For Books' Sake
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Thank you to everyone who came for the launch of @JGlaisher’s Dear Lina tonight 💜
Make sure you grab your copy of the book here:audible.co.uk/pd/Dear-Lina-A…7
True words from this evening @JGlaisher:
"You'll regret it much more if you want to do something and don't ever try"
💌 If you love hearing words by Jess, you can subscribe to her newsletter right here: gmail.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ae…m
We're loving hearing from our author of the night @JGlaisher on how publishing a dystopian novel has been over the last year, when we're living in one!
You can (and should!) read it here: audible.co.uk/pd/Dear-Lina-A…
We're hearing from @stars_crickets now with opening poem, 'The Reading Habits of Moths' 😍🦋
First up we have the brilliant @laureatewitch reading for us, 'the sapphic sit better with violet hues' 💜
Read more from Briony here:Gumroad.com/thelaureatewit…E
We're starting our Dear Lina launch right now!
Can't wait to hear from the one and only @JGlaisher and no less than FOUR @WritelikeaGrrrl alumni.
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TONIGHT!
Join us for the launch of @JGlaisher’s Dear Lina, ft. readings from fellow @WritelikeaGrrrl alumni at 7.30pm 🌟
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Tonight we LAUNCH!! Getting very excited (nervous) now! There’s still time to get your tickets for tonight. Join me, @_ChloeGreen_, @forbookssake and some lovely @WritelikeaGrrrl grads!
#BookLaunch #Pride #AmWriting #Dystopia #QueerWriter
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Retweeted by For Books' Sake The audio version of my debut poetry collection Alright, Girl? is available once again as part of @brightonfringe.
Commissioned by @Living_Record & soundscaped by @chrisdrohan. Lots about pubs, love, loss, grief, food, friendship & self acceptance 🎧�brightonfringe.org/whats-on/alrig…Cp
Retweeted by For Books' Sake The launch for Dear Lina is TOMORROW NIGHT!! Come along and hear some @WritelikeaGrrrl grads share their work and to hear me talk with the lovely @_ChloeGreen_ about my writing journey. @forbookssake
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Retweeted by For Books' Sake Join us *tomorrow* for readings from @JGlaisher's debut novel, as well as some special @WritelikeaGrrrl guests 💜
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Guest submission readers (paid) are wanted for Re-creation, a Queer Poetry Anthology ⬇️
Be quick though, the deadline’s today!
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Morning Twitter! We're looking for reading suggestions of published LGBTQ+ plays* please - especially with a bit of magical realism!
*preferably not the big titles - we've read the Beautiful Things, Angels in Americas, Torch Song Trilogies and Boys in the Bands many times!
Retweeted by For Books' Sake I'M PERFORMING AT THE @brightonfringe FESTIVAL 😁
The show is a spoken word poetry piece, edited by@beehartyeahh & is available via the@Living_Recordd digital venue.
For tickets:thelivingrecord.com/events/chosen-…o
#blackqueerr#queerartt#mentalhealthh#SpokenWordd#binaurall#schizoaffectiveeb
Retweeted by For Books' Sake We were supposed to be launching @lisaluxx_ outstanding debut full collection last night -but in response to the attacks on Palestine - she is instead hosting this salon of resistance. We are 100% behind her. twitter.com/Outspoken_Pres…
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Congratulations to the winners of the #CWPrize!
🌟@CarolMFarrellyy was a weekend read writer for us a few years ago (who remembers those days?) and we so appreciate the hard work and effort that's gone into this journey 🌟
👏twitter.com/cwwriters/stat…i5iJI
Congratulations to these six writers on being shortlisted for the @WomensPrize Discoveries Prize 🏆twitter.com/WomensPrize/st…Y
New dates for @WritelikeaGrrrl 🔥 IGNITE 🔥 are now available with the one and onl@Kerry_h_Ryanan!
Whether you want to write short stories, novels, essays or plays, Ignite is for you! If you’ve written before or are at the beginning, you are so welcome.forbookssake.net/product/ignite…3Q
💫The countdown to get your early copy of TELL ME WHO WE WERE BEFORE LIFE MADE US starts now!💫 This collection is packed full of beautiful poems by the best poets out there, and we're so excited to bring it into the worldtwitter.com/MazHedgehog/st…zQ
Retweeted by For Books' Sake VERY excited for this one! 👇
#WOWFEST211twitter.com/wowfest/status…Q
4 June, 7.30pm (GMT)
I'm looking forward to @JGlaisher's #booklaunch for her #debut novel DEAR LINA
with @forbookssake & @WritelikeaGrrrl
📚🎉@_ChloeGreen_n_ will be interviewing Jess Glaisher re her writing journe#booksk#MotherDaughtere#Readingn#LGBTBTforbookssake.net/product/launch…xx
Retweeted by For Books' Sake 🌸THIS WEEK ON SELF CARE SATURDAYS🌸
I am joined b@icedpaulul who is a writer, host of That’s What She Said London & part of th@forbookssakeke team.
We will be putting on pampering face masks
Full details ibizolami.com/self-care-satu…Z#selfcarer#selflovev#selfpamperingnAu
Retweeted by For Books' Sake We’re having a party! Join us for the official launch of @JGlaisher’s novel Dear Lina.
