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Aurora Metro Books @aurorametro.bsky.social · 18d

To read Deborah's moving tale of climate fiction go to www.aurorametro.com/product/the-... #clifi #awardwinningbooks #literaryfiction #psychologicalfiction

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Aurora Metro Books @aurorametro.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks so much for your fab introduction @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social Looking forward to our upcoming event too! Thanks also to contributors @juliamiller.bsky.social @aprildeangelis.bsky.social @zitaholbourne.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social #janeausten #englishliterature bit.ly/42vsQyk

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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 26d

✨Exciting news! I’m finally able to tell you that, on October 31st, my first book will be published with River Light Press.

Taking a new, in-depth look at Incel culture it challenges existing misinformation while advocating for positive change. ✨
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Aurora Metro Books @aurorametro.bsky.social · 18d

Get your frock on and celebrate with us Oct 2nd 7pm @booksontherise.bsky.social bit.ly/42vsQyk #JaneAusten #englishliterature #authorevents #writingcommunity #booklaunch #janeausten250 #greatwriters #janeaustenfestival #mrdarcy #romance

Celebrating Jane Austen: A Talk and Readings

Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen and launch of a new book

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Aurora Metro Books @aurorametro.bsky.social · 27d

Our author Sarah Tucker with a natty poem about the need to think differently - read her biography of Edward de Bono for more. #poetry #writingcommunity#biography #thinking

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Marcelle Newbold @marcellenewbold.bsky.social · Aug 13

Delighted to be part of this Jane Austen anthology, with fabulous authors writing prose, essays and poetry, coming this October from @aurorametro.bsky.social. Pre orders available now ! www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...

Book cover with image of Jame Austen on pink and purple background. Title: Encounters with Jane Austen, celebrating 250 years, introduced by Jennie Batchelor

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Aurora Metro Books @aurorametro.bsky.social · Jul 25

Great review for our new book on the work of film director Steve McQueen here. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #stevemcqueen #BlackBritish #filmmakers #filmstudies #mediastudies

IN THE SCENE | Kirkus Reviews

Francis offers a brief but comprehensive synopsis of film director Steve McQueen’s career.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Deborah Tomkins @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social · May 23

Chatting to #VirginiaWoolf yesterday, before reading from and discussing my novel #TheWilderPath, winner of the #VirginiaPrizeforFiction! A memorable evening! @booksontherise.bsky.social @aurorametro.bsky.social

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Deborah Tomkins @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is such a beautiful cover! I am so proud every time I see it. @michellehughes.bsky.social @aurorametro.bsky.social
Also very proud to have won the Virginia Prize for Fiction with this novel.
#booksky
#virginiaprizeforfiction

Novel cover of The Wilder Path. A lino print in black, sand and teal greens, showing a coastal path and cliffs, with sea and beach below. Winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jul 4

Submission window open for children’s books for 5 - 12 years.

Details in link.

Please share :)

Children’s Book Submissions | BookLife Publishing

Children’s Book Submission Guidelines We are currently accepting submissions for children’s books, both fiction and graphic scripts, across a variety of subjects and age ranges (5 – 12 year olds). Pl...

www.booklifepublishing.co.uk

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Drama Online @dramaonlinelib.bsky.social · Jul 3

Aurora Metro Books Collection 2 is now live, offering a thought-provoking range of contemporary plays featuring writers of colour, women playwrights, and other traditionally underrepresented writers.
Explore the collection now: bit.ly/40Ki4mb

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jul 3

An amazing opportunity for 10 writers to spend up to a month for free at seaside cottage to write.

All details in the link below.

Please share :)

RSL Scriptorium Awards - Royal Society of Literature

Ten writer residencies presented to professionally active writers in need of a place to write.The 2025 Prize This year marks the inaugural presentation of the RSL Scriptorium Awards, inviting applicat...

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Media Trust @mediatrust.bsky.social · Jul 2

Are you an experienced...

✂️ editor
🎨 colour grader
🎼 composer
🎧 sound designer/mixer
💻 VFX artist

...looking to give back? Volunteer with #MediaTrustFilms and use your skills to support impactful short films for charities!

