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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · 20h

Great to chat to @talking-books.bsky.social about These Mortal Bodies, its audiobook and some of the audiobooks that have shaped me as a reader and writer! #BookSky

Robert Kirkwood @talking-books.bsky.social · 23h

Here's the latest Read On with @elspethwright.bsky.social on her atmospheric and dark debut 'These Mortal Bodies'

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Elspeth Wilson - These Mortal Bodies

Today we chat to poet and author Elspeth Wilson about her debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, a gripping and atmospheric dark academia novel about toxic female friendships and obsession. Plus we find so...

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Robert Kirkwood @talking-books.bsky.social · 23h

Here's the latest Read On with @elspethwright.bsky.social on her atmospheric and dark debut 'These Mortal Bodies'

@rnibradio.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social

audioboom.com/posts/878176...

Elspeth Wilson - These Mortal Bodies

Today we chat to poet and author Elspeth Wilson about her debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, a gripping and atmospheric dark academia novel about toxic female friendships and obsession. Plus we find so...

audioboom.com

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 1d

If this is how Israel treat international activists, imagine the conditions for Palestinians, held illegally, intimidated, tortured - psychological terrorism and war crime after war crime. Most mainstream media barely touching it, shameful and providing impunity www.thenational.scot/news/2552542...

Flotilla crew member lifts lid on 'horrific' conditions in Israeli 'internment camp'

AN activist who was detained by Israel after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted has described the “horrific” conditions he faced inside…

www.thenational.scot

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 13d

Hey authors! If your first novel came out in the onslaught that was 2020, please share it here.

Tell us the title and at least one cool thing about it, plus give us a link to learn more and buy it.

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · 19d

Check out this piece on #darkacademia for @thenerdaily by #TheseDreamingSpires contributor @elspethwrites.bsky.social - link below:

thenerddaily.com/elspeth-wils...

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Jen Scotney @jenscotney.bsky.social · 23d

“I think often the cultivation of resilience lies with connecting with others”

Thanks to Elspeth Wilson coming to talk about collective resilience, body doubling, journalling, and writing a book as a way to escape.

Her new book ‘These Mortal Bodies’ out now

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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · 23d

Got to chat to some of the most exciting names in the genre and write my thoughts about what makes dark academia dark academia for The Nerd Daily! Read on for discussions of institution as villain & glamour with a rotten underside w Olivie Blake and more #BookSky 🖤📚

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Glitz, Glamour and Villainy: What Makes A Work Dark Academia and Why is the Genre Booming? | The Nerd Daily

Elspeth Wilson, author of These Mortal Bodies, discusses what attracts us to dark academia and what actually goes into making a work part of the genre with fellow contributors from the upcoming anthol...

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · Aug 22

Complicity everywhere, maybe this is why they wanted to make protestors "terrorists"

Netpol @netpol.org · Aug 22

Elbit, the Israeli company that was Palestine Action's primary target, is close to winning a £2bn MoD contract to train British soldiers. The idea that as genocide continues it's "business as usual" is why thousands plan to shut down the DSEi arms fair on 9 Sept www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-clos...

UK close to giving Israel's Elbit £2bn contract to train British soldiers

Elbit, which was the primary target of Palestine Action's activism, is close to winning a contract that would allow it to train 60,000 troops per year, according to Private Eye

www.middleeasteye.net

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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of my fave bits of reader feedback so far for my debut, These Mortal Bodies, about coming of age, infatuation and the underside of girlhood - "an absolute delight, so incredibly immersive and so many characters I wanted to punch in the face" 📖🖤 #BookSky

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Aug 21

Home again at last but here is proof of the 2 events I did @edbookfest.bsky.social this last week - 1stly with @joeharkness.bsky.social chaired by @elspethwrites.bsky.social, 2ndly with @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @astrominx.bsky.social and James Catchpole.

joe and polly on stage looking at each other - polly is talking and waving her hands around., joe is wearing a t-shirt with mushrooms on it. Polly is wearing an ffp3 msk and a green dress.

Joe and Polly at black cloth covered signing table holding up a copy of their book each.

Four writers on stage at Edinburgh Book Fest schools event. At left, Matilda, a black woman in a powerchair wearing a purple beret, next, Polly, a white woman with a white ffp3 mask on sitting with one leg stucked in on chair, next Elle, A white woman with long wavy hair , next James, a whaite man wearing a waistcoat and shirt with 1 leg. Over their heads a screen with captions and the illustrations of each of them from Owning It.

