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Kerri Andrews
@kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social
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Writer & academic at University College Cork, where I am also Director of Creative Writing. Author of Pathfinding and Wanderers. Editor of Way Makers + Nan Shepherd’s letters. Walker, reader and single mum. Signed copies of all books: kerriandrews.co.uk .. more

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Kerri Louise Andrews is a non-fiction writer and editor specialising in women's experiences of walking. She is a former reader in women's literature and textual editing at Edge Hill University. She was a elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in May 2025. .. more

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 2d
We are not sane is the simple yet horrifying answer. Hope all survive the ride 🙃

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 7d
If one was, say, a woman in her early(ish) forties and clueless about makeup, where might one start? Is there a catch-up class for introverted nerds who hid inside books throughout their teenage years?

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 8d
Delighted to see this.
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Love the cover of the latest @bansheepress.bsky.social issue, their 20th! A fantastic achievement🥂

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Little Green Books @littlegreenbooks.bsky.social · 8d
Wanderers by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social is an uplifting account of women through history for whom walking was important: defying gendered conventions, walking mountains alone, often writing as they went.

Inspiring, courageous, & passionate #NatureWriting!

Buy here:
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The book on a window sill with a bee design cushion beside

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 9d
Love the cover of the latest @bansheepress.bsky.social issue, their 20th! A fantastic achievement🥂

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 13d
My absolute favourite tree. Especially in the Borders!

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 13d
And check this out. If you’re in the Bristol area come come come!

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 13d
We’re on Bluesky! Come join us 18th century nerds.
hannahmore.bsky.social The Collected Letters of Hannah More: A Digital Edition @hannahmore.bsky.social · 13d
Welcome! We're a digital project @bristolunienglish.bsky.social bringing together and promoting the correspondence of the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist, philanthropist, moralist and educationalist Hannah More (1745-1833).

Please follow and repost for updates!
Letter from Hannah More to Cadell & Davies, 1811. Huntington Library, mssHM 30636 https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll7/id/66328/

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The Collected Letters of Hannah More: A Digital Edition @hannahmore.bsky.social · 13d
On 8&15 Nov we're running "A Herstorical Walking Tour of Georgian Bristol" as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social with @engagebristol.bsky.social. Led by an actor it tells the stories of Bristol's women writers.

Find out more & sign up for free: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/a-her...
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A Herstorical Walking Tour of Georgian Bristol
Join Hannah More on an interactive walking tour through the streets of Bristol in 1807. Hannah, one of the most successful writers of the Georgian period, will bring to life the rich history of women ...
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The Collected Letters of Hannah More: A Digital Edition @hannahmore.bsky.social · 13d
Welcome! We're a digital project @bristolunienglish.bsky.social bringing together and promoting the correspondence of the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist, philanthropist, moralist and educationalist Hannah More (1745-1833).

Please follow and repost for updates!
Letter from Hannah More to Cadell & Davies, 1811. Huntington Library, mssHM 30636 https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll7/id/66328/

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 14d
Looking forward to reading from Ghost Mountain and taking part in a Q&A at 7pm on 6th November at the Dublin Book Fesitval

I'll be with Elaine Feeney & Lisa Harding. Live music from I Have a Tribe. Hosted by Derek Hand.

Free but booking required 👇

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Class Acts: Equality, Connection and Belonging - Dublin Book Festival
Curated in partnership with DCU Cultural Arts Officer Marcella Bannon and Arts Council Writer in Residence Sarah Gilmartin.  A day-long event that highlights writers who illuminate often underrepresen...
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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 18d
In my case at least it was validating to see someone else feeling the same things, tho expressed with far greater erudition (and pleasing sarcasm). Sometimes outrage is the only moral response. I think this is one of those times.

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 18d
I appreciated the sardonic outrage very much. Grim news, but the withering prose somehow helped.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 22d
Today's #IrishBookWeek prompt is: Share an Irish Language book📚☘️

Cheating slightly going with the Eoinín series by Muireann Ní Chíobháin & Róisín Hahessy, *adorable* board books with the most delightful illustrations

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 24d
Feeling quite pleased that I managed a mere 33%, including two books signed by the lovely Michael Rosen mostly unfazed by the ludicrous spelling I chose for my son’s name. Festival win!

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 25d
Obviously #BookSky likely to have *opinions*

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 25d
Placing bets now for how large a percentage of my appearance fee gets dropped at the festival bookshop tomorrow. There’s a dedicated children’s bookshop, too. Not ruling out 100% tbh

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 28d
Life goals

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 28d
I’ve been known to take my son on a massive bike ride *and* give him a big blast round the playpark on the same day but… nope, doesn’t make an iota of difference. ‘I’m not tired!’ He mewls while bouncing off the bed at 9.30. *I’m tired*

Please tell me yours have grown out of it before your 90th….

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 28d
Coping with the ongoing nightmare that is my son’s behaviour at bedtime by saying softly to myself ‘that’s one more done’ whenever I’ve bribed or caved sufficiently to get him to stop bouncing (literally) round his room. Figure he’ll grow out of it, but will that be before or after I turn 90? 🤔 💀

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 28d
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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · Oct 8
This would be a wonderful role for the lucky person. It’s a great degree with lovely colleagues and wonderful students and you won’t regret applying.

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Part Time Senior Lecturer in Creative Non-Fiction (Fixed Term)
Job Opening: Part Time Senior Lecturer in Creative Non-Fiction (Fixed Term) at Bath Spa University in Bath, Somerset - Newton Park.
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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · Oct 4
Urgh. I go for the you don’t bother me I don’t bother you approach. But that does rather depend on them getting down into the floorboards in a timely fashion, and I’m not sure this one hasn’t taken a shine to the high life on my nice soft carpet.

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · Oct 4
Horrified to learn it’s spider season again already by watching the biggest fecking Beelzebub scoot across my bedroom floor like it owns the bloody place.

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Dingle Literary Festival @dinglelit.bsky.social · Oct 1
Our opening event this year will see Eimear McBride in conversation with Nicole Flattery in WAVE Dingle on Friday, November 21st at 7:30pm 📚🙌
Book your tickets here: bit.ly/4grdK2C 🎟
#DingleLit2025

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · Oct 1
Well, I knew 2025 was going to be tough but I’d no idea how tough. It’s time though, at last, for new beginnings. I’m so glad to be working at Cork. So glad to have two beautiful, mad children. So glad to have a circle of dear, dear friends who uplift me. Here’s to starting over.

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Sep 30
Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October! 📚

Guidelines are at the link below. We look forward to reading your work!

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Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press
Banshee Press is open for book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps…
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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · Sep 26
Apparently I’m going to be in ITV border life this evening at 7pm. It was lovely to record, down by the Tweed and Neidpath Castle. What isn’t on camera is my little 4yo daughter having a tantrum because Rich, interviewed with me, dared to be interviewed when he’d been playing with her 🙃

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · Sep 23
Just heard that tickets for this workshop are selling well already.

Do come and join us in Dingle in November. It's a brilliant festival in a stunning place.

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How to Shape a Story with Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Finding the right form can make or break even the best writing. Explore new creative directions in this relaxed and practical workshop.
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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · Sep 20
This was one of the main reasons why I wrote Wanderers, and why I continued with Way Makers. There is *so* much evidence of women active in all sorts of spheres, including the outdoors. Some evidence is so ludicrously easy to find, not seeing it has to have been a choice. Time for better histories.