Ouen Press

Independent publisher of contemporary fiction, travel lit and edgy biography - engaging storytellers offering readers compelling tales

[Faber Books @FaberBooks]

'Part of the joy of the road trip is the armadillo feeling it gives you, that your home is on your back – or in the car.'

Ben Markovits, author of Booker shortlisted The Rest of Our Lives, has shared his favourite road trip novels on the Faber Journal.

https://t.co/ExoTPxUpi7

[The Crime Writers’ Association @The_CWA]

The CWA is saddened to note the death of Diamond Dagger winner Frederick Forsyth. Forsyth was the bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, and other thrillers. Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this time.

[Cat Mitchell @CatMitchell17]

A huge dream-come-true moment: this August I’ll be speaking at @edbookfest about disability in publishing! We’ll be discussing the work of @InklusionGuide and what the future holds for disability activism in the sector. More details here:
https://t.co/Lsyo1WC5bE

[Edinburgh International Book Festival @edbookfest]

Full 2025 Book Festival Programme Revealed!

This year’s buzzing Book Festival features over 600 events from 9-24 August, as we return to the wonderful Edinburgh Futures Institute. You can look forward to appearances from almost 700 authors from over 35 countries....

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[English PEN @englishpen]

We are thrilled to announce that Arundhati Roy is the winner of the PEN Pinter Prize 2024.

She will receive the award in a ceremony co-hosted by the @britishlibrary on 10 October. #PENPinterPrize
https://t.co/bqyQsmLOkn

[BIFA @BIFA_film]

We loved welcoming this year's group of outstanding producers to BIFA Springboard!

The next nine months will offer support, mentoring, networking and development sessions to help them as they progress towards their second features.

[Footnote Press @WeAreFootnote]

📣 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize is accepting submissions from writers of migrant and refugee backgrounds.

- £15,000 prize
- Narrative non-fiction
- Themes of displacement, identity and/or resistance

Enter now at https://t.co/D9Xs5pCeCp

[Michael Connor @MichaelConnor_]

Really pleased with my new website at https://t.co/osN1JPq0Ka - great design, many thanks to Pixie Productions for all their hard work.

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

Light is the great migration
And sunrise is the praise
Daytime is a celebration
A delegation of rays

(Photo Clement Eastwood from Pexels)

[George Oliver Kowalik @kowalik_george]

Submitted my PhD on Monday. It’s been a LONG 3.5 years.

[George Oliver Kowalik @kowalik_george]

I made a website! It has all my published writing and research in one place - please do visit the link, follow the links within the link, and share with colleagues/friends/relatives/pets:

https://t.co/kCfZYhRLt9

[Katie Wilson @btq_kate]

Travel writers, I look after the press for ToWander UK, a curated collection of unique and stylish places to stay. Think houseboats, treehouses, cottages, cabins, even a converted horse truck. I can help with stories/press trips: https://t.co/1NoS4aTp57
#journorequest #prrequest

[The TV Foundation @tvfoundation1]

Introducing the New Writers Collective, an exciting new opportunity for uncredited writers. ✏️📺

More writers will benefit from the new format with guidance from The TV Foundation and executives and creatives from @All3Media.

Enter now: https://t.co/8NbWTudK55
#NewVoiceAwards

[Hanif Kureishi @Hanifkureishi]

In late middle age, lost in a dark forest, no direction home…

[George Oliver Kowalik @kowalik_george]

My article on post-postmodernism, affect, and the work of David Foster Wallace/Jonathan Franzen/Percival Everett/Zadie Smith has been published in the special issue "Exploring Authenticity in Contemporary Literatures in English."

Open-access link below!

https://t.co/LGtgzM49XW

[Dead Ink Books @DeadInkBooks]

We did it. X

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘estivate’ (19th century): to spend a prolonged period of hot and dry conditions in a state of torpor or suspended animation.

@whynowworld

https://t.co/hmoxJ6JDpD

[The Caine Prize for African Writing @CainePrize]

📆Morning everyone! It’s Friday #TGIF📆
The one week countdown begins till the #AKOCainePrize2022 takes on the @V_and_A in a exploration of the intersection between fashion and literature

Register at the link below so you too can get that #FridayFeeling!

https://t.co/T5UwB3Hl8A

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“The question is not who influences you, but which people give you courage.” —Hilary Mantel https://t.co/F9IlIaWxnw

[Ouen Press @OuenP]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? We do! #MyTwitterAnniversary