Peggy Hughes
@hughespeg.bsky.social
Chief Executive at @writerscentre.bsky.social. Feat. books, whimsy, radio, outdoors, running, walking, looking. NIrish via Scotland in Norwich
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Peggy Hughes
@hughespeg.bsky.social
· Jan 1
Here we go again! Walks of 2025! A thread of this year’s walking as the mood takes me ✨
01.01.25: Kilrenny wood
01.01.25: Kilrenny wood
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Deadline Extended: Poet in Residence 2025-2027 🖌
We have extended the deadline to apply for the role of Poet in Residence 2025-2027 to Friday 31st October at 5:00 p.m.
For more details visit www.poetryireland.ie/education/ne...
Supported by @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social
We have extended the deadline to apply for the role of Poet in Residence 2025-2027 to Friday 31st October at 5:00 p.m.
For more details visit www.poetryireland.ie/education/ne...
Supported by @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Deadline Extended: Poet in Residence 2025-2027 🖌
We have extended the deadline to apply for the role of Poet in Residence 2025-2027 to Friday 31st October at 5:00 p.m.
For more details visit www.poetryireland.ie/education/ne...
Supported by @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social
We have extended the deadline to apply for the role of Poet in Residence 2025-2027 to Friday 31st October at 5:00 p.m.
For more details visit www.poetryireland.ie/education/ne...
Supported by @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social
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Details of the Leonard and Hungry Paul TV in today's Irish Independent. It starts on Friday 17th October at 9pm on BBC One.
Do tune in!
Do tune in!
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Details of the Leonard and Hungry Paul TV in today's Irish Independent. It starts on Friday 17th October at 9pm on BBC One.
Do tune in!
Do tune in!
Bottled some up for a dreich teatime in late November 🌅👍🏼💛
August 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Bottled some up for a dreich teatime in late November 🌅👍🏼💛
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Showered in a beam of light as is proper & correct: my new Oxfam jug 🩵🤍
August 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Showered in a beam of light as is proper & correct: my new Oxfam jug 🩵🤍
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This is the venue for our #BCLT2025 events today, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social
Thank you to @hughespeg.bsky.social for a backstage tour of beautiful Dragon Hall before the audiences arrived! 🐉
Thank you to @hughespeg.bsky.social for a backstage tour of beautiful Dragon Hall before the audiences arrived! 🐉
July 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is the venue for our #BCLT2025 events today, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social
Thank you to @hughespeg.bsky.social for a backstage tour of beautiful Dragon Hall before the audiences arrived! 🐉
Thank you to @hughespeg.bsky.social for a backstage tour of beautiful Dragon Hall before the audiences arrived! 🐉
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A @writerscentre.bsky.social podcast: @michaelpedersen.bsky.social talks with @hughespeg.bsky.social about fusing genres, placing fantastic elements in real-world settings, & how pushing the boundaries of literary categories can enhance your writing
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nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
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nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
Writing between genres: Michael Pedersen on Muckle Flugga
In this episode of The Writing Life podcast, prize-winning poet and writer Michael Pedersen shares his experience writing between genres.
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
July 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A @writerscentre.bsky.social podcast: @michaelpedersen.bsky.social talks with @hughespeg.bsky.social about fusing genres, placing fantastic elements in real-world settings, & how pushing the boundaries of literary categories can enhance your writing
💙📚
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
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nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
July 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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‘Portstewart Strand'
July 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
‘Portstewart Strand'
Total pleasure to chat with David Nicholls on Friday. Here we are in sound check and then with our lovely big audience. I really loved You Are Here: beards, walks, knitwear, lovelorn-ness, pies and pints, real talk, and big weather - emotional and otherwise: only gorgeous and funny and wise ❤️
July 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Total pleasure to chat with David Nicholls on Friday. Here we are in sound check and then with our lovely big audience. I really loved You Are Here: beards, walks, knitwear, lovelorn-ness, pies and pints, real talk, and big weather - emotional and otherwise: only gorgeous and funny and wise ❤️
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Unexpected to see The Nolans referenced in a Japanese short story.
July 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Unexpected to see The Nolans referenced in a Japanese short story.
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Join us for the Ro of Tralee.
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and I will be in Tralee on 5 July at 3pm.
It's pay-what-you-can but booking essential as there are only fifty seats.
Do come!
👇
siamsatire.com/event/author...
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and I will be in Tralee on 5 July at 3pm.
It's pay-what-you-can but booking essential as there are only fifty seats.
Do come!
👇
siamsatire.com/event/author...
