Alex Reece Abbott
@alexreeceabbott.bsky.social
Writer | Best Small Fictions | Irish Novel Fair | Bonsai: Best NZ Small Stories | Bridport |Random House WriteNow | London Independent Prize Rising Star | Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose | Pulp Literature Showcase | Arvon | https://alexreeceabbott.info
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Sins of omission: Alex Reece Abbott in conversation with Iona Winter | Flash Frontier
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🌺👋TYVM @FlashFrontier team & everyone reading & enjoying #SinsofOmission - tinyurl.com/5dcht768
- @IonaWinter11980 (ESP Press) & I talk about #writing with feet in 2 worlds - appreciate your enthusiasm 📚😎
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Hi friends! I've opened registration for my new round of 3-in-90 workshops. Would love for you to join us! open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
Registrations Open! Upcoming Workshops - Early Bird Discount thru Feb. 7
Hi friends!
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January 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hi friends! I've opened registration for my new round of 3-in-90 workshops. Would love for you to join us! open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
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Libraries and *librarians* didn’t just change my life - they saved it. Today I was honoured to be made a Centenary Champion for @natlibscot.bsky.social along with the great @valmcdermid.bsky.social
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Val McDermid and Damian Barr urge Scottish councils to halt library closures
Authors say plan to shut more than 20 public libraries could have devastating effect on Scotland’s cultural future
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January 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Libraries and *librarians* didn’t just change my life - they saved it. Today I was honoured to be made a Centenary Champion for @natlibscot.bsky.social along with the great @valmcdermid.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Hooray #curae prize!
Thank you to @bookbrunch.bsky.social
for being so supportive and unpaid #carers: we see you 💙📚 #booksky
Hooray #curae prize!
Thank you to @bookbrunch.bsky.social
for being so supportive and unpaid #carers: we see you 💙📚 #booksky
January 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I did an interview with @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social for Tiny Molecules!
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December 5, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I did an interview with @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social for Tiny Molecules!
www.tinymolecules.com/tiny-intervi...
www.tinymolecules.com/tiny-intervi...
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Hope you enjoy 😊. Huge thanks to @fictivedream.bsky.social 😊
What are we currently featuring? Among our latest #shortstories is Marriage Act by Kerry Hadley-Pryce. If you missed it on Sunday, here's another chance. Please follow the link and enjoy @kerryhp.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction fictivedream.com/2025/01/19/m...
January 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hope you enjoy 😊. Huge thanks to @fictivedream.bsky.social 😊
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Really delighted and so grateful to @fictivedream Enjoy ‘Marriage Act’. #shortstory #fuctivedream
"The bridesmaids are batting false compliments to each other: ‘I love your hair,’ ‘No, I love your hair..." Marriage Act by Kerry Hadley-Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social #shortstory Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/01/19/m...
January 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Really delighted and so grateful to @fictivedream Enjoy ‘Marriage Act’. #shortstory #fuctivedream
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Unbelievably, it’s Kerry Hadley-Pryce Week at Outsideleft Magazine @saltpublishing.com #blackcountrynoir
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It's Kerry Hadley-Pryce Week - Kerry Hadley-Pryce Week continues with an excerpt from her new novel, Lie of the Land ...the latest story in Outsideleft
Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is It's Kerry Hadley-Pryce Week
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January 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Unbelievably, it’s Kerry Hadley-Pryce Week at Outsideleft Magazine @saltpublishing.com #blackcountrynoir
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www.outsideleft.com/main.php?upd...
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Congratulations to the Irish authors nominated - delighted to see @sineadgleeson.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social Colm Tóibín & Paul Lynch (haven't read the other 2 yet)🎊💚
I always discover new authors via the Dublin Literary Award -nominations come from libraries🧡
I always discover new authors via the Dublin Literary Award -nominations come from libraries🧡
Dublin Literary Award 2025: Seven Irish authors on longlist for €100,000 prize. Irish authors Colm Tóibín, Paul Lynch, Colin Barrett, John Boyne, Sinéad Gleeson, Nuala O’Connor and Orla Owen among 71 nominees for fiction prize
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Dublin Literary Award 2025: Seven Irish authors on longlist for €100,000 prize
Irish authors Paul Lynch, Colin Barrett, John Boyne, Sinéad Gleeson and Nuala O’Connor also among 71 nominees for €100,000 fiction prize
www.irishtimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Congratulations to the Irish authors nominated - delighted to see @sineadgleeson.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social Colm Tóibín & Paul Lynch (haven't read the other 2 yet)🎊💚
I always discover new authors via the Dublin Literary Award -nominations come from libraries🧡
I always discover new authors via the Dublin Literary Award -nominations come from libraries🧡
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‘A Collection of Secrets’ by Rhea Rose was the feature story in Pulp Literature Issue 35, Summer 2022, now on sale for the throwback price of $8.
