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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · Feb 14

Who are @womenwritersnet.bsky.social anyway? We’re an international team dedicated to supporting our fellow #WomenWriters through our social media presence.

Want to know more? You can read all about us thanks to
@Pen_to_Print. pentoprint.org?s=women+writ...

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 7h

I hope you’ve all had an excellent weekend. Not much writing for me today but another walk with literary connections.
1968 versus today. I would rewatch the film to see the beach but I was too traumatised by the child catcher to ever watch it again 😂#ChittyChittyBangBang #WomenWritersNet

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 1d

We’re super-excited to be welcoming Stephanie @brethertonwords.bsky.social to our next #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview.
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
⏰ 6pm BST
📚The Fire In Their Eyes @breakthroughbook.bsky.social

Everyone welcome to join in the Q&A.
Please share with anyone who might be interested.

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OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to be supporting the W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize 2025 with the lovely people at @writersandartists.bsky.social and @ruppin.bsky.social

Find out more here: www.writersandartists.co.uk/about-wa-wor...

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W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize 2025 | Writers & Artists

Find out about this year's W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize before it opens for entries on 1st November over on our

www.writersandartists.co.uk

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

We've had fathers. What about mothers? In the second of two articles, @aunz.theconversation.com present us with some of the worst figures in literature.
Who would you add?
#WomenWritersNet

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Who are the worst mothers in literature?

Literature is full of dysfunctional families. We asked critics to nominate their least favourite mothers.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

In the first of two articles from @aunz.theconversation.com, they ask 'Who are the worst fathers in literature?'

Some real horrors on the list. Who would you add?

Dr Abraham Norton Perina from The People in the Trees by Tanya Yanagihara must rank up there.

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Who are the worst fathers in literature?

Literature is full of dysfunctional families. We asked critics to nominate the most troublesome fathers.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay.
The National Literacy Trust's campaign for reading for pleasure encourages us to #Take10ToRead for our own well-being. Why not pick up a book right now and take some time out?
#WomenWritersNet

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Take 10 to Read | National Literacy Trust

The Take 10 to Read challenge encourages people to read for 10 minutes every day to improve their wellbeing and support their literacy.

literacytrust.org.uk

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · 2d

Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here.

#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth

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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 2d

Grateful to @lauraparker.bsky.social for this wonderful full page review of #GhostsoftheFarm @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social in www.countrylife.co.uk 8 Oct. ‘The author is at her best when immersed in rural detail… Mrs Chester has found something truly haunting.’ #booksky

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

We didn't know about this. Thanks for alerting us @brethertonwords.bsky.social #take10toread

Stephanie Bretherton @brethertonwords.bsky.social · 2d

Are you going to #take10toread today? Organised by the National Literacy Trust which is encouraging us all to take 10 minutes at 10 o’clock on the 10th to stop the world for a moment and just pick up a good book. I’m in! #booksky

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 2d

Our #WomenWritersNet SkyChat next week is 'Women Writers and the Writing Mindset'.

We'll be
✍️ asking what do we need to get into the writing groove
✍️ thinking about personal qualities that are important
✍️ sharing tips and support.

16/10/25 6pm BST. ALL WELCOME. Please help us spread the word.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yes! A tricky one.

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

Occasionally I can be persuaded to write something weird.

Three of the words that always spell wrong even when I am thinking about them. What about you? Do you have words that catch you out?
#WomenWritersNet #spelling #spellcheck #typos

Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

Our next #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview will be on Thursday 23 October. We’re excited to hear all about Stephanie‘s book, The Fire In Their Eyes @brethertonwords.bsky.social
Please join us. @valeriavescina.bsky.social will be hosting and everyone will have the chance to ask questions.

