Jane Ayres
@workingwords50
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Writer.Musician.Eats chocolate.Swears a lot. https://t.co/juYRm8npfu https://t.co/HbrIOvKNTV
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Joined November 2014
I'm so grateful to @NICMcharity @RecordsAsc for producing this memorial CD to celebrate gifted #composer Barry Seaman, who was tragically taken from us in 2020 by Covid & I remain determined that Barry's beautiful soul & #music will live on.๐ https://t.co/VaDvllhKKL
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In Short, a journal of flash non-fiction (<1000 words) is still open for FREE submissions until the end of the month. And they just had a notable essay in the Best American Essays 2025! Link below.
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A fun #spooky read for pony lovers of all ages ๐๐ด๐๐ป๐ #Halloween #Halloween2025 #spooktober2025 #horses #ponies #booklover #BookTwitter
amazon.co.uk
The riding stables have a new arrival โ but Sparky isnโt your usual pony and when strange and eerie things start happening, Thea determines to solve the mystery. A dangerous midnight race over a...
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A great honour to do broadcast premiere performances of Wilfred Heaton live on โIn Tuneโ this week with Rose and Paul. Fascinating insights by Paul too in conversation with wonderful @PetrocTrelawny . Two slots on this link from 0:40:28 & 1:13:04 https://t.co/UNsudFCfhv
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Very much looking forward to chatting to one of my absolute favourite authors, @MichellePaver tonight for the @hayfestival book club, about her brilliant ghost story 'Dark Matter' to coincide with the publishing of a new 15th anniversary edition of the book! It's an online chat
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Out now! Jon Richardson joins the team to discuss the three terrors that haunted his childhood years. Listen to this and all previous episodes here: https://t.co/fFcFp5F28W
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๐ป๐ It's the launch of the #UNCANNY HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN!!! ๐๐ป I'll be posting a brand new #Uncanny mini-case every day here until #Halloween! Each one, a story emailed in by a listener! Todayโs nugget of terror is Case 1: Mrs Murphy Says Hello ๐ It's a spine-tingler! Check
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When I rescued this little #geranium from the reduced rack outside a local store she was almost dead so it gives me enormous joy to see her so happy now in her new home โค๐ต๐ฟ #gardening #flowers
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Been absent from Twitter but wanted to share a glorious #novel I just read on kindle by @JoannaCannon called A Tidy Ending which is my #book of the year. Perceptive, funny, brilliant plotting, exquisitely written with a perfect final line. Loved it! โค #BookTwitter #bookstoread
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๐ข MAY 13TH -- AUGUST 1ST ๐ข The Katrina Collins Poetry Prize is Atomic Bohemian's new competition for best, single poem. This year will be judged by the amazing @oormilaprahlad, author of Patchwork Fugue (Atomic Bohemian, 2024). Visit our website for more info!
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If you are missing #Uncanny and are a fan of the #LovecraftInvestigations, check out this podcast, Broken Veil, by the brilliant writers, Joel Morris (behind lots of Charlie Brooker's stuff, like Wipe & Cunk) and Will Maclean (author of great ghost novel 'The Apparition
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We love the experimental and avant-garde. We love dirty/kitchen sink realism. We love poetry, fiction, and CNF that punches you in the gut with a velvet glove, so send us your "little darlings." See guidelines at https://t.co/kOHGtQWCq7
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Willโs wife Sue, 74, is in a wheelchair and gets Attendance Allowance. He cares for her full time. Yet he is denied the ยฃ83.30 carerโs allowance which would greatly improve their difficult life https://t.co/poRIMq21OX Why? Because he is a pensioner.
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๐ขExciting News! Submissions Open Now! Weโre looking for poetry, prose, reviews, filmpoems, and word & image pieces that challenge, inspire, and move us. Got work that fits? Send it our way! See guidelines here: https://t.co/pOEjD4hljZ
#InkSweatandTears #Submissions -IB
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Delighted that 2 #poems from my microchap published by the wonderful @porkbellypress are featured on The Wardrobe's Best Dressed @SundressPub #poetry
https://t.co/ykGw4ea90y
sundressblog.com
This selection, chosen by guest editor Layla Lenhardt, is from my lost womb still sings to me by Jane Ayres (Porkbelly Press 2023). timeslip my limpet arm clamps around your slender frame containing...
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โIโm a crime writer โ I understand theft when I see it.โ Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement. https://t.co/tppwGQ8FRw
theguardian.com
โI am a crime writer, I understand theft,โ said Val McDermid โ joining Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro and Kate Mosse in their appeal to Lisa Nandy to act on their behalf
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Writers! ๐จ Please sign this open letter calling for Meta to be held accountable for the unathorised use of writers' works. ๐ #MakeItFair
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