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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · Feb 14

Who are @womenwritersnet.bsky.social anyway? We’re an international team dedicated to supporting our fellow #WomenWriters through our social media presence.

Want to know more? You can read all about us thanks to
@Pen_to_Print. pentoprint.org?s=women+writ...

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 4h

Oh yes! A tricky one.

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 6h

Occasionally I can be persuaded to write something weird.

Three of the words that always spell wrong even when I am thinking about them. What about you? Do you have words that catch you out?
#WomenWritersNet #spelling #spellcheck #typos

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 7h

Our next #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview will be on Thursday 23 October. We’re excited to hear all about Stephanie‘s book, The Fire In Their Eyes @brethertonwords.bsky.social
Please join us. @valeriavescina.bsky.social will be hosting and everyone will have the chance to ask questions.

Valeria Vescina @valeriavescina.bsky.social · 7h

Hugely looking forward to interviewing @brethertonwords.bsky.social for our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social live #AuthorInterview of 23 October. SAVE THE DATE and join us as Stephanie tells us about her award-winning new novel, #TheFireInTheirEyes (@Breakthroughbooks.bsky.social)! #writing #reading

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 8h

'What more electrifying palace of diversity is there than a well-stocked library?'
Brilliant article from @luluallison.bsky.social about the cowards who are banning books.
Read in full on Dorset Eye @dorseteye.bsky.social

Lulu Allison @luluallison.bsky.social · 9h

Here is the whole article I wrote on Dorset Eye, for Banned Books Week:

dorseteye.com/alert-alert-...

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Emma Grae @emmagraeauthor.bsky.social · 9h

‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is officially available to buy directly from @luathpress.bsky.social today!

And it will be stocked by all good bookshops from October 30.

This means that if you’ve preordered, your book will be with you in plenty of time for Halloween! ☺️🐈‍⬛

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 12h

We love it that the Christopher Bland Prize recognises debut novelists and non-fiction writers over 50. Not all of us are spring chickens 😁 Now open for entries.
#WomenWritersNet

Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social · 3d

The 2026 Christopher Bland Prize is now open for entry 🏆

Closing 5pm on Friday 5 December 2025: https://rsliterature.org/rsl-christopher-bland-prize/

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 13h

✨ONLINE COURSE✨

Following the success of Julie’s Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you our first longer course:

Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: A Poetry Workshop Series

Poster for course
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Kerry Hadley-Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social · 13h

My lovely publisher, Salt Publishing, @saltpublishing.com www.saltpublishing.com have big plans for the coming years, but indie publishers can always do with some help so please do buy a book from them, or help by sharing or donating to gofund.me/221f0c807

Beautiful Books You Won’t Forget | Salt Publishing

Welcome to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishing houses. Since our founding in 1999, we have published some of the world’s foremost writers.

www.saltpublishing.com

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 13h

A ‘clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing’
Wonderful review of Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It sounds like essential reading for all memoirists.
#WomenWritersNet
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

Book Of The Week: Exploring the radical craft of memoir

Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes memoirists she has interviewed for the book.

www.rte.ie

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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 1d

Meet the Judges of the 2026 Women’s Prizes!

A warm welcome to: Julia Gillard, @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social, Salma El-Wardany, Cariad Lloyd and Annie Macmanus, and Thangam Debbonaire, Roma Agrawal, Nicola Elliott, Nina Stibbe and Nicola Williams.

#WomensPrize

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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 1d

For Women Wednesday
~ Leila Chatti 🍂
Once in a While I Am Reminded
—I am not at the center of anything. Seen at a distance I am hardly seen./each moment wondering if this is when the real story starts.

