So am trying out that new fangled bluesky. I don't understand how the open source bits work but its got a nice blue butterfly! Maybe less hate! I'm excited! A whole new platform! Weird new profile pic! Maybe this time it's gonna last forever ππ https://t.co/hgX8DT33Ld
Books in the Window π
Today on our website, @alexiadaydreams from @Bookshopsea shares her reading recommendations for Spring. This list is a mix of tried-and-tested bookseller and customer favourites and highly anticipated titles across the genres - plus a few extras picked /1
Not a bestselling author yet and no longer a bright, young thing? In todays @ObserverUK Iβm writing about why the value of being an older writer is finally being recognised and celebrated
https://t.co/BFnUjjAZjJ
We have so many exciting jobs on our website at the moment! They include:
Chief Executive @SerenBooks
Trainee Producer @nyaw_ccic
Community Engagement Manager @NewbridgeMemo
Music Director @RWCMD
Network Facilitator @ArtesMundi
View the full list- https://t.co/1sRb2T4ijf
@lcpalmerpoet@BathSpaUni @stubbs_writer @FairlightBooks They were totes bigging it up π saying it was so special cos you are also a poet and that you get right into the heads of the characters so nice one there
When I started In Her Nature, I kept being told that women didnβt have a long history of sport. I was told that we only started running, hiking & climbing in the 1970s.When I said I wanted to write about women 100 years earlier, even my agent & editor queried whether Iβd find any
This is a thread of some of my favourite literal translations from languages around the world, starting with this oneβ¦
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In Bengali, the word for a penis, ঠঀিসরল, translates literally to βtyranny trunkβ
Finding acceptance for my postpartum body is an ongoing struggle for me. So, for #MothersDay, here's a couple of poems about just that.
One by me, & one by the wonderful @AngelaCleland π
#postpartum#poetry