June Caldwell

Nephew, I think so, there's a live Facebook feed but I can't access it as I deleted socials a while ago. I know he hasn't prepared 'much!'

Oh, wow, really? Did he say it was hard? My nephew decided on a whim. He's ridiculously adventurous. His tales of what he got up to in India last year had me sweating. He has zero preparation for the mountain ⛰️ but the fecker always lands on his feet. Kudos to your brother 👏

Jake Caldwell (in front), Day 2, climbing #Kilimanjaro for cancer 💪

Love my two bro-in-laws Jamie & Andrew; really funny, very funky and total gentlemen. The start of the long #PubCrawl towards Aviva...

The Last Beacon In the Fall of ’99, a teen’s fixation on her mysterious online friend is linked to a brutal murder atop the local lighthouse. Hunting the killer, a detective with a destructive secret uncovers a terri...

Hey #writingcommunity and #booksky, I really need your help to get my 90s thriller/horror novel out into the world. I’m almost at 2/3 of the pre-order goal needed for Inkshares to publish the book! Read a preview, pre-order if you can, and please repost! #art #writing #amwriting

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Amazing 👏 🤩 🏆 🍾 it's an extraordinary book, really.

So delighted to be on the longlist for the @womensprize.bsky.social.

Massive congrats Kit & Wendy!

Delighted to see @kitdewaal.com and @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social amongst the sixteen incredible authors on the @womensprize.bsky.social for Fiction longlist

I get so excited when this geezer publishes *anything*. His writing is crazy-beautiful and completely spellbinding. He's also a genius in how he plays with the reader's head. I haven't read this new novel yet, but I'll be eating it for breakfast, along with my quorn sausages, very soon.

Submissions for Gorse 15 close this Friday. Have a goo below at the chosen theme! My Mrs complains that people don't always look at the theme, though interpretation is loose as a rabbit in July. It's an 'experimental' literary journal, which obviously means the writing should do just that! #Brazen

Submissions for Gorse 15 close this Friday. Have a goo below at the chosen theme! My Mrs complains that people don't always look at the theme, though interpretation is loose as a rabbit in July. It's an 'experimental' literary journal, which obviously means the writing should do just that! #Brazen

Sounds interesting.

Jake's Kilimanjaro Climb for Cancer Research UK Help Jake Caldwell raise money to support Cancer Research UK

In two days my madcap nephew is off to climb Kilimanjaro to raise funds for cancer. His dad (my brother Adrian) died at age 47 from the disease. Wishing #Jake huge luck on his quest (and for a safe return home!) If you can donate (even a quid) that would be brillo. www.justgiving.com/page/jakes-k...

Happy Publication Day Barbara Byar for #InTheDesert! There's a great interview here with Barbara and Jennifer from @frazzledlit.bsky.social

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Submit — Banshee Press \uD83C\uDF84 The Banshee shop is now closed for the festive season! Any orders placed will be fulfilled in January 2026 \uD83C\uDF84

Submissions for issue 22 (autumn/winter 2026) are now open until 31 March! We’re looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays ✨

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Mark O'Connell: Think AI uses a lot of energy? Wait til you hear about humans I’m not convinced that AI evangelists like Sam Altman really understand how strange and creepy they come across when they talk about the future

Mark O'Connell: Think AI uses a lot of energy? Wait til you hear about humans

#Vegetarian Indian feast for six! Forgot food pics (cooked all day!) Poppadoms + homemade chutneys; beetroot kebabs & salad (pic before oven); chana masala, sweet potato vindaloo, aubergine, tomato & nigella seed curry, saffron rice; rosewater burfi with petals, roasted pineapple in chilli Syrup. 😫

Yeah, I think it's my favourite so far. Though I say that for every issue. I really love this one! Your illustration is amazing btw.

#gorse12 (Language is a virus) has just arrived in the house from the printers and I flick open on this illustration by @badaude.bsky.social! Lord, it must be a sign that the world will survive after all 😃

Mary Lee Settle, The Art of Fiction No. 116 “[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction] is not an act of intelligence.”

“Somerset Maugham said that it took at least six human beings to make one fictional character. That is true of landscape as well, I think. We have to make our landscapes, change streets, create new turnings, rebuild or tear down.” —Mary Lee Settle

#gorse12 (Language is a virus) has just arrived in the house from the printers and I flick open on this illustration by @badaude.bsky.social! Lord, it must be a sign that the world will survive after all 😃

The enduring #mystery of Liadan Ní Chuinn - one of four nominated for *The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year* - who's chosen through publication & beyond to remain totally anonymous. Apart from being non-binary, all we know is they're under 35. Whatever the feck, their writing is 💯% top-notch.

I've read Barbara Byar's @barbarabyar.bsky.social novel IN THE DESERT, was in fact one of the very first readers, even before the first draft was completed, and it is totally stunning piece of literary fiction. Read it, and you will love it! And you will never have read another book like it!

Re U-turn/Sticking plaster on SNAs - government is supposed to have a disability unit to coordinate efforts and policy on disability across all depts. Time and again they get it wrong and still disabled people don’t have the services they need are are legally entitled to.

For me, it's always 'voice", and theirs is so quietly elevated and odd, first person narration without the generic kind we all fuck around with (that somehow sounds the same!). I was so impressed and excited when I read them. And even more respect by their opting out of the lit gladiator pit!

The enduring #mystery of Liadan Ní Chuinn - one of four nominated for *The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year* - who's chosen through publication & beyond to remain totally anonymous. Apart from being non-binary, all we know is they're under 35. Whatever the feck, their writing is 💯% top-notch.

Loving [and laughing at!] this canvas painting of my #DeadBro Adrian from his wildly unflattering DJ days...his youngest kid is a tattoo artist and his youngest son is about to climb Kilimanjaro for #cancer if anyone fancies donating: www.justgiving.com/page/jakes-k...

From the *say it how it is* days, now much maligned, like the veggie burger 🍔

Loving [and laughing at!] this canvas painting of my #DeadBro Adrian from his wildly unflattering DJ days...his youngest kid is a tattoo artist and his youngest son is about to climb Kilimanjaro for #cancer if anyone fancies donating: www.justgiving.com/page/jakes-k...