Michael Donaghy was beautiful & brilliant. In cherished memory of him, we are raising £8K to support a poet to attend the first Arvon Advanced Writing Programme in 2024, 20 years after Michael left us. Please give if you can. RTs are greatly appreciated: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-michael-…

It must be an amazing feeling Marc Yeats to hear your work performed by an orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra I imagine the sense of joy and accomplishment is multiplied! Tectonics Glasgow 👏👏👏 Congratulations! 🎉

Enjoy the long UK weekend with a dip into the great and up-to-date literary links from Paula Bardell-Hedley 💚 #readers #writers Women Writers Network wp.me/p9oIwb-7Be

Today's the day! #booklaunch Botanical Short Stories Congratulations to all contributors including me ☺️😘 and all the writers (@diana_p_writer) and thanks to Emma Timpany (editor) Sarah Jane Humphrey (illustrator) History Press Local Falmouth Bookseller

Travel the world through books and share your literary news with Paula Bardell-Hedley 💚 #readers and #writers wp.me/p9oIwb-7zv

Red-listed hoverflies. Sad news in any language #insectsurvival

Submit your story - How a Library Changed My Life - 5 prizes of €500 and a chance to read your work in Amsterdam. Deadline 20 May 2024 12 noon CET #Europe #Libraries theeuropechallenge.eu

Can't imagine this is only happening 'over there'! #insectdecline

I'm with the wildlife

Whenever I see news of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, I wish I could pass it on to the Professor who told me it didn't exist (he thought it was only for Journalism). It taught me that when someone speaks with great authority, it doesn't mean they're right electricliterature.com/predicting-the…

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – how Eric Blair became George Orwell theguardian.com/books/2024/feb…

Heard Paul Theroux on BBC Radio 4 and want to read his book on Orwell: 'Burma Sahib'. First I'm going back to Orwell's 'Burmese Days' - shocking as it is. Glimmers of beauty, Orwell always compelling, but it's a novel overflowing with cringing disgust, outrage & shame. Formative

Off to Glasgow early next week for rehearsals and this! I'm excited and terrified in equal measure 🤪🤪🤪🤪 I guess that's a good thing, right?

We have some lovely events planned for the coming months

More details botanicalshortstories.uk/events/

stivesbookseller Falmouth Bookseller Penzance Litfest @VisitIOS StMartinsVineyard

History Press Local Sarah Jane Humphrey

#shortstories #flowers #plants #gardening #BooksWorthReading #bookshops #Cornwall

Thinking about 'women's words'? One of the literary links in this week's round up from Paula Bardell-Hedley 💚 #womenwriters Women Writers Network wp.me/p9oIwb-7xY

Something you might like Fran Fran Wilson 🎹🖋? I'm guessing this is the closest grand piano to my place. Recently donated to the church. As a complete beginner I don't think I will turn up and play on either date but might turn up and listen! bridportnews.co.uk/news/24255065.…

Accurate 😹 #weather

Happy 200th birthday to the RNLI and the KNRM
The UK and Dutch royal national lifeboat rescue services share a birthday. Both founded in 1824. Coincidence? Or is there a story to tell? I'd love to know!

Eclectic mix of literary news to keep you entertained and informed! #readingcommunity Paula Bardell-Hedley 💚 wp.me/p9oIwb-7wf

Our next Twitter Chat is on Women Writers and the Environment. Maybe I’ll write a story about these mallards in a flooded park. Have you written about the environment? Join us Thursday 18th April at 18:00 BST! #WritingCommunity #WomenWriters #BookRecommendations