Freyja Jones
@hagmask.bsky.social
Writing around & about folklore, the gothic, and disability. Haglet. Probably listening to Joanna Newsom. 🪺
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Freyja Jones
@hagmask.bsky.social
· Dec 19
‘Winning a place was the ultimate validation and encouragement to persevere.’ – Tahira Yaqoob
In 2024 we supported 20 talented, under-represented writers via our Breakthrough Writers' Programme.
Meet the Breakthrough Class of 2024: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-class-of-2024
In 2024 we supported 20 talented, under-represented writers via our Breakthrough Writers' Programme.
Meet the Breakthrough Class of 2024: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-class-of-2024
So excited to have been selected for the disabled writers mentorship programme to work on my novel!
pleasant surprise to see the aubergine sprouting this morning!
January 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
pleasant surprise to see the aubergine sprouting this morning!
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Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories (1500-5000 words) for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent. The anthology embraces the fin de siècle literary and arts of the decadents & more
Submissions are now open and close on 1st February 2026, 20:00 GMT 🖤
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/now-ope...
Submissions are now open and close on 1st February 2026, 20:00 GMT 🖤
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/now-ope...
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories (1500-5000 words) for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent. The anthology embraces the fin de siècle literary and arts of the decadents & more
Submissions are now open and close on 1st February 2026, 20:00 GMT 🖤
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/now-ope...
Submissions are now open and close on 1st February 2026, 20:00 GMT 🖤
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/now-ope...
the little stranger was a great first book of the year — so much unease and creepiness that doesn't emanate from the expected source! (or perhaps it does, if i really think about it)
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
the little stranger was a great first book of the year — so much unease and creepiness that doesn't emanate from the expected source! (or perhaps it does, if i really think about it)
happy halloween from our cat-loving household!
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
happy halloween from our cat-loving household!
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The biggest “block” writers face is time and money and gatekeeping (by the people who can offer money to give you that time.)
I would welcome a day that I didn’t wake up with fourteen great ideas that I simply don’t have the time or money to do properly. AI directly threatens that. It doesn’t help.
I would welcome a day that I didn’t wake up with fourteen great ideas that I simply don’t have the time or money to do properly. AI directly threatens that. It doesn’t help.
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The biggest “block” writers face is time and money and gatekeeping (by the people who can offer money to give you that time.)
I would welcome a day that I didn’t wake up with fourteen great ideas that I simply don’t have the time or money to do properly. AI directly threatens that. It doesn’t help.
I would welcome a day that I didn’t wake up with fourteen great ideas that I simply don’t have the time or money to do properly. AI directly threatens that. It doesn’t help.
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I was out of Israeli prison in five days. They’ve been holding Dr Hussam Abu Safiya for nearly a year without charge, along with thousands more Palestinians. A ceasefire without an end to occupation and accountability for Israel will just be a slower continuation of the genocide
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I was out of Israeli prison in five days. They’ve been holding Dr Hussam Abu Safiya for nearly a year without charge, along with thousands more Palestinians. A ceasefire without an end to occupation and accountability for Israel will just be a slower continuation of the genocide
very much vibing with the halloween decor at the local train station
October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
very much vibing with the halloween decor at the local train station
we've finally moved! and the cats are enjoying finding all the new nooks to hide in
October 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
we've finally moved! and the cats are enjoying finding all the new nooks to hide in
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The most ridiculous irony is that if you actually want more disabled and chronically ill people in work we need MORE quicker better diagnosis --> more targeted support and treatment for people's actual conditions, not CBT or pyscho-social therapy as a generalised sticking plaster on symptoms.
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The most ridiculous irony is that if you actually want more disabled and chronically ill people in work we need MORE quicker better diagnosis --> more targeted support and treatment for people's actual conditions, not CBT or pyscho-social therapy as a generalised sticking plaster on symptoms.
Oh, they have it so good...
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Oh, they have it so good...