The four owning it writers signing books in a row at a long table

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Genoveva Dimova @gen-dimova.bsky.social · Aug 21

So excited to be participating in this panel on female-led fantasy with the brilliant @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @toribovalino.bsky.social in Toppings, Edinburgh on the 26th of September! Come see us chat about women with warrior hearts 💜

www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

Women with Warrior Hearts: Female-Led Fantasy Panel with V.L. Bovalino, Annabel Campbell, and Genoveva Dimova at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

www.toppingbooks.co.uk

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Writers Online @writersonline.bsky.social · Aug 19

This month, Mary and Beth dive into The Mercy Step - the debut novel by Marcia Hutchinson. 🌟

Set in 1960s Bradford, the novel follows Mercy, a young girl growing up in a household marked by struggle.

Tune in now to join the conversation 👉 https://writ.me/MercyStep

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our instant USA Today bestseller, RED magazine recommended anthology, #TheSecretRomanticsBookofMagic spotted in the wild today at our local bookstore 😀❤️

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hello strangers, I’ve been absent from here for far too long! I’ve been busy starting a new bookish podcast, I’d love to know what you think if you have a listen!

linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...

inmygoodbookspod | Instagram | Linktree

📚A Weekly podcast for book lovers!

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · Aug 10

This week on In My Good Books podcast I interviewed tv journalist and debut novelist @stephmcgovern.bsky.social

Listen in here, I’d love to know what you think! linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...

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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · Aug 11

I wrote a piece on for the Inklusion Guide with tips for ND debut writers on finding community, creating your own predictability, remembering you can say no and recognising you don't need to listen to conventional writing advice - I hope it's helpful! #BookSky www.inklusionguide.org/blog/tips-fo...

Tips for neurodivergent debut writers- by Elspeth Wilson — Inklusion

Being a debut author can be daunting, confusing and isolating for anybody. Add being neurodivergent into that mix, and functioning in a (literary) world that wasn’t made with accessibility in mind can...

www.inklusionguide.org

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Aug 6

This is just over a week away! Come and see me and @joeharkness.bsky.social hosted by @elspethwrites.bsky.social talk about our relationships to nature and #NatureWriting through neurodivergence & disability.

Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Jun 10

Then, then, then, in August you can come and hear me not once but TWICE Edinburgh Book Festival - firstly with Joe Harkness (who fab new book #NeurodivergentByNature I've been reading) on August 15th - www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Polly Atkin & Joe Harkness: The Force of Nature

From Fri 15 Aug - Many of us know that time in nature supports our wellbeing – but why does it? How does nature change the way we think?…

www.edbookfest.co.uk

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Poltergeist Halloweezou 🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · Aug 4

More than 2-3 audience members would be great for the rest of my run, #EdFringe goers 🥹🙏

It's FREE, queer and freaky.

freefringe.org.uk/shows/you-ou...

#fringepromo

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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · Aug 4

Very happy to have an interview in this issue from @booksfromscotland.bsky.social about my debut, These Mortal Bodies, writing about intense friendships, the interaction between poetry and prose, what drew me to dark academia and balancing writing admin with the actual writing itself! #BookSky

BooksfromScotland.com @booksfromscotland.bsky.social · Jul 29

Keep your cool! It's Heatwave, the latest BfS issue!
booksfromscotland.com/issue/heatwa...

Thanks for your contributions: @florisbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @birlinn.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @luathpress.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social and more!

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BooksfromScotland.com @booksfromscotland.bsky.social · Jul 29

Keep your cool! It's Heatwave, the latest BfS issue!
booksfromscotland.com/issue/heatwa...

Thanks for your contributions: @florisbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @birlinn.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @luathpress.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social and more!

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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · Aug 4

So glad you enjoyed These Mortal Bodies!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ahead of release day tomorrow, another lovely endorsement for @mkhardywrites.com 's THE NEEDFIRE, this time from @elspethwrites.bsky.social, author of THESE MORTAL BODIES!

"Dripping with an atmosphere so strong that it clings to you with a creeping sense of dread."

geni.us/needfire

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · Aug 1

An amazing night; so excited to have The Needfire out for readers to encounter and (hopefully) enjoy!

CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · Jul 31

An excellent evening at Blackwell's to celebrate the launch of @mkhardywrites.com's debut Sapphic Scottish Gothic ("gayer Rebecca") The Needfire.

A woman dressed in black reads from a novel while another woman in a mushroom dress sits next to her.

Everything is very dramatic

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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · Jul 21

My debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, came out last week! I'm so excited for my literary-leaning campus novel with dark academia and gothic vibes to be out in the world! Here's some of the lovely things other authors are saying about it. #BookSky

'A compelling journey into the power of female friendship, obsession and rituals that lingers longer after you finish' Celia Silvani, author of Baby Teeth

'Truly a beautiful debut. The perfect combination of sinister, nostalgic and glamorous.' Angie Spoto, author of The Grief Nurse

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Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you so much for sharing!

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