European Writers Salon
@saloneurope.bsky.social
Travelling salon and writing community - connecting writers across Europe and beyond. Posts by @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and @deborahzafer.bsky.social
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For anyone just joining us, here's a roundup of our values, community and plans✨
Although we value meeting in person, we also host quarterly online open mics so anyone can take part, wherever they are💛
#writingcommunity #europe
Although we value meeting in person, we also host quarterly online open mics so anyone can take part, wherever they are💛
#writingcommunity #europe
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Good start to 2026... www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/david...
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Good start to 2026... www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/david...
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It’s a snowy Twelfth Night here in Paris ❄️
What better way to spend it than reading—or rereading—one of the greatest stories ever written: “The Dead” by James Joyce.
And if you’d like to dive deeper into the story, have a listen to our special Bloomcast episode on “The Dead": pod.fo/e/210cf6
What better way to spend it than reading—or rereading—one of the greatest stories ever written: “The Dead” by James Joyce.
And if you’d like to dive deeper into the story, have a listen to our special Bloomcast episode on “The Dead": pod.fo/e/210cf6
January 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
It’s a snowy Twelfth Night here in Paris ❄️
What better way to spend it than reading—or rereading—one of the greatest stories ever written: “The Dead” by James Joyce.
And if you’d like to dive deeper into the story, have a listen to our special Bloomcast episode on “The Dead": pod.fo/e/210cf6
What better way to spend it than reading—or rereading—one of the greatest stories ever written: “The Dead” by James Joyce.
And if you’d like to dive deeper into the story, have a listen to our special Bloomcast episode on “The Dead": pod.fo/e/210cf6
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Join us to write what can't be said!
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Join us to write what can't be said!
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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This is on Wednesday London people!
If you're in London, we'll be meeting for a very informal co-writing session on 7th Jan 10am at Bar Termini in Soho.
Come say hi and bring your laptop/notebook.
(Also, officially the best ☕️ in London)
Come say hi and bring your laptop/notebook.
(Also, officially the best ☕️ in London)
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is on Wednesday London people!
Join us to write what can't be said!
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Join us to write what can't be said!
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
Good morning! What is everyone reading on this cold morning?
I'm pacing myself trying not to finish this too quickly as volume 4 isn't out in the UK until April.
Have you read these yet? What do you think?
I'm pacing myself trying not to finish this too quickly as volume 4 isn't out in the UK until April.
Have you read these yet? What do you think?
January 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Good morning! What is everyone reading on this cold morning?
I'm pacing myself trying not to finish this too quickly as volume 4 isn't out in the UK until April.
Have you read these yet? What do you think?
I'm pacing myself trying not to finish this too quickly as volume 4 isn't out in the UK until April.
Have you read these yet? What do you think?
Some more brilliant writing resolutions coming in.
'To finish the first draft of my novel, to complete the collective project I'm working on, to go to the EWS weekend in Madrid, and sub at least one story a week for the whole year.'
Send us yours....
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
'To finish the first draft of my novel, to complete the collective project I'm working on, to go to the EWS weekend in Madrid, and sub at least one story a week for the whole year.'
Send us yours....
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
By the end of 2026 I want to...
Tell us your hopes, your ambitions, your goals, your plans, your dream publications, your sweet little daydreams, your crazed musings. Anything you want to put down in writing and receive back at the...
docs.google.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Some more brilliant writing resolutions coming in.
'To finish the first draft of my novel, to complete the collective project I'm working on, to go to the EWS weekend in Madrid, and sub at least one story a week for the whole year.'
Send us yours....
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
'To finish the first draft of my novel, to complete the collective project I'm working on, to go to the EWS weekend in Madrid, and sub at least one story a week for the whole year.'
Send us yours....
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2025 has been a fantastic year for us. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us online or in person.
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
2025 has been a fantastic year for us. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us online or in person.
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
We kicked it off in January with the first of 4 online salons we've run this year.
