Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷
@jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
American & British reader/writer living in🇨🇭with a stash of builders tea and a stack of old New Yorker mags. Smith College alum ♾️.
Gorgeous review, you'll enjoy wherever you're from, but tell you what, you'll enjoy it even more if you're at least part American!
#booksky
I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/i...
#booksky
I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/i...
I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz
It’s always a joy to read Eve Babitz’s work; there is simply no one like her and I thoroughly enjoyed her earlier books Slow Days, Fast Company and Eve’s Hollywood; books that showcase Babitz’ clas…
readersretreat2017.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Gorgeous review, you'll enjoy wherever you're from, but tell you what, you'll enjoy it even more if you're at least part American!
#booksky
I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/i...
#booksky
I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/i...
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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'[...] the foam of past sorrows
folds into itself
like a flat mirror.'
Very excited to receive (amid other goodies) Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia, the latest from @galleybeggars.bsky.social - available now to order!
folds into itself
like a flat mirror.'
Very excited to receive (amid other goodies) Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia, the latest from @galleybeggars.bsky.social - available now to order!
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
'[...] the foam of past sorrows
folds into itself
like a flat mirror.'
Very excited to receive (amid other goodies) Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia, the latest from @galleybeggars.bsky.social - available now to order!
folds into itself
like a flat mirror.'
Very excited to receive (amid other goodies) Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia, the latest from @galleybeggars.bsky.social - available now to order!
Ho ho ho… I have a new, very short story, “Steppe,” up in the December issue of Ghost Parachute! ❄️🍷✍️ ghostparachute.com/issue/decemb...
Steppe — Ghost Parachute
Pharmaceutical conferences come and go. After all these years, I don’t expect more from them than a few free drinks and a handful of business cards that will sit on my dresser amidst a tumble of coins...
ghostparachute.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Remembering Sammy Davis Jr, born on this day, 1925. Pictured here in 1959, photo by Burt Glinn.
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Remembering Sammy Davis Jr, born on this day, 1925. Pictured here in 1959, photo by Burt Glinn.
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I am on my knees,
will you have me,
world?
will you have me,
world?
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I am on my knees,
will you have me,
world?
will you have me,
world?
I’ve got a story and I’ve been sticking to it. On Sunday, 15’000+ words traveled to their first readers. The story will begin its journey as a submission before year’s end.
Draft after draft, it has been my teacher.
Love for this process.
Cheers for the camaraderie.
Best wishes for your writing.
♥️
Draft after draft, it has been my teacher.
Love for this process.
Cheers for the camaraderie.
Best wishes for your writing.
♥️
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I’ve got a story and I’ve been sticking to it. On Sunday, 15’000+ words traveled to their first readers. The story will begin its journey as a submission before year’s end.
Draft after draft, it has been my teacher.
Love for this process.
Cheers for the camaraderie.
Best wishes for your writing.
♥️
Draft after draft, it has been my teacher.
Love for this process.
Cheers for the camaraderie.
Best wishes for your writing.
♥️
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Longlisted for the Gordon Burn prize: Wendy Erskine's The Benefactors: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/07/t...
The Benefactors (2025), by Wendy Erskine, and the Gordon Burn Prize
Wendy Erskine’s first novel The Benefactors came to my attention because it’s been longlisted for the £10,000 Gordon Burn Prize, a prize which recognises exceptional writing which has a…
anzlitlovers.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Longlisted for the Gordon Burn prize: Wendy Erskine's The Benefactors: anzlitlovers.com/2025/12/07/t...
Editing until bleary eyed, but it will be worth it if the story shines through!
Tomorrow is another day friends!
#5amwritersclub 💋
Tomorrow is another day friends!
#5amwritersclub 💋
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Editing until bleary eyed, but it will be worth it if the story shines through!
Tomorrow is another day friends!
#5amwritersclub 💋
Tomorrow is another day friends!
#5amwritersclub 💋
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Do I know anyone on here who might be able to get me a digital image of a page (or a few) of a manuscript in the Library of Ahmed III (in Istanbul)? The library doesn’t appear to have digitized much (or any) of the collection?
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December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Do I know anyone on here who might be able to get me a digital image of a page (or a few) of a manuscript in the Library of Ahmed III (in Istanbul)? The library doesn’t appear to have digitized much (or any) of the collection?
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I'm looking to take on more coaching clients in 2026! If you're interested in affordable writing coaching to help you achieve your writing goals, get in touch!
Monthly Zoom sessions £40 per hour.
www.elspells.com
Monthly Zoom sessions £40 per hour.
www.elspells.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I'm looking to take on more coaching clients in 2026! If you're interested in affordable writing coaching to help you achieve your writing goals, get in touch!
Monthly Zoom sessions £40 per hour.
www.elspells.com
Monthly Zoom sessions £40 per hour.
www.elspells.com
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The #Trouble issue is out, and it's a good one.
Time for #trouble - because Issue 9 is now live!