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Let me know if you are expecting to get raptured so I can feed your cats.
September 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Let me know if you are expecting to get raptured so I can feed your cats.
"In total, there were 254,808 hours of sewage outflows in national parks last year."
Yet another, more pressing issue, the government should be dealing with instead of demonising refugees and pandering to the far right.
Yet another, more pressing issue, the government should be dealing with instead of demonising refugees and pandering to the far right.
Revealed: sewage overflow in English and Welsh national parks twice outside rate
Revealed: sewage overflow in English and Welsh national parks twice outside rate
Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas should be cleanest
Sewage is pouring into the rivers inside national parks at twice the rate that is occurring outside the protected areas, it can be revealed.
Campaigners described the situation as “outrageous” and said rivers and lakes in national parks in England and Wales should be the cleanest and most protected in the country. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"In total, there were 254,808 hours of sewage outflows in national parks last year."
Yet another, more pressing issue, the government should be dealing with instead of demonising refugees and pandering to the far right.
Yet another, more pressing issue, the government should be dealing with instead of demonising refugees and pandering to the far right.
i'm not sure what's up with the birds here at the moment, maybe its all the thunderstorms. originally, we had seagulls nesting on the building next door, and they'd circle and shout all day. now, there's two crows that are screeching almost non-stop, swooping between the two trees. ominous!
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
i'm not sure what's up with the birds here at the moment, maybe its all the thunderstorms. originally, we had seagulls nesting on the building next door, and they'd circle and shout all day. now, there's two crows that are screeching almost non-stop, swooping between the two trees. ominous!
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Our lead ship on the Global Sumud Flotilla was droned and caught fire. The six who were onboard are safe, and our mission will continue. They know international opinion is turning inexorably against them. Bombing peaceful humanitarians won’t exactly help that, but it’s the only response they’ve got.
September 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Our lead ship on the Global Sumud Flotilla was droned and caught fire. The six who were onboard are safe, and our mission will continue. They know international opinion is turning inexorably against them. Bombing peaceful humanitarians won’t exactly help that, but it’s the only response they’ve got.
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The gov says it wants more Disabled people in work. Then why is it cutting the scheme that helps them stay there?
Many people are reporting 60-80% cuts or even total withdrawal of their support, with no explanation.
We've signed this open letter, add your name too: buff.ly/ECPJcQ3
Many people are reporting 60-80% cuts or even total withdrawal of their support, with no explanation.
We've signed this open letter, add your name too: buff.ly/ECPJcQ3
August 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The gov says it wants more Disabled people in work. Then why is it cutting the scheme that helps them stay there?
Many people are reporting 60-80% cuts or even total withdrawal of their support, with no explanation.
We've signed this open letter, add your name too: buff.ly/ECPJcQ3
Many people are reporting 60-80% cuts or even total withdrawal of their support, with no explanation.
We've signed this open letter, add your name too: buff.ly/ECPJcQ3
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I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir
Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …
lithub.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
We were there Saturday to see Vampire Weekend, was glad they spoke out at the start of the set. To add to the Victorious shitshow this year, they oversold accessibility tickets so that so many disabled people didn't have spots on the platform. Profit over accessibility, too, it seems.
The Last Dinner Party and Vampire Weekend condemn festival after Mary Wallopers’ set pulled over Palestine flag
The Last Dinner Party and Vampire Weekend condemn festival after Mary Wallopers’ set pulled over Palestine flag
Victorious festival organisers apologised for cutting off the Irish band after they led chants to ‘free Palestine’, and said they would donate to humanitarian relief efforts
The Last Dinner Party pulled out of their set at Portsmouth’s Victorious festival at the weekend after Irish band the Mary Wallopers saw their set cut short after showing their support for the people of Palestine.