📨 Email [email protected] to get involved.

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Theatre503 @theatre503.bsky.social · Jul 1

Babe wake up, applications for the 503Five are open!! 🎉

We are so excited to be reopening submissions for our 2026-27 writer's residency, and to begin this new journey with FIVE talented writers who are eager to take their career to the next level.

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Dr Clare Summerskill @claresummerskill.bsky.social · Jun 23

On 20th July at 4pm the Sensible Shoes Comedy Tour will be coming to Cambridge with me, Hannah Brackenbury, Julie Jepson and Lara A.King. Spread the word! www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Cam...

The Sensible Shoes - Comedy Tour at Town And Gown Pub And Theatre

Join four LGBTQ+ comedy icons for a marvellous mix of stand-up, stories, songs and quirky collaborations!

www.skiddle.com

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Aurora Metro Books @aurorametro.bsky.social · Jul 4

At BFI Southbank on Monday 7th July 6.30pm join us for discussion of all things Steve McQueen. Tickets tinyurl.com/y3j5d8br #BFI #cinema #talks #filmmaking

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jul 1

To mark 100 years of #MrsDalloway, Fiona Shaw explores Three Transformations of Virginia #Woolf 9am Tues @BBCRadio4 with Michael Cunningham, Mark Haddon @naomialderman.bsky.social Sally Potter & Alexandra Harris. Readings by Gwendoline Christie. Producer Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf, Inner Lives

Fiona Shaw celebrates 100 years of Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social · Jan 22

"In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging." Uprooter Anjan Sundaram for Vox www.vox.com/climate/2400...

Indigenous activists are risking their lives for butterflies

In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging.

www.vox.com

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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · Jun 5

For #WorldEnvironmentDay, Centre Expert Anjan Sundaram shares what he’s uncovered in #Mexico where Indigenous communities face rising violence for defending their land.

📖 Check out our latest Q&A: www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · Jun 6

My essay 'Wherefore, Nuncle?' is in the ENCOUNTERS WITH JAMES BALDWIN anthology celebrating the centenary of his birth.

Edited by Kadija George Sesay and Cheryl Robson

The list of other writers is on the page.

I'm not worthy of Baldwin's legend, but I tried.

www.aurorametro.com/product/enco...

Encounters with James Baldwin

In this literary anthology 'Encounters with James Baldwin' celebrating the centenary of the African American writer's birth, over 20 writers reveal the influence of Baldwin's thought, speech and writi...

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · Mar 18

OWAAD was founded by Stella Dadzie and Olive Morris in 1978, with the aim to bring a black feminist perspective to political action.

Morris died in July 1979 of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In 2024, she was recognised for her work with a blue plaque. Dadzie attended the unveiling.

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Stella Dadzie at the unveiling of a blue plaque to Olive Morris on the side of the old squat in 2024. Dadzie is a black woman with greying hair in a high ponytail, and is gesturing as she talks. Photo by Brixton Blog.

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Miss Fox @missfox36.bsky.social · Nov 23

Today's book of the day is...

A Kick in the Belly: women, Slavery, and resistance by Stella Dadzie

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · Nov 8

For the new folks here (so you know a bit abt what I am abt and where we connect), I am a long 18c lit scholar (esp women’s writing, periodicals and material culture). I am writing a book called The Writers Craft about women writers and making and see (a lot!). Also Head of English at Uni of York.

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Deborah Tomkins @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social · Jun 27

bookhaus - Bristol's radical home www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bookhaus--...
This is an amazing bookshop - and so much more. Please consider supporting this crowdfunder.

bookhaus - Bristol's radical home

I have managed bookhaus since the beginning. The owners have decided to retire, and I am raising the funds to buy it and carry on our legacy

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Deborah Tomkins @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social · Jun 27

A happy afternoon signing books (and buying some others!) in Toppings, Bath, this week.

Author holding both books, Aerth, and The Wilder Path, in the gallery of Toppings Booksellers, Bath.

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