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#bookworm #bookish #booknerd #tbt #throwbackthursday
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#bookworm #bookish #booknerd #tbt #throwbackthursday
Throwback Thursday: ‘A Collection of Secrets’ - PULP Literature
Monkey Business In the summer of 1967 a girl gets more than she bargained for when she succumbs to the lure of a sea monkey ad in the back of a comic book. 'A Collection of Secrets' by Rhea Rose was t...
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January 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
‘A Collection of Secrets’ by Rhea Rose was the feature story in Pulp Literature Issue 35, Summer 2022, now on sale for the throwback price of $8.
pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...
#bookworm #bookish #booknerd #tbt #throwbackthursday
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#bookworm #bookish #booknerd #tbt #throwbackthursday
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#OnThisDay, 20 Dec 1893, around 4,000 women vote in the Māori seats in Aotearoa New Zealand. Photo is from 1908.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen
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December 20, 2024 at 8:58 AM
#OnThisDay, 20 Dec 1893, around 4,000 women vote in the Māori seats in Aotearoa New Zealand. Photo is from 1908.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen
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Well of course I’ve sent out the next #UnboxYourWords post on Boxing Day! I’ve not got much of a clue what sort of boxing is supposed to be happening today, I mostly ignore things you are “supposed” to do. Here’s a little something for you to read: taniahershman.substack.com/p/unbox-your...
Unbox Your Words 4b Dec 2024
A little something to read over the holiday period...
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December 26, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Well of course I’ve sent out the next #UnboxYourWords post on Boxing Day! I’ve not got much of a clue what sort of boxing is supposed to be happening today, I mostly ignore things you are “supposed” to do. Here’s a little something for you to read: taniahershman.substack.com/p/unbox-your...
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It’s been an exciting year so far! I have had two novellas-in-flash published and a 3rd has been longlisted in the Bath novella-in-flash comp. To celebrate I am offering both of the NIFs below for £15 to include UK postage.Please dm me or contact me via my website if you would like to buy copies.
December 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
It’s been an exciting year so far! I have had two novellas-in-flash published and a 3rd has been longlisted in the Bath novella-in-flash comp. To celebrate I am offering both of the NIFs below for £15 to include UK postage.Please dm me or contact me via my website if you would like to buy copies.
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If you enjoy flash fiction, please follow National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social — at present we have 889 followers. I will pick someone at random out of our next 50 followers to receive 3 free entries to our micro comp!
a man with a beard is talking on a cell phone while a woman stands in front of him
ALT: a man with a beard is talking on a cell phone while a woman stands in front of him
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December 11, 2024 at 9:35 PM
If you enjoy flash fiction, please follow National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social — at present we have 889 followers. I will pick someone at random out of our next 50 followers to receive 3 free entries to our micro comp!
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Words To Live By Number 152
December 10, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Words To Live By Number 152
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I've just finished reading 'a liminal gathering', a collection about grief edited by the incredible Iona Winter. In the introduction Iona writes 'my hope is ... that it can be shared, lovingly between hands, during times when life is forever changed'. A phenomenal taonga. NZ📚
November 30, 2023 at 10:34 PM
I've just finished reading 'a liminal gathering', a collection about grief edited by the incredible Iona Winter. In the introduction Iona writes 'my hope is ... that it can be shared, lovingly between hands, during times when life is forever changed'. A phenomenal taonga. NZ📚
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I also highly recommend Linda Coombs' excellent book COLONIZATION AND THE WAMPANOAG STORY, which you can find here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/692454...
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs: 9780593480434 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the Colonists. Here's the true story of America from the Indigenous persp...
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November 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I also highly recommend Linda Coombs' excellent book COLONIZATION AND THE WAMPANOAG STORY, which you can find here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/692454...
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Thank You for Attending our Holiday Launch ✨ - mailchi.mp/3d5cadd36441...
