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@giselleleeb
Short story collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called (@saltpublishing.bsky.social), Edge Hill Short Story Prize '23 Longlist, Word Factory Apprentice '19, Best British Short Stories '17 https://giselleleeb.com/
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Going back to school.
One of my favourite books!
More thoughts on memoir writing:
giselleleeb.substack.com/p/memoir-wri...
Some thoughts on memori writing up on my Substack:
giselleleeb.substack.com/p/memoir-wri...
Given Andy's track record I am in no way surprised to see REMAINS has been publishing some of IMO the best prose stylists working in genre, including @giselleleeb.bsky.social and @seanbirnie.bsky.social
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Just reading your wonderful words on a train swaying towards the Fens and intermittently looking out to see fields and rivers and treesβ¦
Hi Des, great to hear from you. I havenβt been on here much lately. Thanks for the link. π
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I answered some great questions from Joe Bedford, who interviewed me for his 'Writers on Research' series:
INTERVIEW: Giselle Leeb on nature, normality and βMammals, I Think We Are Calledβ
You can read the interview, and others, here: π
joebedford.co.uk
I answered some great questions from Joe Bedford, who interviewed me for his 'Writers on Research' series:
INTERVIEW: Giselle Leeb on nature, normality and βMammals, I Think We Are Calledβ
You can read the interview, and others, here: π
joebedford.co.uk
Cover of Fifty Beasts To Break Your Heart by Gennarose Nethercott
Thanks to @jolloyds.bsky.social for recommending this.
Loved it like I love Kelly Link and Sarah Pinsker (perhaps also one for @giselleleeb.bsky.social )
Thanks, yes! Kelly Links is tops so sure Iβll enjoy it π
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for coming
I had my final writing class led by @giselleleeb.bsky.social at @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social in Nottingham last night, and I must say I learned so much and am excited to put it all into my writing going forward.
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New @interzone.press issue is out! Featuring work by @seanpadraic.bsky.social, @stevetoase.bsky.social, @giselleleeb.bsky.social, Nick Lowe, βͺ@nmamatas.bsky.social,β¬ and lots of other cool people, full list here: weightlessbooks.com/interzone-302/
Very happy to have my story βNo Shelter Beneath the Searchlightsβ in the latest @interzone.press alongside with @rlsummerling.bsky.social @seanbirnie.bsky.social, Aliya Whiteley, @giselleleeb.bsky.social and so many other great writers.
Some excellently feral stories including @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @giselleleeb.bsky.social and @giantratsumatra.bsky.social
Thanks @jonathangibbs.bsky.social
If anyone has some animal stories they can recommend, Iβm all ears - hidden and asymetrical ones like those of an owl
#302 of the fab @interzone.pressβ¬ avail. soon. I review 8 new intriguing & uncanny @nightjarpress.bsky.social stories by: @meganjstaylor.bsky.social, J G Lynas, imogenreid.bsky.socialβ¬, @kirstennorrie.bsky.social, Philip Terry, @arthurmandal.bsky.social, @carolynstock.bsky.social, Alex Older
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And off it goes, Charlotte Tierneyβs Personal Anthology, as aloof and detached as a sleep-walker, going faster than the snail, watching the livestream of the goldfinch, staying in the aquarium of the Jardin des Plantes for hours, bellowing for the dog, twisting and snorting...
Our May submissions window for fantastical flash fiction is now open through 11:59 p.m., May 7.
Full guidelines and Submittable button here: fabulistmagazine.com/about/submis...
#opencall
#speculativefiction
#flashfiction
Check out all of my events upcoming for 2025 - so far - with stacks of online writing courses, workshops and events forthcoming! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis... #writing #writers #writingcommunity #horror #courses #wriitngcourses #writingworkshops #writingclasses
Thanks, Chuck :-)
Last few places left on @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social Short Story course. Starts Tue 6 May. I've listed my top 5 books on writing in the course details. What are yours?
fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/writi...
Take a photo she said, tote bags, lanyards, badges, tape, bookmarks. Put it on social media she said. What about the books? I thought, too late. Penguin Archive. There are also books.
So... just about finished our events programme for May. Highlights include a couple of events by @robinince.bsky.social, our first writing course by @giselleleeb.bsky.social, a book launch with Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, a lecture on Cavafy by Gregory Woods... www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events
River Trent here. We're taking orders for this edition (UK only) - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/is-a-river-alive/