Michelle Marie McGrath
@michellemmcgrath.bsky.social
Enchanted forest dweller, storyteller.
Star priestess, mystical midwife for magical mavens.
MA Nature + Travel Writing
Editing one novel + drafting another: book club with a magical edge
Mancunian in Cornwall, UK
Star priestess, mystical midwife for magical mavens.
MA Nature + Travel Writing
Editing one novel + drafting another: book club with a magical edge
Mancunian in Cornwall, UK
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Long List: Novel Opening 2025 - Flash 500
A Girl Called Redemption And So Monsters We Became Before We Became Men Blood and Bloom in Las Vegas Bluestocking Codename Charlotta Complete Gothic Tales from 1503 Disaster Distant Bodies Elefante El...
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A nice surprise to see my eco-fiction wip, long-listed on the @flash500.bsky.social novel opening competition.
flash500.com/long-list-no...
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
A nice surprise to see my eco-fiction wip, long-listed on the @flash500.bsky.social novel opening competition.
flash500.com/long-list-no...
flash500.com/long-list-no...
Long List: Novel Opening 2025 - Flash 500
A Girl Called Redemption And So Monsters We Became Before We Became Men Blood and Bloom in Las Vegas Bluestocking Codename Charlotta Complete Gothic Tales from 1503 Disaster Distant Bodies Elefante El...
flash500.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A nice surprise to see my eco-fiction wip, long-listed on the @flash500.bsky.social novel opening competition.
flash500.com/long-list-no...
flash500.com/long-list-no...
Adored the prequel in the Chocolat series and of course was immediately ready for the next one. Highly recommend.
No pressure 😍 @joannechocolat.bsky.social
No pressure 😍 @joannechocolat.bsky.social
Here's something nice: VIANNE on Kindle UK for just 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/Vianne-irres...
Vianne: The irresistible new story from the million-copy bestselling author of CHOCOLAT eBook : Harris, Joanne: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Vianne: The irresistible new story from the million-copy bestselling author of CHOCOLAT eBook : Harris, Joanne: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Adored the prequel in the Chocolat series and of course was immediately ready for the next one. Highly recommend.
No pressure 😍 @joannechocolat.bsky.social
No pressure 😍 @joannechocolat.bsky.social
After regularly being asked 'what is scrying?' and the upcoming return of scrying season in my stream (winter + early spring), I finally wrote a post about my experience with it.
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michellemariemcgrath.com/intro-to-wat...
October 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
After regularly being asked 'what is scrying?' and the upcoming return of scrying season in my stream (winter + early spring), I finally wrote a post about my experience with it.
michellemariemcgrath.com/intro-to-wat...
michellemariemcgrath.com/intro-to-wat...
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Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let's get outside and gather seeds for the future! 🌰🧡🌳#seedgatheringseason
Head over to the Tree Grower's Guide to find out more about growing trees from seed!
treegrowersguide.org.uk
Head over to the Tree Grower's Guide to find out more about growing trees from seed!
treegrowersguide.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Let's get outside and gather seeds for the future! 🌰🧡🌳#seedgatheringseason
Head over to the Tree Grower's Guide to find out more about growing trees from seed!
treegrowersguide.org.uk
Head over to the Tree Grower's Guide to find out more about growing trees from seed!
treegrowersguide.org.uk
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‘The truth is simple: Britain is not broken because of migration. Britain is broken because of inequality … We are organising. We are growing. This is our moment. We need you to help us seize it.’ Brilliant from @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski
Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
‘The truth is simple: Britain is not broken because of migration. Britain is broken because of inequality … We are organising. We are growing. This is our moment. We need you to help us seize it.’ Brilliant from @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
The EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
Take Action - Hands Off Nature
handsoffnature.eu
September 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
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The Cornish chough vanished in 1973.
Gone from the cliffs. Gone from the skies.
Then in 2001 – 3 returned.
Now in 2025? 300+ wild choughs call Cornwall home again.
A local legend reborn. A real-world comeback. 🐦🔥
#CornishChough #CornwallWildlife
Gone from the cliffs. Gone from the skies.
Then in 2001 – 3 returned.
Now in 2025? 300+ wild choughs call Cornwall home again.
A local legend reborn. A real-world comeback. 🐦🔥
#CornishChough #CornwallWildlife
August 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Cornish chough vanished in 1973.
Gone from the cliffs. Gone from the skies.
Then in 2001 – 3 returned.
Now in 2025? 300+ wild choughs call Cornwall home again.
A local legend reborn. A real-world comeback. 🐦🔥
#CornishChough #CornwallWildlife
Gone from the cliffs. Gone from the skies.
Then in 2001 – 3 returned.
Now in 2025? 300+ wild choughs call Cornwall home again.
A local legend reborn. A real-world comeback. 🐦🔥
#CornishChough #CornwallWildlife
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We've been granted a permissions hearing at the High Court for our legal challenge against Angela Raynor's assertion that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill 'will not reduce environmental protections', which we say was both untrue & unlawful.
Press release 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/general/cour...
Press release 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/general/cour...
