Sue Turbett, Author

2026 is the National year of Reading here in the UK 📚 Here are my top 4 books of last year
#booksky #reading #writing #uk #books

Mise freisin 🍻

Wishing you all a safe, peaceful, happy and healthy Christmas and all the same again for 2026 🥰

Thrilled to be longlisted for New Writers Historical Fiction short story competition with ‘Not the marrying kind’
#books #writing #shortstories #historicalfiction #author

Do you think these MP donations should be allowed? ……………

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 17387:
The world is filled with writing advice.
Some of it is personal, some of it is fairly universal.
But advice is only ever advice: all authors are different. And if a method doesn't work for you, or get you the results you need, you don't have to follow it.

Here’s hoping MPs will vote in line with vast majority of public who support assisted dying. It’s had over 90 hours of scrutiny & has properly robust safeguards. To do nothing is to consign many to fear, pain & worse. Yes, better palliative care & yes, also, the option of AD @dignityindying.org.uk

Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.

It was such a pleasure to talk to Louis D Hall about his book ‘In Green’ - a great journey told with great heart and astonishing honesty #booksky #writing #travel #travelwriting #BuckinghamLitFest #InGreen

Great talk @Buckingham Literary festival by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
“Social media scrolling is a bottomless Pringles tube of info-munch” 😂

Such a shame the two occupants of the gorgeous leather sofas were on their phones 🥲

Carturesti Verona - the most perfect of bookshops #Romania #Bucharest #indiebookshop #books #reading

Please join me at Buckingham Literary Festival where I’ll be talking to Louis D Hall about his new book ‘In Green’. #writing #author #literaryfestival #horses #adventure #travelwriting #conversation

John Boyne on the art of book reviews: Never lie to readers, but deliver truth in a way that respects the writer Twenty-one years after The Irish Times published novelist’s first review, he has now written 150

John Boyne on the art of book reviews: Never lie to readers, but deliver truth in a way that respects the writer

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Fantastic news.

Great dress & fabulous fringe #eurovision #albania

Manspreading in a sauna #eurovision #sweden

This Sunday will be our literary walk, featuring the very best of local writing from MK Lit Fest’s fabulous anthologies of creative writing.

Tickets are pay what you can so grab one before they go!

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#walkingfestival
#mkwalkingfestiv
@theparkstrust.bsky.social

Front cover of book called ‘Piranesi’ by Susanna Clarke

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely loved this and highly recommend it - compelling storytelling 😍
#booksky #novels #reading

We’re taking & publishing letters from America YouTube video by Scientists for EU

🇺🇸🔥Listen up Americans!

We’re publishing “Bylines from America” as a new project…

…to extend our citizen journalism to American citizens resisting Trump. We want to empower those voices, those stories as recognised news & commentary pieces.

Come visit —> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/bylines-from...

Congratulations 👏

Please join this wonderful event to celebrate May Day - just £3 and you get to hear me read ‘Eight hours and then some’ my first foray into flash fiction #booksky #flashfiction #mklitfest #MayDay #Beltane

So pleased you’ll be reading - I will be joining you and read my Flash piece 😅

Loving this - such a unique voice #booksky #books #authors #writers #reading

Brilliant 🤩

Brilliant evening listening to talented local writers and poets @mklitfest.bsky.social #writing #storytelling #poetry #miltonkeynes #writingcommunity #mklitfest25

I’ll be there tomorrow to listen 😅

Huge congratulations 🥂

Thank you Grasmere WI for inviting to talk about my debut novel ‘Eagle Sister’ - great turnout and delicious cake 😋 #booksky #books #YA #historicalfiction #authors #writers #talks #indiebooks #indiepublisher

If you haven’t watched S.1 of Bridget Christie’s wonderful ‘The Change’ … WATCH IT!!! It’s completely and utterly brilliant 🤩 Then you can watch S.2 😅 #channel4 #thechange #tv