Polis Loizou 🦊
@polisloizou.bsky.social
Writer, performer, storyteller, both bi and curious • A GOOD YEAR (Fairlight Moderns) 📚 • East Med to East Mids 🇨🇾🇬🇧 (he/him)
http://linktr.ee/polisloizou
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It's finally coming to London! 🇨🇾
ISLAND OF LOVE blends myth, folklore, history & bio to tell the stories of me, my family and our motherland of Cyprus through the prism of our home deity, Aphrodite: goddess of love, beauty, desire... and conflict.
9 April, Theatre Deli
storypickandmix.co.uk#april
ISLAND OF LOVE blends myth, folklore, history & bio to tell the stories of me, my family and our motherland of Cyprus through the prism of our home deity, Aphrodite: goddess of love, beauty, desire... and conflict.
9 April, Theatre Deli
storypickandmix.co.uk#april
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And #BookPost is Keshed. Congratulations to @stuhennigan.bsky.social on the publication of your first novel and to @ortacpress.bsky.social for putting this out and creating such a beautifully produced (really) book. Wishing you a huge success. And, as always, #GoIndiePublishing
February 19, 2026 at 10:11 AM
And #BookPost is Keshed. Congratulations to @stuhennigan.bsky.social on the publication of your first novel and to @ortacpress.bsky.social for putting this out and creating such a beautifully produced (really) book. Wishing you a huge success. And, as always, #GoIndiePublishing
Following the advice of centaur Chiron, lovestruck Pileas (Peleus) captured the sea nymph Thetida (Thetis) by binding her. The nymph transformed into a bird, a lioness, a serpent, even water and fire, to get away, before ending up as a woman. And his wife.
Their wedding... well. #FolkloreThursday
Their wedding... well. #FolkloreThursday
February 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Following the advice of centaur Chiron, lovestruck Pileas (Peleus) captured the sea nymph Thetida (Thetis) by binding her. The nymph transformed into a bird, a lioness, a serpent, even water and fire, to get away, before ending up as a woman. And his wife.
Their wedding... well. #FolkloreThursday
Their wedding... well. #FolkloreThursday
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Good morning #FolkloreThursday! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of folklore of Water Spirits and Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers, and Seas! 🎨The Spirit of the Pool, George William Russell
February 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Good morning #FolkloreThursday! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of folklore of Water Spirits and Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers, and Seas! 🎨The Spirit of the Pool, George William Russell
Parade him through the streets in a cage and let us pelt him with fruit, you cowards!!
February 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Parade him through the streets in a cage and let us pelt him with fruit, you cowards!!
Finished a draft.
Dead now.
Pastry.
Dead now.
Pastry.
My "fun visit to London", where I was supposed to sit in cafés doing my day job (and maybe even some writing!) between meeting up with old pals, has turned into a frantic rush to meet an Arts Council deadline that wasn't there before.
My 2026 so far: 🫠
My 2026 so far: 🫠
February 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Finished a draft.
Dead now.
Pastry.
Dead now.
Pastry.
Me, a tourist: "Bloody tourists."
February 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Me, a tourist: "Bloody tourists."
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You should definitely buy it anyway because it's a really charming tale with cryptids and yearning and bisexual panic. Though that's prolly not quite how Polis would put it 😅
My book is NOT 25% off at Waterstones this month and it's almost 4 years old now but buy it anyway 🥰
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
February 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
You should definitely buy it anyway because it's a really charming tale with cryptids and yearning and bisexual panic. Though that's prolly not quite how Polis would put it 😅
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You should. It is very good and creepy :)
My book is NOT 25% off at Waterstones this month and it's almost 4 years old now but buy it anyway 🥰
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
You should. It is very good and creepy :)
My book is NOT 25% off at Waterstones this month and it's almost 4 years old now but buy it anyway 🥰
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
My book is NOT 25% off at Waterstones this month and it's almost 4 years old now but buy it anyway 🥰
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-...
My "fun visit to London", where I was supposed to sit in cafés doing my day job (and maybe even some writing!) between meeting up with old pals, has turned into a frantic rush to meet an Arts Council deadline that wasn't there before.
My 2026 so far: 🫠
My 2026 so far: 🫠
February 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM
My "fun visit to London", where I was supposed to sit in cafés doing my day job (and maybe even some writing!) between meeting up with old pals, has turned into a frantic rush to meet an Arts Council deadline that wasn't there before.
My 2026 so far: 🫠
My 2026 so far: 🫠
I've had it up to here with AI. All this unmerited investment for something offering nothing but destruction, lies and thievery, like some entitled bellend member of the Bullingdon Club.
February 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM
I've had it up to here with AI. All this unmerited investment for something offering nothing but destruction, lies and thievery, like some entitled bellend member of the Bullingdon Club.
