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Author of Dwell (Northodox Press) & Nice Things (Fly On The Wall) both forthcoming 2026. Winner of The First Novel Prize and Commonwealth Prize Region. 30 published stories. 2nd in Yeovil Prize. Discoveries longlist. Moniack Mhor & Arvon mentee. She/her

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Rose and Renzo by Carolyn O’Brien

Rose and Renzo by Carolyn O’Brien

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
23/30 Rose and Renzo by Carolyn O’Brien

12.03.2026 09:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel

Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
22/30 Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel

11.03.2026 08:15 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This Immaculate Body, Emma Van Straaten

This Immaculate Body, Emma Van Straaten

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
21/30 This Immaculate Body, Emma Van Straaten

10.03.2026 09:28 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Paper Sisters has been out 4 weeks this Thursday 😱

Where does the time go?!

One of our most praised and celebrated books to date, check out this incredible literary historical fiction novel here. It is brilliant!

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09.03.2026 08:37 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Submission Guidelines We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…

Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look fwd to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

09.03.2026 12:15 👍 6 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Me - white woman with midlength brown hair smiling outside in a very yellow top and two tone teal checked shirt. I match my book, is the thing.

Me - white woman with midlength brown hair smiling outside in a very yellow top and two tone teal checked shirt. I match my book, is the thing.

Very yellow book - We'll Meet You There, by Ilse Pedler, Hilary Watson and Alice Willitts

Very yellow book - We'll Meet You There, by Ilse Pedler, Hilary Watson and Alice Willitts

Publication date for my beautiful collaborative poetry collection *We'll Meet You There* from @dialectwriters.bsky.social is upon us. The online launch is 19 March - 18.30-19.30 😊 www.dialect.org.uk/events/diale... #thrutopia #thrutopoetry #HopefulFutures

09.03.2026 15:56 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Ooo, the digital version of TWTMC is officially out in the world! Of course, there'll be no spredges on this one (sprayed edges) but it's nicely portable. Thanks, as always, to @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 🌊📚💙

09.03.2026 16:33 👍 7 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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The Devil’s Draper is now available as an ebook!

This cosy crime weaves together crime, justice and the fight for equality for women in the 1920s.

You can buy the book at www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...

#cosycrime #flyonthewallpress #historicalfiction #ebook

09.03.2026 17:32 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Last call for Slovenia!
Get your boarding passes ready and we will depart 24th March
Pilot #mihamazzini

Fly on the Wall Press airlines

09.03.2026 17:39 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
The Girl With The Louding Voice, Abi Daré

The Girl With The Louding Voice, Abi Daré

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
20/30 The Girl With The Louding Voice, Abi Daré

09.03.2026 08:57 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Ravenglass, Carolyn Kirby

Ravenglass, Carolyn Kirby

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
19/30 Ravenglass, Carolyn Kirby

08.03.2026 08:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Noughts and Crosses, Malorie Blackman

Noughts and Crosses, Malorie Blackman

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
18/30 Noughts and Crosses, Malorie Blackman

07.03.2026 06:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have! It’s an interesting set up, nice prose, but not much plot in my opinion

06.03.2026 15:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It's World Book Day, so here is a shout out to our newest and next book. Paper Sisters and Rose & Renzo are leading the way in a new direction at Northodox Press and we couldn't be more pleased to have Rachel and Carolyn on board 😍

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05.03.2026 16:40 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
No Oil Painting, Genevieve Marenghi

No Oil Painting, Genevieve Marenghi

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
17/30 No Oil Painting, Genevieve Marenghi

06.03.2026 09:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Best-selling author Miha Mazzini is coming to Sheffield Waterstones this May! Join us to go on a journey with this chilling thriller about bureaucracy as violence, and one mother’s battle against the state.

www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev... #books💙📚

05.03.2026 11:12 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
16/30 Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood

05.03.2026 12:39 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I've now caught up and want to draw attention to three brilliant Northern indies on the list here - @saraband-books.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social and @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social Absolutely cleaning up. This is LOVELY news.
Big Bookworm love and congratulations!

04.03.2026 16:45 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist!
The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist! Join us as we reveal the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist on Wednesday 4 March at 2pm GMT.

We are thrilled to reveal the 2026 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist. 16 titles that showcase the profound force, resonance and scale of fiction writing: from tackling turbulent global issues to examining the intensely intimate. Discover the longlist here: youtu.be/fyPfDaHddLg

04.03.2026 14:00 👍 44 🔁 30 💬 3 📌 16
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@womensprize.bsky.social "I am honoured, humbled and grateful to join the ranks of such brilliant women, writers and thinkers."
The Others by Sheena Kalayil is LONGLISTED for #WomensPrize2026!
A stunning novel about migration, love, and revolution www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...

04.03.2026 14:04 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 2
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Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist - Women's Prize

Huge congratulations to Sheena Kalayil & Fly On The Wall Press for inclusion of The Others on the longlist of the Women’s Prize for fiction announced today. I’m so proud of my small, independent, Northern Press run by Isabelle Kenyon!
@ @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
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04.03.2026 14:24 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2
Whipping Girl, A Transexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

Whipping Girl, A Transexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen 15/30 Whipping Girl, Julia Serano

04.03.2026 10:52 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Who doesn't love a picture of a stack of books?

Here are all our current historical fiction titles, and we're immensely proud of this collection!

Have you picked any up yet?
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03.03.2026 18:23 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The River Within, Karen Powell

The River Within, Karen Powell

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, 1 per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. Thanks to Gail Gauthier for the idea!
All books I love & recommend.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen 14/30 The River Within, Karen Powell

03.03.2026 09:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Friday, as part of @yorklitfest.bsky.social two fabulous Cli Fi writers, @johnironmonger.bsky.social and @amylilwall.bsky.social will be presenting a talk about Climate Fiction and the future of the planet. It looks great!
@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

02.03.2026 13:12 👍 8 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
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Book launch Cynthia Rogerson 100,000 Birthdays Chaired by poet Cait McCullogh, authors Andrew Greig, Cynthia Rogerson and Lesley Glaister will read extracts from recent works

I'm chairing the launch of Cynthia Rogerson's 100,000 Birthdays @fruitmarket.bsky.social on 19th March. Lesley Glaister and Andrew Greig will be reading too and I might also sneak in a bit of a story
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01.03.2026 11:49 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Just a quick reminder that you’re allowed to take a break from the headlines and read a book.

Your mental health matters now more than ever, and reading/listening to books will relax you, spark your imagination, and heighten your empathy.

Those are exactly the traits we need for a better world. 📚💞

01.03.2026 13:02 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Listen to me chat art theft & older women behaving badly @thisisriverside.bsky.social

01.03.2026 13:09 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war.

Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war.

The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.

02.03.2026 08:19 👍 2122 🔁 609 💬 102 📌 62
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The latest interview on my blog is with @janicewarman.bsky.social, author of the beautiful poetry collection 'These are the things we have lost', out now with the always amazing @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social #poetry

24.02.2026 18:50 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1