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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Ten days to go…!

Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Scratch A4 Winter ‘25 submissions open on 13th September! Write a brilliant <1k word story!
More info here: www.scratch-books.co.uk/scratcha4com...

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · 14d

This superb collection is out in just three weeks! Preorder your copy here!

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 18d

Come and have a coffee with me this Sunday morning as I settle down to answer some of your questions! Including:

Latest reads with books from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @scratchbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

What’s my favourite bookshop?

More here:

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · 16d

We’re one of an elite publishing menagerie coming to Bath on 8th November. Finish your TBRs, smash your piggy banks, bring your big tote bag…

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · 19d

2weeks in… 4 weeks to go till submissions close!

Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Scratch A4 Winter ‘25 submissions open on 13th September! Write a brilliant <1k word story!
More info here: www.scratch-books.co.uk/scratcha4com...

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Jo Lloyd 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social · 21d

This very GLC Festival appears in the story Adrian Duncan & I wrote for @scratchbooks.bsky.social's "Duets" collection - lovely to see the posters here from @michael954.bsky.social and @lccmunicipal.bsky.social :

A paragraph "The Girl Chewing Gum" in "Duets":
In the summer of 1984, not long after they met, Jackie went with Rosa to one of the GLC’s free festivals on the South Bank. The Smiths were playing, Billy Bragg, Black Uhuru. Every single person there was in agreement about everything: reclaiming the night and freeing Nelson Mandela and ending Cruise missiles. It was like visiting the future, where everyone would know what was good and how to achieve it, and the music would be glorious.

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

I know!

Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

‘Tim MacGabhann works from an imaginative world that does not rest. A work of sublime devotion to a place and a moment that has been rendered in perfect detail. It’s a sweet and violent magic, and I remain gladly under its spell.’
Ben Pester

Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

‘This handful of offbeat lives, their vivid Mexican setting, their human light and shade, are so well rendered they offer a sense of special access to other realities.’
D.B.C. Pierre

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

‘The stories in Saints are wise, sad and electric, gentle and attentive in their depiction of even the most jagged, destructive impulses of the human heart.’
Colin Barrett

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

New title: Saints by Tim MacGabhann!

Nine breathtaking tales shot through with the hallowed light of the miraculous, written in MacGabhann’s pyrotechnic exhilarating prose.
Out 23rd October! Pre-order here:
www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...

Saints | Scratch Books

The debut collection of short stories from celebrated crime writer Tim MacGabhann, coming out on 23rd October.Nine breathtaking, gripping and oddly sublime tales of narcos, cops and addicts in modern-...

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Scratch A4 Winter ‘25 submissions open on 13th September! Write a brilliant <1k word story!
More info here: www.scratch-books.co.uk/scratcha4com...

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Join Camilla Grudova - and Ludwig - for their 8 week course from 9th September on “Writing the Five Senses, the Imaginative and Surreal”

More info and tickets here:
www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · Aug 20

I've signed up to this and can't wait

Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just a couple of spaces available before this Masterclass starts in September…

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Scratch Masters with Camilla Grudova | Scratch Books

Join Camilla Grudova for this eight-week online Writing Masterclass...Writing the Five Senses, the Imaginative and SurrealIn this online course, you will learn how to incorporate taste, sight, smell a...

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just a couple of spaces available before this Masterclass starts in September…

www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...

Scratch Masters with Camilla Grudova | Scratch Books

Join Camilla Grudova for this eight-week online Writing Masterclass...Writing the Five Senses, the Imaginative and SurrealIn this online course, you will learn how to incorporate taste, sight, smell a...

www.scratch-books.co.uk

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Last week for the early bird discount! More info below…

Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 1

Sign up here for our amazing September masterclass with the phenomenal Camilla Grudova!

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 17

Last couple of days! We’ll post out the last orders on Saturday morning…

Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 13

Just one week till we shut for a fortnight so get your unmissable Scratch books here!
Special offer below…

www.scratch-books.co.uk/shop

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A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 12

New episode!

Listen to amazing Heuijung Hur speak about her short story collection Failed Summer Vacation published in English by @scratchbooks.bsky.social!

www.spreaker.com/episode/fail...

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 13

Just one week till we shut for a fortnight so get your unmissable Scratch books here!
Special offer below…

www.scratch-books.co.uk/shop

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Farhana Khalique @hanakhalique.bsky.social · Jul 7

Flash Fusion’s 1st birthday is on the way! 🥳
Launched @ Flash Fiction Festival last year on 15 July, we’re celebrating this year with workshops with the editors, starting with Anita's...
All w/shops will be held on Zoom, recorded, discounts available. More info:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flash-fusi...

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

Great review of Failed Summer Vacation in @thetls.bsky.social this week!

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Glass shards

The seven stories in this award-winning debut collection by the Korean author Heuijung Hur will immediately put readers in mind of some of the high

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Jul 1

Sign up here for our amazing September masterclass with the phenomenal Camilla Grudova!

www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...

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A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 30

Great short story collection here! Had the chance to meet the author Heuijung Hur las week. Stay tuned: interview coming out soon!

Thank you to Tom Conaghan at @scratchbooks.bsky.social for sending a copy of the book!

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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · Jun 29

After our fabulous week with Heuijung Hur we have ten signed copies of the amazing Failed Summer Vacation.
Be quick to get yours! Just type “signed copy” in the Notes section of the Checkout.

www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...

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Jayson Carcione @carcionejay.bsky.social · Jun 11

A fitting start to summer. Looking forward to this latest gem from @scratchbooks.bsky.social

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