Anwen Kya
@kyatic.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏴 Writer of Gothic nonsense and reader of everything. Never met a wall I couldn't walk into.
✒️ Discoveries Prize 2025 longlist
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✒️ Discoveries Prize 2025 longlist
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Anwen Kya
@kyatic.bsky.social
· May 1
We’re delighted to share the longlist for #Discoveries2025, the award for unpublished novels-in-progress written by women, delivered by @womensprize.bsky.social in partnership with us, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Audible.
Meet the longlist: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/discove...
Meet the longlist: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/discove...
Thrilled to at last announce that I'm on the Discoveries 2025 longlist!
This time last year, I was having a genuine crisis about whether or not I'd ever write another word. I entered Discoveries on a whim (for the third time...) purely as impetus to get back into my manuscript.
And now: screaming.
This time last year, I was having a genuine crisis about whether or not I'd ever write another word. I entered Discoveries on a whim (for the third time...) purely as impetus to get back into my manuscript.
And now: screaming.
Grief is the weirdest beast, because yesterday I found a handwritten recipe of my grandma's and I spent a solid 2 hours just full-on weeping about the fact that she'd underlined the words 'French Apple Slices' with a wiggly line, and very carefully left a space for the tails of the 'pp'
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Grief is the weirdest beast, because yesterday I found a handwritten recipe of my grandma's and I spent a solid 2 hours just full-on weeping about the fact that she'd underlined the words 'French Apple Slices' with a wiggly line, and very carefully left a space for the tails of the 'pp'
Having one of those weeks where I really miss the writing community on Twitter. I will never return to that hellscape, but so many people are still active over there, and it feels like crickets here. Ho hum.
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Having one of those weeks where I really miss the writing community on Twitter. I will never return to that hellscape, but so many people are still active over there, and it feels like crickets here. Ho hum.
I'm in no means advocating for the return of the death penalty, but my adjoining neighbours have spent all day from 7.30am shouting at their dog, which won't stop barking for more than 10 minutes at a time, and are now loudly putting up shelves AT DINNER TIME along the wall of my kitchen... crimes
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm in no means advocating for the return of the death penalty, but my adjoining neighbours have spent all day from 7.30am shouting at their dog, which won't stop barking for more than 10 minutes at a time, and are now loudly putting up shelves AT DINNER TIME along the wall of my kitchen... crimes
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Interested in entering #Discoveries2026? Last chance to sign up for our Your Novel: How to Get Started webinar. Taking place tomorrow night, Thurs 30 Oct, 7.00pm to 8.30pm (UK time).
Learn how to write a great opening & uncover what the Discoveries 2026 judges are looking for. More details below 🧵
Learn how to write a great opening & uncover what the Discoveries 2026 judges are looking for. More details below 🧵
Your Novel: How to Get Started Webinar | Discoveries 2026
Get advice on how to write a great novel opening that will hook the judges and start preparing your submission to Discoveries 2026.
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Interested in entering #Discoveries2026? Last chance to sign up for our Your Novel: How to Get Started webinar. Taking place tomorrow night, Thurs 30 Oct, 7.00pm to 8.30pm (UK time).
Learn how to write a great opening & uncover what the Discoveries 2026 judges are looking for. More details below 🧵
Learn how to write a great opening & uncover what the Discoveries 2026 judges are looking for. More details below 🧵
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I actually think even if he demolished the entire White House and put a large golden statue of himself in its stead, MAGA would go there to pay pilgrimage and get on their knees to pray before it.
There is no saving those people at this point. Nothing will convince them he is the antichrist.
There is no saving those people at this point. Nothing will convince them he is the antichrist.
October 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I actually think even if he demolished the entire White House and put a large golden statue of himself in its stead, MAGA would go there to pay pilgrimage and get on their knees to pray before it.
There is no saving those people at this point. Nothing will convince them he is the antichrist.
There is no saving those people at this point. Nothing will convince them he is the antichrist.