We could not do these without amazing host @kiklodge.bsky.social ❤️
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When I look back on the past year (one eye closed on the dark side of it), what stands out is collaboration. My gratitude to my collaborators, mentors, choir friends, the editors who helped me grow & had faith in me. Here’s to togetherness, and the magic it creates. #writingcommunity
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
When I look back on the past year (one eye closed on the dark side of it), what stands out is collaboration. My gratitude to my collaborators, mentors, choir friends, the editors who helped me grow & had faith in me. Here’s to togetherness, and the magic it creates. #writingcommunity
Last day today!
State your writing intentions! Be bold!
We look forward to reading them and will send them back to you next December ❤️
State your writing intentions! Be bold!
We look forward to reading them and will send them back to you next December ❤️
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
new year 's resolutions is written on a piece of yellow paper
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December 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last day today!
State your writing intentions! Be bold!
We look forward to reading them and will send them back to you next December ❤️
State your writing intentions! Be bold!
We look forward to reading them and will send them back to you next December ❤️
Last day to send these in to us.
You'll have an interesting surprise when you receive it back at the end of 2026. And you might even win a prize!
You'll have an interesting surprise when you receive it back at the end of 2026. And you might even win a prize!
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
new year 's resolutions is written on a piece of yellow paper
ALT: new year 's resolutions is written on a piece of yellow paper
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Last day to send these in to us.
You'll have an interesting surprise when you receive it back at the end of 2026. And you might even win a prize!
You'll have an interesting surprise when you receive it back at the end of 2026. And you might even win a prize!
If you're in London, we'll be meeting for a very informal co-writing session on 7th Jan 10am at Bar Termini in Soho.
Come say hi and bring your laptop/notebook.
(Also, officially the best ☕️ in London)
Come say hi and bring your laptop/notebook.
(Also, officially the best ☕️ in London)
December 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
If you're in London, we'll be meeting for a very informal co-writing session on 7th Jan 10am at Bar Termini in Soho.
Come say hi and bring your laptop/notebook.
(Also, officially the best ☕️ in London)
Come say hi and bring your laptop/notebook.
(Also, officially the best ☕️ in London)
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Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
new year 's resolutions is written on a piece of yellow paper
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media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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can attest—these are friendly, welcoming & talented #writer folks 👇
If what you want in 2026 is more community, join us!
We will be online and in London, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, and more. We're friendly and welcoming and we want to meet you!
Find out more here -
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
We will be online and in London, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, and more. We're friendly and welcoming and we want to meet you!
Find out more here -
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
can attest—these are friendly, welcoming & talented #writer folks 👇
If what you want in 2026 is more community, join us!
We will be online and in London, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, and more. We're friendly and welcoming and we want to meet you!
Find out more here -
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
We will be online and in London, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, and more. We're friendly and welcoming and we want to meet you!
Find out more here -
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If what you want in 2026 is more community, join us!
We will be online and in London, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, and more. We're friendly and welcoming and we want to meet you!
Find out more here -
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
We will be online and in London, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam, and more. We're friendly and welcoming and we want to meet you!
Find out more here -
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
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Adore this from an honest writer:
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Adore this from an honest writer:
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
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This is solid advice. There are many barriers to success. Don't let your confidence be one of those barriers.
Favourites so far:
'Stop self-rejecting! If that high-falutin' residency doesn't want me, let them tell me themselves rather than me thinking oh they'll never take me and not applying in the first place. Same for grants, same for highly competitive journals. Etc. Etc.'
Good luck! We hear you!
'Stop self-rejecting! If that high-falutin' residency doesn't want me, let them tell me themselves rather than me thinking oh they'll never take me and not applying in the first place. Same for grants, same for highly competitive journals. Etc. Etc.'
Good luck! We hear you!
December 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is solid advice. There are many barriers to success. Don't let your confidence be one of those barriers.
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Favourites so far:
'Stop self-rejecting! If that high-falutin' residency doesn't want me, let them tell me themselves rather than me thinking oh they'll never take me and not applying in the first place. Same for grants, same for highly competitive journals. Etc. Etc.'
