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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · Feb 14

Who are @womenwritersnet.bsky.social anyway? We’re an international team dedicated to supporting our fellow #WomenWriters through our social media presence.

Want to know more? You can read all about us thanks to
@Pen_to_Print. pentoprint.org?s=women+writ...

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Alt: a woman wears a black mask with rhinestones on it

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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 9h

Meet the Judges of the 2026 Women’s Prizes!

A warm welcome to: Julia Gillard, @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social, Salma El-Wardany, Cariad Lloyd and Annie Macmanus, and Thangam Debbonaire, Roma Agrawal, Nicola Elliott, Nina Stibbe and Nicola Williams.

#WomensPrize

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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 12h

For Women Wednesday
~ Leila Chatti 🍂
Once in a While I Am Reminded
—I am not at the center of anything. Seen at a distance I am hardly seen./each moment wondering if this is when the real story starts.

LEILA CHATTI
Once in a While I Am Reminded
I am not at the center of anything. Seen at a distance I am hardly seen. Excruciating, how here I am, how little
it means. I use my mouth to make sounds which approximate my innermost thoughts but often bungle it. I use my eyes when I need to be understood. Sometimes I tell the truth but only when I think I'll be valued for being interesting instead of good.
I marvel at what I call my life-ambulances, sparrows, clouds passing definitively by—amazed that it doesn't know it's mine at all, the minor characters don't look up, the narrative sags, and I each moment wondering if this is when the real story starts.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 12h

Adjective order: And I thought French with its erratic rules was hard.
I am glad I didn't have to learn English as a second language and that this comes naturally (although I do like to mess with it on purpose for effect).
#grammarfun #WomenWritersNet

www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/one-...

Putting Adjectives in the Right Order

You do this without even thinking

www.merriam-webster.com

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 16h

Congratulations. It is so exciting to see our books in real life, isn’t it.

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 1d

#booksky #writingansbooks #mutuals Looking forward to DANCE OF THE EARTH dancing into readers' hands (end of month launch)
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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I received a real letter in the post from a 92-year-old friend of my dad's. He wrote to thank me for writing my memoir, love lay down beside me and we wept.
Reviews are good for our profiles as writers but heartfelt thanks are good for our souls. 🧡
#WomenWritersNet

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 1d

What do you do when all you've ever wanted to do is write but your life is just too busy? Our very own Liz Champion is struggling with this dilemma.
Read her Substack, Midlife without a Map. Touching, funny, honest.

lizchampion.substack.com/p/my-life-is...

My life is not working

I need to make a change

lizchampion.substack.com

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Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · 5d

Come join authors from @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social for a panel discussion. Writing Scotland's Future: Perspectives from Writers of Colour takes place 15/10/25 #BlackHistoryMonth at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social The Ramshorn. Lunch provided. Register for your free place: tinyurl.com/Writing-Scot...

Promotional flyer for 'Writing Scotland's Future: Perspectives from Writers of Colour' event on Wednesday 15 October 2025 at The Ramshorn, 98 Ingram Street, Glasgow G1 1EX. Panel of writers of colour will comprise: Titilayo Farukuoye, Yasmin Hanif and Safina Mazher. QR code in bottom right corner links to registration page.

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 3d

Recommended viewing: Storyville: The Librarians, BBC4, Tuesday, 7 October. Explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians

Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 1d

The @merriam-webster.com feed is essential reading for anyone who loves words, enjoys a grammar tiff, and gets overexcited by obscure roots of common phrases. Is that just me? 😄
Also I now have the best apology for being late.
#WomenWritersNet #amwriting #dictionarylover

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 20d

“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable

“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Good tip. Thank you.

Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 2d

I got some useful ideas from Tiffany Yates Martin’s Intuitive Editing

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

'Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.'
There's loads of info about #BannedBooksWeek from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social on their socials and websites. The chart in this graphic tells a very clear story and it's a sobering one.

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climate-fiction.bsky.social @climate-fiction.bsky.social · 6d

2026 Climate Fiction Prize Announce Stellar Judging Panel as Submissions Open!

📚 @arifa.bsky.social
📚 Jessie Greengrass
📚 @kitdewaal.com
📚 @frediotto.bsky.social
📚 @savidgereads.bsky.social

Publishers have until 13th November to submit novels published between 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2025.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Last day for submissions for the December issue of Mslexia.
#WomenWritersNet #womenwriters

Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the final day to send us your submissions for Issue 108 ⏰

mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-...

We can't waiting to read what you're writing!

#AmWriting #Mslexia #SheWrites #WritingCommunity

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Ready to submit but swamped by listings? Writers' HQ have done the hard work for us. 5 of the best opportunities for writers this month.

What's stopping you? #WomenWritersNet #blueskywriters #writingcompetitions

Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 2d

Looking to get your words into the world but completely overwhelmed by a billionty-hundred-squundred competitions and submission listings? WELL LOOK NO FURTHER. We have distilled a whole bunch of literary opportunities for your glorious self.

writershq.co.uk/5-competitio...

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Sad to learn of the death of Jilly Cooper. Her incredible writing career spanned more than five decades. The world of books will be a duller place without her.
#WomenWritersNet #Rivals #womenwriters
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall

www.theguardian.com

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes it can feel like the edits are never-ending. But you'll get there.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Popping back in, belatedly to hand over to @drhelenmtaylor.bsky.social - who's way ahead of me! It was great to be with you last week #womenwriters. Over to Helen...

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

That strikes a chord, Clo...Off to route through my boxes!

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning #WomenWritersNet. It is @drhelenmtaylor.bsky.social on the decks this week. How was your weekend? What did you get up to (writing and non-writing activities)?
This was as literary as I got this weekend. Do you recognise the silhouette? Clue #TinTIn #TheBlackIsle

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 5d

Heading into a meeting with a couple of people hoping to start a book group. Any advice #womenwriters? From your experiences, what works, what doesn't, potential pitfalls...? Oh, and please share your best (or worst) book group stories! #bookgroups #readinggroups #writersandreaders

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 5d

Last night was the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen, a collection of essays, interviews, poems and short fiction about to commemorate the 250th anniversary of her birth. I wrote the book’s introduction to the book, which includes a short account of Austen’s life, work and legacies. #Austen250

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 6d

Ha! I wasn't sure either - good detective work, Mischa 😆

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 6d

Inspirational. Tributes to Jane Goodall via the BBC share.google/sxLslsayXVnt...

'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91

The primatologist was a

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 6d

Such is the image you've conjured in words, I really, really don't need the actual smell too 😂 There's a punch on the phonetic too...eau/oh/ogre...😆