Dig into new #microfiction, #flashfiction, #creativenonfiction and #poetry from 15 fabulous writers, including @shivpreet.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social & @moomoocamus.bsky.social
Enjoy the read: thewoolfx.com
Dig into new #microfiction, #flashfiction, #creativenonfiction and #poetry from 15 fabulous writers, including @shivpreet.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social & @moomoocamus.bsky.social
Enjoy the read: thewoolfx.com
The Woolf
Sometimes we howl.
thewoolfx.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The #Trouble issue is out, and it's a good one.
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If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!
donate | The Barbellion Prize
barbellionprize.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!
December 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This! 📚♥️
Good morning.
The press love a list and the best of's, don't they.
Arbiters of style and what our 'reading ' habits should be.
If you're able, read whatever you like and if you can buy books from bookshops, please do.
And support your local libraries too!
@thebookseller.com
The press love a list and the best of's, don't they.
Arbiters of style and what our 'reading ' habits should be.
If you're able, read whatever you like and if you can buy books from bookshops, please do.
And support your local libraries too!
@thebookseller.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This! 📚♥️
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tinyurl.com/msbe78aw
"The novel’s political bite comes from its realism: every comic moment rings disturbingly true. It’s a witty, empathic portrait of people navigating systems never designed for them—and finding connection despite it all."
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social
"The novel’s political bite comes from its realism: every comic moment rings disturbingly true. It’s a witty, empathic portrait of people navigating systems never designed for them—and finding connection despite it all."
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social
Find your next read - Orwell Prize 2025: Political Fiction - The Next Page
Novels that confront power, truth and the politics shaping our lives
www.thenextpage.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
tinyurl.com/msbe78aw
"The novel’s political bite comes from its realism: every comic moment rings disturbingly true. It’s a witty, empathic portrait of people navigating systems never designed for them—and finding connection despite it all."
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social
"The novel’s political bite comes from its realism: every comic moment rings disturbingly true. It’s a witty, empathic portrait of people navigating systems never designed for them—and finding connection despite it all."
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social
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Happy to have an essay from my forthcoming collection up @literaryhub.bsky.social today! "The time a library lends, I suspect, is a little like love: the more it gives away, the more comes back to it in kind."
On the Infinite Lives of the Library
One might say that a library’s most abundant resource—what it lends most freely—is not books and information but time. Time to think, breathe, be, and become. Last spring, in exchange for my servic…
lithub.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy to have an essay from my forthcoming collection up @literaryhub.bsky.social today! "The time a library lends, I suspect, is a little like love: the more it gives away, the more comes back to it in kind."
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▫️ ice season ▫️
snow queen approaching
snow queen approaching
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
▫️ ice season ▫️
snow queen approaching
snow queen approaching
The curtains open on a theatrical editing performance with caffeine in supporting role day-dah❣️
#5amwritersclub ☕️ 🪄
#5amwritersclub ☕️ 🪄
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The curtains open on a theatrical editing performance with caffeine in supporting role day-dah❣️
#5amwritersclub ☕️ 🪄
#5amwritersclub ☕️ 🪄
The short time I spent editing my story today was better than nothing. Time spent writing has no substitute. Nothing else can stand in for it. Doing it rewards in a way not doing it ever can.
Tomorrow is another day.
One with writing in it.
♥️
Tomorrow is another day.
One with writing in it.
♥️
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The short time I spent editing my story today was better than nothing. Time spent writing has no substitute. Nothing else can stand in for it. Doing it rewards in a way not doing it ever can.
Tomorrow is another day.
One with writing in it.
♥️
Tomorrow is another day.
One with writing in it.
♥️
Audience 🖤🕊️
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Audience 🖤🕊️
@allgoodbookshop.co.uk I’d like to place an order to collect on 21 or 22 December. I live outside the UK but will be staying near your shop on those dates. Hope okay ⬇️!
Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
The Lord by Soraya Antonius
Tell Tales volume 3 (publisher is Peepal Tree)
Thank you,
Jenny
Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
The Lord by Soraya Antonius
Tell Tales volume 3 (publisher is Peepal Tree)
Thank you,
Jenny
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@allgoodbookshop.co.uk I’d like to place an order to collect on 21 or 22 December. I live outside the UK but will be staying near your shop on those dates. Hope okay ⬇️!
Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
The Lord by Soraya Antonius
Tell Tales volume 3 (publisher is Peepal Tree)
Thank you,
Jenny
Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
The Lord by Soraya Antonius
Tell Tales volume 3 (publisher is Peepal Tree)
Thank you,
Jenny
It’s a marvel every time, when a story becomes clear only by being written. There being only so much the mind can conceive of without the hand, hands, that raise what needs finding from shared depths.
Best wishes for your reading and writing this Friday and weekend #booksky
#5amwritersclub 📖📝
Best wishes for your reading and writing this Friday and weekend #booksky
#5amwritersclub 📖📝
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It’s a marvel every time, when a story becomes clear only by being written. There being only so much the mind can conceive of without the hand, hands, that raise what needs finding from shared depths.
Best wishes for your reading and writing this Friday and weekend #booksky
#5amwritersclub 📖📝
Best wishes for your reading and writing this Friday and weekend #booksky
#5amwritersclub 📖📝