Valeria Vescina @valeriavescina.bsky.social · 3d

Hugely looking forward to interviewing @brethertonwords.bsky.social for our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social live #AuthorInterview of 23 October. SAVE THE DATE and join us as Stephanie tells us about her award-winning new novel, #TheFireInTheirEyes (@Breakthroughbooks.bsky.social)! #writing #reading

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

'What more electrifying palace of diversity is there than a well-stocked library?'
Brilliant article from @luluallison.bsky.social about the cowards who are banning books.
Read in full on Dorset Eye @dorseteye.bsky.social

Lulu Allison @luluallison.bsky.social · 3d

Here is the whole article I wrote on Dorset Eye, for Banned Books Week:

dorseteye.com/alert-alert-...

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Emma Grae @emmagraeauthor.bsky.social · 3d

‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is officially available to buy directly from @luathpress.bsky.social today!

And it will be stocked by all good bookshops from October 30.

This means that if you’ve preordered, your book will be with you in plenty of time for Halloween! ☺️🐈‍⬛

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

We love it that the Christopher Bland Prize recognises debut novelists and non-fiction writers over 50. Not all of us are spring chickens 😁 Now open for entries.
#WomenWritersNet

Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social · 6d

The 2026 Christopher Bland Prize is now open for entry 🏆

Closing 5pm on Friday 5 December 2025: https://rsliterature.org/rsl-christopher-bland-prize/

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 3d

✨ONLINE COURSE✨

Following the success of Julie’s Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you our first longer course:

Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: A Poetry Workshop Series

Poster for course
Same details also in text

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Kerry Hadley-Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social · 3d

My lovely publisher, Salt Publishing, @saltpublishing.com www.saltpublishing.com have big plans for the coming years, but indie publishers can always do with some help so please do buy a book from them, or help by sharing or donating to gofund.me/221f0c807

Beautiful Books You Won’t Forget | Salt Publishing

Welcome to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishing houses. Since our founding in 1999, we have published some of the world’s foremost writers.

www.saltpublishing.com

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 3d

A ‘clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing’
Wonderful review of Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It sounds like essential reading for all memoirists.
#WomenWritersNet
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Book Of The Week: Exploring the radical craft of memoir

Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes memoirists she has interviewed for the book.

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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 4d

Meet the Judges of the 2026 Women’s Prizes!

A warm welcome to: Julia Gillard, @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social, Salma El-Wardany, Cariad Lloyd and Annie Macmanus, and Thangam Debbonaire, Roma Agrawal, Nicola Elliott, Nina Stibbe and Nicola Williams.

#WomensPrize

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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 4d

For Women Wednesday
~ Leila Chatti 🍂
Once in a While I Am Reminded
—I am not at the center of anything. Seen at a distance I am hardly seen./each moment wondering if this is when the real story starts.

LEILA CHATTI
Once in a While I Am Reminded
I am not at the center of anything. Seen at a distance I am hardly seen. Excruciating, how here I am, how little
it means. I use my mouth to make sounds which approximate my innermost thoughts but often bungle it. I use my eyes when I need to be understood. Sometimes I tell the truth but only when I think I'll be valued for being interesting instead of good.
I marvel at what I call my life-ambulances, sparrows, clouds passing definitively by—amazed that it doesn't know it's mine at all, the minor characters don't look up, the narrative sags, and I each moment wondering if this is when the real story starts.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 4d

Adjective order: And I thought French with its erratic rules was hard.
I am glad I didn't have to learn English as a second language and that this comes naturally (although I do like to mess with it on purpose for effect).
#grammarfun #WomenWritersNet

www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/one-...

Putting Adjectives in the Right Order

You do this without even thinking

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations. It is so exciting to see our books in real life, isn’t it.

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Anna M Holmes @annamholmes.bsky.social · 5d

#booksky #writingansbooks #mutuals Looking forward to DANCE OF THE EARTH dancing into readers' hands (end of month launch)
@womenwritersnet.bsky.social

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday I received a real letter in the post from a 92-year-old friend of my dad's. He wrote to thank me for writing my memoir, love lay down beside me and we wept.
Reviews are good for our profiles as writers but heartfelt thanks are good for our souls. 🧡
#WomenWritersNet

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