LEILA CHATTI
Once in a While I Am Reminded
I am not at the center of anything. Seen at a distance I am hardly seen. Excruciating, how here I am, how little
it means. I use my mouth to make sounds which approximate my innermost thoughts but often bungle it. I use my eyes when I need to be understood. Sometimes I tell the truth but only when I think I'll be valued for being interesting instead of good.
I marvel at what I call my life-ambulances, sparrows, clouds passing definitively by—amazed that it doesn't know it's mine at all, the minor characters don't look up, the narrative sags, and I each moment wondering if this is when the real story starts.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 1d

Adjective order: And I thought French with its erratic rules was hard.
I am glad I didn't have to learn English as a second language and that this comes naturally (although I do like to mess with it on purpose for effect).
#grammarfun #WomenWritersNet

www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/one-...

Putting Adjectives in the Right Order

You do this without even thinking

www.merriam-webster.com

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations. It is so exciting to see our books in real life, isn’t it.

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 2d

#booksky #writingansbooks #mutuals Looking forward to DANCE OF THE EARTH dancing into readers' hands (end of month launch)
@womenwritersnet.bsky.social

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I received a real letter in the post from a 92-year-old friend of my dad's. He wrote to thank me for writing my memoir, love lay down beside me and we wept.
Reviews are good for our profiles as writers but heartfelt thanks are good for our souls. 🧡
#WomenWritersNet

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

What do you do when all you've ever wanted to do is write but your life is just too busy? Our very own Liz Champion is struggling with this dilemma.
Read her Substack, Midlife without a Map. Touching, funny, honest.

lizchampion.substack.com/p/my-life-is...

My life is not working

I need to make a change

lizchampion.substack.com

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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 6d

Come join authors from @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social for a panel discussion. Writing Scotland's Future: Perspectives from Writers of Colour takes place 15/10/25 #BlackHistoryMonth at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social The Ramshorn. Lunch provided. Register for your free place: tinyurl.com/Writing-Scot...

Promotional flyer for 'Writing Scotland's Future: Perspectives from Writers of Colour' event on Wednesday 15 October 2025 at The Ramshorn, 98 Ingram Street, Glasgow G1 1EX. Panel of writers of colour will comprise: Titilayo Farukuoye, Yasmin Hanif and Safina Mazher. QR code in bottom right corner links to registration page.

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 4d

Recommended viewing: Storyville: The Librarians, BBC4, Tuesday, 7 October. Explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians

Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

The @merriam-webster.com feed is essential reading for anyone who loves words, enjoys a grammar tiff, and gets overexcited by obscure roots of common phrases. Is that just me? 😄
Also I now have the best apology for being late.
#WomenWritersNet #amwriting #dictionarylover

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21d

“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable

“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

Good tip. Thank you.

Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 3d

I got some useful ideas from Tiffany Yates Martin’s Intuitive Editing

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

'Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.'
There's loads of info about #BannedBooksWeek from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social on their socials and websites. The chart in this graphic tells a very clear story and it's a sobering one.

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climate-fiction.bsky.social @climate-fiction.bsky.social · 7d

2026 Climate Fiction Prize Announce Stellar Judging Panel as Submissions Open!

📚 @arifa.bsky.social
📚 Jessie Greengrass
📚 @kitdewaal.com
📚 @frediotto.bsky.social
📚 @savidgereads.bsky.social

Publishers have until 13th November to submit novels published between 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2025.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

Last day for submissions for the December issue of Mslexia.
#WomenWritersNet #womenwriters

Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 3d

Today is the final day to send us your submissions for Issue 108 ⏰

mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-...

We can't waiting to read what you're writing!

#AmWriting #Mslexia #SheWrites #WritingCommunity

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

Ready to submit but swamped by listings? Writers' HQ have done the hard work for us. 5 of the best opportunities for writers this month.

What's stopping you? #WomenWritersNet #blueskywriters #writingcompetitions

Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 3d

Looking to get your words into the world but completely overwhelmed by a billionty-hundred-squundred competitions and submission listings? WELL LOOK NO FURTHER. We have distilled a whole bunch of literary opportunities for your glorious self.

writershq.co.uk/5-competitio...

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

Sad to learn of the death of Jilly Cooper. Her incredible writing career spanned more than five decades. The world of books will be a duller place without her.
#WomenWritersNet #Rivals #womenwriters
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall

www.theguardian.com

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