Sarah Franklin
@sarahefranklin.bsky.social
Writer (SHELTER, HOW TO BELONG, other shorter things). Teach publishing & storytelling at Oxford Brookes Uni. Sometime event host, book reviewer, general enthusiast.
Great thread here:
The Salt Path has never appealed to me. Redemptive memoirs are really not my thing.
But if Penguin had pitched it as an audacious heist getaway story...
But if Penguin had pitched it as an audacious heist getaway story...
July 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Great thread here:
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I had this on my fridge for a bit; still love it even though nerdery does not need to gatekeep food
Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.
December 20, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I had this on my fridge for a bit; still love it even though nerdery does not need to gatekeep food
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Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
Link below
Please share.
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Link below
Please share.
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Bristol Short Story Prize
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
December 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
Link below
Please share.
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Link below
Please share.
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
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Solidarity to everyone feeling overwhelmed by the Gisèle news today, especially those who couldn’t talk about their own experiences, those who didn’t have “evidence”, those who weren’t believed. Your experience is real, it is valid, it is not your fault.
December 19, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Solidarity to everyone feeling overwhelmed by the Gisèle news today, especially those who couldn’t talk about their own experiences, those who didn’t have “evidence”, those who weren’t believed. Your experience is real, it is valid, it is not your fault.
@hannahbeckerman.bsky.social Hello!
December 19, 2024 at 10:40 AM
@hannahbeckerman.bsky.social Hello!
Surely Gisèle Pelicot, rather than Trump, should be Time's Person of the Year. *Everyone's* person of the year.
December 19, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Surely Gisèle Pelicot, rather than Trump, should be Time's Person of the Year. *Everyone's* person of the year.
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In elementary school, my teacher told my mother I was “unteachable.” I was behind in every subject, including reading. Then I found this one book in the school library and connected with it, reading it hundreds of times. I made a career in reading, writing, and editing.That’s what a book can do.
December 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM
In elementary school, my teacher told my mother I was “unteachable.” I was behind in every subject, including reading. Then I found this one book in the school library and connected with it, reading it hundreds of times. I made a career in reading, writing, and editing.That’s what a book can do.
Almost certain I have done this at some time or another. I appreciate that's not actually a *good* thing.
December 17, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Almost certain I have done this at some time or another. I appreciate that's not actually a *good* thing.
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I don't even have a cat any more and I still really enjoyed this, dammit:
I hope you'll permit me a plug for some of my books and other stuff.
Let's start with the one people may actually want to read.
Literary Cats, co-written with Judith Robinson, is a history of cats in literature – from Ancient Egypt and folktales all the way through to cats in science fiction.
Let's start with the one people may actually want to read.
Literary Cats, co-written with Judith Robinson, is a history of cats in literature – from Ancient Egypt and folktales all the way through to cats in science fiction.
Literary Cats a book by Judith Robinson and Scott Pack.
‘Everything you ever wanted to know about cats in books. A wonderful idea, beautifully executed.’ - Viv Groskop
Cats have provided the inspiration for an incredible range of fiction, memoir and poe...
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December 16, 2024 at 9:41 AM
I don't even have a cat any more and I still really enjoyed this, dammit:
Glorious holiday reading c/o @orionbooks.bsky.social - thank you, @francescamain.bsky.social ! Have heard brilliant things about both & can't wait to get started.
December 16, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Glorious holiday reading c/o @orionbooks.bsky.social - thank you, @francescamain.bsky.social ! Have heard brilliant things about both & can't wait to get started.
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Open call for full-length poetry manuscripts plus chapbook contest abd itger prizes. Please share :)
balticwritingresidency.submittable.com/submit
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Action, Spectacle Submission Manager
We offer open call for full-length poetry manuscripts manuscript consultations for poetry online and in-person workshops chapbook contest Action, Spectacle magazine - www.action-spectacle.com A...
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December 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Open call for full-length poetry manuscripts plus chapbook contest abd itger prizes. Please share :)
balticwritingresidency.submittable.com/submit
balticwritingresidency.submittable.com/submit
Oh my GOD
Snapdragons are my favorite flower to grow. They do however produce seed pods that look like the screaming skulls of the damned.
December 13, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Oh my GOD
Reasonably willing to bet that I'm the only person who got pork scratchings in their work Secret Santa. (Was properly thrilled by them, too). Please to tell me your best/worst Secret Santa gifts...
December 13, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Reasonably willing to bet that I'm the only person who got pork scratchings in their work Secret Santa. (Was properly thrilled by them, too). Please to tell me your best/worst Secret Santa gifts...
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Saxophone inventor: each button plays a different note
Trombone inventor: trombone goes WOOooooOOmp
Trombone inventor: trombone goes WOOooooOOmp
December 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Saxophone inventor: each button plays a different note
Trombone inventor: trombone goes WOOooooOOmp
Trombone inventor: trombone goes WOOooooOOmp
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They should do YouTube wrapped so everyone can see the embarrassing stuff we all couldn’t do without a video tutorial this year
December 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM
They should do YouTube wrapped so everyone can see the embarrassing stuff we all couldn’t do without a video tutorial this year
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Buy your loved-ones lotsa banned books for the holidays.
December 5, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Buy your loved-ones lotsa banned books for the holidays.
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I will never, ever get over this.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I will never, ever get over this.
See? We *can* save the good things from the bin fire. Hooray!
Yes, people will post pictures on social media of sleeping arrangements on Xmas Eve and I will once again attempt to leverage this to raise money for charity — just pinning this to my profile to head off the relentless (i.e. sporadic) enquiries
December 3, 2024 at 8:47 PM
See? We *can* save the good things from the bin fire. Hooray!
Reminds me of a sign I once saw in a window:
Time Travel Club: Meet here last Thursday
Time Travel Club: Meet here last Thursday
OK cheers [consults futurology sphere] I'll make sure I'm in.
Arriving:
Thursday, February 27 -
Thursday, June 12
Your delivery option:
Standard Delivery
Your order will be sent to:
Ian
LANCASTER
United Kingdom
Arriving:
Thursday, February 27 -
Thursday, June 12
Your delivery option:
Standard Delivery
Your order will be sent to:
Ian
LANCASTER
United Kingdom
December 3, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Reminds me of a sign I once saw in a window:
Time Travel Club: Meet here last Thursday
Time Travel Club: Meet here last Thursday
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If you need to buy a Christmas gift for a book lover but you assume they'll already have anything you'd choose for them, might I suggest this list I made of wonderful books they probably haven't read yet?
The Best Books You've Never Read
A selection of books that I think are wonderful but no one, or hardly anyone, I know has read them too. If you have then maybe we should be friends?
uk.bookshop.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:22 PM
If you need to buy a Christmas gift for a book lover but you assume they'll already have anything you'd choose for them, might I suggest this list I made of wonderful books they probably haven't read yet?
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As ever, Stella Duffy says it right. Her words. @stellduffy.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 8:02 AM
As ever, Stella Duffy says it right. Her words. @stellduffy.bsky.social