Anne O'Brien

Wasafiri 2021 Life writing winner also Bath Short Story Award. Stories in @pindropstudio A Short Affair, @TheLondonMag & Irish Times Hennessy New Irish Writing

[Anne O'Brien @WhereIsTheSea]

@WasafiriMag
‘A visceral, sensory story by a skilled writer with a unique way of condensing a life.’ Congratulations to our 2021 Wasafiri Queen Mary New Writing Prize, Life Writing winner: Anne O’Brien!

[Anne O'Brien @WhereIsTheSea]

@WynneMark Well, look at you! Cool!

[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

Copies of the book still available, proceeds to UNICEF; contact us at https://t.co/tIZzJ5ByCC

Cover partly inspired by today's piece, from @Katiepiper99 : an allegorical tale of lives overrun by the unknowable - breathless!

#100wordsofsolitude #InThisTogether #globalvoices.

[Tramp Press @TrampPress]

We're open for submissions! We would love to see new writing, and that includes fiction and non-fiction.

Check out our guidelines, and if you have questions that aren't covered in the FAQ, ask us here!

https://t.co/MLK5BZLLiZ

[Skagen Bird Observatory @skagenbirdobs]

Join our great team in 2025 and help us monitoring the amazing bird mogration at Skagen!
We happily receive applications for spring, summer and autumn 2025 ASAP. Send your application to [email protected] before your friend does!
Read more here on our website: https://t.co/o8X3a2CC9h

[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

A beautiful, hopeful and elegant piece reposted today from from Anne O'Brien @WhereIsTheSea, invoking how we find look for, and find, solace in nature: https://t.co/tIZzJ5B0N4

#amwriting #amreading #100wordsofsolitude #writingcommunity #Isolation #Denmark

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[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

Live again: #28, already! A reflective invocation capturing how we seek solace and hope in nature, from the award winning short story writer Anne O'Brien @WhereIsTheSea

https://t.co/tIZzJ5B0N4

#amwriting #amreading #100wordsofsolitude #Isolation #Denmark

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[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

No. 3 - A mourning vignette about solitude, (social) exile and place, from Scott Ting-A-Kee now live as the third piece of the original 100:
https://t.co/sm1tB7vSc5

Share, RT, in these quieter moments; from Trinidad to the world...

#100wordsofsolitude #amwriting #amreading

[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

Entry no. 4 of the original 100 - Blending humour and pathos to poignant affect, David Clarke's quiet quarantine epiphany on who we were in lockdown, still vibrant now: https://t.co/tIZzJ5B0N4

#amwriting #flashfiction #100wordsofsolitude #amreading #coronavirus #lockdown

[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

#4 of the original 100:

David Clarke's quiet quarantine epiphany on who we were in lockdown, blending humour and pathos to poignant affect and still so vibrant now:
https://t.co/tIZzJ5B0N4

Beautiful, moving stuff - enjoy ❣️

#amwriting #100wordsofsolitude #amreading #lockdown

[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

The 5th piece to be selected is live again: a dark, intense reflection on the possible consequences of isolation, but a side to the lockdowns that needs to be heard. Thank you to @BasilaSaribKhan for being bold enough to write it.

https://t.co/tIZzJ5B0N4

#100wordsofsolitude

[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

We're delighted to say that the first piece is now live again on https://t.co/tIZzJ5B0N4 - a stunning, emotive vignette about love and grief and solitude by @AishaHamid93.

99 more, over the next 99 days...enjoy! #amwriting #amreading #100wordsofsolitude #lockdown

[100 Words of Solitude @100WordSolitude]

The 2nd piece of the original 100, now live again - a delicate, intimate reflection on how our view of what matters and what doesn't can change, by Subhendu Beura. https://t.co/tIZzJ5B0N4

Please share - words deserve to be heard...

#100wordsofsolitude #amreading #amwriting

[Lancaster Litfest @Litfest]

20/10 4pm, we welcome back @lancaster_words lecturer @InesGLabarta! Ines will be in conversation with @jennashworth discussing her debut novel THE THREE LIVES OF ST CIARÁN.

Attend in-person (£5) or watch online - live or on catch up - (£3). Book now: https://t.co/Mr2wNAP30C

[Anne O'Brien @WhereIsTheSea]

@nguyen_p_quemai @AlgonquinBooks @TuesdayAgency Wonderful news Que Mai! I hope you go all the way!

[Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai @nguyen_p_quemai]

Here are all the finalists for the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize! So proud to be among people who write to advance peace, social justice, and global understanding between different cultures, religions, communities, and political points of view.

[Skagen Bird Observatory @skagenbirdobs]

It came back! The Browm Booby from 26/8 was refound today by the same observers who found it, this time it stayed around for three hours!

[Ailbhe Smyth @ailbhes]

Brilliant, fearless and passionate, Nell McCafferty ignited the fire of rebellion in me and my generation of women. There was no one like Nell to stir us up to act against injustice and callousness.

We will miss you sorely Nell.

[Paul Lynch @paullynchwriter]

Prophet Song has been shortlisted for the US’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize alongside fellow Oneworld author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 👇👇

[Oneworld Publications @OneworldNews]

Congrats to @paullynchwriter and @nguyen_p_quemai on their shortlisting for the @DLPeacePrize 2024!