Conversations with writers Wendy Erskine & Ronan Hession presented by The OtherSide - Siamsa Tíre
Authors' Talk with Wendy Erskine & Ronan Hession presented by The OtherSide. Siamsa Tíre Theatre, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
siamsatire.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Join us for the Ro of Tralee.
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and I will be in Tralee on 5 July at 3pm.
It's pay-what-you-can but booking essential as there are only fifty seats.
Do come!
👇
siamsatire.com/event/author...
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and I will be in Tralee on 5 July at 3pm.
It's pay-what-you-can but booking essential as there are only fifty seats.
Do come!
👇
siamsatire.com/event/author...
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am very proud of The Benefactors audiobook. I do the main narration but over 30 others - family, friends, strangers - recorded the 50 voices that form the book’s monologues. Most had zero experience. All were BRILLIANT. Thanks to @hachetteaudio.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-...
Hodder & Stoughton assembles largest-ever cast for The Benefactors audiobook
Hodder & Stoughton has brought together its largest-ever cast for the audiobook of Wendy Erskine’s debut novel The Benefactors, a polyphonic presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland.
www.thebookseller.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
am very proud of The Benefactors audiobook. I do the main narration but over 30 others - family, friends, strangers - recorded the 50 voices that form the book’s monologues. Most had zero experience. All were BRILLIANT. Thanks to @hachetteaudio.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/hodder-...
Honestly, Norwich tonight! 😍☀️💡🍑
June 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Honestly, Norwich tonight! 😍☀️💡🍑
A little garden-themed reading list selected by me for you up on @writerscentre.bsky.social! 🌿🌿
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
NCW recommends... five books inspired by gardens | National Centre for Writing | NCW
From poetry to essays, gardening tips to memoir, here are five books inspired by gardens as recommended by CEO Peggy Hughes.
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A little garden-themed reading list selected by me for you up on @writerscentre.bsky.social! 🌿🌿
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/...
( it’s been a flowery week! )
June 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
( it’s been a flowery week! )
Pleasure to have Québec City writer Vanessa Bell at @writerscentre.bsky.social with us this week. Here she is in our podcast studio after chatting with me about her book, Monuments. Catch as she travels on to events at Manchester’s Festival of Libraries, & in Nottingham & Exeter, cities of lit all!
June 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Pleasure to have Québec City writer Vanessa Bell at @writerscentre.bsky.social with us this week. Here she is in our podcast studio after chatting with me about her book, Monuments. Catch as she travels on to events at Manchester’s Festival of Libraries, & in Nottingham & Exeter, cities of lit all!
Busy houses today for Norfolk & Norwich Festival x @writerscentre.bsky.social ❤️
May 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Busy houses today for Norfolk & Norwich Festival x @writerscentre.bsky.social ❤️
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‘Translated literature is a way of communicating over a border, under a wall, beyond an algorithm’s reach’
Listen to Max Porter’s wonderful speech from the International Booker Prize 2025 ceremony last night.
youtu.be/fc80efFKK6o
Listen to Max Porter’s wonderful speech from the International Booker Prize 2025 ceremony last night.
youtu.be/fc80efFKK6o
Max Porter announces the winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prize
YouTube video by The Booker Prizes
youtu.be
May 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
‘Translated literature is a way of communicating over a border, under a wall, beyond an algorithm’s reach’
Listen to Max Porter’s wonderful speech from the International Booker Prize 2025 ceremony last night.
youtu.be/fc80efFKK6o
Listen to Max Porter’s wonderful speech from the International Booker Prize 2025 ceremony last night.
youtu.be/fc80efFKK6o
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I almost start to believe that someone is leaving stuff in my local Oxfam especially for me
May 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I almost start to believe that someone is leaving stuff in my local Oxfam especially for me
Postcard from London today 🌞
May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Postcard from London today 🌞
I’m really enjoying The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth, out from Faber 19th June, seen here in proof among wir lilacs!
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’m really enjoying The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth, out from Faber 19th June, seen here in proof among wir lilacs!
It may be the hottest day of the year but IMO that’s no excuse to walk past this vintage Littlewoods Shetland wool item (& in the Age UK charity shop too! ❤️)
May 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It may be the hottest day of the year but IMO that’s no excuse to walk past this vintage Littlewoods Shetland wool item (& in the Age UK charity shop too! ❤️)
I love to see that this particular Bee has landed! 👏🏼
Say hello to @beelitmag.bsky.social! The Bee is a new showcase of working-class writing from the UK and beyond, comprising a website, a literary magazine, The Working Class Library podcast, and The Beehive, an online space for new and emerging working-class writers.
May 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I love to see that this particular Bee has landed! 👏🏼