From 7.30pm on 4th June we’ll have readings from this queer dystopia, and if you’re @WritelikeaGrrrl alumni you could be part of the launch too!
More info and tix ⬇️
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Wondering how to spend your rainy Sunday? Why not put pen to paper and try talking about what DISRUPT means to you?✨ twitter.com/deardamsels/st…
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Call for poems for a special issue of Stand ed. by Malika Booker and Shara McCallum, featuring women and women-identifying African American, Black British, and Caribbean writers. Please send 3-5 unpublished poems by July 31, 2021 to [email protected] titled ‘SPECIAL ISSUE’
Retweeted by For Books' Sake tomorrow I’m hosting a solidarity fundraiser to support the work of @SistersUncut and GRT community groups in opposing the new Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill making its way through Parliament. £2 raffle entry - live performances / good prizes!!
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Retweeted by For Books' Sake Happy #InternationalNursesDay to all those who’ve kept us going through the pandemic.
This gorgeous poem was written by @WritelikeaGrrrl 2021 graduate to celebrate 💙twitter.com/UoS_HealthSoc/…Y
Publishers photo of my book versus my photo of my book. Either way, it’s out next week. Thank you SO much or all your pre-orders. They are just the most lovely, helpful thing 💜j
Retweeted by For Books' Sake ***SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN KLAXON*** We want your short stories, poetry and flash on the theme of 'family' for the next Popshot Quarterly issue.
Submit before 9am on 31 May 2021. Check out full guidelines here popshotpopshot.com/posts/20210430…
Retweeted by For Books' Sake It's here! 😍
We know loads of you have been waiting for this one after the smash set at the Queer Heartbreakers Ball in Feb, go go go 🎉⬇twitter.com/BurningEyeBook…rl
Writers! After a long break, we are once again 🌟 OPEN 🌟 to new proposals of poetry, fiction & non-fiction books for 2022/23 ✍️
Find out more herbit.ly/3tr5p4KYE
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Did we mention we'll be open for submissions in twenty-five days?
June 1st - 30th, we'll be open for your boldest creative fiction and nonfiction between 800 and 4,000 words. We pay £100 + 2 copies of the mag and we pay on acceptance, not publication.
extrateeth.co.uk/submissions
Retweeted by For Books' Sake One place left on Writing Nature with @RSLiterature #LiteratureMatters award winner @ElliJWilson, snap it up! 🌟
In partnership with@WritelikeaGrrrll
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Hi! I'm now commissioning for this Digital Spy series, highlighting the shows, movies, directors or characters that have resonated with your LGBTQ+ identity. send pitches on any of these shows this week please: docs.google.com/document/d/16Q… twitter.com/izzymks/status…
Retweeted by For Books' Sake We have one scholarship place available on the next round of @WritelikeaGrrrl Poetry, starting this week!
This place is for those who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Email [email protected] to claim 🌟
Otherwise, you can book on here:forbookssake.net/product/poetry…G
TWO WEEKS TO GO! My first performance of Essex Girl in bloody AGES @QueensTheatreH 🥳
I haven't been on stage in nearly a year and a half - come see if I still know how to do it! There's only about 20 tickets left so get 'em quick 👜💄queens-theatre.co.uk/whats-on/show/…7TKvt
Retweeted by For Books' Sake On a lighter note I am looking for a really good & experienced script editor/ story producer /development person ideally from a South Asian background to come and work with me at Parti Prods. Do pls spread the word and message me with any ideas!
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Never a better time to share the shimmering gold cover to C+NTO & Othered Poems #LesbianVisibilityWeek 🙌🙏❤twitter.com/SaqiBooks/stat…qr
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Which UK writers would you like to see elected RSL Fellows?
We're taking public recommendations of excellent writers from communities under-represented in UK literary culture until Saturday 1 May for our #RSLOpen programme.
bit.ly/RSLOPEN
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Is that a call for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art that celebrates the art of drag?
Submit today: houseoflobstersliterary.wordpress.com/submissions/
@RuPaulsDragRace @jaidaehall @drag #literature #poetry #opencalls #literaryanthologies
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Most of our submissions so far have been from male writers, would love a boost to see more subs from women and LGBTQ+ writers 🌈💕✨✨
Retweeted by For Books' Sake 📢 WE ARE HIRING! 📢
Thanks to everyone who helped us smash our Inklings crowdfunder, we’re using some additional funds to bring on a paid in(k)tern in summer 2021!
Remote, open to anyone in the UK. Fee: £500. Deadline: 31st May.
Full info404ink.com/jobsfx1
Retweeted by For Books' Sake You have until 6pm tomorrow to apply to be an Emerging Artist (London based) for Cece's Speakeasy. This is a professional development programme with Kat François and Zena Edwards and we genuinely can't wait to see what you make! bit.ly/3mtqdad
Retweeted by For Books' Sake 🚨Published ONE WEEK today! 🚨
Thanks so much for all your pre-orders... we even had to get more copies sent over from our distributor 👊
We'll be heading to the post office tomorrow afternoon so there's still a bit of time if you want ocipherpress.co.uk/shop/100-boyfr…Zit7
Retweeted by For Books' Sake Our inbox is looking a little dry right now. Don’t be afraid to submit. We’re not scary! We’re pretty friendly people!
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