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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 8d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 8d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 7d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 7d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Alastor Stuart @alasdairstuart.bsky.social · 7d

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · 12d

Men went to Catraeth: a few short words on Aneirin and Y Gododdin for National Poetry Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 open.substack.com/pub/silvanhi...

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · 14d

Oct is busy! First up I'll be at the wonderful @butserancientfarm.co.uk for their lit fest.

I'm talking to Samantha Shannon about history & fantasy on the 18th, and running a workshop on the 19th. What's more I'll be doing it IN A SAXON MEADHALL.

www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/butser-liter...

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · 24d

Application deadline is today. Come write fantasy with me!
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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 26d

Last chance to apply for Writing Fantasy! ⚔️

Learn from @silvanhistorian.bsky.social & attend a masterclass with Nadia El-Fassi, fantasy author & Senior Commissioning Editor at Orbit UK and Alexa Allen-Batifoulier, Senior Commissioning Editor at Del Rey.
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · 26d

Closes 21st September!

Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 26d

Last chance to apply for Writing Fantasy! ⚔️

Learn from @silvanhistorian.bsky.social & attend a masterclass with Nadia El-Fassi, fantasy author & Senior Commissioning Editor at Orbit UK and Alexa Allen-Batifoulier, Senior Commissioning Editor at Del Rey.
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · 26d

Ooh thanks for sharing RJ 🙏

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RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 26d

Opportunity here for a writer on a low income to get access to a nine week novel writing course taught by the great @silvanhistorian.bsky.social

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

Breakthrough Scholarship for Fantasy Writers with Low Income

This scholarship will award one talented speculative writer with limited financial means a place on our new nine-week online Writing Fantasy course.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Sep 8

'Journeying alongside my characters is how I come to understand them' 🛣️

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social to discuss what sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding and our #WritingFantasy course:

Lucy Holland on writing fantasy | Author interview

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding, the inspiration behind her…

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Sep 8

My @cbcreative.bsky.social course starts in Oct. 9 weeks of exploring fantasy: writing, workshopping, live online lessons, sharing the journey with a small group of passionate fellow writers.

Deadline to apply is 21/9 & there's 1 scholarship place too www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Aug 22

There's still time to apply for our Writing Fantasy course ⚔️

Join us for nine weeks of Zoom teaching, workshops and tutorials led by British Fantasy Award-winner and bestselling author, Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social!

Apply by 21 Sept:

Writing Fantasy | Zoom Course

Write epic fantasy fiction with dedicated online teaching and feedback from British Fantasy Award-winner and bestselling author, Lucy Holland.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · Aug 20

Give a witch the sky and she will tell you tomorrow in nephomantic knowing of its clouds. Give a witch a field and in the wind's dance across it, she will tell you of secrets hidden below. For the witch is a translator, an apprehender of nature's languages. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981 #WitchSky

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Aug 7

'Journeying alongside my characters is how I come to understand them' 🛣️

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author @silvanhistorian.bsky.social to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding and our #WritingFantasy course:

Lucy Holland on writing fantasy | Author interview

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding, the inspiration behind her…

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Jul 24

'Build in limitations because magic can be plot-breaking' 🔮

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding and our Writing Fantasy course.

Lucy Holland on writing fantasy | Author interview

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding, the inspiration behind her…

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 15

Please!

Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · Jul 14

Someone make this film now please, such a great story.

Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 14

𝐀 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬.

Do not miss the glorious @robynholdaway.bsky.social narrating the audiobook of SISTERSONG. You can get all 14 hours of it for £3.99 this month on Audible! www.amazon.co.uk/Sistersong/d...

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thanks Pers!

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 14

𝐀 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬.

Do not miss the glorious @robynholdaway.bsky.social narrating the audiobook of SISTERSONG. You can get all 14 hours of it for £3.99 this month on Audible! www.amazon.co.uk/Sistersong/d...

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thrilled for Dan and Heartwood! It was an honour to contribute to this brilliant anthology celebrating 40 years of Holdstock's Mythago Wood

Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · Jul 7

Since I saw it half an hour ago I've been trying to find the words to express how I feel, but I've come up short.
I'm beyond thrilled that HEARTWOOD: A MYTHAGO WOOD ANTHOLOGY has made the shortlist for this year's World Fantasy Awards. I'll thank you all properly shortly, but for now I'm in shock.

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 7

My course and I are back in October!

Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Jul 7

Applications are open for our Writing Fantasy course! ⚔️

Write an epic fantasy novel with complex worldbuilding. Join us for nine weeks of Zoom teaching, workshops and tutorials led by British Fantasy Award-winner and bestselling author Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social!

Apply by 21 Sept:

Writing Fantasy | Zoom Course

Write epic fantasy fiction with dedicated online teaching and feedback from British Fantasy Award-winner and bestselling author, Lucy Holland.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 3

The turbulent history of the Old North plays a major role too. This is a dark and shining world that echoes with the death songs of kings. A place of fierce conflict and fiercer love. The imminent, the bright and the terrible.

If you love early medieval myth, do come follow me on Substack!

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 3

There’s quite a lot to say about my research, the setting & the poetry that shaped this book. I've drawn on medieval Welsh literature & myth including the Tale of Taliesin, Y Gododdin, the 6th century praise poetry to Uryen, the Spoils of Annwfn etc. A sprinkling of the Tam Lin ballad.

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's gay, it's Welsh, it's early medieval. It's two bards falling in love against the backdrop of a legendary age.

Yes, bard book has a home! Official deal news in the autumn, but head on over to my Substack if you want to know more right now ⬇️

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Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jun 28

A few days more at 99p!

Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · Jun 2

Happy Pride Month! Happy 99p ebook month!

Queering up history (myth already v queer) is my bag. If it's yours too, I hope you'll enjoy my story about the once-lover of Boudica who makes a deal with the Otherworld & becomes the leader of the Wild Hunt!
www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Huntres...

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Mark Dudley @markdudley.bsky.social · Jun 28

‪This morning I finished the brilliant Sistersong by @silvanhistorian.bsky.social. This afternoon I made a start on @katemossewriter.bsky.social 's The City of Tears.

Cover of Kate Mosse's The City of Tears.

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