I wish Llŷr Powell a very happy fuck off into the sun
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I wish Llŷr Powell a very happy fuck off into the sun
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This is an utterly nonsensical way to report the really relieving news that Plaid Cymru, a party which espouses all sorts of liberal values including trans rights, etc. (and which isn't even mentioned in this headline!!!) won the election by a 47% landslide, well ahead of Reform as well as Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is an utterly nonsensical way to report the really relieving news that Plaid Cymru, a party which espouses all sorts of liberal values including trans rights, etc. (and which isn't even mentioned in this headline!!!) won the election by a 47% landslide, well ahead of Reform as well as Labour.
Made paneer, made paneer koftas, ate paneer, became paneer
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Made paneer, made paneer koftas, ate paneer, became paneer
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NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.
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How it started vs. How it's going
I was a kid who wanted to be a knight, fighting for equality in an unequal world.
I think I've done that 💚
I was a kid who wanted to be a knight, fighting for equality in an unequal world.
I think I've done that 💚
October 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
How it started vs. How it's going
I was a kid who wanted to be a knight, fighting for equality in an unequal world.
I think I've done that 💚
I was a kid who wanted to be a knight, fighting for equality in an unequal world.
I think I've done that 💚
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
File corrupted: attempt retrieval?
File corrupted: attempt retrieval?
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
The backup drive failed
The backup drive failed
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Cash rec won't balance
Cash rec won't balance
October 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
File corrupted: attempt retrieval?
File corrupted: attempt retrieval?
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Just a reminder: Freydis Moon is not a Mexican author. They are a a white person pretending to be Latinx. Do not give them any money.
And yes they have a new book about to drop in the middle of Latinx heritage month.
And yes they have a new book about to drop in the middle of Latinx heritage month.
September 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Just a reminder: Freydis Moon is not a Mexican author. They are a a white person pretending to be Latinx. Do not give them any money.
And yes they have a new book about to drop in the middle of Latinx heritage month.
And yes they have a new book about to drop in the middle of Latinx heritage month.
I don't generally believe in signs from the universe, BUT the day after my grandma died, I went to my local secondhand bookshop and found a book I've been looking for for years, which isn't even published or distributed in the UK.
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/a...
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/a...
Angola: That Hair, by Djamilia Pereira de Almeida
A novel about dual Angolan and Portuguese identity, told through the narrator’s relationship over her lifetime with her hair.
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I don't generally believe in signs from the universe, BUT the day after my grandma died, I went to my local secondhand bookshop and found a book I've been looking for for years, which isn't even published or distributed in the UK.
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/a...
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/a...
My grandma just died and fucking hell, fucking hell.
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My grandma just died and fucking hell, fucking hell.
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It is my honor and privilege to announce my second novel—THE WITCH AND THE HUNTRESS, a sapphic reimagining of the Argonautica focused on Medea and Atalanta
preorder here: bit.ly/3VyYS8R
preorder here: bit.ly/3VyYS8R
The Witch and the Huntress
Two of Greek mythology’s most complex and powerful women—Medea and Atalanta—join forces on Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece in this suspenseful, sapphic ...
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It is my honor and privilege to announce my second novel—THE WITCH AND THE HUNTRESS, a sapphic reimagining of the Argonautica focused on Medea and Atalanta
preorder here: bit.ly/3VyYS8R
preorder here: bit.ly/3VyYS8R
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When I wrote the final SIR CALLIE book, I had to imagine the very worst Peran's world could be--a world where no one is immune to his whims and tempers; where his most dedicated are treated with as little humanity as his enemies. Where the world and the war are just a game for his own entertainment.
September 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
When I wrote the final SIR CALLIE book, I had to imagine the very worst Peran's world could be--a world where no one is immune to his whims and tempers; where his most dedicated are treated with as little humanity as his enemies. Where the world and the war are just a game for his own entertainment.
