It's time to get your tickets for 'Earthly Rewards'. Live literary event presented by thi wurd, Fri 10 May, 7.30pm at Glasgow University Union. Tickets £10. All welcome. #Glasgow
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📣📣And just like that as we celebrate a successful first #LiveWrites event last night we are excited to announce that we are now accepting writing submissions for the next one that will be performed on Tue 25 June!!! Deadline for writers is 10am on Fri 17 May 2024. #NEWriters …

My love Andy 🇪🇺 is giving a talk on his latest project 'Backbone' charting a farming year with a young farmer. I've heard it, and its brilliant. 📷

Am here and not here, making podcasts with James Routledge, gearing up for Hexham Book Festival, seeing my latest work at Live Theatre, posing in new specs and dancing under blossoms in the park.

Commissioners love to ask 'Why now?' 'Why do we need this script now?' Like I don't know pal, why do we need a 5th series of Mrs Browns Boys? Why is now a good time for another series following a well known comedian going on holibobs with his mum? I'm going to screeaaaammm

Wall to wall coverage of student protests against genocide while neglecting to cover the genocide is the point. The distraction is the point.

Thanks to the Inpress Books 📚 lot for having me this afternoon for a catch up, talking #OptIndieBookClub , exciting new books, upcoming author events & more!

Can’t wait to share with you all the fun book plans for the autumn. More soon - meanwhile I’ll be reading these new gems! 📚

We are hiring! 📢

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Edinburgh-based publishing house as a Finance and Administration Assistant.

Applications are open until 30th April and full details can be found on our website here:
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A small plug for our live literary event on Fri 10 May at the GUU in Glasgow. Doors open at 7pm. Event begins 7.30pm. Come along & help us celebrate ‘Earthly Rewards’: thi-wurd.com/earthly-reward… #indiepublishing #Glasgow

If you’re a women based in the North East and you work in the theatre industry… you have 10 days left to apply for our first retreat 🫶🏼

all info and the application can be found in the post below…

Oh my Saturday goodness, look what arrived today! #SomeOfUsJustFall #SOUJF #memoir #NatureWriting #SwimLit #TheChronicLife #DisabledWriters #EhlersDanlos #Haemochromatosis #Dysautonomia

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Very excited for Tuesday! Huge thanks to Live Theatre for making this happen for NE talent.

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Come join us for an explosion of the freshest new talent as we host the first #LiveWrites next Tue 23 Apr, 7.30pm showcasing the best in new writing, directing & acting in four short pieces - all selected from open callouts! Tickets only £6 - get yours asap at…

Look at this cast! Can't wait...4 cracking plays for £6...best way to spend a Tuesday...

New writing night at Live Theatre next Tuesday and I've got a piece of WIP included...can't wait to see how it works on stage...see you there!
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Episode 1 is now LIVE!

In this first full episode we chat to Ed Wilson (Ed Wilson) from Johnson & Alcock Literary Agency to get a fascinating peek behind the scenes of a traditional agency, get advice for people looking to submit work & more.

Listen now at booksunpacked.substack.com 🎧📚

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