Roya Khatiblou
@royakhatiblou.bsky.social
Writer | Editor | she/her | mommy | 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧 | work: Salon, Litro, Reflex Press, Chicago Rev + | Assoc dir @saloneurope.bsky.social | roya-khatiblou.com | rep: Salma Begum @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social
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Roya Khatiblou
@royakhatiblou.bsky.social
· Mar 31
It’s probably about time I mentioned I’m now represented by Salma Begum at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social 🌸
Salma’s bone-deep understanding of my book plus years of editorial experience make her a dream agent for me.
I’m so looking forward to working with her to bring this book into the world✨
Salma’s bone-deep understanding of my book plus years of editorial experience make her a dream agent for me.
I’m so looking forward to working with her to bring this book into the world✨
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
💌 Check your inboxes!
Our November newsletter is out, combining our events listings with our monthly roundup of events and opportunities
With open mics, residencies, grants and competitions, there are so many ways for you to explore your creativity ✨
With opportunities from....
Our November newsletter is out, combining our events listings with our monthly roundup of events and opportunities
With open mics, residencies, grants and competitions, there are so many ways for you to explore your creativity ✨
With opportunities from....
It's official: dates and location for Annual Salon 2026!
Plus a roundup of events and opportunities across Europe
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
💌 Check your inboxes!
Our November newsletter is out, combining our events listings with our monthly roundup of events and opportunities
With open mics, residencies, grants and competitions, there are so many ways for you to explore your creativity ✨
With opportunities from....
Our November newsletter is out, combining our events listings with our monthly roundup of events and opportunities
With open mics, residencies, grants and competitions, there are so many ways for you to explore your creativity ✨
With opportunities from....
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/
Oh god, my next what??
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Oh god, my next what??
You do not know what you’re messing with when you mess with Chicago
ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.
October 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
You do not know what you’re messing with when you mess with Chicago
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✨EWS DOUBLE BILLING✨
Writing From Rage: Turning Fury Into Form
with Mark Bowles
26 November 2025
6-7:30pm GMT
&
Pop-up Salon: London with Insurgent Press
26 November 2025
8-10pm GMT
Both at:
The Queens Larder, 1 Queen Square WC1N 3AR
🎟️Tickets together or separate – see below
Writing From Rage: Turning Fury Into Form
with Mark Bowles
26 November 2025
6-7:30pm GMT
&
Pop-up Salon: London with Insurgent Press
26 November 2025
8-10pm GMT
Both at:
The Queens Larder, 1 Queen Square WC1N 3AR
🎟️Tickets together or separate – see below
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
✨EWS DOUBLE BILLING✨
Writing From Rage: Turning Fury Into Form
with Mark Bowles
26 November 2025
6-7:30pm GMT
&
Pop-up Salon: London with Insurgent Press
26 November 2025
8-10pm GMT
Both at:
The Queens Larder, 1 Queen Square WC1N 3AR
🎟️Tickets together or separate – see below
Writing From Rage: Turning Fury Into Form
with Mark Bowles
26 November 2025
6-7:30pm GMT
&
Pop-up Salon: London with Insurgent Press
26 November 2025
8-10pm GMT
Both at:
The Queens Larder, 1 Queen Square WC1N 3AR
🎟️Tickets together or separate – see below
5yo: Dad, are there two kinds of lying?
My husband: What do you mean?
5yo: Well, there’s the kind of lying where you don’t tell the truth…
My husband, a theologian, ready to explain Augustinian theology to a 5 year old
5yo: And then there’s the kind where you’re lying on your back
My husband: What do you mean?
5yo: Well, there’s the kind of lying where you don’t tell the truth…
My husband, a theologian, ready to explain Augustinian theology to a 5 year old
5yo: And then there’s the kind where you’re lying on your back
October 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
5yo: Dad, are there two kinds of lying?
My husband: What do you mean?
5yo: Well, there’s the kind of lying where you don’t tell the truth…
My husband, a theologian, ready to explain Augustinian theology to a 5 year old
5yo: And then there’s the kind where you’re lying on your back
My husband: What do you mean?
5yo: Well, there’s the kind of lying where you don’t tell the truth…
My husband, a theologian, ready to explain Augustinian theology to a 5 year old
5yo: And then there’s the kind where you’re lying on your back
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
✨ONLINE COURSE✨
Following the success of Julie’s Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you our first longer course:
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: A Poetry Workshop Series
Following the success of Julie’s Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you our first longer course:
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: A Poetry Workshop Series
October 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
✨ONLINE COURSE✨
Following the success of Julie’s Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you our first longer course:
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: A Poetry Workshop Series
Following the success of Julie’s Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you our first longer course:
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: A Poetry Workshop Series
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
I highly recommend this book and am really looking forward to discussing it next week at book club with @norami.bsky.social
Join us!
Join us!
