Hey writers, do you; 🦝Write flash fiction? 🦝Like writing to prompts? 🦝Prefer to have control over genre? 🦝Want a quick turnaround on writing and subbing? 🦝Fancy interacting with Trash Cat's brainpan? Well, the fun starts on 1st August Details: trashcatlit.com/prompted-story… 🧵1/3

The Nans Against Nazis pic from Liverpool reminds me of the brilliant ‘woman with the handbag’ statue in Sweden. It commemorates the moment Danuta Danielsson hit a neonazi with her handbag. Danielsson’s mother had been in a concentration camp. This is what statues are for, surely

Can't wait to dive into this beautiful new collection by JLM Morton (dialectwriters ) ❤ "Is this what we call beauty? Is this a place my hands can hold, still reaching for the world?"

People across the UK are signing this open letter calling for accountability as the far right take to the streets: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk…

Citizens Advice Sunderland needs our help after a devastating arson attack. Let's come together to support their recovery. Please donate, like, comment, and share to spread the word. #HelpSunderland gofund.me/11da8fa2

It's the LAST DAY to ensure you can take part in our Pop-Up for prompted stories! The prompt generator will be out of fuel by tonight. Only stories written to prompts can be submitted on the 23rd, so grab yours now 🦝 trashcatlit.com/prompted-story…

Peaceful climate protesters have just been sentenced to years in jail. And they’re appealing. Join me in telling the new government to scrap Tory anti-protest law now and #StopJailingTruthTellers secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk…

If you don't have this on your shelf yet, you should. Speculative fiction with heart. Shocks and scares and fuzzy emotions. Characters that you'll care about. And all captured in JP Relph's trademark dazzling, crackling prose.

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Great news for staff and students ARU ! Thanks to ARU's Writtle Writers in Residence scheme, all ARU staff and students get FREE entry to this amazing online festival 🤩 Just sign up with your uni email. writershq.co.uk/events/the-wri… GSI Cambridge Writing Centre Arts, Humanities, Education & Social Sciences

Writers’ HQ | Discovering Dialect Hiya!! I’ll be running my workshop ‘discovering dialect’ as part of the ⁦Writers' HQ⁩ ‘writing for resistance festival’ on Mon, 16th September. All the deets are here 👇👇👇 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ come along! writershq.co.uk/civicrm/event/…

We are so excited to have you join us GSI , Jasmine! #aruproud

Very proud of this one. A month-long challenge with tight deadlines and turnaround. Fourteen stories showing imagination, creativity and story-telling skill when using weird and wonderful prompts. A glorious mix of established and new writers. Go read it now 😀

Oh wow, it's exciting to see my words looking so pretty! Very lucky to be working with the multi-talented The Braag | Press & Journal 😍😍😍 (And thanks to Crow & Cross Keys | SUBS OPEN and Free Flash Fiction who first published these two sneak-peak stories!)

It's our second author Q & A, this one with writer Fiona McKay 📚HAS TWO BOOKS OUT!📚🏳️‍⚧️ally🏳️‍🌈 who has some top scribbling advice. In our Pop-Up, Fiona gave us a dark, disorienting story with visceral language. Read both here: trashcatlit.com/black-and-purp… trashcatlit.com/2024/09/08/aut…

Eight Stories to Inspire Writing as Resistance writershq.co.uk/eight-stories-… New blogpost featuring amazing flashers The Joke Lark JP Relph Terry Holland MatGost , Sage Tyrtle and more! Part of the Festival of Writing as Resistance, supported by @aru

Thrilled to be included here alongside so many fierce and amazing writers. Click to learn the importance of "WASPS without SLUTs" (Writing About Serious Political Stuff without Sounding Like Utter Twats) Massive thanks to Sarah Royston - 'Fernseed' collection out now for including my Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN BAYBEEEE piece!

Come and work at the amazing GSI in Cambridge! Two jobs available on UK food system resilience, vulnerability and civil unrest 🥕🧅🥦🍅