Paperback of A Bird in Winter, out 7th Nov, on a pleasing yellow background, thank you to all at @FaberBooks - I think this is my favourite paperback cover so far.

We’re one of three finalists for @DeutscheBank’s Charity of the Year! If you are an employee, your vote could help 100,000 young people gain the literacy skills to shape their future. Vote to change life stories. Vote @Literacy_Trust ⤵️ https://t.co/dozl4EgSIh

12 hours of live play by play from every game on the College Football Blitz!

@DoughtyLouise https://t.co/H6O0m8Ofss Hi Louise, Thank you for supporting @BBCCiN this year. Above is a link to your lot on Children in Read 2025 Can you share it across all your socials to your friends, fans, and followers? ♥️

Friends, please repost 🔥 “She has the poet’s eye for linguistic detail combined with the novelist’s understanding of narrative.” - Patience Agbabi Join THE NOVEL SURGERY, 4-6pm UK time, ONLINE. Oct 26 - Nov 30.

We want your story! The 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has begun 📚 Citizens of Commonwealth countries aged over 18 can enter. Stories should be between 2,000–5,000 words and must be unpublished fiction. Entry is free, and you can write on any theme. Five regional winners

This November 29, one guest will experience the ultimate travel reward! Play all month and let your next adventure begin at FireKeepers.

🌿 NEW | 2 unforgettable stories. 2 families. 200 years of history. Join Melissa Lucashenko & @DoughtyLouise for #Edenglassie, a sweeping epic that explores Queensland's colonial myths while reimagining an Australian future. 📝 Register FREE: https://t.co/Jo5yDXTn2H

Popping up on here with my regular reminder of the importance of @Literacy_Trust. It's vital that children and young people from all backgrounds read for pleasure, do support them if you can.

A terrific new initiative from the wonderful @NewWritingNorth https://t.co/FMKvY2Tjuh

Unmissable opportunity at @arvonfoundation for this incredible course: Non-fiction: The Techniques Behind the Story, taught by award-winning writer and Jhalak Prose Prize 2025 judge #TaranNKhan: https://t.co/60vHy2F3A4 Sign up asap.

Emma and Jonathan are lovely people and great enthusiasts for new writing, so if you're looking for a writing retreat then this one will be very good indeed.

Look at all these great names in one place (although not necessarily at the same time)! Get booking! @johnsuchet1 @adeleparks @Otto_English @AAChaudhuri @SCWwriter @Mrssmithmunday @PaulWaters99 @LBrace1 @graydonwrites @DoughtyLouise @JoelleTamraz @weldon_lucy

Whose Shutdown Narrative Prevails?

I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not have the right to use my work. Use the @authorsguild's letter template to send your own:

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: https://t.co/itWxUqjV1U

I am desperate for an epic, all consuming love story. So submissions please think of me - any genre, as long as it is Adult Fiction. nelle@rmliterary.co.uk

Phoenix to publish a 'heartbreaking and revelatory' memoir from Louise Doughty

Thank you @FiveLeavesBooks and NTU for hosting, this was a terrific event - and wonderful to hear from the students in creative writing, literary stars in the making.

Excited & oof yes, apprehensive, of taking part in T'Articulation's Romany & Traveller Poetry & Prose event in one of the places I'm from, that's at the heart of my piece in #KIN. Sunday, with the fabulous @RaineGeoghegan5 @DoughtyLouise & Amanda Garrie!

This is very important, and the deadline for filling in the form for the government consultation is today (25th Feb). If you're an author, or if you feel that creators should not be robbed of control over their own copyright, please consider filling this form.

I have a soft spot in my heart for the @arvonfoundation and Lumb Bank in particular, which I visited in the very early days of my career. Do support this appeal if you can. https://t.co/hJ1zourJ4r

I await this longlist every bit as eagerly as @WomensPrize fiction list, what terrific range is here, congratulations to all the authors.

Save Audio Drama at the BBC - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/wI9zJY7vy1 via @UKChange

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