![Cream background with black text reading [Calligraphy script] Café Littéraire: [regular script] European Book Club; [calligraphy] with Eleonora Balsano. A photo of the book is in the bottom right corner. It shows a woman’s face with greenish tint on black background. An orange circle covers one eye. Title, down the left side: I who have never known men. Author: Jacqueline Harpman. To the left of the photo: Online. 7 October. 7PM GMT+1](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3buest6th6pa4r3dc4ukfusi/bafkreibjoyz3q6piafwvnnbdzid535tjuv65szvjiraibcypvapf332nva@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I highly recommend this book and am really looking forward to discussing it next week at book club with @norami.bsky.social
Join us!
Join us!
At last my time has come
In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback?
The lowbrow dominates culture and anyone who questions the status quo is dismissed as an elitist killjoy. But with bland algorithmic content on the rise, perhaps we consumers should start taking our a...
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
At last my time has come
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✨ONLINE COURSE SERIES✨
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: Poetry Workshops With Julie Irigaray
📅 Monthly 26 Oct 2025 - 17 May 2026*
*Can be taken individually
Have you wanted to write poetry but felt held back by lack of formal knowledge? Or already write it but would like better grounding?
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: Poetry Workshops With Julie Irigaray
📅 Monthly 26 Oct 2025 - 17 May 2026*
*Can be taken individually
Have you wanted to write poetry but felt held back by lack of formal knowledge? Or already write it but would like better grounding?
September 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
✨ONLINE COURSE SERIES✨
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: Poetry Workshops With Julie Irigaray
📅 Monthly 26 Oct 2025 - 17 May 2026*
*Can be taken individually
Have you wanted to write poetry but felt held back by lack of formal knowledge? Or already write it but would like better grounding?
Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: Poetry Workshops With Julie Irigaray
📅 Monthly 26 Oct 2025 - 17 May 2026*
*Can be taken individually
Have you wanted to write poetry but felt held back by lack of formal knowledge? Or already write it but would like better grounding?
Listening almost exclusively to this wonderful album and knowing that years from now, the first few bars of any of these songs will transport me directly to these sensations:
Wrong Kind of One
open.spotify.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Listening almost exclusively to this wonderful album and knowing that years from now, the first few bars of any of these songs will transport me directly to these sensations:
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
Last chance to buy tickets!
Did you meet @grahammort.bsky.social at #EWSBrussels2025 and think, ‘Hey this guy is ace I wish he was teaching a class’?
Well then you’re in luck!
Graham’s class will help you dive deep into your character’s minds with close third POV.
Still a few spots left!
Well then you’re in luck!
Graham’s class will help you dive deep into your character’s minds with close third POV.
Still a few spots left!
Who’s Speaking to Us and How? Prose Writing Workshop with Graham Mort
Come join us for a fun and informative online session to take a fresh look at Point of View (POV) in prose writing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Last chance to buy tickets!
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
ICYMI, our newsletter of opportunities for writers across Europe came out over the weekend, featuring:
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
Autumn weather is the perfect opportunity to cosy up in your home and write that novel you've been dreaming of all summer🍃
To help you get there, our Opportunities Newsletter just landed—chock-full of residencies, contests, grants & everything else you need to meet, learn and be inspired💫
To help you get there, our Opportunities Newsletter just landed—chock-full of residencies, contests, grants & everything else you need to meet, learn and be inspired💫
Autumn Opportunities for Writers in Europe
Festivals, retreats, contests, online and in-person—come get inspired!
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
ICYMI, our newsletter of opportunities for writers across Europe came out over the weekend, featuring:
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
Following the success of Julie Irigaray's Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you her new online course, The Body in Poetry
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Following the success of Julie Irigaray's Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you her new online course, The Body in Poetry
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
In a cafe listening to this woman with her laptop setup take a zoom call like it’s her living room and thinking of @markabowles.bsky.social and All My Precious Madness (@galleybeggars.bsky.social)
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In a cafe listening to this woman with her laptop setup take a zoom call like it’s her living room and thinking of @markabowles.bsky.social and All My Precious Madness (@galleybeggars.bsky.social)
Top 5 moments of #EWSBrussels2025
EWS after hours featuring Brian Kelly from Insurgent Press, who heroically led our psychogeography tour this morning 🎤
#EWSBrussels2025
#EWSBrussels2025
September 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Top 5 moments of #EWSBrussels2025
Absolutely dreamy evening. Thank @deborahzafer.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social for making it happen ❤️❤️❤️
What a wonderful reading and discussion of our weekend’s theme, Rooted/Unrooted at Full Circle in Brussels
Thank you so much to our guests, @kitdewaal.com, Balsam Karam and Philippe Marczewski, for their generous, insightful answers and beautiful readings.
Thank you so much to our guests, @kitdewaal.com, Balsam Karam and Philippe Marczewski, for their generous, insightful answers and beautiful readings.
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Absolutely dreamy evening. Thank @deborahzafer.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social for making it happen ❤️❤️❤️
As I await departure to London Euston, I can’t help but remember the time when on a business trip, juggling texts home and dinner plans, I accidentally texted my boss that I loved and missed him
Bringing exactly this chaotic energy to @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you guys soon!
Bringing exactly this chaotic energy to @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you guys soon!
September 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
As I await departure to London Euston, I can’t help but remember the time when on a business trip, juggling texts home and dinner plans, I accidentally texted my boss that I loved and missed him
Bringing exactly this chaotic energy to @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you guys soon!