See what else we have on offer for the month of December in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...
#silentauction #holidayauction #keepthepressesrolling #writingcontest #liveactionslush #canadianlitmag #literarymagazine
See what else we have on offer for the month of December in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...
#silentauction #holidayauction #keepthepressesrolling #writingcontest #liveactionslush #canadianlitmag #literarymagazine
December 9, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Thank You for Attending our Holiday Launch ✨ - mailchi.mp/3d5cadd36441...
See what else we have on offer for the month of December in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...
#silentauction #holidayauction #keepthepressesrolling #writingcontest #liveactionslush #canadianlitmag #literarymagazine
See what else we have on offer for the month of December in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...
#silentauction #holidayauction #keepthepressesrolling #writingcontest #liveactionslush #canadianlitmag #literarymagazine
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THIS! ⬇️
"Science and the humanities aren’t rivals, but partners committed to interpreting the cosmos": Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman
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"Science and the humanities aren’t rivals, but partners committed to interpreting the cosmos": Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman
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We dismiss the 'fluffy' stuff at our peril | E-Tangata
“Science can show us the ‘how’, but the humanities give us the ‘what’ and ‘why’. Funding one without the other is like sailing without a compass: you can move forward, but without direction or purpose...
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December 7, 2024 at 7:22 PM
THIS! ⬇️
"Science and the humanities aren’t rivals, but partners committed to interpreting the cosmos": Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
"Science and the humanities aren’t rivals, but partners committed to interpreting the cosmos": Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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ASK ME ANYTHING, for a great cause!
(we can also just chat!)
(we can also just chat!)
Win a 30-minute ask me anything Zoom call with @meganabbott.bsky.social, bestselling author of BEWARE THE WOMAN!
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December 6, 2024 at 4:10 PM
ASK ME ANYTHING, for a great cause!
(we can also just chat!)
(we can also just chat!)
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Privileged to have My Name Is Leon featured in this short video about bringing prisoners and their families together through reading.
Home - Prison Reading Groups
About PRG Prison Reading Groups was set up in 1999 to help start, fund and...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Privileged to have My Name Is Leon featured in this short video about bringing prisoners and their families together through reading.
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"What cutting social sciences and humanities from the Marsden Fund dramatically reduces is the ability of researchers to produce inconvenient evidence" Prof Tom Baker
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Marsden Fund cuts a win for 'convenient' evidence
From the University of Auckland – Opinion: Cutting social sciences and humanities from NZ’s ‘blue skies’ research funding means dark times for independent thought.
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December 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
"What cutting social sciences and humanities from the Marsden Fund dramatically reduces is the ability of researchers to produce inconvenient evidence" Prof Tom Baker
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I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
www.futurelearn.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 AM
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
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Reposts of the kite auction are also helpful!
Isobelle Carmody (yes, as in Obernewtyn) and Red Kite (childhood cancer charity) www.redkite.org.au will be very grateful
#illustration #art
Isobelle Carmody (yes, as in Obernewtyn) and Red Kite (childhood cancer charity) www.redkite.org.au will be very grateful
#illustration #art
Bid on kites by (some major!) Australian illustrators and authors (and me:) here, and support a kids cancer charity!
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The Kites. - Hope Flies
The Great Kite Auction
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November 30, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Reposts of the kite auction are also helpful!
Isobelle Carmody (yes, as in Obernewtyn) and Red Kite (childhood cancer charity) www.redkite.org.au will be very grateful
#illustration #art
Isobelle Carmody (yes, as in Obernewtyn) and Red Kite (childhood cancer charity) www.redkite.org.au will be very grateful
#illustration #art
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Post food coma reminder that FIYAH submissions for our 2025 unthemed issues remain OPEN through December 31st! (If you received an email from us to the contrary, that was a typo--our bad!)
Nudge a Black author you know who needs to quit dilly dallying and SUBMIT 🔥🔥🔥
Nudge a Black author you know who needs to quit dilly dallying and SUBMIT 🔥🔥🔥
November 30, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Post food coma reminder that FIYAH submissions for our 2025 unthemed issues remain OPEN through December 31st! (If you received an email from us to the contrary, that was a typo--our bad!)
Nudge a Black author you know who needs to quit dilly dallying and SUBMIT 🔥🔥🔥
Nudge a Black author you know who needs to quit dilly dallying and SUBMIT 🔥🔥🔥