Good luck! We hear you!
'Stop self-rejecting! If that high-falutin' residency doesn't want me, let them tell me themselves rather than me thinking oh they'll never take me and not applying in the first place. Same for grants, same for highly competitive journals. Etc. Etc.'
Good luck! We hear you!
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Favourites so far:
'Stop self-rejecting! If that high-falutin' residency doesn't want me, let them tell me themselves rather than me thinking oh they'll never take me and not applying in the first place. Same for grants, same for highly competitive journals. Etc. Etc.'
Good luck! We hear you!
'Stop self-rejecting! If that high-falutin' residency doesn't want me, let them tell me themselves rather than me thinking oh they'll never take me and not applying in the first place. Same for grants, same for highly competitive journals. Etc. Etc.'
Good luck! We hear you!
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Do this if you can! It will surprise you how helpful it is to state your intentions and have someone remind you of them at the end of the year.
It's been lovely hearing back from people about how the year has gone. Most people surprised themselves.
It's been lovely hearing back from people about how the year has gone. Most people surprised themselves.
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
new year 's resolutions is written on a piece of yellow paper
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media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Do this if you can! It will surprise you how helpful it is to state your intentions and have someone remind you of them at the end of the year.
It's been lovely hearing back from people about how the year has gone. Most people surprised themselves.
It's been lovely hearing back from people about how the year has gone. Most people surprised themselves.
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
new year 's resolutions is written on a piece of yellow paper
ALT: new year 's resolutions is written on a piece of yellow paper
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams, hopes and intentions and we'll send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
By the end of 2026 I want to...
Tell us your hopes, your ambitions, your goals, your plans, your dream publications, your sweet little daydreams, your crazed musings. Anything you want to put down in writing and receive back at the...
docs.google.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Adore this from an honest writer:
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Adore this from an honest writer:
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
'This year, my resolution is simple: to write. To actually write. To face the fear, to hear - but not obey - the voice that tells me I can’t. I want to meet the page every day, whether I offer it two words or two pages. (Cont)
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
By the end of 2026 I want to...
Tell us your hopes, your ambitions, your goals, your plans, your dream publications, your sweet little daydreams, your crazed musings. Anything you want to put down in writing and receive back at the...
docs.google.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Just a few days left to send us your New Year Writing Resolutions for 2026.
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Send us your dreams and we will send them back to you at the end of the year.
Best one wins a literary goodie bag (Europe only).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
All power to this writer who wants:
'to complete my MA in children writing and write 2 picture books and complete the middle-grade book I started last year; I'd also like to find an editor for my novel and start submitting it after reworking it; complete draft 1 of a new novel.'
Send us yours!
'to complete my MA in children writing and write 2 picture books and complete the middle-grade book I started last year; I'd also like to find an editor for my novel and start submitting it after reworking it; complete draft 1 of a new novel.'
Send us yours!
Got big writing plans for the year ahead?
Submit your 2026 writing resolutions here by 31st December, and we will send them back to you at the end of the year to hold you accountable!
One favourite gets a literary goodie bag - Europe only.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submit your 2026 writing resolutions here by 31st December, and we will send them back to you at the end of the year to hold you accountable!
One favourite gets a literary goodie bag - Europe only.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
By the end of 2026 I want to...
Tell us your hopes, your ambitions, your goals, your plans, your dream publications, your sweet little daydreams, your crazed musings. Anything you want to put down in writing and receive back at the...
docs.google.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
All power to this writer who wants:
'to complete my MA in children writing and write 2 picture books and complete the middle-grade book I started last year; I'd also like to find an editor for my novel and start submitting it after reworking it; complete draft 1 of a new novel.'
Send us yours!
'to complete my MA in children writing and write 2 picture books and complete the middle-grade book I started last year; I'd also like to find an editor for my novel and start submitting it after reworking it; complete draft 1 of a new novel.'
Send us yours!