Bringing exactly this chaotic energy to @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you guys soon!
Is there a word for the phenomenon in which there are nice clothes in the shops year round but when you actually want to buy something there is not a stitch of attractive clothing on this whole earth?
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Is there a word for the phenomenon in which there are nice clothes in the shops year round but when you actually want to buy something there is not a stitch of attractive clothing on this whole earth?
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✨NEWLETTER DAY✨
We're announcing an exciting new event, as well as the expansion of our online course offerings.
We have so many events planned online and in-person, there really is something for everyone.
We hope you'll join us!
We're announcing an exciting new event, as well as the expansion of our online course offerings.
We have so many events planned online and in-person, there really is something for everyone.
We hope you'll join us!
The one city you wish we'd visit? Yeah, we're going there
Plus new online courses and events
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
✨NEWLETTER DAY✨
We're announcing an exciting new event, as well as the expansion of our online course offerings.
We have so many events planned online and in-person, there really is something for everyone.
We hope you'll join us!
We're announcing an exciting new event, as well as the expansion of our online course offerings.
We have so many events planned online and in-person, there really is something for everyone.
We hope you'll join us!
4yo: I want to be Bowser for Halloween and dad can be Luigi
Me: who am I?
4yo: you’re Mario because you’re brave and good
Never complainin about childcare again mate 😭😭😭😭😭
Me: who am I?
4yo: you’re Mario because you’re brave and good
Never complainin about childcare again mate 😭😭😭😭😭
August 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
4yo: I want to be Bowser for Halloween and dad can be Luigi
Me: who am I?
4yo: you’re Mario because you’re brave and good
Never complainin about childcare again mate 😭😭😭😭😭
Me: who am I?
4yo: you’re Mario because you’re brave and good
Never complainin about childcare again mate 😭😭😭😭😭
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
Like what we’re doing here at EWS?
Want to help us keep doing it?
Consider becoming a paid supporter over on our Substack!
Supporters receive a few benefits:
✨Early bird registry (with better chance of a reading spot)
✨Free access to our book club
✨Discounts from partner literary organisations
Want to help us keep doing it?
Consider becoming a paid supporter over on our Substack!
Supporters receive a few benefits:
✨Early bird registry (with better chance of a reading spot)
✨Free access to our book club
✨Discounts from partner literary organisations
European Writers Salon Substack | SalonEurope | Substack
Newsletter for the European Writers Salon. Find out all the latest happenings across Europe and ensure you never miss out on our events. Click to read European Writers Salon Substack, by SalonEurope, ...
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Like what we’re doing here at EWS?
Want to help us keep doing it?
Consider becoming a paid supporter over on our Substack!
Supporters receive a few benefits:
✨Early bird registry (with better chance of a reading spot)
✨Free access to our book club
✨Discounts from partner literary organisations
Want to help us keep doing it?
Consider becoming a paid supporter over on our Substack!
Supporters receive a few benefits:
✨Early bird registry (with better chance of a reading spot)
✨Free access to our book club
✨Discounts from partner literary organisations
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
A Cinderella story (I’m constantly cleaning)
August 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A Cinderella story (I’m constantly cleaning)
Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
Congratulations to our Director @deborahzafer.bsky.social! 🎉👏🍾🙌🎊🥂
Some nice news after months of rejections. I won a competition with a slightly crazy story that I very much enjoyed writing ✍️ ☺️
www.heyalma.com/announcing-t...
www.heyalma.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Winner of Hey Alma’s Second-Ever Fiction Contest - Hey Alma
Back in the spring of 2023, when we announced our first-ever fiction contest, we here at Hey Alma dared to ask the question: What is Jewish fiction? Does a story’s characters need to be Jewish? Do its...
www.heyalma.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Congratulations to our Director @deborahzafer.bsky.social! 🎉👏🍾🙌🎊🥂
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✨ONLINE COURSE✨
📅 25 Sep 19:00 CEST
This course will explore ‘close third person’ – a POV that allows you to follow the characters’ actions and their interior world
With writing prompts that play with location, language and culture, you’ll leave with new writing that masters this exciting POV✍️
📅 25 Sep 19:00 CEST
This course will explore ‘close third person’ – a POV that allows you to follow the characters’ actions and their interior world
With writing prompts that play with location, language and culture, you’ll leave with new writing that masters this exciting POV✍️
Who’s Speaking to Us and How? Prose Writing Workshop with Graham Mort
Come join us for a fun and informative online session to take a fresh look at Point of View (POV) in prose writing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
✨ONLINE COURSE✨
📅 25 Sep 19:00 CEST
This course will explore ‘close third person’ – a POV that allows you to follow the characters’ actions and their interior world
With writing prompts that play with location, language and culture, you’ll leave with new writing that masters this exciting POV✍️
📅 25 Sep 19:00 CEST
This course will explore ‘close third person’ – a POV that allows you to follow the characters’ actions and their interior world
With writing prompts that play with location, language and culture, you’ll leave with new writing that masters this exciting POV✍️