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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · 11d

This month’s poetry read was Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - there are four copies in my house but I’ve had to borrow this edition for extra reading! 😂 #poetry #rubaiyatofomarkhayyam

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · 24d

Yayyyy!!! I’m beyond excited to win #Hashtag2025! Im looking forward to introducing a whole new type of genie into the world.🧞‍♂️😍🥰🎉🎉🎉🎉. Thanks to Helen and Abiola @hashtag_press for this fantastic opportunity.

#writing #mgwriter #mgbookstagram #booksforchildren

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Oct 2

#nationalpoetryday #poetry

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Oct 1

Aw… I’m sure the wind will change! 🤞🏼🤞🏼xx

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Oct 1

So chuffed to be on this longlist! Thank you! 🎉🎉 #writing #writingpoetry #poetry

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Sep 3

The books for this month:
Northern Boy
Secrets on the Shore is the MG read
The Count of Monte cristo - part research and part classic read
#amrreading
#books

Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s a good start!

Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Sep 2

This months’s poetry read #poetry #reading #writing

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’m writing something new and someone said it had a feel of Bel Canto so it is my current read.
#wip #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #Reading

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Aug 16

No idea what Alexa translated as cockerel 😂🤨 #writingcommunity #writing #alexa #writingprompts

Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Aug 15

Picnic and foraging in between editing/reading/writing. #writing #reading #foraging

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Jul 30

The #MerkyBooks New Writers’ Prize is back for another year 🎉🙌

Open to all Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic writers, aged 18-35, un-agented and unpublished.

🗓️ Submissions close on 26 August. Apply now: www.penguin.co.uk/about/publis...

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jul 26

The poetry read for this month #poetry

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Roxie Key #TheDeadlySpark 🔥 @roxiekey.bsky.social · Jul 17

You probably haven't heard of me, right? So, why hire me? Great customer feedback speaks volumes! I may be new to freelance copywriting (also editing and designing!), but I have very happy clientsIf you need a copywriter (and published author) ready to impress, I'm your gal! #FreelanceCopywriter

Five stars on a yellow background, with the testimonial: "I was impressed by the level of detail and care Roxie took."

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jul 17

Super proud to be on the #hashtag2025 shortlist #writing #writingcommunity

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 29

Congratulations!

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 28

More for the TBR pile! 🙈☺️

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Polis Loizou 🦊 @polisloizou.bsky.social · Jun 28

Tonight! Can't wait to get spooky.

Polis Loizou 🦊 @polisloizou.bsky.social · Jun 7

This'll be a fun summer evening: telling spooky folktales with Laura Sampson at All Good Bookshop, along with live sounds and theremin accompaniment from Sam Enthoven plus a rakugo performance from Ben Sohawon. Come along to The Candle Game on Sat 28th June!

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THE CANDLE GAME, Sat 28th June 2025, TICKET

This is a ticket for THE CANDLE GAME, an evening of storytelling with Laura Sampson, Polis Loizou, Ben Sohawon and Sam Enthoven, on Saturday 28th June. Doors 7pm for a 7.30pm start . In Japan the seas...

allgoodbookshop.co.uk

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 21

Privileged to have read this. Highly recommend B’s book.

B Wheeler @bwheelerbooks.bsky.social · Jun 19

✨COVER REVEAL!✨
Delighted to share the cover of my debut novel, How NOT To Kiss A Prince. A YA romcom with queer romance that flips fairytale tropes on their heads. Coming November 2025 #Booksky #CoverReveal #Debutauthor2025 #YA #LGBTQ+

Legs of two teen girls, one carrying a necklace, the other a crown.
Text ‘Break the spell or break your heart?’
Title How Not To Kiss A Prince
Author B Wheeler

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 21

This middle-son memory still makes me laugh! 😂 #writingprompts #writingcommunity

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jun 21

Competitions open in several different categories for women writers.

Link below.

Please share :)

Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

mslexia.co.uk

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Ashprincewriter @ashprincewriter.bsky.social · Jun 20

Fab author talk with Trevor Wood at Bolton library #amreading #books #writingcommunity #crimebooks

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jun 13

The Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 has been awarded to Yael Van Der Wouden for her “unsettling, tightly-plotted” debut, The Safe Keep. The Women’s Prize for Non-fiction was awarded to Dr Rachel Clarke for The Story of a Heart 👇

www.thebookseller.com/news/yael-va...

Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke named Women's Prize 2025 winners

The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 has been awarded to Yael van der Wouden for her “unsettling, tightly-plotted” debut, The SafeKeep (Viking). Meanwhile, The Women’s Prize for Non-fiction was awarded...

www.thebookseller.com

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jun 14

Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers' Prize now open for horror writers from underrepresented backgrounds. The winner will receive a publishing contract with a £10,000 advance, and representation by an agent

Link here www.penguin.co.uk/about/publis...

Please share :)

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Jun 13

Are you writing historical fiction and feel like you're wading through tedious facts and dates of battles without ever really getting anywhere? 🏰

Prize-winning novelist Leila Aboulela shares her 7 tips on researching and writing historical fiction:

7 tips on researching and writing historical fiction

Award-winning author Leila Aboulela on how to approach historical research for a novel. Leila draws on her own experience of writing River Spirit, which is set in 1880s Sudan.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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