On Friday, the Mary Wallopers unveiled a Palestinian flag and called for a “free Palestine”. Video appeared to show a crew member confronting the band about the flag, which was draped on the stage, and then removing it. After calls from the band and the crowd of “free, free Palestine”, the sound was cut. The band briefly retrieved the flag to cheers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We were there Saturday to see Vampire Weekend, was glad they spoke out at the start of the set. To add to the Victorious shitshow this year, they oversold accessibility tickets so that so many disabled people didn't have spots on the platform. Profit over accessibility, too, it seems.
saw my first ever real-life hummingbird hawk-moth yesterday evening. it was fluttering around our neighbours' buddleia. shame not to get a photo but hopeful i'll get so see more when we can plant our own when we move
August 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
saw my first ever real-life hummingbird hawk-moth yesterday evening. it was fluttering around our neighbours' buddleia. shame not to get a photo but hopeful i'll get so see more when we can plant our own when we move
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"The DWP itself considers PIP fraud to be so minimal, it marks it at 0%."
Yet it is advertising covert surveillance roles to, in their words, "gather evidence to prove/disprove offences."
Medical knowledge? Training and understanding of the complexity of disability? Not in the ad.
Yet it is advertising covert surveillance roles to, in their words, "gather evidence to prove/disprove offences."
Medical knowledge? Training and understanding of the complexity of disability? Not in the ad.
The DWP is now recruiting even more people to spy on benefit claimants
The Canary previously reported on one round of DWP job adverts for 'covert surveillance officers'. Now, it has expanded its recruitment further.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The Canary previously reported on one round of DWP job adverts for 'covert surveillance officers'. Now, it has expanded its recruitment further.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The DWP is now recruiting even more people to spy on benefit claimants
The Canary reported on one round of DWP job adverts for 'covert surveillance officers'. Now, it has expanded its recruitment further.
www.thecanary.co
August 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"The DWP itself considers PIP fraud to be so minimal, it marks it at 0%."
Yet it is advertising covert surveillance roles to, in their words, "gather evidence to prove/disprove offences."
Medical knowledge? Training and understanding of the complexity of disability? Not in the ad.
Yet it is advertising covert surveillance roles to, in their words, "gather evidence to prove/disprove offences."
Medical knowledge? Training and understanding of the complexity of disability? Not in the ad.
what next, anyone who buys a sally rooney book is a terrorist? #freepalestine
August 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
what next, anyone who buys a sally rooney book is a terrorist? #freepalestine
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We've been sitting on a secret...
Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.
Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...
Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.
Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...
August 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We've been sitting on a secret...
Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.
Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...
Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.
Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...
listening to sarah hall on field ramble right now — cannot express how excited i am to read helm!
August 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
listening to sarah hall on field ramble right now — cannot express how excited i am to read helm!
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It is very hard to see how the UK government can sign this statement, which makes it absolutely clear that it recognises that Israel is committing - as a matter of state policy - deliberate and systematic war crimes, without at a minimum cutting all military cooperation with Israel.
July 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It is very hard to see how the UK government can sign this statement, which makes it absolutely clear that it recognises that Israel is committing - as a matter of state policy - deliberate and systematic war crimes, without at a minimum cutting all military cooperation with Israel.
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When I pointed out King’s will lose 90% of its AHRC student-led places under the new scheme, I got piled on by the AHRC Chair claiming I was wrong and scaremongering.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3
‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’
Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
When I pointed out King’s will lose 90% of its AHRC student-led places under the new scheme, I got piled on by the AHRC Chair claiming I was wrong and scaremongering.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
It wasn’t quite 90%.
This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.
Next year they’re giving us 3.
So 89% then.
Just a reminder that your disabled/ill friends, family, & peers can see the ableist things you're saying in your ill-wishes to Trump. I get it, the guy is evil and you want to see him pay for the suffering he has caused. But can we not resort to ableism? Some of the things being said are horrific.
July 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just a reminder that your disabled/ill friends, family, & peers can see the ableist things you're saying in your ill-wishes to Trump. I get it, the guy is evil and you want to see him pay for the suffering he has caused. But can we not resort to ableism? Some of the things being said are horrific.