Beyond delighted!

What are agents and editors looking for these days?

This Friday, join @janechunlit.bsky.social, Robin Coleman, @agentismita.bsky.social, and Ariel Curry for a discussion about the current trends, common weak spots that lead to rejection, and more.

Register FREE: authorsguild.org/event/nonfic...

On strike #ucu

Try writing the body from a 'crip' lens in a special festival edition of CRIPtic Spread the Word Salon with a workshop on writing the body & open mic session. Free.

29 March at 5.30pm Online, relaxed with breaks programmed in. Captioned and BSL interpreted.

Details in link.

Please share :)

Solidarity walk today @ucu.org.uk

An all-too-familiar story about accent bias and universities.

Ooh, fun!

Kit de Waal will headline a new literary festival taking place in East and West Sussex, spotlighting the work of female writers over the age of 50 👇

The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable.

Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.

www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

This afternoon's post-meeting walk

Check it out. Please share:)

Moss, magnified. Because it's 9am on Monday and it has already been a long week.

Today is World Wetlands Day, where we celebrate this remarkable habit. This is Rye Harbour Nature Reserve #WorldWetlandsDay

Saltmarshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded & drained by salt water brought in by the tides - an incredible habitat for wildlife and carbon capture.

📷 Stuart Conway

Writing the Animal – my zoom workshop for the fabulous @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social
on 18 March, book here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pascale-pe...

Starting teaching on the shiny new module, Creative Non-fiction today. What kind of self are we happy to share?

Just 6 days until the deadline for our 29th Award on Sun Feb 2nd. £1460 in prizes. Results out by 2nd Feb. Judge @sfreligh.bsky.social
Anthology. Thanks everyone who has entered so far!
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

RAPPEL | 💰 Le CRIEM reçoit les candidatures pour la bourse de maîtrise BMO jusqu'au 3 février prochain. Tous les détails ici: bit.ly/41DeNar

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REMINDER | 💰 CIRM is accepting applications for the BMO Master's Fellowship until February 3. Full details here: bit.ly/41E0MJD

We now have FOUR literary agencies on board for the 2025 #Curae FOUR
Unpaid carers: we see you. 💙📚

The demise of twitter has made getting the #Curae word out difficult as this was a hub. Please do all you can to get the word out. It’s a unique writing prize, supported across industry and dedicated exclusively to unpaid carers UK and ROI. Closing date 1st March thecuraeprize.uk

PhD Studentship: Second-Order Effects of Disinformation: Perceptions of Disinformation and Trust in the Context of Russian Foreign Influence Operations
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN069/p...

The panel is inspired by my recent @ukri.org (AHRC) Leadership Fellowship on #geohumanities and regional fiction & CNF in #Quebec

Working on regional literature in Québec or Canada? Interested in being part of a panel hosted by me and Vanja Polic (U of Zagreb) at the British Association of Canadian Studies conference in April? If so, please email [email protected] by January 23. We have one panel, but can add more papers!

Writing West Midlands has some great affordable writing courses including From Pitch to Publication live zoom sessions starting in January.

Details of all courses at

writingwestmidlands.org