Zeena Gosrani
@zeenagos.bsky.social
Writer.
My debut novel, This Dark Heart is out now.
My debut novel, This Dark Heart is out now.
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5 days. 5 posts. Day 3/5. Giveaway time! 🎁To celebrate the anniversary of #TerraElectrica - 2 bundles (see pic) ⚡️☄️💥 please like, repost and comment favourite Arctic animal (see sticker sheet for inspiration)! @neemtreepress #giveaway #summerreading winners picked 6 July.
July 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
5 days. 5 posts. Day 3/5. Giveaway time! 🎁To celebrate the anniversary of #TerraElectrica - 2 bundles (see pic) ⚡️☄️💥 please like, repost and comment favourite Arctic animal (see sticker sheet for inspiration)! @neemtreepress #giveaway #summerreading winners picked 6 July.
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#BookReview: THIS DARK HEART by Zeena Gosrani
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Book Review: THIS DARK HEART by Zeena Gosrani
A thrilling adventure full of magic, shadowy creatures, and some great character dynamics
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June 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#BookReview: THIS DARK HEART by Zeena Gosrani
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I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
Donate to URGENT: Help Evacuate Mariam's Family from Gaza, organized by Sandra Proudman
My name is Sandra, I’m an author and literary agent from the US and I … Sandra Proudman needs your support for URGENT: Help Evacuate Mariam's Family from Gaza
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May 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
✨pls share✨
I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.
If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!
GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
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Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 15,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookTheives by adding your signature here✒️ authr.uk/sp40
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
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April 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 15,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookTheives by adding your signature here✒️ authr.uk/sp40
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Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
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Congratulations to all on the #TheBranfordBoaseAward #LL.
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
January 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Congratulations to all on the #TheBranfordBoaseAward #LL.
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
Delighted to see the lovely @zeenagos.bsky.social on there with her novel This Dark Heart, and the fabulous @sharadakeats.bsky.social with These Stolen Lives.
Good luck to all!
This Dark Heart was nominated for the Branford Boase award!
Baby’s first nomination! I’m so excited.
Baby’s first nomination! I’m so excited.
January 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This Dark Heart was nominated for the Branford Boase award!
Baby’s first nomination! I’m so excited.
Baby’s first nomination! I’m so excited.
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Thanks for sharing @robynnhyde.bsky.social . What a treat to chat with you!
I had a chance to talk with @gaynorandrews.bsky.social about her debut PB #PandoraandtheStoryForge - a magical story about the power of words - published by @rocketbirdbooks.bsky.social and beautifully illustrated by Marie-Alice Harel. Read about her journey: www.wordsandpics.org/2025/01/debu...
DEBUT JOURNEYS Gaynor Andrews
Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.
www.wordsandpics.org
January 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thanks for sharing @robynnhyde.bsky.social . What a treat to chat with you!
Reposting to get more eyes on this!
My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025!
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
January 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reposting to get more eyes on this!
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Do your local library a kindness! Share this if you love and support libraries and librarians (don’t forget your school library & librarian, too!) 😊📚
Thank you to all the library workers who keep the magic alive—you’re true heroes! ✨💚
Thank you to all the library workers who keep the magic alive—you’re true heroes! ✨💚
January 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Do your local library a kindness! Share this if you love and support libraries and librarians (don’t forget your school library & librarian, too!) 😊📚
Thank you to all the library workers who keep the magic alive—you’re true heroes! ✨💚
Thank you to all the library workers who keep the magic alive—you’re true heroes! ✨💚
Finally got a picture on the moon at Waterstones Piccadilly, and signed the last book they had in stock because they’d pretty much sold out.
January 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Finally got a picture on the moon at Waterstones Piccadilly, and signed the last book they had in stock because they’d pretty much sold out.
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Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/
January 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/
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Early Career children's authors (1-3 books) in:
- Bromley
- Greenwich
- Wandsworth
- Dudley
- Lincolnshire
Ask your publisher to nominate you for this great opportunity with local libraries – closes Jan 10th!
#ukkidlit
www.better.org.uk/library/gll-...
- Bromley
- Greenwich
- Wandsworth
- Dudley
- Lincolnshire
Ask your publisher to nominate you for this great opportunity with local libraries – closes Jan 10th!
#ukkidlit
www.better.org.uk/library/gll-...
GLL Literary Foundation
GLL Literary Foundation
www.better.org.uk
January 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Early Career children's authors (1-3 books) in:
- Bromley
- Greenwich
- Wandsworth
- Dudley
- Lincolnshire
Ask your publisher to nominate you for this great opportunity with local libraries – closes Jan 10th!
#ukkidlit
www.better.org.uk/library/gll-...
- Bromley
- Greenwich
- Wandsworth
- Dudley
- Lincolnshire
Ask your publisher to nominate you for this great opportunity with local libraries – closes Jan 10th!
#ukkidlit
www.better.org.uk/library/gll-...
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
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UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2024 at 9:46 AM
UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
I wrote a blog post for SAILfest. It’s specifically about being from marginalised communities and whether you’re allowed to write about that community if you don’t completely fit into it.
www.sailfest.org.uk/sailfest-blo...
www.sailfest.org.uk/sailfest-blo...
Debut Author Series - Zeena Gosrani — SAIL Fest UK
We at SAIL Fest UK want to amplify the voices of all South Asian writers and illustrators working in kids books. In particular, we are very proud of our 2024 debut cohort who have struggled against od...
www.sailfest.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I wrote a blog post for SAILfest. It’s specifically about being from marginalised communities and whether you’re allowed to write about that community if you don’t completely fit into it.
www.sailfest.org.uk/sailfest-blo...
www.sailfest.org.uk/sailfest-blo...
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Children's books are never "just" for children. They are books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are really books for EVERYONE, and you can never, ever, EVER be too old to read them, and to love them!
December 10, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Children's books are never "just" for children. They are books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are really books for EVERYONE, and you can never, ever, EVER be too old to read them, and to love them!
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Here's my original email. The list of "sensitive" subjects is scarily broad and also vague, and covers most marginalized people and communities.
December 14, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Here's my original email. The list of "sensitive" subjects is scarily broad and also vague, and covers most marginalized people and communities.
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⭐️Calling GHOSTWRITERS!⭐️
If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
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This survey builds on…
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If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
This survey builds on…
1/
December 14, 2024 at 12:47 PM
⭐️Calling GHOSTWRITERS!⭐️
If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
This survey builds on…
1/
If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
This survey builds on…
1/
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If you’re a cis person who often posts here or on Twitter about transphobia and how you disagree with it, please consider calling or writing to Wes Streeting today - there’s a script here to make it easy: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Drop the Ban - Phone & Email Blockade 12/12/24
WES STREETING PHONE & EMAIL BLOCKADE - Thursday 12th December 2024 Call on Wes Streeting to drop the ban on puberty blockers! Yesterday, the government permanently banned puberty blockers for trans ...
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December 12, 2024 at 11:31 AM
If you’re a cis person who often posts here or on Twitter about transphobia and how you disagree with it, please consider calling or writing to Wes Streeting today - there’s a script here to make it easy: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Tell me I did not just delete my entire outline so I can start again for the third time! 🤦🏽♀️
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ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a black shirt holding his hand up .
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December 6, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Tell me I did not just delete my entire outline so I can start again for the third time! 🤦🏽♀️
Finally joined bluesky instead of writing my book. Please follow me so I pretend it was a wise choice.
December 2, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Finally joined bluesky instead of writing my book. Please follow me so I pretend it was a wise choice.