Completely unhinged.
Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders.
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Completely unhinged.
Found old pics of my beloved pooch, Vincent. Truly the goodest boy who ever lived.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Found old pics of my beloved pooch, Vincent. Truly the goodest boy who ever lived.
Coming home to a Cypriot mum means moussaka for dinner. 💘
February 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Coming home to a Cypriot mum means moussaka for dinner. 💘
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Don’t forget the Never Too Late Award from the Bridport Prize which recognises entries from writers over 60 across all categories of prizes.
Link below
Please share :)
Link below
Please share :)
Never Too Late 60+ award - Bridport Prize
This £500 award is for the highest placed writer aged 60+ across poetry, short story, novel or flash fiction.
bridportprize.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Don’t forget the Never Too Late Award from the Bridport Prize which recognises entries from writers over 60 across all categories of prizes.
Link below
Please share :)
Link below
Please share :)
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Valentine is also the patron saint of epileptics 🧠! (and beekeepers! 🐝)
For more info on epilepsy:
epilepsysociety.org.uk
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
For more info on epilepsy:
epilepsysociety.org.uk
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Valentine is also the patron saint of epileptics 🧠! (and beekeepers! 🐝)
For more info on epilepsy:
epilepsysociety.org.uk
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
For more info on epilepsy:
epilepsysociety.org.uk
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
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Roses are Red: The Sinister Side of #Valentine’s Day Folklore by @icysedgwick.bsky.social
folklorethursday.com/folklife/ros...
folklorethursday.com/folklife/ros...
February 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Roses are Red: The Sinister Side of #Valentine’s Day Folklore by @icysedgwick.bsky.social
folklorethursday.com/folklife/ros...
folklorethursday.com/folklife/ros...
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The Human #Heart in the Middle Ages and the Practice of Ablation – or Treatment of the Dead for #Valentine’s Day
by #RandiSamuelson-Brown
folklorethursday.com/folklife/tre...
by #RandiSamuelson-Brown
folklorethursday.com/folklife/tre...
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The Human #Heart in the Middle Ages and the Practice of Ablation – or Treatment of the Dead for #Valentine’s Day
by #RandiSamuelson-Brown
folklorethursday.com/folklife/tre...
by #RandiSamuelson-Brown
folklorethursday.com/folklife/tre...
Do transphobes have a "shoot self in the foot" kink or something?
Due to the forthcoming exclusion of trans women from the WI, WI groups around the country are now closing.
Due to the forthcoming exclusion of trans women from the WI, WI groups around the country are now closing.
On Tuesday my WI all decided to resign and close rather than stay. This is ridiculous. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban
Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Do transphobes have a "shoot self in the foot" kink or something?
Due to the forthcoming exclusion of trans women from the WI, WI groups around the country are now closing.
Due to the forthcoming exclusion of trans women from the WI, WI groups around the country are now closing.
Husband and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day but because I'm going to be away for a week, I made him a parting gift of a Persian love cake*. I couldn't get rose petals to sprinkle on top. 💔 (Recipe by Yasmin Khan.)
*Made with almonds, cardamom, rose and lemon.
*Made with almonds, cardamom, rose and lemon.
February 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Husband and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day but because I'm going to be away for a week, I made him a parting gift of a Persian love cake*. I couldn't get rose petals to sprinkle on top. 💔 (Recipe by Yasmin Khan.)
*Made with almonds, cardamom, rose and lemon.
*Made with almonds, cardamom, rose and lemon.
I saw Yorkshire Barbie and I was whelmed.
February 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I saw Yorkshire Barbie and I was whelmed.
My favourite thing about "Wuthering Heights" was how Heathcliff coming back as a Beatle made Isabella cross-stitch an ejaculating penis.
February 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
My favourite thing about "Wuthering Heights" was how Heathcliff coming back as a Beatle made Isabella cross-stitch an ejaculating penis.
Oh, you like me? That's* a funny way of showing it.
*not giving me money
*not giving me money
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Oh, you like me? That's* a funny way of showing it.
*not giving me money
*not giving me money
Why are applications forms all long and stupid
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Why are applications forms all long and stupid
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm going to this show
How about you?
💖
Feel the L-O-V-E with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra this summer as we celebrate the one and only Nat King Cole.
www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
Violets are blue
I'm going to this show
How about you?
💖
Feel the L-O-V-E with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra this summer as we celebrate the one and only Nat King Cole.
www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm going to this show
How about you?
💖
Feel the L-O-V-E with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra this summer as we celebrate the one and only Nat King Cole.
www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
Violets are blue
I'm going to this show
How about you?
💖
Feel the L-O-V-E with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra this summer as we celebrate the one and only Nat King Cole.
www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...