Today is a day when I keep needing to have little tactical cries because my grandma is still on end of life care, deterioriating, and I just love her so much!!!!!! She's so cute!!!!! I just want to wrap her up in a little blanket and keep her safe forever and ever!!!! Oh gosh!!!
September 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Today is a day when I keep needing to have little tactical cries because my grandma is still on end of life care, deterioriating, and I just love her so much!!!!!! She's so cute!!!!! I just want to wrap her up in a little blanket and keep her safe forever and ever!!!! Oh gosh!!!
Achievement unlocked: this girl was physically pushing past everyone to be the one to get on the train first, and I ended up sitting near her, so I gave her a single disapproving glare that was apparently so withering, so vitriolic, so full of disappointment and irritation, that she moved seats
September 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Achievement unlocked: this girl was physically pushing past everyone to be the one to get on the train first, and I ended up sitting near her, so I gave her a single disapproving glare that was apparently so withering, so vitriolic, so full of disappointment and irritation, that she moved seats
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File this under we told you so.
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
File this under we told you so.
Today, I received my third (bullshit) election communication from Reform regarding the Caerphilly by-election. To date, I've had nothing from Plaid. Reform is going to win this election because they're the only party communicating (bullshit) with voters. The complacency from others is staggering.
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today, I received my third (bullshit) election communication from Reform regarding the Caerphilly by-election. To date, I've had nothing from Plaid. Reform is going to win this election because they're the only party communicating (bullshit) with voters. The complacency from others is staggering.
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📚 BOOK GIVEAWAY! 📚
I've teamed up with some of the best and coolest queer historical romance writers for this awesome giveaway! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell your enemies-to-lovers!
Form to enter: forms.gle/2dJteRjXmLxm5FkR7
I've teamed up with some of the best and coolest queer historical romance writers for this awesome giveaway! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell your enemies-to-lovers!
Form to enter: forms.gle/2dJteRjXmLxm5FkR7
September 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
📚 BOOK GIVEAWAY! 📚
I've teamed up with some of the best and coolest queer historical romance writers for this awesome giveaway! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell your enemies-to-lovers!
Form to enter: forms.gle/2dJteRjXmLxm5FkR7
I've teamed up with some of the best and coolest queer historical romance writers for this awesome giveaway! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell your enemies-to-lovers!
Form to enter: forms.gle/2dJteRjXmLxm5FkR7
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at the 2022 an post book awards John Boyne won an award and gave a speech in which he immediately complained about how many years it took for them to give him the award and then he spent 10 minutes reading bad internet reviews of his work. my reaction was captured.
September 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
at the 2022 an post book awards John Boyne won an award and gave a speech in which he immediately complained about how many years it took for them to give him the award and then he spent 10 minutes reading bad internet reviews of his work. my reaction was captured.
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Seeing folks say that the rise and normalisation of the alt-right in the UK is because of the US and while I think the UK’s fascists are taking a lot of inspiration by the US’s tactics and aesthetics, it would be really cool for you Brits to also own up to the fact that this shit is also homegrown.
September 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Seeing folks say that the rise and normalisation of the alt-right in the UK is because of the US and while I think the UK’s fascists are taking a lot of inspiration by the US’s tactics and aesthetics, it would be really cool for you Brits to also own up to the fact that this shit is also homegrown.
My most recent entry in my challenge to read a book by a woman from every country in the world is Poland, for which I read a rediscovered book of lesbian short stories from 1925, because queer history is incredible:
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/p...
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/p...
Poland: Lesbian Love, by Chawa Zloczower / ‘Evelyn Addams’
A series of short stories about lesbian relationships and intimacy, first published in 1925 and considered lost for 74 years.
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My most recent entry in my challenge to read a book by a woman from every country in the world is Poland, for which I read a rediscovered book of lesbian short stories from 1925, because queer history is incredible:
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/p...
theglobalwomenslibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/p...