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Abi Curtis
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
Professor of Creative Writing York St John University . Writer of fiction and poetry .
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'I love writing for myself but in some ways supporting others is even better.'

Professor and novelist @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social is on Northern Voices this week discussing her novel The Headland @goldsmithspress.bsky.social, academia, creativity and more.

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July 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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GoldSF author @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social on the IZ Pod talking about the magic of the ordinary, the power of place, writing about early parenthood, and her novel "The Headland".
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social
@unamccormack.bsky.social @sffoundation.bsky.social
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May 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Great conversation about The Headland with Gareth @interzone.press . Listen to the podcast here : m.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdM...
A chat with Abi Curtis // IZ Pod, the INTERZONE show
YouTube video by INTERZONE
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May 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A little creative critical piece I wrote about the writing workshop inspired by Nicholas Royle www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The writing workshop or deferred effects
A creative narrative which explores Nicholas Royle's expression in his work The Uncanny (MUP 2003) that ‘any reading or teaching worthy of the name does not happen when it happens: it is bound up w...
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April 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Thank you to @yorklitfest.bsky.social for these photos from last nights panel!

Celebrating #IWD2025, our wonderful Gold SF authors (and editor) @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social, Alexandra Grunberg, @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social & @unamccormack.bsky.social discussed all things "Women in Sci-Fi"
March 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
March 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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This was such a lovely event! Thank you @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social and Alexandra! Great audience and questions too!
If you're in York this Tuesday (11th), I'm part of a panel with three @goldsf.bsky.social authors: @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social, @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, and Alexandra Goldberg. Readings, chat about feminist sf, and books for sale and signing!

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York Literature festival - Women in Science Fiction
This event is part of York Literature Festival 2025
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March 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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If you're in York this Tuesday (11th), I'm part of a panel with three @goldsf.bsky.social authors: @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social, @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, and Alexandra Goldberg. Readings, chat about feminist sf, and books for sale and signing!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-liter...
York Literature festival - Women in Science Fiction
This event is part of York Literature Festival 2025
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Fantastic long list (for adding to tottering TBR stack...) - so glad to see The Headland on here by the brilliant @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social: astonishing encounter with unresolvable otherness, love, art, and strange/familiar landscapes.
February 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Absolutely delighted to see 3 @goldsf.bsky.social titles on the BSFA longlist!

Congrats to @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social & @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, and brilliant to see @vondanmcintyre.bsky.social’s short fiction longlisted too.

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Vote for the BSFA Awards
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February 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Big thanks to Naomi Booth for highlighting The Headland by
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social as one of her books of the year in
@lunatejournal.bsky.social

We are in great company with titles from Kevin Barry,
Miranda July, Andrew McMillan, Kathryn Scanlan, Jacqueline Crooks and Rita Bullwinkel
Books of the Year — Lunate
Lunate contributors and friends share their favourite books of 2024
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December 9, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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My new novel, Black Bag, will be published by John Murray in 2026 and I am PLEASED about this.
December 2, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Super piece by @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social on Dungeness, setting of her wonderful novel The Headland, from @goldsf.bsky.social.
November 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Why the Dungeness landscape is so inspirational for writers and artists…

@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social writes about #Dungeness, where her new @goldsmithspress.bsky.social book #TheHeadland is set.

@unamccormack.bsky.social

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https://theconversation.com/why-the-dungeness-landscape-is-so-inspirational-for-writers-and-artists-243304
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November 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Send your artwork to Abi at a.curtis@yorksj.ac.uk by the 24th December 2024. She will pick the winner and we will post out your prize!

Do share this with all the artists you know. No using AI please - that will spoil the fun!
November 11, 2024 at 3:10 PM