into something far more expansive and terrifying." Read our Review of Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social buff.ly/TpVNzQu
July 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Yvonne Battle-Felton’s Curdle Creek is a fever-dream odyssey that begins in an all-Black town governed by nightmarish traditions and spirals into something far more expansive and terrifying." Read our Review of Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social buff.ly/TpVNzQu