Court hearing for Wild Justice’s legal challenge against Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Wild Justice
Court hearing for Wild Justice’s legal challenge against Planning and Infrastructure Bill Arguments for a legal challenge against the government […]
wildjustice.org.uk
August 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We've been granted a permissions hearing at the High Court for our legal challenge against Angela Raynor's assertion that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill 'will not reduce environmental protections', which we say was both untrue & unlawful.
Press release 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/general/cour...
Press release 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/general/cour...
This is a wonderful concept.
As Bookbanks new Ambassador I’d like to spread the word about this brilliant charity giving books with food at food banks.
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
Please share and support if you’re able :)
www.bookbanks.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is a wonderful concept.
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🥰 what a lovely surprise to see my Forest Alphabet in today's edition of the local newspaper, @hs.fi. You can download the Forest font, here: helsinkibiennaali.fi/en/artist/ka...
The #HelsinkiBiennial opens to the public today and runs through September 21st.
#SaveourForests #ForestThinking
The #HelsinkiBiennial opens to the public today and runs through September 21st.
#SaveourForests #ForestThinking
June 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🥰 what a lovely surprise to see my Forest Alphabet in today's edition of the local newspaper, @hs.fi. You can download the Forest font, here: helsinkibiennaali.fi/en/artist/ka...
The #HelsinkiBiennial opens to the public today and runs through September 21st.
#SaveourForests #ForestThinking
The #HelsinkiBiennial opens to the public today and runs through September 21st.
#SaveourForests #ForestThinking
A ferny #foxglove Friday to you. I love seeing these cheerful nodding heads everywhere, bees a-buzz in their blooms and maybe the odd fairy or two.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
June 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A ferny #foxglove Friday to you. I love seeing these cheerful nodding heads everywhere, bees a-buzz in their blooms and maybe the odd fairy or two.
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
I saw this last week and some of the statistics are horrifying. The impact of trawling is devastating and hard to believe these practices are legal...but they are...
The shocking, violent reality of what bottom trawling does to the seabed and its creatures is filmed and shown for the first time in Ocean with David Attenborough. And then, after all that, three quarters of the catch is thrown away.
This is must-watch footage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
This is must-watch footage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9...
OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
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June 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I saw this last week and some of the statistics are horrifying. The impact of trawling is devastating and hard to believe these practices are legal...but they are...
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Prize now open for:
Stories of joy and resilience in the face of daily challenges
Narratives of resistance, activism, and fighting against ableism in all its forms,
Personal stories of triumph, solidarity, and empowerment within disabled communities
Details in link.
Please share :)
Stories of joy and resilience in the face of daily challenges
Narratives of resistance, activism, and fighting against ableism in all its forms,
Personal stories of triumph, solidarity, and empowerment within disabled communities
Details in link.
Please share :)
JKP Writing Prize
Jessica Kingsley Publishers is the leading publisher of books on autism, social work, arts therapies and related subjects, publishing for both professionals and the general reader.
uk.jkp.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Prize now open for:
Stories of joy and resilience in the face of daily challenges
Narratives of resistance, activism, and fighting against ableism in all its forms,
Personal stories of triumph, solidarity, and empowerment within disabled communities
Details in link.
Please share :)
Stories of joy and resilience in the face of daily challenges
Narratives of resistance, activism, and fighting against ableism in all its forms,
Personal stories of triumph, solidarity, and empowerment within disabled communities
Details in link.
Please share :)
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#WriteCBC tip from @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social: Deftness and specificity can tell a reader more than reams of description. When you walk into a room or meet a new person, it will often be a small detail that stands out. Learn to hone in on these specifics and use them to your advantage.
June 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#WriteCBC tip from @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social: Deftness and specificity can tell a reader more than reams of description. When you walk into a room or meet a new person, it will often be a small detail that stands out. Learn to hone in on these specifics and use them to your advantage.
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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
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Women can submit anything from a four-line poem to a 3,000-word lead article, from a 300-word bedtime story to a 700-word memoir performance piece – they publish over 60 women in every issue.
Deadline 7th July.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Deadline 7th July.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Submissions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
Submissions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
mslexia.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Women can submit anything from a four-line poem to a 3,000-word lead article, from a 300-word bedtime story to a 700-word memoir performance piece – they publish over 60 women in every issue.
Deadline 7th July.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Deadline 7th July.
Details in link.
Please share :)
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
I really enjoyed this with the Cheshire Novel Prize. Highly recommend if you are working on your novel.
I’m excited to say registration for our 2025 Cheshire Novel Prize summer school is now open! You can find all the details here👇
cheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school
cheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school
Summer School — Cheshire Novel Prize
cheshirenovelprize.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I really enjoyed this with the Cheshire Novel Prize. Highly recommend if you are working on your novel.
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REVIEWERS WE ARE SENDING PROOFS OUT TODAY FOR @horatioclare.bsky.social's compassionate and important book.
Who would like one?
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
#BookSky
Who would like one?
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
#BookSky
April 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
REVIEWERS WE ARE SENDING PROOFS OUT TODAY FOR @horatioclare.bsky.social's compassionate and important book.
Who would like one?
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
#BookSky
Who would like one?
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
#BookSky
Closes today
The deadline is approaching! #unpublished writers, don't miss this fantastic opportunity. Entries can be fiction, non-fiction, short stories, young adult and childrens. Full deets are on our website: deborahrogersfoundation.org/writers-award
March 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Closes today
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